Water polo at the 1981 World Games

Goal being scored in women's water polo at World Games I

The World Games I women's water polo competition was held on July 25–27, 1981, at Santa Clara International Swim Center in Santa Clara, California. Teams from the United States (2), Netherlands and Canada participated.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Six days before the first game, Canada had become the newly-crowned World Cup champion in Brisbane, Australia, in a competition that included the same three teams that medaled in these Games.[11][12]

## Medalists

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Gold | Silver | Bronze

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Netherlands

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J. Boer
Brinkhof
Dorine Heijnert
Kok
Ria Roos
Ingrid Scholten
Elly Spijker
Ann van Beek
Leineke van den Heuvel
Marion van den Mark
Greet van den Veen
others

|  United States I

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Lynn Comer
Laura Cox
Ruth Cox
Debbie Decker
Leslie Entwistle
Karen Hastie
Vaune Kadlubek
Simone LaPay
Robin Linn
Sue McIntyre
Maureen O'Toole
Marla Smith
other
|  Canada

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Sylvie Archambault
Tracy Crandall
Odile Delaserra
Isabel Deschamps
Michele Despatis
Jocelyn Dumais
Diedre Finshaw
Johanne Gervais
Janice Gilbey
Heather Gifford
Hilary Knowles
Denise Prefontaine
Sylvie Thibault

## Standing

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Team  | W  | L  | GF  | GA

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Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 52 | 17
United States I  | 2 | 1 | 30 | 23
Canada | 1 | 2 | 24 | 29
United States II  | 0 | 3 | 10 | 47

## Details

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Saturday, July 25, 1981:

United States I 14, United States II 4
Netherlands 17, Canada 7

Sunday, July 26, 1981:

United States I 9, Canada 6
Netherlands 22, United States II 3

Monday, July 27, 1981:

Netherlands 13, United States I 7
Canada 11, United States II 3

Other known individual participants: USA – Marybeth Rozance

## References

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1. ^ "Santa Clara, USA 1981 Calendar & Results". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
2. ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
3. ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 26, 1981. p. 14E.
4. ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 28, 1981. p. 7D.
5. ^ Payne, Dave (July 25, 1981). "'World' opener attracts 3,000". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. p. 6D.
6. ^ "Canadians drop match". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 26, 1981. p. 1E.
7. ^ "Holland dunks Canadian women". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 26, 1981. p. 3E.
8. ^ "German fin swimmer wins fourth gold medal". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 28, 1981. p. 3D.
9. ^ SARGIS, JOE (July 26, 1981). "Jim Cash of Manhattan, Kan., set two world records..." United Press International.
10. ^ SARGIS, JOE (July 28, 1981). "The Netherlands, with Ria Roos scoring four goals, buried..." United Press International.
11. ^ "HistoFINA Water Polo Medallists and Statistics" (PDF). Lausanne, Switzerland: FINA. 2017. p. 66.
12. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Women Water Polo 3rd World Cup 1981 Brisbane (AUS) - 12-19.07 Winner Canada". Retrieved 30 Jul 2019.

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Events at the 1981 World Games in Santa Clara

* Artistic roller skating
* Badminton
* Baseball
* Bodybuilding
* Bowling
* Casting
* Finswimming
* Karate
* Powerlifting
* Racquetball
* Road speed skating
* Roller hockey
* Softball
* Taekwondo
* Track speed skating
* Trampoline gymnastics
* Tug of war
* Water polo
* Water skiing

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