2002 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

2002 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (1st title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Russia
Official website
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The 2002 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the thirteenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Perth, Western Australia from 10 to 15 December 2002.^[1] Participating teams were the eight best teams from the last World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan (2001). The top-five qualified for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.

Teams

GROUP A

GROUP B

Preliminary round

GROUP A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Russia	4	3	2	0	1	24	22	+2
2.	Canada	4	3	2	0	1	21	20	+1
3.	Italy	3	3	1	1	1	25	24	+1
4.	Greece	1	3	0	1	2	17	21	–4

10 December 2002


Russia	9 – 7	Canada
Italy	8 – 8	Greece

11 December 2002


Canada	6 – 4	Greece
Italy	10 – 8	Russia

12 December 2002


Russia	7 – 5	Greece
Canada	8 – 7	Italy

GROUP B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	United States	5	3	2	1	0	24	9	+15
2.	Hungary	5	3	2	1	0	20	12	+8
3.	Australia	2	3	1	0	2	15	21	–6
4.	Kazakhstan	0	3	0	0	3	11	28	–17

10 December 2002


Hungary	5 – 5	United States
Australia	9 – 6	Kazakhstan

11 December 2002


Australia	3 – 7	Hungary
United States	11 – 1	Kazakhstan

12 December 2002


Hungary	8 – 4	Kazakhstan
Australia	3 – 8	United States

Quarterfinals

13 December 2002


Canada	9 – 3	Australia
Hungary	7 – 6	Italy

Semifinals

14 December 2002


Russia	6 – 8	Hungary
United States	6 – 4	Canada

Finals

13 December 2002 – Seventh place


Greece	7 – 1	Kazakhstan

14 December 2002 – Fifth place


Australia	9 – 10	Italy

15 December 2002 – Bronze Medal


Canada	6 – 5	Russia

15 December 2002 – Gold Medal


Hungary	8 – 7	United States

Final ranking

RANK^[1]	TEAM
	Hungary
	United States
	Canada
4.	Russia
5.	Italy
6.	Australia
7.	Greece
8.	Kazakhstan

2002 Women's FINA World Cup winners
Hungary First title

The top-five qualified for the 2003 World Water Polo Championship in Barcelona, Spain.

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player
- ???
Best Goalkeeper
- ???
Top Scorer
- ???

References

^ ^a ^b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 67. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

(in Hungarian) Results
(in English) Sports123

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 67. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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