The 2018
FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 15th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2017 and June 2018 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 28 May to 2 June 2018.
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
* November 21, 2017 – May 1, 2018
Inter-Continental Cup
* April 3–8, 2018,
Auckland
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New Zealand
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Group A
Group B
;5th–8th place bracket
;Championship bracket
Final ranking
Super Final
May 28 – June 2, 2018,
Kunshan
Kunshan is a county-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province with Shanghai bordering its eastern border and Suzhou on its western boundary. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suzhou.
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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.
Qualified teams
Seeding
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Final round
;5th–8th place bracket
5th–8th place classification
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7th place match
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5th place match
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;Championship bracket
Quarterfinals
“USA-Russia, Canada-Netherlands in Water Polo Super Final semifinals“
fina.org May 31, 2018.
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Semifinals
[“USA-Netherlands out for gold in FINA Women's Water Polo Super Final“](_blank)
fina.org June 1, 2018.
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Bronze medal match
[“USA retains FINA Women's Water Polo Super Final in Kunshan“](_blank)
fina.org June 2, 2018.
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With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
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Gold medal match
All times are CST (UTC+8
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Final ranking
;Team Roster
Ashleigh Johnson
Ashleigh Elizabeth Johnson (born September 12, 1994) is an American water polo player considered by many to be the best goalkeeper in the world. She was part of the American team that won the gold medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships. I ...
, Brigitta Games, Melissa Seidemann
Melissa Jon Seidemann (born June 26, 1990) is an American water polo player. She won the National Championship with Stanford University in 2011. She also won the gold medal with the United States national team in the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2 ...
, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild
Paige Hauschild (b. 17 August 1999) is an American water polo player. She is a member of the United States women's national water polo team, and participated in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal.
Career highlights
* 20 ...
, Maggie Steffens
Margaret Ann Steffens (born June 4, 1993) is an American water polo player. She won the gold medal with the United States at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Steffens set a new Olympic record for the most numb ...
( C), Kaleigh Gilchrist, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer
Aria Fischer (born March 2, 1999) is an American water polo player. She represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics and currently plays water polo at Stanford University.
Personal life
Fischer's older sister, Makenzie Fischer, is a ...
, Jamie Neushul, Stephania Haralabidis
Stephania Haralabidis ( gr, Στεφανία Χαραλαμπίδη; born May 19, 1995) was born in Athens, Greece. Haralabidis is an American water polo player who played at USC and currently playing for Ethnikos and the U.S. national team. ...
, Alys Williams, Gabby Stone. Head coach: Adam Krikorian
Adam Krikorian (born July 22, 1974) is an American water polo coach and the head coach of the United States women's national water polo team. He coached the team to gold medals at the 2012 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Games, and 2020 Olympic Games. ...
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Individual awards
*Most Valuable Player
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*Best Goalkeeper
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*Top Scorer
** — 15 goals
Notes
References
Rules & Regulations
{{FINA Water Polo World League
World League, women
FINA Women's Water Polo World League
International water polo competitions hosted by China