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.

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.Beijing 2008 - Water Polo Women's Draw 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.

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.

Preliminary round All times are CST (UTC+8).

Group A

Group B

Final rounds Bracket

7th place match All times are CST (UTC+8).

Quarterfinals All times are CST (UTC+8).

5th place match All times are CST (UTC+8).

Semifinals All times are CST (UTC+8).

Bronze medal match All times are CST (UTC+8).

Gold medal match All times are CST (UTC+8).

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank Team45678

Multi-time Olympians

Three-time Olympian(s): 4 players : Sofia Konukh, Elena Smurova : Heather Petri, Brenda Villa

Multiple medalists

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 2 players : Heather Petri, Brenda Villa

Top goalscorers

RankPlayer16172613361251255116610610510510106959694959

Medallists GoldSilverBronzeIlse van der MeijdenYasemin SmitMieke CaboutBiurakn HakhverdianMarieke van den HamDaniëlle de BruijnIefke van BelkumNoeki KleinGillian van den BergAlette SijbringRianne GuichelaarSimone KootMeike de NooyHead coach: Robin van GalenElizabeth ArmstrongHeather PetriBrittany HayesBrenda VillaLauren WengerNatalie GoldaPatty CardenasJessica SteffensElsie WindesAlison GregorkaMoriah van NormanKami CraigJaime HippHead coach: Guy BakerEmma KnoxGemma BeadsworthNikita CuffeRebecca RipponSuzie FraserBronwen KnoxTaniele GofersKate GyntherJenna SantoromitoMia SantoromitoMelissa RipponAmy HetzelAlicia McCormackHead coach: Greg McFadden

Awards Media All-Star Team Goalkeeper Patrícia Horváth (43 saves) Field players Daniëlle de Bruijn (left-handed, 17 goals, 15 sprints won) Elisa Casanova (left-handed, 7 goals) Gao Ao (11 goals) Bronwen Knox (12 goals) Jessica Steffens (5 goals) Ágnes Valkai (7 goals, 10 sprints won)

See also

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

References

Sources PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library: Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive) Water polo on the Olympedia website Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics (women's tournament) Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 2008 Summer Games (women's tournament) (archived)

External links Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics