| 2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League | |
|---|---|
| League | FINA Water Polo World League | 
| Sport | Water Polo | 
| Duration | 3 November 2018 to 9 June 2019 | 
| Super Final | |
| Finals champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Finals MVP | |
The 2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 16th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2018 and June 2019 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualified to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 4–9 June 2019.[1]
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
 
Preliminary rounds
European Preliminaries
- November, 2018 – May, 2019
 
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 52 | +45 | 17 | Europa Cup Final | — | 12–9 | 17–13 | 28–5 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 13 | 12–14 (PSO) | — | 8–7 | 11–5 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 83 | 79 | +4 | 6 | 10–11 | 7–11 | — | 24–5 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 93 | −64 | 0 | 5–19 | 6–13 | 8–17 | — | 
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 15 | Europa Cup Final | — | 13–12 | 9–6 | 7–6 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 11 | 12–8 | — | 10–11 | 13–4 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 10 | 7–9 | 13–14 (PSO) | — | 19–2 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 84 | −50 | 0 | 8–14 | 5–12 | 6–18 | — | 
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Europa Cup Final
Source: FINA Archived 2019-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 30 March | ||||||||||
|   | 15 | |||||||||
| 29 March | ||||||||||
|   | 14 | |||||||||
|   | 13 | |||||||||
| 31 March | ||||||||||
|   | 9 | |||||||||
|   | 9 | |||||||||
|   | 11 | |||||||||
| 30 March | ||||||||||
|   | 11 | |||||||||
| 29 March | ||||||||||
|   | 17 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
|   | 6 | |||||||||
| 31 March | ||||||||||
|   | 9 | |||||||||
|   | 13 | |||||||||
|   | 11 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
| 29 March 2019  15:30  | 
Hungary  | 
13–9 | Turin, Italy   Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Ferrari (ITA)  | |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–3, 3–3, 2–2 | ||||
| Parkes 3 | Goals | Tsoukala, Chydirioti 2 | ||
| 29 March 2019  17:00  | 
Spain  | 
6–9 | Turin, Italy   Referees: Naumov (RUS), Savinovic (CRO)  | |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 2–3, 1–1 | ||||
| A. Espar, B. Ortiz 2 | Goals | Megens, van der Sloot 3 | ||
Semifinals
| 30 March 2019  15:00  | 
Russia  | 
15–14 | Turin, Italy   Referees: Savinovic (CRO), Colominas (ESP)  | |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–4, 5–5, 2–2 | ||||
| Karimova 5 | Goals | Keszthelyi 5 | ||
| 30 March 2019  16:30  | 
Italy  | 
11–17 | Turin, Italy   Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Kouretas (GRE)  | |
| Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–4, 3–5, 4–4 | ||||
| Bianconi 3 | Goals | Megens, Keuning 4 | ||
5th place match
| 30 March 2019  18:00  | 
Greece  | 
14–17 | Turin, Italy   Referees: Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Marjay (HUN)  | |
| Score by quarters: 3–6, 5–4, 2–5, 4–2 | ||||
| Eleftheriadou 5 | Goals | B. Ortiz 8 | ||
Bronze medal match
| 31 March 2019  15:00  | 
13–11 | Turin, Italy   Referees: Savinovic (CRO), Colominas (ESP)  | ||
| Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–1, 2–3, 3–2 | ||||
| Keszthelyi 6 | Goals | Bianconi 4 | ||
Gold medal match
| 31 March 2019  16:30  | 
9–11 | Turin, Italy   Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Ferrari (ITA)  | ||
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 2–3, 4–2 | ||||
| Karimova 4 Gorbunova, Bersneva, Prokofyeva, Serzhantova, Timofeeva  | 
Goals | Megens 4 Wolves 3 Stomphorst, van de Kraats 2  | ||
Final ranking
| Qualified to Super Final | 
| Rank | Team | 
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | 
Intercontinental Cup
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 15 | +44 | 9 | Quarterfinals | — | 11–5 | 18–7 | 30–3 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 6 | 5–11 | — | 8–7 | 24–7 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 3 | 7–18 | 7–8 | — | 12–7 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 66 | −49 | 0 | 3–30 | 7–24 | 7–12 | — | 
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 16 | +33 | 9 | Quarterfinals | — | 13–9 | 15–4 | 21–3 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 6 | 9–13 | — | 13–4 | 16–4 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 3 | 4–15 | 4–13 | — | 12–9 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 49 | −33 | 0 | 3–21 | 4–16 | 9–12 | — | 
- 5th–8th place bracket
 
| 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
| 30 March | ||||||
|   | 14 | |||||
| 31 March | ||||||
|   | 12 | |||||
|   | 7 | |||||
| 30 March | ||||||
|   | 16 | |||||
|   | 12 | |||||
|   | 7 | |||||
| Seventh place game | ||||||
| 31 March | ||||||
|   | 11 | |||||
|   | 8 | |||||
- Championship bracket
 
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 29 March | ||||||||||
|   | 16 | |||||||||
| 30 March | ||||||||||
|   | 15 | |||||||||
|   | 8 | |||||||||
| 29 March | ||||||||||
|   | 12 | |||||||||
|   | 4 | |||||||||
| 31 March | ||||||||||
|   | 15 | |||||||||
|   | 12 | |||||||||
| 29 March | ||||||||||
|   | 14 | |||||||||
|   | 6 | |||||||||
| 30 March | ||||||||||
|   | 9 | |||||||||
|   | 7 | |||||||||
| 29 March | ||||||||||
|   | 14 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
|   | 22 | |||||||||
| 31 March | ||||||||||
|   | 4 | |||||||||
|   | 11 | |||||||||
|   | 8 | |||||||||
Bronze medal match
[2]
All times are AWST (UTC+8).
| 31 March 2019  16:15  | 
11–8 | Perth, Australia | ||
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 2–1, 3–3 | ||||
| Wang Huan 3 | Goals | Alogbo 2 | ||
Gold medal match
[2]
All times are AWST (UTC+8).
| 31 March 2019  17:30  | 
12–14 | Perth, Australia | ||
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–5, 2–1, 3–0 PSO: 3–5 | ||||
| Gofers 4 Webster 3 Buckling 2 three players 1  | 
Goals | Haralabidis, K. Neushul, Gilchrist 3 J. Neushul 2 three players 1  | ||
Final ranking
| Qualified to Super Final | 
| Rank | Team | 
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | 
Super Final
Venue
| Budapest | 2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League (Hungary)  | 
|---|---|
| Danube Arena | |
| Capacity: 12,500 expanded | |
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Qualified teams
| Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 
Seeding
| Group A | Group B | 
|---|---|
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 9 | Quarterfinals | — | 8–7 | 11–9 | 10–7 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 6 | 7–8 | — | 8–7 | 15–7 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 3 | 9–11 | 7–8 | — | 10–8 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 0 | 7–10 | 7–15 | 8–10 | — | 
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
| 4 June 2019  16:15  | 
Netherlands  | 
15–7 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 3–3, 4–0 | ||||
| 4 June 2019  20:15  | 
Australia  | 
9–11 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–5, 2–2, 1–2 | ||||
| 5 June 2019  15:00  | 
Australia  | 
10–8 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 3–3, 3–2 | ||||
| 5 June 2019  18:30  | 
Netherlands  | 
7–8 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 1–3, 2–2 | ||||
| 6 June 2019  16:45  | 
Netherlands  | 
8–7 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 2–1, 0–1 | ||||
| 6 June 2019  20:15  | 
China  | 
7–10 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–2, 2–3 | ||||
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 9 | Quarterfinals | — | 12–7 | 12–9 | 15–4 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 7–12 | — | 14–9 | 19–17 (PSO) | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 3 | 9–12 | 9–14 | — | 16–14 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 1 | 4–15 | 17–19 (PSO) | 14–16 | — | 
| 4 June 2019  14:30  | 
Russia  | 
19–17 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 1–5, 7–4 PSO: 4–2 | ||||
| 4 June 2019  18:30  | 
United States  | 
12–9 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–1, 2–2, 4–3 | ||||
| 5 June 2019  16:45  | 
United States  | 
15–4 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 6–0, 3–2, 4–2, 2–0 | ||||
| 5 June 2019  20:15  | 
Russia  | 
14–9 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–1, 2–1, 5–4 | ||||
| 6 June 2019  15:00  | 
Russia  | 
7–12 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 3–5, 0–2, 3–3, 1–2 | ||||
| 6 June 2019  18:30  | 
Canada  | 
14–16 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 8–5, 3–5, 1–3 | ||||
Final round
- 5th–8th place bracket
 
| 5th–8th place classification | 5th place match | |||||
| 8 June | ||||||
|   | 15 | |||||
| 9 June | ||||||
|   | 14 | |||||
|   | 7 | |||||
| 8 June | ||||||
|   | 12 | |||||
|   | 15 | |||||
|   | 9 | |||||
| 7th place match | ||||||
| 9 June | ||||||
|   | 10 | |||||
|   | 13 | |||||
5th–8th place classification
[3]
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 8 June 2019  15:00  | 
Hungary  | 
15–14 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–3, 4–5, 3–5 | ||||
| 8 June 2019  16:45  | 
Australia  | 
15–9 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–0, 3–2, 6–4 | ||||
7th place match
[4]
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 9 June 2019  15:00  | 
China  | 
10–13 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–4, 1–2, 3–5 | ||||
5th place match
[4]
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 9 June 2019  16:45  | 
Hungary  | 
7–12 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 0–3, 2–4 | ||||
- Championship bracket
 
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 7 June | ||||||||||
|   | 12 | |||||||||
| 8 June | ||||||||||
|   | 10 | |||||||||
|   | 6 | |||||||||
| 7 June | ||||||||||
|   | 8 | |||||||||
|   | 6 | |||||||||
| 9 June | ||||||||||
|   | 21 | |||||||||
|   | 10 | |||||||||
| 7 June | ||||||||||
|   | 9 | |||||||||
|   | 8 | |||||||||
| 8 June | ||||||||||
|   | 9 | |||||||||
|   | 12 | |||||||||
| 7 June | ||||||||||
|   | 13 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
|   | 15 | |||||||||
| 9 June | ||||||||||
|   | 10 | |||||||||
|   | 7 | |||||||||
|   | 10 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
[5]
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 7 June 2019  15:00  | 
Australia  | 
8–9 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–1, 0–3, 4–2 | ||||
| 7 June 2019  16:45  | 
Italy  | 
15–10 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 6–3, 4–3 | ||||
| 7 June 2019  18:30  | 
Netherlands  | 
12–10 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–1, 3–4, 3–3 | ||||
| 7 June 2019  20:15  | 
China  | 
6–21 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–6, 1–5, 3–4 | ||||
Semifinals
[3]
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 8 June 2019  18:30  | 
Netherlands  | 
6–8 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 2–1, 1–1 | ||||
| 8 June 2019  20:15  | 
Russia  | 
12–13 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 2–6, 2–1, 1–1, 4–1 PSO: 3–4 | ||||
Bronze medal match
[4]
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 9 June 2019  18:30  | 
Netherlands  | 
7–10 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 2–4, 1–2 | ||||
| Megens, van der Sloot, Wolves 2 Koolhaas 1  | 
Goals | Prokofyeva 3 seven players 1  | ||
Gold medal match
[4]
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 9 June 2019  20:15  | 
10–9 | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 4–2, 3–3 | ||||
| M. Fischer 4 Musselman 2 A. Fischer, Fattal, Haralabidis, Neushul 1  | 
Goals | Tabani, Garibotti, Chiappini 2 Bianconi, Emmolo, Palmieri 1  | ||
Final ranking
 
  | 
 
 Amanda Longan, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens (C), Jamie Neushul, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist , Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Ashleigh Johnson, Jordan Raney, Stephania Haralabidis. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.  | 
Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player
 - Best Goalkeeper
 - Top Scorer
 Maud Megens 
 Rita Keszthelyi — 17 goals
 
References
- 1 2 "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.
 - 1 2 "Australia and USA claim Intercontinental Cups in Perth". FINA.org. March 31, 2019.
 - 1 2 "USA and Italy will clash for highest honours. 5 years after". FINA.org. June 9, 2019.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 "USA reigns supreme at the Super Final for the 13th time". FINA.org. June 10, 2019.
 - ↑ "The USA, the Netherlands, Russia and Italy hope for more history". FINA.org. June 8, 2019.
 - ↑ "QUALIFIED! USA Women Punch Ticket To Tokyo With Super Final Gold". USAwaterpolo.org. June 9, 2019.
 
External links
- Media book 2019 Archived 2019-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
 


