The women's

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

tournament at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

was held from 14 to 26 July. The United States captured their sixth overall title after defeating Spain in the final, while Australia won against Hungary to win the bronze medal.

Participating teams

;Africa * ;Americas * * * ;Asia * * * * ;Europe * * * * * * ;Oceania * *

Draw

The draw was held on 7 April 2019.

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 6 February 2019.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Bracket

;Championship bracket ;5th place bracket ;9th place bracket ;13th place bracket

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals

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13th–16th place semifinals

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9th–12th place semifinals

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5th–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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15th place game

13th place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze Medal match

Gold Medal match

Final standing

;Team roster Amanda Longan,

Maddie Musselman Madeline Musselman (born June 16, 1998) is an American water polo player. Maddie was named Woman's water polo MVP after her USA Team won gold in Tokyo at the 2020ne Summer Olympics. She was one of the highest leading scorers with 18 goals. It i ...

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 Rachel Fattal (born December 10, 1993) is an American water polo player. Fattal attended Los Alamitos High School and graduated in 2012. She then attended UCLA, where she majored in history and played water polo; she graduated in 2017. She was ...

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 ...

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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. ...

Kiley Neushul Kiley Susan Neushul (born March 5, 1993) is an American water polo player and a graduate of Stanford University. Neushul was selected as one of 13 players who represented the USA and won a Gold Medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was also ...

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 ...

Kaleigh Gilchrist Kaleigh Gilchrist (born May 16, 1992) is a dual sport athlete in surfing and water polo from Newport Beach, California. She competed on the gold medal-winning US Women's Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics contributing 6 goals. In high ...

Makenzie Fischer Makenzie Fischer (born March 29, 1997) is an American water polo player. She was part of the gold medal-winning American team at the Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament, 2015 World Aquatics Championships, wh ...

, Alys Williams,

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 ...

. 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. ...

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Awards

The awards and all-star team were announced on 26 July 2019. ;Most Valuable Player *

Roser Tarragó Roser Tarragó Aymerich (born March 25, 1993) is a Spanish water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event, where they won the silver medal. Club career She start ...

;Most Valuable Goalkeeper *

Laura Ester Laura Ester Ramos (born 22 January 1990 in Barcelona) is a Spanish water polo goalkeeper. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event, winning the silver medal ...

;Highest Goalscorer *

Rita Keszthelyi Rita Keszthelyi (born 10 December 1991) is a Hungarian water polo player. At the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Hungary women's national water polo team in the women's tournament. She scored two of the goals that help ...

– 24 goals ;Media All-Star Team *

– Goalkeeper *

– Centre forward *

Maud Megens Maud Megens (born 6 February 1996) is a Dutch water polo player. She was part of the Dutch team winning the silver medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, where she played in the driver position. She is the daughter of former water polo ...

Alena Serzhantova Alena Andrianovna Serzhantova (russian: Алёна Андриановна Сержантова; 6 May 1998) is a Russian water polo player. She competed for the Russian national team at the 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship, and 20 ...

References

External links

Official websiteRecords and statistics (reports by Omega)
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