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Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Dates	4–16 February
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (8th title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches	48
Goals scored	1163 (24.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Morgan McDowall (31 goals)
Best player	Rita Keszthelyi
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The women's water polo tournament at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held from 4 to 16 February 2024 in Doha. This was the 17th time that the women's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1986.

The United States won their eighth overall title.

Qualification

Of the qualified teams, thirteen returned from 2023. Singapore qualified for the first time ever after Japan withdrew for financial reasons, becoming the second country from Southeast Asia to qualify for this event after Thailand in 2022. Great Britain qualified after an eleven-year absence, and Brazil qualified again after withdrawing from 2023. Argentina, Israel and Japan were the only teams that failed to make this edition but made 2023.

Event	Dates	Hosts	Quota	Qualifier(s)
2023 World Cup	11 April – 25 June 2023	Long Beach	2	United States Netherlands
2023 World Championships	16–28 July 2023	Fukuoka	4	Spain Italy Australia Hungary
2022 Asian Games	25 September – 1 October 2023	Hangzhou	3	China ~~Japan~~ Kazakhstan Singapore
2023 Pan American Games	30 October – 4 November 2023	Santiago	2	Canada Brazil
2024 European Championship	5–13 January 2024	Eindhoven	3	Greece France Great Britain
African selection	N/A	N/A	1	South Africa
Oceanian selection	N/A	N/A	1	New Zealand
Total			16

Due a limited budget Japan was forced to withdraw from tournament and was replaced by Singapore.

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+3).

Date	Time	Round
4 February 2024	09:00	Preliminary round
6 February 2024
8 February 2024
10 February 2024	09:00	Play-offs/Placement matches
12 February 2024	09:00	Quarterfinals/Placement matches
14 February 2024	09:00	Semifinals/Placement matches
16 February 2024	10:00	Finals

Draw

The draw was held on 7 November 2023.

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Netherlands Spain Italy Australia	United States Hungary Greece Canada	France Great Britain Brazil New Zealand	China Kazakhstan Singapore South Africa

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

4 February 2024 09:00	Kazakhstan	16–15	Brazil	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Tamas Couper (NZL), Matan Painchaud (CAN)
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 5–3, 2–3 PSO: 6–5
	Novikova, Pochinok 3	Goals	Cavalcante 4

4 February 2024 18:45	United States	10–8	Netherlands	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 3–1, 1–2
	three players 2	Goals	Van de Kraats 4

6 February 2024 17:30	Netherlands	27–4	Kazakhstan	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: David Couper (NZL), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 6–0, 4–1, 8–3, 9–0
	Joustra 7	Goals	Tsoy 2

6 February 2024 20:30	Brazil	5–21	United States	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: György Kun (HUN), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
	Score by quarters: 2–7, 1–6, 0–4, 2–4
	Belorio 2	Goals	Steffens 5

8 February 2024 16:00	Brazil	5–27	Netherlands	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), David Couper (NZL)
	Score by quarters: 1–7, 1–4, 2–7, 1–9
	Ferreira 2	Goals	three players 5

8 February 2024 17:30	United States	32–3	Kazakhstan	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Ashleigh Kaeshler (AUS), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP)
	Score by quarters: 8–0, 8–0, 9–1, 7–2
	Fattal, Steffens 5	Goals	three players 1

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

4 February 2024 10:30	China	5–18	Spain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Ashley Kaeshler (AUS), Andreia Stanojević (SRB)
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–5, 1–4, 0–6
	Lu 2	Goals	Crespí 4

4 February 2024 12:00	Greece	11–6	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–1, 4–2, 2–1
	Plevritou 3	Goals	Guillet 2

6 February 2024 09:00	France	10–11	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Helen Painchaud (CAN)
	Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 3–3, 1–0 PSO: 4–5
	Battu, Bouloukbakchi 2	Goals	Zhang J. 5

6 February 2024 19:00	Spain	16–8	Greece	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Ashleigh Kaeshler (AUS)
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–2, 4–2, 5–2
	Ortiz 4	Goals	three players 2

8 February 2024 19:00	Spain	14–7	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
	Score by quarters: 2–0, 5–4, 4–1, 3–2
	Nogué 3	Goals	Bouloukbakchi, Vernoux 2

8 February 2024 20:30	Greece	22–9	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Lucas Letshabo (RSA)
	Score by quarters: 7–2, 4–2, 6–1, 5–4
	Ninou, Plevritou 4	Goals	Deng 3

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

4 February 2024 13:30	Australia	32–1	Singapore	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Lucas Letshabo (RSA)
	Score by quarters: 7–1, 13–0, 6–0, 6–0
	Gofers 5	Goals	Wan 1

4 February 2024 15:00	Hungary	19–8	New Zealand	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
	Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–2, 2–1, 8–3
	Gurisatti 6	Goals	McDowall 4

6 February 2024 10:30	New Zealand	6–13	Australia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–3, 1–4
	Doyle, Houghton 2	Goals	Williams 4

6 February 2024 13:30	Singapore	2–39	Hungary	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Lucas Letshabo (RSA), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 0–11, 0–7, 2–11, 0–10
	Yap 2	Goals	Gurisatti, Rybanska 6

8 February 2024 09:00	Singapore	4–30	New Zealand	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Yuri Maciel (BRA)
	Score by quarters: 1–10, 0–9, 0–5, 3–6
	Yap 2	Goals	McDowall 9

8 February 2024 13:30	Hungary	13–9	Australia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Xavi Buch (ESP), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
	Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 3–1, 2–3
	Keszthelyi 5	Goals	Williams 3

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

4 February 2024 16:30	Great Britain	10–22	Italy	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP)
	Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–6, 2–6, 3–5
	Turner 3	Goals	Avegno, Bianconi 4

4 February 2024 20:30	South Africa	2–24	Canada	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Yuri Maciel (BRA)
	Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–3, 2–8, 0–7
	Meecham, Zondo 1	Goals	three players 5

6 February 2024 12:00	Canada	20–5	Great Britain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Jennifer McCall (USA)
	Score by quarters: 6–1, 5–2, 3–0, 6–2
	Lemay-Lavoie 4	Goals	Falvey 2

6 February 2024 16:00	Italy	25–3	South Africa	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Andreia Stanojević (SRB), Yuri Maciel (BRA)
	Score by quarters: 6–1, 5–1, 6–1, 8–0
	Giustini 5	Goals	Versfeld 2

8 February 2024 10:30	South Africa	5–14	Great Britain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–4, 1–5, 2–0
	Penney 2	Goals	Falvey 3

8 February 2024 12:00	Italy	12–8	Canada	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Zhang Liang (CHN)
	Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–2, 2–2, 2–0
	Marletta 4	Goals	Bakoc, Wright 2

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

12 February

United States

10 February

Australia

Australia

14 February

Great Britain

United States

Spain

12 February

Spain

10 February

Canada

New Zealand

16 February

Canada

United States

Hungary

12 February

Hungary (PSO)

8 (5)

10 February

Netherlands

8 (4)

Netherlands

14 February

China

Hungary (PSO)

9 (4)

Greece

9 (2)

Third place

12 February

16 February

Italy

Spain

10 February

Greece

Greece

Kazakhstan

Greece

5th place bracket

5th–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

14 February

Australia	10
		16 February
Canada	8
		Australia	8
14 February
		Netherlands	10
Netherlands	10

Italy	5
		Seventh place game

		16 February

		Canada	12

		Italy	18

9th place bracket

9th–12th place semifinals		Ninth place game

12 February

China	15
		14 February
Great Britain	10
		China	15
12 February
		New Zealand	16
Kazakhstan	8

New Zealand	23
		Eleventh place game

		14 February

		Great Britain	8

		Kazakhstan	6

13th place bracket

13th–16th place semifinals		13th place game

10 February

Brazil	8
		12 February
France	17
		France	19
10 February
		South Africa	8
Singapore	6

South Africa	20
		15th place game

		12 February

		Brazil	18

		Singapore	2

Playoffs

10 February 2024 12:00	Netherlands	16–14	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Lucas Letshabo (RSA)
	Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–2, 5–4, 3–3
	three players 3	Goals	Lu 5

10 February 2024 16:00	Kazakhstan	5–24	Greece	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Ashleigh Kaeshler (AUS), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP)
	Score by quarters: 2–8, 0–4, 1–7, 2–5
	five players 1	Goals	Ninou 4

10 February 2024 17:30	Australia	20–8	Great Britain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Yuri Maciel (BRA)
	Score by quarters: 6–1, 6–2, 4–1, 4–4
	A. Andrews 6	Goals	Cutler, Falvey 2

10 February 2024 19:00	New Zealand	12–14	Canada	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–5, 4–2, 3–2
	Houghton 5	Goals	Crevier 3

Quarterfinals

12 February 2024 16:00	United States	10–9	Australia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), David Couper (NZL)
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 3–0, 2–6
	Musselman 3	Goals	four players 2

12 February 2024 17:30	Spain	12–9	Canada	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 2–3, 3–4
	Forca 5	Goals	Crevier 3

12 February 2024 19:00	Hungary	13–12	Netherlands	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Jennifer McCall (USA)
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 1–2, 3–4 PSO: 5–4
	Keszthelyi 3	Goals	three players 2

12 February 2024 20:30	Italy	12–14	Greece	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Ashleigh Kaeshler (AUS)
	Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–4, 4–4, 5–3
	Picozzi 3	Goals	Ninou 5

13–16th place semifinals

10 February 2024 09:00	Brazil	8–17	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 2–5, 4–5
	Belorio 4	Goals	Hertzka, Vernoux 4

10 February 2024 10:30	Singapore	6–20	South Africa	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), David Couper (NZL)
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–5, 0–5, 2–6
	Yap 2	Goals	Versfeld 4

9–12th place semifinals

12 February 2024 12:00	China	15–10	Great Britain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
	Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–3, 2–1, 4–4
	three players 3	Goals	Turner 4

12 February 2024 13:30	Kazakhstan	8–23	New Zealand	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
	Score by quarters: 2–6, 1–5, 3–7, 2–5
	Mirshina 3	Goals	McDowall 11

5–8th place semifinals

14 February 2024 12:00	Australia	10–8	Canada	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–2, 2–3, 5–2
	Williams 3	Goals	Wright 3

14 February 2024 14:30	Netherlands	10–5	Italy	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), György Kun (HUN)
	Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–3, 1–1, 2–0
	L. Rogge, van de Kraats 3	Goals	Giustini 2

Semifinals

14 February 2024 16:00	United States	11–9	Spain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 4–3, 1–2
	Flynn 3	Goals	Piralkova, E. Ruiz 3

14 February 2024 17:30	Hungary	13–11	Greece	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Zhang Liang (CHN)
	Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 1–1, 2–2 PSO: 4–2
	Parkes 3	Goals	Ninou 4

15th place game

12 February 2024 09:00	Brazil	18–2	Singapore	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Lucas Letshabo (RSA)
	Score by quarters: 4–0, 2–0, 4–0, 8–2
	three players 3	Goals	Lee, Lim 1

13th place game

12 February 2024 10:30	France	19–8	South Africa	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Yuri Maciel (BRA), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP)
	Score by quarters: 5–0, 5–3, 6–3, 3–2
	Vernoux 5	Goals	Geber, Versfeld 2

Eleventh place game

14 February 2024 09:00	Great Britain	8–6	Kazakhstan	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Cheng Beng Guan (SGP), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 0–3, 3–0
	Tafazolli 4	Goals	Novikova, Rakhmanova 2

Ninth place game

14 February 2024 10:30	China	15–16	New Zealand	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–5, 3–4, 5–3
	Lu 5	Goals	Houghton 5

Seventh place game

16 February 2024 10:00	Canada	12–18	Italy	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
	Score by quarters: 4–5, 4–6, 1–2, 3–5
	Bakoc 4	Goals	Bianconi 5

Fifth place game

16 February 2024 16:00	Australia	8–10	Netherlands	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–1, 1–3, 1–4
	Kearns 3	Goals	Van de Kraats 3

Third place game

16 February 2024 11:30	Spain	10–9	Greece	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–4, 1–1, 3–3
	Forca 3	Goals	Ninou 3

Final

16 February 2024 17:30	United States	8–7	Hungary	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Xavi Buch (ESP), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 0–1, 3–2
	Fattal 3	Goals	Garda, Keszthelyi 2

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	United States
2	Hungary
3	Spain
4	Greece
5	Netherlands
6	Australia
7	Italy
8	Canada
9	New Zealand
10	China
11	Great Britain
12	Kazakhstan
13	France
14	South Africa
15	Brazil
16	Singapore

	Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics

2024 Women's Water Polo World Champions United States Eighth title

Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Morgan McDowall	31	42	74
2	Eirini Ninou	24	37	65
3	Rita Keszthelyi	20	37	54
4	Kitty-Lynn Joustra	19	19	100
5	Emmerson Houghton	18	47	38
6	Gréta Gurisatti	17	33	52
	Simone van de Kraats		25	68
	Alice Williams		32	53
9	Roberta Bianconi	16	33	48
	Sofia Giustini		27	59
	Zhang Jing		31	52

Awards

The awards were announced on 16 February 2024.

All-star team
Goalkeeper	Ashleigh Johnson
Centre Forward	Maica García
Field player	Jenna Flynn
	Rita Keszthelyi
	Morgan McDowall
	Eleftheria Plevritou
	Simone van de Kraats
Other awards
Most Valuable Player	Rita Keszthelyi
Best Goalkeeper	Ashleigh Johnson

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Contents

Qualification

Schedule

Draw

Seeding

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

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

Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

Awards