2017 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2017 FINA Women's Water Polo World League is the 14th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2016 and June 2017 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 06 to 11 June 2017.^[1][2]

2017 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	22 November 2016 to 11 June 2017
Super Final
Finals champions	United States (11th title)
Runners-up	Canada

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

Europe

Preliminary round

The European preliminary round consisted of two groups of three teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualifies for the Super Final. A third place is taken by the best scoring second-placed team.^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	4	2	0	1	1	52	41	+11	7	Super Final		—	10–10(3–5 PSO)	20–11
2	Netherlands	4	1	2	0	1	36	38	−2	7			12–15	—	10–9
3	Greece	4	1	0	1	2	32	41	−9	4			8–7	4–4(1–3 PSO)	—

Source: FINA

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	4	3	1	0	0	53	30	+23	11	Super Final		—	10–10(3–1 PSO)	15–4
2	Italy	4	2	0	1	1	50	31	+19	7			10–12	—	14–4
3	France	4	0	0	0	4	19	61	−42	0			6–16	5–16	—

Source: FINA

Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament

May 2–7, 2017 Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis, United States^[4]

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	5	4	1	0	0	43	28	+15	14	Super Final		—	—	—	—	12–7	—
2	Australia	5	4	0	1	0	45	26	+19	13			5–5(2–4 PSO)	—		—	9–5	13–6
3	Japan	5	3	0	0	2	48	36	+12	9			6–10	3–8	—	13–8	—	—
4	Canada	5	2	0	0	3	40	41	−1	6			5–6	7–10	—	—	—	—
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	0	4	28	51	−23	3			—	—	4–15	3–8	—	9–7
6	China	5	0	0	0	5	33	55	−22	0	Host Super Final		5–10	—	6–11	9–12	—	—

Source: FINA
(H) Host

Final stage

5th Place

7 May 2017 9:30	Kazakhstan	14–7	China	Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis, United States Referees: Andrew Carney (AUS), Haz Ortega (USA)
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 5–2, 4–2
	Mirshina 3	Goals	three players 2

3rd Place

7 May 2017 11:00	Japan	2–5	Canada	Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis, United States Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA), Victor Salnicenko (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–0, 0–1, 0–2
	Arima, Noro 1	Goals	Lemay 3

Final

7 May 2017 12:30	United States	7–10	Australia	Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis, United States Referees: Martin Murray (CAN), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 1–3, 4–4
	three players 2	Goals	Armit 4

Super Final

June 6–11, 2017, Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage.^[5]

Qualified teams

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
—	Canada  United States	China (Host)  Japan	Hungary  Netherlands  Russia	Australia

Group A

All times are CST (UTC+8)

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	36	20	+16	9	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	3	1	1	0	1	40	32	+8	5
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	1	1	33	24	+9	4
4	Japan	3	0	0	0	3	21	54	−33	0

Source: FINA

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6 June 2017 16:20	Russia	18–9	Japan	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Liang Zhang (CHN), Marcela Mauss (GER)
	Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–2, 3–3, 5–3
	Simanovich 5	Goals	Inaba 3

6 June 2017 17:40	United States	6–4	Netherlands	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN)
	Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–2, 2–2, 0–0
	K. Neushul 3	Goals	D. Genee 2

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7 June 2017 15:00	United States	17–4	Japan	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–1, 6–1, 4–1
	Williams 3	Goals	four players 4

7 June 2017 16:20	Russia	10–10	Netherlands	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Rajmund Fodor (HUN)
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–5, 2–1, 3–0  PSO: 4–2
	Prokofyeva, Tolkunova 3	Goals	three players 3

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8 June 2017 16:20	Russia	12–13	United States	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–6, 2–1, 2–2
	Gorbunova 3	Goals	K. Neushul, M. Fischer 3

8 June 2017 17:40	Japan	8–19	Netherlands	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Liang Zhang (CHN)
	Score by quarters: 3–5, 0–7, 3–3, 2–4
	Arima 4	Goals	S. van der Sloot 5

Group B

All times are CST (UTC+8)

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	0	27	20	+7	8	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	0	33	18	+15	7
3	China (H)	3	1	0	0	2	27	36	−9	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	0	3	17	30	−13	0

Source: FINA
(H) Host

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6 June 2017 15:00	Hungary	9–9	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Martina Kunikova (SVK)
	Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 3–2, 2–2  PSO: 1–2
	Szilágyi 4	Goals	E. Wright, Christmas 3

6 June 2017 19:30	Australia	10–14	China	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–3, 3–3, 3–4
	Armit, Webster 4	Goals	Zhao 4

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7 June 2017 17:40	Australia	4–8	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–2, 0–2, 1–2
	Webster 2	Goals	Eggens, Békhazi 2

7 June 2017 19:00	Hungary	16–6	China	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Amber Drury (USA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–0, 4–2, 4–2
	Szilágyi 6	Goals	Guo 3

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8 June 2017 15:00	Hungary	8–3	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Martina Kunikova (SVK), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 0–2, 2–0
	three players 2	Goals	three players 1

8 June 2017 19:00	Canada	10–7	China	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Amber Drury (USA)
	Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–4, 1–1, 4–2
	E. Wright 3	Goals	Niu, Zhang C. 2

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Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	09 June 2017
	Russia	16
					10 June 2017
	China	8
					Russia	10
	09 June 2017
					Canada	11
	Japan	5
									11 June 2017
	Canada	9
									Canada	6
	09 June 2017
									United States	12
	Netherlands	7
					10 June 2017
	Hungary	8
					Hungary	4
	09 June 2017
					United States	8			Third place
	United States	13
									11 June 2017
	Australia	4
									Russia	9
									Hungary	7

Quarterfinals

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All times are CST (UTC+8)

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9 June 2017 15:00	Netherlands	7–8	Hungary	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Amber Drury (USA)
	Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–1, 1–2, 3–2
	Klaassen 3	Goals	Bujka 2

9 June 2017 16:20	United States	13–4	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Martina Kunikova (SVK), Rajmund Fodor (HUN)
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–2, 3–1, 2–0
	K. Neushul 4	Goals	Halligan 2

9 June 2017 17:40	Japan	5–9	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–4, 0–2, 0–2
	Arima 2	Goals	McKelvey 4

9 June 2017 19:00	Russia	16–8	China	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
	Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–0, 5–3, 2–3
	Karimova, Gorbunova 3	Goals	Xiao 4

Semifinals

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All times are CST (UTC+8)

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10 June 2017 17:40	Russia	10–11	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Martina Kunikova (SVK), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
	Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–1, 2–3, 0–4
	Gorbunova 3	Goals	McKelvey 3

10 June 2017 19:00	Hungary	4–8	United States	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Liang Zhang (CHN)
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–4, 0–2, 3–0
	Keszthelyi 2	Goals	Musselman 3

Bronze medal match

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All times are CST (UTC+8)

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11 June 2017 17:10	Russia	9–7	Hungary	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Marcela Mauss (GER)
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 2–0, 3–4
	Karimova 3	Goals	Bujka 4

Final

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All times are CST (UTC+8)

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11 June 2017 18:30	Canada	6–12	United States	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–4, 2–3, 0–3
	E. Wright, McKelvey 2	Goals	five players 2

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5th–8th Places

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	10 June 2017
	China	12
					11 June 2017
	Japan	11
					China	4
	10 June 2017
					Netherlands	14
	Netherlands	9
	Australia	5
					Seventh place
					11 June 2017
					Japan	8
					Australia	10

5th–8th Places Semifinals

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All times are CST (UTC+8)

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10 June 2017 15:00	Netherlands	9–5	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 2–1, 3–2
	van der Graaf 2	Goals	Ridge, Halligan 2

10 June 2017 16:20	China	12–11	Japan	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 4–3, 4–2
	Xiong 5	Goals	Arima 3

7th Place match

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All times are CST (UTC+8)

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11 June 2017 14:30	Japan	8–10	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Liang Zhang (CHN), Rajmund Fodor (HUN)
	Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–2, 2–1, 1–2
	Inaba 4	Goals	Webster 5

5th Place match

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All times are CST (UTC+8)

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11 June 2017 16:00	China	4–14	Netherlands	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Amber Drury (USA), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–2, 0–4, 1–4
	Mei, Zhao 2	Goals	Smit, Megens 3

Final ranking

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Rank[1] Team  United States  Canada  Russia 4  Hungary 5  Netherlands 6  China 7  Australia 8  Japan

2017 FINA Women's Water Polo World League  United States Eleventh title Team Roster Gabby Stone, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Mary Brooks, Maggie Steffens (C), Jordan Raney, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Jamie Neushul, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Mia Rycraw. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Individual awards

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• Most Valuable Player
  •  Makenzie Fischer (USA)
• Best Goalkeeper
  •  Jessica Gaudreault (CAN)
• Top Scorer
  •  Catharina van der Sloot (NED) — 15 goals
• Media All Star Team
  •  Jessica Gaudreault (CAN)
  •  Yumi Arima (JPN)
  •  Makenzie Fischer (USA)
  •  Elvina Karimova (RUS)
  •  Hayley McKelvey (CAN)
  •  Kiley Neushul (USA)
  •  Catharina van der Sloot (NED)

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
2. FINA Women's Water Polo World League 2017 fina.org
3. Women European Preliminaries 2017 fina.org
4. Women Intercontinental Tournament 2017 fina.org
5. Women Super Final 2017 fina.org
6. “Hungary stuns Netherlands as Super Final semifinalists found“ fina.org June 9, 2017.
7. “USA to defend Super Final title against neighbour Canada“ fina.org June 10, 2017.
8. “USA beats Canada to retain FINA World League crown“ fina.org June 11, 2017.

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