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

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7–8

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7–8

Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament
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Rosters
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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.

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

Team v t e	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 v	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

11 August 2008 17:00 v	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

13 August 2008 15:40 v	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 v	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

15 August 2008 14:20 v	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 v	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

Team v t e	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 v	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 v	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 v	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 v	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 v	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 v	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 v	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 v	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 v	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 v	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

19 August 2008 14:20 v	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 v	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 v	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

21 August 2008 18:20 v	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
3	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