# Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

The women's water polo tournament at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain from 21 July to 2 August 2013.
Spain defeated Australia 8–6 in the final match to capture their first world championship title.

## Qualification

16 teams qualified for the world championships in 2013 as follows:
* The host nation
* The best 2 teams in the 2012 World League not already qualified as the host nation
* The best 4 teams in the 2012 Olympics not already qualified as the host nation or from the World League
* The best 3 teams in the 2012 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
* The best 2 teams in the 2013 Americas Qualification Tournament not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
* The best 2 teams from Asia (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
* The best team from Africa (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
* The best team from Oceania (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
* If no team enters from a continent or if a team qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics does not enter, then each vacancy shall be filled by the next highest placed team(s) from the continental qualification tournament with the following rotation: Americas, Europe, Host Continent, Asia, Oceania and Africa.
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | – | – | 1 | Spain |
| 2012 World League Finals | 29 May-3 June 2012 | Changshu | 2 | United States Australia |
| 2012 Olympics | 30 July–11 August 2012 | London | 4 | Hungary China Russia Italy |
| 2012 European Championships | 18–28 January 2012 | Eindhoven | 3 | Greece Netherlands Great Britain |
| 2013 Americas Qualification Tournament | January 2013 | Calgary | 2 | Canada Brazil |
| Asia | | | 2 | Kazakhstan Uzbekistan |
| Africa | | | 1 | South Africa |
| Oceania | | | 1 | New Zealand |
| TOTAL | | | 16 | |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 5 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 72 | −59 | 0 |
| 21 July 2013 09:30 | Match 1 | Russia | 22–6 | Uzbekistan | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 225 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Makita (JPN) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 225 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Makita (JPN) |||
| 21 July 2013 09:30 | Match 1 | Prokofyeva 6 | Goals | three players 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 225 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Makita (JPN) |
| 21 July 2013 21:30 | Match 8 | Spain | 14–12 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER) |||
| 21 July 2013 21:30 | Match 8 | Espar, Peña 3 | Goals | Smit 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER) |
| 23 July 2013 20:10 | Match 15 | Uzbekistan | 3–30 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Makita (JPN), Moller (ARG) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Makita (JPN), Moller (ARG) |||
| 23 July 2013 20:10 | Match 15 | three players 1 | Goals | Klaassen 6 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Makita (JPN), Moller (ARG) |
| 23 July 2013 21:30 | Match 16 | Spain | 6–7 | Russia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Drury (USA), Flahive (AUS) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Drury (USA), Flahive (AUS) |||
| 23 July 2013 21:30 | Match 16 | López 3 | Goals | Prokofyeva 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Drury (USA), Flahive (AUS) |
| 25 July 2013 17:30 | Match 21 | Russia | 12–12 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Stavridis (GRE) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 25 July 2013 17:30 | Match 21 | Beliaeva, Ivanova 3 | Goals | Klaassen 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Stavridis (GRE) |
| 25 July 2013 21:30 | Match 24 | Spain | 20–4 | Uzbekistan | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 800 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Drury (USA) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 800 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Drury (USA) |||
| 25 July 2013 21:30 | Match 24 | Blas 6 | Goals | Plyusova, Halikova 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 800 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Drury (USA) |

### Group B

All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 10 | +35 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 2 |
| South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 46 | −36 | 0 |
| 21 July 2013 10:50 | Match 2 | Australia | 15–4 | New Zealand | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 320 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Cardenuto (BRA) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 320 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Cardenuto (BRA) |||
| 21 July 2013 10:50 | Match 2 | Webster 4 | Goals | Mason 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 320 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Cardenuto (BRA) |
| 21 July 2013 12:10 | Match 3 | China | 17–2 | South Africa | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 150 Referees: Drury, Littlejohn (GBR) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 150 Referees: Drury, Littlejohn (GBR) |||
| 21 July 2013 12:10 | Match 3 | Ma Huanhuan 5 | Goals | L. Keet, M. Keet 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 150 Referees: Drury, Littlejohn (GBR) |
| 23 July 2013 09:30 | Match 9 | South Africa | 7–13 | New Zealand | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Abramović (MNE) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Abramović (MNE) |||
| 23 July 2013 09:30 | Match 9 | White 3 | Goals | Hudson, Myles 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Abramović (MNE) |
| 23 July 2013 10:50 | Match 10 | Australia | 14–5 | China | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER) |||
| 23 July 2013 10:50 | Match 10 | McGhie 3 | Goals | Liu Ping 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER) |
| 25 July 2013 18:50 | Match 22 | Australia | 16–1 | South Africa | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Makita (JPN), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Makita (JPN), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |||
| 25 July 2013 18:50 | Match 22 | Lincoln-Smith, Webster 3 | Goals | White 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Makita (JPN), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| 25 July 2013 20:10 | Match 23 | China | 13–5 | New Zealand | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Cardenuto (BRA), Littlejohn (GBR) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Cardenuto (BRA), Littlejohn (GBR) |||
| 25 July 2013 20:10 | Match 23 | Sun Yujun, Song Donglun 3 | Goals | Myles 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Cardenuto (BRA), Littlejohn (GBR) |

### Group C

All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 3 |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 3 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 0 |
| 21 July 2013 13:30 | Match 4 | United States | 12–8 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 360 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Koryzna (POL) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 360 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Koryzna (POL) |||
| 21 July 2013 13:30 | Match 4 | Steffens 3 | Goals | Tsoukala, Roumpesi 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 360 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Koryzna (POL) |
| 21 July 2013 17:30 | Match 5 | Canada | 14–9 | Great Britain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Flahive (AUS), Moller (ARG) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Flahive (AUS), Moller (ARG) |||
| 21 July 2013 17:30 | Match 5 | Alogbo 4 | Goals | Gibson-Byrne 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Flahive (AUS), Moller (ARG) |
| 23 July 2013 12:10 | Match 11 | Great Britain | 7–13 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 255 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Skovpina (UZB) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 255 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Skovpina (UZB) |||
| 23 July 2013 12:10 | Match 11 | Gibson-Byrne, Gibson 2 | Goals | Asimaki 5 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 255 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Skovpina (UZB) |
| 23 July 2013 13:30 | Match 12 | United States | 10–8 | Canada | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Williams (NZL) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Williams (NZL) |||
| 23 July 2013 13:30 | Match 12 | Silver, Seidemann 2 | Goals | Perreault 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Williams (NZL) |
| 25 July 2013 09:30 | Match 17 | United States | 16–4 | Great Britain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Melliar (RSA), Flahive (AUS) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Melliar (RSA), Flahive (AUS) |||
| 25 July 2013 09:30 | Match 17 | Clark 3 | Goals | Gibson-Byrne 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Melliar (RSA), Flahive (AUS) |
| 25 July 2013 10:50 | Match 18 | Canada | 8–8 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 650 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Peris (CRO) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 650 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Peris (CRO) |||
| 25 July 2013 10:50 | Match 18 | Eggens 4 | Goals | Tsoukala, Asimaki 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 650 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Peris (CRO) |

### Group D

All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 17 | +31 | 6 |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 2 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 42 | −26 | 0 |
| 21 July 2013 18:50 | Match 6 | Hungary | 20–6 | Brazil | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Reemnet (NED) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Reemnet (NED) |||
| 21 July 2013 18:50 | Match 6 | Keszthelyi 5 | Goals | Zablith, Chiappini 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Reemnet (NED) |
| 21 July 2013 20:10 | Match 7 | Italy | 9–7 | Kazakhstan | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 600 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Ni (CHN) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 600 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Ni (CHN) |||
| 21 July 2013 20:10 | Match 7 | Di Mario 3 | Goals | Akilbayeva, Gritsenko 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 600 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Ni (CHN) |
| 23 July 2013 17:30 | Match 13 | Kazakhstan | 9–5 | Brazil | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 410 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Golijanin (SRB) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 410 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Golijanin (SRB) |||
| 23 July 2013 17:30 | Match 13 | Jakayeva, Gritsenko 2 | Goals | Chiappini 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 410 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Golijanin (SRB) |
| 23 July 2013 18:50 | Match 14 | Hungary | 10–4 | Italy | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO) |||
| 23 July 2013 18:50 | Match 14 | Keszthelyi, Bujka 4 | Goals | four players 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO) |
| 25 July 2013 12:10 | Match 19 | Hungary | 18–7 | Kazakhstan | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Williams (NZL), Bender (GER) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Williams (NZL), Bender (GER) |||
| 25 July 2013 12:10 | Match 19 | Bujka 3 | Goals | Jakayeva 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Williams (NZL), Bender (GER) |
| 25 July 2013 13:30 | Match 20 | Italy | 13–5 | Brazil | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Skovpina (UZB), Koganov (AZE) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Skovpina (UZB), Koganov (AZE) |||
| 25 July 2013 13:30 | Match 20 | three players 3 | Goals | Zablith 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Skovpina (UZB), Koganov (AZE) |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 27 July | 27 July | | | | | | |
| Russia | 22 | | | | | | |
| Russia | 22 | 29 July | 29 July | | | | | |
| South Africa | 3 | 29 July | 29 July | | | | |
| South Africa | 3 | Russia | 17 | | | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | | Russia | 17 | | | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | Canada | 9 | | | | |
| Canada | 14 | Canada | 9 | | | | |
| Canada | 14 | | | | 31 July | 31 July | | |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | | | | 31 July | 31 July | |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | | | | Russia | 6 | |
| 27 July | 27 July | | | | | Russia | 6 | |
| 27 July | 27 July | | | | Australia | 9 | |
| Australia | 25 | | | | Australia | 9 | |
| Australia | 25 | 29 July | 29 July | | | | | |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 29 July | 29 July | | | | |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | Australia | 9 | | | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | | Australia | 9 | | | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | Greece | 5 | | | | |
| Italy | 12 | Greece | 5 | | | | |
| Italy | 12 | | | | | | | 2 August | 2 August |
| Greece | 13 | | | | | | | 2 August | 2 August |
| Greece | 13 | | | | | | | Australia | 6 |
| 27 July | 27 July | | | | | | | | Australia | 6 |
| 27 July | 27 July | | | | | | | Spain | 8 |
| United States | 14 | | | | | | | Spain | 8 |
| United States | 14 | 29 July | 29 July | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 3 | 29 July | 29 July | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 3 | United States | 6 | | | | | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | | United States | 6 | | | | | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | Spain | 9 | | | | | | |
| Spain | 18 | Spain | 9 | | | | | | |
| Spain | 18 | | | | 31 July | 31 July | | | | |
| New Zealand | 6 | | | | 31 July | 31 July | | | |
| New Zealand | 6 | | | | Spain | 13 | | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | | | | | Spain | 13 | | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | | | | Hungary | 12 | | Third place | Third place |
| Hungary | 14 | | | | Hungary | 12 | | Third place | Third place |
| Hungary | 14 | 29 July | 29 July | | | | | 2 August | 2 August |
| Great Britain | 5 | 29 July | 29 July | | | | | 2 August | 2 August |
| Great Britain | 5 | Hungary | 11 | | | | | Russia | 8 |
| 27 July | 27 July | | Hungary | 11 | | | | | Russia | 8 |
| 27 July | 27 July | Netherlands | 7 | | | | | Hungary | 10 |
| China | 10 | Netherlands | 7 | | | | | Hungary | 10 |
| Netherlands | 11 | | | | | | | | |

### 5th place bracket

| 5–8th place classification | 5–8th place classification | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 31 July | 31 July |
| Canada | 8 |
| Canada | 8 | 2 August | 2 August |
| Greece | 12 | 2 August | 2 August |
| Greece | 12 | Greece | 12 |
| 31 July | 31 July | | Greece | 12 |
| 31 July | 31 July | United States | 15 |
| United States | 12 | United States | 15 |
| Netherlands | 11 | | |
| Netherlands | 11 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 2 August | 2 August |
| | | Canada | 9 |
| | | Netherlands | 12 |

### Quarterfinals qualification

All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 27 July 2013 09:30 | Match 25 | Russia | 22–3 | South Africa | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Ni (CHN), Vogel (HUN) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Ni (CHN), Vogel (HUN) |||
| 27 July 2013 09:30 | Match 25 | Beliaeva 5 | Goals | three players 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Ni (CHN), Vogel (HUN) |
| 27 July 2013 10:50 | Match 27 | Australia | 25–2 | Uzbekistan | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Moller (ARG), Littlejohn (GBR) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Moller (ARG), Littlejohn (GBR) |||
| 27 July 2013 10:50 | Match 27 | Buckling 6 | Goals | Sarancha 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Moller (ARG), Littlejohn (GBR) |
| 27 July 2013 12:10 | Match 28 | China | 10–11 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Bender (GER), Flahive (AUS) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Bender (GER), Flahive (AUS) |||
| 27 July 2013 12:10 | Match 28 | Ma Huanhuan 4 | Goals | Smit, Klaassen 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Bender (GER), Flahive (AUS) |
| 27 July 2013 13:30 | Match 26 | Spain | 18–6 | New Zealand | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 450 Referees: Melliar (RSA), Golijanin (SRB) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 450 Referees: Melliar (RSA), Golijanin (SRB) |||
| 27 July 2013 13:30 | Match 26 | Pareja 5 | Goals | Hudson, Myles 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 450 Referees: Melliar (RSA), Golijanin (SRB) |
| 27 July 2013 17:30 | Match 29 | United States | 14–3 | Brazil | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Makita (JPN), Skovpina (UZB) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Makita (JPN), Skovpina (UZB) |||
| 27 July 2013 17:30 | Match 29 | five players 2 | Goals | three players 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Makita (JPN), Skovpina (UZB) |
| 27 July 2013 18:50 | Match 30 | Canada | 14–8 | Kazakhstan | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Williams (NZL), Taylan (TUR) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Williams (NZL), Taylan (TUR) |||
| 27 July 2013 18:50 | Match 30 | Eggens 4 | Goals | Shepelina, Gritsenko 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Williams (NZL), Taylan (TUR) |
| 27 July 2013 20:10 | Match 31 | Hungary | 14–5 | Great Britain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 450 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Drury (USA) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 450 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Drury (USA) |||
| 27 July 2013 20:10 | Match 31 | Bujka 5 | Goals | Nixon 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 450 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Drury (USA) |
| 27 July 2013 21:30 | Match 32 | Italy | 12–13 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Borrell (ESP) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Borrell (ESP) |||
| 27 July 2013 21:30 | Match 32 | Bianconi 3 | Goals | Manolioudaki 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Borrell (ESP) |

### Quarterfinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 29 July 2013 15:30 | Match 33 | Russia | 17–9 | Canada | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 560 Referees: Bender (GER), Peris (CRO) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 560 Referees: Bender (GER), Peris (CRO) |||
| 29 July 2013 15:30 | Match 33 | Prokofyeva, Ivanova 4 | Goals | Békhazi 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 560 Referees: Bender (GER), Peris (CRO) |
| 29 July 2013 17:00 | Match 34 | Australia | 9–5 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Alexandrescu (ROU) |||
| 29 July 2013 17:00 | Match 34 | four players 2 | Goals | Avramidou, Roumpesi 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| 29 July 2013 20:15 | Match 36 | Netherlands | 7–11 | Hungary | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Moller (ARG), Taylan (TUR) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Moller (ARG), Taylan (TUR) |||
| 29 July 2013 20:15 | Match 36 | Klaassen 2 | Goals | Keszthelyi 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Moller (ARG), Taylan (TUR) |
| 29 July 2013 21:45 | Match 35 | Spain | 9–6 | United States | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Bianchi (ITA) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Bianchi (ITA) |||
| 29 July 2013 21:45 | Match 35 | Pareja 4 | Goals | Craig 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Bianchi (ITA) |

### 5th–8th place classification

All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 31 July 2013 15:30 | Match 37 | Canada | 8–12 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Moller (ARG), Taylan (TUR) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Moller (ARG), Taylan (TUR) |||
| 31 July 2013 15:30 | Match 37 | Wright, Eggens 2 | Goals | Tsoukala 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Moller (ARG), Taylan (TUR) |
| 31 July 2013 17:00 | Match 38 | United States | 12–11 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Peris (CRO), Flahive (AUS) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Peris (CRO), Flahive (AUS) |||
| 31 July 2013 17:00 | Match 38 | five players 2 | Goals | Klaassen 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Peris (CRO), Flahive (AUS) |

### Semifinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 31 July 2013 20:15 | Match 39 | Russia | 6–9 | Australia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bianchi (ITA) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bianchi (ITA) |||
| 31 July 2013 20:15 | Match 39 | Ivanova 2 | Goals | Zagame 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bianchi (ITA) |
| 31 July 2013 21:45 | Match 40 | Spain | 13–12 | Hungary | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Drury (USA), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Drury (USA), Alexandrescu (ROU) |||
| 31 July 2013 21:45 | Match 40 | Espar 4 | Goals | Antal 4 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Drury (USA), Alexandrescu (ROU) |

### 7th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 2 August 2013 15:00 | Match 41 | Canada | 9–12 | Netherlands | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Naumov (RUS) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Naumov (RUS) |||
| 2 August 2013 15:00 | Match 41 | Valin 4 | Goals | Smit, Klaassen 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Naumov (RUS) |

### 5th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 2 August 2013 20:45 | Match 42 | Greece | 12–15 | United States | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,400 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Taylan (TUR) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,400 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Taylan (TUR) |||
| 2 August 2013 20:45 | Match 42 | Avramidou 4 | Goals | Mathewson 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,400 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Taylan (TUR) |

### Bronze medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 2 August 2013 16:30 | Match 43 | Russia | 8–10 | Hungary | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Amber Drury (USA), Mario Bianchi (ITA) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Amber Drury (USA), Mario Bianchi (ITA) |||
| 2 August 2013 16:30 | Match 43 | A. Antonova 3 Belova, Beliaeva 2 Tankeeva 1 | Goals | Keszthelyi, Tóth 3 Szűcs 2 Takács, Menczinger 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Amber Drury (USA), Mario Bianchi (ITA) |

### Gold medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).
| 2 August 2013 22:15 | Match 44 | Australia | 6–8 | Spain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Radoslaw Koryzna (POL), Axel Bender (GER) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Radoslaw Koryzna (POL), Axel Bender (GER) |||
| 2 August 2013 22:15 | Match 44 | Lincoln-Smith, Bishop, Webster, McGhie, Arancini, Southern 1 | Goals | Pareja, García, López 2 Tarragó, Blas 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Radoslaw Koryzna (POL), Axel Bender (GER) |

## Ranking and statistics
### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Spain |
| | Australia |
| | Hungary |
| 4 | Russia |
| 5 | United States |
| 6 | Greece |
| 7 | Netherlands |
| 8 | Canada |
| 9 | China |
| 10 | Italy |
| 11 | Kazakhstan |
| 12 | New Zealand |
| 13 | Great Britain |
| 14 | Brazil |
| 15 | South Africa |
| 16 | Uzbekistan |
* 2013 Women's Water Polo World champions
* Spain First title

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Goals | Shots | % |
| 1 | Lieke Klaassen | 25 | 42 | 59 |
| 2 | Rita Keszthelyi | 21 | 41 | 51 |
| 3 | Ekaterina Prokofyeva | 19 | 42 | 45 |
| 4 | Barbara Bujka | 18 | 32 | 56 |
| 5 | Olga Beliaeva | 17 | 28 | 61 |
| 6 | Jennifer Pareja | 16 | 36 | 44 |
| 6 | Yasemin Smit | 16 | 38 | 42 |
| 6 | Christina Tsoukala | 16 | 46 | 35 |
Source: SportResult Archived 2019-06-01 at the Wayback Machine

### Awards
#### Most Valuable Player

* Jennifer Pareja

#### Best Goalscorer

* Lieke Klaassen – 25 goals

#### Best Goalkeeper

* Laura Ester

#### Media All-Star Team

* Laura Ester – Goalkeeper
* Barbara Bujka – Centre forward
* Rita Keszthelyi
* Lieke Klaassen
* Jennifer Pareja
* Ekaterina Prokofyeva
* Rowena Webster