Water Polo, Women

Competition 1986 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Madrid ESP
Held 14 – 22 August 1986
Status Medal
Competitors 107
Countries 9
Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Australia AUS 7 0 0
Judy Gair / Cummins Handley / Amanda Leeson / Katie McAdams / Megan Meloncelli / Sandy Mills-O’Mellia / Lynne Morrison / Jackie Northam / Cathy Parkers / Janet Rayner / Julie Sheperd / Debbie Watson
🥈 Netherlands NED 6 0 1
Anita Bibo / Hellen Boering / Dorine Heijnert / Monique Kranenburg / Patricia Megens / Alice Lindhout / Ineke Pesman / Janny Spijker / Lieneke van den Heuvel / Greet van den Veen / Marion van der Mark / Madeline van Heemstra / Hedda Verdam
🥉 United States USA 3 1 2
Theresa Breckon / Lynn Comer / Yolanda Gascon / Dion Gray / Vaune Kadlubek / Marybeth Kolding / Simone LaPay / Laura Laughlin / Maureen O'Toole / Marla Smith / Jill Sterkel / Lyn Taylor / Lynn Wittstock
4 Canada CAN 3 1 2
Nathalie Auclair / Ghyslaine Brunetta / Nathalie Deschênes / Marie-Claude Deslières / Pascale Deslières / JoJo Gervais / Heather Kaulbach / Chantal Larocque / Josée Monast / Mélanie Nickless / Marilyn Thorington
5 Hungary HUN 2 0 4
Katalin Dancsa / Andrea Dénes / Andrea Eke / Ágnes Ernst / Gabriella Gallov / Zsuzsanna Huff / Zsuzsa Kertész-Dunkel / Ildikó Kókai / Irén Rafael / Zsuzsa Schäffer / Tamás Sedlmayer / Orsolya Szalkay / Gabriella Várkonyi
6 Germany GER 2 0 5
Susanne Borchert / Sabine Florschütz / Claudia Goßmann / Rebecca Grund / Anke Hocks / Petra Hocks / Birgit Kempen / Sabine Kleine / Heike Kurschildgen / Britta Kwiatkowski / Petra Olek / Heike Pilz / Martina Trinte
7 Norway NOR 2 0 3
Ann-Kristin Trandum / Elin Albins / Ellen Grøttum / Hanne Paulsen / Ine Andresen / Lillian Olsson / Linda Trandum / Marianne Hagstrøm / Marit Løkke / Siri Helle / Trine Hansen / Trude Myklebust / Vigdis Kvalheim
8 Belgium BEL 1 0 4
Nicole Charlier / Carine Verbauwen / Christine Delmeiren / van Praet / Myriam Samyn / Beckers
9 Great Britain GBR 0 0 5
Julie Allsopp / Judy Clayton / Helen Cracknell / Linzi Motley / Brenda Grace / Nicky Herbert / Lucy Hilder / Pippa Jones / Maggi Kelly / Annette Pearson / Claire Sanders / Sue Webb / Rose Younger

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 United States USA 2 1 0 6
2 Canada CAN 2 1 0 5
3 Hungary HUN 1 0 2 2
4 Norway NOR 0 0 3 0

Matches

United States USA 7-7 Canada CAN
United States USA 14-3 Norway NOR
Canada CAN 9-4 Hungary HUN
Hungary HUN 12-10 Norway NOR
United States USA 11-8 Hungary HUN
Canada CAN 11-6 Norway NOR

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Australia AUS 4 0 0 8
2 Netherlands NED 3 0 1 6
3 Germany GER 2 0 2 4
4 Belgium BEL 1 0 3 2
5 Great Britain GBR 0 0 4 0

Matches

Australia AUS 12-4 Great Britain GBR
Germany GER 11-8 Belgium BEL
Australia AUS 17-2 Belgium BEL
Netherlands NED 17-3 Germany GER
Australia AUS 8-7 Netherlands NED
Belgium BEL 11-9 Great Britain GBR
Australia AUS 16-6 Germany GER
Netherlands NED 15-4 Great Britain GBR
Netherlands NED 17-4 Belgium BEL
Germany GER 10-6 Great Britain GBR

Final

Group 1

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Australia AUS 5 0 0 10
2 Netherlands NED 4 0 1 8
3 United States USA 2 1 2 5
4 Canada CAN 2 1 2 5
5 Hungary HUN 1 0 4 2
6 Germany GER 0 0 5 0

Matches

Australia AUS 9-6 Canada CAN
Netherlands NED 11-6 Hungary HUN
United States USA 13-3 Germany GER
Australia AUS 13-4 Hungary HUN
Netherlands NED 8-7 United States USA
Canada CAN 10-3 Germany GER
Australia AUS 8-7 United States USA
Netherlands NED 12-6 Canada CAN
Hungary HUN 15-8 Germany GER

Group 2

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
7 Norway NOR 2 0 0 4
8 Belgium BEL 1 0 1 2
9 Great Britain GBR 0 0 2 0

Matches

Norway NOR 10-9 Belgium BEL
Norway NOR 11-8 Great Britain GBR