AUS, USA, HUN and ESP have reached the women’s water polo quarter-finals of the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 after ending the group stage with a perfect record on Tuesday (15 July).

Defending champions USA (Group B), AUS (Group A) and HUN (Group C) achieved easy wins against ARG, NZL and debutants CRO respectively to seal top spot in their groups. 

In the Group D decider, ESP lived up to their billing as reigning Olympic champions, defeating GBR 17-6 in their final group stage tie to make it three wins out of as many games so far. Both sides went into the clash on 15 July undefeated, with a confirmed berth in the quarter-finals at stake as Group D winners. Despite fielding a team in transition, ESP showed their depth and quality to race to a 7-1 lead at half-time. The Britons, however, surprised in the third period as they outscored the Spaniards 5-3, before the world No. 1 side finished strong.

Meanwhile, hosts SGP will face ARG in the classification round on 17 July after falling 32-5 to world No. 7 ITA and finishing last in Group A. 

The full results from today are as follows –
ARG 3-26 USA
GRE 25-15 JPN
RSA 6-13 FRA
GBR 7-16 ESP
CHN 7-13 NED
AUS 15-6 NZL
ITA 32-5 SGP
CRO 6-22 HUN

Photo Credit: World Aquatics

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