# Israel at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Israel is set to compete at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

## Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Artistic swimming | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Open water swimming | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Swimming | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Water polo | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Total | 11 | 32 | 43 |

## Artistic swimming
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Shelly Bobritsky Ariel Nassee | Duet technical routine | 248.7284 | 5 Q | 182.7332 | 12 |
| Shelly Bobritsky Ariel Nassee | Duet free routine | 225.1625 | 4 Q | 236.1334 | 4 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Eden Blecher Shelly Bobritsky Maya Dorf Catherine Kunin Nikol Nahshonov Ariel Nassee Neta Rubichek Shani Sharaizin | Team acrobatic routine | 198.4967 | 8 Q | 199.9667 | 8 |
| Eden Blecher Shelly Bobritsky Maya Dorf Noy Gazala Catherine Kunin Nikol Nahshonov Ariel Nassee Neta Rubichek | Team technical routine | 247.1383 | 5 Q | 248.4117 | 8 |
| Shelly Bobritsky Maya Dorf Noy Gazala Catherine Kunin Aya Mazor Nikol Nahshonov Ariel Nassee Neta Rubichek | Team free routine | 251.9394 | 6 Q | 247.7290 | 5 |

## Open water swimming

Israel entered 5 open water swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Yonatan Ahdot | Men's 10 km | 1:57:05.2 | 35 |
| Ziv Cohen | Men's 5 km | 1:00:10.6 | 46 |
| Matan Roditi | Men's 10 km | 1:51:43.8 | 8 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Eva Fabian | Women's 5 km | 1:01:11.4 | 17 |
| Eva Fabian | Women's 10 km | 2:05:05.0 | 25 |
| Orin Gavlan | Women's 5 km | 1:06:57.1 | 48 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Yonatan Ahdot Eva Fabian Orin Gavlan Matan Roditi | Team relay | 1:15:52.3 | 13 |

## Swimming

Israel entered 14 swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Meiron Cheruti | 50 metre freestyle | 21.85 | 6 Q | 22.04 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Meiron Cheruti | 50 metre butterfly | 23.40 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tomer Frankel | 100 metre freestyle | 48.78 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tomer Frankel | 50 metre butterfly | 23.48 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tomer Frankel | 100 metre butterfly | 51.76 | 15 Q | 52.04 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gal Cohen Groumi | 100 metre butterfly | 51.61 | 13 Q | 50.98 NR | 5 Q | 51.32 | 8 |
| Gal Cohen Groumi | 200 metre individual medley | 2:00.00 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michael Laitarovsky | 50 metre backstroke | 25.10 | 15 | 24.99 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michael Laitarovsky | 100 metre backstroke | 55.63 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Denis Loktev | 200 metre freestyle | 1:47.08 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ron Polonsky | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:12.34 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ron Polonsky | 200 metre individual medley | 1:59.15 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bar Soloveychik | 400 metre freestyle | 3:49.21 | 18 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bar Soloveychik | 800 metre freestyle | 7:59.65 | 26 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tomer Frankel Denis Loktev Ron Polonsky Gal Cohen Groumi | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:14.03 NR | 8 Q | — | — | 3:14.53 | 7 |
| Denis Loktev Tomer Frankel Daniel Namir Gal Cohen Groumi | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:09.78 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michael Laitarovsky Ron Polonsky Gal Cohen Groumi Tomer Frankel | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:36.47 | 17 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Aviv Barzelay | 100 metre backstroke | 1:01.66 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aviv Barzelay | 200 metre backstroke | Disqualified | Disqualified | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daria Golovaty | 50 metre freestyle | 26.11 | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daria Golovaty | 200 metre freestyle | 1:59.77 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daria Golovaty | 400 metre freestyle | 4:14.33 | 27 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasia Gorbenko | 200 metre freestyle | 1:59.27 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasia Gorbenko | 50 metre backstroke | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| Anastasia Gorbenko | 50 metre breaststroke | 31.41 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasia Gorbenko | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:08.66 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasia Gorbenko | 200 metre individual medley | 2:10.88 | 10 Q | 2:10.62 | 8 Q | 2:10.08 | 5 |
| Anastasia Gorbenko | 400 metre individual medley | 4:49.64 | 26 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lea Polonsky | 200 metre butterfly | 2:12.62 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lea Polonsky | 200 metre individual medley | 2:14.05 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasia Gorbenko Daria Golovaty Ayla Spitz Lea Polonsky | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:59.02 NR | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aviv Barzelay Anastasia Gorbenko Lea Polonsky Daria Golovaty | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:05.57 | 19 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Denis Loktev Meiron Cheruti Anastasia Gorbenko Daria Golovaty | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:28.78 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasia Gorbenko Ron Polonsky Tomer Frankel Daria Golovaty | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:47.76 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Water polo
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Playoff | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Israel | Women's tournament | Kazakhstan W 17–6 | Spain L 5–22 | Netherlands L 8–24 | 3 QP | Australia L 7–16 | — | New Zealand W 15–12 | France L 7–11 | 10 |

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Israeli roster.
Head coach: Dimitris Mavrotas
* 1 Maria Bogachenko GK
* 2 Yahav Farkash FP
* 3 Hila Futorian FP
* 4 Ronny Gazit FP
* 5 Michal Katz FP
* 6 Veronika Kordonskaia FP
* 7 Tahel Levi FP
* 8 Noga Levinshtein FP
* 9 Noa Markovsky FP
* 10 Dar Menakerman FP
* 11 Dina Namakshtansky FP
* 12 Ayelet Peres FP
* 13 Noa Sasover GK
* Shunit Strugo FP
* Alma Yaacobi FP

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 16 | +45 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 17 | +35 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 71 | −58 | 0 | |
| 16 July 2023 13:30 | Report | Israel | 17–6 | Kazakhstan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |||
| 16 July 2023 13:30 | Report | three players 4 | Goals | Khritankova, Mirshina 2 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |
| 18 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Spain | 22–5 | Israel | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA), David Couper (NZL) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA), David Couper (NZL) |||
| 18 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Camus, A. Ruiz 4 | Goals | five players 1 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA), David Couper (NZL) |
| 20 July 2023 20:30 | Report | Israel | 8–24 | Netherlands | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), David Couper (NZL) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), David Couper (NZL) |||
| 20 July 2023 20:30 | Report | Futorian 3 | Goals | Joustra 5 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), David Couper (NZL) |

#### Playoffs

| 22 July 2023 14:00 | Report | Australia | 16–7 | Israel | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |||
| 22 July 2023 14:00 | Report | Armit 4 | Goals | Kordonskaia 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |

#### 9–12th place semifinals

| 24 July 2023 12:00 | Report | Israel | 15–12 | New Zealand | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN) |||
| 24 July 2023 12:00 | Report | Strugo 4 | Goals | Houghton, Nicholson 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN) |

#### Ninth place game

| 26 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Israel | 7–11 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE) |||
| 26 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Bogachenko 4 | Goals | Millot 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE) |