The 2014 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 16th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from 12 to 17 August 2014.[1]
The United States won the gold medal, after defeating Australia 10-6 in the final. Spain captured bronze, beating China 7-5.[2]
Format
8 teams qualified for the 2014 FINA World Cup. They are split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals. The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.
Groups
Group A | Group B |
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Preliminary round
Group A
Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | |
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1. | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 15 | +37 | 4 |
2. | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 4 |
3. | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 22 | +33 | 4 |
4. | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 91 | −85 | 0 |
12 August 2014 16:00 |
Spain ![]() |
34–3 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 7-1, 8-0, 9-0, 10-2 |
12 August 2014 18:00 |
Russia ![]() |
13–14 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 4-1, 3-6, 2-2, 4-5 |
13 August 2014 13:30 |
Spain ![]() |
12–5 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 2-1, 4-2, 4-2, 2-0 |
13 August 2014 18:00 |
Russia ![]() |
35–2 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 9-1, 9-0, 9-0, 8-1 |
14 August 2014 16:30 |
China ![]() |
22–1 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 5-0, 7-0, 5-0, 5-1 |
14 August 2014 18:00 |
Russia ![]() |
7–6 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-1, 2-2, 2-2 |
Group B
Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 6 |
2. | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 17 | +19 | 4 |
3. | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 2 |
4. | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 63 | -57 | 0 |
12 August 2014 13:00 |
Hungary ![]() |
7–10 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 2-3, 2-2, 3-1, 0-4 |
12 August 2014 14:30 |
United States ![]() |
18–1 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 3-0, 5-0, 7-0, 3-1 |
13 August 2014 15:00 |
Hungary ![]() |
25–3 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 6-2, 4-1, 8-0, 7-0 |
13 August 2014 16:30 |
United States ![]() |
8–6 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-2, 2-2, 1-2 |
14 August 2014 13:30 |
Hungary ![]() |
10–15 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 2-4, 1-3, 4-5, 3-3 |
14 August 2014 15:00 |
Australia ![]() |
20–2 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 4-0, 5-1, 5-0, 6-1 |
Final rounds
- 5th place bracket
Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
16 August | ||||||
![]() | 42 | |||||
17 August | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 14 | |||||
16 August | ||||||
![]() | 11 | |||||
![]() | 22 | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
17 August | ||||||
![]() | 6 | |||||
![]() | 11 |
5th–8th place classification
16 August 2014 15:00 |
Hungary ![]() |
42–0 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 14-0, 11-0, 7-0, 10-0 |
16 August 2014 16:30 |
Russia ![]() |
22–2 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 7-0, 5-1, 9-0, 1-1 |
7th-place match
17 August 2014 15:00 |
Singapore ![]() |
6–11 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 0-3, 3-2, 0-5, 3-1 |
5th-place match
17 August 2014 16:30 |
Hungary ![]() |
14–11 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 4-4, 5-4, 3-1, 3-1 |
- Championship bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
15 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||||
16 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 6 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
15 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 11 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
17 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 24 | |||||||||
![]() | 10 | |||||||||
15 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 6 | |||||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||||
16 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 10 | |||||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||||
15 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 12 | |||||||||
17 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | 7 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
15 August 2014 15:00 |
China ![]() |
8–6 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 2-1, 3-2, 2–1, 1-2 |
15 August 2014 16:30 |
Spain ![]() |
12–2 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-0, 3-0, 4-2 |
15 August 2014 18:00 |
Singapore ![]() |
0–24 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 0-8, 0-7, 0-5, 0-4 |
15 August 2014 19:30 |
Russia ![]() |
8–10 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 2-2, 2-3, 2-3, 2-2 |
Semifinals
16 August 2014 18:00 |
China ![]() |
4–11 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 0-4, 0-3, 3-2, 1-2 |
16 August 2014 19:30 |
Australia ![]() |
8–2 | ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-0, 3-1, 2-0 |
Bronze-medal match
All times are YEKT (UTC+5)
[2]
17 August 2014 18:00 |
China ![]() |
5–7 | ![]() ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-2, 2-1, 1-2 | ||||
Yating, Donglun, Zihan, Xinyan, Guannan 1 | Goals | A. Espar 4 M. Ortiz 2 Tarragó 1 |
Gold-medal match
All times are YEKT (UTC+5)
[2]
17 August 2014 19:30 |
![]() ![]() |
10–6 | ![]() ![]() |
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
Score by quarters: 3-1, 4-2, 3-2, 0-1 | ||||
Seidemann 3 Matheewson, Neushul 2 Fattal, Clark, Steffens 1 |
Goals | Webster, McGhie 2 Knox, Gofers 1 |
Final standings
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Sami Hill, Alys Williams, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Caroline Clark, Maggie Steffens, Courtney Mathewson, Kiley Neushul, Jillian Kraus, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Annika Dries, Kami Craig, Ashleigh Johnson.[1] Head coach: Adam Krikorian. |
Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player
Rowena Webster (AUS)
- Best Goalkeeper
Ashleigh Johnson (USA)
- Best Scorer
Rita Keszthelyi (HUN) — 22 goals
- Media All Star Team
Ashleigh Johnson (USA) – Goalkeeper
Kami Craig (USA) – Centre forward
Rita Keszthelyi (HUN)
Ekaterina Prokofyeva (RUS)
Sun Yujun (CHN)
Roser Tarragó (ESP)
Rowena Webster (AUS)
References
- ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 67. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "WP World Cup 2014 (W), Day 6: USA retains World Cup crown with repeat win over Australia". FINA.org. August 17, 2014.