The 2009

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(FINA). After playing in groups within the same continent, eight teams qualified to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in

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from 9 to 14 June 2009.

Super Final

* June 9–14, 2009,

Seeding

Knockout stage

;5th–8th place bracket ;Championship bracket

Semifinals

“USA & Canada reach final, Australia & Spain will go for bronze”
fina.org June 13, 2009.

Bronze medal match

“USA defeats Canada to become 2009 Champs, Bronze to Australia”
fina.org June 14, 2009.

Gold medal match

Final ranking

;Team Roster Betsey Armstrong,

Heather Petri Heather Danielle Petri (born June 13, 1978) is an American water polo player who won the silver medal with the US women's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in Beijing in 2008 and ...

, Brittany Hayes,

Brenda Villa Brenda Villa (born April 18, 1980) is an American accomplished water polo player. She is the most decorated athlete in the world of women’s water polo. Villa was named Female Water Polo Player of the Decade for 2000-2009 by the FINA Aquatics Wo ...

( C),

Lauren Wenger Lauren Ashley Wenger (born March 11, 1984) is an American water polo player for the University of Southern California, who received the 2006 Peter J. Cutino Award as the best collegiate water polo player among Division I NCAA teams. Her position ...

, Tanya Gandy,

Kelly Rulon Kelly Kristen Rulon (born August 16, 1984) is an American water polo player. She won a gold medal with the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, water polo competition. She ...

, Jessica Steffens, Elsie Windes,

Alison Gregorka Alison Gregorka (born June 29, 1985) is an American water polo player. She started playing at the age of 14. She was a member of the US water polo team that won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She is now coaching high school water p ...

, Kami Craig, Annika Dries,

Jaime Komer Jaime Elizabeth Komer (née Hipp, born September 1, 1981) is a former female water polo goalkeeper from the United States, who won the gold medal with the United States women's national water polo team at the 2007 World Championship and the 2007 ...

, Erika Figge, Lolo Silver. Head coach:

Adam Krikorian Adam Krikorian (born July 22, 1974) is an American water polo coach and the head coach of the United States women's national water polo team. He coached the team to gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic Games, 2016 Summer Olympics ...

Individual awards

*Top Scorer ** — 15 goals

References

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