2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup


The 2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 17th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation. The event took place in Surgut, Russia from 4 to 9 September 2018.
The United States won the gold medal by defeating Russia 8-5 in the final. Australia captured bronze, beating Spain 9-8.

Format

8 teams qualified for the 2018 FINA World Cup. They are split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a Round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals. The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the Semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.

Groups

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are YEKT
TeamGWDLGFGADiffPoints
1.33004628+186
2.31113028+23
3.31112730-33
4.30032643−170

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Group B

All times are YEKT
TeamGWDLGFGADiffPoints
1.3300616+556
2.32013024+64
3.31021633-172
4.3003852-440

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Final round

;5th-8th place bracket

5th–8th place classification

All times are YEKT
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7th place match

All times are YEKT

5th place match

All times are YEKT
;Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

All times are YEKT
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Semifinals

All times are YEKT
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Bronze medal match

All times are YEKT

Gold Medal Match

All times are YEKT

Final standings

RANKTEAM
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;Team Roster
Ashleigh Johnson, Jordan Raney, Stephania Haralabidis, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens, Jamie Neushul, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Amanda Longan. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Individual awards