Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

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Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Singapore
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–23 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Greece (2nd title)
Runners-up	Hungary
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	1,286 (26.79 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Foteini Tricha (25 goals)
Awards
Best player	Rita Keszthelyi
Best goalkeeper	Ioanna Stamatopoulou
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The women's water polo tournament at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 11 to 23 July 2025. This was the 18th time that the women's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1986. ^[1] United States are the defending champions, having beaten Hungary in Doha 2024.

Greece won their second title by defeating Hungary in the final. ^[2]

Qualification

Map of qualifiers for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships:

  Team qualified for 2025 World Aquatics Championships

  Team failed to qualify

  Team banned from competition

  Did not enter

Qualification took place between January 2024 and April 2025, with a mix of international competitions organised by World Aquatics and continental championships held by the regional bodies acting as qualification. Overall, 35 countries took part in qualification. The slot allocation was as follows: ^[3]

• Host nation: 1 slot
• 2024 Summer Olympics: 3 slots
• 2025 World Cup: 3 slots
• 2025 Asian Championship: 3 slots
• 2024 Pan American Championship: 2 slots
• 2024 European Championship: 3 slots
• African selection: 1 slot
• Oceanian selection: 1 slot

Of the 16 countries that qualified, 13 took part in 2024. Croatia will make their debut at the championship, ^[4] while Argentina and Japan returns after a one edition absence. Regarding the non qualifiers, Kazakhstan failed to qualify, marking Kazakhstan's first non-qualification since 2005. Having taken part in 2024, Brazil failed to qualify. Surprisingly, 2024 Olympics participants, Canada, didn't enter the 2024 Pan American Championship and thus failed to qualify for the first time ever.

The highest ranked team that failed to qualify was Canada, ranked 8th, while hosts Singapore are the lowest ranked team participating, ranked 22nd.

Event	Dates	Hosts	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation	—	—	1	Singapore
2024 Summer Olympics	27 July – 10 August 2024	Paris	3	Spain   Australia   Netherlands
2025 World Cup	14 December 2024 – 20 April 2025	Chengdu	3	Greece   Hungary   Italy
2025 Asian Championship	25 February – 2 March 2025	Zhaoqing	2	China   Japan
2024 Pan American Championship	20–25 November 2024	Ibagué	2	Argentina   United States
2024 European Championship	5–13 January 2024	Eindhoven	3	Croatia   France   Great Britain
African selection	—	—	1	South Africa
Oceanian selection	—	—	1	New Zealand
Total			16

Summary of qualified teams

Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	App	First	Last	Streak	Best placement in tournament	WR [5]
Singapore	Hosts	9 February 2023	2nd	2024		2	Sixteenth place (2024)	22
Australia	2024 Summer Olympics	8 August 2024	18th	1986	2024	18	Champions (1986)	6
Spain			14th	1998		13	Champions (2013)	1
Netherlands		10 August 2024	18th	1986		18	Champions (1991, 2023)	2
Argentina	2024 Pan American Championship	23 November 2024	3rd	2022	2023	1	Twelfth place (2022)	21
United States			18th	1986	2024	18	Champions (Eight times) [a]	3
China	2025 Asian Championship	1 March 2025	11th	2005		3	Runners-up (2011)	9
Japan			7th	2001	2023	1	Eleventh place (2001, 2003)	14
Greece	2025 World Cup	18 April 2025	15th	1998	2024	15	Champions (2011)	5
Hungary			18th	1986		18	Champions (1994, 2005)	4
Italy			16th	1994		16	Champions (1998, 2001)	7
Croatia	2024 European Championship [b]		1st	Debut				16
France			9th	1991	2024	4	Eighth place (2022)	10
Great Britain			5th	1986		2	Ninth place (1986)	11
New Zealand	Oceanian Selection	6 May 2025	16th	1991		12	Seventh place (1991)	15
South Africa	African selection		10th	2009		10	Twelfth place (2023)	19

Final draw

The Final draw was held at 17:00 CET on 7 May 2025 at the World Aquatics' interim headquarters in Budapest, Hungary. ^{[6] [7] [8]} The draw was hosted by sports presenter Edit Szalay. Water polo players, Laura Ester and Filip Filipović, alongside World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam and Singaporean Olympian Mark Chay, were the guests who assisted with the draw. ^[7] The draw started with, in order, pots 4, 3, 2 and 1 being drawn, with each team selected then allocated into the first available group alphabetically. The position for the team within the group would then be drawn (for the purpose of the schedule). There were no draw restrictions.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 6 May 2025, a day before the draw. ^[6]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Spain   Australia   Netherlands   Greece	Hungary   Italy   France   United States	Great Britain   Croatia   New Zealand   Argentina	Japan   China   South Africa   Singapore

Draw

Group A

Pos	Team
A1	Australia
A2	Italy
A3	Singapore
A4	New Zealand

Group B

Pos	Team
B1	China
B2	Argentina
B3	United States
B4	Netherlands

Group C

Pos	Team
C1	Croatia
C2	Greece
C3	Japan
C4	Hungary

Group D

Pos	Team
D1	Great Britain
D2	South Africa
D3	France
D4	Spain

Referees

On 26 April 2025, the following referees were announced as officiating the championship. ^[9]

Region Country Referees Africa   Egypt Yasser Mehalhel   South Africa Dasch Barber Americas   Argentina Germán Moller   Brazil Marcella Braga   Canada Evan Andrews   United States Jennifer McCall Scott Voltz Asia   China Zhang Liang   Japan Chisato Kurosaki

Region Country Referees Asia   Singapore Wu Zhekang Europe   Croatia Andrej Franulović   France Aurély Blanchard   Germany Frank Ohme   Great Britain Maxim Gerasimov   Greece Georgios Stavridis   Hungary Tamás Kovács-Csatlós   Italy Alessia Ferrari   Montenegro Stanko Ivanovski

Region Country Referees Europe   Netherlands Michiel Zwart   Romania Mihai Balanescu   Serbia Ivan Raković   Slovenia Boris Margeta   Spain David Gómez Marta Cabanas Oceania   Australia Fiona Haigh Nicholas Hodgers   New Zealand Megan Perry

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 26 May 2025. ^{[10] [11]}

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	0	68	23	+45	9	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	0	0	1	61	33	+28	6	Playoffs
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	0	2	37	36	+1	3
4	Singapore (H)	3	0	0	0	3	14	88	−74	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Omegatiming
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

11 July 2025 17:35	Report	Italy	14–9	New Zealand	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–4, 5–2, 5–1
		three players 3	Goals	Weston 2

11 July 2025 19:10	Report	Singapore	2–34	Australia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Marcella Braga (BRA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 1–8, 1–10, 0–9
		Lee, Ong C. 1	Goals	Williams 5

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13 July 2025 17:35	Report	Australia	19–15	Italy	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: David Gómez (ESP), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 4–2, 6–4, 5–6
		A. Andrews 5	Goals	Ranalli 6

13 July 2025 19:10	Report	New Zealand	22–7	Singapore	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Evan Andrews (CAN)
		Score by quarters:8–2, 5–1, 3–2, 6–2
		McDowall 8	Goals	Tio 4

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15 July 2025 17:35	Report	Australia	15–6	New Zealand	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 3–2, 5–1, 3–3
		three players 3	Goals	Houghton 3

15 July 2025 19:10	Report	Italy	32–5	Singapore	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters:8–0, 8–1, 6–1, 10–3
		Cocchiere 6	Goals	Lee 2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	52	19	+33	9	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	0	1	47	24	+23	6	Playoffs
3	China	3	1	0	0	2	43	37	+6	3
4	Argentina	3	0	0	0	3	18	80	−62	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Omegatiming
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.

11 July 2025 10:35	Report	Argentina	6–25	Netherlands	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–6, 2–7, 1–6
		Canda, Mastronardi 2	Goals	four players 3

11 July 2025 12:10	Report	United States	15–7	China	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 4–3, 6–1, 2–2
		Ausmus, Lineback 3	Goals	Wang H. 2

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13 July 2025 09:00	Report	China	29–9	Argentina	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Marcella Braga (BRA), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters:9–4, 6–1, 6–1, 8–3
		three players 4	Goals	three players 2

13 July 2025 20:45	Report	Netherlands	9–11	United States	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–4, 1–2, 3–2
		L. Rogge 3	Goals	Ausmus 3

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15 July 2025 09:00	Report	Argentina	3–26	United States	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dasch Barber (RSA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–7, 1–8, 0–5
		three players 1	Goals	Stryker 6

15 July 2025 16:00	Report	China	7–13	Netherlands	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Yasser Mehalhel (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–4, 2–4
		Yan S. 3	Goals	Van der Sloot 4

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	0	65	28	+37	9	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	0	0	1	65	32	+33	6	Playoffs
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	53	70	−17	3
4	Croatia	3	0	0	0	3	25	78	−53	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Omegatiming
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.

11 July 2025 16:00	Report	Japan	25–12	Croatia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Fiona Haigh (AUS), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters:7–3, 4–3, 11–5, 3–1
		Arima 7	Goals	Rožić 4

11 July 2025 20:45	Report	Greece	9–10	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 3–3, 0–4, 4–2
		Tricha 6	Goals	Rybanska 3

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13 July 2025 10:35	Report	Hungary	33–13	Japan	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Megan Perry (NZL)
		Score by quarters:8–3, 8–2, 9–3, 8–5
		Rybanska, Vályi 6	Goals	Arima 4

13 July 2025 13:45	Report	Croatia	7–31	Greece	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–9, 4–7, 1–7, 1–8
		Srhoj 3	Goals	Tricha 5

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15 July 2025 10:35	Report	Greece	25–15	Japan	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Wu Zhekang (SGP), Scott Voltz (USA)
		Score by quarters:6–3, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
		Myriokefalitaki 7	Goals	Kawaguchi 5

15 July 2025 20:45	Report	Croatia	6–22	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Fiona Haigh (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–9, 2–5, 1–5, 1–3
		Rožić 4	Goals	Garda, Keszthelyi 4

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	62	17	+45	9	Quarterfinals
2	Great Britain	3	2	0	0	1	31	28	+3	6	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	0	0	2	28	41	−13	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	13	48	−35	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Omegatiming
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.

11 July 2025 09:00	Report	South Africa	4–23	Spain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Wu Zhekang (SGP), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–9, 0–5, 2–4, 1–5
		four players 1	Goals	González 5

11 July 2025 13:45	Report	France	9–12	Great Britain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Megan Rose Perry (NZL)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 0–3, 2–5, 3–1
		Vernoux 4	Goals	Brown, Turner 3

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13 July 2025 12:10	Report	Great Britain	12–3	South Africa	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Wu Zhekang (SGP)
		Score by quarters:5–0, 2–2, 4–1, 1–0
		Turner 4	Goals	three players 1

13 July 2025 16:00	Report	Spain	23–6	France	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Fiona Haigh (AUS)
		Score by quarters:6–3, 5–2, 6–0, 6–1
		Ruiz 4	Goals	Vernoux 2

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15 July 2025 12:10	Report	South Africa	6–13	France	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Megan Perry (NZL), Mihai Balanescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–3, 3–3, 0–3
		Banks 2	Goals	Hardy, Heurtaux 3

15 July 2025 13:45	Report	Great Britain	7–16	Spain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Marcella Braga (BRA), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–3, 5–3, 1–6
		three players 3	Goals	Ruiz 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

19 July

Australia

7

17 July

Greece

8

Greece

23

21 July

France

9

Greece

14

United States

10

19 July

United States

26

17 July

Japan

8

Japan

23

23 July

Great Britain

10

Greece

12

Hungary

9

19 July

Hungary

12

17 July

Italy

9

Italy

13

21 July

China

11

Hungary

15

Spain

9

Third place

19 July

23 July

Spain (PSO)

11 (4)

United States

12

17 July

Netherlands

11 (2)

Spain

13

New Zealand

9

Netherlands

14

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	21 July
	Australia	21
					23 July
	Japan	17
					Australia	11
	21 July
					Netherlands	13
	Italy	13
	Netherlands	16
					Seventh place game
					23 July
					Japan	15
					Italy	20

9th place bracket

	9th–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	19 July
	China	18
					21 July
	France	6
					China	10
	19 July
					New Zealand	6
	New Zealand	20
	Great Britain	12
					Eleventh place game
					21 July
					France	9
					Great Britain	14

13th place bracket

	13th–16th place semifinals				13th place game
	17 July
	Singapore	9
					19 July
	Argentina	18
					Argentina	12 (2)
	17 July
					Croatia (PSO)	12 (4)
	Croatia	16
	South Africa	6
					15th place game
					19 July
					Singapore	4
					South Africa	8

Playoffs

17 July 2025 16:00	Report	Italy	13–11	China	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 4–5, 5–4, 2–2
		Bettini, Bianconi 3	Goals	Wang S., Yan S. 2

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17 July 2025 17:35	Report	New Zealand	9–14	Netherlands	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Wu Zhekang (SGP), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–5, 4–5, 2–1
		Quin 3	Goals	Van de Kraats 5

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17 July 2025 19:10	Report	Greece	23–9	France	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dasch Barber (RSA), Marcella Braga (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–3, 8–0, 7–2
		Tricha 5	Goals	Heurtaux 4

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17 July 2025 20:45	Report	Japan	23–10	Great Britain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Fiona Haigh (AUS)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 5–2, 5–1, 7–5
		Ura 4	Goals	five players 2

Quarterfinals

19 July 2025 16:00	Report	Australia	7–8	Greece	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–4, 2–1, 2–2
		A. Andrews, C. Andrews 2	Goals	Plevritou, Santa 2

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19 July 2025 17:35	Report	United States	26–8	Japan	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
		Score by quarters:10–2, 6–1, 5–2, 5–3
		Pearson 5	Goals	Sunabe, Ura 2

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19 July 2025 19:10	Report	Hungary	12–9	Italy	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–2, 2–2
		Keszthelyi 4	Goals	Ranalli 4

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19 July 2025 20:45	Report	Spain	15–13	Netherlands	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 4–2, 3–5, 1–3  PSO:4–2
		Ortiz 3	Goals	L. Rogge 6

13–16th place semifinals

17 July 2025 09:00	Report	Singapore	9–18	Argentina	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Megan Perry (NZL), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–6, 3–4, 3–4
		Koh 3	Goals	Canda 5

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17 July 2025 10:35	Report	Croatia	16–6	South Africa	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters:7–2, 2–3, 2–0, 5–1
		Janković 4	Goals	Meecham 2

9–12th place semifinals

19 July 2025 12:10	Report	China	18–6	France	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Fiona Haigh (AUS), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–0, 7–2, 5–2
		Yan S. 4	Goals	Vernoux 3

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19 July 2025 13:45	Report	New Zealand	20–12	Great Britain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Marcella Braga (BRA)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 7–3, 5–1, 3–5
		Quin 5	Goals	Turner 4

5–8th place semifinals

21 July 2025 16:00	Report	Australia	21–17	Japan	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:7–6, 6–4, 2–3, 6–4
		Jackovich 5	Goals	Arima 5

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21 July 2025 20:00	Report	Italy	13–16	Netherlands	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 4–2, 3–5, 4–3
		Cocchiere 3	Goals	Keuning, L. Rogge 3

Semifinals

21 July 2025 17:35	Report	Greece	14–10	United States	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 3–3, 5–2
		V. Plevritou 4	Goals	four players 2

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21 July 2025 21:35	Report	Hungary	15–9	Spain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 5–2, 3–2, 1–3
		Keszthelyi, Szilágyi 3	Goals	Ruiz 3

15th place game

19 July 2025 09:00	Report	Singapore	4–8	South Africa	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–2, 1–2, 0–1
		four players 1	Goals	Williams 2

13th place game

19 July 2025 10:35	Report	Argentina	14–16	Croatia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dasch Barber (RSA), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 4–5, 4–2   PSO: 2–4
		Bacigalupo 4	Goals	Rožić 3

Eleventh place game

21 July 2025 09:00	Report	France	9–14	Great Britain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Fiona Haigh (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–4, 2–4, 3–4
		Vernoux 3	Goals	Rogers, Turner 3

Ninth place game

21 July 2025 10:35	Report	China	10–6	New Zealand	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 2–1, 0–1, 4–2
		four players 2	Goals	McDowall 5

Seventh place game

23 July 2025 16:00	Report	Japan	15–20	Italy	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 2–5, 2–6, 6–4
		Fukuda 3	Goals	Cergol, Gagliardi 5

Fifth place game

23 July 2025 17:35	Report	Australia	11–13	Netherlands	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Jennifer McCall (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 4–4, 3–4
		Williams 3	Goals	Bosveld 3

Third place game

23 July 2025 20:00	Report	United States	12–13	Spain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 5–4, 3–2
		Lineback 5	Goals	Espar 4

Final

23 July 2025 21:35	Report	Greece	12–9	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 5–3, 2–2, 2–3
		Tricha, Xenaki 3	Goals	Tiba, Hajdú 2

Final ranking

Rank [12] [13] Team   Greece   Hungary   Spain 4   United States 5   Netherlands 6   Australia 7   Italy 8   Japan 9   China 10   New Zealand 11   Great Britain 12   France 13   Croatia 14   Argentina 15   South Africa 16   Singapore

2025 Women's Water Polo World Champions Greece Second title

Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals [14]	Shots	%
1	Foteini Tricha	25	38	66
2	Yumi Arima	23	52	44
3	Chiara Ranalli	21	29	72
4	Agnese Cocchiere	20	38	53
5	Rita Keszthelyi	19	32	59
	Morgan McDowall		31	61
7	Roberta Bianconi	18	47	38
	Lieke Rogge		36	50
	Lily Turner		40	45
	Alice Williams		34	53

Awards

The awards were announced on 23 July 2025. ^[2]

All-star team
Goalkeeper	Ioanna Stamatopoulou
Field player	Yumi Arima
	Emily Ausmus
	Agnese Cocchiere
	Rita Keszthelyi
	Foteini Tricha
	Morgan McDowall
Other awards
Most Valuable Player	Rita Keszthelyi
Best Goalkeeper	Ioanna Stamatopoulou

Notes

1. United States have won in 2003, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024.
2. Due to time constraints, no European qualification took place so the results from the 2024 European Championship were used to decide the three teams who qualified from Europe.

References

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14. Top scorers

External links

• Official website
• FINA website
• Omega timing
• total-waterpolo.com