2024 World Aquatics Women's U18 Water Polo Championships

2024 World Aquatics Women's U18 Water Polo Championships
Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Chengdu
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	15–22 September 2024
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runner-up	Greece
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	United States
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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	Quarterfinals
3	Italy	3	1	0	0	2	25	31	−6	3	Crossovers
4	Netherlands	3	0	0	0	3	19	37	−18	0	Crossovers

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	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	Quarterfinals
3	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	35	46	−11	3	Crossovers
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	22	44	−22	0	Crossovers

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	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	64	23	+41	9	Crossovers
2	Canada	3	2	1	51	38	+13	6	Crossovers
3	Thailand	3	1	2	32	50	−18	3	13th–16th place classification
4	South Africa	3	0	3	22	58	−36	0	13th–16th place classification

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	49	24	+25	9	Crossovers
2	Israel	3	2	1	39	26	+13	6	Crossovers
3	Turkey	3	1	2	34	38	−4	3	13th–16th place classification
4	Mexico	3	0	3	20	54	−34	0	13th–16th place classification

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	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	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

Crossovers

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

19 September

Netherlands

11

20 September

Croatia

7

Netherlands

10

United States

11

21 September

United States

8

19 September

Greece

13

Australia

12

20 September

Israel

10

Australia

3

Greece

16

22 September

Greece

9

19 September

Spain

11

New Zealand

11

20 September

China

8

New Zealand

5

Spain

16

21 September

Spain

10

19 September

Hungary

7

Third place game

Italy

14

20 September

22 September

Canada

8

Italy

11

United States

13

Hungary

12

Hungary

14

5th place bracket

5th–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

21 September

Netherlands	8
		22 September
Australia	10
		Australia	11
21 September
		Italy	10
New Zealand	6

Italy	10
		Seventh place game

		22 September

		Netherlands	10

		New Zealand	7

9th place bracket

9th–12th place semifinals		Ninth place game

20 September

Croatia	18
		21 September
Israel	9
		Croatia	11
20 September
		China	22
China	10

Canada	4
		Eleventh place game

		21 September

		Israel	14

		Canada	11

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
	Spain
	Greece
	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

^ "World Aquatics Women's U18 Water Polo Championships 2024". Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ Tournament schedule and results, microplustimingservices.com
^ "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.
^ "USA out to retain U18 women's water polo crown". Retrieved 16 September 2024.

[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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