The 2017 FINA Women's Water Polo World League is the 14th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2016 and June 2017 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 06 to 11 June 2017.FINA Women's Water Polo World League 2017 fina.org
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
Preliminary round The European preliminary round consisted of two groups of three teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualifies for the Super Final. A third place is taken by the best scoring second-placed team.Women European Preliminaries 2017 fina.org
Group A
Group B
Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament May 2–7, 2017 Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis, United StatesWomen Intercontinental Tournament 2017 fina.org
Group stage
Final stage
5th Place
3rd Place
Final
Super Final June 6–11, 2017, Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, 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.Women Super Final 2017 fina.org
Qualified teams Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania — (Host)
Group A All times are CST (UTC+8)
Group B All times are CST (UTC+8)
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals “Hungary stuns Netherlands as Super Final semifinalists found“ fina.org June 9, 2017. All times are CST (UTC+8)
Semifinals “USA to defend Super Final title against neighbour Canada“ fina.org June 10, 2017. All times are CST (UTC+8)
Bronze medal match “USA beats Canada to retain FINA World League crown“ fina.org June 11, 2017. All times are CST (UTC+8)
Final
All times are CST (UTC+8)
5th–8th Places
5th–8th Places Semifinals
All times are CST (UTC+8)
7th Place match
All times are CST (UTC+8)
5th Place match
All times are CST (UTC+8)
Final ranking
Rank Team45678
Team Roster Gabby Stone, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Mary Brooks, Maggie Steffens (C), Jordan Raney, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Jamie Neushul, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Mia Rycraw. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.
Individual awards
Most Valuable Player
Best Goalkeeper
Top Scorer — 15 goals Media All Star Team
References
Rules & Regulations