The 2008 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 to decide the remaining four competing teams at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in Beijing

Beijing

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, PR China. Four teams were already qualified: Australia, China (host country), the Netherlands and the United States. The tournament was held at the new Olympic Swimming Pool (2005) in Imperia

Imperia

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, Italy

Italy

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 from February 17 to February 24, 2008 with twelve competing teams.

Group A

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Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		9	5	4	1	0	71	31
2.		9	5	4	1	0	70	32
3.		6	5	3	0	2	50	50	0
4.		4	5	2	0	3	48	46
5.		2	5	1	0	4	23	73	–50
6.		0	5	0	0	5	30	60	–30

• February 17, 2008

  	7 – 11
  	15 – 6
  	7 – 7

• February 18, 2008

  	7 – 13
  	4 – 16
  	8 – 12

• February 19, 2008

  	23 – 1
  	19 – 5
  	7 – 5

• February 20, 2008

  	15 – 7
  	7 – 15
  	7 – 12

• February 21, 2008

  	17 – 8
  	4 – 5
  	13 – 9

Group B

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17

33

2

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		9	5	4	1	0	68	22
2.		8	5	4	0	1	49	32
3.		7	5	3	1	1	71	38
4.		4	5	2	0	3	48	46
5.		2	5	1	0	4	48	62	–14
6.		0	5	0	0	5	26	110	–84

• February 17, 2008

  	9 – 13
  	22 – 1
  	5 – 9

• February 18, 2008

  	14 – 11
  	29 – 4
  	5 – 11

• February 19, 2008

  	5 – 21
  	8 – 13
  	10 – 0

• February 20, 2008

  	7 – 8
  	21 – 6
  	7 – 16

• February 21, 2008

  	10 – 17
  	4 – 6
  	9 – 9

Quarter finals

• February 22, 2008

  	3 – 6
  	13 – 8

	10 – 7
	2 – 5

Semi finals

• February 23, 2008

  	9 – 8
  	13 – 5

	13 – 10
	14 – 15

Finals

• February 23, 2008 — 11th place

  15 – 5

• February 24, 2008 — 9th place

  9 – 2

• February 24, 2008 — 7th place

  12 – 13

• February 24, 2008 — 5th place

  10 – 8

• February 24, 2008 — 3rd place

  11 – 10

• February 24, 2008 — 1st place

  9 – 10

Final ranking

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• Italy, Russia, Hungary and Greece qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
  Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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   in Beijing
  Beijing
  Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
  
  , PR China, joining Australia, PR China, Netherlands, and the United States.

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

• Best Goalkeeper

• Best Scorer