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Water Polo, Women

Date	30 July – 9 August 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	Water Polo Arena, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	102 from 8 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

Unusually the women’s tournament lacked the presence of both the world champions and the Olympic champions. Greece had won the 2011 world title but the champions were not guaranteed an Olympic title and so they had to make their way to the Games through the official Olympic qualifying tournament. A shock defeat to Spain in the quarter-final meant they would be kicking their heels at home at the time of the London Games. The Dutch team, which had won gold in Beijing, suffered an identical fate at the hands of an Italian team who had been their predecessors as Olympic champions.

Because of the format of the competition the group stage was only useful in determining the draw for the quarter-finals. Spain proved their performance in the qualifying tournament was no flash in the pan by winning their group in London while the other group was won by an impressive Australia team. Australia faltered in the knockout stages and, after surviving a shootout against China, fell in the semi-final to the USA. In contrast Spain continued on their winning ways and dispatched Great Britain and Hungary on their route to a rematch of a 9-9 tie they had with the Americans in the group stage.

Mid-way through the second quarter of the final, with the score tied at 2-2, Jessica Steffens set up a goal scoring chance for little sister Maggie Steffens which she duly converted. The younger Steffens blazed a trail of destruction on the Spaniards for the rest of the final and finished by scoring 5 of the American team’s goals in an 8-5 victory to ensure a first Olympic title for the US women. The USA had been among the favorites at each Olympics since the introduction of women’s water polo in 2000 but had been losing finalists in both 2000 and 2004 and bronze medalists in 2008. America had won 3 of the last 5 World Championships but ironically their first Olympic gold medal came after a sixth place finish at the 2011 Worlds – their worst performance in over a decade. The bronze medal in London was won by Australia with an overtime victory over Hungary.

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	5-metre Goals	5-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	Exclusion (20 seconds) (Centre/Field)	Penalty Fouls	Exclusion (w/wo Sub)	Double Exclusion	TP
1	–	United States	USA	6	5	1	0	11	58-48	58	153	37.9%	12	36	9	15	19	36	13	58	3	4	2	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44	82	31	29	6	26	36/17	8	8	3	23-06:00	Gold
Goalkeeper	1	Betsey Armstrong		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	53	101	52.5%	7	11	9	16	7	22	27	42	3	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	3-18:00
Defense	2	Heather Petri		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	12	8.3%	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	0	1	1	2	1/1	0	0	0	1-00:38
Centre Back	3	Melissa Seidemann		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	20	35.0%	2	5	1	2	2	4	2	8	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	5	1	1	0	0	5/3	1	2	2	1-35:08
Defense	4	Brenda Villa		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	24	25.0%	0	2	0	0	1	4	5	17	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	4	4	5	0	0	2/0	0	0	1	2-33:06
Defense	5	Lauren Wenger		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	11	18.2%	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	8	4	10	1	13	2/0	0	0	0	2-40:35
Centre Back	6	Maggie Steffens		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	21	27	77.8%	5	6	2	2	5	8	5	7	2	2	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	8	10	2	0	0	2/5	3	0	0	2-37:15
Defense	7	Courtney Mathewson		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	21	33.3%	2	7	0	0	5	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	4	1	0	0	0/1	0	0	0	1-34:53
Centre Back	8	Jessica Steffens		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	4	25.0%	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	6	2	2	0	0	10/4	1	3	0	1-22:39
Centre Back	9	Elsie Windes		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	8	12.5%	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	6	2	3	0	0	10/1	3	3	0	1-38:00
Defense	10	Kelly Rulon		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	12	33.3%	0	5	1	1	2	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	5	1	1	4	11	1/1	0	0	0	1-52:16
Centre Forward	11	Annika Dries		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	5	40.0%	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	11	1	2	0	0	2/0	0	0	0	1-05:17
Centre Forward	12	Kami Craig		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	9	66.7%	0	0	3	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	17	2	1	0	0	1/1	0	0	0	1-48:13
Goalkeeper	13	Tumua Anae DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Adam Krikorian
2	–	Spain	ESP	6	4	1	1	9	57-50	57	177	32.2%	13	51	5	21	18	34	17	62	3	5	1	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	43	70	50	18	21	24	46/28	5	11	2	22-24:00	Silver
Goalkeeper	1	Laura Ester		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	36	86	41.9%	9	15	1	12	12	34	13	18	0	4	1	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	3-12:00
Centre Back	2	Marta Bach		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	8/1	0	1	0	0-54:24
Defense	3	Anna Espar		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	15	41	36.6%	6	15	0	0	3	5	6	21	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	6	6	2	0	0	3/4	0	1	0	2-48:09
Defense	4	Roser Tarragó		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	17	29.4%	0	3	0	0	2	4	2	7	0	0	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4	5	3	0	0	4/2	1	0	0	1-51:49
Centre Back	5	Mati Ortiz		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	4	50.0%	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	5	1	0	0	10/4	2	4	0	1-00:50
Defense	6	Jenny Pareja		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	12	34	35.3%	1	4	0	0	2	5	6	19	3	5	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	5	4	4	21	24	4/0	0	0	0	2-52:45
Centre Back	7	Lorena Miranda		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	3	66.7%	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	3	2	0	0	7/0	0	1	0	0-53:26
Defense	8	Pili Peña		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	22	27.3%	3	11	1	6	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	6	7	2	0	0	2/8	1	3	0	1-45:57
Centre Forward	9	Andrea Blas		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	3	33.3%	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	12	1	0	0	0	0/2	0	0	1	0-52:14
Defense	10	Ona Meseguer		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	12	33.3%	2	10	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	3	0	0	0	3/1	0	1	0	1-19:39
Centre Forward	11	Maica García		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	24	29.2%	0	2	2	12	5	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	25	5	0	0	0	1/2	0	0	0	2-33:32
Defense	12	Laura López		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	17	17.6%	1	5	0	0	1	4	1	8	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	2	4	2	0	0	4/4	1	0	1	2-19:15
Goalkeeper	13	Ana Copado DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Miki Oca
3	–	Australia	AUS	6	5	0	1	10	79-59	75	202	37.1%	14	42	11	20	19	29	16	93	6	7	9	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	48	77	60	14	27	30	53/24	9	9	3	24-30:00	Bronze
Goalkeeper	1	Victoria Brown		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	8	50.0%	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	0-21:55
Centre Forward	2	Gemma Beadsworth		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	22	45.5%	0	2	2	4	6	9	1	6	0	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	14	4	0	0	0	9/3	0	2	1	2-18:50
Centre Back	3	Sophie Smith		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	7	14.3%	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	4	1	1	1	9/2	1	1	0	1-16:36
Centre Forward	4	Holly Lincoln-Smith		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	6	83.3%	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	13	3	0	0	0	7/1	0	0	1	1-26:45
Defense	5	Jane Moran		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	8	25.0%	0	3	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	3	4	0	0	0	1/1	0	0	0	1-30:24
Centre Forward	6	Bronwen Knox		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	16	25.0%	2	6	1	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	5	4	1	1	5/3	3	3	1	1-46:19
Centre Back	7	Rowie Webster		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	12	42	28.6%	3	12	0	1	3	3	5	24	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	9	2	0	0	5/1	1	0	0	2-13:51
Defense	8	Kate Gynther		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	29	34.5%	3	4	0	0	0	2	5	21	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	5	9	3	21	24	3/5	2	1	0	2-36:53
Centre Back	9	Glencora Ralph-McGhie		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	16	37.5%	2	7	1	1	1	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	2	3	3	0	0	2/2	0	0	0	2-09:25
Centre Forward	10	Ash Southern		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	12	32	37.5%	2	5	2	3	4	9	0	10	4	4	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	5	9	0	0	0	3/3	0	0	0	1-41:06
Defense	11	Mel Rippon		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	4	25.0%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	5	0	1	0	0	0/1	0	0	0	2-04:34
Defense	12	Nicola Zagame		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	12	16	75.0%	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	5	0	0	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	5	6	0	4	4	9/2	2	2	0	1-55:17
Goalkeeper	13	Alicia McCormack		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	40	93	43.0%	6	19	3	9	9	24	19	31	1	7	2	3	2	1	4	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	3-08:05
Coach		Greg McFadden
4	–	Hungary	HUN	6	2	0	4	4	66-70	66	175	37.7%	11	39	14	23	21	37	14	66	4	5	2	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	46	83	36	21	5	26	44/32	5	10	3	23-06:00
Goalkeeper	1	Flóra Bolonyai		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	65	26.2%	5	19	0	4	3	19	7	16	1	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	1-53:17
Centre Forward	2	Dóra Czigány		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	17	35.3%	1	6	0	1	2	4	2	5	0	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	5	2	0	0	0	1/3	0	0	0	1-38:57
Defense	3	Dóra Antal		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	12	32	37.5%	0	5	4	4	5	9	1	12	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	3	2	0	0	2/2	0	0	0	2-01:55
Centre Forward	4	Hanna Kisteleki		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	8	25.0%	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	1	0	1	0/0	1	0	0	0-29:31
Defense	5	Gabriella Szűcs		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	12	32	37.5%	4	9	1	2	2	5	4	15	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	3	11	4	0	0	5/1	0	0	0	2-58:10
Centre Back	6	Orsolya Takács		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	2	50.0%	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	2	0	0	0	11/0	1	2	1	1-35:53
Defense	7	Rita Drávucz		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	13	46.2%	2	4	1	1	2	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	2	4	4	3	19	2/5	1	2	0	2-19:43
Defense	8	Rita Keszthelyi		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	29	34.5%	2	7	1	1	5	5	2	14	0	1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	12	5	2	1	5	0/8	1	1	0	3-03:26
Centre Back	9	Ildikó Tóth		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	7	28.6%	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	17	1	0	0	0	3/5	1	1	1	1-24:33
Centre Forward	10	Barbara Bujka		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	12	26	46.2%	1	2	6	10	2	7	2	6	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	33	1	4	0	0	3/5	0	1	1	2-12:05
Centre Back	11	Dóra Csabai		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	8	37.5%	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	6	3	1	1	1	9/1	0	2	0	1-02:29
Centre Back	12	Kata Menczinger		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	2	3	0	0	8/2	0	1	0	1-01:18
Goalkeeper	13	Edina Gangl		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	47	53.2%	10	11	2	3	3	13	10	18	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	1-24:43
Coach		András Merész
5	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	6	2	0	4	4	70-74	68	179	38.0%	17	57	10	19	20	35	15	61	5	6	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	48	75	30	12	17	28	39/10	5	5	1	23-48:00
Goalkeeper	1	Yang Jun		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44	106	41.5%	18	34	7	15	3	20	16	30	0	4	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	2-50:59
Defense	2	Teng Fei		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	23	34.8%	3	11	0	1	1	2	4	9	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	3	4	2	0	0	0/1	0	0	0	3-12:08
Centre Back	3	Liu Ping		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	1	0	0	4/2	1	0	0	0-28:39
Defense	4	Sun Yujun		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	18	33.3%	4	13	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	7	2	1	0	0	2/1	0	0	1	3-11:27
Centre Forward	5	He Jin		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	8	50.0%	0	0	4	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	23	0	1	0	0	0/1	0	0	0	1-30:43
Centre Forward	6	Sun Yating		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	20	45.0%	0	1	3	9	6	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	17	2	3	0	0	2/0	0	0	0	1-50:03
Defense	7	Song Donglun		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	6	33.3%	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	0	0	9/0	0	1	0	0-57:59
Defense	8	Gao Ao		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	5	20.0%	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	6/1	1	1	0	0-57:58
Defense	9	Wang Yi		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	22	36.4%	3	10	0	0	4	7	1	5	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	4	0	17	28	4/1	0	1	0	2-47:50
Defense	10	Ma Huanhuan		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	19	53	35.8%	2	13	0	0	6	11	6	23	5	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	3	7	1	0	0	3/0	2	1	0	3-05:44
Defense	11	Sun Huizi		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	16	50.0%	1	3	2	2	1	1	4	10	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	5	3	2	0	0	8/1	1	1	0	1-26:17
Defense	12	Zhang Lei		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	3	100.0%	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	5	1	0	0	0	1/2	0	0	0	0-55:12
Goalkeeper	13	Wang Ying		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	25	68.0%	4	7	6	9	2	3	3	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	0-33:01
Coach		Juan Jané
6	–	Russian Federation	RUS	6	3	0	3	6	58-57	58	194	29.9%	8	52	10	27	16	37	14	62	3	6	7	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	40	74	57	14	8	26	36/13	9	4	1	23-06:00
Goalkeeper	1	Mariya Kovtunovskaya		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	55	52.7%	5	9	3	6	3	10	15	21	2	4	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	1-36:00
Defense	2	Nadezhda Fedotova		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	24	29.2%	2	11	0	1	2	5	2	6	0	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	7	0	0	0	2/0	1	0	0	1-59:13
Defense	3	Yekaterina Prokofyeva		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	23	39.1%	0	3	2	4	2	3	3	11	0	0	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	7	5	4	5	13	2/1	3	0	0	3-00:56
Centre Back	4	Sofya Konukh		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	19	21.1%	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	12	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	3	4	1	0	0	10/0	0	1	0	1-46:55
Defense	5	Aleksandra Antonova		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	13	46.2%	1	5	1	1	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	5	2	1	3	4/2	2	0	0	1-32:29
Defense	6	Olga Belova		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	8	37.5%	1	3	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	4	0	0	5	1/3	1	1	0	1-21:36
Defense	7	Yekaterina Lisunova		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	30	26.7%	2	8	1	3	3	6	0	7	1	3	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	6	3	0	1	1	0/0	0	0	0	1-52:19
Centre Back	8	Yevgeniya Soboleva		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	19	15.8%	0	5	0	3	0	3	3	8	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	3	8	1	0	0	4/2	2	1	0	1-33:04
Centre Forward	9	Yekaterina Tankeyeva		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	9	11.1%	0	2	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	8	3	1	0	0	1/1	0	0	0	1-18:43
Centre Forward	10	Olga Belyayeva		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	13	53.8%	0	2	2	4	2	4	0	0	1	1	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	26	9	1	0	0	5/3	0	0	1	1-54:50
Defense	11	Yevgeniya Ivanova		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	29	31.0%	2	10	0	0	3	7	3	10	0	0	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	4	6	3	0	0	6/1	0	1	0	2-36:46
Defense	12	Diana Antonova		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	5	20.0%	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	1	1	4	1/0	0	0	0	0-51:09
Goalkeeper	13	Anna Karnaukh		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	22	53	41.5%	7	13	3	8	1	7	9	19	2	5	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	1-42:00
Coach		Aleksandr Kabanov
7	–	Italy	ITA	6	2	0	4	4	49-52	49	172	28.5%	8	35	4	12	12	36	15	77	9	11	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	77	33	17	10	24	30/12	3	2	1	22-24:00
Goalkeeper	1	Elena Gigli		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	56	105	53.3%	21	34	5	9	6	20	23	34	1	2	0	6	1	0	5	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	3-00:13
Centre Back	2	Simona Abbate		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	18	27.8%	1	2	0	0	1	2	3	14	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	4	4	1	0	0	3/0	0	0	0	1-46:50
Centre Forward	3	Elisa Casanova		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	8	37.5%	1	2	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	14	1	2	0	0	1/2	0	0	0	1-11:56
Centre Back	4	Federica Radicchi		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	15	26.7%	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	14	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	3	0	0	11/1	0	2	0	1-40:29
Centre Back	5	Anikó Pelle		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	17	11.8%	1	4	0	1	1	5	0	7	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	4	2	0	2	2/2	0	0	0	2-13:19
Defense	6	Allegra Lapi		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	4	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0	0	0	0-47:28
Defense	7	Tania Di Mario		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	18	45	40.0%	0	8	0	0	6	10	3	17	8	9	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	6	4	4	4	10	4/1	1	0	0	2-39:13
Defense	8	Roberta Bianconi		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	19	15.8%	0	5	0	0	1	6	1	6	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	5	0	1	0	0	1/3	0	0	1	1-40:21
Defense	9	Giulia Emmolo		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	22	36.4%	4	7	0	0	2	7	2	8	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	3	0	0	0	0/0	1	0	0	1-54:55
Centre Back	10	Giulia Rambaldi		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	7	28.6%	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	3	3	0	0	4/0	0	0	0	1-03:08
Defense	11	Aleksandra Cotti		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	8	12.5%	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	6	7	1	2	5	3/0	1	0	0	2-11:37
Centre Forward	12	Teresa Frassinetti		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	9	33.3%	0	0	2	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	29	1	0	4	6	1/3	0	0	0	2-02:44
Goalkeeper	13	Giulia Gorlero		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	6	50.0%	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	0-11:47
Coach		Fabio Conti
8	–	Great Britain	GBR	6	0	0	6	0	37-64	37	140	26.4%	8	35	1	5	14	32	7	58	5	8	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	27	107	43	10	10	24	31/18	7	4	0	22-24:00
Goalkeeper	1	Robyn Nicholls		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	5	0.0%	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	0-08:00
Defense	2	Chloe Wilcox		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	22	31.8%	2	8	0	0	3	5	0	6	1	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	7	3	2	9	19	4/4	0	0	0	2-21:23
Centre Back	3	Fiona McCann		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	11	36.4%	1	3	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	5	1	0	0	0	4/3	0	0	0	1-26:42
Centre Back	4	Frankie Painter-Snell		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	28	32.1%	1	6	0	0	3	5	1	13	4	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	6	5	1	0	0	1/0	2	0	0	1-53:36
Centre Back	5	Alex Rutlidge		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	9	22.2%	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	6	1	0	0	0	5/2	2	1	0	1-19:24
Centre Forward	6	Fran Leighton		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	4	0.0%	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	18	7	4	0	0	0/1	1	0	0	2-22:05
Centre Forward	7	Lisa Gibson		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	6	0.0%	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	15	4	0	0	0	1/1	0	0	0	1-05:38
Centre Back	8	Hazel Musgrove		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	5	40.0%	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4	1	0	0	0	7/0	0	1	0	1-14:57
Defense	9	Ciara Gibson Byrne		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	25	20.0%	1	10	0	0	2	5	2	9	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	9	2	1	0	0	2/0	0	0	0	2-24:22
Centre Forward	10	Angie Winstanley-Smith		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	12	41.7%	2	3	0	2	3	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	27	7	1	0	0	0/2	1	0	0	2-06:35
Defense	11	Francesca Clayton		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	11	18.2%	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	6	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	2	1	0	2	6/2	1	2	0	1-16:54
Defense	12	Beckie Kershaw		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	7	14.3%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	2	0	1	3	1/3	0	0	0	1-40:24
Goalkeeper	13	Rosie Morris		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	54	113	47.8%	19	27	7	16	5	20	21	38	1	7	1	5	2	0	8	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	3-04:00
Coach		Szilveszter Fekete

Preliminary Round

Date	30 July – 3 August 2012

Group A

Date	30 July – 3 August 2012
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Spain	ESP	2	1	0	5	33-26	Q
2	United States	USA	2	1	0	5	30-28	Q
3	Hungary	HUN	1	0	2	2	35-37	Q
4	People's Republic of China	CHN	0	0	3	0	22-29	Q

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul 14:10	Spain	ESP	11 – 6	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #2	30 Jul 19:40	United States	USA	14 – 13	Hungary	HUN
Match #3	01 Aug 14:10	Hungary	HUN	11 – 10	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #4	01 Aug 18:20	Spain	ESP	9 – 9	United States	USA
Match #5	03 Aug 14:10	Spain	ESP	13 – 11	Hungary	HUN
Match #6	03 Aug 19:40	United States	USA	7 – 6	People's Republic of China	CHN

Group B

Date	30 July – 3 August 2012
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Australia	AUS	3	0	6	37-19	Q
2	Russian Federation	RUS	2	1	4	22-21	Q
3	Italy	ITA	1	2	2	22-22	Q
4	Great Britain	GBR	0	3	0	14-33	Q

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul 18:20	Russian Federation	RUS	7 – 6	Great Britain	GBR
Match #2	30 Jul 15:30	Australia	AUS	10 – 8	Italy	ITA
Match #3	01 Aug 19:40	Australia	AUS	16 – 3	Great Britain	GBR
Match #4	01 Aug 15:30	Russian Federation	RUS	7 – 4	Italy	ITA
Match #5	03 Aug 18:20	Italy	ITA	10 – 5	Great Britain	GBR
Match #6	03 Aug 15:30	Australia	AUS	11 – 8	Russian Federation	RUS

Quarter-Finals

Date	5 August 2012
Format	Winners of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug 16:10	Australia 1	AUS	16 – 16	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #2	05 Aug 20:20	Spain	ESP	9 – 7	Great Britain	GBR
Match #3	05 Aug 19:00	United States	USA	9 – 6	Italy	ITA
Match #4	05 Aug 14:50	Hungary	HUN	11 – 10	Russian Federation	RUS

Semi-Finals

Date	7 August 2012
Format	Winners of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug 15:30	United States 2	USA	11 – 9	Australia	AUS
Match #2	07 Aug 19:40	Spain	ESP	10 – 9	Hungary	HUN

Classification Round 5-8

Date	7 August 2012

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug 14:10	People's Republic of China	CHN	14 – 10	Italy	ITA
Match #2	07 Aug 18:20	Russian Federation	RUS	11 – 9	Great Britain	GBR

Final Round

Date	9 August 2012
Format	Classification round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	09 Aug 20:25	United States	USA	8 – 5	Spain	ESP
Match 3/4	09 Aug 18:40	Australia 3	AUS	13 – 11	Hungary	HUN
Match 5/6	09 Aug 15:50	People's Republic of China 4	CHN	16 – 15	Russian Federation	RUS
Match 7/8	09 Aug 14:30	Italy	ITA	11 – 7	Great Britain	GBR