2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World League


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, New Zealand

    Group A

Group B

;5th–8th place bracket
;Championship bracket

Final ranking

RankTeam
4
5
6
7

Super Final

May 28 – June 2, 2018, Kunshan, 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

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

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Gold medal match

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Final ranking

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8



;Team Roster
Ashleigh Johnson, Brigitta Games, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Jamie Neushul, Stephania Haralabidis, Alys Williams, Gabby Stone. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player
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  • Best Goalkeeper
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  • Top Scorer
  • * — 15 goals