The women's water polo tournament at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held from 4 to 16 February 2024 in Doha. This was the 17th time that the women's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1986.
The United States won their eighth overall title.
Qualification Of the qualified teams, thirteen returned from 2023. Singapore qualified for the first time ever after Japan withdrew for financial reasons, becoming the second country from Southeast Asia to qualify for this event after Thailand in 2022. Great Britain qualified after an eleven-year absence, and Brazil qualified again after withdrawing from 2023. Argentina, Israel and Japan were the only teams that failed to make this edition but made 2023.
As of 2025, this was the last time Brazil and Canada qualified and the last time Argentina, Croatia and Japan failed to qualify.
EventDatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s) 2023 World Cup 11 April – 25 June 2023 Long Beach 2 2023 World Championships 16–28 July 2023 Fukuoka 4 2022 Asian Games 25 September – 1 October 2023 Hangzhou 3 2023 Pan American Games 30 October – 4 November 2023 Santiago 2 2024 European Championship 5–13 January 2024 Eindhoven 3 African selection 1 Oceanian selection 1 Total 16 Due a limited budget Japan was forced to withdraw from tournament and was replaced by Singapore.
Schedule All times are local (UTC+3).
Date Time Round 4 February 2024 09:00 Preliminary round 6 February 2024 8 February 2024 10 February 2024 09:00 Play-offs/Placement matches 12 February 2024 09:00 Quarterfinals/Placement matches 14 February 2024 09:00 Semifinals/Placement matches 16 February 2024 10:00 Finals
Draw The draw was held on 7 November 2023.
Seeding Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+3).
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
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics
2024 Women's Water Polo World Champions United StatesEighth title
Statistics and awards Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsTop scorersShots 1 Morgan McDowall 31 42 74 2 Eirini Ninou 24 37 65 3 Rita Keszthelyi 20 37 54 4 Kitty-Lynn Joustra 19 19 100 5 Emmerson Houghton 18 47 386 Gréta Gurisatti17 33 52 Simone van de Kraats 25 68 Alice Williams 32 539 Roberta Bianconi16 33 48 Sofia Giustini 27 59 Zhang Jing 31 52
Awards The awards were announced on 16 February 2024.
All-star team Goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson Centre Forward Maica GarcíaField player Jenna Flynn Rita Keszthelyi Morgan McDowall Eleftheria Plevritou Simone van de KraatsOther awards Most Valuable Player Rita Keszthelyi Best Goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson
References
External links Official website Records and statistics (reports by Omega) Water polo at the 2024 World Championships – Women's tournament total-waterpolo.com Men Water Polo XXI World Championship 2024 Doha, Qatar todor66.com