The women's
water polo
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tournament at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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was held from 11 August to 21 August at the
Ying Tung Natatorium
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.
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
/ref> 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.[
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Preliminary round
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Group A
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Group B
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Final rounds
;Bracket
7th place match
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Quarterfinals
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5th place match
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
Multi-time Olympians
Three-time Olympian(s): 4 players
* : Sofia Konukh
Sofia Evgenevna Konukh (, born 9 March 1980) is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic women's tournament in history. She is one of four female players who competed in water polo at f ...
,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 ...
,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 ...
Multiple medalists
Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 2 players
* : 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 ...
,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 ...
Top goalscorers
Medallists
Awards
;Media All-Star TeamPatrícia Horváth
Patrícia Horváth (born 7 December 1977) is a Hungarian water polo player. She was a member of the Hungary women's national water polo team, playing as a goalkeeper.
She was a part of the team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
On club level, she ...
(43 saves)
* Field players
** Daniëlle de Bruijn (left-handed, 17 goals, 15 sprints won)
** Elisa Casanova
Elisa Casanova (born 26 November 1973) was an Italian female water polo player.
She was part of the Italy women's national water polo team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14 ...
(left-handed, 7 goals)
** Gao Ao (11 goals)
** Bronwen Knox
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(12 goals)
** Jessica Steffens (5 goals)
** Ágnes Valkai
Ágnes Valkai (born 27 February 1981) is a Hungarian water polo player. She was a member of the Hungary women's national water polo team, playing as a driver. She was a part of the Hungary team that claimed the gold medal at the 2005 FINA Wo ...
(7 goals, 10 sprints won)
See also
* Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing, People's Republic of China, began on 10 August and lasted until 24 August 2008. All games were held at the Ying Tung Natatorium.
Teams from twelve nations competed, seeded ...
References
Sources
* PDF
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documents in the LA84 Foundation
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br>Digital Library
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Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polodownloadarchive
* Water polo on the Olympedi
website
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Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympicswomen's tournament
* Water polo on the Sports Reference
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Water polo at the 2008 Summer Games
(archived)
External links
Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
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