Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

The women's water polo tournament at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held from 4 to 16 February 2024 in Doha. This was the 17th time that the women's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1986.

The United States won their eighth overall title.

Qualification
Of the qualified teams, thirteen returned from 2023. Singapore qualified for the first time ever after Japan withdrew for financial reasons, becoming the second country from Southeast Asia to qualify for this event after Thailand in 2022. Great Britain qualified after an eleven-year absence, and Brazil qualified again after withdrawing from 2023. Argentina, Israel and Japan were the only teams that failed to make this edition but made 2023.


 * Due a limited budget Japan was forced to withdraw from tournament and was replaced by Singapore. 

Schedule
All times are local (UTC+3).

Draw
The draw was held on 7 November 2023.

Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A


Group B


Group C


Group D


Bracket

 * Championship bracket


 * 5th place bracket


 * 9th place bracket


 * 13th place bracket

Final ranking


Awards
The awards were announced on 16 February 2024.