2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup Host country Russia Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Dates 4–9 September 2018 Teams 8 (from 4 confederations) Champions United States (4th title) Runner-up Russia Third place Australia Fourth place Spain Matches played 24 Goals scored 479 (19.96 per match) Top scorer(s) Anni Espar (19 goals)Best player Maggie Steffens
The 2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 17th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Surgut , Russia from 4 to 9 September 2018.[1]
The United States won the gold medal by defeating Russia 8-5 in the final. Australia captured bronze, beating Spain 9-8.[2]
Format
8 teams qualified for the 2018 FINA World Cup. They are split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals. The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the Semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.
Groups
Preliminary round
Group A
All times are YEKT (UTC+5 )
Team
G
W
D
L
GF
GA
Diff
Points
1.
Russia
3
3
0
0
46
28
+18
6
2.
Spain
3
1
1
1
30
28
+2
3
3.
Australia
3
1
1
1
27
30
-3
3
4.
China
3
0
0
3
26
43
−17
0
4 September 2018 16:00
Australia
11 –8
China
Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-3, 2-4, 4-1
4 September 2018 19:00
Spain
9–13
Russia
Score by quarters: 2-4, 3-2, 4-2, 0-5
5 September 2018 15:00
Spain
13 –7
China
Score by quarters: 2-2, 4-2, 4-2, 3-1
5 September 2018 19:30
Australia
8–14
Russia
Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-7, 0-5, 3-2
6 September 2018 16:30
Australia
8–8
Spain
Score by quarters: 2-1, 4-3, 1-3, 1-1
6 September 2018 19:30
China
11–19
Russia
Score by quarters: 3-5, 3-5, 2-6, 3-3
Group B
All times are YEKT (UTC+5 )
Final round
5th-8th place bracket
5th–8th place classification
All times are YEKT (UTC+5 )
8 September 2018 15:00
New Zealand
6–15
China
Score by quarters: 1-4 , 1-4 , 2-3 , 2-4
7th-place match
All times are YEKT (UTC+5 )
5th-place match
All times are YEKT (UTC+5 )
9 September 2018 16:30
China
20 –19
Canada
Score by quarters: 3 -1, 4 -3, 3-4 , 0-2 PSO : 10 -9
Championship bracket
Quarterfinals
All times are YEKT (UTC+5 )
7 September 2018 15:00
Spain
17 –3
New Zealand
Score by quarters: 3 -1, 5 -1, 4 -0, 5 -1
7 September 2018 16:30
Australia
9 –6
Canada
Score by quarters: 3 -1, 1-1, 2-2, 3 -2
Semifinals
All times are YEKT (UTC+5 )
8 September 2018 19:30
Australia
3–5
Russia
Score by quarters: 2 -1, 0-2 , 0-1 , 1-1
Bronze-medal match
All times are YEKT (UTC+5 )
Gold-medal match
All times are YEKT (UTC+5 )
Final standings
Team Roster
Ashleigh Johnson , Jordan Raney , Stephania Haralabidis , Rachel Fattal , Paige Hauschild , Maggie Steffens (C ), Jamie Neushul , Kiley Neushul , Aria Fischer , Kaleigh Gilchrist , Makenzie Fischer , Alys Williams , Amanda Longan .[1] Head coach : Adam Krikorian .
Individual awards
Most Valuable Player
Best Goalkeeper
Best Scorer
References