Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Water polo at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

The women's water polo tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from 11 August to 21 August at the Beijing's Ying Tung Pool.

Teams from eight nations competed, seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. 20 games were played, 12 of them in the preliminary round (each team played the other teams in the group). Eight games were played in the final round.

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Format

The tournament featured eight teams, separated into two groups of four teams.[1] Each team played the other three teams in its pool once in a round-robin format. The first-place team in each pool qualified directly for the semifinal, the second- and third-place teams moved on to the quarterfinal round, and the fourth-place teams played each other in a seventh place game.[2]

The winners of the quarterfinal games moved on to the semifinals to face the top teams from each pool, while the quarterfinal losers played a fifth place classification game. The semifinal winners played in the gold medal game, while the losers played each other for the bronze.[2]

Preliminary round

Group A

Qualified for the semifinals
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Will play for places 7–8
GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 2 1 0 33 27 +6 5
 Italy 3 2 1 0 28 26 +2 5
 China 3 1 0 2 33 33 0 2
 Russia 3 0 0 3 26 34 −8 0

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

11 August 2008
14:20
 Game reference Russia  8 – 9  Italy Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Turcotte (CAN), Argyros (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-1, 2-3, 1-2
Smurova 2 Goals Miceli 2, di Mario 2
02008-08-11 11 August 2008
17:00
 Game reference United States  12 – 11  China Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Kiszelly (HUN), Tulga (TUR)
Score by quarters: 3-3, 5-4, 2-2, 2-2
Golda 4, Craig 3, Hayes 2 Goals Gao 3, Teng 2, Sun Yu. 2, Sun H. 2
02008-08-13 13 August 2008
15:40
 Game reference United States  9 – 9  Italy Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Balfanbayev (KAZ), Kiszelly (HUN)
Score by quarters: 0-2, 4-2, 2-2, 3-3
Hayes 2, Villa 2 Goals Miceli 2, di Mario 2
13 August 2008
17:00
 Game reference Russia  11 – 13  China Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Turcotte (CAN), Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 2-3, 5-4, 3-1, 1-5
Pantyulina 3, Vylegzhanina 2 Goals Sun Yu. 4, Gao 2, Sun H. 2
02008-08-15 15 August 2008
14:20
 Game reference Russia  7 – 12  United States Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Moliner Molins (ESP), Tulga (TUR)
Score by quarters: 0-5, 3-2, 2-4, 2-1
Konukh 2, Turova 2 Goals Golda 3, Villa 2, Gregorka 2
15 August 2008
17:00
 Game reference Italy  10 – 9  China Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Kiszelly (HUN), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2-2, 4-2, 2-4, 2-1
Casanova 4, di Mario 3 Goals Sun Ya. 3, Wang Yi 2, Qiao 2

Group B

Qualified for the semifinals
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Will play for places 7–8
GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 3 2 1 0 28 20 +8 5
 Australia 3 2 1 0 25 22 +3 5
 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 27 27 0 2
 Greece 3 0 0 3 16 27 −11 0
11 August 2008
13:00
 Game reference Hungary  11 – 9  Netherlands Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Caputi (ITA), Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3-3, 3-2, 4-3, 1-1
Pelle 4, Kisteleki 2, Stieber 2, Valkai 2 Goals de Bruijn 4, van den Berg 3
11 August 2008
15:40
 Game reference Greece  6 – 8  Australia Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Patelli (BRA), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2-5, 2-2, 1-1, 1-0
Roumpesi 3, Liosi 2 Goals Beadsworth 4, Gofers 2
13 August 2008
13:00
 Game reference Hungary  7 – 7  Australia Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Brguljan Mario (MNE), Tulga Ahmet Erhan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1-1, 1-1, 1-2, 4-3
Drávucz 3, Pelle 2, Valkai 2 Goals R. Rippon 2, B. Knox 2, M. Rippon 2
13 August 2008
14:20
 Game reference Greece  6 – 9  Netherlands Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Ni Shiwei (CHN), Patelli Decio Jr (BRA)
Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-2, 1-3, 0-1
Liosi 2 Goals Cabout 4, de Bruijn 2, van Belkum 2
15 August 2008
13:00
 Game reference Netherlands  9 – 10  Australia Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Caputi (ITA), Turcotte (CAN)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-2, 1-2, 5-4
van den Ham 3, van Belkum 2, Sijbring 2 Goals B. Knox 4, Beadsworth 2, Gynther 2
15 August 2008
15:40
 Game reference Hungary  10 – 4  Greece Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Balfanbayev (KAZ), Patelli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 1-1, 3-1, 3-0, 3-2
Kisteleki 2, Stieber 2, Drávucz 2, Pelle 2 Goals Gerolymou 1, Liosi 1, Roumpesi 1, Asimaki 1

Classification round

Classification 7th–8th

17 August 2008
13:00
 Game reference Russia  12 – 6  Greece Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Knights (NZL), Pinker (RSA)
Score by quarters: 3-2, 4-1, 3-1, 2-2
Shepelina 3, Konukh 3, Pantyulina 2, Belyaeva 2 Goals Roumpesi 4

Medal round

Bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
                           
A1   United States 9  
A3   China 11  
B2   Australia 8  
B2   Australia 12  
    United States 8
    Netherlands 9
B1   Hungary 7
A2   Italy 8 (3)  
B3   Netherlands 8  
B3   Netherlands 8 (5)  
5th–6th Bronze medal game
5   China 10   Australia 9 (3)
6   Italy 7 4   Hungary 9 (2)

Quarterfinals

17 August 2008
14:20
 Game reference China  11 – 12  Australia Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Patelli (BRA), Moliner Molins (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4-4, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2
Ma 3, Sun H. 2 Goals Gynther 5, Cuffe 2, M. Rippon 2
17 August 2008
15:40
 Game reference Italy  8 (3) – 8 (5)  Netherlands Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Bock (GER), Argyros (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-3, 3-2, 2-1  OT: 0-0, 0-0, 3-5 (PS)
Zanchi 4, Miceli 2, Bosurgi 2 Goals Cabout 4, de Bruijn 3, Smit 2, van Belkum 2

Classification 5th–6th

19 August 2008
13:00
 Game reference China  10 – 7  Italy Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Turcotte (CAN)
Score by quarters: 3-1, 2-3, 1-3, 4-0
Gao 4, Sun H. 2 Goals di Mario 3, Zanchi 2

Semifinals

02008-08-19 19 August 2008
14:20
 Game reference United States  9 – 8  Australia Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2-2, 2-2, 4-1, 1-3
Villa 3, Hayes 2 Goals Gynther 3, R. Rippon 2
19 August 2008
15:40
 Game reference Hungary  7 – 8  Netherlands Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Brguljan (MNE), Antsiferov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-3, 3-3, 1-1
Pelle 3, Drávucz 2, Primász 2 Goals van den Ham 3, van Belkum 3

Bronze medal game

21 August 2008
17:00
 Game reference Australia  9 (3) – 9 (2)  Hungary Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Antsiferov (RUS), Rak (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-3, 3-1, 1-1  OT: 2-1, 0-1, 3-2 (PS)
B. Knox 3, Gynther 3, Fraser 2 Goals Kisteleki 4, Valkai 3, Drávucz 2

Gold medal game

02008-08-21 21 August 2008
18:20
 Game reference United States  8 – 9  Netherlands Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Kiszelly (HUN), Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2-4, 3-1, 1-2, 2-2
Steffens 2 Goals de Bruijn 7

Final rankings

Rank Team
 Netherlands
 United States
 Australia
4  Hungary
5  China
6  Italy
7  Russia
8  Greece

Statistics

Leading goalscorers

Rank Player GP G
1  Daniëlle de Bruijn (NED) 6 17
2  Kate Gynther (AUS) 6 13
3  Bronwen Knox (AUS) 6 12
 Anikó Pelle (HUN) 5 12
5  Gao Ao (CHN) 5 11
6  Iefke van Belkum (NED) 6 10
 Mieke Cabout (NED) 6 10
 Rita Drávucz (HUN) 5 10
 Tania di Mario (ITA) 5 10
10  Gemma Beadsworth (AUS) 6 9
 Natalie Golda (USA) 5 9
 Marieke van den Ham (NED) 6 9
 Antigoni Roumpesi (GRE) 4 9
 Brenda Villa (USA) 5 9

See also

References

  1. ^ Beijing 2008 - Water Polo Women's Draw
  2. ^ a b "Water Polo Competition format and rules". Beijing 2008. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BCK/WP/39492.shtml. 

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