The Ukraine women's national water polo team represents Ukraine in international women's water polo competitions. The team has never qualified for a major international event (Olympics, World and European Championships). In 2023, the team debuted in the World Cup. The team never competed in the World League.

Summer Olympics qualification tournaments Ukraine women's national team qualified for the 2007 Women's European Water Polo Olympic Qualifier but finished last after losing all games.

European Championships qualification tournaments Ukraine women's national team debuted in the qualification for the 1999 European Championships. The team played in group B and lost all their matches (against Greece, Germany, and Great Britain).Women Water Polo European Championship 1999 Qualification.

In 2006, the team played in the qualifiers but finished last in their group (behind Greece, Spain, and Czech Republic).

During the 2012 qualifiers, Ukraine managed to secure two victories against Israel but lost to Spain and Great Britain, thus losing chances to qualify for the European Championships. Ukraine was drafted for the 2014 qualifiers in the group with the Netherlands, Great Britain, Portugal, and Israel. One victory over Israel was not enough to get through to the continental championships. Ukraine did not enter the qualifications for the 2016 European Championships.

In the playoffs of the 2018 qualifiers, Ukraine lost both matches (8–10 and 1–6) to Serbia after having hosted the Qualifying round 1 in Kyiv.Ukraine national team completed its competition in the qualification for the European Championships, Ukraine Water Polo Federation, 9 October 2017 (in Ukrainian).European Water Polo Championships 2018, Qualification Women - Day 3 (with photos), Ukraine Water Polo Federation, 6 October 2017 (in Ukrainian).European Water Polo Championships 2018, Qualification Women - Day 1 (with photos), Ukraine Water Polo Federation, 4 October 2017 (in Ukrainian). The next qualifiers were unsuccessful, too. Ukraine did not manage to overcome France.Water Polo: Women's National Team Suffered a Crushing Defeat in the Match against France, sport.ua, 12 October 2019 (in Ukrainian). During the 2022 qualifiers, Ukraine managed to play a draw with Ireland only and finished behind Germany, Romania, and Slovakia (the first two qualified for the Europeans).Results of the 2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers, Ukraine Water Polo Federation, 20 February 2022 (in Ukrainian).

Ukraine is expected to face Serbia and the Czech Republic in the first round of the 2024 qualifiers.European Championships for adults, U17 and U15: draw allotments, Ukraine Water Polo Federation, 1 April 2023 (in Ukrainian).

Competitive record FINA World League

2023 – 8th place (Division 2)

European Water Polo Championship Year P W D L GF GA GDRank P W D L GF GA GDRank1993 Leeds Did not enter1993–1997 No separate qualification 1995 Vienna1997 Sevilla1999 Prato Did not qualify 1999 3 0 0 3 23 46 −23 4/42001 Budapest 2001 3 0 0 3 8 28 −20 4/42003 Ljubljana 2003 3 0 0 3 18 51 −33 4/42006 Belgrade 2006 3 0 0 3 16 52 −36 4/42008 Málaga 2008 3 0 0 3 12 39 −17 4/42010 Zagreb 2010 3 0 0 3 11 51 −40 4/42012 Eindhoven 2012 6 2 0 4 57 93 −36 3/42014 Budapest 2014 4 1 0 3 23 64 −41 4/52016 Belgrade Did not enter 2016 Did not enter2018 Barcelona Did not qualify 2018 8 3 0 5 53 51 +2 4/7 + play-off2020 Budapest 2020 7 0 1 6 35 75 −40 6/6 + play-off2022 Split 2022 4 0 1 3 28 57 −29 4/52024 Eindhoven 2024 2 0 0 2 8 32 −24 3/32026 Belgrade 2026 3 1 0 2 29 35 −6 3/4

European B Championships Year P W D L GF GA GDRank ECh Qual P W D L GF GA GDRank1996 Lisbon 4 1 0 3 19 28 −9 4/71996–2002 No qualification1998 Prague 5 ? ? ? ?? ?? ? 4/92000 Odense 5 3 0 2 35 29 +6 2/82002 Prague 5 4 0 1 39 28 +11 2/82004 Nancy 6 3 0 3 40 32 +8 3/8 2004 Bye2007 Prague 6 5 0 1 78 37 +41 3/92007–2009 No qualification2009 Manchester 6 3 0 3 57 53 +4 3/8

Head-to-head record As of 25 June 2023. The data is incomplete since the results of the 1998 (Ireland, Great Britain, Czech Republic, Belarus - semifinal, Czech Republic - final) European B Championships are missing. The statistics considers all games played in the qualification for European Championships since 1999, European B Championships since 1996, 2008 European Water Polo Olympic Qualifier as well as 2023 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup. Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Belarus 3 3 0 0 25 12 +13 Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 20 3 +17 Croatia 1 0 0 1 6 7 −1 Czech Republic 12 3 0 9 90 118 −28 Denmark 2 1 0 1 11 7 +4 France 6 0 0 6 26 78 −52 Germany 6 0 0 6 37 91 −54 Great Britain 9 1 0 8 51 96 −45 Greece 5 0 0 5 21 102 −81 Ireland 1 0 1 0 8 8 0 Israel 6 4 0 2 57 60 −3 Italy 2 0 0 2 8 41 −33 Malta 1 1 0 0 9 2 +7 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 2 26 −24 Portugal 6 3 0 3 43 45 −2 Romania 3 1 1 1 24 24 0 Serbia 3 0 0 3 10 35 −25 Serbia and Montenegro 1 0 0 1 7 8 −1 Slovakia 5 2 0 3 28 4 +24 South Africa 1 0 0 1 6 19 −13 Spain 5 0 0 5 27 97 −70 Sweden 1 0 0 1 5 7 −2 Switzerland 6 5 0 1 76 37 +39 Uzbekistan 1 0 0 1 10 11 −1 Yugoslavia 1 0 0 1 5 13 −8 Total: 25 nations 89 25 2 62 612 951 −339

Junior and Youth national teams Kamianske (officially Dniprodzerzhynsk at that time) hosted the 2010 European Women's U19 Championships. Ukraine finished 14th (last) at the tournament.2010 European Women's U19 Water Polo Championships

References

External links Ukraine Water Polo Federation's official website Ukraine Water Polo Federation's Facebook page Team's roster ВОДНЕ ПОЛО В УКРАЇНІ