2017 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2017 FINA Women's Water Polo World League is the 14th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2016 and June 2017 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 06 to 11 June 2017.[1][2]

2017 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo
Duration22 November 2016 to
11 June 2017
Super Final
Finals champions United States (11th title)
  Runners-up Canada
FINA Women's Water Polo World League seasons

In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:

  • Match won in normal time - 3 points
  • Match won in shootout - 2 points
  • Match lost in shootout - 1 point
  • Match lost in normal time - 0 points

Europe edit

Preliminary round edit

The European preliminary round consisted of two groups of three teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualifies for the Super Final. A third place is taken by the best scoring second-placed team.[3]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification      
1   Russia 4 2 0 1 1 52 41 +11 7 Super Final 10–10(3–5 PSO) 20–11
2   Netherlands 4 1 2 0 1 36 38 −2 7 12–15 10–9
3   Greece 4 1 0 1 2 32 41 −9 4 8–7 4–4(1–3 PSO)
Source: FINA

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification      
1   Hungary 4 3 1 0 0 53 30 +23 11 Super Final 10–10(3–1 PSO) 15–4
2   Italy 4 2 0 1 1 50 31 +19 7 10–12 14–4
3   France 4 0 0 0 4 19 61 −42 0 6–16 5–16
Source: FINA

Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament edit

May 2–7, 2017 Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis, United States[4]

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   United States (H) 5 4 1 0 0 43 28 +15 14 Super Final 12–7
2   Australia 5 4 0 1 0 45 26 +19 13 5–5(2–4 PSO) 9–5 13–6
3   Japan 5 3 0 0 2 48 36 +12 9 6–10 3–8 13–8
4   Canada 5 2 0 0 3 40 41 −1 6 5–6 7–10
5   Kazakhstan 5 1 0 0 4 28 51 −23 3 4–15 3–8 9–7
6   China 5 0 0 0 5 33 55 −22 0 Host Super Final 5–10 6–11 9–12
Source: FINA
(H) Host

Final stage edit

5th Place edit

7 May 2017
9:30
Kazakhstan   14–7   China Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis, United States
Referees:
Andrew Carney (AUS), Haz Ortega (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 5–2, 4–2
Mirshina 3 Goals three players 2

3rd Place edit

7 May 2017
11:00
Japan   2–5   Canada Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis, United States
Referees:
Steven Rotsart (USA), Victor Salnicenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–0, 0–1, 0–2
Arima, Noro 1 Goals Lemay 3

Final edit

7 May 2017
12:30
United States   7–10   Australia Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis, United States
Referees:
Martin Murray (CAN), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 1–3, 4–4
three players 2 Goals Armit 4

Super Final edit

June 6–11, 2017, Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage.[5]

Qualified teams edit

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
  Canada
  United States
  China (Host)
  Japan
  Hungary
  Netherlands
  Russia
  Australia

Group A edit

All times are CST (UTC+8)


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 0 0 36 20 +16 9 Quarterfinals
2   Russia 3 1 1 0 1 40 32 +8 5
3   Netherlands 3 1 0 1 1 33 24 +9 4
4   Japan 3 0 0 0 3 21 54 −33 0
Source: FINA

6 June 2017
16:20
Russia   18–9   Japan Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Liang Zhang (CHN), Marcela Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–2, 3–3, 5–3
Simanovich 5 Goals Inaba 3
6 June 2017
17:40
United States   6–4   Netherlands Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Filippo Gomez (ITA), Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–2, 2–2, 0–0
K. Neushul 3 Goals D. Genee 2

7 June 2017
15:00
United States   17–4   Japan Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Nicola Johnson (AUS), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–1, 6–1, 4–1
Williams 3 Goals four players 4
7 June 2017
16:20
Russia   10–10   Netherlands Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Marcela Mauss (GER), Rajmund Fodor (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–5, 2–1, 3–0  PSO: 4–2
Prokofyeva, Tolkunova 3 Goals three players 3

8 June 2017
16:20
Russia   12–13   United States Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Nicola Johnson (AUS), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–6, 2–1, 2–2
Gorbunova 3 Goals K. Neushul, M. Fischer 3
8 June 2017
17:40
Japan   8–19   Netherlands Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Liang Zhang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 0–7, 3–3, 2–4
Arima 4 Goals S. van der Sloot 5

Group B edit

All times are CST (UTC+8)


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Canada 3 2 1 0 0 27 20 +7 8 Quarterfinals
2   Hungary 3 2 0 1 0 33 18 +15 7
3   China (H) 3 1 0 0 2 27 36 −9 3
4   Australia 3 0 0 0 3 17 30 −13 0
Source: FINA
(H) Host

6 June 2017
15:00
Hungary   9–9   Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Martina Kunikova (SVK)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 3–2, 2–2  PSO: 1–2
Szilágyi 4 Goals E. Wright, Christmas 3
6 June 2017
19:30
Australia   10–14   China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Diana Dutilh (NED), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–3, 3–3, 3–4
Armit, Webster 4 Goals Zhao 4

7 June 2017
17:40
Australia   4–8   Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Diana Dutilh (NED), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–2, 0–2, 1–2
Webster 2 Goals Eggens, Békhazi 2
7 June 2017
19:00
Hungary   16–6   China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Amber Drury (USA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–0, 4–2, 4–2
Szilágyi 6 Goals Guo 3

8 June 2017
15:00
Hungary   8–3   Australia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Martina Kunikova (SVK), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 0–2, 2–0
three players 2 Goals three players 1
8 June 2017
19:00
Canada   10–7   China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Amber Drury (USA)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–4, 1–1, 4–2
E. Wright 3 Goals Niu, Zhang C. 2

Knockout stage edit

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
09 June 2017
 
 
  Russia 16
 
10 June 2017
 
  China 8
 
  Russia 10
 
09 June 2017
 
  Canada 11
 
  Japan 5
 
11 June 2017
 
  Canada 9
 
  Canada 6
 
09 June 2017
 
  United States 12
 
  Netherlands 7
 
10 June 2017
 
  Hungary 8
 
  Hungary 4
 
09 June 2017
 
  United States 8 Third place
 
  United States 13
 
11 June 2017
 
  Australia 4
 
  Russia 9
 
 
  Hungary 7
 

Quarterfinals edit

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All times are CST (UTC+8)


9 June 2017
15:00
Netherlands   7–8   Hungary Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Amber Drury (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–1, 1–2, 3–2
Klaassen 3 Goals Bujka 2
9 June 2017
16:20
United States   13–4   Australia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Martina Kunikova (SVK), Rajmund Fodor (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–2, 3–1, 2–0
K. Neushul 4 Goals Halligan 2
9 June 2017
17:40
Japan   5–9   Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Marcela Mauss (GER), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–4, 0–2, 0–2
Arima 2 Goals McKelvey 4
9 June 2017
19:00
Russia   16–8   China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Diana Dutilh (NED), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–0, 5–3, 2–3
Karimova, Gorbunova 3 Goals Xiao 4

Semifinals edit

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All times are CST (UTC+8)


10 June 2017
17:40
Russia   10–11   Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Martina Kunikova (SVK), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–1, 2–3, 0–4
Gorbunova 3 Goals McKelvey 3
10 June 2017
19:00
Hungary   4–8   United States Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Diana Dutilh (NED), Liang Zhang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–4, 0–2, 3–0
Keszthelyi 2 Goals Musselman 3

Bronze medal match edit

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All times are CST (UTC+8)


11 June 2017
17:10
  Russia   9–7   Hungary Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Diana Dutilh (NED), Marcela Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 2–0, 3–4
Karimova 3 Goals Bujka 4

Final edit

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All times are CST (UTC+8)


11 June 2017
18:30
  Canada   6–12   United States   Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–4, 2–3, 0–3
E. Wright, McKelvey 2 Goals five players 2

5th–8th Places
 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
10 June 2017
 
 
  China 12
 
11 June 2017
 
  Japan 11
 
  China 4
 
10 June 2017
 
  Netherlands 14
 
  Netherlands 9
 
 
  Australia 5
 
Seventh place
 
 
11 June 2017
 
 
  Japan 8
 
 
  Australia 10

5th–8th Places Semifinals edit

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All times are CST (UTC+8)


10 June 2017
15:00
Netherlands   9–5 Australia   Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Marcela Mauss (GER), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 2–1, 3–2
van der Graaf 2 Goals Ridge, Halligan 2
10 June 2017
16:20
China   12–11 Japan   Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 4–3, 4–2
Xiong 5 Goals Arima 3

7th Place match edit

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All times are CST (UTC+8)


11 June 2017
14:30
Japan   8–10   Australia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Liang Zhang (CHN), Rajmund Fodor (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–2, 2–1, 1–2
Inaba 4 Goals Webster 5

5th Place match edit

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All times are CST (UTC+8)


11 June 2017
16:00
China   4–14   Netherlands Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
Referees:
Amber Drury (USA), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–2, 0–4, 1–4
Mei, Zhao 2 Goals Smit, Megens 3

Final ranking edit

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Individual awards edit

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References edit

  1. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ FINA Women's Water Polo World League 2017 fina.org
  3. ^ Women European Preliminaries 2017 fina.org
  4. ^ Women Intercontinental Tournament 2017 fina.org
  5. ^ Women Super Final 2017 fina.org
  6. ^ “Hungary stuns Netherlands as Super Final semifinalists found“ fina.org June 9, 2017.
  7. ^ a b “USA to defend Super Final title against neighbour Canada“ fina.org June 10, 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d e f “USA beats Canada to retain FINA World League crown“ fina.org June 11, 2017.