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By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

As 2018 draws to a close, Swimming World<\/em> looks back at the year\u2019s top five events in women\u2019s water polo. Despite only one international tournament of note\u2014the European Championships in Barcelona\u2014there was more than enough to discuss now and in the future, as the Olympic qualification cycle begins in earnest next year.<\/p>\n

#5) Ban of Israeli Women\u2019s Water Polo Team in Spain.<\/strong> This controversy exploded last month, as a team of young women from Israel\u2014all of whom were playing in their first-ever FINA World League competition\u2014endured a memorable trip to Europe. It started uneventfully, with a 24-5 \u00a0loss to the Greeks in Athens, then became a full-scale media sensation when the Israelis traveled to Barcelona to face the Spaniards in the second leg of their three-city trip.<\/p>\n

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Israeli national women’s water polo team. Photo Courtesy: Israeli Water Polo Association<\/p><\/div>\n

There, the harsh reality of global politics awaited the Israelis. CUP (Candidacy of Popular Unity)-Capgirem, part of the Catalonian separatist movement that in recent years has gained prominence in Barcelona, moved to ban the Israelis from competing in their city, citing a pact made with Boycott, Divest, Sanctions (BDS), a pro-Palestinian movement that has become globally prominent in attacking the Jewish state\u2019s treatment of its Arab citizens and neighbors.<\/p>\n

[Revital Gluska, Israeli Water Polo Association: \u201cYou\u2019re not going to hide the Israeli national team\u201d]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

After a heated protest by Miri Regev<\/strong>, Israeli\u2019s Minister of Culture and Sport, a compromise<\/a> was reached for a hastily organized match in Sant Cugat. The Israelis were no match for one of Europe\u2019s best sides but made a strong showing in an 11-5 loss.<\/p>\n

Part of Regev’s outrage has to do with consistency. Last July the Israelis participated without incident in the 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships, also in Barcelona. They finished a program-best 10th, paving the way for their inclusion in the FINA World League.<\/p>\n

#4) Concussions in U.S. age group water polo.<\/strong> The issue of concussions, which is threatening<\/a> to curtail American football\u2019s place in the pantheon of U.S. sports, has moved front and center in the discussion of age group polo, in particular in the women\u2019s game. Mayall vs. USA Water Polo, a 2015 lawsuit filed accusing the governing body for the sport in America with negligence in the circumstances surrounding a 16-year-old female\u2019s exposure to multiple blows to the head, has been reinstated upon appeal.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: M. Randazzo<\/p><\/div>\n

The circumstances surrounding this young athlete\u2019s alleged injuries is in dispute; what is not is Americans\u2019 heightened awareness of the dangers of youth sports\u2014now threatening to alter the way a fringe sport is played. This brings into question what sort of support staff, training and equipment will be necessary for age group polo athletes to compete.<\/p>\n

[9th District court reinstates class action against USA Water Polo over athlete’s concussion-related injury]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

#3) Dutch Women Win the European Championships<\/strong>. In a year that saw great strides for the women’s game in Europe\u2014American star athletes Ashleigh Johnson<\/strong> and Maggie Steffens <\/strong>crossed the Atlantic for professional contracts in Italy and Hungary respectively\u2014it was the Netherlands, led by star-striker Sabrina Van Der Sloot<\/strong> (tournament MVP; 20 goals) that made the biggest splash at the year\u2019s most prominent tournament.<\/p>\n

Sweeping unbeaten to the finals of the European Championship in Barcelona with a +76 goal differential\u2014a 6-6 tie with Italy their only blemish\u2014Head Coach Arno Havenga\u2019s<\/strong> squad avoided a match against the host Spaniards, an 11-9 upset victim to Greece\u2014then delivered an exclamation point to their fantastic tournament, capturing a 6-4 win over the Greeks and securing the Netherland\u2019s first European Championship in 25 years.<\/p>\n

[The Netherlands, 2018 European Water Polo Champions]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Question is: are the enigmatic Dutch\u2014 who, despite hosting the 2016 qualification matches, missed out on the Rio Olympics\u2014ready to advance to prominence on the Olympic stage?<\/p>\n

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Trojans triumphant! Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne<\/p><\/div>\n

#2) USC wins 2018 NCAA women\u2019s water polo title.<\/strong> If American women’s colleges offer the best\u2014albeit amateur\u2014 competition in the world, as many observers believe, then the world\u2019s best team in 2018 may be the Trojans of USC. Head Coach Jovan Vavic\u2019s<\/strong> side\u2014anchored by 2018 Cutino Award winner, goalie Amanda Longan<\/strong> and phenomenal newcomer Paige Hauschild<\/strong>\u2014racked up an impressive 26-1 record (USC\u2019s lone loss was to Stanford early in the season) in advancing to its first NCAA Women\u2019s Water Polo Tournament finals since 2016, an 8-7 win over the Cardinal that was part of a perfect 26-0 campaign.<\/p>\n

[USC, Behind Mammolito Hat Trick, Tops Stanford for 2018 NCAA Women\u2019s Water Polo Title]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Opposing the Trojans again in the 2018 final was Stanford, seeking revenge as well as their sixth NCAA championship in nine straight trips to the title match. It was not to be. A determined USC wore down John Tanner\u2019s<\/strong> squad for a 5-4 win to claim the sixth Trojan women\u2019s title of the Vavic era.<\/p>\n

#1) U.S. Senior Women remain the world\u2019s best.<\/strong> A squad anchored by Olympians Johnson, Steffens,\u00a0Rachel Fattal<\/strong>, Aria<\/strong> and Makenzie Fischer<\/strong>, Kiley Neuchul<\/strong> and Melissa Seidmannn<\/strong> romped through international play without any significant stumbles\u2014a lone loss to Australia in the FINA Intercontinental Tournament\u2014going 33-1 and winning every tournament they entered, including the FINA World League and World Cup titles.<\/p>\n

In a non-Olympic or World Championship year, that may not appear to be such a feat. But attacker\u00a0Maddie Musselman\u00a0<\/strong>was absent most of the year, and Team USA still dominated. In a series of friendlies just concluded in California, the Yanks swept all three matches against the Dutch, outscoring their European visitors 36-14<\/p>\n

[Team USA – Best Female Water Polo Team | FINA World Aquatics Gala 2018]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

None other than FINA itself honored the Americans as the top women\u2019s water polo team of the year\u2014for the fourth straight year. With a championship run now extended to ten major tournaments, including back-to-back world championships and Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016, the question is: can anyone stop the Americans?<\/p>\n

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Maggie Steffens. Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne<\/p><\/div>\n

Honorable Mention: Maggie Steffens.<\/strong> When she\u2019s not gracing<\/a> magazine covers as the world\u2019s top female player, the 25-year-old is being profiled<\/a> in The New York Times or is part of a panel on polo\u2019s future at the all-important FINA World Water Polo Conference last April in Budapest.<\/p>\n

[Notes From FINA: 2018 World Water Polo Conference in Budapest]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

With a shot at a third-straight Olympic gold\u2014a feat not seen since Hungarian dominance of the sport earlier this century\u2014in the 2020 games in Tokyo, the American captain is one of the world’s most visible polo athletes. Her enduring popularity is a testament to the incredible strength of women athletes in a year marked by the #MeToo<\/a> movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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