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Water Polo, Women

Date	11 – 21 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Yingdong Youyongguan, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	103 from 8 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches. Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

The United States was the World Champion and World Cup champion coming into the Olympics, having defeated their arch-rival, Australia, in the final match of the 2007 World Championship and 2006 World Cup. The USA had been world silver medalist in 2005, losing in the finals to Hungary. Defending Olympic champion Italy, also the 2001 World Champion, had somewhat fallen from their perch, not making the podium in either 2005 or 2007.

The United States and Hungary followed the seeding and won their group play, seeding directly into the semi-finals, as Greece and Russia were eliminated from medal contention. In the quarter-finals, Australia and the Netherlands moved on to the semis, defeating China and Italy, respectively. The USA met Australia in the semis, defeating them 9-8, while the Netherlands qualified for the final by defeating Hungary 8-7.

The final started out as a rout as the Netherlands went ahead, 4-0, the first two goals scored by their star, Daniëlle de Bruijn, but the USA fought back and tied the match, 5-5, at halftime. De Bruijn again scored the first two goals of the second half to give her team a 7-5 lead, but the Americans again clawed back, and tied it 8-8, when Moriah van Norman scored early in the fourth quarter. However, Daniëlle de Bruijn was the best player of the 2008 women’s tournament, and with only 26 seconds left on the clock, she scored again to give the Netherlands the 9-8 lead, with one US player in the sin bin, and the eventual gold medal. It was her seventh goal of the match, an Olympic record. Dutch goalie Ilse van der Meijden saved the gold medal for the Netherlands with two saves in the final 10 seconds of the match.

At three Olympic women’s water polo tournaments, the USA had medalled each time but had yet to win the gold medal. De Bruijn was the leading scorer of the 2008 women’s event, scoring 17 goals, including her seven in the final match. In the quarter-final match between Italy and the Netherlands, Hungary’s Ágnes Valkai faced her sister, Erzsébet Valkai, who had played for Hungary in 2004, but by 2008 was representing Italy, having married Italian volleyballer Roberto Vestuto.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals	Goals	Attempts	Shot %	Natural Action Goals	Natural Action Attempts	Centre Goals	Centre Attempts	Extraman Goals	Extraman Attempts	7-metre Goals	7-metre Attempts	Penalty Shot Goals	Penalty Shot Attempts	Counter-Attack Goals	Counter-Attack Attempts	Saves	Shots Against	Save %	Natural Action Saves	Natural Action Shots Against	Centre Saves	Centre Shots Against	Extraman Saves	Extraman Shots Against	7-metre Saves	7-metre Shots Against	Penalty Shot Saves	Penalty Shot Shots Against	Counter-Attack Saves	Counter-Attack Shots Against	Assists	Turnover Fouls	Steals	Blocks	Sprints Won	Sprints Contested	Penalty Fouls	Exclusion (w/wo Sub)	TP
1	–	Netherlands	NED	6	4	0	2	8	57-53	57	188	30.3%	15	49	5	11	17	40	11	78	8	9	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	75	44	18	16	32	5	3	–	Gold
Goalkeeper	1	Ilse van der Meijden		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	45	98	45.9%	23	33	4	6	2	20	14	26	2	9	0	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	3-18:00
	2	Yasemin Smit		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	12	16.7%	0	4	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	14	5	3	1	9	0	1	2-10:50
	3	Mieke Cabout		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	44	22.7%	2	10	2	3	1	9	4	21	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	10	9	3	2	3	2	0	2-58:18
	4	Biurakn Hakhverdian		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0-30:15
	5	Marieke van den Ham		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	20	45.0%	2	7	0	0	3	4	1	5	3	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	4	0	4	1	0	0	1-46:10
	6	Daniëlle de Bruijn		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	17	33	51.5%	7	13	0	0	3	5	4	12	2	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	4	3	4	5	0	1	2-57:03
	7	Iefke van Belkum		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	36	27.8%	1	5	2	7	5	9	1	14	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	18	7	7	2	5	0	0	3-08:32
	8	Noeki Klein		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-11:55
	9	Gillian van den Berg		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	9	44.4%	2	6	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	2-04:53
	10	Alette Sijbring		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	18	22.2%	1	2	0	0	3	4	0	12	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	1	2	1	6	2	1	1-31:56
	11	Rianne Guichelaar		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	13	7.7%	0	2	0	0	1	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	3	0	1	2	0	0	1-37:06
	12	Simone Koot		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0-51:02
	13	Meike de Nooy DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Robin van Galen
2	–	United States	USA	5	3	1	1	7	50-44	50	133	37.6%	17	56	4	9	15	19	11	44	3	4	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	69	27	20	13	23	2	0	–	Silver
Goalkeeper	1	Betsey Armstrong		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	49	92	53.3%	18	31	3	7	6	14	20	37	1	2	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2-36:27
	2	Heather Petri		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	4	25.0%	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	6	0	1	2	4	1	0	1-21:03
	3	Brittany Hayes		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	14	57.1%	4	7	0	0	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	1-21:32
	4	Brenda Villa		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	23	39.1%	3	8	1	1	3	4	1	8	1	1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	5	3	5	0	2	0	0	2-29:20
	5	Lauren Wenger		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	11	9.1%	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	10	7	3	2	2	0	0	1-35:34
	6	Natalie Golda		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	19	47.4%	2	3	0	0	2	3	3	10	2	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	1-56:02
	7	Patty Cardenas		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	6	33.3%	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-41:16
	8	Jessica Steffens		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	8	62.5%	1	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	1	3	1	2	0	0	1-20:38
	9	Elsie Windes		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	15	6.7%	0	9	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	1	1	2	6	0	0	1-13:53
	10	Alison Gregorka		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	12	41.7%	2	9	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	0	3	1	5	0	0	1-27:24
	11	Moriah Van Norman		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	9	33.3%	1	5	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	19	3	1	1	0	0	0	1-15:49
	12	Kami Craig		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	12	50.0%	3	7	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	1-17:29
Goalkeeper	13	Jaime Hipp		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	50.0%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-03:33
Coach		Guy Baker
3	–	Australia	AUS	6	4	1	1	9	57-53	57	200	28.5%	13	61	7	25	11	20	14	77	8	11	4	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	75	54	19	17	43	7	6	–	Bronze
Goalkeeper	1	Emma Knox		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	42	38.1%	3	13	1	1	2	9	7	12	2	6	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-34:36
	2	Gemma Beadsworth		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	32	28.1%	2	8	1	4	2	5	4	14	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	21	6	2	2	8	2	1	2-42:56
	3	Nikita Cuffe		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	15	20.0%	1	2	2	8	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	11	4	0	4	6	1	1	1-38:36
	4	Bec Rippon		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	19	31.6%	3	7	0	0	2	2	1	10	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	10	3	1	0	0	0	3-02:58
	5	Suzie Fraser		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	6	33.3%	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0-30:54
	6	Bronwen Knox		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	12	37	32.4%	0	10	1	6	4	6	2	8	4	5	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	9	7	2	1	10	1	1	2-20:56
	7	Taniele Gofers		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	10	30.0%	1	4	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	13	4	1	2	8	1	2	1-31:29
	8	Kate Gynther		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	13	42	31.0%	3	18	0	0	0	2	4	16	3	3	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	5	8	7	4	1	1	0	3-03:14
	9	Jenna Santoromito		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	6	16.7%	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-32:23
	10	Mia Santoromito		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	10	20.0%	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0-36:07
	11	Mel Rippon		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	21	28.6%	2	7	0	1	1	1	3	11	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	3	6	4	2	3	0	1	3-03:47
	12	Amy Hetzel		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0-44:40
Goalkeeper	13	Alicia McCormack		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	32	59	54.2%	16	25	1	2	5	15	9	11	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-43:24
Coach		Greg McFadden
4	–	Hungary	HUN	5	2	1	2	5	46-40	46	123	37.4%	14	38	1	5	12	24	13	45	5	8	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	72	25	22	9	36	5	4	–
Goalkeeper	1	Patrícia Horváth		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	43	77	55.8%	7	14	5	7	4	15	24	30	3	9	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2-04:20
	2	Krisztina Szremkó		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	4	0.0%	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	15	0	0	0	9	0	1	1-25:52
	3	Anett Györe		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	5	20.0%	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-30:45
	4	Dóra Kisteleki		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	20	40.0%	4	10	1	2	2	3	0	3	1	1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	1	3	1	1	0	0	1-08:31
	5	Mercédesz Stieber		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	10	40.0%	1	2	0	0	2	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	3	3	4	1	0	1	0	2-08:01
	6	Orsolya Takács		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1-32:09
	7	Rita Drávucz		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	23	43.5%	2	4	0	0	1	1	5	15	2	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	9	3	2	1	4	1	0	2-15:53
	8	Krisztina Zantleitner		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	1	100.0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	10	0	2	0	1	1	0	1-24:07
	9	Fruzsina Brávik		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	5	0.0%	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	10	2	1	0	5	1	1	1-00:32
	10	Anikó Pelle		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	12	19	63.2%	3	4	0	0	5	6	3	7	1	1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	7	2	5	2	5	0	0	2-15:24
	11	Ágnes Valkai		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	17	41.2%	2	7	0	0	1	2	3	7	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	4	2	1	4	1	1	1-33:28
	12	Ágnes Primász		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	18	16.7%	1	4	0	0	0	6	1	7	0	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	5	2	3	3	0	1	1-21:18
Goalkeeper	13	Ildikó Sós Zirigh		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	18	66.7%	5	6	0	0	2	6	5	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-41:40
Coach		Gábor Godova
5	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	5	2	0	3	4	54-52	54	152	35.5%	18	53	4	10	13	22	14	60	5	6	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	42	30	9	4	23	5	3	–
Goalkeeper	1	Yang Jun		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	39	89	43.8%	9	30	7	9	3	11	14	27	3	6	3	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2-36:47
	2	Teng Fei		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	23	21.7%	3	8	0	1	0	2	2	11	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	2	10	1	1	0	0	0	2-27:21
	3	Liu Ping		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	7	42.9%	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	5	1	0	7	1	0	1-32:51
	4	Sun Yujun		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	25	24.0%	5	14	0	1	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	10	4	1	0	2	0	0	2-39:13
	5	He Jin		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	3	66.7%	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-24:56
	6	Sun Yating		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	8	62.5%	1	2	3	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-14:04
	7	Wang Ying		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-01:12
	8	Gao Ao		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	11	25	44.0%	1	6	0	0	1	3	4	11	5	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-34:49
	9	Wang Yi		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	10	40.0%	3	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1-06:05
	10	Ma Huanhuan		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	25	28.0%	2	7	0	1	4	5	1	12	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	1	2	5	0	0	1-47:01
	11	Sun Huizi		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	17	47.1%	1	2	0	1	1	1	6	13	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	1	5	0	7	1	2	1-36:41
	12	Qiao Leiying		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	7	42.9%	1	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0-35:47
Goalkeeper	13	Tan Ying		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-03:13
Coach		Juan Jané
6	–	Italy	ITA	5	2	1	2	5	46-49	46	135	34.1%	17	38	4	16	6	19	12	52	5	8	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	71	29	24	10	26	4	3	–
Goalkeeper	1	Elena Gigli		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	40	79	50.6%	14	26	2	8	3	14	21	25	0	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2-14:00
	2	Martina Miceli		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	25	32.0%	1	4	0	0	1	3	5	17	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	5	4	2	0	2	1	0	2-43:26
	3	Elisa Casanova		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	16	43.8%	4	6	2	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	22	1	3	1	0	0	0	1-32:44
	4	Silvia Bosurgi		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	15	33.3%	2	6	0	1	1	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	1-46:50
	5	Erzsébet Valkay		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	13	38.5%	1	3	1	2	0	2	1	3	2	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	1-06:23
	6	Manuela Zanchi		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	17	47.1%	4	7	0	0	1	1	2	8	0	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	8	6	9	1	3	1	1	2-33:27
	7	Tania Di Mario		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	31	32.3%	5	10	0	1	2	6	3	12	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	11	1	1	2	2	0	1	2-20:57
	8	Cinzia Ragusa		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	7	14.3%	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	5	7	1	8	0	1	1-37:41
	9	Francesca Pavan		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-08:12
	10	Federica Rocco		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	3	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0-43:38
	11	Maddalena Musumeci		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	5	0.0%	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	7	3	0	0	2	1	0	1-30:01
	12	Teresa Frassinetti		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	2	50.0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	0-32:41
Goalkeeper	13	Chiara Brancati		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	20	50.0%	6	10	0	0	0	1	4	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-32:00
Coach		Mauro Maugeri
7	–	Russian Federation	RUS	4	1	0	3	2	38-40	38	134	28.4%	12	36	3	6	11	25	7	59	1	1	4	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	48	33	14	4	20	4	1	–
Goalkeeper	1	Valentina Vorontsova		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	37	35.1%	3	7	2	6	3	9	5	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1-14:16
	2	Nataliya Shepelina		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	16	31.3%	4	10	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	1-13:35
	3	Yekaterina Prokofyeva		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	11	36.4%	1	3	1	1	0	2	1	4	0	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	1-20:02
	4	Sofya Konukh		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	23	30.4%	2	4	0	1	2	4	1	11	0	0	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	11	4	2	0	4	0	0	1-43:51
	5	Alyona Vylegzhanina		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	18	16.7%	0	2	0	1	1	4	1	10	0	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	4	2	0	2	2	0	1-15:13
	6	Nadezhda Glyzina		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	4	25.0%	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-35:14
	7	Yekaterina Pantyulina		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	14	42.9%	2	4	0	0	2	4	1	5	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	4	3	0	0	2	0	1-58:10
	8	Yevgeniya Soboleva		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	9	11.1%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	5	3	2	0	9	0	1	1-13:22
	9	Oleksandra Karpovich		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0-28:06
	10	Olga Belyayeva		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	10	40.0%	1	4	1	2	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	13	3	2	1	0	0	0	1-08:01
	11	Yelena Smurova		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	21	19.0%	1	4	0	0	2	4	1	13	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	3	2	0	2	0	0	1-13:23
	12	Olga Turova		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	4	75.0%	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-39:03
Goalkeeper	13	Yevgeniya Protsenko		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	29	44.8%	6	9	1	2	2	7	4	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-53:44
Coach		Aleksandr Kleymenov
8	–	Greece	GRE	4	0	0	4	0	22-39	22	111	19.8%	3	38	1	7	12	24	1	34	5	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	50	18	12	5	29	1	2	–
Goalkeeper	1	Georgia Ellinaki		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	28	46.4%	3	11	2	5	3	5	4	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-46:45
	2	Christina Tsoukala		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	13	15.4%	0	5	0	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1-16:42
	3	Angeliki Gerolymou		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	12	16.7%	0	3	0	0	1	3	1	6	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	3	1	0	4	0	0	1-27:29
	4	Sofia Iosifidou		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-29:18
	5	Kiki Liosi		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	18	27.8%	1	9	0	0	3	4	0	4	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	1-49:16
	6	Voula Kozompoli		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	9	11.1%	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	25	0	1	1	1	0	0	1-03:28
	7	Katerina Oikonomopoulou		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	9	0.0%	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	2	1	1	5	0	1	1-09:07
	8	Antigoni Roumpesi		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	23	39.1%	1	4	1	1	3	4	0	7	4	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	4	1	1	5	0	1	1-48:22
	9	Evi Moraitidou		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	18	5.6%	0	5	0	0	1	5	0	8	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	5	5	6	1	3	0	0	2-05:43
	10	Alexandra Asimaki		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	2	50.0%	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-23:54
	11	Stavroula Antonakou		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	6	16.7%	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-17:06
	12	Georgia Lara		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	11	0	0	1	0	1	0	0-57:35
Goalkeeper	13	Maria Tsouri		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	33	57	57.9%	11	16	7	11	6	12	8	14	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-21:15
Coach		Kyriakos Iosifidis

Preliminary Round

Date	11 – 15 August 2008

Group A

Date	11 – 15 August 2008
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	United States	USA	2	1	0	5	33-27
2	Italy	ITA	2	1	0	5	28-26
3	People's Republic of China	CHN	1	0	2	2	33-33
4	Russian Federation	RUS	0	0	3	0	26-34

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	11 Aug 14:20	Italy 1	ITA	9 – 8	Russian Federation 2	RUS	AET
Match #2	11 Aug 17:00	United States	USA	12 – 11	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #3	13 Aug 15:40	Italy	ITA	9 – 9	United States 3	USA
Match #4	13 Aug 17:00	People's Republic of China 4	CHN	13 – 11	Russian Federation 5	RUS
Match #5	15 Aug 14:20	United States 6	USA	12 – 7	Russian Federation 7	RUS
Match #6	15 Aug 17:00	Italy	ITA	10 – 9	People's Republic of China 8	CHN

Group B

Date	11 – 15 August 2008
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Hungary	HUN	2	1	0	5	28-20
2	Australia	AUS	2	1	0	5	25-22
3	Netherlands	NED	1	0	2	2	27-27
4	Greece	GRE	0	0	3	0	16-27

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	11 Aug 13:00	Hungary 9	HUN	11 – 9	Netherlands 10	NED
Match #2	11 Aug 15:40	Australia 11	AUS	8 – 6	Greece	GRE
Match #3	13 Aug 13:00	Australia 12	AUS	7 – 7	Hungary 13	HUN
Match #4	13 Aug 14:20	Netherlands 14	NED	9 – 6	Greece 15	GRE
Match #5	15 Aug 13:00	Australia	AUS	10 – 9	Netherlands 16	NED
Match #6	15 Aug 15:40	Hungary 17	HUN	10 – 4	Greece 18	GRE

Quarter-Finals

Date	17 August 2008
Format	Winners of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	17 Aug 14:20	Australia	AUS	12 – 11	People's Republic of China 19	CHN
Match #2	17 Aug 15:40	Netherlands 20	NED	13 – 11	Italy 21	ITA

Semi-Finals

Date	19 August 2008
Format	Winners of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Aug 14:20	United States 22	USA	9 – 8	Australia	AUS
Match #2	19 Aug 15:40	Netherlands 23	NED	8 – 7	Hungary 24	HUN

Final Round

Date	17 – 21 August 2008
Format	Classification round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	21 Aug 18:20	Netherlands 25	NED	9 – 8	United States 26	USA
Match 3/4	21 Aug 17:00	Australia	AUS	12 – 11	Hungary 27	HUN
Match 5/6	19 Aug 13:00	People's Republic of China 28	CHN	10 – 7	Italy 29	ITA
Match 7/8	17 Aug 13:00	Russian Federation 30	RUS	12 – 6	Greece 31	GRE