2024 World Aquatics Women's U18 Water Polo Championships

For the men's tournament, see 2024 World Aquatics Men's U18 Water Polo Championships.
2024 World Aquatics Women's U18 Water Polo Championships
Tournament details
Host country China
CityChengdu
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates15–22 September 2024
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up Greece
Third place Hungary
Fourth place United States

The 2024 World Aquatics Women's U18 Water Polo Championships was the 6th edition of the women's U18 Water Polo Championship. The tournament was played in Chengdu, China, from 15 to 22 September 2024.[1][2][3] The United States were the defending champions.[4] Spain became the world champions for the second time.

Format

The 16 teams were divided into two divisions. The top eight teams made Division 1 and the other eight teams Division 2. Both divisions were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams from each group of Division 1 advanced directly to the quarterfinals, while the other two teams from each group played against one of the top two sides from each group in Division 2 in the crossover round. Starting with quarterfinals onward, the regular knock-out system was used.

Group stage

All times are local (China Standard Time – UTC+8).

Division 1

Group A

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 0 32 22 +10 8 Quarterfinals
2  Greece 3 2 0 1 0 31 17 +14 7
3  Italy 3 1 0 0 2 25 31 −6 3 Crossovers
4  Netherlands 3 0 0 0 3 19 37 −18 0
Source: World Aquatics
16 September 2024
10:00 		Report Spain  12–10  Italy Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–1, 3–2, 2–6
16 September 2024
11:30 		Report Greece  13–6  Netherlands Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 6–2, 4–1, 1–1, 2–2
17 September 2024
13:30 		Report Netherlands  8–11  Italy Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–4, 1–2, 3–4
17 September 2024
16:00 		Report Greece  14–15 (PSO)  Spain Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 3–2, 1–3  PSO: 7–8
18 September 2024
13:30 		Report Italy  4–11  Greece Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 1–2, 1–3
18 September 2024
16:00 		Report Netherlands  5–13  Spain Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–5, 1–2, 0–3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 1 0 0 37 27 +10 8 Quarterfinals
2  Hungary 3 2 0 1 0 44 21 +23 7
3  Australia 3 1 0 0 2 35 46 −11 3 Crossovers
4  New Zealand 3 0 0 0 3 22 44 −22 0
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2024. Source: World Aquatics
16 September 2024
13:00 		Report New Zealand  12–15  Australia Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–2, 3–5, 3–4
16 September 2024
14:30 		Report Hungary  12–13 (PSO)  United States Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 1–1, 5–4, 3–2, 0–2  PSO: 3–4
17 September 2024
17:30 		Report United States  16–12  Australia Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–2, 7–4, 2–4
17 September 2024
20:30 		Report Hungary  17–4  New Zealand Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–1, 5–1, 5–2
18 September 2024
17:30 		Report Australia  8–18  Hungary Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 4–5, 1–5, 1–5, 2–3
18 September 2024
20:30 		Report United States  12–6  New Zealand Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–3, 3–1, 3–1

Division 2

Group C

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 3 0 0 0 64 23 +41 9 Crossovers
2  Canada 3 2 0 0 1 51 38 +13 6
3  Thailand 3 1 0 0 2 32 50 −18 3 13th–16th place classification
4  South Africa 3 0 0 0 3 22 58 −36 0
Source: World Aquatics
15 September 2024
9:30 		Report Thailand  11–21  Canada Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 1–7, 1–3, 6–5, 3–6
15 September 2024
11:00 		Report Croatia  26–4  South Africa Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 2–0, 8–1, 7–1, 9–2
17 September 2024
9:00 		Report Croatia  18–7  Thailand Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 5–0, 6–1
17 September 2024
10:30 		Report Canada  18–7  South Africa Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 5–1, 7–3, 1–1, 5–2
18 September 2024
9:00 		Report South Africa  11–14  Thailand Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 2–5, 5–4
18 September 2024
10:30 		Report Canada  12–20  Croatia Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 3–5, 5–6, 1–7, 3–2

Group D

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 0 0 49 24 +25 9 Crossovers
2  Israel 3 2 0 0 1 39 26 +13 6
3  Turkey 3 1 0 0 2 34 38 −4 3 13th–16th place classification
4  Mexico 3 0 0 0 3 20 54 −34 0
Source: World Aquatics
15 September 2024
12:30 		Report Turkey  8–13  Israel Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 2–5, 2–4
15 September 2024
14:30 		Report China  22–4  Mexico Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 6–0, 5–2, 3–1, 8–1
17 September 2024
12:00 		Report Mexico  7–16  Israel Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–3, 3–5, 1–4
17 September 2024
19:00 		Report Turkey  10–16  China Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–5, 1–5, 4–3
18 September 2024
12:00 		Report Mexico  9–16  Turkey Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–3, 5–3, 2–6
18 September 2024
19:00 		Report Israel  10–11  China Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–4, 1–5, 4–2

13th–16th place classification

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts
13  Thailand 3 2 1 0 0 55 49 +6 8
14  South Africa 3 1 1 1 0 41 40 +1 6
15  Turkey 3 1 0 1 1 39 34 +5 4
16  Mexico 3 0 0 0 3 32 44 −12 0
Source: World Aquatics
19 September 2024
13:00 		Report Thailand  20–15  Mexico Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–2, 5–5, 6–4
19 September 2024
14:30 		Report Turkey  13–15 (PSO)  South Africa Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–2, 3–2, 3–4  PSO: 2–4
20 September 2024
12:00 		Report Mexico  13–14  South Africa Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–5, 4–1, 3–5
20 September 2024
13:30 		Report Thailand  19–18  Turkey Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 4–3, 6–5, 6–5, 3–5
21 September 2024
9:00 		Report Mexico  4–10  Turkey Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 0–2, 1–3
21 September 2024
10:30 		Report Thailand  21–20 (PSO)  South Africa Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 2–5, 6–3, 4–5, 4–3  PSO: 5–4

Knockout stage

Brackets

Main bracket

 
CrossoversQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
19 September
 
 
 Netherlands11
 
20 September
 
 Croatia7
 
 Netherlands10
 
 
 United States11
 
 
21 September
 
 
 United States8
 
19 September
 
 Greece13
 
 Australia12
 
20 September
 
 Israel10
 
 Australia3
 
 
 Greece16
 
 
22 September
 
 
 Greece9
 
19 September
 
 Spain11
 
 New Zealand11
 
20 September
 
 China8
 
 New Zealand5
 
 
 Spain16
 
 
21 September
 
 
 Spain10
 
19 September
 
 Hungary7 Third place game
 
 Italy14
 
20 September22 September
 
 Canada8
 
 Italy11 United States13
 
 
 Hungary12  Hungary14
 
 
 
 

5th place bracket

 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
21 September
 
 
 Netherlands8
 
22 September
 
 Australia10
 
 Australia11
 
21 September
 
 Italy10
 
 New Zealand6
 
 
 Italy10
 
Seventh place game
 
 
22 September
 
 
 Netherlands10
 
 
 New Zealand7

9th place bracket

 
9th–12th place semifinalsNinth place game
 
      
 
20 September
 
 
 Croatia18
 
21 September
 
 Israel9
 
 Croatia11
 
20 September
 
 China22
 
 China10
 
 
 Canada4
 
Eleventh place game
 
 
21 September
 
 
 Israel14
 
 
 Canada11

Crossovers

19 September 2024
10:00 		Report Italy  14–8  Canada Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–1, 2–2, 3–2
19 September 2024
11:30 		Report Netherlands  11–7  Croatia Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–2, 4–2, 2–2
19 September 2024
17:00 		Report Australia  12–10  Israel Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–2, 3–2, 2–3
19 September 2024
18:30 		Report New Zealand  11–8  China Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 2–1, 5–3

9th–12th place semifinals

20 September 2024
9:00 		Report Croatia  18–9  Israel Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–0, 6–3, 4–4
20 September 2024
19:00 		Report China  10–4  Canada Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 0–1, 4–0, 4–2, 2–1

Eleventh place game

21 September 2024
12:00 		Report Israel  14–11  Canada Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 2–3, 6–2

Ninth place game

21 September 2024
13:30 		Report Croatia  11–22  China Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 1–5, 4–6, 3–7, 3–4

Quarterfinals

20 September 2024
13:30 		Report Netherlands  10–11  United States Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–3, 3–3
20 September 2024
16:00 		Report New Zealand  5–16  Spain Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–2, 2–3, 1–6
20 September 2024
17:30 		Report Australia  3–16  Greece Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–5, 1–3, 1–5
20 September 2024
20:30 		Report Italy  11–12  Hungary Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 4–4, 2–3

5th–8th place semifinals

21 September 2024
16:00 		Report Netherlands  8–10  Australia Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 2–1, 2–4
21 September 2024
17:30 		Report New Zealand  6–10  Italy Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–3, 1–2, 2–4

Seventh place game

22 September 2024
10:00 		Report Netherlands  10–7  New Zealand Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 4–2, 2–0

Fifth place game

22 September 2024
11:30 		Report Australia  11–10  Italy Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–4, 3–1, 1–3

Semifinals

21 September 2024
19:00 		Report United States  8–13  Greece Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–1, 2–3, 0–4
21 September 2024
20:30 		Report Spain  10–7  Hungary Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 3–1, 2–1

Third place game

22 September 2024
13:00 		Report United States  13–14  Hungary Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 2–6, 4–3

Final

22 September 2024
15:00 		Report Greece  9–11  Spain Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 2–4, 3–2

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Hungary
4  United States
5  Australia
6  Italy
7  Netherlands
8  New Zealand
9  China
10  Croatia
11  Israel
12  Canada
13  Thailand
14  South Africa
15  Turkey
16  Mexico

References

  1. ^ "World Aquatics Women's U18 Water Polo Championships 2024". Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  2. ^ Tournament schedule and results, microplustimingservices.com
  3. ^ "Women's Youth National Team Roster Announced for 2024 World Aquatics U18 Water Polo Championships". USA Water Polo. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  4. ^ "USA out to retain U18 women's water polo crown". Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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