Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's team rosters explained

These are the rosters of all participating teams at the women's water polo tournament at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Abbreviations

Pos.	Position	№	Cap number
CF	Centre forward	CB	Centre back
D	Driver	GK	Goalkeeper

Group A

The following is the Italian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[1]

Head coach: Fabio Conti

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	2016/17 club
		GK	1.790NaN0	700NaN0	R		Cosenza Nuoto
		D	1.760NaN0	730NaN0	R		Sabadell
		D	1.690NaN0	710NaN0	R		Orizzonte Catania
	Elisa Queirolo (c)	D	1.680NaN0	630NaN0	R		Plebiscito Padova
		D	1.690NaN0	640NaN0	R		Waterpolo Messina
		CF	1.740NaN0	740NaN0	R		Waterpolo Messina
		D			R		SIS Roma
		D	1.750NaN0	760NaN0	R		Olympiacos
		D	1.720NaN0	660NaN0	L		Olympiacos
10		CF	1.760NaN0	1020NaN0	R		Orizzonte Catania
11		D	1.660NaN0	640NaN0	R		Rapallo
12		D	1.770NaN0	630NaN0	R		Plebiscito Padova
13		GK			R		Rapallo

The following is the Brazilian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[2]

Head coach: Eduardo Abla

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	2016/17 club
		GK	1.740NaN0	780NaN0	R
		D	1.750NaN0	750NaN0	R
	Marina Zablith (c)	CF	1.790NaN0	740NaN0	R
		CB	1.720NaN0	780NaN0	R
		D	1.630NaN0	570NaN0	R
		D	1.590NaN0	570NaN0	R
		D	1.70NaN0	570NaN0	R
		CF	1.70NaN0	700NaN0	R
		D	1.760NaN0	750NaN0	R
10		CB	1.760NaN0	670NaN0	R
11		D	1.70NaN0	720NaN0	R
12		D	1.710NaN0	620NaN0	R
13		GK	1.790NaN0	750NaN0	R

The following is the Canadian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[3]

Head coach: Haris Pavlidis

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	2016/17 club
		GK	1.710NaN0	610NaN0	R		Indiana Hoosiers
	Krystina Alogbo (c)	CF	1.650NaN0	780NaN0	R		CAMO
		CF			R		CAMO
		D	1.790NaN0	900NaN0	L		California Golden Bears
		D	1.880NaN0	750NaN0	R		Orizzonte Catania
		D			L		Pacific Tigers
		D	1.70NaN0	660NaN0	R		DDO Waterpolo
		CF			R		CAMO
		D			R		USC Trojans
10		CF	1.80NaN0	800NaN0	R		DDO Waterpolo
11		CB	1.720NaN0	720NaN0	R		Lille UC Métropole
12		D	1.70NaN0	650NaN0	R		DDO Waterpolo
13		GK			R		Hawaii Rainbow Wahine

The following is the Chinese roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[4]

Head coach: Gong Dali

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	2016/17 club
		GK	1.850NaN0	720NaN0	R
		CF			R
		CB	1.80NaN0	970NaN0	R
		CF	1.810NaN0	770NaN0	R
		D	1.770NaN0	690NaN0	R
		D			R
		CB			R
		D	1.760NaN0	650NaN0	R
	Zhao Zihan (c)	D	1.720NaN0	610NaN0	L
10		D	1.760NaN0	740NaN0	R
11		CF			R
12		D	1.660NaN0	630NaN0	L
13		GK	1.880NaN0	800NaN0	R

Group B

The following is the New Zealand roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[5]

Head coach: Angela Winstanley-Smith

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	2016/17 club
1	Jessica Milicich	GK			R	13 SEP 1995
2	Nicole Lewis	CF	1.80 / 5'11"	80 / 176	R	26 JAN 1989
3		CB	1.80 / 5'11"	85 / 187	R	16 JUN 1987
4		D	1.68 / 5'6"	60 / 132	R	2 DEC 1995
5	Alexandra Boyd (water polo) (C)	CB	1.75 / 5'9"	78 / 172	R	8 JUL 1991
6		D	1.62 / 5'4"	58 / 128	L	29 DEC 2000
7		D	1.75 / 5'9"	74 / 163	R	7 AUG 1999
8		D	1.77 / 5'10"	68 / 150	R	20 JAN 1994
9		D	1.79 / 5'10"	75 / 165	R	10 NOV 1991
10		CF	1.75 / 5'9"	90 / 198	R	10 APR 1991
11	Kirsten Hudson	D	1.65 / 5'5"	70 / 154	L	2 FEB 1988
12		D	1.77 / 5'10"	81 / 179	R	14 OCT 1993
13		GK	1.80 / 5'11"	74 / 163	R	18 JAN 1999

The following is the South Africa roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[6]

Head coach: Samuel Gareth

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	2016/17 club
1	Rebecca Thomas	GK	1.77 / 5'10"	74 / 163	R	17 SEP 1991
2		D			R	5 AUG 1997
3	Kieren Paley	CF	1.63 / 5'4"	69 / 152	L	3 OCT 1990
4		D			R	22 APR 1991
5		CB	1.82 / 6'0"	82 / 181	R	1 MAY 1989
6		D	1.64 / 5'5"	60 / 132	R	26 OCT 1992
7		D			R	13 OCT 1994
8		D			R	13 JUL 1992
9		CF			R	2 OCT 1998
10		CB	1.69 / 5'7"	60 / 132	R	25 OCT 1984
11		D			L	18 FEB 1993
12	Kelsey White (C)	CB	1.76 / 5'9"	83 / 183	R	18 SEP 1990
13		GK			R	22 JAN 1997

The following is the Spanish roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[7]

Head coach: Miguel Oca Gaia

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	2016/17 club
1	Laura Ester Ramos	GK	1.77 / 5'10"	58 / 128	R	22 JAN 1990
2	Marta Bach Pascual	CB	1.76 / 5'9"	66 / 146	R	17 FEB 1993
3		D	1.80 / 5'11"	67 / 148	R	8 JAN 1993
4		D			R	21 JUN 1995
5		CB	1.74 / 5'9"	67 / 148	R	16 SEP 1990
6		D			L	5 JUN 1992
7		D	1.77 / 5'10"	70 / 154	R	29 SEP 1994
8	María del Pilar Peña Carrasco (C)	D	1.74 / 5'9"	61 / 134	L	4 APR 1986
9		D	1.73 / 5'8"	66 / 146	L	7 JUN 1996
10		CF			R	7 APR 1998
11		CF			R	30 MAY 1996
12		CF	1.87 / 6'2"	96 / 212	R	27 APR 2000
13		GK			R	4 APR 2000

The following is the United States roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[8]

Head coach: Adam Krikorian

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	2016/17 club
1	Gabrielle Stone	GK	1.83 / 6'0"		R	7 MAR 1994
2	Madeline Musselman	D	1.83 / 6'0"		R	16 JUN 1998
3		CB	1.83 / 6'0"		R	26 JUN 1990
4	Rachel Fattal	D	1.69 / 5'7"		R	10 DEC 1993
5	Paige Hauschild	D			R	17 AUG 1999
6	Margaret Steffens (C)	D	1.75 / 5'9"		R	4 JUN 1993
7		CB			R	2 JUN 1996
8		D	1.73 / 5'8"		R	5 MAR 1993
9		CF	1.83 / 6'0"		R	2 MAR 1999
10		D			R	12 MAY 1995
11		CB	1.86 / 6'1"		R	29 MAR 1997
12		CB	1.81 / 5'11"		R	28 MAY 1994
13		GK			R	16 JAN 1997

Group C

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[9]

Head coach: Hideo Katho

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	2016/17 club
1		GK			R	8 JUL 1993
2		CB			R	9 SEP 1997
3	Yuri Kazama	D	1.60 / 5'3"	59 / 130	R	3 OCT 1996
4	Shino Magariyama	CB	1.66 / 5'5"	60 / 132	R	20 SEP 1987
5		D	1.66 / 5'5"	57 / 126	R	5 JUN 1996
6		CF			R	14 OCT 1997
7		D			R	2 FEB 1998
8		D			L	13 FEB 1997
9	Kana Hosoya	D	1.60 / 5'3"	56 / 123	R	13 OCT 1994
10	Misaki Noro	D			L	12 APR 1996
11		CB	1.64 / 5'5"	56 / 123	R	2 FEB 1996
12	Kotori Suzuki (C)	D	1.65 / 5'5"	52 / 115	R	8 DEC 1996
13		GK			R	27 JUL 1997

The following is the Dutch roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[10]

Head coach: Arno Havenga

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	2016/17 club
1	Laura Aarts	GK	1.75 / 5'9"	70 / 154	R	10 AUG 1996
2	Yasemin Smit (C)	CB	1.80 / 5'11"	71 / 157	R	21 NOV 1984
3	Dagmar Genee	CB	1.78 / 5'10"	68 / 150	R	31 JAN 1989
4	Sabrina van der Sloot	D	1.75 / 5'9"	67 / 148	R	16 MAR 1991
5		CF	1.74 / 5'9"	69 / 152	R	22 FEB 1991
6		D	1.73 / 5'8"	67 / 148	R	23 AUG 1992
7		CB	1.78 / 5'10"	70 / 154	R	14 MAR 1991
8		CF	1.80 / 5'11"	74 / 163	L	28 FEB 1993
9		D	1.83 / 6'0"	68 / 150	R	6 FEB 1996
10		CB			R	11 JUN 1997
11		CB	1.82 / 6'0"	78 / 172	R	23 APR 1991
12		CF	1.77 / 5'10"	72 / 159	R	11 JAN 1998
13		GK	1.74 / 5'9"	73 / 161	R	10 MAY 1994

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[11]

Head coach: Attila Biro

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	2016/17 club
1		GK	1.80 / 5'11"	70 / 154	R	25 JUN 1990
2		D	1.73 / 5'8"	60 / 132	R	23 OCT 1992
3		D	1.68 / 5'6"	67 / 148	R	9 SEP 1993
4		D	1.76 / 5'9"	70 / 154	R	14 MAY 1996
5		CB	1.83 / 6'0"	74 / 163	R	7 MAR 1988
6		CB	1.90 / 6'3"	83 / 183	R	20 MAY 1985
7		D	1.80 / 5'11"	73 / 161	R	21 FEB 1994
8	Rita Keszthelyi (C)	D	1.78 / 5'10"	67 / 148	R	10 DEC 1991
9		CF	1.76 / 5'9"	70 / 154	R	23 APR 1987
10		CF	1.73 / 5'8"	77 / 170	L	5 SEP 1986
11		CB	1.75 / 5'9"	63 / 139	R	20 APR 1989
12		D			R	10 NOV 1996
13		GK	1.87 / 6'2"	72 / 159	R	22 NOV 1988

The following is the French roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[12]

Head coach: Florian Bruzzo

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	2016/17 club
1		GK	1.83 / 6'0"	72 / 159	R	7 NOV 1985
2		D	1.64 / 5'5"	50 / 110	R	21 DEC 1993
3		D	1.78 / 5'10"	70 / 154	R	13 FEB 1993
4		D	1.72 / 5'8"	69 / 152	R	13 APR 1993
5	Louise Guillet (C)	D	1.75 / 5'9"	70 / 154	R	31 JAN 1986
6		CF	1.86 / 6'1"	71 / 157	R	15 SEP 1993
7		D	1.65 / 5'5"	66 / 146	R	23 SEP 1992
8		CF	1.81 / 5'11"	78 / 172	R	18 SEP 1997
9		D	1.69 / 5'7"	61 / 134	R	12 MAR 1998
10		CB	1.71 / 5'7"	65 / 143	R	28 APR 1997
11		CB	1.78 / 5'10"	69 / 152	R	12 AUG 1991
12		D	1.54 / 5'1"	52 / 115	R	6 MAY 1993
13		GK	1.69 / 5'7"	58 / 128	R	4 SEP 1994

Group D

Greece

The following is the Greece roster.^[13]

Head coach: Georgios Morfesis

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	Club
1		GK	1.75 m	64 kg	R	9 August 1989
2		D	1.84	74	R	8 July 1991
3		CB	1.80 / 5'11"	74 / 163	R	12 March 1993
4		D	1.74 / 5'9"	64 / 141	R	17 January 1998
5		CB	1.77 / 5'10"	70 / 154	R	17 November 1994
6		D	1.70 / 5'7"	58 / 128	R	26 February 1988
7	Alexandra Asimaki (C)	CF	1.70 / 5'7"	65 / 143	R	28 June 1988
8		D	1.74 / 5'9"	64 / 141	R	15 April 1997
9		CB	1.78 / 5'10"	77 / 170	R	10 July 1994
10		D	1.70 / 5'7"	62 / 137	R	19 March 1986
11		D	1.77 / 5'10"	66 / 146	R	23 April 1997
12		FP	1.77 / 5'10"	80 / 176	L	5 July 1997
13		GK	1.85 / 6'1"	72 / 159	L	22 September 1995

Australia

The following is the Australia roster.^[14]

Head coach: Athansios Kechagias

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	Club
1		GK	1.72 / 5'8"	78 / 172	R	15 March 1989
2		D	1.78 / 5'10"	70 / 154	R	16 March 1990
3		CB	1.77 / 5'10"	80 / 176	R	3 June 1992
4		D	1.80 / 5'11"	70 / 154	R	12 August 1996
5		D	1.80 / 5'11"	70 / 154	L	8 September 1991
6		CB			R	15 August 1996
7	Rowie Webster (C)	D	1.77 / 5'10"	81 / 179	R	27 December 1987
8		D			R	21 February 1995
9		D	1.70 / 5'7"	73 / 161	R	14 July 1991
10		D			R	10 August 1996
11		D			L	24 June 1993
12		CB			R	15 September 1996
13		GK			R	3 January 1994

Russia

The following is the Russia roster.^[15]

Head coach: Alexander Gaidukov

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	Club
1		GK	1.76 / 5'9"	70 / 154	R	18 March 1985
2		CB			R	13 June 1998
3	Ekaterina Prokofyeva (C)	D	1.76 / 5'9"	70 / 154	R	13 March 1991
4		D	1.66 / 5'5"	63 / 139	R	25 March 1994
5		CB	1.84 / 6'0"	92 / 203	R	28 July 1997
6		D			R	27 August 1993
7		D			R	6 May 1998		-	8		CF	1.72 / 5'8"	69 / 152	R	23 January 1995
9		CF	1.78 / 5'10"	86 / 190	R	18 July 1987
10		CB			R	15 May 1999
11		D	1.76 / 5'9"	66 / 146	R	26 July 1987
12		D			R	8 February 1995
13		GK	1.73 / 5'8"	60 / 132	R	31 August 1993

Kazakhstan

The following is the Kazakhstan roster.^[16]

Head coach: Andrey Sazykin

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	Club
1		GK	1.70 / 5'7"	64 / 141	R	31 July 1990
2		CF			R	25 May 2000
3		D	1.70 / 5'7"	70 / 154	R	13 September 1991
4		CB	1.71 / 5'7"	66 / 146	R	31 July 1990
5		D	1.78 / 5'10"	65 / 143	R	25 December 1992
6		D	1.68 / 5'6"	59 / 130	L	3 July 1995
7		D			L	15 April 1999
8		CB	1.74 / 5'9"	62 / 137	R	9 December 1995
9		CB	1.73 / 5'8"	57 / 126	R	19 February 2000
10		CF	1.68 / 5'6"	68 / 150	R	12 June 1991
11		D	1.75 / 5'9"	66 / 146	R	21 March 1996
12	Assem Mussarova (C)	D	1.68 / 5'6"	59 / 130	R	13 August 1990
13		GK			R	18 February 2001

External links

• Official website
• Records and statistics (reports by Omega)

Notes and References

1. News: Budapest 2017 Italian Women's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing. 25 July 2017. 29 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729144951/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2017/WITA-R.pdf. dead.
2. News: Budapest 2017 Brazilian Women's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing. 25 July 2017. 9 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201209173044/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2017/WBRA-R.pdf. dead.
3. News: Budapest 2017 Canadian Women's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing. 25 July 2017.
4. News: Budapest 2017 Chinese Women's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing. 25 July 2017. 29 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729145538/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2017/WCHN-R.pdf. dead.
5. News: Budapest 2017 New Zealand Women's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing. 2 July 2019. 12 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201212000506/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2017/WNZL-R.pdf. dead.
6. News: Budapest 2017 South Africa Women's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing. 2 July 2019. 12 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201212062006/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2017/WRSA-R.pdf. dead.
7. News: Budapest 2017 Spain Women's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing.
8. News: Budapest 2017 United States Women's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing. 2 July 2019. 29 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729014833/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2017/WUSA-R.pdf. dead.
9. News: Budapest 2017 Japan Women's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing.
10. News: Budapest 2017 Netherlands Women's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing.
11. News: Budapest 2017 Japan Women's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing.
12. News: Budapest 2017 France Women's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing. 2 July 2019. 10 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201210011309/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2017/WFRA-R.pdf. dead.
13. News: Team Roster Greece.
14. News: Team Roster Australia. Omega Timing. 9 October 2019. 10 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201210181128/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2017/WAUS-R.pdf. dead.
15. News: Team Roster Russia. Omega Timing.
16. News: Team Roster Kazakhstan. Omega Timing.