Canada women's national water polo team

The Canada women's national water polo team (French: Équipe féminine de water-polo du Canada) represents Canada in women's international water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is overseen by Water Polo Canada, a member of the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). In 1981 the team claimed its first international prize, winning the FINA Water Polo World Cup.

Canada
FINA codeCAN
AssociationWater Polo Canada
ConfederationUANA (Americas)
Head coachDavid Paradelo
Asst coachCora Campbell
Stefano Posterivo
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current6 (as of August 9, 2021)
Highest6 (2019, 2021)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances2 (first in 2000)
Best result5th place (2000)
World Championship
Appearances14 (first in 1986)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (1991, 2009)
World Cup
Appearances17 (first in 1979)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1981)
World League
Appearances16 (first in 2004)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2009, 2017)
Pan American Games
Appearances6 (first in 1999)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1999)
ASUA Cup (UANA Cup)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2011, 2013, 2015)
Commonwealth Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2002)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2002, 2006, 2014)
Media
Websitewaterpolo.ca

Results

Olympic Games

World Championship
Year[1] Position
Spain 19864th
Australia 1991
Italy 19945th
Australia 19986th
Japan 2001
Spain 20034th
Canada 2005
Australia 20076th
Italy 2009
China 20118th
Spain 20138th
Russia 201511th
Hungary 20174th
South Korea 20199th
Hungary 20229th
Japan 20237th
Qatar 20248th
TotalQualified: 17/17

FINA World Cup
  • 1979 — 4th place[1]
  • 1980 — 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 1981 — 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 1983 — 4th place
  • 1988 — 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 1989 — 4th place
  • 1991 — 4th place
  • 1993 — 6th place
  • 1997 — 5th place
  • 1999 — 5th place
  • 2002 — 3rd place
  • 2006 — 7th place
  • 2010 — 5th place
  • 2018 — 6th place

FINA World League

Pan American Games
  • 1999 — 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2003 — 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2007 — 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2011 — 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2015 — 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2019 — 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2023 — 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

UANA Cup (ASUA Cup)
  • 2013a – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2013b – 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2015 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2019 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2023 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Commonwealth Championship
  • 2002 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2006 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2014 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s)'

Holiday Cup
  • 1998 — 3rd place
  • 1999 — 2nd place
  • 2000 — 2nd place
  • 2001 — 2nd place
  • 2002 — 2nd place
  • 2003 — 3rd place
  • 2006 — 4th place
  • 2007 — 6th place
  • 2009 — 3rd place
  • 2012 — 2nd place

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.[3]

Head coach: David Paradelo

  • 1 Jessica Gaudreault GK
  • 2 Rae Lekness FP
  • 3 Axelle Crevier D
  • 4 Emma Wright CB
  • 5 Daphne Guevremont FP
  • 6 Blaire McDowell FP
  • 7 Verica Bakoc D
  • 8 Elyse Lemay-Lavoie FP
  • 9 Hayley McKelvey CB
  • 10 Serena Browne FP
  • 11 Kindred Paul D
  • 12 Shae La Roche D
  • 13 Clara Vulpisi GK
  • 14 Marilia Mimides FP
  • 15 Floranne Carroll FP

Past squads
  • 1981 FINA World Cup — Gold Medal
    • Sylvie Archambault, Tracy Crandall, Odile Delaserra, Isabel Deschamps, Michelle Despatis, Jocelyne Dumay, Diedre Fincham, Johanne Gervais, Janice Gilbey, Heather Gifford, Hilary Knowles, Denise Préfontaine, and Sylvie Thibault. Head Coach Dominique Dion
  • 1983 FINA World Cup — 4th place
    • Odile Delaserra, Isabel Deschamps, Michelle Despatis, Diedre Fincham, Johanne Gervais, Heather Kaulbach, Hélène Miron, Denise Préfontaine, Josée Monast, Danielle Tétreault, Chantal Larocque, Marie-Claude Deslières, and Sylvie Thibault. Head Coach Dominique Dion, Assistant Coach Gaëtan Turcotte
  • 1986 World Championship — 4th place
    • Johanne Gervais, Heather Kaulbach, Nathalie Auclair, Ghislaine Brunetta, Josée Monast, Pascale Deslières, Chantal Larocque, Marie-Claude Deslières, Vicki Nickless, Melanie Nickless, Nathalie Deschênes, Marilyn Thorington, and France Bastien. Head Coach Daniel Berthelette, Assistant Coach Sylvain Huet
  • 1988 FINA World Cup — Bronze Medal
    • Roxane Lafrance, Heather Kaulbach, Josée Martin, Ghislaine Brunetta, Caroline Boisclair, Pascale Deslières, Kim Schweltzer, Marie-Claude Deslières, Isabelle Auger, Melanie Nickless, Nathalie Deschênes, Marilyn Thorington, and France Bastien. Head Coach Daniel Berthelette
  • 1989 FINA World Cup — 4th place
    • Roxane Lafrance, Heather Kaulbach, Josée Martin, Sabine Difilippo, Caroline Boisclair, Pascale Deslières, Heather Smith, Marie-Claude Deslières, Isabelle Auger, Melanie Nickless, Nathalie Deschênes, Marilyn Thorington, and France Bastien. Head Coach Daniel Berthelette, Assistant Coach Dominique Dion
  • 1991 World Championship — Silver Medal
    • Roxane Lafrance, Heather Kaulbach, Karen Morrisson, Sabine Difilippo, Caroline Boisclair, Pascale Deslières, Heather Smith, Marie-Claude Deslières, Isabelle Auger, Karen Gibson, Nathalie Deschênes, Marilyn Thorington, and Chantal Larocque. Head Coach Daniel Berthelette, Assistant Coach Dominique Dion
  • 1994 World Championship — 5th place
    • Roxane Lafrance, Heather Kaulbach, Karen Morrisson, Sabine Difilippo, Melanie Nickless, Pascale Deslières, Andrea Hoffman, Marie-Claude Deslières, Isabelle Auger, Cora Campbell, Trina Campbell, Josée Marsolais, and Ann Dow. Head Coach Daniel Berthelette, Assistant Coach Dominique Dion
  • 1999 Pan American Games — Gold Medal
    • Marie Luc Arpin, Johanne Bégin, Cora Campbell, Melissa Collins, Valérie Dionne, Ann Dow, Waneek Horn-Miller, Jana Salat and Kaliya Young. Marie-Claude Deslières, Sandra Lizé, Josée Marsolais, Lila Fraser, Head Coach Daniel Berthelete, Assistant Coach David Hart
  • 2000 Olympic Games — 5th place
    • Marie-Luc Arpin, Isabelle Auger, Johanne Bégin, Cora Campbell, Melissa Collins, Marie-Claude Deslières, Valérie Dionne, Ann Dow, Susan Gardiner, Waneek Horn-Miller, Sandra Lizé, Josée Marsolais, and Jana Salat. Head Coach Daniel Berthelette, Assistant Coach David Hart, Assistant Coach Dominique Dion
  • 2002 Holiday Cup — Silver Medal
    • Marie-Luc Arpin, Johanne Bégin, Cora Campbell, Shannon Carroll, Melissa Collins, Andrea Dewar, Valérie Dionne, Ann Dow, Nancy El-Sakkary, Nadine Gilbert (goal), Whynter Lamarre (goal), Waneek Horn-Miller, and Sandra Lizé. Head Coach: Wouly de Bie.
  • 2002 FINA World Cup — Bronze Medal
    • Marie-Luc Arpin, Christi Bardecki, Melissa Collins, Andrea Dewar, Valérie Dionne, Ann Dow, Susan Gardiner, Sandra Lizé, Nadine Gilbert (goal), Marianne Illing, Whynter Lamarre (goal). Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.
  • 2003 World Championship — 4th place
    • Marie Luc Arpin, Christi Bardecki, Johanne Bégin, Cora Campbell, Melissa Collins, Andrea Dewar, Valérie Dionne, Ann Dow, Susan Gardiner, Marianne Illing, Rachel Riddell, Whynter Lamarre (goal), and Jana Salat. Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.
  • 2003 Pan American Games — Silver Medal
    • Marie Luc Arpin, Christi Bardecki, Johanne Bégin, Cora Campbell, Melissa Collins, Andrea Dewar, Valérie Dionne, Ann Dow, Susan Gardiner, Marianne Illing, Whynter Lamarre (goal), Rachel Riddell, and Jana Salat. Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.
  • 2004 Olympic Games — 7th place
    • Marie Luc Arpin, Johanne Bégin, Cora Campbell, Melissa Collins, Andrea Dewar, Valerie Dionne, Ann Dow, Susan Gardiner, Marianne Illing, Whynter Lamarre, Rachel Riddell (goal), Christine Robinson, and Jana Salat. Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.
  • 2005 FINA World League — 6th place
    • Krystina Alogbo, Alison Braden, Tara Campbell, Joëlle Békhazi, Nancy El-Sakkary, Susan Gardiner, Whynter Lamarre, Katrin Monton, Dominique Perreault, Marina Radu, Rachel Riddell, Christine Robinson, and Whitney Genoway. Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.
  • 2005 World Championship — Bronze Medal
    • Krystina Alogbo, Marie-Luc Arpin, Johanne Bégin, Cora Campbell, Tara Campbell, Valerie Dionne, Ann Dow, Susan Gardiner, Whynter Lamarre, Dominique Perreault, Rachel Riddell (goal), Christine Robinson, and Jana Salat. Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.
  • 2006 FINA World League — 6th place
    • Krystina Alogbo, Joëlle Békhazi, Alison Braden, Valerie Dionne, Susan Gardiner (captain), Whitney Genoway, Whynter Lamarre, Sandra Lizé, Dominique Perreault, Marina Radu, Rachel Riddell (goal), Christine Robinson, and Rosanna Tomiuk. Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.
  • 2007 World Championship — 6th place
    • Krystina Alogbo, Joëlle Békhazi, Alison Braden, Cora Campbell, Tara Campbell, Emily Csikos, Whynter Lamarre, Sandra Lizé, Katrina Monton, Dominique Perreault, Marina Radu, Rachel Riddell, and Christine Robinson. Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.
  • 2007 FINA World League — 4th place
    • Krystina Alogbo, Joëlle Békhazi, Alison Braden, Cora Campbell, Tara Campbell, Jenna Crook, Emily Csikos, Whynter Lamarre, Sandra Lizé, Dominique Perreault, Marina Radu, Rachel Riddell (goal), Christine Robinson, and Rosanna Tomiuk. Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.
  • 2007 Holiday Cup — 6th place
    • Krystina Alogbo, Johanne Bégin, Joëlle Békhazi, Alison Braden, Cora Campbell, Tara Campbell, Emily Csikos, Whynter Lamarre, Sandra Lizé, Katrina Monton, Dominique Perreault, Rachel Riddell (goal), Christine Robinson, and Rosanna Tomiuk. Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.
  • 2007 Pan American Games — Silver Medal
    • Krystina Alogbo, Joëlle Békhazi, Alison Braden, Cora Campbell, Tara Campbell, Emily Csikos, Whynter Lamarre, Sandra Lizé, Dominique Perreault, Marina Radu, Rachel Riddell, Christine Robinson, and Rosanna Tomiuk. Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.
  • 2008 FINA Olympic Qualifying Tournament — 5th place
    • Rachel Riddell, Krystina Alogbo, Sandra Lizé, Emily Csikos, Johanne Bégin, Katrina Monton, Rosanna Tomiuk, Dominique Perrault, Alison Braden, Christine Robinson, Tara Campbell, Marina Radu, and Whynter Lamarre. Head Coach: Patrick Oaten.
  • 2009 World Championship — Silver Medal
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  • 2017 World Championship — 4th place[4]
    • Jessica Gaudreault, Krystina Alogbo, Axelle Crevier, Emma Wright, Monika Eggens, Kyra Christmas, Joëlle Békhazi, Elyse Lemay-Lavoie, Hayley McKelvey, Christine Robinson, Kelly McKee, Shae Fournier, and Ymane Hage. Head Coach: Haris Pavlidis.

Under-20 team

Canada's women won the title at the 2003 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships.[5]

See also

References
  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 56, 57, 67, 78, 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  2. "In last-second reversal, Canada's women's water polo team qualifies for Olympics". cbc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  3. "21st World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster CAN" (PDF). Omega Timing. February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  4. "Budapest 2017 Canadian Women's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  5. Russia after fourth title at FINA World Women's Junior Water Polo Championship Owen Lloyd (Inside the Games), October 9, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
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