Water polo at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

The 2001 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championships was the fifth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from July 18 to July 27, and incorporated in the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, held in Fukuoka, Japan. The draw for the water polo tournament took place on April 16, 2001 in Fukuoka.

Australia were ranked number one in the world prior to the start of the competition at the Nishi Civic Pool.

Contents

Teams

GROUP A
GROUP B

Squads

Preliminary round

GROUP A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  United States 9 5 4 1 0 50 16 +34
2.  Russia 8 5 4 0 1 55 17 +38
3.  Italy 7 5 3 1 1 58 35 +22
4.  Kazakhstan 4 5 2 0 3 30 39 –9
5.  Brazil 2 5 1 0 4 22 51 –29
6.  New Zealand 0 5 0 0 5 16 73 –57

GROUP B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 10 5 5 0 0 35 19 +16
2.  Australia 6 5 3 0 2 32 22 +10
3.  Canada 6 5 3 0 2 28 23 +5
4.  Greece 6 5 3 0 2 28 27 +1
5.  Netherlands 2 5 1 0 4 21 34 –13
6.  Japan 0 5 0 0 5 19 38 –19

Final round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
July 25Fukuoka        
  United States  10
July 26Fukuoka
  Greece  3  
  United States  6
July 25Fukuoka
    Italy  8  
  Italy  4
July 27Fukuoka
  Australia  1  
  Italy  7
July 25Fukuoka
    Hungary  3
  Russia  8
July 26Fukuoka
  Canada  9  
  Canada  3 Third place
July 25Fukuoka
    Hungary  4  
  Kazakhstan  5   United States  5
  Hungary  12     Canada  6
July 27Fukuoka

Final Ranking

RANK TEAM
 Italy
 Hungary
 Canada
4.  United States
5.  Australia
6.  Russia
7.  Greece
8.  Kazakhstan
9.  Netherlands
10.  Brazil
11.  Japan
12.  New Zealand
 2001 FINA Women's World Champion 

Italy
Second title

Individual Awards

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Medalists

References