Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Appearance
The 2008 Women's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament was a tournament to decide the remaining four competing teams at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. Four teams were already qualified: Australia, China (host country), the Netherlands and the United States. The tournament was held at the new Olympic Swimming Pool (2005) in Imperia, Italy from February 17 to February 24, 2008 with twelve competing teams.
Teams
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Preliminary round
[edit]Group A
[edit]Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 31 | +40 |
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9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 32 | +38 |
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6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 50 | 0 |
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4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 46 | +2 |
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2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 73 | –50 |
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0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 60 | –30 |
- February 17, 2008
Brazil ![]() |
7 – 11 | ![]() |
Greece ![]() |
15 – 6 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() |
7 – 7 | ![]() |
- February 18, 2008
Brazil ![]() |
7 – 13 | ![]() |
Puerto Rico ![]() |
4 – 16 | ![]() |
Germany ![]() |
8 – 12 | ![]() |
- February 19, 2008
Russia ![]() |
23 – 1 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() |
19 – 5 | ![]() |
Greece ![]() |
7 – 5 | ![]() |
- February 20, 2008
Germany ![]() |
15 – 7 | ![]() |
Greece ![]() |
7 – 15 | ![]() |
Brazil ![]() |
7 – 12 | ![]() |
- February 21, 2008
Russia ![]() |
17 – 8 | ![]() |
Brazil ![]() |
4 – 5 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() |
13 – 9 | ![]() |
Group B
[edit]Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 22 | +46 |
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8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 32 | +17 |
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7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 38 | +33 |
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4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 46 | +2 |
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2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 62 | –14 |
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0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 110 | –84 |
- February 17, 2008
Kazakhstan ![]() |
9 – 13 | ![]() |
Hungary ![]() |
22 – 1 | ![]() |
Cuba ![]() |
5 – 9 | ![]() |
- February 18, 2008
Kazakhstan ![]() |
14 – 11 | ![]() |
Spain ![]() |
29 – 4 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() |
5 – 11 | ![]() |
- February 19, 2008
Czech Republic ![]() |
5 – 21 | ![]() |
Cuba ![]() |
8 – 13 | ![]() |
Hungary ![]() |
10 – 0 | ![]() |
- February 20, 2008
Spain ![]() |
7 – 8 | ![]() |
Kazakhstan ![]() |
21 – 6 | ![]() |
Cuba ![]() |
7 – 16 | ![]() |
- February 21, 2008
Czech Republic ![]() |
10 – 17 | ![]() |
Kazakhstan ![]() |
4 – 6 | ![]() |
Hungary ![]() |
9 – 9 | ![]() |
Quarter finals
[edit]- February 22, 2008
Brazil ![]() |
3 – 6 | ![]() |
Puerto Rico ![]() |
13 – 8 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() |
10 – 7 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() |
2 – 5 | ![]() |
Semi finals
[edit]- February 23, 2008
Germany ![]() |
9 – 8 | ![]() |
Kazakhstan ![]() |
13 – 5 | ![]() |
Russia ![]() |
13 – 10 | ![]() |
Hungary ![]() |
14 – 15 | ![]() |
Finals
[edit]- February 23, 2008 — 11th place
Brazil ![]() |
15 – 5 | ![]() |
- February 24, 2008 — 9th place
Cuba ![]() |
9 – 2 | ![]() |
- February 24, 2008 — 7th place
Germany ![]() |
12 – 13 | ![]() |
- February 24, 2008 — 5th place
Canada ![]() |
10 – 8 | ![]() |
- February 24, 2008 — 3rd place
Hungary ![]() |
11 – 10 | ![]() |
- February 24, 2008 — 1st place
Russia ![]() |
9 – 10 | ![]() |
Final ranking
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- Italy, Russia, Hungary and Greece qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, joining Australia, PR China, Netherlands, and the United States.
Individual awards
[edit]- Most Valuable Player
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- Best Goalkeeper
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- Best Scorer
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