Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

{{Short description|15th edition, held in Hungary}}

{{Infobox International Handball Competition

| tourney_name =

| image =

| size =

| caption =

| country =

| dates = 20 June – 2 July

| num_teams = 16

| confederations = 5

| venues = 4

| cities = 4

| champion_other = {{wpw|USA}}

| count = 7

| second_other = {{wpw|HUN}}

| third_other = {{wpw|NED}}

| fourth_other = {{wpw|ITA}}

| matches = 48

| goals = 1059

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{wpwicon|ESP}} Judith Forca
{{wpwicon|ESP}} Beatriz Ortiz
(21 goals)

| player = {{wpwicon|USA}} Maddie Musselman

| goalkeeper = {{wpwicon|USA}} Ashleigh Johnson

| previous = Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

| next = Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

}}

{{2022 World Aquatics Championships}}

The women's water polo tournament at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships is held from 20 June to 2 July 2022. This is the 15th time that the women's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1986.{{Cite HistoFINA wp |page=mwch|format=dmy }}

The United States secured their fourth consecutive and seventh overall title with a win over Hungary, while the Netherlands beat Italy to win the bronze medal.{{cite web|title=Dominant USA water polo women squeeze home against Hungary|url=https://www.fina.org/news/2665559/united-states-of-america|website=fina.org|accessdate=2 July 2022}}{{cite web|title=Netherlands overcomes Italy in see-sawing bronze-medal final|url=https://www.fina.org/news/2665421/netherlands-overcomes-italy-in-see-sawing-bronze-medal-final|website=fina.org|accessdate=2 July 2022}}

Qualification

class="wikitable" style="width: 800px;"
style="width: 30%;"|Event

!style-"width: 23%;"|Dates

!style="width: 20%;"|Hosts

!style="width: 7%;"|Quota

!style="width: 20%;"|Qualifier(s)

Host nationcolspan=2 {{n/a}}align="center"| 1{{wpw|HUN}}
2020 FINA World League14– 19 June 2021{{flagicon|GRE}} Athensalign="center"|1{{wpw|USA}}
{{wpw|RUS}}
2020 Summer Olympics24 July – 7 August 2021{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyoalign="center"|4{{wpw|ESP}}
{{wpw|AUS}}
{{wpw|NED}}
{{wpw|CAN}}
2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship12–25 January 2020{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapestalign="center"|3{{wpw|ITA}}
{{wpw|GRE}}
{{wpw|FRA}}
2022 Intercontinental Cup
(Americas qualifier)
7–13 March 2022{{flagicon|PER}} Limaalign="center"|2{{wpw|BRA}}
{{wpw|ARG}}
Asian Qualifiercolspan=2 rowspan=4 {{n/a}}align="center"|1{{wpw|CHN}}
{{wpw|JPN}}

{{wpw|KAZ}}
African Qualifieralign="center"|1{{wpw|RSA}}
Oceanian Qualifieralign="center"|1{{wpw|NZL}}
Wild cards{{cite web|title=Draw for World Championships: Four debutants in Budapest|url=https://total-waterpolo.com/draw-for-world-championships-four-debutants-in-budapest/|website=total-waterpolo.com|accessdate=11 April 2022}}align="center"|2{{flagdeco|Colombia}} Colombia
{{wpw|THA}}
Totalcolspan="2"|16

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite web|title=Press release – FINA Bureau meets, makes further decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and event hosting|url=https://www.fina.org/news/2547346/press-release-fina-bureau-meets-makes-further-decisions-on-russian-and-belarusian-athletes-and-event-hosting|website=fina.org|accessdate=23 March 2022}}
Due the COVID-19 pandemic local restritictions China and Japan withdrew before the tournament.

Draw

The draw was held on 12 April 2022.{{cite web|title=Draw results for the men's and women's water polo tournament at the 19th FINA World Championships|url=https://www.fina.org/news/2573872/draw-results-for-the-womens-water-polo-tournament-at-the-19th-fina-world-championships|website=fina.org|accessdate=12 April 2022}}

=Seeding=

class="wikitable"
Pot 1

!Pot 2

!Pot 3

!Pot 4

style="vertical-align: top;"|{{wpw|USA}}
{{wpw|ESP}}
{{wpw|HUN}}
{{wpw|AUS}}

|style="vertical-align: top;"|{{wpw|NED}}
{{wpw|CAN}}
{{wpw|BRA}}
{{wpw|GRE}}

|style="vertical-align: top;"|{{wpw|ARG}}
{{wpw|ITA}}
{{wpw|FRA}}
{{wpw|NZL}}

|style="vertical-align: top;"|{{wpw|KAZ}}
{{flagdeco|Colombia}} Colombia
{{wpw|THA}}
{{wpw|RSA}}

Preliminary round

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/WSUMMARY.pdf Sportresult]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=ITA, HUN, CAN, COL

|win_HUN=2 |draw_HUN=0 |loss_HUN=1 |gf_HUN=55|ga_HUN=21|status_HUN=H

|win_COL=0 |draw_COL=0 |loss_COL=3 |gf_COL=11|ga_COL=88

|win_CAN=1 |draw_CAN=1 |loss_CAN=1 |gf_CAN=36|ga_CAN=20

|win_ITA=2 |draw_ITA=1 |loss_ITA=0 |gf_ITA=48|ga_ITA=21

|name_HUN={{wpw|HUN}}

|name_COL={{flagdeco|Colombia}} Colombia

|name_CAN={{wpw|CAN}}

|name_ITA={{wpw|ITA}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=Q |result3=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Quarterfinals

|col_Q=blue1 |text_Q=Playoffs

}}

{{Waterpolobox

|date=20 June 2022

|time=19:30

|report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W01.pdf Report]

|team1={{wpw-rt|CAN}}

|score1=7

|team2={{wpw|ITA}}

|score2=7

|location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

|attendance=

|referees=Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Andrew Carney (AUS)

|Q1=2–4

|Q2=3–2

|Q3=1–1

|Q4=1–0

|goals1=McKelvey, Wright 2

|goals2=Giustini 2

}}

{{Waterpolobox

|date=20 June 2022

|time=21:00

|report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W02.pdf Report]

|team1={{wpw-rt|HUN}}

|score1=35

|team2={{flagdeco|Colombia}} Colombia

|score2=4

|location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

|attendance=

|referees=Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Maro Savinović (CRO)

|Q1=8–2

|Q2=12–0

|Q3=7–0

|Q4=8–2

|goals1=Rybanská 6

|goals2=Vanegas 2

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

|date=22 June 2022

|time=19:30

|report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W15.pdf Report]

|team1=Colombia {{flagdeco|Colombia}}

|score1=2

|team2={{wpw|CAN}}

|score2=22

|location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

|attendance=

|referees=Anbar Anbar (KUW), Dion Willis (RSA)

|Q1=1–3

|Q2=1–5

|Q3=0–7

|Q4=0–7

|goals1=Ortega, Restrepo 1

|goals2=McKelvey 5

}}

{{Waterpolobox

|date=22 June 2022

|time=21:00

|report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W16.pdf Report]

|team1={{wpw-rt|ITA}}

|score1=10

|team2={{wpw|HUN}}

|score2=9

|location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

|attendance=

|referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), Andrew Carney (AUS)

|Q1=3–4

|Q2=2–2

|Q3=3–1

|Q4=2–2

|goals1=Avegno, Marletta 2

|goals2=Parkes 3

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

|date=24 June 2022

|time=19:30

|report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W21.pdf Report]

|team1={{wpw-rt|ITA}}

|score1=31

|team2={{flagdeco|Colombia}} Colombia

|score2=5

|location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

|attendance=

|referees=Anbar Anbar (KUW), Dion Willis (RSA)

|Q1=5–2

|Q2=7–0

|Q3=6–2

|Q4=13–1

|goals1=Avegno 6

|goals2=Restrepo 2

}}

{{Waterpolobox

|date=24 June 2022

|time=21:00

|report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W22.pdf Report]

|team1={{wpw-rt|HUN}}

|score1=11

|team2={{wpw|CAN}}

|score2=7

|location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

|attendance=

|referees=Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER)

|Q1=2–1

|Q2=3–3

|Q3=4–0

|Q4=2–3

|goals1=Keszthelyi 3

|goals2=McKelvey 3

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/WSUMMARY.pdf Sportresult]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=USA, NED, ARG, RSA

|win_USA=3 |draw_USA=0 |loss_USA=0 |gf_USA=58|ga_USA=12

|win_ARG=1 |draw_ARG=0 |loss_ARG=2 |gf_ARG=16|ga_ARG=58

|win_NED=2 |draw_NED=0 |loss_NED=1 |gf_NED=58|ga_NED=18

|win_RSA=0 |draw_RSA=0 |loss_RSA=3 |gf_RSA=9 |ga_RSA=53

|name_USA={{wpw|USA}}

|name_ARG={{wpw|ARG}}

|name_NED={{wpw|NED}}

|name_RSA={{wpw|RSA}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=Q |result3=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Quarterfinals

|col_Q=blue1 |text_Q=Playoffs

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=20 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W03.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|RSA}}

| score1=2

| team2={{wpw|USA}}

| score2=24

| location=Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen

| attendance=

| referees=Megan Perry (NZL), Ivan Raković (SRB)

| Q1=0–7

| Q2=0–10

| Q3=1–3

| Q4=1–4

| goals1=Meecham, Zondo 1

| goals2=Haralabidis 5

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=20 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W04.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|NED}}

| score1=29

| team2={{wpw|ARG}}

| score2=6

| location=Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen

| attendance=

| referees=Harvey Hinds (CUR), Edgar Baron (COL)

| Q1=8–1

| Q2=8–1

| Q3=6–2

| Q4=7–2

| goals1=Van de Kraats 5

| goals2=Ruiz 3

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date=22 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W09.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|ARG}}

| score1=7

| team2={{wpw|RSA}}

| score2=6

| location=Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen

| attendance=

| referees=Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Edgar Baron (COL)

| Q1=1–1

| Q2=1–2

| Q3=3–1

| Q4=2–2

| goals1=Leonard 3

| goals2=Vaughan 2

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=22 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W10.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|USA}}

| score1=11

| team2={{wpw|NED}}

| score2=7

| location=Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen

| attendance=

| referees=Ivan Raković (SRB), Megan Perry (NZL)

| Q1=3–2

| Q2=3–1

| Q3=3–2

| Q4=2–2

| goals1=Musselman 4

| goals2=Van de Kraats, Moolhuijzen 2

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date=24 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W23.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|USA}}

| score1=23

| team2={{wpw|ARG}}

| score2=3

| location=Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen

| attendance=

| referees=Harvey Hinds (CUR), Megan Perry (NZL)

| Q1=6–0

| Q2=5–0

| Q3=6–2

| Q4=6–1

| goals1=Haralabidis, Weber 4

| goals2=three players 1

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=24 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W24.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|NED}}

| score1=22

| team2={{wpw|RSA}}

| score2=1

| location=Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen

| attendance=

| referees=Ivan Raković (SRB), Edgar Baron (COL)

| Q1=5–1

| Q2=4–0

| Q3=7–0

| Q4=6–0

| goals1=Moolhuijzen 5

| goals2=Versfeld 1

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/WSUMMARY.pdf Sportresult]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=AUS, NZL, KAZ, BRA

|win_AUS=3 |draw_AUS=0 |loss_AUS=0 |gf_AUS=47|ga_AUS=13

|win_BRA=0 |draw_BRA=0 |loss_BRA=3 |gf_BRA=19|ga_BRA=39

|win_KAZ=1 |draw_KAZ=0 |loss_KAZ=2 |gf_KAZ=27|ga_KAZ=40

|win_NZL=2 |draw_NZL=0 |loss_NZL=1 |gf_NZL=29|ga_NZL=30

|name_AUS={{wpw|AUS}}

|name_BRA={{wpw|BRA}}

|name_KAZ={{wpw|KAZ}}

|name_NZL={{wpw|NZL}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=Q |result3=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Quarterfinals

|col_Q=blue1 |text_Q=Playoffs

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=20 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W05.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|NZL}}

| score1=12

| team2={{wpw|BRA}}

| score2=8

| location=Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron

| attendance=

| referees=Radu Matache (ROU), Agustin Pinski (ARG)

| Q1=3–3

| Q2=5–2

| Q3=3–3

| Q4=1–0

| goals1=McDowall 4

| goals2=Leão 3

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=20 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W06.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|KAZ}}

| score1=6

| team2={{wpw|AUS}}

| score2=19

| location=Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron

| attendance=

| referees=György Kun (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)

| Q1=1–6

| Q2=1–9

| Q3=3–3

| Q4=1–1

| goals1=Yeremina 3

| goals2=Arancini 5

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date=22 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W11.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|AUS}}

| score1=11

| team2={{wpw|NZL}}

| score2=2

| location=Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron

| attendance=

| referees=Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Agustin Pinski (ARG)

| Q1=3–1

| Q2=4–1

| Q3=3–0

| Q4=1–0

| goals1=Halligan 3

| goals2=McDowall, Nicholson 1

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=22 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W12.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|BRA}}

| score1=6

| team2={{wpw|KAZ}}

| score2=10

| location=Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron

| attendance=

| referees=Radu Matache (ROU), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)

| Q1=2–3

| Q2=2–2

| Q3=1–1

| Q4=1–4

| goals1=Coutinho 2

| goals2=Turova, Yeremina 3

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date=24 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W17.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|BRA}}

| score1=5

| team2={{wpw|AUS}}

| score2=17

| location=Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron

| attendance=

| referees=György Kun (HUN), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN)

| Q1=1–5

| Q2=0–4

| Q3=1–5

| Q4=3–3

| goals1=Belorio 2

| goals2=Halligan 5

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=24 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W18.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|KAZ}}

| score1=11

| team2={{wpw|NZL}}

| score2=15

| location=Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron

| attendance=

| referees=Maro Savinović (CRO), Agustin Pinski (ARG)

| Q1=3–4

| Q2=5–2

| Q3=2–5

| Q4=1–4

| goals1=Muravyeva 3

| goals2=Josephson 4

}}

=Group D=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/WSUMMARY.pdf Sportresult]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=GRE, ESP, FRA, THA

|win_GRE=2 |draw_GRE=1 |loss_GRE=0 |gf_GRE=53|ga_GRE=15

|win_FRA=1 |draw_FRA=0 |loss_FRA=2 |gf_FRA=36|ga_FRA=41

|win_ESP=2 |draw_ESP=1 |loss_ESP=0 |gf_ESP=58|ga_ESP=20

|win_THA=0 |draw_THA=0 |loss_THA=3 |gf_THA=11|ga_THA=82

|hth_ESP=Spain 10–10 Greece

|hth_GRE=ESP

|name_GRE={{wpw|GRE}}

|name_FRA={{wpw|FRA}}

|name_ESP={{wpw|ESP}}

|name_THA={{wpw|THA}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=Q |result3=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Quarterfinals

|col_Q=blue1 |text_Q=Playoffs

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=20 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W07.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|GRE}}

| score1=28

| team2={{wpw|THA}}

| score2=1

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Helene Painchaud (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)

| Q1=7–0

| Q2=9–0

| Q3=5–0

| Q4=7–1

| goals1=Xenaki 5

| goals2=Puangtong 1

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=20 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W08.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|FRA}}

| score1=8

| team2={{wpw|ESP}}

| score2=18

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Levan Berishvili (GEO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)

| Q1=1–4

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=2–5

| Q4=2–6

| goals1=Vernoux 4

| goals2=Forca 5

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date=22 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W13.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|ESP}}

| score1=10

| team2={{wpw|GRE}}

| score2=10

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)

| Q1=2–3

| Q2=4–3

| Q3=2–2

| Q4=2–2

| goals1=Ruiz 4

| goals2=E. Plevritou, V. Plevritou 3

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=22 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W14.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|THA}}

| score1=8

| team2={{wpw|FRA}}

| score2=24

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)

| Q1=2–6

| Q2=2–7

| Q3=0–7

| Q4=4–4

| goals1=Puangtong 4

| goals2=Guillet 6

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date=24 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W19.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|THA}}

| score1=2

| team2={{wpw|ESP}}

| score2=30

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Veselin Mišković (MNE)

| Q1=0–5

| Q2=0–7

| Q3=2–11

| Q4=0–7

| goals1=Puangtong 2

| goals2=Forca 7

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=24 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W20.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|FRA}}

| score1=4

| team2={{wpw|GRE}}

| score2=15

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)

| Q1=1–4

| Q2=1–4

| Q3=1–3

| Q4=1–4

| goals1=Bouloukbachi 2

| goals2=three players 3

}}

Knockout stage

=Bracket=

;Championship bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N16

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|skipmatch=1;3;5;7

|omit_blanks=yes

|RD1=Playoffs

|26 June|{{wpw|NZL}}|9 (4)|{{wpw|FRA}} (PSO)|9 (5)

|26 June|{{wpw|KAZ}}|1|{{wpw|ESP}}|14

|26 June|{{wpw|HUN}}|23|{{wpw|ARG}}|6

|26 June|{{wpw|CAN}}|7|{{wpw|NED}}|10

|28 June|{{wpw|ITA}}|17|{{wpw|FRA}}|7

|28 June|{{wpw|USA}}|13|{{wpw|ESP}}|8

|28 June|{{wpw|AUS}}|6|{{wpw|HUN}}|7

|28 June|{{wpw|GRE}}|7|{{wpw|NED}}|12

|30 June|{{wpw|ITA}}|6|{{wpw|USA}}|14

|30 June|{{wpw|HUN}}|13|{{wpw|NED}}|12

|2 July|{{wpw|USA}}|9|{{wpw|HUN}}|7

|2 July|{{wpw|ITA}}|5|{{wpw|NED}}|7

}}

;5th place bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=5th–8th place semifinals

|RD2=Fifth place game

|Consol=Seventh place game

|30 June|{{wpw|FRA}}|5|{{wpw|ESP}}|18

|30 June|{{wpw|AUS}} (PSO)|12 (4)|{{wpw|GRE}}|12 (2)

|2 July|{{wpw|ESP}}|8|{{wpw|AUS}}|5

|2 July|{{wpw|FRA}}|7|{{wpw|GRE}}|16

}}

;9th place bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=9th–12th place semifinals

|RD2=Ninth place game

|Consol=Eleventh place game

|28 June|{{wpw|ARG}}|7|{{wpw|NZL}}|13

|28 June|{{wpw|KAZ}}|11|{{wpw|CAN}}|19

|30 June|{{wpw|NZL}}|11|{{wpw|CAN}}|20

|30 June|{{wpw|ARG}}|6|{{wpw|KAZ}}|12

}}

;13th place bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=13th–16th place semifinals

|RD2=13th place game

|Consol=15th place game

|26 June|{{flagdeco|Colombia}} Colombia|11|{{wpw|RSA}}|14

|26 June|{{wpw|BRA}}|12|{{wpw|THA}}|9

|28 June|{{wpw|RSA}}|8|{{wpw|BRA}}|7

|28 June|{{flagdeco|Colombia}} Colombia|6|{{wpw|THA}}|10

}}

=Playoffs=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=26 June 2022

| time=14:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W28.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|CAN}}

| score1=7

| team2={{wpw|NED}}

| score2=10

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Raffaele Colombo (ITA), David Gómez (ESP)

| Q1=2–1

| Q2=1–2

| Q3=2–6

| Q4=2–1

| goals1=seven players 1

| goals2=three players 2

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=26 June 2022

| time=15:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W29.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|NZL}}

| score1=13

| team2={{wpw|FRA}}

| score2=14

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)

| Q1=2–1

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=2–3

| Q4=2–2

| PS=4–5

| goals1=McDowall 5

| goals2=Dhalluin 4

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=26 June 2022

| time=17:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W30.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|KAZ}}

| score1=1

| team2={{wpw|ESP}}

| score2=14

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Helene Painchaud (CAN), Harvey Hinds (CUR)

| Q1=0–4

| Q2=1–2

| Q3=0–7

| Q4=0–1

| goals1=Turova 1

| goals2=Ortiz 4

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=26 June 2022

| time=18:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W27.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|HUN}}

| score1=23

| team2={{wpw|ARG}}

| score2=6

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Dion Willis (RSA), Maro Savinović (CRO)

| Q1=4–0

| Q2=7–2

| Q3=6–3

| Q4=6–1

| goals1=Gurisatti 5

| goals2=Leonard 3

}}

=Quarterfinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=28 June 2022

| time=13:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W35.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|ITA}}

| score1=17

| team2={{wpw|FRA}}

| score2=7

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Helene Painchaud (CAN), Maro Savinović (CRO)

| Q1=3–2

| Q2=4–1

| Q3=6–1

| Q4=4–3

| goals1=Giustini 6

| goals2=Guillet 4

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=28 June 2022

| time=16:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W36.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|USA}}

| score1=13

| team2={{wpw|ESP}}

| score2=8

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Frank Ohme (GER)

| Q1=3–3

| Q2=3–2

| Q3=5–3

| Q4=2–0

| goals1=Haralabidis 6

| goals2=Forca, García Godoy 2

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=28 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W38.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|GRE}}

| score1=7

| team2={{wpw|NED}}

| score2=12

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=David Gómez (ESP), Boris Margeta (SLO)

| Q1=1–3

| Q2=2–3

| Q3=3–3

| Q4=1–3

| goals1=Patra, E. Plevritou 2

| goals2=Moolhuijzen 4

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=28 June 2022

| time=21:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W37.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|AUS}}

| score1=6

| team2={{wpw|HUN}}

| score2=7

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Michael Goldenberg (USA), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)

| Q1=3–2

| Q2=0–1

| Q3=0–2

| Q4=3–2

| goals1=Halligan 3

| goals2=Keszthelyi 3

}}

=13–16th place semifinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=26 June 2022

| time=17:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W25.pdf Report]

| team1=Colombia {{flagdeco|Colombia}}

| score1=11

| team2={{wpw|RSA}}

| score2=14

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Pascal Bouchez (FRA)

| Q1=3–4

| Q2=3–5

| Q3=3–3

| Q4=2–2

| goals1=Marín, Vanegas 3

| goals2=MacLeod 4

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=26 June 2022

| time=18:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W26.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|BRA}}

| score1=12

| team2={{wpw|THA}}

| score2=9

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Megan Perry (NZL), Anbar Anbar (KUW)

| Q1=4–1

| Q2=4–1

| Q3=3–3

| Q4=1–4

| goals1=Ferreira 6

| goals2=Puangton, Turon 4

}}

=9–12th place semifinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=28 June 2022

| time=17:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W33.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|ARG}}

| score1=7

| team2={{wpw|NZL}}

| score2=13

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Levan Berishvili (GEO), Radu Matache (ROU)

| Q1=3–3

| Q2=2–4

| Q3=1–4

| Q4=1–2

| goals1=Ruiz 3

| goals2=five players 2

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=28 June 2022

| time=18:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W34.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|CAN}}

| score1=19

| team2={{wpw|KAZ}}

| score2=11

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Ivan Raković (SRB), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)

| Q1=3–2

| Q2=6–3

| Q3=5–3

| Q4=5–3

| goals1=three players 4

| goals2=Yeremina 3

}}

=5–8th place semifinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=30 June 2022

| time=14:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W41.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|FRA}}

| score1=5

| team2={{wpw|ESP}}

| score2=18

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Dion Willis (RSA)

| Q1=1–3

| Q2=2–3

| Q3=1–5

| Q4=1–7

| goals1=five players 1

| goals2=four players 3

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=30 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W42.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|AUS}}

| score1=16

| team2={{wpw|GRE}}

| score2=14

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Raffaele Colombo (ITA), György Kun (HUN)

| Q1=2–2

| Q2=4–2

| Q3=4–4

| Q4=2–4

| PS=4–2

| goals1=Leeson-Smith, Ridge 3

| goals2=Xenaki 4

}}

=Semifinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=30 June 2022

| time=16:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W43.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|ITA}}

| score1=6

| team2={{wpw|USA}}

| score2=14

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Georgios Stavridis (GRE), David Gómez (ESP)

| Q1=0–3

| Q2=2–3

| Q3=1–4

| Q4=3–4

| goals1=Avegno, Bianconi 2

| goals2=five players 2

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=30 June 2022

| time=21:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W44.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|HUN}}

| score1=13

| team2={{wpw|NED}}

| score2=12

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Maro Savinović (CRO), Frank Ohme (GER)

| Q1=2–3

| Q2=4–3

| Q3=5–4

| Q4=2–2

| goals1=Leimeter 4

| goals2=Van de Kraats 5

}}

=15th place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=28 June 2022

| time=14:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W31.pdf Report]

| team1=Colombia {{flagdeco|Colombia}}

| score1=6

| team2={{wpw|THA}}

| score2=10

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Agustin Pinski (ARG)

| Q1=2–2

| Q2=2–1

| Q3=2–2

| Q4=0–5

| goals1=Restrepo 5

| goals2=Puengpongsakul 3

}}

=13th place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=28 June 2022

| time=15:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W32.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|RSA}}

| score1=8

| team2={{wpw|BRA}}

| score2=7

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Megan Perry (NZL), Veselin Mišković (MNE)

| Q1=2–2

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=0–1

| Q4=3–1

| goals1=January 2

| goals2=Coutinho 3

}}

=Eleventh place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=30 June 2022

| time=17:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W39.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|ARG}}

| score1=6

| team2={{wpw|KAZ}}

| score2=12

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Levan Berishvili (GEO), Edgar Baron (COL)

| Q1=2–4

| Q2=1–3

| Q3=1–3

| Q4=2–2

| goals1=Leonard 3

| goals2=Roga 5

}}

=Ninth place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=30 June 2022

| time=18:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W40.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|NZL}}

| score1=11

| team2={{wpw|CAN}}

| score2=20

| location=Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Veselin Mišković (MNE)

| Q1=1–4

| Q2=1–5

| Q3=5–6

| Q4=4–5

| goals1=Houghton 6

| goals2=Lekness 4

}}

=Seventh place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=2 July 2022

| time=13:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W45.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|FRA}}

| score1=7

| team2={{wpw|GRE}}

| score2=16

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Veselin Mišković (MNE), Dion Willis (RSA)

| Q1=2–5

| Q2=1–3

| Q3=2–5

| Q4=2–3

| goals1=Millot 3

| goals2=Myriokefalitaki 5

}}

=Fifth place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=2 July 2022

| time=17:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W46.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|ESP}}

| score1=8

| team2={{wpw|AUS}}

| score2=5

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Helene Painchaud (CAN), Ivan Raković (SRB)

| Q1=2–0

| Q2=1–1

| Q3=3–1

| Q4=2–3

| goals1=three players 2

| goals2=five players 1

}}

=Third place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=2 July 2022

| time=14:30

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W47.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|ITA}}

| score1=5

| team2={{wpw|NED}}

| score2=7

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Maro Savinović (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)

| Q1=2–1

| Q2=2–1

| Q3=0–2

| Q4=1–3

| goals1=Giustini, Marletta 2

| goals2=seven players 1

}}

=Final=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=2 July 2022

| time=20:00

| report=[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/W48.pdf Report]

| team1={{wpw-rt|USA}}

| score1=9

| team2={{wpw|HUN}}

| score2=7

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)

| Q1=2–1

| Q2=2–2

| Q3=3–1

| Q4=2–3

| goals1=Musselman 5

| goals2=Gurisatti 3

}}

Final ranking

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
width=40|Rank{{cite web |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/2902/19th-fina-world-championships-budapest-2022/results?disciplines=WP&event=c81a8a1d-9d8a-4412-acf6-491e9c1f00ab |title=World Aquatics Championships - Budapest 2022-Final Standings|publisher=worldaquatics.com |access-date=2 July 2022 |archive-date=18 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218001654/https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/2902/19th-fina-world-championships-budapest-2022/results?disciplines=WP&event=c81a8a1d-9d8a-4412-acf6-491e9c1f00ab |url-status=live}}

!width=180|Team

{{Gold1}}

|align=left|{{wpw|USA}}

{{Silver2}}

|align=left|{{wpw|HUN}}

{{Bronze3}}

|align=left|{{wpw|NED}}

4

|align=left|{{wpw|ITA}}

5

|align=left|{{wpw|ESP}}

6

|align=left|{{wpw|AUS}}

7

|align=left|{{wpw|GRE}}

8

|align=left|{{wpw|FRA}}

9

|align=left|{{wpw|CAN}}

10

|align=left|{{wpw|NZL}}

11

|align=left|{{wpw|KAZ}}

12

|align=left|{{wpw|ARG}}

13

|align=left|{{wpw|RSA}}

14

|align=left|{{wpw|BRA}}

15

|align=left|{{wpw|THA}}

16

|align=left|{{flagdeco|Colombia}} Colombia

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable" width=80%
align=center

|2022 Women's Water Polo World Champions

Image:Flag of United States.svg
United States
Seventh title

{{col-end}}

Awards and statistics

=Top goalscorers=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

|+

!Rank

!Name

!Goals[https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/WTOPSCORER.pdf Top scorers]

!Shots

!{{abbr|%|Efficiency}}

rowspan=2|1

| align="left"|{{wpwicon|ESP}} Judith Forca

| rowspan=2|21

| 46

| 46

align="left"|{{wpwicon|ESP}} Beatriz Ortiz

| 44

| 48

3

| align="left"|{{wpwicon|USA}} Maddie Musselman

| 20

| 28

| 71

rowspan=3|4

| align="left"|{{wpwicon|HUN}} Rita Keszthelyi

| rowspan=3|18

| 46

| 39

align="left"|{{wpwicon|NED}} Simone van de Kraats

| 35

| 51

align="left"|{{wpwicon|USA}} Stephania Haralabidis

| 27

| 67

rowspan=4|7

| align="left"|{{wpwicon|HUN}} Gréta Gurisatti

| rowspan=4|17

| 38

| 45

align="left"|{{wpwicon|ITA}} Sofia Giustini

| 32

| 53

align="left"|{{wpwicon|NED}} Lola Moolhuijzen

| 30

| 57

align="left"|{{wpwicon|ESP}} Elena Ruiz

| 41

| 41

=Awards=

The awards were announced on 2 July 2022.

class="wikitable"
PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper{{wpwicon|USA}} Ashleigh Johnson
rowspan=6|Field player{{wpwicon|AUS}} Bronte Halligan
{{wpwicon|HUN}} Rita Keszthelyi
{{wpwicon|NED}} Lola Moohuijzen
{{wpwicon|ESP}} Judith Forca
{{wpwicon|ESP}} Beatriz Ortiz
{{wpwicon|USA}} Maddie Musselman
Most Valuable Goalkeeper{{wpwicon|USA}} Ashleigh Johnson
Most Valuable Player in Final{{wpwicon|USA}} Maddie Musselman

References

{{reflist}}