2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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]

2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Russia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates4–9 September 2018
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions United States (4th title)
Runner-up Russia
Third place Australia
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored479 (19.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Anni Espar
(19 goals)
Best playerUnited States Maggie Steffens
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The United States won the gold medal by defeating Russia 8-5 in the final. Australia captured bronze, beating Spain 9-8.[2]

Format

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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

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Group A Group B

  Spain
  Australia
  China
  Russia

  South Africa
  New Zealand
  United States
  Canada

Preliminary round

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Group A

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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

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All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.   United States 3 3 0 0 61 6 +55 6
2.   Canada 3 2 0 1 30 24 +6 4
3.   New Zealand 3 1 0 2 16 33 -17 2
4.   South Africa 3 0 0 3 8 52 -44 0
4 September 2018
14:30
New Zealand   2–18   United States
Score by quarters: 1-5, 1-3, 0-6, 0-4

4 September 2018
17:30
South Africa   3–18   Canada
Score by quarters: 1-3, 0-5, 1-5, 1-5

5 September 2018
16:30
New Zealand   4–11   Canada
Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-3, 0-4, 1-3

5 September 2018
18:00
South Africa   1–26   United States
Score by quarters: 1-7, 0-10, 0-4, 0-5

6 September 2018
15:00
New Zealand   10–4   South Africa
Score by quarters: 2-2, 3-0, 2-1, 3-1

6 September 2018
18:00
United States   17–3   Canada
Score by quarters: 2-0, 2-1, 9-2, 4-0

Final round

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5th-8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place classification5th-place match
 
      
 
08 September – Surgut
 
 
  New Zealand6
 
09 September – Surgut
 
  China15
 
  China20
 
08 September– Surgut
 
  Canada19
 
  Canada21
 
 
  South Africa2
 
7th-place match
 
 
09 September – Surgut
 
 
  New Zealand14
 
 
  South Africa3

5th–8th place classification

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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

8 September 2018
16:30
Canada   21–2   South Africa
Score by quarters: 2-2, 6-0, 6-0, 7-0

7th-place match

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All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

9 September 2018
15:00
New Zealand   14–3   South Africa
Score by quarters: 3-0, 1-0, 5-1, 5-2

5th-place match

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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
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
07 September – Surgut
 
 
  Russia26
 
08 September – Surgut
 
  South Africa0
 
  Australia3
 
07 September – Surgut
 
  Russia5
 
  Australia9
 
09 September – Surgut
 
  Canada6
 
  United States8
 
07 September – Surgut
 
  Russia5
 
  China5
 
08 September – Surgut
 
  United States15
 
  Spain5
 
07 September – Surgut
 
  United States11 Third place
 
  Spain17
 
09 September – Surgut
 
  New Zealand3
 
  Spain8
 
 
  Australia9
 

Quarterfinals

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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

7 September 2018
18:00
China   5–15   United States
Score by quarters: 0-4, 4-4, 0-3, 1-4

7 September 2018
19:30
Russia   26–0   South Africa
Score by quarters: 9-0, 4-0, 8-0, 5-0

Semifinals

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All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

8 September 2018
18:00
Spain   5–11   United States
Score by quarters: 0-3, 3-4, 1-2, 1-2

8 September 2018
19:30
Australia   3–5   Russia
Score by quarters: 2-1, 0-2, 0-1, 1-1

Bronze-medal match

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All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

9 September 2018
18:00
Spain   8–9   Australia  
Score by quarters: 0-2, 4-2, 2-3, 2-2
A. Espar 4
Lloret, Gual, Crespí, Leitón 1
Goals Webster 5
Knox 2
Gofers, Buckling 1

Gold-medal match

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All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

9 September 2018
19:30
  United States   8–5   Russia  
Score by quarters: 2-1, 3-1, 2-1, 1-2
Steffens 3
J. Neushul 2
Hauschild, A. Fischer, M. Fischer 1
Goals Gorbunova 2
Ivanova, Bersneva, Zubkova 1

Final standings

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Individual awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 67. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "WP World Cup (W), Surgut, Day 6: The USA is again golden". FINA.org. September 9, 2018.