The 2017 FINA Women's Water Polo World League is the 14th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2016 and June 2017 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 06 to 11 June 2017.[1][2]
| 2017 FINA Women's Water Polo World League | |
|---|---|
| League | FINA Water Polo World League |
| Sport | Water Polo |
| Duration | 22 November 2016 to 11 June 2017 |
| Super Final | |
| Finals champions |  United States (11th title) |
| Runners-up |  Canada |
In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:
- Match won in normal time - 3 points
- Match won in shootout - 2 points
- Match lost in shootout - 1 point
- Match lost in normal time - 0 points
Europe
editPreliminary round
editThe European preliminary round consisted of two groups of three teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualifies for the Super Final. A third place is taken by the best scoring second-placed team.[3]
Group A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Russia
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4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 7 | Super Final | — | 10–10(3–5 PSO) | 20–11 | |
| 2 | Netherlands
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4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 7 | 12–15 | — | 10–9 | ||
| 3 | Greece
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4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 4 | 8–7 | 4–4(1–3 PSO) | — |
Source: FINA
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Hungary
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 11 | Super Final | — | 10–10(3–1 PSO) | 15–4 | |
| 2 | Italy
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4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 7 | 10–12 | — | 14–4 | ||
| 3 | France
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 61 | −42 | 0 | 6–16 | 5–16 | — |
Source: FINA
Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament
editMay 2–7, 2017 Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis, United States[4]
Group stage
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States (H)
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 14 | Super Final | — | — | — | — | 12–7 | — | |
| 2 | Australia
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 13 | 5–5(2–4 PSO) | — | — | 9–5 | 13–6 | |||
| 3 | Japan
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5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 9 | 6–10 | 3–8 | — | 13–8 | — | — | ||
| 4 | Canada
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5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 6 | 5–6 | 7–10 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Kazakhstan
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5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 3 | — | — | 4–15 | 3–8 | — | 9–7 | ||
| 6 | China
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 0 | Host Super Final | 5–10 | — | 6–11 | 9–12 | — | — |
Final stage
edit5th Place
edit| 7 May 2017 9:30 |
Kazakhstan
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14–7 | China
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Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis, United States Referees: Andrew Carney (AUS), Haz Ortega (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 5–2, 4–2 | ||||
| Mirshina 3 | Goals | three players 2 | ||
3rd Place
edit| 7 May 2017 11:00 |
Japan
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2–5 | Canada
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Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis, United States Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA), Victor Salnicenko (KAZ) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–0, 0–1, 0–2 | ||||
| Arima, Noro 1 | Goals | Lemay 3 | ||
Final
edit| 7 May 2017 12:30 |
United States
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7–10 | Australia
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Schaal Aquatics Center, Davis, United States Referees: Martin Murray (CAN), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |
| Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 1–3, 4–4 | ||||
| three players 2 | Goals | Armit 4 | ||
Super Final
editJune 6–11, 2017, Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China
In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage.[5]
Qualified teams
edit| Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania |
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| — | Canada United States
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China (Host) Japan
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Hungary Netherlands Russia
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Australia
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Group A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Russia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 5 | |
| 3 | Netherlands
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3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 4 | |
| 4 | Japan
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 54 | −33 | 0 |
Source: FINA
| 6 June 2017 16:20 |
Russia
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18–9 | Japan
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Liang Zhang (CHN), Marcela Mauss (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–2, 3–3, 5–3 | ||||
| Simanovich 5 | Goals | Inaba 3 | ||
| 6 June 2017 17:40 |
United States
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6–4 | Netherlands
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN) |
| Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–2, 2–2, 0–0 | ||||
| K. Neushul 3 | Goals | D. Genee 2 | ||
| 7 June 2017 15:00 |
United States
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17–4 | Japan
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–1, 6–1, 4–1 | ||||
| Williams 3 | Goals | four players 4 | ||
| 7 June 2017 16:20 |
Russia
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10–10 | Netherlands
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Rajmund Fodor (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–5, 2–1, 3–0 PSO: 4–2 | ||||
| Prokofyeva, Tolkunova 3 | Goals | three players 3 | ||
| 8 June 2017 16:20 |
Russia
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12–13 | United States
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–6, 2–1, 2–2 | ||||
| Gorbunova 3 | Goals | K. Neushul, M. Fischer 3 | ||
| 8 June 2017 17:40 |
Japan
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8–19 | Netherlands
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Liang Zhang (CHN) |
| Score by quarters: 3–5, 0–7, 3–3, 2–4 | ||||
| Arima 4 | Goals | S. van der Sloot 5 | ||
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Hungary
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 7 | |
| 3 | China (H)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 3 | |
| 4 | Australia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 0 |
| 6 June 2017 15:00 |
Hungary
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9–9 | Canada
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Martina Kunikova (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 3–2, 2–2 PSO: 1–2 | ||||
| Szilágyi 4 | Goals | E. Wright, Christmas 3 | ||
| 6 June 2017 19:30 |
Australia
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10–14 | China
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |
| Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–3, 3–3, 3–4 | ||||
| Armit, Webster 4 | Goals | Zhao 4 | ||
| 7 June 2017 17:40 |
Australia
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4–8 | Canada
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–2, 0–2, 1–2 | ||||
| Webster 2 | Goals | Eggens, Békhazi 2 | ||
| 7 June 2017 19:00 |
Hungary
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16–6 | China
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Amber Drury (USA), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–0, 4–2, 4–2 | ||||
| Szilágyi 6 | Goals | Guo 3 | ||
| 8 June 2017 15:00 |
Hungary
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8–3 | Australia
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Martina Kunikova (SVK), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 0–2, 2–0 | ||||
| three players 2 | Goals | three players 1 | ||
| 8 June 2017 19:00 |
Canada
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10–7 | China
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Amber Drury (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–4, 1–1, 4–2 | ||||
| E. Wright 3 | Goals | Niu, Zhang C. 2 | ||
Knockout stage
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 09 June 2017 | ||||||||||
| Russia | 16 | |||||||||
| 10 June 2017 | ||||||||||
| China | 8 | |||||||||
| Russia | 10 | |||||||||
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| Canada | 11 | |||||||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||||||
| 11 June 2017 | ||||||||||
| Canada | 9 | |||||||||
| Canada | 6 | |||||||||
| 09 June 2017 | ||||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 7 | |||||||||
| 10 June 2017 | ||||||||||
| Hungary | 8 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 4 | |||||||||
| 09 June 2017 | ||||||||||
| United States | 8 | Third place | ||||||||
| United States | 13 | |||||||||
| 11 June 2017 | ||||||||||
| Australia | 4 | |||||||||
| Russia | 9 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 7 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
edit| 9 June 2017 15:00 |
Netherlands
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7–8 | Hungary
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Amber Drury (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–1, 1–2, 3–2 | ||||
| Klaassen 3 | Goals | Bujka 2 | ||
| 9 June 2017 16:20 |
United States
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13–4 | Australia
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Martina Kunikova (SVK), Rajmund Fodor (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–2, 3–1, 2–0 | ||||
| K. Neushul 4 | Goals | Halligan 2 | ||
| 9 June 2017 17:40 |
Japan
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5–9 | Canada
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–4, 0–2, 0–2 | ||||
| Arima 2 | Goals | McKelvey 4 | ||
| 9 June 2017 19:00 |
Russia
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16–8 | China
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Nicola Johnson (AUS) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–0, 5–3, 2–3 | ||||
| Karimova, Gorbunova 3 | Goals | Xiao 4 | ||
Semifinals
edit| 10 June 2017 17:40 |
Russia
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10–11 | Canada
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Martina Kunikova (SVK), Nicola Johnson (AUS) |
| Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–1, 2–3, 0–4 | ||||
| Gorbunova 3 | Goals | McKelvey 3 | ||
| 10 June 2017 19:00 |
Hungary
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4–8 | United States
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Liang Zhang (CHN) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–4, 0–2, 3–0 | ||||
| Keszthelyi 2 | Goals | Musselman 3 | ||
Bronze medal match
edit| 11 June 2017 17:10 |
 Russia
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9–7 | Hungary
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Diana Dutilh (NED), Marcela Mauss (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 2–0, 3–4 | ||||
| Karimova 3 | Goals | Bujka 4 | ||
Final
edit| 11 June 2017 18:30 |
 Canada
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6–12 | United States 
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–4, 2–3, 0–3 | ||||
| E. Wright, McKelvey 2 | Goals | five players 2 | ||
- 5th–8th Places
| Semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
| 10 June 2017 | ||||||
| China | 12 | |||||
| 11 June 2017 | ||||||
| Japan | 11 | |||||
| China | 4 | |||||
| 10 June 2017 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 14 | |||||
| Netherlands | 9 | |||||
| Australia | 5 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 11 June 2017 | ||||||
| Japan | 8 | |||||
| Australia | 10 | |||||
5th–8th Places Semifinals
edit| 10 June 2017 15:00 |
Netherlands
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9–5 | Australia
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 2–1, 3–2 | ||||
| van der Graaf 2 | Goals | Ridge, Halligan 2 | ||
| 10 June 2017 16:20 |
China
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12–11 | Japan
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 4–3, 4–2 | ||||
| Xiong 5 | Goals | Arima 3 | ||
7th Place match
edit| 11 June 2017 14:30 |
Japan
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8–10 | Australia
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Liang Zhang (CHN), Rajmund Fodor (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–2, 2–1, 1–2 | ||||
| Inaba 4 | Goals | Webster 5 | ||
5th Place match
edit| 11 June 2017 16:00 |
China
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4–14 | Netherlands
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Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China Referees: Amber Drury (USA), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |
| Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–2, 0–4, 1–4 | ||||
| Mei, Zhao 2 | Goals | Smit, Megens 3 | ||
Final ranking
edit
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Gabby Stone, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Mary Brooks, Maggie Steffens (C), Jordan Raney, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Jamie Neushul, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Mia Rycraw. Head coach: Adam Krikorian. |
Individual awards
edit- Most Valuable Player
Makenzie Fischer (USA)
- Best Goalkeeper
Jessica Gaudreault (CAN)
- Top Scorer
Catharina van der Sloot (NED) — 15 goals
- Media All Star Team
- Jessica Gaudreault (CAN)
Yumi Arima (JPN)- Makenzie Fischer (USA)
Elvina Karimova (RUS)- Hayley McKelvey (CAN)
- Kiley Neushul (USA)
- Catharina van der Sloot (NED)
References
edit- ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ FINA Women's Water Polo World League 2017 fina.org
- ^ Women European Preliminaries 2017 fina.org
- ^ Women Intercontinental Tournament 2017 fina.org
- ^ Women Super Final 2017 fina.org
- ^ “Hungary stuns Netherlands as Super Final semifinalists found“ fina.org June 9, 2017.
- ^ a b “USA to defend Super Final title against neighbour Canada“ fina.org June 10, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f “USA beats Canada to retain FINA World League crown“ fina.org June 11, 2017.