Category:2008 Summer Olympics water polo game reference templates

The men's templates are named in the following ascending pattern, where a higher initial letter signifies a more advanced stage in the tournament:

• A1–A15 and B1–B15 for the respective group games in the preliminary round,
• C1 and C2 for the games in the first classification round,
• D for the game deciding 11th/12th place (losers from C1 and C2),
• E1 and E2 for the games in the second classification round,
• F1 and F2 for the games deciding 9th/10th and 7th/8th place, respectively,
• G1 and G2 for the quarterfinals,
• H for the game deciding 5th/6th place (losers from G1 and G2),
• I1 and I2 for the semifinals, and
• J1 and J2 for the bronze and gold medal games, respectively.

Brackets

Classification round
7th–12th – games C1 / C2 7th–10th – games E1 / E2 7th–8th – game F2                             A4   Australia 17   B5   Italy 13   B5   Italy 16   A6   Canada 11     8   Australia 8   7   Greece 9 B4   Germany 9 A5   Greece 13   A5   Greece 13   B6   China 8   11th–12th – game D 9th–10th – game F1 11   Canada 8 9   Italy 10 12   China 7 10   Germany 8

Medal round
Quarterfinals – games G1 / G2 Semifinals – games I1 / I2 Gold medal game – game J2                             A1   Hungary 11   B2   Croatia 6   A3   Montenegro 9   A3   Montenegro 7       Hungary 14     United States 10 B1   United States 10 A2   Spain 5   B3   Serbia 5   B3   Serbia 9   5th–6th – game H Bronze medal game – game J1 5   Spain 11   Serbia 6 6   Croatia 9 4   Montenegro 4

The women's templates are named in the following ascending pattern, where a higher initial letter signifies a more advanced stage in the tournament:

• A1–A6 and B1–B6 for the respective group games in the preliminary round,
• C for the game deciding 7th/8th place (fourth-placed teams from group play),
• D1 and D2 for the quarterfinals,
• E for the game deciding 5th/6th place (losers from D1 and D2),
• F1 and F2 for the semifinals, and
• G1 and G2 for the bronze and gold medal games, respectively.

Bracket

Medal round

Quarterfinals – games D1 / D2 Semifinals – games F1 / F2 Gold medal game – game G2                             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 – game E Bronze medal game – game G1 5   China 10   Australia 9 (3) 6   Italy 7 4   Hungary 9 (2)