Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Tournament details
Country	Hungary
City	Budapest
No. of venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16 July 2017 (2017-07-16)– 28 July 2017 (2017-07-28)
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	United States (5th title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	929 (19.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Roberta Bianconi (20 goals)
MVP	Maddie Musselman
Website	fina-budapest2017.com
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The women's water polo tournament at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships , organised by the FINA, was held in Budapest, Hungary from 16 to 28 July 2017. ^{[1] [2]}

The United States captured their fifth title by defeating Spain 13–6 in the final match. Bronze was secured by Russia who beat Canada 11–9. ^[3]

Participating teams

Africa

•   South Africa

Americas

•   Brazil
•   Canada
•   United States

Asia

•   China
•   Japan
•   Kazakhstan

Europe

•   France
•   Greece
•   Hungary
•   Italy
•   Netherlands
•   Russia
•   Spain

Oceania

•   Australia
•   New Zealand

Qualification

• Hungary qualified as host.
• United States and Spain qualified at the 2016 World League.
• Italy, Russia, Australia and China qualified at the 2016 Olympic tournament.
• France, Greece and the Netherlands qualified at the 2016 European Championship.
• Brazil and Canada qualified at the 2015 Pan American Games.
• Japan and Kazakhstan qualified at the Asian tournament.
• South Africa qualified at the African tournament.
• New Zealand qualified at the Oceanian tournament.

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	43	16	+27	6	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	29	24	+5	4	Playoffs
3	China	3	1	0	2	27	28	−1	2
4	Brazil	3	0	0	3	14	45	−31	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

16 July 2017 09:30	Report	Italy	10–4	Canada	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 3–0, 4–2
		Bianconi 4	Goals	Eggens 2

16 July 2017 10:50	Report	Brazil	4–11	China	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–2, 2–1, 0–4
		four players 1	Goals	Zhang C. 3

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18 July 2017 18:50	Report	China	8–9	Canada	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–2, 0–5, 3–1
		Xiong, Zhang J. 2	Goals	four players 2

18 July 2017 21:30	Report	Italy	18–4	Brazil	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 6–1, 4–1, 3–1
		Emmolo, Palmieri 4	Goals	Zablith 2

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20 July 2017 13:30	Report	Italy	15–8	China	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 4–2, 6–0, 2–4
		Aiello, Palmieri 3	Goals	Chen 3

20 July 2017 17:30	Report	Brazil	6–16	Canada	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Daniel Daners (URU), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–4, 1–4, 1–4
		Ferreira 3	Goals	Christmas 5

Group B

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	58	17	+41	6	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	35	17	+18	4	Playoffs
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	17	38	−21	2
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	11	49	−38	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

16 July 2017 12:10	Report	New Zealand	2–10	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Péter Molnár (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–1, 0–2, 1–4
		Lopes da Silva, Mason 1	Goals	Leitón 3

16 July 2017 13:30	Report	South Africa	2–24	United States	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Daniel Daners (URU)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–7, 2–5, 0–6
		Barrett, Penney 1	Goals	J. Neushul 6

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18 July 2017 09:30	Report	United States	12–8	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters:6–1, 1–2, 2–2, 3–3
		Musselman, J. Neushul 3	Goals	A. Espar 3

18 July 2017 10:50	Report	New Zealand	8–6	South Africa	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 1–2, 1–1, 4–2
		Hudson, Mason 3	Goals	Schooling 2

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20 July 2017 18:50	Report	New Zealand	7–22	United States	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Yosuke Kajiwarra (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 1–6, 2–6, 2–4
		Pye, Stoneman 2	Goals	Steffens 5

20 July 2017 21:30	Report	South Africa	3–17	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–6, 1–2, 1–5
		three players 1	Goals	Forca 5

Group C

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	3	0	0	54	24	+30	6	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	45	20	+25	4	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	0	2	16	49	−33	2
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	27	49	−22	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

16 July 2017 17:30	Report	Netherlands	17–2	France	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Ni Shiwei (CHN)
		Score by quarters:7–0, 5–0, 3–1, 2–1
		Klaassen 4	Goals	Mahieu, Millot 1

16 July 2017 20:10	Report	Japan	11–20	Hungary	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–8, 2–5, 5–3
		Arima, Yamamoto 4	Goals	Bujka 5

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18 July 2017 12:10	Report	Japan	8–20	Netherlands	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN), Michael Brooks (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 5–3, 2–5, 1–5
		Arima 3	Goals	van der Sloot 6

18 July 2017 20:10	Report	France	5–24	Hungary	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Ni Shiwei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 2–7, 3–6, 0–4
		Millot 2	Goals	three players 4

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20 July 2017 09:30	Report	Japan	8–9	France	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–3, 3–1, 2–2
		Inaba 3	Goals	Millot 4

20 July 2017 20:10	Report	Netherlands	8–10	Hungary	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Steven Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 2–4, 3–3
		Smit 4	Goals	three players 2

Group D

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	2	0	1	37	22	+15	4 [lower-alpha 1]	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	32	20	+12	4 [lower-alpha 1]	Playoffs
3	Russia	3	2	0	1	29	21	+8	4 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	15	50	−35	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

1. Greece 2 Pts, +1 GD; Australia 2 Pts, 0 GD; Russia 2 Pts, −1 GD

16 July 2017 18:50	Report	Australia	16–4	Kazakhstan	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 4–1, 4–2, 4–0
		Webster 5	Goals	Zakirova 2

16 July 2017 21:30	Report	Russia	9–7	Greece	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 4–3, 2–3, 1–0
		Karimova, Simanovich 3	Goals	three players 2

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18 July 2017 13:30	Report	Greece	19–5	Kazakhstan	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Daniel Daners (URU), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters:5–0, 4–2, 4–1, 6–2
		Asimaki 4	Goals	Akilbayeva 3

18 July 2017 17:30	Report	Australia	8–5	Russia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 3–1, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	Borisova 2

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20 July 2017 10:50	Report	Australia	8–11	Greece	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–3, 1–3
		Gofers 3	Goals	Asimaki, E. Plevritou 3

20 July 2017 12:10	Report	Russia	15–6	Kazakhstan	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 3–2, 4–2, 3–1
		Simanovich 3	Goals	Mirshina 3

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

24 July

Russia

9

22 July

Italy

8

Russia

11

26 July

Netherlands

10

Russia

9

United States

14

24 July

Australia

5

22 July

United States

7

France

2

28 July

Australia

16

United States

13

Spain

6

24 July

Canada

6

22 July

Hungary

4

Canada

16

26 July

New Zealand

3

Canada

10

Spain

12

Bronze medal match

24 July

28 July

Greece

12

Russia

11

22 July

Spain

14

Canada

9

China

5

Spain

13

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place classification				5th place match
	26 July
	Italy	18
					28 July
	Australia	17
					Italy	8
	26 July
					Hungary	10
	Greece	9
	Hungary	10
					7th place match
					28 July
					Australia	6
					Greece	8

9th place bracket

	9th–12th place classification				9th place match
	24 July
	Netherlands	19
					26 July
	New Zealand	4
					Netherlands	14
	24 July
					China	7
	France	5
	China	13
					11th place match
					26 July
					New Zealand	7
					France	9

13th place bracket

	13th–16th place classification				13th place match
	22 July
	Brazil	10
					24 July
	South Africa	5
					Brazil	9
	22 July
					Japan	11
	Kazakhstan	8
	Japan	17
					15th place match
					24 July
					South Africa	4
					Kazakhstan	6

Playoffs

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

22 July 2017 17:30	Report	Canada	16–3	New Zealand	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 4–1, 3–0, 4–1
		Békhazi 4	Goals	three players 1

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22 July 2017 19:00	Report	China	5–13	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Steven Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 1–4, 1–5, 1–3
		Zhao 2	Goals	B. Ortiz 4

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22 July 2017 20:30	Report	Netherlands	10–11	Russia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–3, 2–3, 2–1
		Stomphorst 3	Goals	Prokofyeva 3

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22 July 2017 22:00	Report	France	2–16	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 0–4, 1–1, 1–6
		Millot, Battu 1	Goals	Arancini 4

Quarterfinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

24 July 2017 14:50	Report	Italy	8–9	Russia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 4–1, 3–3, 1–2
		Emmolo 3	Goals	Ivanova 3

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24 July 2017 16:10	Report	United States	7–5	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 3–0, 2–2, 2–3
		Musselman, Raney 2	Goals	Gofers 4

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24 July 2017 20:30	Report	Hungary	4–6	Canada	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Steven Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 4–3, 0–1, 0–1
		four players 1	Goals	Eggens 5

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24 July 2017 22:00	Report	Greece	12–14	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–2, 2–2, 3–4  PSO: 2–4
		Kotsia 3	Goals	B. Ortiz 4

13th–16th place classification

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

22 July 2017 10:30	Report	Brazil	10–5	South Africa	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Ni Shiwei (CHN), Daniel Daners (URU)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 2–1, 3–1, 2–2
		Abla 5	Goals	Hallendorff 2

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22 July 2017 12:00	Report	Japan	17–8	Kazakhstan	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Michael Brooks (NZL)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 2–1, 7–4, 5–2
		Arima, Sakanoue 4	Goals	Mirshina 4

9th–12th place classification

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

24 July 2017 12:10	Report	New Zealand	4–19	Netherlands	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–6, 1–3, 1–5
		four players 1	Goals	four players 3

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24 July 2017 13:30	Report	China	13–5	France	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Nader Ghafouri (IRI)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–2, 4–1, 3–0
		Niu 3	Goals	Sacre 2

5th–8th place classification

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

26 July 2017 13:30	Report	Italy	18–17	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Steven Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 2–3, 1–3, 3–2   PSO:7–6
		Bianconi 5	Goals	Webster 4

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26 July 2017 15:00	Report	Hungary	10–9	Greece	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–2, 5–0, 2–3
		Keszthelyi 3	Goals	Tsoukala 3

Semifinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

26 July 2017 20:30	Report	Russia	9–14	United States	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 1–6, 2–2, 2–1
		Prokofyeva 3 Borisova, Simanovich 2 Ivanova, Ryzhkova 1	Goals	Fattal 5 Seidemann 4 Steffens 3 K. Neushul, Williams 1

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26 July 2017 22:00	Report	Canada	10–12	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 2–2, 4–3
		Christmas, Fournier 3 Eggens 2 Wright, McKee 1	Goals	Gual 5 B. Ortiz 3 Bach, A. Espar, C. Espar, Leitón 1

15th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

24 July 2017 09:30	Report	South Africa	4–6	Kazakhstan	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Ni Shiwei (CHN), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 1–0, 0–2
		Smit 2	Goals	Akilbayeva 2

13th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

24 July 2017 10:50	Report	Brazil	9–11	Japan	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Daniel Daners (URU), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–6, 2–1, 3–2
		Abla 4	Goals	Sakanoue 4

11th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

26 July 2017 10:30	Report	New Zealand	7–9	France	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
		Score by quarters:1–0, 2–2, 1–5, 3–2
		Lopes da Silva, Mason 2	Goals	Daule, Guillet 2

9th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

26 July 2017 12:00	Report	Netherlands	14–7	China	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–2, 2–1, 5–2
		Nijhuis 4	Goals	three players 2

7th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

28 July 2017 12:00	Report	Australia	6–8	Greece	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–4, 3–3, 2–0
		six players 1	Goals	Tsoukala 3

5th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

28 July 2017 13:30	Report	Italy	8–10	Hungary	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 2–2, 2–2
		Bianconi, Garibotti 4	Goals	Keszthelyi 3

Bronze medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

28 July 2017 15:00	Report	Russia	11–9	Canada	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Péter Molnár (HUN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 2–2, 2–2
		Ryzhkova 3 Prokofyeva, Borisova, Serzhantova 2 Karimova, Timofeeva 1	Goals	Eggens 4 Wright 3 Békhazi, McKelvey 1

Gold medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

28 July 2017 20:30	Report	United States	13–6	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 3–2, 5–2, 3–1
		K. Neushul 4 Musselman 3 Steffens 2 Seidemann, M. Fischer, Fattal, Raney 1	Goals	A. Espar 3 B. Ortiz 2 Leitón 1

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank [1] Team   United States   Spain   Russia 4   Canada 5   Hungary 6   Italy 7   Greece 8   Australia 9   Netherlands 10   China 11   France 12   New Zealand 13   Japan 14   Brazil 15   Kazakhstan 16   South Africa

2017 Women's Water Polo World champions  United States Fifth title Team Roster Gabby Stone, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens (C), Jordan Raney, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Jamie Neushul, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Amanda Longan. [1] Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Roberta Bianconi	20	47	43
2	Monika Eggens	18	45	40
3	Rowie Webster	17	42	41
4	Rita Keszthelyi	16	39	41
	Bea Ortiz		31	52
	Maddie Musselman		48	33
7	Yumi Arima	14	41	34
	Rachel Fattal		23	61
	Keesja Gofers		28	50
	Sabrina van der Sloot		22	64

Source: SportResult

Awards

^[3]

Most Valuable Player

• Maddie Musselman

Best Goalscorer

• Roberta Bianconi – 20 goals

Media All-Star Team

• Laura Ester – Goalkeeper
• Paula Leitón – Centre forward
• Roberta Bianconi
• Monika Eggens
• Rachel Fattal
• Rita Keszthelyi
• Maddie Musselman

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
2. Draw & Groups - Water Polo Tournaments
3. "Day 7 Women's Water Polo: USA rolls Spain for fifth world crown". fina.org. 28 July 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Records and statistics (reports by Omega)