# 2022 FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships

The 2022 FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships was the 5th edition of the women's U18 Water Polo Championship. The tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 1 to 8 August 2022.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 11 | +48 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 4 | |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 81 | −74 | 3 | |
| 1 August 2022 15:00 | Report | Kazakhstan | 3–16 | Italy |
| 1 August 2022 16:30 | Report | Turkey | 2–32 | Hungary |
| 2 August 2022 23:30 | Report | Hungary | 15–1 | Kazakhstan |
| 3 August 2022 01:00 | Report | Italy | 35–2 | Turkey |
| 3 August 2022 19:30 | Report | Italy | 8–12 | Hungary |
| 3 August 2022 22:00 | Report | Turkey | 3–14 | Kazakhstan |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 24 | +39 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 4 | |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 64 | −40 | 3 | |
| 1 August 2022 18:00 | Report | Japan | 11–22 | Greece |
| 2 August 2022 00:30 | Report | Uzbekistan | 7–26 | United States |
| 2 August 2022 15:00 | Report | United States | 23–2 | Japan |
| 2 August 2022 16:30 | Report | Greece | 15–5 | Uzbekistan |
| 3 August 2022 23:30 | Report | Greece | 15–14 | United States |
| 4 August 2022 01:00 | Report | Uzbekistan | 19–11 | Japan |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 53 | −35 | 3 | |
| 1 August 2022 19:30 | Report | South Africa | 6–26 | Netherlands |
| 1 August 2022 21:30 | Report | Canada | 12–12 | Australia |
| 2 August 2022 18:00 | Report | Netherlands | 18–8 | Canada |
| 2 August 2022 19:30 | Report | Australia | 12–5 | South Africa |
| 3 August 2022 15:00 | Report | Australia | 4–10 | Netherlands |
| 3 August 2022 16:30 | Report | South Africa | 7–15 | Canada |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 53 | −34 | 3 | |
| 1 August 2022 23:00 | Report | Croatia | 3–17 | Spain |
| 2 August 2022 02:30 | Report | Serbia | 5–17 | New Zealand |
| 2 August 2022 22:00 | Report | New Zealand | 13–12 | Croatia |
| 3 August 2022 02:30 | Report | Spain | 18–7 | Serbia |
| 3 August 2022 18:00 | Report | Spain | 17–11 | New Zealand |
| 4 August 2022 02:30 | Report | Serbia | 7–18 | Croatia |

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

| Play-off | Play-off | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | | | |
| Italy | 19 | | | | | |
| Italy | 19 | 6 August | 6 August | | | | |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 6 August | 6 August | | | |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | Italy | 15 | | | |
| | | Netherlands | 14 | | | |
| | | | | 8 August | 8 August | | |
| | | | | Italy | 9 | |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | | Italy | 9 | |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | United States | 18 | |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | | | United States | 18 | |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 6 August | 6 August | | | | |
| United States | 17 | 6 August | 6 August | | | |
| United States | 17 | Spain | 9 | | | |
| | | United States | 13 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 9 August | 9 August |
| | | | | | | | United States | 10 |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | | | | | United States | 10 |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | | | | Greece | 8 |
| Australia | 13 | | | | | | Greece | 8 |
| Australia | 13 | 5 August | 5 August | | | | | |
| Croatia | 12 | 5 August | 5 August | | | | | |
| Croatia | 12 | Australia | 10 | | | | | |
| | | Hungary | 13 | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 August | 8 August | | | | |
| | | | | Hungary | 9 | | | |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | | Hungary | 9 | | | |
| 5 August | 5 August | | | Greece | 10 | | Third place game | Third place game |
| Canada | 7 | | | Greece | 10 | | Third place game | Third place game |
| Canada | 7 | 5 August | 5 August | | | | 9 August | 9 August |
| New Zealand | 8 | 5 August | 5 August | | | | 9 August | 9 August |
| New Zealand | 8 | Greece | 23 | | | | Italy | 5 |
| | | New Zealand | 9 | | | | Hungary | 9 |

#### 5th–8th place bracket

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | Fifth place game |
| 7 August | 7 August |
| Australia | 12 |
| Australia | 12 | 8 August | 8 August |
| New Zealand | 5 | 8 August | 8 August |
| New Zealand | 5 | Australia | 12 |
| 7 August | 7 August | | Australia | 12 |
| 7 August | 7 August | Spain | 16 |
| Netherlands | 8 | Spain | 16 |
| Spain | 9 | | |
| Spain | 9 | Seventh place game | Seventh place game |
| | | 8 August | 8 August |
| | | New Zealand | 8 |
| | | Netherlands | 18 |

#### 9th–12th place bracket

| 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | Ninth place game | Ninth place game |
| 5 August | 5 August |
| Uzbekistan | 5 |
| Uzbekistan | 5 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Croatia | 22 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Croatia | 22 | Croatia | 15 |
| 5 August | 5 August | | Croatia | 15 |
| 5 August | 5 August | Canada | 13 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | Canada | 13 |
| Canada | 14 | | |
| Canada | 14 | Eleventh place game | Eleventh place game |
| | | 7 August | 7 August |
| | | Uzbekistan | 7 |
| | | Kazakhstan | 12 |

#### 13th–16th place bracket

| 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th–16th place semifinals | Thirteenth place game | Thirteenth place game |
| 4 August | 4 August |
| Turkey | 9 |
| Turkey | 9 | 5 August | 5 August |
| Japan | 24 | 5 August | 5 August |
| Japan | 24 | Japan | 16 |
| 4 August | 4 August | | Japan | 16 |
| 4 August | 4 August | Serbia | 19 |
| South Africa | 17 | Serbia | 19 |
| Serbia | 18 | | |
| Serbia | 18 | Fifteenth place game | Fifteenth place game |
| | | 5 August | 5 August |
| | | Turkey | 9 |
| | | South Africa | 12 |

### Play-off

| 4 August 2022 22:00 | Report | Italy | 19–9 | Uzbekistan |
| 4 August 2022 23:30 | Report | Kazakhstan | 3–17 | United States |
| 5 August 2022 01:00 | Report | Australia | 13–12 | Croatia |
| 5 August 2022 02:30 | Report | Canada | 7–8 | New Zealand |

### 9th–12th place semifinals

| 5 August 2022 18:00 | Report | Uzbekistan | 5–22 | Croatia |
| 5 August 2022 19:30 | Report | Kazakhstan | 7–14 | Canada |

#### Eleventh place game

| 7 August 2022 18:00 | Report | Uzbekistan | 7–12 | Kazakhstan |

#### Ninth place game

| 7 August 2022 19:30 | Report | Croatia | 15–13 | Canada |

### Quarterfinals

| 5 August 2022 22:00 | Report | Hungary | 13–10 | Australia |
| 5 August 2022 23:30 | Report | Greece | 23–9 | New Zealand |
| 6 August 2022 01:00 | Report | Netherlands | 14–15 | Italy |
| 6 August 2022 02:30 | Report | Spain | 9–13 | United States |

### 5th–8th place semifinals

| 7 August 2022 22:00 | Report | Australia | 12–5 | New Zealand |
| 7 August 2022 23:30 | Report | Netherlands | 8–9 | Spain |

#### Seventh place game

| 8 August 2022 15:00 | Report | New Zealand | 8–18 | Netherlands |

#### Fifth place game

| 8 August 2022 23:30 | Report | Australia | 12–16 | Spain |

### Semifinals

| 8 August 2022 01:00 | Report | Hungary | 9–10 | Greece |
| 8 August 2022 02:30 | Report | Hungary | 9–18 | United States |

### Third place game

| 9 August 2022 01:00 | Report | Hungary | 9–5 | Italy |

### Final

| 9 August 2022 02:30 | Report | Greece | 8–10 | United States |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Greece |
| | Hungary |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Australia |
| 7 | Netherlands |
| 8 | New Zealand |
| 9 | Croatia |
| 10 | Canada |
| 11 | Kazakhstan |
| 12 | Uzbekistan |
| 13 | Serbia |
| 14 | Japan |
| 15 | South Africa |
| 16 | Turkey |