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.FINA Women's Water Polo World League 2018 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 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 Qualified to Super Final Rank Team 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.Women Super Final 2018 fina.org
Qualified teams Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania — (Host)
Seeding Group A Group B (2nd ICC) (1st Europe) (4th ICC) (Host) (3rd Europe) (1st ICC) (2nd Europe) (3rd ICC) (5th ICC)
Preliminary round
Group A All times are CST (UTC+8)
Group B All times are CST (UTC+8)
Final round 5th–8th place bracket
5th–8th place classification
All times are CST (UTC+8)
7th place match
All times are CST (UTC+8)
5th place match
All times are CST (UTC+8)
Championship bracket
Quarterfinals “USA-Russia, Canada-Netherlands in Water Polo Super Final semifinals“ fina.org May 31, 2018. All times are CST (UTC+8)
Semifinals “USA-Netherlands out for gold in FINA Women's Water Polo Super Final“ fina.org June 1, 2018. All times are CST (UTC+8)
Bronze medal match “USA retains FINA Women's Water Polo Super Final in Kunshan“ fina.org June 2, 2018. All times are CST (UTC+8)
Gold medal match
All times are CST (UTC+8)
Final ranking
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8
Team Roster Ashleigh Johnson, Brigitta Games, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens (C), Kaleigh Gilchrist, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Jamie Neushul, Stephania Haralabidis, Alys Williams, Gabby Stone. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.
Individual awards
Most Valuable Player
Best Goalkeeper
Top Scorer — 15 goals
Notes
References
Rules & Regulations