2024 World Aquatics Women's U16 Water Polo Championships
International youth women's water polo tournament
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The 2024 World Aquatics Women's U16 Water Polo Championships was the second edition of the women's U16 Water Polo World Championship. The tournament was played in Manisa, Malta, from 28 June to 4 July 2024.[1] Hungary were the defending champions. Spain won their first title after beating Hungary in the final, 10–7.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Turkey |
| City | Manisa |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 28 June – 4 July 2024 |
| Teams | 22 (from 5 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Hungary |
| Third place |  Australia |
| Fourth place |  Croatia |
| Official website | |
| www.worldaquatics.com | |
Hosts selection
On 7 December 2023, Turkey was given the hosting rights.[2]
Participating teams
Format
The tournament consisted of two phases:
- Group stage
The 22 teams were drawn into eight groups of three or two. Groups were played in a round-robin format (two-team groups in a double-round-robin format), with all teams playing two matches. The top two teams from each group qualified for the Last 16. The third teams from three-team groups were dropped to the 17th–22nd place classification.
- Knockout stage
All teams played three or four more matches in the knockout stage, which was played as a series of playoffs, consolation playoffs and final classification matches.
All times are local (Turkey Time; UTC+3).
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 6 | Last 16 |
| 2 |  Thailand |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 0 |
Source: World Aquatics
| 28 June 2024 9:00 |
Report | Thailand |
7–11 | Netherlands |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 0–3, 3–2 | |||||
| 30 June 2024 12:45 |
Report | Netherlands |
10–3 | Thailand |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 4–0, 2–0 | |||||
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Greece |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 6 | +37 | 6 | Last 16 |
| 2 |  Canada |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Zimbabwe |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 34 | −31 | 0 | 17th–22nd place playoffs |
Source: World Aquatics
| 28 June 2024 10:15 |
Report | Zimbabwe |
0–13 | Canada |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 0–1, 0–6, 0–3, 0–3 | |||||
| 29 June 2024 12:45 |
Report | Canada |
3–22 | Greece |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–5, 2–4, 1–7 | |||||
| 30 June 2024 11:30 |
Report | Zimbabwe |
3–21 | Greece |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 2–6, 0–3, 1–7, 0–5 | |||||
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 6 | Last 16 |
| 2 |  Germany |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 3 | |
| 3 |  France |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 0 | 17th–22nd place playoffs |
Source: World Aquatics
| 28 June 2024 11:30 |
Report | Germany |
8–9 | Croatia |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–3, 2–2, 3–3 | |||||
| 29 June 2024 10:15 |
Report | Croatia |
17–10 | France |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 6–3, 7–2 | |||||
| 30 June 2024 10:15 |
Report | Germany |
11–6 | France |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 5–2, 2–2 | |||||
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9 | +23 | 6 | Last 16 |
| 2 |  South Africa |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 25 | −13 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 0 | 17th–22nd place playoffs |
Source: World Aquatics
| 28 June 2024 12:45 |
Report | Kazakhstan |
7–8 | South Africa |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–2, 0–2, 2–2 | |||||
| 29 June 2024 11:30 |
Report | South Africa |
4–18 | Hungary |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–4, 0–3, 1–7 | |||||
| 30 June 2024 9:00 |
Report | Kazakhstan |
5–14 | Hungary |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–3, 1–5, 1–4 | |||||
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | +29 | 6 | Last 16 |
| 2 |  Serbia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 32 | −18 | 3 | |
| 3 |  New Zealand |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 0 | 17th–22nd place playoffs |
Source: World Aquatics
| 28 June 2024 16:15 |
Report | United States |
13–3 | New Zealand |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 5–0, 4–0 | |||||
| 29 June 2024 18:45 |
Report | New Zealand |
10–11 | Serbia |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–2, 3–3, 4–2 | |||||
| 30 June 2024 18:45 |
Report | United States |
22–3 | Serbia |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 6–0, 7–0, 5–0 | |||||
Group F
| 28 June 2024 20:00 |
Report | Turkey |
2–11 | Australia |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 0–1, 0–3, 1–3, 1–4 | |||||
| 30 June 2024 20:00 |
Report | Australia |
13–3 | Turkey |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–1, 4–0, 3–2 | |||||
Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 6 | +35 | 6 | Last 16 |
| 2 |  Ukraine |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Malta |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 31 | −20 | 0 | 17th–22nd place playoffs |
Source: World Aquatics
| 28 June 2024 18:45 |
Report | Ukraine |
2–22 | Spain |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–7, 0–6, 1–3, 0–6 | |||||
| 29 June 2024 16:15 |
Report | Spain |
19–4 | Malta |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 4–0, 6–0, 5–3, 4–1 | |||||
| 30 June 2024 17:30 |
Report | Ukraine |
12–7 | Malta |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 4–2, 4–1 | |||||
Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 12 | +23 | 6 | Last 16 |
| 2 |  China |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Czech Republic |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 41 | −32 | 0 | 17th–22nd place playoffs |
Source: World Aquatics
| 28 June 2024 17:30 |
Report | China |
15–5 | Czech Republic |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 4–2, 5–1 | |||||
| 29 June 2024 17:30 |
Report | Czech Republic |
4–26 | Italy |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–9, 1–5, 0–6 | |||||
| 30 June 2024 16:15 |
Report | China |
8–9 | Italy |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–3, 2–2, 2–3 | |||||
17th–22nd place playoffs
Brackets
17th place bracket
| 17th–22nd place quarterfinals | 17th–20th place semifinals | 17th place match | ||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 13 | |||||||||
| 1 July | ||||||||||
| France | 10 | |||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 July | ||||||||||
| France | 11 | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 13 | |||||||||
| 1 July | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 7 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 6 | |||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 7 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 14 | |||||||||
| Malta | 8 | 19th place match | ||||||||
| 3 July | ||||||||||
| France | 11 | |||||||||
| Malta | 9 | |||||||||
21st place bracket
| 21st place series | ||||
| 3 & 4 July | ||||
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| New Zealand | 11 | 12 | 23 | |
17th–22nd place quarterfinals
| 1 July 2024 14:00 |
Report | Zimbabwe |
4–11 | France |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 0–1, 0–2, 2–3, 2–5 | |||||
| 1 July 2024 15:15 |
Report | New Zealand |
6–7 | Czech Republic |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–2, 0–3, 2–2 | |||||
21st place series
| 3 July 2024 14:00 |
Report | Zimbabwe |
2–11 | New Zealand |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–1, 2–2, 0–4 | |||||
| 4 July 2024 8:00 |
Report | New Zealand |
12–2 | Zimbabwe |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–0, 4–0, 2–1 | |||||
17th–20th place semifinals
| 2 July 2024 14:00 |
Report | Kazakhstan |
13–10 | France |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–2, 2–3, 4–4 | |||||
| 2 July 2024 15:15 |
Report | Czech Republic |
14–8 | Malta |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–0, 4–3, 5–3 | |||||
19th place match
| 3 July 2024 15:15 |
Report | France |
11–9 | Malta |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 3–3, 2–2 | |||||
17th place match
| 4 July 2024 14:15 |
Report | Kazakhstan |
13–7 | Czech Republic |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–2, 3–2, 3–2 | |||||
Championship playoffs
Brackets
Main bracket
| Crossovers | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 July | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 1 July | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 3 July | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 1 July | ||||||||||||||
| Hungary | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||||||
| Greece | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Greece | 12 (2) | |||||||||||||
| 1 July | ||||||||||||||
| Hungary (PSO) | 12 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Thailand | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 4 July | ||||||||||||||
| Hungary | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 1 July | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 10 | |||||||||||||
| United States | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||||||
| United States | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 1 July | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Turkey | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 July | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 1 July | ||||||||||||||
| Australia | 7 | 3rd place match | ||||||||||||
| Australia | 16 | |||||||||||||
| 2 July | 4 July | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Australia | 13 | Croatia | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1 July | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | 8 | Australia | 13 | |||||||||||
| Serbia | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 18 | |||||||||||||
5th place bracket
| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place match | |||||
| 3 July | ||||||
| Netherlands | 7 | |||||
| 4 July | ||||||
| Greece | 14 | |||||
| Greece | 15 | |||||
| 3 July | ||||||
| Italy | 9 | |||||
| United States | 11 (1) | |||||
| Italy (PSO) | 11 (3) | |||||
| 7th place match | ||||||
| 4 July | ||||||
| Netherlands | 10 | |||||
| United States | 11 | |||||
9th place bracket
| 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th place match | ||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 6 | |||||||||
| 3 July | ||||||||||
| Canada | 8 | |||||||||
| Canada | 5 | |||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||
| Germany | 7 | |||||||||
| Germany | 7 | |||||||||
| 4 July | ||||||||||
| Thailand | 4 | |||||||||
| Germany | 5 | |||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||
| China | 7 | |||||||||
| China | 8 | |||||||||
| 3 July | ||||||||||
| Turkey | 1 | |||||||||
| China | 7 | |||||||||
| 2 July | ||||||||||
| Serbia | 2 | 11th place match | ||||||||
| Ukraine | 5 | |||||||||
| 4 July | ||||||||||
| Serbia | 8 | |||||||||
| Canada | 12 | |||||||||
| Serbia | 11 | |||||||||
13th place bracket
| 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th place match | |||||
| 3 July | ||||||
| South Africa | 4 | |||||
| 4 July | ||||||
| Thailand | 14 | |||||
| Thailand | 9 | |||||
| 3 July | ||||||
| Turkey | 10 | |||||
| Turkey | 14 | |||||
| Ukraine | 2 | |||||
| 15th place match | ||||||
| 4 July | ||||||
| South Africa | 13 | |||||
| Ukraine | 4 | |||||
Crossovers
| 1 July 2024 9:00 |
Report | Netherlands |
13–3 | South Africa |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 5–0, 2–0 | |||||
| 1 July 2024 10:15 |
Report | Canada |
7–11 | Croatia |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–5, 1–2, 3–2 | |||||
| 1 July 2024 11:30 |
Report | Germany |
3–16 | Greece |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–3, 0–7, 2–3 | |||||
| 1 July 2024 12:45 |
Report | Thailand |
5–16 | Hungary |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–5, 1–3, 2–5 | |||||
| 1 July 2024 16:30 |
Report | United States |
14–3 | China |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–0, 3–1, 3–0 | |||||
| 1 July 2024 17:45 |
Report | Turkey |
3–14 | Spain |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 0–4, 0–4 | |||||
| 1 July 2024 19:00 |
Report | Australia |
16–0 | Ukraine |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–0, 4–0, 7–0 | |||||
| 1 July 2024 20:15 |
Report | Serbia |
7–18 | Italy |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–7, 3–2, 2–7 | |||||
9th–16th place quarterfinals
| 2 July 2024 9:00 |
Report | South Africa |
6–8 | Canada |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 0–5, 1–1, 1–1 | |||||
| 2 July 2024 10:15 |
Report | Germany |
7–4 | Thailand |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–0, 3–1, 2–2 | |||||
| 2 July 2024 11:30 |
Report | China |
8–1 | Turkey |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–1, 1–0, 2–0 | |||||
| 2 July 2024 12:45 |
Report | Ukraine |
5–8 | Serbia |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–3, 2–2, 0–1 | |||||
13th–16th place semifinals
| 3 July 2024 9:00 |
Report | South Africa |
4–14 | Thailand |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–4, 1–3, 2–3 | |||||
| 3 July 2024 10:15 |
Report | Turkey |
14–2 | Ukraine |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–1, 4–1, 3–0 | |||||
15th place match
| 4 July 2024 9:15 |
Report | South Africa |
13–4 | Ukraine |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 4–1, 4–1 | |||||
13th place match
| 4 July 2024 10:30 |
Report | Thailand |
9–10 | Turkey |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 3–1, 1–1 | |||||
9th–12th place semifinals
| 3 July 2024 11:30 |
Report | Canada |
5–7 | Germany |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 0–1, 2–1 | |||||
| 3 July 2024 12:45 |
Report | China |
7–2 | Serbia |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–0, 1–1, 2–0 | |||||
11th place match
| 4 July 2024 11:45 |
Report | Canada |
12–11 | Serbia |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 4–3, 1–2 | |||||
9th place match
| 4 July 2024 13:00 |
Report | Germany |
5–7 | China |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 3–1, 0–1 | |||||
Quarterfinals
| 2 July 2024 16:30 |
Report | Netherlands |
6–8 | Croatia |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–1, 2–1, 2–3 | |||||
| 2 July 2024 18:00 |
Report | Greece |
12–12 PSO: 2–4 |
Hungary |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 4–5, 5–2 | |||||
| 2 July 2024 19:30 |
Report | United States |
10–16 | Spain |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 3–4, 4–4 | |||||
| 2 July 2024 21:00 |
Report | Australia |
13–8 | Italy |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–1, 4–4, 4–0 | |||||
5th–8th place semifinals
| 3 July 2024 16:30 |
Report | Netherlands |
7–14 | Greece |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–6, 2–2 | |||||
| 3 July 2024 18:00 |
Report | United States |
11–11 PSO: 1–3 |
Italy |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 3–3, 3–4 | |||||
7th place match
| 4 July 2024 15:30 |
Report | Netherlands |
10–11 | United States |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 2–3, 2–3 | |||||
5th place match
| 4 July 2024 17:00 |
Report | Greece |
15–9 | Italy |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–2, 3–4, 6–1 | |||||
Semifinals
| 3 July 2024 19:30 |
Report | Croatia |
13–18 | Hungary |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 4–5, 2–5, 2–3, 5–5 | |||||
| 3 July 2024 21:00 |
Report | Spain |
14–7 | Australia |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–1, 4–0, 3–4 | |||||
3rd place match
| 4 July 2024 19:00 |
Report | Croatia |
10–13 | Australia |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 5–4, 0–3, 3–4, 2–2 | |||||
Final
| 4 July 2024 20:30 |
Report | Hungary |
7–10 | Spain |
Aquatic Centre, Manisa |
| Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–3, 3–3, 3–2 | |||||
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 |
Spain |
 |
Hungary |
 |
Australia |
| 4 | Croatia |
| 5 | Greece |
| 6 | Italy |
| 7 | United States |
| 8 | Netherlands |
| 9 | China |
| 10 | Germany |
| 11 | Canada |
| 12 | Serbia |
| 13 | Turkey |
| 14 | Thailand |
| 15 | South Africa |
| 16 | Ukraine |
| 17 | Kazakhstan |
| 18 | Czech Republic |
| 19 | France |
| 20 | Malta |
| 21 | New Zealand |
| 22 | Zimbabwe |