2014 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

2014 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12-17 August 2014
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	510 (21.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rita Keszthelyi; (22 goals)
Best player	Rowena Webster
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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 by 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
Spain Russia China Singapore	United States Hungary Australia South Africa

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	1	52	15	+37	4
2.	China	3	2	1	41	26	+15	4
3.	Russia	3	2	1	55	22	+33	4
4.	Singapore	3	0	3	6	91	−85	0

12 August 2014 16:00	Spain	34–3	Singapore	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 7-1, 8-0, 9-0, 10-2

12 August 2014 18:00	Russia	13–14	China	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 4-1, 3-6, 2-2, 4-5

13 August 2014 13:30	Spain	12–5	China	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 2-1, 4-2, 4-2, 2-0

13 August 2014 18:00	Russia	35–2	Singapore	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 9-1, 9-0, 9-0, 8-1

14 August 2014 16:30	China	22–1	Singapore	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 5-0, 7-0, 5-0, 5-1

14 August 2014 18:00	Russia	7–6	Spain	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-1, 2-2, 2-2

Group B

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	41	17	+24	6
2.	Australia	3	2	1	36	17	+19	4
3.	Hungary	3	1	2	42	28	+14	2
4.	South Africa	3	0	3	6	63	-57	0

12 August 2014 13:00	Hungary	7–10	Australia	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 2-3, 2-2, 3-1, 0-4

12 August 2014 14:30	United States	18–1	South Africa	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 3-0, 5-0, 7-0, 3-1

13 August 2014 15:00	Hungary	25–3	South Africa	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 6-2, 4-1, 8-0, 7-0

13 August 2014 16:30	United States	8–6	Australia	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-2, 2-2, 1-2

14 August 2014 13:30	Hungary	10–15	United States	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 2-4, 1-3, 4-5, 3-3

14 August 2014 15:00	Australia	20–2	South Africa	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

Hungary	42
		17 August
Singapore	0
		Hungary	14
16 August
		Russia	11
Russia	22

South Africa	2
		Seventh place

		17 August

		Singapore	6

		South Africa	11

5th–8th place classification

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

16 August 2014 15:00	Hungary	42–0	Singapore	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 14-0, 11-0, 7-0, 10-0

16 August 2014 16:30	Russia	22–2	South Africa	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 7-0, 5-1, 9-0, 1-1

7th-place match

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

17 August 2014 15:00	Singapore	6–11	South Africa	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 0-3, 3-2, 0-5, 3-1

5th-place match

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

17 August 2014 16:30	Hungary	14–11	Russia	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 4-4, 5-4, 3-1, 3-1

Championship bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

15 August

China	8
		16 August
Hungary	6
		China	4
15 August
		United States	11
Singapore	0
				17 August
United States	24
				United States	10
15 August
				Australia	6
Russia	8
		16 August
Australia	10
		Australia	8
15 August
		Spain	2	Third place
Spain	12
				17 August
South Africa	2
				China	5

				Spain	7

Quarterfinals

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

15 August 2014 15:00	China	8–6	Hungary	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 2-1, 3-2, 2–1, 1-2

15 August 2014 16:30	Spain	12–2	South Africa	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-0, 3-0, 4-2

15 August 2014 18:00	Singapore	0–24	United States	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 0-8, 0-7, 0-5, 0-4

15 August 2014 19:30	Russia	8–10	Australia	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 2-2, 2-3, 2-3, 2-2

Semifinals

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

16 August 2014 18:00	China	4–11	United States	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
	Score by quarters: 0-4, 0-3, 3-2, 1-2

16 August 2014 19:30	Australia	8–2	Spain	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	Spain	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	United States	10–6	Australia	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

RANK^[1]	TEAM
	United States
	Australia
	Spain
4.	China
5.	Hungary
6.	Russia
7.	South Africa
8.	Singapore

2014 Women's FINA Water Polo World Cup
United States Third title

Team Roster

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.

"fina.org August 17, 2014"

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "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.

[name1-2] "WP World Cup 2014 (W), Day 6: USA retains World Cup crown with repeat win over Australia". FINA.org. August 17, 2014.

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