Australia women's national water polo team
| Nickname(s) | Stingers |
|---|---|
| Association | Australian Water Polo |
| Confederation | OSA (Oceania) |
| Head coach | Greg McFadden |
| Asst coach |
Eddie Denis Dalibor Maslan |
| Captain | Bronwen Knox |
| FINA code | AUS |
| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2000) |
| Best result | 1st (2000) |
| World Championships | |
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1986) |
| Best result | 1st (1986) |
| World League | |
| Appearances | 9 (first in 2004) |
| Best result | 2nd (2007, 2010, 2012) |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 15 (first in 1979) |
| Best result | 1st (1984, 1995, 2006) |
The Australian national women's water polo team represents Australia in women's international water polo competitions and is controlled by Australian Water Polo Incorporated. It is currently organised into the Asia/Oceania regional group.
The Australian women's water polo team played their first international in 1975. Since that time they have gone from strength to strength. The team have often had to struggle with lack of funding, but despite that continued to perform credibly on the international stage.
Following 6th place at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy, they won the women's Water polo World Cup at home in Sydney, Australia, in 1995. In 1996, the women won the silver medal in the Olympic Year Tournament behind the Netherlands, then finished with bronze in the following year's World Cup in Nancy, France. Australia continued their successful mid-1990s run by winning the bronze medal at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, and remarkably over the rest of 1998 and 1999 were unbeatable, winning the four international tournaments they contested in the Netherlands, Italy, the United States and Hungary.
After an incredible 14 month winning streak, they only managed the silver at the 1999 world cup in Winnipeg, Canada.
Another success came in 1997 when it was announced that women's Water polo would be included in the Olympic Games for the first time at their home Olympics in Sydney.
Having had an excellent build up to the 2000 Summer Olympic Games at home in Sydney, the team went into the first Olympic tournament at home. They only lost one match to the powerful Dutch side in that historic campaign, on the way to winning the first ever women's Olympic gold medal in front of an ecstatic home crowd.
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