The 2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 16th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2018 and June 2019 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 4–9 June 2019.
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
Preliminary rounds
European Preliminaries November, 2018 – May, 2019
Group A
Group B
Europa Cup Final March 29–31, 2019, Turin, Italy Source: FINA
Quarterfinals All times are CET (UTC+1).
Semifinals All times are CET (UTC+1).
5th place match All times are CET (UTC+1).
Bronze medal match All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Gold medal match All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Final ranking Qualified to Super Final Rank Team 4 5 6
Intercontinental Cup March 23–31, 2019, Perth, Australia
Group A
Group B
5th–8th place bracket
Championship bracket
Bronze medal match
All times are AWST (UTC+8).
Gold medal match
All times are AWST (UTC+8).
Final ranking Qualified to Super Final Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8
Super Final June 4–9, 2019, Budapest, Hungary
Venue Budapest Danube Arena Capacity: 12,500 expanded
Qualified teams Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania —
Seeding Group A Group B (1st Europa Cup) (4th Europa Cup) (2nd ICC) (3rd ICC) (1st ICC) (4th ICC) (2nd Europa Cup) (3rd Europa Cup)
Preliminary round Group A All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Group B All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Final round 5th–8th place bracket
5th–8th place classification
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
7th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
5th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Championship bracket
Quarterfinals
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Semifinals
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Bronze medal match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Gold medal match
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Final ranking
Qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8
Team Roster Amanda Longan, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens (C), Jamie Neushul, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Ashleigh Johnson, Jordan Raney, Stephania Haralabidis. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.
Individual awards
Most Valuable Player Maddie Musselman Best Goalkeeper Laura Aarts Top Scorer Maud Megens Rita Keszthelyi — 17 goals
References
External links Media book 2019