The 2023 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 18th edition of the tournament. It ran from 11 April to 25 June 2023. The Super final took place between 23 and 25 June 2023 in Long Beach, United States.

From this year on, the tournament was replacing the FINA Water Polo World League.

The United States won their fourth straight and fifth overall title after defeating the Netherlands in the final.

Format

There were two divisions. In Division 1, the top eight teams from the World Championships played. They played a round-robin in April, at pre-selected venues. All other teams could sign up in Division 2, in which each continent hosted a qualification tournament. The top two teams from the tournaments played in an intercontinental tournament. The top-six teams of Division 1 and the top-two teams from Division 2 competed in the super final, held between 23 and 25 June 2023. At the end of the tournament, the last-ranked team was relegated to Division 2 and the winner of Division 2 moved to Division 1 for the following year. A win gave a team three points, a win after penalties two, a loss after penalites one and a loss after regular time zero points.

Division 1

The draw was held on 1 December 2022. The first tournament was played from 11 to 13 April in Rotterdam, Netherlands and the second tournament between 19 and 21 April 2023 in Athens, Greece. The top four teams from the first tournament qualified for the super final but participated in the second tournament as well, where the last two spots were played out.

Round 1

The top-two teams from both groups qualified for the super final. All teams participated in the second tournament.

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Group B

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Round 2

All teams from Group 1 were already qualified and played for seeding for the super final. The top-two placed teams from Group 2 qualified for the super final. All results from the first round were taken over.

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group 1

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Group 2

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Division 2

The draw was held on 13 April 2023. The tournament took place in Berlin, Germany between 2 and 4 May 2023.

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Group B

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Classification games

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Crossover

The winners qualified for the super final.

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Super final

The tournament took place at the Long Beach City College in Long Beach, United States between 23 and 25 June 2023. The quarterfinal matchups were announced on 7 May 2023.

Bracket

Fifth place bracket

All times are local (UTC−7).

Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

See also

• 2023 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

References

External links

• FINA Official site
• Rules and Regulations 2023