Sun.
Feb.
1
10:20 a.m.
Vortex Water Polo 16U Boys
Edmonton Tsunami 16U Boys White Team
7
15
Final
Sun.
Feb.
1
11:30 a.m.
16U WAVE Boys 1
Pacific Storm 16U Boys
17
15
Final
Sun.
Feb.
1
11:30 a.m.
Surrey Water Polo 16U Boys White
Team Sask 16U Boys
13
6
Final
Sun.
Feb.
1
12:40 p.m.
Surrey Water Polo 16U Girls
16U WAVE Girls 1
13
11
Final
Sun.
Feb.
1
12:40 p.m.
Edmonton Tsunami 16U Girls
Vortex Water Polo 16U Girls
11
12
Final
Sun.
Feb.
1
1:50 p.m.
Surrey Water Polo 16U Boys Blue
Vortex Water Polo 16U Boys
11
8
Final
Sun.
Feb.
1
1:50 p.m.
Team Sask 16U Girls
Pacific Storm 16U Girls
17
12
Final
Sun.
Feb.
1
3:00 p.m.
Pacific Storm 16U Boys
Team Sask 16U Boys
12
17
Final
Sun.
Feb.
1
3:00 p.m.
16U BLACK Torpedoes
Edmonton Tsunami 16U Boys White Team
9
12
Final
Sun.
Feb.
1
4:10 p.m.
16U WAVE Boys 1
Surrey Water Polo 16U Boys White
2
12
Final

Water Polo Canada

Canada finishes 7th at the 2022 FINA Women's World League Super Final

Monday, November 7, 2022

 

Montreal, November 7, 2022. The Canadian Women’s Senior National Team finished 7th at the 2022 FINA Women's World League Super Final held November 2-6, 2022, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.

Canada, which was in action for the first time since the World Championships in June, had a slow start to the tournament losing to Italy 16-9 and the defending World Champion, the United States,11-6. The Canadian team showed their determination and perseverance by defeating the bronze medallists of the last World Championships, the Netherlands, 15-14.  

In the qualifying match, the Canadian team battled hard against Australia in a very close match, but lost by a narrow margin, 12-10. Finally, the Canadian women concluded the tournament with a great win against New Zealand, 13-6, to finish 7th overall. 

Although the final result was not what the players and the coaching group had hoped for, there are many positive elements on which to build for the future as mentioned by Olivier Pineau, High Performance Director at Water Polo Canada: 

“We came short of our performance targets. Nonetheless, we emerge from this tournament with new leads and precious learning that will allow us to enact the required adjustments and enhancements ahead of the imminent Paris Olympic qualification period. Our team has, at times through this event, shown the true brilliance it's capable of, such as when it defeated the Netherlands team. The best is yet to come.”  

Several of the Canadian Women’s National Team players will soon be back with their respective professional clubs in Europe to continue their season. For the others, it will be the NCAA or the National Training Centre located at the National Sport Institute in Montreal.  

The next tournaments for the Canadian team will be in 2023.

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For more information:

 

Luc Beaudin

Communication manager

Water Polo Canada

lbeaudin@waterpolo.ca