2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the fourth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. Three qualification tournaments were held, before the Final Round took off in the Parc Jean Drapeau Aquatic Centre in Montréal, Canada from July 4 to July 8, 2007.

Contents

Preliminary round

America's

Held from June 1 to June 3, 2007 in Los Alamitos, United States

Puerto Rico  4–19  Canada
United States  20–3  Puerto Rico
United States  12–5  Canada
Team Points G W D L GF GA
1.  United States 6 2 2 0 0 32 8
2.  Canada 3 2 1 0 1 24 16
3.  Puerto Rico 0 2 0 0 2 7 39

Asia and Oceania

Held from May 29 to June 3, 2007 in Tianjin, PR China

Australia  14–6  New Zealand
China  8–6  Japan
Japan  13–9  New Zealand
China  6–11  Australia
Japan  2–19  Australia
China  9–8  New Zealand
Australia  16–8  New Zealand
China  12–11  Japan
Japan  11–10  New Zealand
China  5–9  Australia
Japan  1–13  Australia
China  13–7  New Zealand
Team Points G W D L GF GA
1.  Australia 18 6 6 0 0 82 28
2.  China 11 6 4 0 2 53 52
3.  Japan 7 6 2 0 4 44 71
4.  New Zealand 0 6 0 0 6 48 76

Europe

Held from June 13 to June 17, 2007 in Kirishi, Russia

Hungary  9–12  Netherlands
Greece  13–11  Spain
Russia  22–9  Germany
Germany  3–11  Netherlands
Spain  9–4  Hungary
Russia  9–10  Greece
Netherlands  10–11  Spain
Greece  12–10  Germany
Hungary  6–16  Russia
Germany  7–9  Spain
Greece  9–8  Hungary
Russia  10–11  Netherlands
Netherlands  10–9  Greece
Germany  11–14  Hungary
Spain  17–11  Russia
Team Points G W D L GF GA
1.  Greece 12 5 4 0 1 53 48
2.  Spain 12 5 4 0 1 57 45
3.  Netherlands 12 5 4 0 1 54 42
4.  Russia 6 5 2 0 3 68 53
5.  Hungary 3 5 1 0 4 41 57
6.  Germany 0 5 0 0 5 40 68

Final round

Greece  8–9  Australia
Spain  3–12  United States
China  5–13  Canada
United States  9–8  Australia
Greece  12–7  China
Spain  8–9  Canada
Spain  12–11  Australia
China  2–9  United States
Greece  11–12  Canada
Spain  14–7  China
Greece  4–5  United States
Australia  11–8  Canada

Standings

Team Points G W D L GF GA
1.  United States 15 5 5 0 0 35 17
2.  Australia 9 5 3 0 2 39 37
3.  Canada 8 5 3 0 2 42 35
4.  Greece 7 5 2 0 3 35 33
5.  Spain 6 5 2 0 3 37 39
6.  China 0 5 0 0 5 21 48

Play-offs

Spain  19–8  China
Canada  4–6  Greece
United States  8–4  Australia

Final ranking

RANK TEAM
 United States
 Australia
 Greece
4.  Canada
5.  Spain
6.  China
 2007 FINA Women's World League 

United States
Third title

Individual awards

RANK TOPSCORERS GOALS
1.  Blanca Gil (ESP) 36
2.  Kate Gynther (AUS) 25
3.  Antigoni Roumpesi (GRE) 21
 Angeliki Gerolymou (GRE)
5.  Evangelia Moraitidou (GRE) 18
 Jennifer Pareja (ESP)
7.  Suzie Fraser (AUS) 17
8.  Nikita Cuffe (AUS) 16
9.  Ekaterina Pantyulina (RUS) 15
 Ágnes Primász (HUN)
 Krystina Alogbo (CAN)
12.  Daniëlle de Bruijn (NED) 14
 María Carmen García (ESP)
14.  Iefke van Belkum (NED) 13
 Yumi Nakano (JPN)

Statistics

References