Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

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The women's water polo tournament at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held from 16 to 28 July 2023. This was the 16th time that the women's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1986.[1] Netherlands won their second title after defeating Spain in the final.[2]

Host country Japan
Venue(s)Marine Messe, Fukuoka
Dates16–28 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
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Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Venue(s)Marine Messe, Fukuoka
Dates16–28 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (2nd title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Italy
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored1,157 (24.1 per match)
Top scorersSpain Judith Forca
(23 goals)
Awards
Best playerSpain Elena Ruiz
Best goalkeeperNetherlands Laura Aarts
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Qualification

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Event Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nationN/aN/a1 Japan
2022 World League25 January – 6 November 2022Spain Santa Cruz de Tenerife2 Spain
 Hungary
2022 World Championships20 June – 2 July 2022Hungary Budapest4 United States
 Netherlands
 Italy
 Australia
2022 European Championship27 August – 10 September 2022Croatia Split3 Greece
 Israel
 France
2022 Asian Championship7–14 November 2022Thailand Samut Prakan2 China
 Kazakhstan
2023 Pan American Water Polo Championships3–8 April 2023Brazil Bauru2 Canada
 Brazil
 Argentina
African WildcardN/aN/a1 South Africa
Oceanian WildcardN/aN/a1 New Zealand
Total16
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Due the limited budget and the proximity of the date of the championship with the 2023 Pan American Games, Brazil withdrew before the tournament and was replaced by Argentina.[3][4]

Draw

The draw was held on 18 April 2023.[5]

Seeding

The pots were announced on 12 April 2023.[6]

More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 United States
 Hungary
 Netherlands
 Italy		  Spain
 Australia
 Canada
 Greece		  Argentina
 Israel
 France
 New Zealand		  South Africa
 Japan
 China
 Kazakhstan
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The draw resulted in the following groups:

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Group A Group B Group C Group D
 China  Spain  Argentina  Canada
 France  Israel  Greece  New Zealand
 United States  Netherlands  Italy  Hungary
 Australia  Kazakhstan  South Africa  Japan
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Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).[7]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 40 16 +24 9 Quarterfinals
2  Australia 3 2 0 0 1 26 24 +2 6 Playoffs
3  France 3 1 0 0 2 25 37 −12 3
4  China 3 0 0 0 3 24 38 −14 0
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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.
16 July 2023
09:00		 Report United States  15–6  China Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 6–2, 3–1, 5–3
Musselman 4 Goals Zhang Jin. 3
16 July 2023
10:30		 Report France  8–10  Australia Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–4, 2–1, 1–2
Bouloukbachi 3 Goals Andrews, Fasala 2
18 July 2023
17:30		 Report Australia  5–9  United States Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 0–0, 1–3, 1–1
Williams 3 Goals three players 2
18 July 2023
20:30		 Report China  11–12  France Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–3, 4–1, 2–5
Wang H. 3 Goals Dhalluin 4
20 July 2023
13:00		 Report China  7–11  Australia Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–2, 1–3, 2–2
Lu, Zhang Jin. 2 Goals five players 2
20 July 2023
16:00		 Report France  5–16  United States Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–2, 0–4, 3–5
Bouloukbachi 2 Goals Prentice 4

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 61 16 +45 9 Quarterfinals
2  Spain 3 2 0 0 1 52 17 +35 6 Playoffs
3  Israel 3 1 0 0 2 30 52 −22 3
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 0 3 13 71 −58 0
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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.
16 July 2023
12:00		 Report Netherlands  7–6  Spain Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 3–2, 2–1
three players 2 Goals E. Ruiz 3
16 July 2023
13:30		 Report Israel  17–6  Kazakhstan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 6–1, 2–2, 4–0
three players 4 Goals Khritankova, Mirshina 2
18 July 2023
09:00		 Report Kazakhstan  2–30  Netherlands Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 0–10, 1–7, 1–9, 0–4
Mirshina, Pochinok 1 Goals Van de Kraats 8
18 July 2023
10:30		 Report Spain  22–5  Israel Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA), David Couper (NZL)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–1, 5–0, 7–2
Camus, A. Ruiz 4 Goals five players 1
20 July 2023
17:30		 Report Spain  24–5  Kazakhstan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 8–1, 5–0, 6–1
Peña 4 Goals Novikova, Tsoy 2
20 July 2023
20:30		 Report Israel  8–24  Netherlands Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), David Couper (NZL)
Score by quarters: 1–7, 1–6, 2–5, 4–6
Futorian 3 Goals Joustra 5

Group C

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 3 3 0 0 0 61 16 +45 9 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 3 2 0 0 1 63 19 +44 6 Playoffs
3  South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 16 57 −41 3
4  Argentina 3 0 0 0 3 12 60 −48 0
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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.
16 July 2023
16:00		 Report Italy  27–1  Argentina Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 7–0, 6–0, 11–0
Avegno 4 Goals Leonard 1
16 July 2023
17:30		 Report Greece  24–2  South Africa Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Nicola Johnson (AUS), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 6–1, 6–0, 5–0
Fountotou, E. Plevritou 4 Goals Sileno, Zondo 1
18 July 2023
12:00		 Report South Africa  2–24  Italy Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–7, 1–7, 0–8
MacDonell, Meecham 1 Goals Bettini, Giustini 4
18 July 2023
13:30		 Report Argentina  2–21  Greece Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–5, 1–6, 0–4
Bacigalupo, Hatcher 1 Goals three players 3
20 July 2023
09:00		 Report Argentina  9–12  South Africa Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
David Gómez (ESP), Jennifer McCall (USA),
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–5, 2–2, 2–3
Auliel 4 Goals Meecham 3
20 July 2023
10:30		 Report Greece  16–12  Italy Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 6–4, 4–1, 3–2, 3–5
four players 3 Goals four players 2

Group D

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 0 60 36 +24 9 Quarterfinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 0 1 40 34 +6 6 Playoffs
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 0 2 33 52 −19 3
4  Japan (H) 3 0 0 0 3 49 60 −11 0
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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) Host
16 July 2023
19:00		 Report New Zealand  17–16  Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–3, 4–5, 4–3
Doyle 5 Goals Ura 5
16 July 2023
20:30		 Report Hungary  11–10  Canada Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Marta Cabanas (ESP), Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–2, 1–2, 3–3
Keszthelyi 4 Goals four players 2
18 July 2023
16:00		 Report Canada  13–11  New Zealand Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Marta Cabanas (ESP), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 7–4, 1–3, 3–0, 2–4
La Roche 3 Goals Howarth 4
18 July 2023
19:00		 Report Japan  21–26  Hungary Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 6–8, 5–7, 6–6
Arima 7 Goals Hajdú 5
20 July 2023
12:00		 Report New Zealand  5–23  Hungary Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Veselin Mišković (MNE), Marta Cabanas (ESP),
Score by quarters: 3–6, 0–3, 2–9, 0–5
Doyle, Houghton 2 Goals Szilágyi 5
20 July 2023
19:00		 Report Canada  17–12  Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–3, 5–4, 4–4
Lemay-Lavoie 5 Goals Arima, Kawaguchi 4

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket
 
PlayoffsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
24 July
 
 
 United States7
 
22 July
 
 Italy8
 
 Italy14
 
26 July
 
 New Zealand7
 
 Italy8
 
 
 Netherlands9
 
 
24 July
 
 
 Netherlands17
 
22 July
 
 Canada10
 
 South Africa6
 
28 July
 
 Canada21
 
 Netherlands (PSO)12 (5)
 
 
 Spain12 (4)
 
 
24 July
 
 
 Greece8
 
22 July
 
 Australia9
 
 Australia16
 
26 July
 
 Israel7
 
 Australia10
 
 
 Spain12 Third place
 
 
24 July28 July
 
 
 Hungary9 Italy16
 
22 July
 
 Spain12  Australia14
 
 France9
 
 
 Spain16
 
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
26 July
 
 
 United States16
 
28 July
 
 Canada4
 
 United States (PSO)11 (4)
 
26 July
 
 Hungary11 (2)
 
 Greece9
 
 
 Hungary10
 
Seventh place game
 
 
28 July
 
 
 Canada (PSO)10 (4)
 
 
 Greece10 (2)
9th place bracket
 
9th–12th place semifinalsNinth place game
 
      
 
24 July
 
 
 Israel15
 
26 July
 
 New Zealand12
 
 Israel7
 
24 July
 
 France11
 
 France20
 
 
 South Africa6
 
Eleventh place game
 
 
26 July
 
 
 New Zealand25
 
 
 South Africa6
13th place bracket
 
13th–16th place semifinals13th place game
 
      
 
22 July
 
 
 China16
 
24 July
 
 Kazakhstan6
 
 China18
 
22 July
 
 Japan10
 
 Argentina11
 
 
 Japan21
 
15th place game
 
 
24 July
 
 
 Kazakhstan10
 
 
 Argentina8

Playoffs

22 July 2023
14:00		 Report Australia  16–7  Israel Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Marta Cabanas (ESP), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 7–2, 4–1, 3–1, 2–3
Armit 4 Goals Kordonskaia 3
22 July 2023
15:30		 Report France  9–16  Spain Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–4, 2–5, 2–4
Bouloukbachi, Dhalluin 2 Goals Forca 5
22 July 2023
17:00		 Report Italy  14–7  New Zealand Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–2, 1–3, 3–1
Bettini 3 Goals Doyle 2
22 July 2023
18:30		 Report South Africa  6–21  Canada Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Nicola Johnson (AUS), David Couper (NZL)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–4, 1–4, 3–7
Thornton-Dibb 2 Goals Wright 4

Quarterfinals

24 July 2023
15:00		 Report United States  7–8  Italy Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 2–2, 1–2
Steffens 4 Goals Giustini 3
24 July 2023
16:30		 Report Netherlands  17–10  Canada Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Marta Cabanas (ESP), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 5–3, 3–4, 3–1
three players 3 Goals McKelvey 4
24 July 2023
18:00		 Report Greece  8–9  Australia Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–4, 3–2, 0–0
Xenaki 3 Goals four players 2
24 July 2023
19:30		 Report Hungary  9–12  Spain Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 3–4, 2–2
Garda 4 Goals Forca 5

13–16th place semifinals

22 July 2023
09:00		 Report China  16–6  Kazakhstan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 6–2, 3–2, 4–1
Yan S., Zhang J. 4 Goals Kaplun 3
22 July 2023
10:30		 Report[dead link] Argentina  11–21  Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
Score by quarters: 0–8, 3–4, 5–4, 3–5
Bacigalupo 3 Goals Arima, Nishiyama 4

9–12th place semifinals

24 July 2023
12:00		 Report Israel  15–12  New Zealand Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–3, 5–2, 2–6
Strugo 4 Goals Houghton, Nicholson 3
24 July 2023
13:30		 Report France  20–6  South Africa Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–0, 5–4, 5–1
Vernoux 6 Goals Thornton-Dibb 3

5–8th place semifinals

26 July 2023
14:00		 Report United States  16–4  Canada Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–1, 6–1, 3–1
Flynn 5 Goals Browne 2
26 July 2023
15:30		 Report Greece  9–10  Hungary Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 4–5, 2–1
Ninou 3 Goals Garda, Keszthelyi 3

Semifinals

26 July 2023
17:00		 Report Italy  8–9  Netherlands Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 2–2, 1–1
Marletta 3 Goals L. Rogge, Wolves 2
26 July 2023
18:30		 Report Australia  10–12  Spain Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Jennifer McCall (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–3, 2–2, 2–2
Kearns 3 Goals E. Ruiz 4

15th place game

24 July 2023
09:00		 Report Kazakhstan  10–8  Argentina Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–3, 2–4, 2–1
Khritankova, Novikova 3 Goals Bacigalupo 4

13th place game

24 July 2023
10:30		 Report China  18–10  Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–3, 4–3, 5–1
Lu, Yan J. 3 Goals Ura 3

Eleventh place game

26 July 2023
09:00		 Report New Zealand  25–6  South Africa Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 7–0, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
Houghton 7 Goals Meecham, Versfeld 2

Ninth place game

26 July 2023
10:30		 Report Israel  7–11  France Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Nicola Johnson (AUS), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–4, 1–4, 3–0
Bogachenko 4 Goals Millot 3

Seventh place game

28 July 2023
11:30		 Report Canada  14–12 (PSO)  Greece Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–4, 4–1, 1–4  PSO: 4–2
Wright 3 Goals Xenaki 3

Fifth place game

28 July 2023
16:30		 Report United States  15–13 (PSO)  Hungary Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Zhang Liang (CHN), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 5–4, 1–2  PSO: 4–2
Raney 3 Goals Keszthelyi 4

Third place game

28 July 2023
13:00		 Report Italy  16–14  Australia Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 5–4, 5–6, 3–1, 3–3
Bianconi 6 Goals Williams 3

Final

28 July 2023
18:00		 Report Netherlands  17–16 (PSO)  Spain Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–3, 3–1, 3–5  PSO: 5–4
Van de Kraats, Sleeking 3 Goals Forca 5

Final ranking

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Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Goals[9] Shots %
1 Spain Judith Forca 23 45 51
2 Netherlands Simone van de Kraats 20 33 61
3 Hungary Rita Keszthelyi 19 39 49
Japan Yumi Arima 40 48
5 New Zealand Emmerson Houghton 18 32 56
6 Italy Roberta Bianconi 16 37 43
Italy Sofia Giustini 33 48
8 Italy Claudia Marletta 15 27 56
Spain Elena Ruiz 30 50
10 Australia Alice Williams 14 39 36
Greece Eirini Ninou 30 47
Japan Eruna Ura 23 61
New Zealand Bernadette Doyle 34 41
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Awards

The awards were announced on 29 July 2023.[2]

More information All-star team, Other awards ...
All-star team
GoalkeeperNetherlands Laura Aarts
Field playerJapan Yumi Arima
Italy Roberta Bianconi
Spain Judith Forca
Spain Elena Ruiz
Netherlands Simone van de Kraats
Australia Alice Williams
Other awards
MVPSpain Elena Ruiz
Best goalkeeperNetherlands Laura Aarts
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