| Tourney Name: | 2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup |
| Country: | Russia |
| Dates: | 4–9 September 2018 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 4 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 4 |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Goals: | 479 |
| Top Scorer: |  Anni Espar(19 goals) |
| Player: |  Maggie Steffens |
| Previous: | 2014 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup |
| Next: | 2023 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup |
The 2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 17th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Surgut, Russia from 4 to 9 September 2018.[1]
The United States won the gold medal by defeating Russia 8-5 in the final. Australia captured bronze, beating Spain 9-8.[2]
8 teams qualified for the 2018 FINA World Cup. They are split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals. The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the Semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.
| width=25% | Group A ! | width=25% | Group B |
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| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | ||
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| 1. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 6 | ||
| 2. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 3 | ||
| 3. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 3 | ||
| 4. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 0 |
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| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 6 | +55 | 6 | ||
| 2. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 4 | ||
| 3. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 33 | -17 | 2 | ||
| 4. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 52 | -44 | 0 |
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