The 2019
FINA Women's Water Polo World League
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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
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Italy
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Source
FINA
Quarterfinals
All times are CET
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Places
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Semifinals
All times are CET
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* Cet, Albania
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(UTC+1
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5th place match
All times are CET
CET or cet may refer to:
Places
* Cet, Albania
* Cet, standard astronomical abbreviation for the constellation Cetus
* Colchester Town railway station (National Rail code CET), in Colchester, England
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Comcast En ...
(UTC+1
+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in:
*Central European Time
* West Africa Time
* Western European Summer Time
**Brit ...
).
Bronze medal match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Gold medal match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Final ranking
Intercontinental Cup
* March 23–31, 2019,
Perth
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Australia
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Group A
Group B
;5th–8th place bracket
;Championship bracket
Bronze medal match
All times are AWST (UTC+8
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Gold medal match
All times are AWST (UTC+8
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).
Final ranking
Super Final
* June 4–9, 2019,
Budapest
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Hungary
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Venue
Qualified teams
Seeding
Preliminary round
Group A
All times are CEST (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
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Group B
All times are CEST (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
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Final round
;5th–8th place bracket
5th–8th place classification
All times are CEST (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
7th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
5th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
;Championship bracket
Quarterfinals
All times are CEST (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Semifinals
All times are CEST (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Bronze medal match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Gold medal match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Final ranking
;Team Roster
Amanda Longan,
Maddie Musselman
Madeline Musselman ( ; born June 16, 1998) is an American water polo player and a 3 time Olympian (Paris, Tokyo and Rio). Maddie was named Woman's water polo MVP after her USA Team won gold in Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was one of t ...
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Melissa Seidemann
Melissa Jon Seidemann (born June 26, 1990) is an American water polo player. She won the National Championship with Stanford University in 2011. She also won the gold medal with the United States national team in the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 ...
,
Rachel Fattal
Rachel Fattal ( ; born December 10, 1993) is an American water polo player. Fattal attended Los Alamitos High School and graduated in 2012. She then attended UCLA, where she majored in history and played water polo; she graduated in 2017.
She w ...
,
Paige Hauschild,
Maggie Steffens (
C),
Jamie Neushul
Jamie Valeri Neushul (born May 12, 1995) is an American water polo player who is a member of the United States women's national water polo team. She became world champion at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships and was a member of the team at th ...
,
Kiley Neushul
Kiley Susan Neushul (born March 5, 1993) is an American water polo player and a graduate of Stanford University.
Neushul was selected as one of 13 players who represented the US and won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was also a ...
,
Aria Fischer
Aria Fischer (born March 2, 1999) is an American water polo player. She represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics and currently plays water polo at Stanford University.
Personal life
Fischer's older sister, Makenzie Fischer, is ...
,
Kaleigh Gilchrist
Kaleigh Gilchrist ( ; born May 16, 1992) is an American dual sport athlete in surfing and water polo. She competed on the gold medal-winning US Women's Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, contributing 6 goals. She also won water polo team ...
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Makenzie Fischer,
Alys Williams,
Ashleigh Johnson
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Jordan Raney,
Stephania Haralabidis. Head coach:
Adam Krikorian
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.
Individual awards
*Most Valuable Player
**
Maddie Musselman
Madeline Musselman ( ; born June 16, 1998) is an American water polo player and a 3 time Olympian (Paris, Tokyo and Rio). Maddie was named Woman's water polo MVP after her USA Team won gold in Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was one of t ...
*Best Goalkeeper
**
Laura Aarts
Laura Petronella Aarts (born 10 August 1996) is a Dutch water polo player for Dunaújvárosi FVE and the Netherlands women's national water polo team, Dutch national team.
She won the gold medal at the 2018 Women's European Water Polo Champions ...
*Top Scorer
**
Maud Megens Rita Keszthelyi
Rita Keszthelyi (born 10 December 1991) is a Hungarian water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012, 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Hungary women's national water polo team in the Water polo at ...
— 17 goals
References
External links
Media book 2019
{{FINA Water Polo World League
World League, women
2019
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International water polo competitions hosted by Hungary
International sports competitions in Budapest
2019 in Hungarian sport