Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates20 June – 2 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions United States (7th title)
Runners-up Hungary
Third place Netherlands
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored1,059 (22.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Judith Forca
Spain Beatriz Ortiz
(21 goals)
Awards
Best playerUnited States Maddie Musselman
Best goalkeeperUnited States Ashleigh Johnson
2022 FINA
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The women's water polo tournament at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships is held from 20 June to 2 July 2022. This is the 15th time that the women's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1986.[1]

The United States secured their fourth consecutive and seventh overall title with a win over Hungary, while the Netherlands beat Italy to win the bronze medal.[2][3]

Qualification

Event Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation — 1  Hungary
2020 FINA World League 14– 19 June 2021 Greece Athens 1  United States
 Russia
2020 Summer Olympics 24 July – 7 August 2021 Japan Tokyo 4  Spain
 Australia
 Netherlands
 Canada
2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship 12–25 January 2020 Hungary Budapest 3  Italy
 Greece
 France
2022 Intercontinental Cup
(Americas qualifier)		 7–13 March 2022 Peru Lima 2  Brazil
 Argentina
Asian Qualifier — 1  China
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
African Qualifier 1  South Africa
Oceanian Qualifier 1  New Zealand
Wild cards[4] 2 Colombia
 Thailand
Total 16

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]
Due the COVID-19 pandemic local restritictions China and Japan withdrew before the tournament.[4]

Draw

The draw was held on 12 April 2022.[4][6]

Seeding

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 United States
 Spain
 Hungary
 Australia 		 Netherlands
 Canada
 Brazil
 Greece 		 Argentina
 Italy
 France
 New Zealand 		 Kazakhstan
Colombia
 Thailand
 South Africa

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 1 0 48 21 +27 5 Quarterfinals
2  Hungary (H) 3 2 0 1 55 21 +34 4 Playoffs
3  Canada 3 1 1 1 36 20 +16 3
4 Colombia 3 0 0 3 11 88 −77 0
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts


20 June 2022
19:30 		Report Canada  7–7  Italy Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Andrew Carney (AUS)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 1–1, 1–0
McKelvey, Wright 2 Goals Giustini 2
20 June 2022
21:00 		Report Hungary  35–4 Colombia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Maro Savinović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 8–2, 12–0, 7–0, 8–2
Rybanská 6 Goals Vanegas 2
22 June 2022
19:30 		Report Colombia 2–22  Canada Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Anbar Anbar (KUW), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–5, 0–7, 0–7
Ortega, Restrepo 1 Goals McKelvey 5
22 June 2022
21:00 		Report Italy  10–9  Hungary Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Andrew Carney (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 3–1, 2–2
Avegno, Marletta 2 Goals Parkes 3
24 June 2022
19:30 		Report Italy  31–5 Colombia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Anbar Anbar (KUW), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 7–0, 6–2, 13–1
Avegno 6 Goals Restrepo 2
24 June 2022
21:00 		Report Hungary  11–7  Canada Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 4–0, 2–3
Keszthelyi 3 Goals McKelvey 3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 58 12 +46 6 Quarterfinals
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 58 18 +40 4 Playoffs
3  Argentina 3 1 0 2 16 58 −42 2
4  South Africa 3 0 0 3 9 53 −44 0
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.


20 June 2022
18:00 		Report South Africa  2–24  United States Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Megan Perry (NZL), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–10, 1–3, 1–4
Meecham, Zondo 1 Goals Haralabidis 5
20 June 2022
19:30 		Report Netherlands  29–6  Argentina Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Harvey Hinds (CUR), Edgar Baron (COL)
Score by quarters: 8–1, 8–1, 6–2, 7–2
Van de Kraats 5 Goals Ruiz 3
22 June 2022
18:00 		Report Argentina  7–6  South Africa Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Edgar Baron (COL)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–2, 3–1, 2–2
Leonard 3 Goals Vaughan 2
22 June 2022
19:30 		Report United States  11–7  Netherlands Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB), Megan Perry (NZL)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–1, 3–2, 2–2
Musselman 4 Goals Van de Kraats, Moolhuijzen 2
24 June 2022
18:00 		Report United States  23–3  Argentina Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Harvey Hinds (CUR), Megan Perry (NZL)
Score by quarters: 6–0, 5–0, 6–2, 6–1
Haralabidis, Weber 4 Goals three players 1
24 June 2022
19:30 		Report Netherlands  22–1  South Africa Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB), Edgar Baron (COL)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–0, 7–0, 6–0
Moolhuijzen 5 Goals Versfeld 1

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 47 13 +34 6 Quarterfinals
2  New Zealand 3 2 0 1 29 30 −1 4 Playoffs
3  Kazakhstan 3 1 0 2 27 40 −13 2
4  Brazil 3 0 0 3 19 39 −20 0
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.


20 June 2022
18:00 		Report New Zealand  12–8  Brazil Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron
Referees:
Radu Matache (ROU), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–2, 3–3, 1–0
McDowall 4 Goals Leão 3
20 June 2022
19:30 		Report Kazakhstan  6–19  Australia Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–9, 3–3, 1–1
Yeremina 3 Goals Arancini 5
22 June 2022
18:00 		Report Australia  11–2  New Zealand Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron
Referees:
Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 3–0, 1–0
Halligan 3 Goals McDowall, Nicholson 1
22 June 2022
19:30 		Report Brazil  6–10  Kazakhstan Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron
Referees:
Radu Matache (ROU), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–1, 1–4
Coutinho 2 Goals Turova, Yeremina 3
24 June 2022
18:00 		Report Brazil  5–17  Australia Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–4, 1–5, 3–3
Belorio 2 Goals Halligan 5
24 June 2022
19:30 		Report Kazakhstan  11–15  New Zealand Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron
Referees:
Maro Savinović (CRO), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–2, 2–5, 1–4
Muravyeva 3 Goals Josephson 4

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 3 2 1 0 53 15 +38 5[a] Quarterfinals
2  Spain 3 2 1 0 58 20 +38 5[a] Playoffs
3  France 3 1 0 2 36 41 −5 2
4  Thailand 3 0 0 3 11 82 −71 0
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Spain 10–10 Greece


20 June 2022
18:00 		Report Greece  28–1  Thailand Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Helene Painchaud (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 7–0, 9–0, 5–0, 7–1
Xenaki 5 Goals Puangtong 1
20 June 2022
19:30 		Report France  8–18  Spain Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–3, 2–5, 2–6
Vernoux 4 Goals Forca 5
22 June 2022
18:00 		Report Spain  10–10  Greece Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 2–2, 2–2
Ruiz 4 Goals E. Plevritou, V. Plevritou 3
22 June 2022
19:30 		Report Thailand  8–24  France Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 2–6, 2–7, 0–7, 4–4
Puangtong 4 Goals Guillet 6
24 June 2022
18:00 		Report Thailand  2–30  Spain Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 0–7, 2–11, 0–7
Puangtong 2 Goals Forca 7
24 June 2022
19:30 		Report France  4–15  Greece Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–4, 1–3, 1–4
Bouloukbachi 2 Goals three players 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket
 
PlayoffsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
28 June
 
 
 Italy17
 
26 June
 
 France7
 
 New Zealand9 (4)
 
30 June
 
 France (PSO)9 (5)
 
 Italy6
 
 
 United States14
 
 
28 June
 
 
 United States13
 
26 June
 
 Spain8
 
 Kazakhstan1
 
2 July
 
 Spain14
 
 United States9
 
 
 Hungary7
 
 
28 June
 
 
 Australia6
 
26 June
 
 Hungary7
 
 Hungary23
 
30 June
 
 Argentina6
 
 Hungary13
 
 
 Netherlands12 Third place
 
 
28 June2 July
 
 
 Greece7 Italy5
 
26 June
 
 Netherlands12  Netherlands7
 
 Canada7
 
 
 Netherlands10
 
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
30 June
 
 
 France5
 
2 July
 
 Spain18
 
 Spain8
 
30 June
 
 Australia5
 
 Australia (PSO)12 (4)
 
 
 Greece12 (2)
 
Seventh place game
 
 
2 July
 
 
 France7
 
 
 Greece16
9th place bracket
 
9th–12th place semifinalsNinth place game
 
      
 
28 June
 
 
 Argentina7
 
30 June
 
 New Zealand13
 
 New Zealand11
 
28 June
 
 Canada20
 
 Kazakhstan11
 
 
 Canada19
 
Eleventh place game
 
 
30 June
 
 
 Argentina6
 
 
 Kazakhstan12
13th place bracket
 
13th–16th place semifinals13th place game
 
      
 
26 June
 
 
 Colombia11
 
28 June
 
 South Africa14
 
 South Africa8
 
26 June
 
 Brazil7
 
 Brazil12
 
 
 Thailand9
 
15th place game
 
 
28 June
 
 
 Colombia6
 
 
 Thailand10

Playoffs

26 June 2022
14:00 		Report Canada  7–10  Netherlands Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 2–6, 2–1
seven players 1 Goals three players 2
26 June 2022
15:30 		Report New Zealand  13–14 (PSO)  France Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 2–3, 2–2  PSO: 4–5
McDowall 5 Goals Dhalluin 4
26 June 2022
17:00 		Report Kazakhstan  1–14  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Helene Painchaud (CAN), Harvey Hinds (CUR)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–2, 0–7, 0–1
Turova 1 Goals Ortiz 4
26 June 2022
18:30 		Report Hungary  23–6  Argentina Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Maro Savinović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 7–2, 6–3, 6–1
Gurisatti 5 Goals Leonard 3

Quarterfinals

28 June 2022
13:00 		Report Italy  17–7  France Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Helene Painchaud (CAN), Maro Savinović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 6–1, 4–3
Giustini 6 Goals Guillet 4
28 June 2022
16:00 		Report United States  13–8  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 5–3, 2–0
Haralabidis 6 Goals Forca, García Godoy 2
28 June 2022
19:30 		Report Greece  7–12  Netherlands Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
David Gómez (ESP), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 3–3, 1–3
Patra, E. Plevritou 2 Goals Moolhuijzen 4
28 June 2022
21:00 		Report Australia  6–7  Hungary Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–1, 0–2, 3–2
Halligan 3 Goals Keszthelyi 3

13–16th place semifinals

26 June 2022
17:00 		Report Colombia 11–14  South Africa Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Pascal Bouchez (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–5, 3–3, 2–2
Marín, Vanegas 3 Goals MacLeod 4
26 June 2022
18:30 		Report Brazil  12–9  Thailand Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Megan Perry (NZL), Anbar Anbar (KUW)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–1, 3–3, 1–4
Ferreira 6 Goals Puangton, Turon 4

9–12th place semifinals

28 June 2022
17:00 		Report Argentina  7–13  New Zealand Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Radu Matache (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–4, 1–4, 1–2
Ruiz 3 Goals five players 2
28 June 2022
18:30 		Report Canada  19–11  Kazakhstan Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 6–3, 5–3, 5–3
three players 4 Goals Yeremina 3

5–8th place semifinals

30 June 2022
14:30 		Report France  5–18  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 1–5, 1–7
five players 1 Goals four players 3
30 June 2022
19:30 		Report Australia  16–14 (PSO)  Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 4–4, 2–4  PSO: 4–2
Leeson-Smith, Ridge 3 Goals Xenaki 4

Semifinals

30 June 2022
16:00 		Report Italy  6–14  United States Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–3, 1–4, 3–4
Avegno, Bianconi 2 Goals five players 2
30 June 2022
21:00 		Report Hungary  13–12  Netherlands Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Maro Savinović (CRO), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 5–4, 2–2
Leimeter 4 Goals Van de Kraats 5

15th place game

28 June 2022
14:00 		Report Colombia 6–10  Thailand Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 2–2, 0–5
Restrepo 5 Goals Puengpongsakul 3

13th place game

28 June 2022
15:30 		Report South Africa  8–7  Brazil Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Megan Perry (NZL), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 0–1, 3–1
January 2 Goals Coutinho 3

Eleventh place game

30 June 2022
17:00 		Report Argentina  6–12  Kazakhstan Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Edgar Baron (COL)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–3, 1–3, 2–2
Leonard 3 Goals Roga 5

Ninth place game

30 June 2022
18:30 		Report New Zealand  11–20  Canada Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–5, 5–6, 4–5
Houghton 6 Goals Lekness 4

Seventh place game

2 July 2022
13:00 		Report France  7–16  Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Veselin Mišković (MNE), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–3, 2–5, 2–3
Millot 3 Goals Myriokefalitaki 5

Fifth place game

2 July 2022
17:00 		Report Spain  8–5  Australia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Helene Painchaud (CAN), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–1, 3–1, 2–3
three players 2 Goals five players 1

Third place game

2 July 2022
14:30 		Report Italy  5–7  Netherlands Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Maro Savinović (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 0–2, 1–3
Giustini, Marletta 2 Goals seven players 1

Final

2 July 2022
20:00 		Report United States  9–7  Hungary Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 3–1, 2–3
Musselman 5 Goals Gurisatti 3

Final ranking

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals[8] Shots %
1 Spain Judith Forca 21 46 46
Spain Beatriz Ortiz 44 48
3 United States Maddie Musselman 20 28 71
4 Hungary Rita Keszthelyi 18 46 39
Netherlands Simone van de Kraats 35 51
United States Stephania Haralabidis 27 67
7 Hungary Gréta Gurisatti 17 38 45
Italy Sofia Giustini 32 53
Netherlands Lola Moolhuijzen 30 57
Spain Elena Ruiz 41 41

Awards

The awards were announced on 2 July 2022.[2]

Position Player
Goalkeeper United States Ashleigh Johnson
Field player Australia Bronte Halligan
Hungary Rita Keszthelyi
Netherlands Lola Moohuijzen
Spain Judith Forca
Spain Beatriz Ortiz
United States Maddie Musselman
Most Valuable Goalkeeper United States Ashleigh Johnson
Most Valuable Player in Final United States Maddie Musselman

References

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  2. ^ a b "Dominant USA water polo women squeeze home against Hungary". fina.org. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Netherlands overcomes Italy in see-sawing bronze-medal final". fina.org. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Draw for World Championships: Four debutants in Budapest". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Press release – FINA Bureau meets, makes further decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and event hosting". fina.org. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Draw results for the men's and women's water polo tournament at the 19th FINA World Championships". fina.org. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  7. ^ "World Aquatics Championships - Budapest 2022-Final Standings". worldaquatics.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  8. ^ Top scorers
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