# 2024 World Aquatics Women's U18 Water Polo Championships

The 2024 World Aquatics Women's U18 Water Polo Championships was the 6th edition of the women's U18 Water Polo Championship. The tournament was played in Chengdu, China, from 15 to 22 September 2024. The United States were the defending champions. Spain became the world champions for the second time.

## Format

The 16 teams were divided into two divisions. The top eight teams made Division 1 and the other eight teams Division 2. Both divisions were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams from each group of Division 1 advanced directly to the quarterfinals, while the other two teams from each group played against one of the top two sides from each group in Division 2 in the crossover round. Starting with quarterfinals onward, the regular knock-out system was used.

## Group stage

All times are local (China Standard Time – UTC+8).

### Division 1
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 3 | Crossovers |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 0 | Crossovers |
| 16 September 2024 10:00 | Report | Spain | 12–10 | Italy | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 16 September 2024 11:30 | Report | Greece | 13–6 | Netherlands | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 17 September 2024 13:30 | Report | Netherlands | 8–11 | Italy | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 17 September 2024 16:00 | Report | Greece | 14–15 | Spain | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 18 September 2024 13:30 | Report | Italy | 4–11 | Greece | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 18 September 2024 16:00 | Report | Netherlands | 5–13 | Spain | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 3 | Crossovers |
| 4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 0 | Crossovers |
| 16 September 2024 13:00 | Report | New Zealand | 12–15 | Australia | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 16 September 2024 14:30 | Report | Hungary | 12–13 | United States | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 17 September 2024 17:30 | Report | United States | 16–12 | Australia | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 17 September 2024 20:30 | Report | Hungary | 17–4 | New Zealand | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 18 September 2024 17:30 | Report | Australia | 8–18 | Hungary | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 18 September 2024 20:30 | Report | United States | 12–6 | New Zealand | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

### Division 2
#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 23 | +41 | 9 | Crossovers |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 6 | Crossovers |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 3 | 13th–16th place classification |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 58 | −36 | 0 | 13th–16th place classification |
| 15 September 2024 9:30 | Report | Thailand | 11–21 | Canada | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 15 September 2024 11:00 | Report | Croatia | 26–4 | South Africa | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 17 September 2024 9:00 | Report | Croatia | 18–7 | Thailand | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 17 September 2024 10:30 | Report | Canada | 18–7 | South Africa | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 18 September 2024 9:00 | Report | South Africa | 11–14 | Thailand | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 18 September 2024 10:30 | Report | Canada | 12–20 | Croatia | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 9 | Crossovers |
| 2 | Israel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 6 | Crossovers |
| 3 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 3 | 13th–16th place classification |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 54 | −34 | 0 | 13th–16th place classification |
| 15 September 2024 12:30 | Report | Turkey | 8–13 | Israel | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 15 September 2024 14:30 | Report | China | 22–4 | Mexico | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 17 September 2024 12:00 | Report | Mexico | 7–16 | Israel | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 17 September 2024 19:00 | Report | Turkey | 10–16 | China | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 18 September 2024 12:00 | Report | Mexico | 9–16 | Turkey | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 18 September 2024 19:00 | Report | Israel | 10–11 | China | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

## 13th–16th place classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 8 |
| 14 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 6 |
| 15 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 4 |
| 16 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 0 |
| 19 September 2024 13:00 | Report | Thailand | 20–15 | Mexico | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 19 September 2024 14:30 | Report | Turkey | 13–15 | South Africa | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 20 September 2024 12:00 | Report | Mexico | 13–14 | South Africa | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 20 September 2024 13:30 | Report | Thailand | 19–18 | Turkey | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 21 September 2024 9:00 | Report | Mexico | 4–10 | Turkey | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 21 September 2024 10:30 | Report | Thailand | 21–20 | South Africa | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

## Knockout stage
### Brackets
#### Main bracket

| Crossovers | Crossovers | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 19 September | 19 September | | | | | |
| Netherlands | 11 | | | | | |
| Netherlands | 11 | 20 September | 20 September | | | | |
| Croatia | 7 | 20 September | 20 September | | | |
| Croatia | 7 | Netherlands | 10 | | | |
| | | United States | 11 | | | |
| | | | | 21 September | 21 September | | |
| | | | | United States | 8 | |
| 19 September | 19 September | | | | United States | 8 | |
| 19 September | 19 September | | | Greece | 13 | |
| Australia | 12 | | | Greece | 13 | |
| Australia | 12 | 20 September | 20 September | | | | |
| Israel | 10 | 20 September | 20 September | | | |
| Israel | 10 | Australia | 3 | | | |
| | | Greece | 16 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 22 September | 22 September |
| | | | | | | | Greece | 9 |
| 19 September | 19 September | | | | | | | Greece | 9 |
| 19 September | 19 September | | | | | | Spain | 11 |
| New Zealand | 11 | | | | | | Spain | 11 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 20 September | 20 September | | | | | |
| China | 8 | 20 September | 20 September | | | | | |
| China | 8 | New Zealand | 5 | | | | | |
| | | Spain | 16 | | | | | |
| | | | | 21 September | 21 September | | | | |
| | | | | Spain | 10 | | | |
| 19 September | 19 September | | | | Spain | 10 | | | |
| 19 September | 19 September | | | Hungary | 7 | | Third place game | Third place game |
| Italy | 14 | | | Hungary | 7 | | Third place game | Third place game |
| Italy | 14 | 20 September | 20 September | | | | 22 September | 22 September |
| Canada | 8 | 20 September | 20 September | | | | 22 September | 22 September |
| Canada | 8 | Italy | 11 | | | | United States | 13 |
| | | Hungary | 12 | | | | Hungary | 14 |

#### 5th place bracket

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | Fifth place game |
| 21 September | 21 September |
| Netherlands | 8 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 22 September | 22 September |
| Australia | 10 | 22 September | 22 September |
| Australia | 10 | Australia | 11 |
| 21 September | 21 September | | Australia | 11 |
| 21 September | 21 September | Italy | 10 |
| New Zealand | 6 | Italy | 10 |
| Italy | 10 | | |
| Italy | 10 | Seventh place game | Seventh place game |
| | | 22 September | 22 September |
| | | Netherlands | 10 |
| | | New Zealand | 7 |

#### 9th place bracket

| 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | Ninth place game | Ninth place game |
| 20 September | 20 September |
| Croatia | 18 |
| Croatia | 18 | 21 September | 21 September |
| Israel | 9 | 21 September | 21 September |
| Israel | 9 | Croatia | 11 |
| 20 September | 20 September | | Croatia | 11 |
| 20 September | 20 September | China | 22 |
| China | 10 | China | 22 |
| Canada | 4 | | |
| Canada | 4 | Eleventh place game | Eleventh place game |
| | | 21 September | 21 September |
| | | Israel | 14 |
| | | Canada | 11 |

### Crossovers

| 19 September 2024 10:00 | Report | Italy | 14–8 | Canada | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 19 September 2024 11:30 | Report | Netherlands | 11–7 | Croatia | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 19 September 2024 17:00 | Report | Australia | 12–10 | Israel | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 19 September 2024 18:30 | Report | New Zealand | 11–8 | China | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

### 9th–12th place semifinals

| 20 September 2024 9:00 | Report | Croatia | 18–9 | Israel | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 20 September 2024 19:00 | Report | China | 10–4 | Canada | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

#### Eleventh place game

| 21 September 2024 12:00 | Report | Israel | 14–11 | Canada | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

#### Ninth place game

| 21 September 2024 13:30 | Report | Croatia | 11–22 | China | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

### Quarterfinals

| 20 September 2024 13:30 | Report | Netherlands | 10–11 | United States | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 20 September 2024 16:00 | Report | New Zealand | 5–16 | Spain | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 20 September 2024 17:30 | Report | Australia | 3–16 | Greece | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 20 September 2024 20:30 | Report | Italy | 11–12 | Hungary | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

### 5th–8th place semifinals

| 21 September 2024 16:00 | Report | Netherlands | 8–10 | Australia | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 21 September 2024 17:30 | Report | New Zealand | 6–10 | Italy | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

#### Seventh place game

| 22 September 2024 10:00 | Report | Netherlands | 10–7 | New Zealand | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

#### Fifth place game

| 22 September 2024 11:30 | Report | Australia | 11–10 | Italy | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

### Semifinals

| 21 September 2024 19:00 | Report | United States | 8–13 | Greece | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||
| 21 September 2024 20:30 | Report | Spain | 10–7 | Hungary | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

#### Third place game

| 22 September 2024 13:00 | Report | United States | 13–14 | Hungary | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

#### Final

| 22 September 2024 15:00 | Report | Greece | 9–11 | Spain | Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |
| Dongan Lake Sports Park, Chengdu |||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Spain |
| | Greece |
| | Hungary |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Australia |
| 6 | Italy |
| 7 | Netherlands |
| 8 | New Zealand |
| 9 | China |
| 10 | Croatia |
| 11 | Israel |
| 12 | Canada |
| 13 | Thailand |
| 14 | South Africa |
| 15 | Turkey |
| 16 | Mexico |