The women's water polo tournament at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships is held from 20 June to 2 July 2022. This is the 15th time that the women's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1986.
The United States secured their fourth consecutive and seventh overall title with a win over Hungary, while the Netherlands beat Italy to win the bronze medal.
Qualification EventDatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s) Host nation colspan=2 1 2020 FINA World League 14– 19 June 2021 Athens 1 2020 Summer Olympics 24 July – 7 August 2021 Tokyo 4 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship 12–25 January 2020 Budapest 3 2022 Intercontinental Cup(Americas qualifier) 7–13 March 2022 Lima 2 Asian Qualifier colspan=2 rowspan=4 1 African Qualifier 1 Oceanian Qualifier 1 Wild cards 2 Colombia Total 16 Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Due the COVID-19 pandemic local restritictions China and Japan withdrew before the tournament.
Draw The draw was held on 12 April 2022.
Seeding Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 Colombia
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage Bracket Championship bracket
5th place bracket
9th place bracket
13th place bracket
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
13–16th place semifinals
9–12th place semifinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
RankTeam45678910111213141516 Colombia
2022 Women's Water Polo World Champions United StatesSeventh title
Awards and statistics Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsTop scorersShots1 Judith Forca21 46 46 Beatriz Ortiz 44 48 3 Maddie Musselman 20 28 714 Rita Keszthelyi18 46 39 Simone van de Kraats 35 51 Stephania Haralabidis 27 677 Gréta Gurisatti17 38 45 Sofia Giustini 32 53 Lola Moolhuijzen 30 57 Elena Ruiz 41 41
Awards The awards were announced on 2 July 2022.
Position Player Goalkeeper Ashleigh JohnsonField player Bronte Halligan Rita Keszthelyi Lola Moohuijzen Judith Forca Beatriz Ortiz Maddie Musselman Most Valuable Goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson Most Valuable Player in Final Maddie Musselman
References
External links 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022 FINA Water Polo website Records and statistics (reports by Omega) Water polo at the 2022 World Championships – Women's tournament total-waterpolo.com Women Water Polo XIX World Championship 2022 Budapest, Hungary todor66.com