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

Women's water polo
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country China
CityBeijing
Venue(s)Ying Tung Natatorium
Dates11–21 August 2008
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors103
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Australia
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches20
Goals scored370 (18.5 per match)
Multiple
appearances		3-time Olympian(s): 4
Multiple
medalists		3-time medalist(s): 2
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Daniëlle de Bruijn
(17 goals in 6 matches)
Most savesUnited States Elizabeth Armstrong
(49 saves in 5 matches)
Top sprinter(s)China Wang Yi
(18 sprints won in 5 matches)
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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 Ying Tung Natatorium.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[3]

Preliminary round

All times are CST (UTC+8).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 United States 3 2 1 0 33 27 +6 5 Qualified for semifinals
 Italy 3 2 1 0 28 26 +2 5 Qualified for quarterfinals
 China 3 1 0 2 33 33 0 2
 Russia 3 0 0 3 26 34 −8 0 Will play for places 7th–8th
Source: [citation needed]


11 August 2008
14:20 		Report Russia  8–9  Italy Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Gaetan Turcotte (CAN), Nikolaos 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 		Report United States  12–11  China Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Gabor Kiszelly (HUN), Ahmet Erhan 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 		Report United States  9–9  Italy Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ), Gabor 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 		Report Russia  11–13  China Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Gaetan Turcotte (CAN), Torsten 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 		Report Russia  7–12  United States Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Jaime Moliner Molins (ESP), Ahmet Erhan 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 		Report Italy  10–9  China Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Gabor Kiszelly (HUN), Boris 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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Hungary 3 2 1 0 28 20 +8 5 Qualified for semifinals
 Australia 3 2 1 0 25 22 +3 5 Qualified for quarterfinals
 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 27 27 0 2
 Greece 3 0 0 3 16 27 −11 0 Will play for places 7th–8th
Source: [citation needed]


11 August 2008
13:00 		Report Hungary  11–9  Netherlands Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Radoslaw Piotr 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 		Report Greece  6–8  Australia Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Decio Jr Patelli (BRA), Boris 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 		Report Hungary  7–7  Australia Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Mario Brguljan (MNE), Ahmet Erhan Tulga (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 		Report Greece  6–9  Netherlands Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Shiwei Ni (CHN), Decio Jr Patelli (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 		Report Netherlands  9–10  Australia Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Gaetan 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 		Report Hungary  10–4  Greece Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ), Decio Jr 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

Final rounds

Bracket
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
A1 United States9
A3 China11B2 Australia8
B2 Australia12 United States8
 Netherlands9
B1 Hungary7
A2 Italy11B3 Netherlands8
B3 Netherlands13
5th–6thBronze medal match
5 China10 Australia12
6 Italy74 Hungary11

7th place match

All times are CST (UTC+8).


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

Quarterfinals

All times are CST (UTC+8).


17 August 2008
14:20 		Report China  11–12  Australia Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Decio Jr Patelli (BRA), Jaime 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 		Report Italy  11–13  Netherlands Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Torsten Bock (GER), Nikolaos Argyros (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–2, 2–1  OT: 0–0, 0–0  PSO: 3-5
Zanchi 4, Miceli 2, Bosurgi 2 Goals Cabout 4, de Bruijn 3, Smit 2, van Belkum 2

5th place match

All times are CST (UTC+8).


19 August 2008
13:00 		Report China  10–7  Italy Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Ahmet Erhan Tulga (TUR), Gaetan 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

All times are CST (UTC+8).


19 August 2008
14:20 		Report United States  9–8  Australia Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 4–1, 1–3
Villa 3
Hayes 2
Golda, Steffens, Gregorka, Craig 1 		Goals Gynther 3
R. Rippon 2
Beadsworth, Knox, M. Rippon 1
19 August 2008
15:40 		Report Hungary  7–8  Netherlands Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Mario Brguljan (MNE), Sergey Antsiferov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 3–3, 1–1
Pelle 3
Drávucz, Primász 2
 Goals van den Ham, van Belkum 3
Cabout, Sijbring 1

Bronze medal match

All times are CST (UTC+8).


21 August 2008
17:00 		Report 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Australia  12–11  Hungary Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Sergey Antsiferov (RUS), Mladen Rak (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–1, 1–1  OT: 2–1, 0–1  PSO: 3–2
Knox, Gynther 3
Fraser 2
Beadsworth, R. Rippon, Santoromito, M. Rippon 1 		Goals Kisteleki 4
Valkai 3
Drávucz 2
Zantleitner, Pelle 1

Gold medal match

All times are CST (UTC+8).


21 August 2008
18:20 		Report 2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States  8–9  Netherlands 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Gabor Kiszelly (HUN), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–1, 1–2, 2–2
Steffens 2
Hayes, Villa, Golda, Gregorka, van Norman, Craig 1 		Goals de Bruijn 7
van Belkum, van den Ham 1

Ranking and statistics

Main article: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
See also: National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament

Final ranking

Multi-time Olympians

Main article: List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments

Three-time Olympian(s): 4 players

Multiple medalists

Main article: List of Olympic medalists in water polo

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 2 players

Top 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  Ao Gao (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

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Netherlands (NED)[1]
Ilse van der Meijden
Yasemin Smit
Mieke Cabout
Biurakn Hakhverdian
Marieke van den Ham
Daniëlle de Bruijn
Iefke van Belkum
Noeki Klein
Gillian van den Berg
Alette Sijbring
Rianne Guichelaar
Simone Koot
Meike de Nooy
Head coach: Robin van Galen 		 United States (USA)
Elizabeth Armstrong
Heather Petri
Brittany Hayes
Brenda Villa
Lauren Wenger
Natalie Golda
Patty Cardenas
Jessica Steffens
Elsie Windes
Alison Gregorka
Moriah van Norman
Kami Craig
Jaime Hipp
Head coach: Guy Baker 		 Australia (AUS)
Emma Knox
Gemma Beadsworth
Nikita Cuffe
Rebecca Rippon
Suzie Fraser
Bronwen Knox
Taniele Gofers
Kate Gynther
Jenna Santoromito
Mia Santoromito
Melissa Rippon
Amy Hetzel
Alicia McCormack
Head coach: Greg McFadden

Awards

Media All-Star Team[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ Beijing 2008 - Water Polo Women's Draw
  3. ^ a b "Water Polo Competition format and rules". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15.
  4. ^ "Sofia Konukh". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Elena Smurova". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Heather Petri". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Brenda Villa". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Olympic All Star Teams Announced; Send Your Congratulations To US Olympic Teams". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

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