Tournament details | |
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Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 21 July – 2 August |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Spain (1st title) |
Runner-up | Australia |
Third place | Hungary |
Fourth place | Russia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 44 |
Goals scored | 896 (20.36 per match) |
Attendance | 35,980 (818 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Lieke Klaassen (25 goals) |
Best player | Jennifer Pareja |
2013 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
High diving | ||
20 m | women | |
27 m | men | |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Team | ||
5 km | mixed | |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The women's water polo tournament at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships , organised by the FINA, was held in the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain from 21 July to 2 August 2013. [1]
Spain defeated Australia 8–6 in the final match to capture their first world championship title. [2]
16 teams qualified for the world championships in 2013 as follows:
Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation | – | – | 1 | Spain |
2012 World League Finals | 29 May-3 June 2012 | Changshu | 2 | United States Australia |
2012 Olympics | 30 July–11 August 2012 | London | 4 | Hungary China Russia Italy |
2012 European Championships | 18–28 January 2012 | Eindhoven | 3 | Greece Netherlands Great Britain |
2013 Americas Qualification Tournament | January 2013 [4] | Calgary | 2 | Canada Brazil |
Asia | 2 | Kazakhstan Uzbekistan | ||
Africa | 1 | South Africa | ||
Oceania | 1 | New Zealand | ||
TOTAL | 16 |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 5 |
Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 4 |
Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 3 |
Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 72 | −59 | 0 |
21 July 2013 09:30 | Match 1 [5] | Russia | 22–6 | Uzbekistan | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 225 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Makita (JPN) |
Score by quarters:5–1, 6–1, 5–2, 6–2 | |||||
Prokofyeva 6 | Goals | three players 2 |
21 July 2013 21:30 | Match 8 [6] | Spain | 14–12 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER) |
Score by quarters: 2–4, 5–1, 3–3, 4–4 | |||||
Espar, Peña 3 | Goals | Smit 4 |
23 July 2013 20:10 | Match 15 [7] | Uzbekistan | 3–30 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Makita (JPN), Moller (ARG) |
Score by quarters: 1–7, 0–9, 1–6, 1–8 | |||||
three players 1 | Goals | Klaassen 6 |
23 July 2013 21:30 | Match 16 [8] | Spain | 6–7 | Russia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Drury (USA), Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–1, 1–3, 3–2 | |||||
López 3 | Goals | Prokofyeva 4 |
25 July 2013 17:30 | Match 21 [9] | Russia | 12–12 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 1–2, 4–5 | |||||
Beliaeva, Ivanova 3 | Goals | Klaassen 4 |
25 July 2013 21:30 | Match 24 [10] | Spain | 20–4 | Uzbekistan | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 800 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Drury (USA) |
Score by quarters:8–1, 3–0, 6–0, 3–3 | |||||
Blas 6 | Goals | Plyusova, Halikova 2 |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 10 | +35 | 6 |
China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 4 |
New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 2 |
South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 46 | −36 | 0 |
21 July 2013 10:50 | Match 2 [11] | Australia | 15–4 | New Zealand | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 320 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Cardenuto (BRA) |
Score by quarters:3–1, 4–2, 4–0, 4–1 | |||||
Webster 4 | Goals | Mason 2 |
21 July 2013 12:10 | Match 3 [12] | China | 17–2 | South Africa | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 150 Referees: Drury, Littlejohn (GBR) |
Score by quarters:4–0, 4–0, 5–0, 4–2 | |||||
Ma Huanhuan 5 | Goals | L. Keet, M. Keet 1 |
23 July 2013 09:30 | Match 9 [13] | South Africa | 7–13 | New Zealand | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Abramović (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 1–3, 3–4 | |||||
White 3 | Goals | Hudson, Myles 4 |
23 July 2013 10:50 | Match 10 [14] | Australia | 14–5 | China | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 6–0, 4–0 | |||||
McGhie 3 | Goals | Liu Ping 2 |
25 July 2013 18:50 | Match 22 [15] | Australia | 16–1 | South Africa | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Makita (JPN), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
Score by quarters:4–0, 5–1, 5–0, 2–0 | |||||
Lincoln-Smith, Webster 3 | Goals | White 1 |
25 July 2013 20:10 | Match 23 [16] | China | 13–5 | New Zealand | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Cardenuto (BRA), Littlejohn (GBR) |
Score by quarters:2–0, 4–1, 5–3, 2–1 | |||||
Sun Yujun, Song Donglun 3 | Goals | Myles 2 |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 6 |
Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 3 |
Greece | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 3 |
Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 0 |
21 July 2013 13:30 | Match 4 [17] | United States | 12–8 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 360 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Koryzna (POL) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 4–2, 4–2 | |||||
Steffens 3 | Goals | Tsoukala, Roumpesi 3 |
21 July 2013 17:30 | Match 5 [18] | Canada | 14–9 | Great Britain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Flahive (AUS), Moller (ARG) |
Score by quarters:3–2, 4–3, 4–3, 3–1 | |||||
Alogbo 4 | Goals | Gibson-Byrne 4 |
23 July 2013 12:10 | Match 11 [19] | Great Britain | 7–13 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 255 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Skovpina (UZB) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 2–5, 2–5 | |||||
Gibson-Byrne, Gibson 2 | Goals | Asimaki 5 |
23 July 2013 13:30 | Match 12 [20] | United States | 10–8 | Canada | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Williams (NZL) |
Score by quarters:4–1, 2–2, 3–2, 1–3 | |||||
Silver, Seidemann 2 | Goals | Perreault 3 |
25 July 2013 09:30 | Match 17 [21] | United States | 16–4 | Great Britain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Melliar (RSA), Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters:4–0, 2–2, 3–1, 7–1 | |||||
Clark 3 | Goals | Gibson-Byrne 2 |
25 July 2013 10:50 | Match 18 [22] | Canada | 8–8 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 650 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Peris (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 3–0, 1–2 | |||||
Eggens 4 | Goals | Tsoukala, Asimaki 2 |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 17 | +31 | 6 |
Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 4 |
Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 2 |
Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 42 | −26 | 0 |
21 July 2013 18:50 | Match 6 [23] | Hungary | 20–6 | Brazil | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Reemnet (NED) |
Score by quarters:6–2, 3–0, 3–0, 8–4 | |||||
Keszthelyi 5 | Goals | Zablith, Chiappini 2 |
21 July 2013 20:10 | Match 7 [24] | Italy | 9–7 | Kazakhstan | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 600 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Ni (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–0, 2–3, 1–1 | |||||
Di Mario 3 | Goals | Akilbayeva, Gritsenko 2 |
23 July 2013 17:30 | Match 13 [25] | Kazakhstan | 9–5 | Brazil | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 410 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Golijanin (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–0, 2–0, 2–3 | |||||
Jakayeva, Gritsenko 2 | Goals | Chiappini 3 |
23 July 2013 18:50 | Match 14 [26] | Hungary | 10–4 | Italy | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO) |
Score by quarters:3–1, 3–1, 3–1, 1–1 | |||||
Keszthelyi, Bujka 4 | Goals | four players 1 |
25 July 2013 12:10 | Match 19 [27] | Hungary | 18–7 | Kazakhstan | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Williams (NZL), Bender (GER) |
Score by quarters:8–1, 4–2, 3–2, 3–2 | |||||
Bujka 3 | Goals | Jakayeva 4 |
25 July 2013 13:30 | Match 20 [28] | Italy | 13–5 | Brazil | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Skovpina (UZB), Koganov (AZE) |
Score by quarters:2–1, 6–0, 2–1, 3–3 | |||||
three players 3 | Goals | Zablith 2 |
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
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Russia | 22 | |||||||||||||
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South Africa | 3 | |||||||||||||
Russia | 17 | |||||||||||||
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Canada | 9 | |||||||||||||
Canada | 14 | |||||||||||||
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Kazakhstan | 8 | |||||||||||||
Russia | 6 | |||||||||||||
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Australia | 9 | |||||||||||||
Australia | 25 | |||||||||||||
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Uzbekistan | 2 | |||||||||||||
Australia | 9 | |||||||||||||
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Greece | 5 | |||||||||||||
Italy | 12 | |||||||||||||
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Greece | 13 | |||||||||||||
Australia | 6 | |||||||||||||
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Spain | 8 | |||||||||||||
United States | 14 | |||||||||||||
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Brazil | 3 | |||||||||||||
United States | 6 | |||||||||||||
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Spain | 9 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 18 | |||||||||||||
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New Zealand | 6 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 13 | |||||||||||||
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Hungary | 12 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Hungary | 14 | |||||||||||||
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Great Britain | 5 | |||||||||||||
Hungary | 11 | Russia | 8 | |||||||||||
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Netherlands | 7 | Hungary | 10 | |||||||||||
China | 10 | |||||||||||||
Netherlands | 11 | |||||||||||||
5–8th place classification | 5th place match | |||||
31 July | ||||||
Canada | 8 | |||||
2 August | ||||||
Greece | 12 | |||||
Greece | 12 | |||||
31 July | ||||||
United States | 15 | |||||
United States | 12 | |||||
Netherlands | 11 | |||||
7th place match | ||||||
2 August | ||||||
Canada | 9 | |||||
Netherlands | 12 |
27 July 2013 09:30 | Match 25 [29] | Russia | 22–3 | South Africa | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Ni (CHN), Vogel (HUN) |
Score by quarters:5–0, 7–2, 6–1, 4–0 | |||||
Beliaeva 5 | Goals | three players 1 |
27 July 2013 10:50 | Match 27 [30] | Australia | 25–2 | Uzbekistan | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Moller (ARG), Littlejohn (GBR) |
Score by quarters:6–0, 5–1, 5–1, 9–0 | |||||
Buckling 6 | Goals | Sarancha 2 |
27 July 2013 12:10 | Match 28 [31] | China | 10–11 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Bender (GER), Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 3–2, 3–3 | |||||
Ma Huanhuan 4 | Goals | Smit, Klaassen 3 |
27 July 2013 13:30 | Match 26 [32] | Spain | 18–6 | New Zealand | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 450 Referees: Melliar (RSA), Golijanin (SRB) |
Score by quarters:5–1, 4–2, 3–2, 6–1 | |||||
Pareja 5 | Goals | Hudson, Myles 2 |
27 July 2013 17:30 | Match 29 [33] | United States | 14–3 | Brazil | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Makita (JPN), Skovpina (UZB) |
Score by quarters:3–0, 7–1, 2–2, 2–0 | |||||
five players 2 | Goals | three players 1 |
27 July 2013 18:50 | Match 30 [34] | Canada | 14–8 | Kazakhstan | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Williams (NZL), Taylan (TUR) |
Score by quarters:4–2, 5–1, 3–3, 2–2 | |||||
Eggens 4 | Goals | Shepelina, Gritsenko 2 |
27 July 2013 20:10 | Match 31 [35] | Hungary | 14–5 | Great Britain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 450 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Drury (USA) |
Score by quarters:4–2, 4–2, 2–0, 4–1 | |||||
Bujka 5 | Goals | Nixon 2 |
27 July 2013 21:30 | Match 32 [36] | Italy | 12–13 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Borrell (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 1–2, 4–2 OT: 1–1, 0–0 PSO: 2–3 | |||||
Bianconi 3 | Goals | Manolioudaki 4 |
29 July 2013 15:30 | Match 33 [37] | Russia | 17–9 | Canada | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 560 Referees: Bender (GER), Peris (CRO) |
Score by quarters:5–2, 3–1, 4–4, 5–2 | |||||
Prokofyeva, Ivanova 4 | Goals | Békhazi 4 |
29 July 2013 17:00 | Match 34 [38] | Australia | 9–5 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
Score by quarters:3–1, 1–1, 2–2, 3–1 | |||||
four players 2 | Goals | Avramidou, Roumpesi 2 |
29 July 2013 20:15 | Match 36 [39] | Netherlands | 7–11 | Hungary | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Moller (ARG), Taylan (TUR) |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–2, 3–2, 3–2 | |||||
Klaassen 2 | Goals | Keszthelyi 4 |
29 July 2013 21:45 | Match 35 [40] | Spain | 9–6 | United States | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Bianchi (ITA) |
Score by quarters:4–2, 1–2, 1–1, 3–1 | |||||
Pareja 4 | Goals | Craig 3 |
31 July 2013 15:30 | Match 37 [41] | Canada | 8–12 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Moller (ARG), Taylan (TUR) |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–1, 1–5, 3–1 | |||||
Wright, Eggens 2 | Goals | Tsoukala 4 |
31 July 2013 17:00 | Match 38 [42] | United States | 12–11 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Peris (CRO), Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 3–2, 3–4 | |||||
five players 2 | Goals | Klaassen 4 |
31 July 2013 20:15 | Match 39 [43] | Russia | 6–9 | Australia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bianchi (ITA) |
Score by quarters:2–1, 1–3, 1–2, 2–3 | |||||
Ivanova 2 | Goals | Zagame 3 |
31 July 2013 21:45 | Match 40 [44] | Spain | 13–12 | Hungary | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Drury (USA), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–4, 2–3, 2–0 | |||||
Espar 4 | Goals | Antal 4 |
2 August 2013 15:00 | Match 41 [45] | Canada | 9–12 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Naumov (RUS) |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–3, 4–3, 2–1 | |||||
Valin 4 | Goals | Smit, Klaassen 3 |
2 August 2013 20:45 | Match 42 [46] | Greece | 12–15 | United States | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,400 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Taylan (TUR) |
Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–2, 1–3, 4–1 OT:1–0, 0–1 PSO: 1–4 | |||||
Avramidou 4 | Goals | Mathewson 3 |
2 August 2013 16:30 | Match 43 [47] | Russia | 8–10 | Hungary | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Amber Drury (USA), Mario Bianchi (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 2–3, 1–2 | |||||
A. Antonova 3 Belova, Beliaeva 2 Tankeeva 1 | Goals | Keszthelyi, Tóth 3 Szűcs 2 Takács, Menczinger 1 |
2 August 2013 22:15 | Match 44 [48] | Australia | 6–8 | Spain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Radoslaw Koryzna (POL), Axel Bender (GER) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 1–1, 2–2 | |||||
Lincoln-Smith, Bishop, Webster, McGhie, Arancini, Southern 1 | Goals | Pareja, García, López 2 Tarragó, Blas 1 |
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Laura Ester, Marta Bach, Anni Espar, Roser Tarragó, Mati Ortiz, Jennifer Pareja (C), Lorena Miranda, Pili Peña, Andrea Blas, Ona Meseguer, Maica García, Laura López, Patri Herrera. [1] Head Coach: Miki Oca. |
Rank | Name | Goals | Shots | % |
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1 | Lieke Klaassen | 25 | 42 | 59 |
2 | Rita Keszthelyi | 21 | 41 | 51 |
3 | Ekaterina Prokofyeva | 19 | 42 | 45 |
4 | Barbara Bujka | 18 | 32 | 56 |
5 | Olga Beliaeva | 17 | 28 | 61 |
6 | Jennifer Pareja | 16 | 36 | 44 |
Yasemin Smit | 38 | 42 | ||
Christina Tsoukala | 46 | 35 |
Source: SportResult Archived 2019-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
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