The 2018

FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup The FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup is an international water polo competition contested by women's national water polo teams of the members of FINA, the aquatic sports' global governing body. The tournament was established in 1979 with an errat ...

was the 17th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the

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(FINA). The event took place in

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from 4 to 9 September 2018. The United States won the gold medal, after defeating Russia 8-5 in the final. Australia captured bronze, beating Spain 9-8.

Format

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

Preliminary round

Group A

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Final round

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5th–8th place classification

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7th-place match

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5th-place match

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze-medal match

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Gold-medal match

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Final standings

;Team Roster

Ashleigh Johnson Ashleigh Elizabeth Johnson (born September 12, 1994) is an American water polo player of Ethnikos Piraeus team, who is considered by many to be the best goalkeeper in the world. She was part of the American national team that won the gold meda ...

, Jordan Raney,

Stephania Haralabidis Stephania Haralabidis (; born May 19, 1995) is a Greek American water polo player who played at USC and currently playing for Ethnikos and the U.S. national team. Haralabidis also has two sisters, her twin Ioanna and older sister Anastaia. Io ...

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 w ...

, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens ( C),

Jamie Neushul Jamie Valeri Neushul (born May 12, 1995) is an American water polo player who is a member of the United States women's national water polo team. She became world champion at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships and was a member of the team at th ...

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 US and won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was also a ...

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 ...

Kaleigh Gilchrist Kaleigh Gilchrist ( ; born May 16, 1992) is an American dual sport athlete in surfing and water polo. She competed on the gold medal-winning US Women's Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, contributing 6 goals. She also won water polo team ...

, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Amanda Longan. 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 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic Games, 2016 Summer Olympics ...

Individual awards

*Most Valuable Player ** *Best Goalkeeper ** *Best Scorer ** — 19 goals

References

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