Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament explained

Tourney Name:	Women's water polo 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	21 July – 2 August
Num Teams:	16
Confederations:	5
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	1
Matches:	44
Goals:	896
Top Scorer:	Lieke Klaassen (25 goals)
Player:	Jennifer Pareja
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The women's water polo tournament at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain from 21 July to 2 August 2013.^[1]

Spain defeated Australia 8–6 in the final match to capture their first world championship title.^[2]

Qualification

16 teams qualified for the world championships in 2013 as follows:

The host nation
The best 2 teams in the 2012 World League not already qualified as the host nation
The best 4 teams in the 2012 Olympics not already qualified as the host nation or from the World League
The best 3 teams in the 2012 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
The best 2 teams in the 2013 Americas Qualification Tournament not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
The best 2 teams from Asia (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
The best team from Africa (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
The best team from Oceania (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
If no team enters from a continent or if a team qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics does not enter, then each vacancy shall be filled by the next highest placed team(s) from the continental qualification tournament with the following rotation: Americas, Europe, Host Continent, Asia, Oceania and Africa.

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Event	Date	Location	Vacancies
Host nation	–	–	1
2012 World League Finals	29 May-3 June 2012	Changshu	2
2012 Olympics	30 July–11 August 2012	London	4
2012 European Championships	18–28 January 2012	Eindhoven	3
2013 Americas Qualification Tournament	January 2013^[4]	Calgary	2
Asia			2
Africa			1
Oceania			1
TOTAL			16

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

width=150		width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	2	1	0	41	24	+17	5
	3	2	0	1	40	23	+17	4
	3	1	1	1	54	29	+25	3
	3	0	0	3	13	72	−59	0

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Group B

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

width=150		width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	45	10	+35	6
	3	2	0	1	35	21	+14	4
	3	1	0	2	22	35	−13	2
	3	0	0	3	10	46	−36	0

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Group C

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

width=150		width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	38	20	+18	6
	3	1	1	1	30	27	+3	3
	3	1	1	1	29	27	+2	3
	3	0	0	3	20	43	−23	0

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Group D

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

width=150		width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	48	17	+31	6
	3	2	0	1	26	22	+4	4
	3	1	0	2	23	32	−9	2
	3	0	0	3	16	42	−26	0

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Knockout stage

Championship bracket

5th place bracket

Quarterfinals qualification

All times are CEST (UTC+2).----------------------------

Quarterfinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).------------

5th–8th place classification

All times are CEST (UTC+2).----

Semifinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).----

7th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

5th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Bronze medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Gold medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

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Team RosterLaura Ester, Marta Bach, Anni Espar, Roser Tarragó, Mati Ortiz, Jennifer Pareja (C), Lorena Miranda, Pili Peña, Andrea Blas, Ona Meseguer, Maica García, Laura López, Patri Herrera.^[1] Head Coach: Miki Oca.

Top goalscorers

!Rank!Name!Goals!Shots!
1	Lieke Klaassen	25	42	59
2	Rita Keszthelyi	21	41	51
3	Ekaterina Prokofyeva	19	42	45
4	Barbara Bujka	18	32	56
5	Olga Beliaeva	17	28	61
6	Jennifer Pareja	16	36	44
	Yasemin Smit		38	42
	Christina Tsoukala		46	35