2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–17 December
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	770 (27.5 per match)
Top scorers	Kübra Kuş; (32 goals)

2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Venue	1
Dates	14–19 January
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	552 (23 per match)

2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
League	FINA Water Polo World Cup
Sport	Water polo
Duration	14 December 2024 – 20 April 2025
Super Final
Finals champions	Greece (1st title)
Runners-up	Hungary
FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup seasons
	← 2023 2026 →

The 2025 Women's FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 19th edition of the tournament. It ran from 14 December 2024 to 20 April 2025.^[1]^[2]

Greece won their first title with a win over Hungary.

Format

There were two divisions. In Division 1 eight teams and in Division 2 twelve teams played. The top-six teams of Division 1 and the top-two teams from Division 2 competed in the super final.^[3]^[4] A win gave a team three points, a win after penalties two, a loss after penalties one and a loss after regular time zero points.^[5]

Division 1

The draw was held on 31 October 2024. The tournament was played in Alexandroupolis, Greece between 14 and 19 January 2025.^[6] The top two of each group made a new group, while the last two teams per group formed a new group.^[7] The top six finishers advanced to the super final.^[8]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Round 1

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	0	44	33	+11	7	Round 2
2	Greece (H)	3	2	0	0	1	42	31	+11	6	Round 2
3	Hungary	3	1	1	0	1	36	35	+1	5
4	United States	3	0	0	0	3	25	48	−23	0

Updated to match(es) played on 16 January 2025. Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.^[9]
(H) Host

14 January 2025 15:00	Report	United States	11–16	Spain	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Jakov Blašković (CRO), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 5–4, 2–3, 3–3
		four players 2	Goals	Prats 4

14 January 2025 19:00	Report	Greece	14–10	Hungary	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Nikolett Sajben (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–1, 4–4, 3–3
		Myriokefalitaki, Plevritou 4	Goals	Faragó 3

15 January 2025 15:00	Report	Hungary	12–7	United States	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–3, 1–1, 4–2
		Keszthelyi 4	Goals	Dempsey, Flynn 2

15 January 2025 19:00	Report	Spain	14–8	Greece	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Marieke van den Berg (NED), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–0, 4–3, 2–3
		three players 3	Goals	Ninou 3

16 January 2025 15:00	Report	Spain	17–18 (PSO)	Hungary	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 4–3, 4–4 PSO: 3–4
		Ruiz 6	Goals	Hajdú 5

16 January 2025 19:00	Report	Greece	20–7	United States	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Marieke van den Berg (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 7–1, 5–2
		Santa 3	Goals	Flynn 2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	43	23	+20	9	Round 2
2	Australia	3	2	1	36	25	+11	6	Round 2
3	Italy	3	1	2	32	32	0	3
4	Israel	3	0	3	21	52	−31	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.^[9]

14 January 2025 17:00	Report	Israel	9–16	Italy	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 2–4, 3–4
		Yaacobi 3	Goals	Cocchiere, Leone 4

14 January 2025 21:00	Report	Netherlands	11–9	Australia	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–1, 3–6, 3–1
		four players 2	Goals	Williams 4

15 January 2025 17:00	Report	Italy	8–11	Netherlands	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Jakov Blašković (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–1, 4–1, 1–6
		Gant, Ranalli 2	Goals	Van der Weijden 3

15 January 2025 21:00	Report	Australia	15–6	Israel	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Nikolett Sajben (HUN), Danielle Dabbaghian (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–1, 4–3, 4–2
		C. Andrews 5	Goals	Rahum, Yaacobi 2

16 January 2025 17:00	Report	Netherlands	21–6	Israel	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA), Marta Cabañas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–1, 5–1, 7–2
		Van der Weijden 5	Goals	Markovsky, Yaacobi 2

16 January 2025 21:00	Report	Italy	8–12	Australia	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Jakov Blašković (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–2, 3–3, 3–2
		Ranalli 4	Goals	A. Andrews 5

Round 2

All teams from Group A advanced to the Super final.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	3	3	0	45	28	+17	9
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	31	32	−1	6
3	Greece (H)	3	1	2	31	34	−3	3
4	Australia	3	0	3	25	38	−13	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.^[9]
(H) Host

17 January 2025 19:00	Report	Netherlands	11–10	Greece	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Jakov Blašković (CRO), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 4–3, 1–3
		Van de Kraats, Van der Sloot 3	Goals	three players 2

17 January 2025 21:00	Report	Spain	14–11	Australia	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Nikolett Sajben (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–0, 3–7, 3–1
		Leitón 3	Goals	Williams 5

18 January 2025 19:00	Report	Greece	12–8	Australia	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Danielle Dabbaghian (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 3–2, 2–1
		Myriokefalitaki, Plevritou 3	Goals	A. Andrews 2

18 January 2025 21:00	Report	Spain	16–8	Netherlands	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 4–1, 6–2
		Leitón 3	Goals	three players 2

19 January 2025 17:00	Report	Netherlands	12–6	Australia	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–, 4–1, 2–2
		four players 2	Goals	Williams 2

19 January 2025 19:00	Report	Spain	15–9	Greece	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Nikolett Sajben (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 5–3, 4–4, 5–1
		Ruiz 4	Goals	three players 2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	41	27	+14	9	Super final
2	Italy	3	2	1	42	37	+5	6	Super final
3	United States	3	1	2	28	32	−4	3
4	Israel	3	0	3	30	45	−15	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.^[9]

17 January 2025 15:00	Report	Hungary	18–9	Israel	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Marieke van den Berg (NED), Marta Cabañas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 6–4, 5–0, 3–3, 4–2
		Dobi 3	Goals	Yaacobi 3

17 January 2025 17:00	Report	Italy	13–12	United States	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–4, 3–3, 6–0
		Bettini 5	Goals	Dempsey 6

18 January 2025 15:00	Report	United States	10–9	Israel	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Marieke van den Berg (NED), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 5–2, 2–3
		Flynn 3	Goals	Bogachenko 5

18 January 2025 17:00	Report	Hungary	13–12	Italy	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Jakov Blašković (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–4, 6–3, 2–3
		Keszthelyi 6	Goals	Bettini 5

19 January 2025 13:00	Report	Italy	17–12	Israel	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Marta Cabañas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–5, 6–2, 4–3
		Bettini 6	Goals	Bogachenko, Tirosh 3

19 January 2025 15:00	Report	Hungary	10–6	United States	Alexandroupoli Municipal Swimming Pool, Alexandroupolis Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Jakov Blašković (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 4–0, 2–1
		Faragó 4	Goals	Flynn 3

Division 2

The draw was held on 31 October 2024. The tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey between 14 and 17 December 2024.^[6] The top two of each group advanced to the quarterfinals and the top-two finishers of the tournament will play in the super final.^[10]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	2	2	0	43	12	+31	6	Quarterfinals
2	Turkey (H)	2	1	1	29	20	+9	3	Quarterfinals
3	Bulgaria^[a]	2	0	2	10	50	−40	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.^[9]
(H) Host
Notes:

↑ Bulgaria replaced Kazakhstan.

14 December 2024 09:00	Report	Great Britain	29–4	Bulgaria	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Yuriko Udagawa (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 8–1, 6–0, 8–2
		Falvey 6	Goals	four players 1

14 December 2024 16:00	Report	Bulgaria	6–21	Turkey	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Lea Saftić (CRO), Yang Pang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–7, 2–6, 2–5
		I. Dimitrova, Naneva 2	Goals	Kuş 9

15 December 2024 10:00	Report	Turkey	8–14	Great Britain	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Lea Saftić (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 4–5, 1–5
		Kuş 4	Goals	Dickens, Perkins 3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	2	2	0	48	14	+34	6	Quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic	2	1	1	21	37	−16	3	Quarterfinals
3	Singapore	2	0	2	21	39	−18	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.^[9]

14 December 2024 10:30	Report	Czech Republic	6–24	Germany	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Matthew Stringer (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1–8, 3–2, 2–9, 0–5
		J. Holá 4	Goals	G. Deike 7

14 December 2024 17:30	Report	Germany	24–8	Singapore	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Luis Alves (POR), Yuriko Odagawa (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 8–1, 7–5, 5–1, 4–1
		Vosseberg 6	Goals	Yap 4

15 December 2024 11:30	Report	Singapore	13–15	Czech Republic	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Luis Alves (POR)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 4–2, 6–6, 3–2
		Lee 5	Goals	J. Holá, Votavová 4

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	34	18	+16	6	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	2	1	1	42	19	+23	3	Quarterfinals
3	South Africa	2	0	2	12	51	−39	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.^[9]

14 December 2024 12:00	Report	China	20–7	South Africa	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), İlkin Çakmakoğlu (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–0, 5–2, 5–3
		Zhou 4	Goals	Banks 3

14 December 2024 19:00	Report	South Africa	5–31	Japan	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Jackie See (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 2–9, 1–7, 0–7, 2–8
		Banks 2	Goals	Shitara, Ura 5

15 December 2024 13:00	Report	Japan	11–14	China	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: İlkin Çakmakoğlu (TUR), Karel Dvořáček (CZE)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 3–2, 1–3, 6–3
		Nishiyama4 3	Goals	Zhou 4

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	2	2	0	29	20	+9	6	Quarterfinals
2	France	2	1	1	26	16	+10	3	Quarterfinals
3	Portugal	2	0	2	13	32	−19	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.^[9]

14 December 2024 13:30	Report	France	15–4	Portugal	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Karel Dvořáček (CZE)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–1, 4–1, 3–2
		Vernoux 3	Goals	four players 1

14 December 2024 20:30	Report	Portugal	9–17	Croatia	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Karel Dvořáček (CZE), Michael Jukes (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 1–7, 1–2, 2–4
		Lousa 3	Goals	Srhoj 5

15 December 2024 14:30	Report	Croatia	12–11	France	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 2–5, 3–0
		J. Butić, Rozić 3	Goals	Vernoux 5

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

16 December

Great Britain	22
		17 December
Czech Republic	4
		Great Britain	12
16 December
		Japan	15
Croatia	18
				17 December
Japan	26
				Japan	17
16 December
				China	15
Germany	12
		17 December
Turkey	11
		Germany	8
16 December
		China	15	Third place
China	7
				17 December
France	6
				Great Britain	11

				Germany	12

Fifth place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

17 December

Czech Republic	8
		17 December
Croatia	19
		Croatia	14
17 December
		France	13
Turkey	9

France	19
		Seventh place

		17 December

		Czech Republic	13

		Turkey	16

Ninth place bracket

9–12th place semifinals		Ninth place

15 December

Bulgaria	16
		16 December
Singapore	18
		Singapore	8
15 December
		Portugal	17
South Africa	13

Portugal	19
		Eleventh place

		16 December

		Bulgaria	4

		South Africa	21

Quarterfinals

16 December 2024 16:00	Report	Great Britain	22–4	Czech Republic	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: İlkin Çakmakoğlu (TUR), Matthew Stringer (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 5–2, 5–1, 6–0
		Perkins 5	Goals	Bušauerová, J. Holá 2

16 December 2024 17:30	Report	Germany	12–11	Turkey	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Yuriko Udagawa (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 4–3, 2–0, 2–3
		Vosseberg 4	Goals	Kuş 8

16 December 2024 19:00	Report	China	7–6	France	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Lea Saftić (CRO), Michael Jukes (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 2–3, 1–1
		Wang 4	Goals	Vernoux 3

16 December 2024 20:30	Report	Croatia	18–26	Japan	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Luis Alves (POR)
		Score by quarters: 5–8, 5–5, 6–6, 2–7
		Rozić 4	Goals	Kobayashi 5

9–12th place semifinals

15 December 2024 18:00	Report	Bulgaria	16–18	Singapore	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Yuriko Udagawa (JPN), Michael Jukes (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–7, 4–4, 6–4
		I. Dimitrova 6	Goals	Yap 11

15 December 2024 19:30	Report	South Africa	13–19	Portugal	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Yang Pang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 4–6, 4–2, 2–5, 3–6
		four players 2	Goals	B. Fernandes 6

5–8th place semifinals

17 December 2024 09:00	Report	Czech Republic	8–19	Croatia	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Michael Jukes (GBR), Matthew Stringer (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–5, 2–3, 3–6
		Bušauerová 3	Goals	Alamat, Rozić 4

17 December 2024 10:30	Report	Turkey	9–19	France	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Yang Pang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 3–7, 4–6, 1–3, 1–3
		Buralı 4	Goals	Hardy 4

Semifinals

17 December 2024 12:00	Report	Great Britain	12–15	Japan	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Aurely Blanchard (FRA), İlkin Çakmakoğlu (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–4, 3–2, 3–4
		Clapperton 3	Goals	Arima 7

17 December 2024 13:30	Report	Germany	8–15	China	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Lea Saftić (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 2–6, 1–4
		G. Deike 3	Goals	Nong 4

Eleventh place game

16 December 2024 13:00	Report	Bulgaria	4–21	South Africa	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Luis Alves (POR), Jackie See (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–4, 0–7, 0–5
		I. Dimitrova 2	Goals	Banks, January 4

Ninth place game

16 December 2024 14:30	Report	Singapore	8–17	Portugal	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Yang Pang (CHN), Karel Dvořáček (CZE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 1–6, 2–7
		Tio, Yap 2	Goals	Lousa 5

Seventh place game

17 December 2024 16:00	Report	Czech Republic	13–16	Turkey	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Jackie See (SGP), Michael Jukes (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–6, 3–4, 5–4
		J. Holá 7	Goals	Kuş 8

Fifth place game

17 December 2024 17:30	Report	Croatia	14–13	France	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Karel Dvořáček (CZE), Yuriko Udagawa (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 5–3, 5–2, 2–4
		Srhoj 5	Goals	Vernoux 5

Third place game

17 December 2024 19:00	Report	Great Britain	11–12	Germany	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–4, 3–1, 4–4
		Falvey 3	Goals	G. Deike 4

Final

17 December 2024 20:30	Report	Japan	17–15	China	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Lea Saftić (CRO), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 4–3, 8–1, 4–5
		Kobayashi 4	Goals	Nong 6

Super final

2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
Tournament details
Venue	1
Dates	18–20 April
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Greece (1st title)
Runners-up	Hungary
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	334 (27.83 per match)
Top scorers	Yumi Arima (13 goals)

The tournament took place between 18 and 20 April 2025 in Chengdu, China.^[2]^[11]

All times are local (UTC+8).

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

18 April

Netherlands	24
		19 April
Japan	16
		Netherlands	13
18 April
		Greece	15
Greece	19
				20 April
Italy	14
				Greece	13
18 April
				Hungary	9
Spain	15
		19 April
China	8
		Spain	8
18 April
		Hungary	10	Third place
Australia	10
				20 April
Hungary	14
				Netherlands	10

				Spain	8

Fifth place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

19 April

Japan	17
		20 April
Italy	26
		Italy	10 (3)
19 April
		Australia (PSO)	10 (4)
China	14

Australia	16
		Seventh place

		20 April

		Japan	18

		China	17

Quarterfinals

18 April 2025 13:30	Report	Netherlands	24–16	Japan	Dong'an Lake Sports Park, Chengdu Referees: Yang Peng (CHN), Ash Kaesler (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 6–5, 7–5, 5–4, 6–2
		three players 3	Goals	Arima 5

18 April 2025 15:15	Report	Greece	19–14	Italy	Dong'an Lake Sports Park, Chengdu Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 8–6, 4–4, 3–1
		V. Plevritou 5	Goals	Bettini 4

18 April 2025 18:30	Report	Spain	15–8	China	Dong'an Lake Sports Park, Chengdu Referees: Ruben Sap (NED), Yuriko Udagawa (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 4–3, 5–2
		Leitón 4	Goals	Yan 4

18 April 2025 20:15	Report	Australia	10–14	Hungary	Dong'an Lake Sports Park, Chengdu Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–4, 3–5, 3–4
		A. Andrews 3	Goals	Vályi 4

5–8th place semifinals

19 April 2025 14:00	Report	Japan	17–26	Italy	Dong'an Lake Sports Park, Chengdu Referees: Georgios Kravaritis (GRE), Ruben Sap (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 3–8, 3–4, 7–9
		Arima 4	Goals	Giustini 8

19 April 2025 15:45	Report	China	14–16	Australia	Dong'an Lake Sports Park, Chengdu Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 6–3, 4–8, 1–0
		Nong 5	Goals	Jackovich 6

Semifinals

19 April 2025 18:30	Report	Netherlands	13–15	Greece	Dong'an Lake Sports Park, Chengdu Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Jennifer McCall (USA)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–3, 2–5, 2–4
		Joustra 3	Goals	Tricha 4

19 April 2025 20:15	Report	Spain	8–10	Hungary	Dong'an Lake Sports Park, Chengdu Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Ash Kaesler (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–3, 2–2, 0–2
		four players 2	Goals	Faragó 5

Seventh place game

20 April 2025 10:00	Report	Japan	18–17	China	Dong'an Lake Sports Park, Chengdu Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Ash Kaesler (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 4–5, 5–5, 6–1
		Arima 4	Goals	Yan J. 4

Fifth place game

20 April 2025 11:45	Report	Italy	10–10 PSO: 3–4	Australia	Dong'an Lake Sports Park, Chengdu Referees: Yuriko Udagawa (JPN), Yang Pang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–0, 3–2, 2–3
		Bettini 5	Goals	A. Andrews 4

Third place game

20 April 2025 14:30	Report	Netherlands	10–8	Spain	Dong'an Lake Sports Park, Chengdu Referees: Georgios Kravaritis (GRE), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 2–0, 2–4
		three players 2	Goals	Ruiz 2

Final

20 April 2025 16:15	Report	Greece	13–9	Hungary	Dong'an Lake Sports Park, Chengdu Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Marta Cabañas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 1–0, 6–3, 1–2
		three players 3	Goals	Garda 2

Final standings

Rank^[1]	Team
	Greece
	Hungary
	Netherlands
4	Spain
5	Australia
6	Italy
7	Japan
8	China

2025 Women's FINA Water Polo World Cup
Greece Second title

Team Roster

Maria Kotsioni, Eleftheria Plevritou (C), Foteini Tricha, Stefania Santa, Athina Dimitra Giannopoulou, Eleni Xenaki, Eirini Ninou, Eleftheria Fountotou. Christina Siouti, Vasiliki Plevritou, Sofia Tornarou, Maria Myriokefalitaki, Alexia Evgenia Tzourka, Dionysia Koureta, Foivi Angelidi ^[12]
Head coach: Charis Pavlidis

References

1 2 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
1 2 "World Aquatics unveils competition hosts for 2025 Water Polo World Cup season". worldaquatics.org. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
↑ "New FINA competition: World Cup replaces World League". total-waterpolo.com. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
↑ "Water polo calendar shake-up breathes life into World Aquatics World Cup season". fina.org. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
↑ "Rules & Regulations 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
1 2 "World Cup 2025 – groups". total-waterpolo.com. 31 October 2024.
↑ "Information Bulletin" (PDF). worldaquatics.org. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
↑ "Draw results for the World Aquatics Water Polo World Cup Division 1 Tournaments". worldaquatics.org. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Competition regulations" (PDF). worldaquatics.org. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
↑ "Draw results from the World Aquatics Water Polo World Cup Division 2 Tournaments". worldaquatics.org. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
↑ "Chengdu ready to host the Women's Water Polo World Cup 2025 Final". worldaquatics.com. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
↑ Greece Roster

External links

FINA Official site

[table_note_BUL0.62597631599101-11] Bulgaria replaced Kazakhstan.

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] 1 2 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[Host-2] 1 2 "World Aquatics unveils competition hosts for 2025 Water Polo World Cup season". worldaquatics.org. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

[3] "New FINA competition: World Cup replaces World League". total-waterpolo.com. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.

[Overview-4] "Water polo calendar shake-up breathes life into World Aquatics World Cup season". fina.org. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

[5] "Rules & Regulations 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[Draw-6] 1 2 "World Cup 2025 – groups". total-waterpolo.com. 31 October 2024.

[7] "Information Bulletin" (PDF). worldaquatics.org. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

[8] "Draw results for the World Aquatics Water Polo World Cup Division 1 Tournaments". worldaquatics.org. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

[Rules-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Competition regulations" (PDF). worldaquatics.org. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

[10] "Draw results from the World Aquatics Water Polo World Cup Division 2 Tournaments". worldaquatics.org. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

[12] "Chengdu ready to host the Women's Water Polo World Cup 2025 Final". worldaquatics.com. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.

[13] Greece Roster

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Contents

Format

Division 1

Round 1

Group A

Group B

Round 2

Group A

Group B

Division 2

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

9–12th place semifinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Super final

Bracket

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standings

See also

References

External links