Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

The women's water polo tournament at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held from 16 to 28 July 2023. This was the 16th time that the women's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1986. Netherlands won their second title after defeating Spain in the final.

Qualification

EventDatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s) Host nation 1 2022 World League 25 January – 6 November 2022 2 2022 World Championships 20 June – 2 July 2022 Budapest 4 2022 European Championship Split 3 2022 Asian Championship 7–14 November 2022 Samut Prakan 2 3–8 April 2023 Bauru 2 African Wildcard 1 Oceanian Wildcard 1 Total 16

Due the limited budget and the proximity of the date of the championship with the 2023 Pan American Games, Brazil withdrew before the tournament and was replaced by Argentina.

Draw The draw was held on 18 April 2023.

Seeding The pots were announced on 12 April 2023.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+9).

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

2023 Women's Water Polo World Champions NetherlandsSecond title

Statistics and awards Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsTop scorersShots 1 Judith Forca 23 45 51 2 Simone van de Kraats 20 33 613 Rita Keszthelyi19 39 49 Yumi Arima 40 48 5 Emmerson Houghton 18 32 566 Roberta Bianconi16 37 43 Sofia Giustini 33 488 Claudia Marletta15 27 56 Elena Ruiz 30 5010 Alice Williams14 39 36 Eirini Ninou 30 47 Eruna Ura 23 61 Bernadette Doyle 34 41

Awards The awards were announced on 29 July 2023.

All-star team Goalkeeper Laura AartsField player Yumi Arima Roberta Bianconi Judith Forca Elena Ruiz Simone van de Kraats Alice WilliamsOther awards MVP Elena Ruiz Best goalkeeper Laura Aarts

References

External links 20th FINA World Championships Fukuoka 2023 FINA Water Polo website Records and statistics (reports by Omega) Water polo at the 2023 World Championships – Women's tournament total-waterpolo.com Women Water Polo XX World Championship 2023 Fukuoka, Japan todor66.com