A fierce six-day tournament kicked-off today in Shanghai, China, during which eight teams previously qualified at the FINA Women's Water Polo World League Intercontinental Tournament and at the European preliminaries will battle it out for the World League title.

The reigning Olympic champion holds all titles on offer at the elite level so far but USA’s dominance in this competition will be challenged by the Aussies, who defeated the champions in Davis in May at the Intercontinental Tournament.

Since the event’s inception in 2004 there have been 13 Super Finals with USA winning an incredible 10, while also claiming one silver and one bronze.

The groups' composition in Shanghai unfolds as follows:

GROUP A: USA, RUS, JPN, NED

GROUP B: AUS, HUN, CAN, CHN

Competition's schedule

DAY 1
June 6
 DAY 2
June 7
 DAY 3
June 8
 DAY 4
June 9
 DAY 5
June 10
 DAY 6
June 11
15:00
HUNvsCAN

16:20
RUSvsJPN

17:40
USAvsNED

19:30
AUSvsCHN

 15:00
USAvsJPN

16:20
RUSvsNED

17:40
AUSvsCAN

19:00
HUNvsCHN

 15:00
HUNvsAUS

16:20
RUSvsUSA

17:40
JPNvsNED

19:00
CANvsCHN

 15:00
2Avs3B

16:20
3Avs2B

17:40
1Avs4B

19:00
4Avs1B

 15:00
L13vsL16

16:20
L14vsL15

17:40
W13vsW16

19:00
W14-W15

 14:30
L17vsL18

15:50
W17-W18

17:10
L19vsL20

18:30
W19vsW20