Water polo at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

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1991 World Water Polo Championship
6th FINA World Aquatics Championships
Location Australia
Date(s)3–13 January
Category1991 World Aquatics Championships
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1991 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Open water swimming
25 kmmenwomen
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solowomen
Duetwomen
Teamwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen

The 1991 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the second edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 3 to 13 January 1991, and was incorporated into the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[1]

Teams[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

GROUP A[edit]

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Netherlands 8 4 4 0 0 49 35 +14
2.  Canada 6 4 3 0 1 40 25 +15
3.  Germany 4 4 2 0 2 38 33 +5
4.  New Zealand 2 4 1 0 3 29 42 –13
5.  France 0 4 0 0 4 28 49 –21

GROUP B[edit]

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 6 3 3 0 0 40 18 +22
2.  United States 4 3 2 0 1 30 17 +13
3.  Australia 2 3 1 0 2 27 19 +8
4.  Brazil 0 3 0 0 3 3 46 –43

Final round[edit]

GROUP C[edit]

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Netherlands 4 3 2 0 1 22 12 +10
2.  Canada 3 3 1 1 1 14 20 –6
3.  United States 3 3 1 1 1 17 18 –1
4.  Hungary 2 3 1 0 2 16 19 –3

Final ranking[edit]

Individual awards[edit]

  • Most Valuable Player
  • ???
  • Best Goalkeeper
  • ???


RANK TOPSCORERS GOALS
1.  Birgit Kempen (GER) 23
2.  Alice Lindhout (NED) 17
3.  Hedda Verdam (NED) 16
4.  Patricia Libregts (NED) 14

Medalists[edit]

 Netherlands[1]

Karla van der Boon (goal),
Hellen Boering (goal),
Irma Brander,
Edmée Hiemstra,
Monique Kranenburg,
Karin Kuipers,
Patricia Libregts,
Alice Lindhout,
Lilian Ossendrijver,
Janny Spijker,
Esmeralda van den Water,
Marjan op den Velde,
Hedda Verdam.
Head Coach: Peter van den Biggelaar.

 United States

Amber Drury
Sandy Vessey-Schneider

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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