2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship

The 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the twelve edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Aquatic Centre Málaga in Málaga, Spain from July 5 to July 12, 2008.

Teams

GROUP A

GROUP B

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Spain	7	3	2	1	0	33	26	+7
2.	Russia	6	3	2	0	1	33	26	+7
3.	Netherlands	4	3	1	1	1	26	24	+2
4.	Germany	0	3	0	0	3	22	38	−16

July 5, 2008


13:30	Spain	10 – 9	Russia	(2–3, 4–1, 1–3, 3–2)
15:00	Netherlands	9 – 6	Germany	(3–0, 2–3, 2–2, 2–1)

July 6, 2008


13:30	Netherlands	10–10	Spain	(5–3, 1–3, 2–3, 2–1)
15:00	Germany	9 – 16	Russia	(0–3, 4–6, 4–2, 1–5)

July 7, 2008


12:00	Netherlands	7 – 8	Russia	(2–3, 2–1, 2–2, 1–2)
13:30	Spain	13 – 7	Germany	(2–4, 4–1, 3–0, 4–2)

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	7	3	2	1	0	32	16	+16
2.	Hungary	5	3	1	2	0	21	16	+5
3.	Greece	4	3	1	1	1	31	19	+12
4.	France	0	3	0	0	3	10	43	−33

July 5, 2008


12:00	Italy	4–4	Hungary	(0–2, 1–1, 1–1, 2–0)
16:30	Greece	15 – 2	France	(2–0, 5–0, 3–1, 5–1)

July 6, 2008


12:00	Italy	10 – 9	Greece	(3–4, 1–1, 4–1, 2–3)
16:30	Hungary	10 – 5	France	(3–1, 3–1, 2–3, 2–0)

July 7, 2008


15:00	France	3 – 18	Italy	(0–6, 0–6, 2–4, 1–2)
16:30	Greece	7–7	Hungary	(2–0, 1–1, 3–4, 1–2)

Quarterfinals

July 8, 2008


13:30	Russia	9 – 7	Greece	(2–1, 1–2, 3–1, 3–3)
15:00	Netherlands	7 – 9	Hungary	(1–1, 2–4, 2–3, 2–1)

Semifinals

July 10, 2008


19:30	Hungary	7 – 8	Spain	(2–0, 2–2, 2–2, 1–4)
21:00	Russia	8 – 5	Italy	(2–0, 0–0, 4–3, 2–2)

Finals

7 / 8 places

July 8, 2008


12:00	Germany	8 – 6	France	(2–2, 5–0, 1–3, 0–1)

5 / 6 places

July 10, 2008


18:00	Greece	10 – 11	Netherlands	(3–3, 4–2, 1–3, 2–3)

Bronze Medal

July 12, 2008


19:30	Hungary	9 – 6	Italy	(1–2, 2–2, 2–1, 4–1)

Gold Medal

July 12, 2008


21:00	Spain	8 – 9	Russia	(2–3, 1–3, 3–2, 2–1)

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
	Russia
	Spain
	Hungary
4.	Italy
5.	Netherlands
6.	Greece
7.	Germany
8.	France

2008 Women's European Champion
Russia Second title

Valentina Vorontsova, Natalia Shepelina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Sofia Konoukh, Alena Vylegzhanina, Nadezda Glyzina, Ekaterina Pantyulina, Evgenia Soboleva, Oleksandra Karpovich, Olga Belyaeva, Elena Smurova, Olga Turova, Evgeniya Protsenko
Head Coach: Alexander Kleymenov.

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player
- Blanca Gil (ESP)
Best Goalkeeper
Topscorer
- Ekaterina Pantyulina (RUS) (16)

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