The 2000 Women's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament

Water polo at the Summer Olympics

Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics...

was a tournament in which three places were available for teams to qualify for the first Olympic women's polo competition.

Teams

GROUP A

GROUP B

GROUP C

GROUP D

GROUP A

8

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		4	2	2	0	0	18	8
2.		2	2	1	0	1	12	12	0
3.		0	2	0	0	2	11	21	–10

• April 22, 2000

  5 – 4

• April 23, 2000

  13 – 4

• April 24, 2000

  8 – 7

GROUP B

14

6

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		4	2	2	0	0	21	7
2.		2	2	1	0	1	19	13
3.		0	2	0	0	2	7	27	–20

• April 22, 2000

  9 – 4

• April 23, 2000

  15 – 4

• April 24, 2000

  12 – 3

GROUP C

18

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		4	2	2	0	0	25	7
2.		2	2	1	0	1	17	17	0
3.		0	2	0	0	2	9	27	–18

• April 22, 2000

  12 – 7

• April 23, 2000

  2 – 15

• April 24, 2000

  5 – 10

GROUP D

34

2

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		6	3	3	0	0	45	11
2.		4	3	2	0	1	23	21
3.		2	3	1	0	2	23	29	–6
4.		0	3	0	0	3	12	42	–30

• Only Great Britain did not contest the semifinal and final rounds, having finished fourth in its group.

• April 22, 2000

  	12 – 6
  	12 – 3

• April 23, 2000

  	6 – 7
  	3 – 17

• April 24, 2000

  	3 – 13
  	5 – 16

GROUP E

40

25

9

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		10	5	5	0	0	62	22
2.		8	5	4	0	1	49	24
3.		6	5	3	0	2	38	38	0
4.		4	5	2	0	3	36	37
5.		2	5	1	0	4	35	46	–11
6.		0	5	0	0	5	14	77	–63

• April 26, 2000

  	18 – 2
  	6 – 14
  	4 – 7

• April 27, 2000

  	1 – 6
  	13 – 3
  	16 – 4

• April 28, 2000

  	5 – 8
  	19 – 2
  	10 – 8

GROUP F

43

58

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		10	5	5	0	0	68	25
2.		8	5	4	0	1	84	26
3.		5	5	2	1	2	39	42	–3
4.		3	5	1	1	3	41	57	–16
5.		2	5	1	0	4	27	36	–9
6.		1	5	0	1	4	20	63	–43

• April 26, 2000

  	18 – 5
  	1 – 21
  	3 – 4

• April 27, 2000

  	4 – 9
  	7 – 7
  	15 – 4

• April 28, 2000

  	3 – 8
  	3 – 6
  	10 – 9

Play-Offs

• April 29, 2000 — 9th/12th place

  	13 – 5
  	12 – 3

• April 29, 2000 — 5th/8th place

  	9 – 4
  	9 – 4

• April 29, 2000 — 1st/4th place

  	6 – 5
  	8 – 7

Finals

• April 30, 2000 — Eleventh place

  10 – 5

• April 30, 2000 — Ninth place

  10 – 9

• April 30, 2000 — Seventh place

  4 – 2

• April 30, 2000 — Fifth place

  10 – 8

• April 30, 2000 — Third place

  8 – 4

• April 30, 2000 — First place

  9 – 6

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Final ranking

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• Russia, United States and Kazachstan qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  The water polo competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw Hungary’s return to the gold medal platform and the introduction of the women’s tournament...
  
   in Sydney, Australia

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

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• Best Goalkeeper

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• Best Scorer

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