Ukraine women's national water polo team
The Ukraine women's national water polo team represents Ukraine in international women's water polo competitions. The team has never qualified for a major international event (Olympics, World and European Championships). In 2023, the team debuted in the World Cup. The team never competed in the World League.
| FINA code | UKR |
|---|---|
| Association | Ukrainian Swimming Federation |
| Confederation | LEN (Europe) |
Summer Olympics qualification tournaments
Ukraine women's national team qualified for the 2007 Women's European Water Polo Olympic Qualifier but finished last after losing all games.
European Championships qualification tournaments
Ukraine women's national team debuted in the qualification for the 1999 European Championships. The team played in group B and lost all their matches (against Greece, Germany, and Great Britain).[1]
In 2006, the team played in the qualifiers but finished last in their group (behind Greece, Spain, and Czech Republic).
During the 2012 qualifiers, Ukraine managed to secure two victories against Israel but lost to Spain and Great Britain, thus losing chances to qualify for the European Championships. Ukraine was drafted for the 2014 qualifiers in the group with the Netherlands, Great Britain, Portugal, and Israel. One victory over Israel was not enough to get through to the continental championships. Ukraine did not enter the qualifications for the 2016 European Championships.
In the playoffs of the 2018 qualifiers, Ukraine lost both matches (8–10 and 1–6) to Serbia after having hosted the Qualifying round 1 in Kyiv.[2][3][4] The next qualifiers were unsuccessful, too. Ukraine did not manage to overcome France.[5] During the 2022 qualifiers, Ukraine managed to play a draw with Ireland only and finished behind Germany, Romania, and Slovakia (the first two qualified for the Europeans).[6]
Ukraine is expected to face Serbia and the Czech Republic in the first round of the 2024 qualifiers.[7]
Competitive record
FINA World League
- 2023 – 8th place (Division 2)
European Water Polo Championship
| Year | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Rank | ECh Qual | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 Leeds | Did not enter | 1993–1997 | No separate qualification | |||||||||||||||
| 1995 Vienna | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 Sevilla | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 Prato | Did not qualify | 1999 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 4/4 | ||||||||
| 2001 Budapest | 2001 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 28 | −20 | 4/4 | |||||||||
| 2003 Ljubljana | 2003 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 51 | −33 | 4/4 | |||||||||
| 2006 Belgrade | 2006 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 52 | −36 | 4/4 | |||||||||
| 2008 Málaga | 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 39 | −17 | 4/4 | |||||||||
| 2010 Zagreb | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 51 | −40 | 4/4 | |||||||||
| 2012 Eindhoven | 2012 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 93 | −36 | 3/4 | |||||||||
| 2014 Budapest | 2014 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 64 | −41 | 4/5 | |||||||||
| 2016 Belgrade | Did not enter | 2016 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| 2018 Barcelona | Did not qualify | 2018 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 4/7 + play-off | ||||||||
| 2020 Budapest | 2020 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 75 | −40 | 6/6 + play-off | |||||||||
| 2022 Split | 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 57 | −29 | 4/5 | |||||||||
| 2024 Eindhoven | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 32 | −24 | 3/3 | |||||||||
| 2026 Belgrade | Future event | 2026 | Future event | |||||||||||||||
European B Championships
| Year | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Rank | ECh Qual | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Lisbon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 4/7 | 1996–2002 | No qualification | ||||||||
| 1998 Prague | 5 | ? | ? | ? | ?? | ?? | ? | 4/9 | ||||||||||
| 2000 Odense | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 2/8 | ||||||||||
| 2002 Prague | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 2/8 | ||||||||||
| 2004 Nancy | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 3/8 | 2004 | Bye | ||||||||
| 2007 Prague | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 37 | +41 | 3/9 | 2007–2009 | No qualification | ||||||||
| 2009 Manchester | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 3/8 | ||||||||||
Head-to-head record
As of 25 June 2023. The data is incomplete since the results of the 1998 (Ireland, Great Britain, Czech Republic, Belarus - semifinal, Czech Republic - final) European B Championships are missing. The statistics considers all games played in the qualification for European Championships since 1999, European B Championships since 1996, 2008 European Water Polo Olympic Qualifier as well as 2023 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup.
| Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12 | +13 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 |
| Czech Republic | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 90 | 118 | −28 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 |
| France | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 78 | −52 |
| Germany | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 91 | −54 |
| Great Britain | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 51 | 96 | −45 |
| Greece | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 102 | −81 |
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Israel | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 60 | −3 |
| Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 41 | −33 |
| Malta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | −24 |
| Portugal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 45 | −2 |
| Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| Serbia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 35 | −25 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 4 | +24 |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 19 | −13 |
| Spain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 97 | −70 |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 37 | +39 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | −8 |
| Total: 25 nations | 89 | 25 | 2 | 62 | 612 | 951 | −339 |
Junior and Youth national teams
Kamianske (officially Dniprodzerzhynsk at that time) hosted the 2010 European Women's U19 Championships. Ukraine finished 14th (last) at the tournament.[8]
References
- Women Water Polo European Championship 1999 Qualification.
- Ukraine national team completed its competition in the qualification for the European Championships, Ukraine Water Polo Federation, 9 October 2017 (in Ukrainian).
- European Water Polo Championships 2018, Qualification Women - Day 3 (with photos), Ukraine Water Polo Federation, 6 October 2017 (in Ukrainian).
- European Water Polo Championships 2018, Qualification Women - Day 1 (with photos), Ukraine Water Polo Federation, 4 October 2017 (in Ukrainian).
- Water Polo: Women's National Team Suffered a Crushing Defeat in the Match against France, sport.ua, 12 October 2019 (in Ukrainian).
- Results of the 2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers, Ukraine Water Polo Federation, 20 February 2022 (in Ukrainian).
- European Championships for adults, U17 and U15: draw allotments, Ukraine Water Polo Federation, 1 April 2023 (in Ukrainian).
- 2010 European Women's U19 Water Polo Championships