2009 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2009 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 6th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). After playing in groups within the same continent, eight teams qualified to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Kirishi, Russia from 9 to 14 June 2009.[1]

2009 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
Super Final
Finals champions	United States (4th title)
Runners-up	Canada

Super Final

• June 9–14, 2009, Kirishi, Russia

Seeding

Group A	Group B
United States  China  Russia  Italy	Canada  Australia  Spain  Greece

Knockout stage

5th–8th place bracket

	5th–8th place classification				5th place match
	13 June
	China	11
					14 June
	Italy	9
					Russia	9
	13 June
					China	10
	Russia	11
	Greece	8
					7th place match
					14 June
					Greece	13
					Italy	6

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	13 June
	Spain	7
					14 June
	Canada	10
					Canada	6
	13 June
					United States	9
	Australia	8
	United States	9
					Bronze medal match
					14 June
					Spain	8
					Australia	12

Semifinals

[2]

13 June 2009	Spain	7–10	Canada	Kirishi, Russia
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–2, 1–2, 2–5

13 June 2009	Australia	8–9	United States	Kirishi, Russia
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 3–4, 1–2

Bronze medal match

[3]

14 June 2009	Spain	8–12	Australia	Kirishi, Russia
	Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–3, 2–2, 1–3

Gold medal match

[3]

14 June 2009	Canada	6–9	United States	Kirishi, Russia
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 2–5, 1–0

Final ranking

Rank[1] Team  United States  Canada  Australia 4  Spain 5  China 6  Russia 7  Greece 8  Italy

2009 Women's FINA Water Polo World League  United States 4th title Team Roster Betsey Armstrong, Heather Petri, Brittany Hayes, Brenda Villa (C), Lauren Wenger, Tanya Gandy, Kelly Rulon, Jessica Steffens, Elsie Windes, Alison Gregorka, Kami Craig, Annika Dries, Jaime Komer, Erika Figge, Lolo Silver. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Individual awards

• Top Scorer
  •  Blanca Gil (ESP) — 15 goals

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
2. “USA & Canada reach final, Australia & Spain will go for bronze” fina.org June 13, 2009.
3. “USA defeats Canada to become 2009 Champs, Bronze to Australia” fina.org June 14, 2009.