Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Venue(s)	Marine Messe, Fukuoka
Dates	16–28 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	1,157 (24.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Judith Forca (23 goals)
Best player	Elena Ruiz
Best goalkeeper	Laura Aarts
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The women's water polo tournament at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held from 16 to 28 July 2023. This was the 16th time that the women's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1986. ^[1] Netherlands won their second title after defeating Spain in the final. ^[2]

Qualification

Event	Dates	Hosts	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation	—	—	1	Japan
2022 World League	25 January – 6 November 2022	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	2	Spain   Hungary
2022 World Championships	20 June – 2 July 2022	Budapest	4	United States   Netherlands   Italy   Australia
2022 European Championship	27 August – 10 September 2022	Split	3	Greece   Israel   France
2022 Asian Championship	7–14 November 2022	Samut Prakan	2	China   Kazakhstan
2023 Pan American Water Polo Championships	3–8 April 2023	Bauru	2	Canada   Brazil   Argentina
African Wildcard	—	—	1	South Africa
Oceanian Wildcard	—	—	1	New Zealand
Total			16

Due the limited budget and the proximity of the date of the championship with the 2023 Pan American Games, Brazil withdrew before the tournament and was replaced by Argentina. ^{[3] [4]}

Draw

The draw was held on 18 April 2023. ^[5]

Seeding

The pots were announced on 12 April 2023. ^[6]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United States   Hungary   Netherlands   Italy	Spain   Australia   Canada   Greece	Argentina   Israel   France   New Zealand	South Africa   Japan   China   Kazakhstan

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
China	Spain	Argentina	Canada
France	Israel	Greece	New Zealand
United States	Netherlands	Italy	Hungary
Australia	Kazakhstan	South Africa	Japan

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9). ^[7]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	40	16	+24	9	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	0	0	1	26	24	+2	6	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	0	0	2	25	37	−12	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	24	38	−14	0

Source: Sportresult ^{[ dead link ]}
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 2023 09:00	Report [ dead link ]	United States	15–6	China	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters:1–0, 6–2, 3–1, 5–3
		Musselman 4	Goals	Zhang Jin. 3

16 July 2023 10:30	Report [ dead link ]	France	8–10	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–4, 2–1, 1–2
		Bouloukbachi 3	Goals	Andrews, Fasala 2

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18 July 2023 17:30	Report [ dead link ]	Australia	5–9	United States	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 0–0, 1–3, 1–1
		Williams 3	Goals	three players 2

18 July 2023 20:30	Report [ dead link ]	China	11–12	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 1–3, 4–1, 2–5
		Wang H. 3	Goals	Dhalluin 4

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20 July 2023 13:00	Report [ dead link ]	China	7–11	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–2, 1–3, 2–2
		Lu, Zhang Jin. 2	Goals	five players 2

20 July 2023 16:00	Report [ dead link ]	France	5–16	United States	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–2, 0–4, 3–5
		Bouloukbachi 2	Goals	Prentice 4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	0	61	16	+45	9	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	0	0	1	52	17	+35	6	Playoffs
3	Israel	3	1	0	0	2	30	52	−22	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	0	3	13	71	−58	0

Source: Sportresult ^{[ dead link ]}
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 2023 12:00	Report [ dead link ]	Netherlands	7–6	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 3–2, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	E. Ruiz 3

16 July 2023 13:30	Report [ dead link ]	Israel	17–6	Kazakhstan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 6–1, 2–2, 4–0
		three players 4	Goals	Khritankova, Mirshina 2

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18 July 2023 09:00	Report [ dead link ]	Kazakhstan	2–30	Netherlands	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 0–10, 1–7, 1–9, 0–4
		Mirshina, Pochinok 1	Goals	Van de Kraats 8

18 July 2023 10:30	Report [ dead link ]	Spain	22–5	Israel	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 5–1, 5–0, 7–2
		Camus, A. Ruiz 4	Goals	five players 1

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20 July 2023 17:30	Report [ dead link ]	Spain	24–5	Kazakhstan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 8–1, 5–0, 6–1
		Peña 4	Goals	Novikova, Tsoy 2

20 July 2023 20:30	Report [ dead link ]	Israel	8–24	Netherlands	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 1–6, 2–5, 4–6
		Futorian 3	Goals	Joustra 5

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	0	61	16	+45	9	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	0	0	1	63	19	+44	6	Playoffs
3	South Africa	3	1	0	0	2	16	57	−41	3
4	Argentina	3	0	0	0	3	12	60	−48	0

Source: Sportresult ^{[ dead link ]}
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 2023 16:00	Report [ dead link ]	Italy	27–1	Argentina	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 7–0, 6–0, 11–0
		Avegno 4	Goals	Leonard 1

16 July 2023 17:30	Report [ dead link ]	Greece	24–2	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
		Score by quarters:7–1, 6–1, 6–0, 5–0
		Fountotou, E. Plevritou 4	Goals	Sileno, Zondo 1

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18 July 2023 12:00	Report [ dead link ]	South Africa	2–24	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–7, 1–7, 0–8
		MacDonell, Meecham 1	Goals	Bettini, Giustini 4

18 July 2023 13:30	Report [ dead link ]	Argentina	2–21	Greece	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–5, 1–6, 0–4
		Bacigalupo, Hatcher 1	Goals	three players 3

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20 July 2023 09:00	Report [ dead link ]	Argentina	9–12	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Gómez (ESP), Jennifer McCall (USA),
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–5, 2–2, 2–3
		Auliel 4	Goals	Meecham 3

20 July 2023 10:30	Report [ dead link ]	Greece	16–12	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters:6–4, 4–1, 3–2, 3–5
		four players 3	Goals	four players 2

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	0	60	36	+24	9	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	40	34	+6	6	Playoffs
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	0	2	33	52	−19	3
4	Japan (H)	3	0	0	0	3	49	60	−11	0

Source: Sportresult ^{[ dead link ]}
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) Host

16 July 2023 19:00	Report [ dead link ]	New Zealand	17–16	Japan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–3, 4–5, 4–3
		Doyle 5	Goals	Ura 5

16 July 2023 20:30	Report [ dead link ]	Hungary	11–10	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–2, 1–2, 3–3
		Keszthelyi 4	Goals	four players 2

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18 July 2023 16:00	Report [ dead link ]	Canada	13–11	New Zealand	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
		Score by quarters:7–4, 1–3, 3–0, 2–4
		La Roche 3	Goals	Howarth 4

18 July 2023 19:00	Report [ dead link ]	Japan	21–26	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 6–8, 5–7, 6–6
		Arima 7	Goals	Hajdú 5

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20 July 2023 12:00	Report [ dead link ]	New Zealand	5–23	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Marta Cabanas (ESP),
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 0–3, 2–9, 0–5
		Doyle, Houghton 2	Goals	Szilágyi 5

20 July 2023 19:00	Report [ dead link ]	Canada	17–12	Japan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 3–3, 5–4, 4–4
		Lemay-Lavoie 5	Goals	Arima, Kawaguchi 4

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

24 July

United States

7

22 July

Italy

8

Italy

14

26 July

New Zealand

7

Italy

8

Netherlands

9

24 July

Netherlands

17

22 July

Canada

10

South Africa

6

28 July

Canada

21

Netherlands (PSO)

12 (5)

Spain

12 (4)

24 July

Greece

8

22 July

Australia

9

Australia

16

26 July

Israel

7

Australia

10

Spain

12

Third place

24 July

28 July

Hungary

9

Italy

16

22 July

Spain

12

Australia

14

France

9

Spain

16

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	26 July
	United States	16
					28 July
	Canada	4
					United States (PSO)	11 (4)
	26 July
					Hungary	11 (2)
	Greece	9
	Hungary	10
					Seventh place game
					28 July
					Canada (PSO)	10 (4)
					Greece	10 (2)

9th place bracket

	9th–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	24 July
	Israel	15
					26 July
	New Zealand	12
					Israel	7
	24 July
					France	11
	France	20
	South Africa	6
					Eleventh place game
					26 July
					New Zealand	25
					South Africa	6

13th place bracket

	13th–16th place semifinals				13th place game
	22 July
	China	16
					24 July
	Kazakhstan	6
					China	18
	22 July
					Japan	10
	Argentina	11
	Japan	21
					15th place game
					24 July
					Kazakhstan	10
					Argentina	8

Playoffs

22 July 2023 14:00	Report [ dead link ]	Australia	16–7	Israel	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
		Score by quarters:7–2, 4–1, 3–1, 2–3
		Armit 4	Goals	Kordonskaia 3

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22 July 2023 15:30	Report [ dead link ]	France	9–16	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–4, 2–5, 2–4
		Bouloukbachi, Dhalluin 2	Goals	Forca 5

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22 July 2023 17:00	Report [ dead link ]	Italy	14–7	New Zealand	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 6–2, 1–3, 3–1
		Bettini 3	Goals	Doyle 2

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22 July 2023 18:30	Report [ dead link ]	South Africa	6–21	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–4, 1–4, 3–7
		Thornton-Dibb 2	Goals	Wright 4

Quarterfinals

24 July 2023 15:00	Report [ dead link ]	United States	7–8	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 2–2, 1–2
		Steffens 4	Goals	Giustini 3

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24 July 2023 16:30	Report [ dead link ]	Netherlands	17–10	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 5–3, 3–4, 3–1
		three players 3	Goals	McKelvey 4

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24 July 2023 18:00	Report [ dead link ]	Greece	8–9	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 1–4, 3–2, 0–0
		Xenaki 3	Goals	four players 2

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24 July 2023 19:30	Report [ dead link ]	Hungary	9–12	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 3–4, 2–2
		Garda 4	Goals	Forca 5

13–16th place semifinals

22 July 2023 09:00	Report [ dead link ]	China	16–6	Kazakhstan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 6–2, 3–2, 4–1
		Yan S., Zhang J. 4	Goals	Kaplun 3

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22 July 2023 10:30	Report [ dead link ]	Argentina	11–21	Japan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 3–4, 5–4, 3–5
		Bacigalupo 3	Goals	Arima, Nishiyama 4

9–12th place semifinals

24 July 2023 12:00	Report [ dead link ]	Israel	15–12	New Zealand	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 5–3, 5–2, 2–6
		Strugo 4	Goals	Houghton, Nicholson 3

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24 July 2023 13:30	Report [ dead link ]	France	20–6	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 6–0, 5–4, 5–1
		Vernoux 6	Goals	Thornton-Dibb 3

5–8th place semifinals

26 July 2023 14:00	Report [ dead link ]	United States	16–4	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 2–1, 6–1, 3–1
		Flynn 5	Goals	Browne 2

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26 July 2023 15:30	Report [ dead link ]	Greece	9–10	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 4–5, 2–1
		Ninou 3	Goals	Garda, Keszthelyi 3

Semifinals

26 July 2023 17:00	Report [ dead link ]	Italy	8–9	Netherlands	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 2–2, 1–1
		Marletta 3	Goals	L. Rogge, Wolves 2

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26 July 2023 18:30	Report [ dead link ]	Australia	10–12	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Jennifer McCall (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–3, 2–2, 2–2
		Kearns 3	Goals	E. Ruiz 4

15th place game

24 July 2023 09:00	Report [ dead link ]	Kazakhstan	10–8	Argentina	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 3–3, 2–4, 2–1
		Khritankova, Novikova 3	Goals	Bacigalupo 4

13th place game

24 July 2023 10:30	Report [ dead link ]	China	18–10	Japan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 5–3, 4–3, 5–1
		Lu, Yan J. 3	Goals	Ura 3

Eleventh place game

26 July 2023 09:00	Report [ dead link ]	New Zealand	25–6	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
		Score by quarters:7–0, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
		Houghton 7	Goals	Meecham, Versfeld 2

Ninth place game

26 July 2023 10:30	Report [ dead link ]	Israel	7–11	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–4, 1–4, 3–0
		Bogachenko 4	Goals	Millot 3

Seventh place game

28 July 2023 11:30	Report [ dead link ]	Canada	14–12	Greece	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 1–4, 4–1, 1–4  PSO:4–2
		Wright 3	Goals	Xenaki 3

Fifth place game

28 July 2023 16:30	Report [ dead link ]	United States	15–13	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 1–3, 5–4, 1–2  PSO:4–2
		Raney 3	Goals	Keszthelyi 4

Third place game

28 July 2023 13:00	Report [ dead link ]	Italy	16–14	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 5–6, 3–1, 3–3
		Bianconi 6	Goals	Williams 3

Final

28 July 2023 18:00	Report [ dead link ]	Netherlands	17–16	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 2–3, 3–1, 3–5  PSO:5–4
		Van de Kraats, Sleeking 3	Goals	Forca 5

Final ranking

Rank [8] Team   Netherlands   Spain   Italy 4   Australia 5   United States 6   Hungary 7   Canada 8   Greece 9   France 10   Israel 11   New Zealand 12   South Africa 13   China 14   Japan 15   Kazakhstan 16   Argentina Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics

2023 Women's Water Polo World Champions Netherlands Second title

Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals [9]	Shots	%
1	Judith Forca	23	45	51
2	Simone van de Kraats	20	33	61
3	Rita Keszthelyi	19	39	49
	Yumi Arima		40	48
5	Emmerson Houghton	18	32	56
6	Roberta Bianconi	16	37	43
	Sofia Giustini		33	48
8	Claudia Marletta	15	27	56
	Elena Ruiz		30	50
10	Alice Williams	14	39	36
	Eirini Ninou		30	47
	Eruna Ura		23	61
	Bernadette Doyle		34	41

Awards

The awards were announced on 29 July 2023. ^[2]

All-star team
Goalkeeper	Laura Aarts
Field player	Yumi Arima
	Roberta Bianconi
	Judith Forca
	Elena Ruiz
	Simone van de Kraats
	Alice Williams
Other awards
MVP	Elena Ruiz
Best goalkeeper	Laura Aarts

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
2. "Netherlands regains water polo crown after 32 years". worldaquatics.com. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
3. "Two vacancies at World Championships: Brazilian teams don't arrive in Fukuoka". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
4. "Argentina In – World Aquatics Championships will now feature Argentina in the Men's and Women's Water Polo Tournaments". worldaquatics.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
5. "Draw for World Championships in Fukuoka: Two reigning champions in "Group of death"". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
6. "The field is now set – Qualified teams for the Men's and Women's Water Polo Tournament for Fukuoka". worldaquatics.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
7. "World Championships, schedule: Spain's ladies and men feature in opening day's derbies". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
8. "World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023-Final Standings". worldaquatics.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
9. Top scorers ^{[ dead link ]}

External links

• 20th FINA World Championships Fukuoka 2023 FINA Water Polo website
• Records and statistics (reports by Omega) Archived 2024-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Water polo at the 2023 World Championships – Women's tournament total-waterpolo.com
• Women Water Polo XX World Championship 2023 Fukuoka, Japan todor66.com