The women's water polo tournament at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain from 21 July to 2 August 2013.
Spain defeated Australia 8–6 in the final match to capture their first world championship title.
Qualification 16 teams qualified for the world championships in 2013 as follows: The host nation The best 2 teams in the 2012 World League not already qualified as the host nation The best 4 teams in the 2012 Olympics not already qualified as the host nation or from the World League The best 3 teams in the 2012 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics The best 2 teams in the 2013 Americas Qualification Tournament not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics The best 2 teams from Asia (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics The best team from Africa (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics The best team from Oceania (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics If no team enters from a continent or if a team qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics does not enter, then each vacancy shall be filled by the next highest placed team(s) from the continental qualification tournament with the following rotation: Americas, Europe, Host Continent, Asia, Oceania and Africa. BL 9 Olympic Games, World Championships and World Swimming Championships (25m)
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost nation – –12012 World League Finals29 May-3 June 2012 Changshu22012 Olympics30 July–11 August 2012 London4 2012 European Championships18–28 January 2012 Eindhoven32013 Americas Qualification TournamentJanuary 2013 Calgary2Asia 2Africa 1Oceania 1 TOTAL 16
Preliminary round
Group A All times are CEST (UTC+2). PldWDLGFGAGDPts 3 2 1 0 41 24 +17 5 3 2 0 1 40 23 +17 4 3 1 1 1 54 29 +25 3 3 0 0 3 13 72 −59 0
Group B All times are CEST (UTC+2). PldWDLGFGAGDPts 3 3 0 0 45 10 +35 6 3 2 0 1 35 21 +14 4 3 1 0 2 22 35 −13 2 3 0 0 3 10 46 −36 0
Group C All times are CEST (UTC+2). PldWDLGFGAGDPts 3 3 0 0 38 20 +18 6 3 1 1 1 30 27 +3 3 3 1 1 1 29 27 +2 3 3 0 0 3 20 43 −23 0
Group D All times are CEST (UTC+2). PldWDLGFGAGDPts 3 3 0 0 48 17 +31 6 3 2 0 1 26 22 +4 4 3 1 0 2 23 32 −9 2 3 0 0 3 16 42 −26 0
Knockout stage Championship bracket
5th place bracket
Quarterfinals qualification All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Quarterfinals All times are CEST (UTC+2).
5th–8th place classification All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Semifinals All times are CEST (UTC+2).
7th place match All times are CEST (UTC+2).
5th place match All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Bronze medal match All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Gold medal match All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Ranking and statistics Final ranking
RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Team Roster Laura Ester, Marta Bach, Anni Espar, Roser Tarragó, Mati Ortiz, Jennifer Pareja (C), Lorena Miranda, Pili Peña, Andrea Blas, Ona Meseguer, Maica García, Laura López, Patri Herrera. Head Coach: Miki Oca.
Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsShots 1 Lieke Klaassen 25 42 59 2 Rita Keszthelyi 21 41 51 3 Ekaterina Prokofyeva 19 42 45 4 Barbara Bujka 18 32 56 5 Olga Beliaeva 17 28 616 Jennifer Pareja16 36 44 Yasemin Smit 38 42 Christina Tsoukala 46 35 Source: SportResult
Awards Olympic silver medallist Spain now crowned World Champion Most Valuable Player Jennifer Pareja
Best Goalscorer Lieke Klaassen – 25 goals
Best Goalkeeper Laura Ester
Media All-Star Team Laura Ester – Goalkeeper Barbara Bujka – Centre forward Rita Keszthelyi Lieke Klaassen Jennifer Pareja Ekaterina Prokofyeva Rowena Webster
References
External links Official website Records and statistics (reports by Omega)