3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship
# 3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship

3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship was 3rd edition of World Hot Air Ballooning Championships for women held in Nałęczów, Poland from August 6 to August 11, 2018. Total of 14 tasks were held. Five flights were cancelled due to the weather conditions from August 9 to August 11.

Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska from Leszno, Poland became world champion. Nicola Scaife, the world champion of 2014 and 2016 from Hunter Valley, Australia was third.

## Final ranking

| Rank | Balloonist | Nation | Points | Wins |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska | Poland | 10875 | 2 |
| | Agnė Simonavičiūtė | Lithuania | 9663 | 1 |
| | Nicola Scaife | Australia | 9287 | 4 |
| 4 | Kim Magee | United States | 9048 | 0 |
| 5 | Elisabeth Kindermann-Schön | Austria | 8976 | 1 |
| 6 | Julija Romanovskaja | Lithuania | 8788 | 3 |
| 7 | Cheri White | United States | 8319 | 0 |
| 8 | Astrid Carl | Germany | 8295 | 0 |
| 9 | Nicole Vogel | Switzerland | 8269 | 0 |
| 10 | Rita Becz | Hungary | 7987 | 0 |
| 11 | Sanne Haarhuis | Netherlands | 7946 | 0 |
| 12 | Kristin Vevere | Latvia | 7752 | 0 |
| 13 | Chloe Hallet | United Kingdom | 7568 | 1 |
| 14 | Beata Choma | Poland | 7351 | 0 |
| 15 | Joanna Biedermann | Poland | 7306 | 2 |
| 16 | Miglė Vaitulevičiūtė | Lithuania | 7100 | 0 |
| 17 | Diana Nasonova | Russia | 7056 | 0 |
| 18 | Kelli Keller | United States | 7032 | 0 |
| 19 | Katharina Kräck | Germany | 6872 | 0 |
| 20 | Lindsay Muir | United Kingdom | 6581 | 0 |
| 21 | Ieva Skele | Latvia | 6411 | 1 |
| 22 | Marija Oparina | Russia | 6408 | 0 |
| 23 | Sylvia Meinl | Germany | 6174 | 0 |
| 24 | Marija Petric Miklousic | Croatia | 6094 | 0 |
| 25 | Ewelina Leszczuk | Poland | 5947 | 0 |
| 26 | Caroline Splinters | Netherlands | 5869 | 0 |
| 27 | Akari Sue | Japan | 5839 | 0 |
| 28 | Ieva Šuopytė | Lithuania | 5677 | 0 |
| 29 | Aline Kalousdian | Germany | 5161 | 0 |
| 30 | Mia Fraser | Australia | 5160 | 0 |
| 31 | Victoria Vertrees | United States | 4484 | 0 |
| 32 | Tomoko Kurahashi | Japan | 4395 | 0 |
| 33 | Rieko Shingo | Japan | 3473 | 0 |
