2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League is played between November 2014 and June 2015 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Shanghai, China from 09–14 June 2015.^[1]^[2]

In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw.^[2] If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:

Match won in normal time - 3 points
Match won in shootout - 2 points
Match lost in shootout - 1 point
Match lost in normal time - 0 points

Europe[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

The European preliminary round consisted of two group of four teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final.

Group A[edit]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	6	5	1	68	44	+24	15
Russia	6	4	2	76	51	+25	11
Hungary	6	3	3	70	57	+13	10
France	6	0	6	25	87	-62	0

25 Nov 2014 18:30	Game 1	Russia	13 (4)–11 (5)	Hungary	Zlatoust, Russia
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 2–1, 3–3 OT: 4–2

25 Nov 2014 20:30	Game 2	Italy	12 (5)–5 (1)	France	Frosinone, Italy
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–0, 2–2, 5–2

16 Dec 2014 18:00	Game 3	Hungary	9 (6)–11 (5)	Italy	Szentes, Hungary
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–3, 1–3, 2–3

16 Dec 2014 20:30	Game 4	France	4 (2)–15 (6)	Russia	Montreuil, France
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–1, 1–4, 1–5

27 Jan 2015 18:00	Game 5	Russia	11 (7)–8 (6)	Italy	Kirishi, Russia
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–5, 3–1, 1–1

27 Jan 2015 18:30	Game 6	Hungary	14 (5)–5 (2)	France	Győr, Hungary
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–0, 4–2, 5–1

24 Feb 2015 18:30	Game 7	Hungary	13 (7)–12 (8)	Russia	Kecskemét, Hungary
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–5, 5–2, 1–2

24 Feb 2015 20:30	Game 8	France	3 (0)–14 (8)	Italy	Lille, France
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–5, 2–4, 1–2

24 Mar 2015 18:30	Game 9	Russia	18 (10)–4 (3)	France	Astrakhan, Russia
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–1, 4–0, 4–1

24 Mar 2015 20:00	Game 10	Italy	12 (5)–9 (2)	Hungary	Imperia, Italy
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 4–3, 3–4

21 Apr 2015 19:00	Game 11	France	4 (2)–14 (7)	Hungary	Nice, France
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–4, 1–3, 1–4

21 Apr 2015 20:00	Game 12	Italy	11 (5)–7 (4)	Russia	Avezzano, Italy
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–1, 4–2

Group B[edit]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	6	5	1	98	45	+53	15
Spain	6	4	2	76	46	+30	12
Greece	6	3	3	76	56	+20	9
Germany	6	0	6	33	136	-103	0

25 Nov 2014 18:00	Game 1	Greece	11 (5)–12 (6)	Netherlands	Athens, Greece
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–4, 5–3, 1–3

25 Nov 2014 20:45	Game 2	Spain	18 (8)–6 (2)	Germany	Barcelona, Spain
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–0, 7–3, 3–1

16 Dec 2014 19:30	Game 3	Germany	7 (6)–20 (12)	Greece	Krefeld, Germany
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–6, 1–3, 0–5

16 Dec 2014 20:30	Game 4	Netherlands	10 (6)–6 (3)	Spain	Utrecht, Netherlands
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–1, 2–2, 2–1

27 Jan 2015 19:00	Game 5	Greece	10 (4)–7 (4)	Spain	Athens, Greece
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–4, 3–1, 3–2

27 Jan 2015 19:30	Game 6	Netherlands	30 (16)–4 (1)	Germany	Drachten, Netherlands
		Score by quarters: 8–1, 8–0, 7–2, 7–1

24 Feb 2015 19:00	Game 7	Germany	3 (2)–22 (12)	Spain	Chemnitz, Germany
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 2–7, 0–6, 1–4

24 Feb 2015 19:30	Game 8	Netherlands	13 (8)–5 (1)	Greece	Gouda, Netherlands
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–1, 2–1, 3–3

24 Mar 2015 19:00	Game 9	Greece	21 (10)–5 (2)	Germany	Athens, Greece
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 4–1, 5–3, 6–0

24 Mar 2015 19:00	Game 10	Spain	11 (6)–8 (3)	Netherlands	Madrid, Spain
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 4–3, 1–2

21 Apr 2015 19:30	Game 11	Germany	8 (4)–25 (12)	Netherlands	Hamburg, Germany
		Score by quarters: 3–7, 1–5, 1–7, 3–6

28 Apr 2015 20:00	Game 12	Spain	12 (6)–9 (6)	Greece	Barcelona, Spain
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–4, 2–0, 4–3

Intercontinental Qualification Tournament[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	32	12	+20	9
China	3	2	1	30	28	+2	5
Kazakhstan	3	1	2	24	39	-15	2
Brazil	3	0	3	29	36	-7	2

28 Apr 2015 16:30	Game 1	Brazil	4 (3)–9 (3)	United States	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 0–5, 1–1

28 Apr 2015 18:00	Game 2	China	13 (7)–6 (3)	Kazakhstan	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–1, 2–1, 4–2

29 Apr 2015 15:00	Game 3	China	2 (2)–8 (2)	United States	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–0, 0–0, 0–6

29 Apr 2015 18:00	Game 4	Brazil	11 (4)–12 (4)	Kazakhstan	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 2–3, 2–1 OT: 3–4

30 Apr 2015 15:00	Game 5	Brazil	14 (4)–15 (7)	China	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 4–1, 1–1 OT: 5–6

30 Apr 2015 18:00	Game 6	United States	15 (8)–6 (3)	Kazakhstan	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–2, 2–1, 5–2

Group B[edit]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	32	12	+20	9
Canada	3	2	1	34	25	+9	6
New Zealand	3	1	2	17	29	-12	3
Japan	3	0	3	23	40	-17	0

28 Apr 2015 15:00	Game 1	Japan	6 (3)–17 (8)	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–5, 2–4, 1–5

28 Apr 2015 19:30	Game 2	New Zealand	7 (1)–15 (7)	Canada	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–5, 3–4, 3–4

29 Apr 2015 16:30	Game 3	Japan	13 (6)–15 (9)	Canada	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–3, 4–5, 3–1

29 Apr 2015 19:30	Game 4	New Zealand	2 (3)–10 (8)	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–5, 0–1, 0–1

30 Apr 2015 16:30	Game 5	Australia	5 (4)–4 (2)	Canada	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 0–2, 1–0

30 Apr 2015 19:30	Game 6	Japan	4 (1)–8 (3)	New Zealand	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–2, 1–1, 2–4

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A2

China

14

B3

New Zealand

6

A2

China

6

B1

Australia

13

A4

Brazil

4

B1

Australia

17

B1

Australia

10

A1

United States*

12

A3

Kazakhstan

3

B2

Canada

11

B2

Canada

9

Third place

A1

United States

11

A1

United States

17

A2

China

7

B4

Japan

0

B2

Canada

9

Quarterfinals[edit]

1 May 2015 15:00	Game 1	Kazakhstan	3 (0)–11 (6)	Canada	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–4, 2–2, 1–3

1 May 2015 16:30	Game 2	United States	17 (12)–0 (0)	Japan	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 8–0, 2–0, 3–0

1 May 2015 18:00	Game 3	Brazil	4 (3)–17 (10)	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–6, 1–2, 0–5

1 May 2015 19:30	Game 4	China	14 (5)–6 (3)	New Zealand	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–0, 5–2, 4–1

Semifinals[edit]

2 May 2015 18:00	Game 1	China	6 (3)–13 (8)	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–3, 1–2, 2–3

2 May 2015 19:30	Game 2	Canada	9 (4)–11 (7)	United States	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–3, 0–1, 5–3

3rd Place[edit]

3 May 2015 18:00	Game 1	China	7 (3)–9 (2)	Canada	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–2, 1–4, 3–3

Final[edit]

3 May 2015 19:30	Game 1	Australia	10 (5)–12 (5)	United States	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 2–3, 1–0 OT: 2–4

5th-8th Places[edit]

5th–8th Places Semifinals		5th Place



New Zealand	10

Brazil*	12
		Brazil	7

		Kazakhstan	4
Kazakhstan	8

Japan	7
		7th Place



		New Zealand	13

		Japan	10

5th-8th Places Semifinals[edit]

2 May 2015 15:00	Game 1	New Zealand	10 (3)–12 (6)	Brazil	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 1–1, 5–2 OT: 1–3

2 May 2015 16:30	Game 2	Kazakhstan	8 (2)–7 (3)	Japan	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 4–2, 2–2

7th Place[edit]

3 May 2015 15:00	Game 1	New Zealand	13 (6)–10 (6)	Japan	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–5, 5–3, 2–1

5th Place[edit]

3 May 2015 16:30	Game 1	Brazil	7 (2)–4 (2)	Kazakhstan	Auckland, New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–0, 2–1, 3–1

Super Final[edit]

In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage. The games were played in Shanghai, China from 9 to 14 June 2015.

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	27	16	+11	9
Italy	3	2	1	32	26	+6	6
China	3	1	2	20	29	-9	3
Russia	3	0	3	23	31	-8	0

9 June 2015 17:40	Game 1	Australia	8 (5)–4 (3)	Russia	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–0, 1–0, 2–1

9 June 2015 19:30	Game 2	Italy	11 (4)–6 (3)	China	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 5–2, 2–1

10 June 2015 16:20	Game 3	Italy	14 (10)–12 (8)	Russia	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 5–5, 4–1, 0–3

10 June 2015 19:00	Game 4	Australia	11 (6)–5 (3)	China	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 4–0, 1–2

11 June 2015 16:20	Game 5	Italy	7 (4)–8 (4)	Australia	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 2–2, 1–2

11 June 2015 19:00	Game 6	China	9 (4)–7 (3)	Russia	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 3–3, 2–1

Group B[edit]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	33	9	+24	9
Canada	3	2	1	29	31	-2	5
Netherlands	3	1	2	30	28	+2	4
Brazil	3	0	3	16	40	-24	0

9 June 2015 15:00	Game 1	Netherlands	14 (4)–15 (3)	Canada	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–3, 2–3, 3–3 OT: 5–6 (penalties)

9 June 2015 16:20	Game 2	United States	16 (9)–3 (1)	Brazil	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–0, 4–0, 3–2

10 June 2015 15:00	Game 3	Netherlands	13 (5)–5 (2)	Brazil	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–0, 4–2, 4–1

10 June 2015 17:40	Game 4	United States	9 (4)–3 (2)	Canada	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 3–1, 2–0

11 June 2015 15:00	Game 5	Netherlands	3 (1)–8 (3)	United States	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–1, 1–2, 1–3

11 June 2015 17:40	Game 6	Canada	11 (9)–8 (4)	Brazil	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–3, 2–2, 0–2

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A2

Italy

7

B3

Netherlands

8

B3

Netherlands

5

B1

United States

8

A4

Russia

6

B1

United States

17

B1

United States

8

A1

Australia

7

A3

China

6

B2

Canada

5

A3

China

3

Third place

A1

Australia

5

A1

Australia

17

B3

Netherlands

10

B4

Brazil

8

A3

China

5

Quarterfinals[edit]

12 June 2015 15:00	Game 1	Italy	7 (4)–8 (6)	Netherlands	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–1, 2–1

12 June 2015 16:20	Game 2	Australia	17 (8)–8 (3)	Brazil	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 6–4, 3–1

12 June 2015 17:40	Game 3	Russia	6 (0)–17 (8)	United States	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–4, 3–5, 3–4

12 June 2015 19:00	Game 4	China	6 (3)–5 (2)	Canada	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–2, 2–2, 1–1

5th-8th Places[edit]

5th–8th Places Semifinals		5th Place



Italy	11

Russia	13
		Russia	16

		Canada	8
Canada	8

Brazil	6
		7th Place



		Italy	11

		Brazil	2

5th-8th Places Semifinals[edit]

13 June 2015 15:00	Game 1	Italy	11 (2)–13 (4)	Russia	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 4–1, 3–4 OT: 2–4 (penalties)

13 June 2015 16:20	Game 2	Canada	8 (4)–6 (4)	Brazil	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–3, 4–1, 0–1

7th Place[edit]

14 June 2015 14:30	Game 1	Italy	11 (3)–2 (0)	Brazil	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 3–0, 2–1, 6–1

5th Place[edit]

14 June 2015 16:00	Game 1	Russia	16 (6)–8 (5)	Canada	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–4, 7–1, 3–2

Finals[edit]

Semifinals		Final



Netherlands	5

United States	8
		United States	8

		Australia	7
China	3

Australia	5
		3rd Place



		Netherlands	10

		China	5

Semifinals[edit]

13 June 2015 17:40	Game 1	Netherlands	5 (2)–8 (5)	United States	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 0–3, 3–0

13 June 2015 19:00	Game 2	China	3 (1)–5 (4)	Australia	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–1, 1–1, 1–0

3rd Place[edit]

14 June 2015 17:30	Game 1	Netherlands	10 (4)–5 (4)	China	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–3, 3–0, 3–1

Final[edit]

14 June 2015 19:00	Game 1	United States	8 (7)–7 (5)	Australia	Shanghai, China
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 1–3, 0–0, 1–2

Final ranking[edit]

Rank^[1]	Team
	United States
	Australia
	Netherlands
4	China
5	Russia
6	Canada
7	Italy
8	Brazil

2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
United States Ninth title

Team Roster

Sami Hill, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Caroline Clark, Maggie Steffens (C), Courtney Mathewson, Kiley Neushul, Ashley Grossman, Kaleigh Gilchrist , Makenzie Fischer, Kami Craig, Ashleigh Johnson. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "FINA Water Polo World League 2015 Rules & Regulations for National Federations" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[rules-2] "FINA Water Polo World League 2015 Rules & Regulations for National Federations" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

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