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Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Women's water polo
2013 World Aquatics Championships

Tournament details
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21 July – 2 August
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	896 (20.36 per match)
Attendance	35,980 (818 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lieke Klaassen (25 goals)
Best player	Jennifer Pareja
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The women's water polo tournament at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in the Piscines Bernat PicornellinBarcelona, Spain from 21 July to 2 August 2013.^[1]

Spain defeated Australia 8–6 in the final match to capture their first world championship title.^[2]

Qualification[edit]

16 teams qualified for the world championships in 2013 as follows:

• The host nation
• The best 2 teams in the 2012 World League not already qualified as the host nation
• The best 4 teams in the 2012 Olympics not already qualified as the host nation or from the World League
• The best 3 teams in the 2012 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
• The best 2 teams in the 2013 Americas Qualification Tournament not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
• The best 2 teams from Asia (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
• The best team from Africa (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
• The best team from Oceania (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
• If no team enters from a continent or if a team qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics does not enter, then each vacancy shall be filled by the next highest placed team(s) from the continental qualification tournament with the following rotation: Americas, Europe, Host Continent, Asia, Oceania and Africa.

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Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	–	–	1	Spain
2012 World League Finals	29 May-3 June 2012	Changshu	2	United States  Australia
2012 Olympics	30 July–11 August 2012	London	4	Hungary  China  Russia  Italy
2012 European Championships	18–28 January 2012	Eindhoven	3	Greece  Netherlands  Great Britain
2013 Americas Qualification Tournament	January 2013[4]	Calgary	2	Canada  Brazil
Asia			2	Kazakhstan  Uzbekistan
Africa			1	South Africa
Oceania			1	New Zealand
TOTAL			16

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	0	41	24	+17	5
Spain	3	2	0	1	40	23	+17	4
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	54	29	+25	3
Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	13	72	−59	0

21 July 2013 09:30	Match 1[5]	Russia	22–6	Uzbekistan	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 225 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Makita (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–1, 5–2, 6–2
		Prokofyeva6	Goals	three players2

21 July 2013 21:30	Match 8[6]	Spain	14–12	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 5–1, 3–3, 4–4
		Espar, Peña3	Goals	Smit4

23 July 2013 20:10	Match 15[7]	Uzbekistan	3–30	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Makita (JPN), Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 0–9, 1–6, 1–8
		three players1	Goals	Klaassen6

23 July 2013 21:30	Match 16[8]	Spain	6–7	Russia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Drury (USA), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–1, 1–3, 3–2
		López3	Goals	Prokofyeva4

25 July 2013 17:30	Match 21[9]	Russia	12–12	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 1–2, 4–5
		Beliaeva, Ivanova3	Goals	Klaassen4

25 July 2013 21:30	Match 24[10]	Spain	20–4	Uzbekistan	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 800 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Drury (USA)
		Score by quarters: 8–1, 3–0, 6–0, 3–3
		Blas6	Goals	Plyusova, Halikova2

Group B[edit]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	45	10	+35	6
China	3	2	0	1	35	21	+14	4
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	22	35	−13	2
South Africa	3	0	0	3	10	46	−36	0

21 July 2013 10:50	Match 2[11]	Australia	15–4	New Zealand	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 320 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Cardenuto (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 4–0, 4–1
		Webster4	Goals	Mason2

21 July 2013 12:10	Match 3[12]	China	17–2	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 150 Referees: Drury, Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–0, 5–0, 4–2
		Ma Huanhuan5	Goals	L. Keet, M. Keet1

23 July 2013 09:30	Match 9[13]	South Africa	7–13	New Zealand	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Abramović (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 1–3, 3–4
		White3	Goals	Hudson, Myles4

23 July 2013 10:50	Match 10[14]	Australia	14–5	China	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 6–0, 4–0
		McGhie3	Goals	Liu Ping2

25 July 2013 18:50	Match 22[15]	Australia	16–1	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Makita (JPN), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 5–1, 5–0, 2–0
		Lincoln-Smith, Webster3	Goals	White1

25 July 2013 20:10	Match 23[16]	China	13–5	New Zealand	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Cardenuto (BRA), Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 4–1, 5–3, 2–1
		Sun Yujun, Song Donglun3	Goals	Myles2

Group C[edit]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	38	20	+18	6
Canada	3	1	1	1	30	27	+3	3
Greece	3	1	1	1	29	27	+2	3
Great Britain	3	0	0	3	20	43	−23	0

21 July 2013 13:30	Match 4[17]	United States	12–8	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 360 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 4–2, 4–2
		Steffens3	Goals	Tsoukala, Roumpesi3

21 July 2013 17:30	Match 5[18]	Canada	14–9	Great Britain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Flahive (AUS), Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–3, 4–3, 3–1
		Alogbo4	Goals	Gibson-Byrne4

23 July 2013 12:10	Match 11[19]	Great Britain	7–13	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 255 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Skovpina (UZB)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 2–5, 2–5
		Gibson-Byrne, Gibson2	Goals	Asimaki5

23 July 2013 13:30	Match 12[20]	United States	10–8	Canada	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 3–2, 1–3
		Silver, Seidemann2	Goals	Perreault3

25 July 2013 09:30	Match 17[21]	United States	16–4	Great Britain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Melliar (RSA), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 2–2, 3–1, 7–1
		Clark3	Goals	Gibson-Byrne2

25 July 2013 10:50	Match 18[22]	Canada	8–8	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 650 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 3–0, 1–2
		Eggens4	Goals	Tsoukala, Asimaki2

Group D[edit]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	3	0	0	48	17	+31	6
Italy	3	2	0	1	26	22	+4	4
Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	23	32	−9	2
Brazil	3	0	0	3	16	42	−26	0

21 July 2013 18:50	Match 6[23]	Hungary	20–6	Brazil	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Reemnet (NED)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–0, 3–0, 8–4
		Keszthelyi5	Goals	Zablith, Chiappini2

21 July 2013 20:10	Match 7[24]	Italy	9–7	Kazakhstan	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 600 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–0, 2–3, 1–1
		Di Mario3	Goals	Akilbayeva, Gritsenko2

23 July 2013 17:30	Match 13[25]	Kazakhstan	9–5	Brazil	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 410 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Golijanin (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–0, 2–0, 2–3
		Jakayeva, Gritsenko2	Goals	Chiappini3

23 July 2013 18:50	Match 14[26]	Hungary	10–4	Italy	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 3–1, 1–1
		Keszthelyi, Bujka4	Goals	four players1

25 July 2013 12:10	Match 19[27]	Hungary	18–7	Kazakhstan	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Williams (NZL), Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 8–1, 4–2, 3–2, 3–2
		Bujka3	Goals	Jakayeva4

25 July 2013 13:30	Match 20[28]	Italy	13–5	Brazil	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Skovpina (UZB), Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 6–0, 2–1, 3–3
		three players3	Goals	Zablith2

Knockout stage[edit]

Championship bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

27 July

Russia

22

29 July

South Africa

3

Russia

17

27 July

Canada

9

Canada

14

31 July

Kazakhstan

8

Russia

6

27 July

Australia

9

Australia

25

29 July

Uzbekistan

2

Australia

9

27 July

Greece

5

Italy

12

2 August

Greece

13

Australia

6

27 July

Spain

8

United States

14

29 July

Brazil

3

United States

6

27 July

Spain

9

Spain

18

31 July

New Zealand

6

Spain

13

27 July

Hungary

12

Third place

Hungary

14

29 July

2 August

Great Britain

5

Hungary

11

Russia

8

27 July

Netherlands

7

Hungary

10

China

10

Netherlands

11

5th place bracket

	5–8th place classification				5th place match
	31 July
	Canada	8
					2 August
	Greece	12
					Greece	12
	31 July
					United States	15
	United States	12
	Netherlands	11
					7th place match
					2 August
					Canada	9
					Netherlands	12

Quarterfinals qualification[edit]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

27 July 2013 09:30	Match 25[29]	Russia	22–3	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Ni (CHN), Vogel (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 7–2, 6–1, 4–0
		Beliaeva5	Goals	three players1

27 July 2013 10:50	Match 27[30]	Australia	25–2	Uzbekistan	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Moller (ARG), Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 5–1, 5–1, 9–0
		Buckling6	Goals	Sarancha2

27 July 2013 12:10	Match 28[31]	China	10–11	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Bender (GER), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 3–2, 3–3
		Ma Huanhuan4	Goals	Smit, Klaassen3

27 July 2013 13:30	Match 26[32]	Spain	18–6	New Zealand	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 450 Referees: Melliar (RSA), Golijanin (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–2, 3–2, 6–1
		Pareja5	Goals	Hudson, Myles2

27 July 2013 17:30	Match 29[33]	United States	14–3	Brazil	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Makita (JPN), Skovpina (UZB)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 7–1, 2–2, 2–0
		five players2	Goals	three players1

27 July 2013 18:50	Match 30[34]	Canada	14–8	Kazakhstan	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Williams (NZL), Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–1, 3–3, 2–2
		Eggens4	Goals	Shepelina, Gritsenko2

27 July 2013 20:10	Match 31[35]	Hungary	14–5	Great Britain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 450 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Drury (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 2–0, 4–1
		Bujka5	Goals	Nixon2

27 July 2013 21:30	Match 32[36]	Italy	12–13	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Borrell (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 1–2, 4–2  OT: 1–1, 0–0  PSO: 2–3
		Bianconi3	Goals	Manolioudaki4

Quarterfinals[edit]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

29 July 2013 15:30	Match 33[37]	Russia	17–9	Canada	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 560 Referees: Bender (GER), Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–1, 4–4, 5–2
		Prokofyeva, Ivanova4	Goals	Békhazi4

29 July 2013 17:00	Match 34[38]	Australia	9–5	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 2–2, 3–1
		four players2	Goals	Avramidou, Roumpesi2

29 July 2013 20:15	Match 36[39]	Netherlands	7–11	Hungary	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Moller (ARG), Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–2, 3–2, 3–2
		Klaassen2	Goals	Keszthelyi4

29 July 2013 21:45	Match 35[40]	Spain	9–6	United States	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Bianchi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–2, 1–1, 3–1
		Pareja4	Goals	Craig3

5th–8th place classification[edit]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

31 July 2013 15:30	Match 37[41]	Canada	8–12	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Moller (ARG), Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–1, 1–5, 3–1
		Wright, Eggens2	Goals	Tsoukala4

31 July 2013 17:00	Match 38[42]	United States	12–11	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Peris (CRO), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 3–2, 3–4
		five players2	Goals	Klaassen4

Semifinals[edit]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

31 July 2013 20:15	Match 39[43]	Russia	6–9	Australia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bianchi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 1–2, 2–3
		Ivanova2	Goals	Zagame3

31 July 2013 21:45	Match 40[44]	Spain	13–12	Hungary	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Drury (USA), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–4, 2–3, 2–0
		Espar4	Goals	Antal4

7th place match[edit]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

2 August 2013 15:00	Match 41[45]	Canada	9–12	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–3, 4–3, 2–1
		Valin4	Goals	Smit, Klaassen3

5th place match[edit]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

2 August 2013 20:45	Match 42[46]	Greece	12–15	United States	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,400 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–2, 1–3, 4–1  OT: 1–0, 0–1  PSO: 1–4
		Avramidou4	Goals	Mathewson3

Bronze medal match[edit]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

2 August 2013 16:30	Match 43[47]	Russia	8–10	Hungary	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Amber Drury (USA), Mario Bianchi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 2–3, 1–2
		A. Antonova3 Belova, Beliaeva2 Tankeeva1	Goals	Keszthelyi, Tóth3 Szűcs2 Takács, Menczinger1

Gold medal match[edit]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

2 August 2013 22:15	Match 44[48]	Australia	6–8	Spain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Radoslaw Koryzna (POL), Axel Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 1–1, 2–2
		Lincoln-Smith, Bishop, Webster, McGhie, Arancini, Southern1	Goals	Pareja, García, López2 Tarragó, Blas1

Ranking and statistics[edit]

Final ranking[edit]

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

2013 Women's Water Polo World champions  Spain First title Team Roster Laura Ester, Marta Bach, Anni Espar, Roser Tarragó, Mati Ortiz, Jennifer Pareja (C), Lorena Miranda, Pili Peña, Andrea Blas, Ona Meseguer, Maica García, Laura López, Patri Herrera.[1] Head Coach: Miki Oca.

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Lieke Klaassen	25	42	59
2	Rita Keszthelyi	21	41	51
3	Ekaterina Prokofyeva	19	42	45
4	Barbara Bujka	18	32	56
5	Olga Beliaeva	17	28	61
6	Jennifer Pareja	16	36	44
	Yasemin Smit		38	42
	Christina Tsoukala		46	35

Source: SportResult

Awards[edit]

^[49]

Most Valuable Player

• Jennifer Pareja

Best Goalscorer

• Lieke Klaassen – 25 goals

Best Goalkeeper

• Laura Ester

Media All-Star Team

• Laura Ester – Goalkeeper
• Barbara Bujka – Centre forward
• Rita Keszthelyi
• Lieke Klaassen
• Jennifer Pareja
• Ekaterina Prokofyeva
• Rowena Webster

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• Records and statistics (reports by Omega)