2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
The 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 15th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from 17 to 22 August 2010.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 17-22 August 2010 |
Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 24 |
Goals scored | 475 (19.79 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (16 goals) |
Best player | ![]() |
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The United States won the gold medal by defeating Australia 6-3 in the final. China captured bronze, beating Russia 11-9.[1]
Format
8 teams qualified for the 2010 FINA World Cup. They are split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a Round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals. The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the Semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.
Groups
Group A | Group B |
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Preliminary round
Group A
Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | |
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1. | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 6 |
2. | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 4 |
3. | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 2 |
4. | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 0 |
17 August 2010 16:30 |
Report | Greece ![]() |
7–11 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Drury (USA), Krapivin (RUS) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 1–4, 1–3 | |||||
Roumpesi 3 | Goals | Liu, Gao, Ma 3 |
17 August 2010 18:00 |
Report | Hungary ![]() |
10–14 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Hart (AUS), Matache (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–3, 4–4, 0–3 | |||||
Valkai 3 | Goals | Bekhazi, Perrault, Robinson, Campbell, Radu 2 |
18 August 2010 15:00 |
Report | Hungary ![]() |
8–11 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Waldo (NZL), Matache (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–2, 1–2, 2–3 | |||||
Valkai 3 | Goals | Sun 3 |
18 August 2010 18:00 |
Report | Greece ![]() |
3–11 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Krapivin (RUS), Makita (JPN) |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–2, 1–2, 1–2 | |||||
Asimaki 2 | Goals | Eggens 5 |
19 August 2010 15:00 |
Report | Greece ![]() |
11–13 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Drury (USA), Waldow (NZL) |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–4, 1–4, 4–3 | |||||
Tsoukala, Asimaki 3 | Goals | Bujka 4 |
19 August 2010 18:00 |
Report | China ![]() |
9–7 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Matache (ROU), Hart (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 3–2, 0–0 | |||||
Sun 3 | Goals | Csikos 5 |
Group B
Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | |
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1. | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 6 |
2. | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 4 |
3. | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 2 |
4. | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 48 | −27 | 0 |
17 August 2010 15:00 |
Report | United States ![]() |
14–10 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Fekete (HUN), Roy (CAN) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 4–5, 3–2 | |||||
Silver, Rolun, Craig 3 | Goals | Konukh 4 |
17 August 2010 19:30 |
Report | New Zealand ![]() |
4–17 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Makita (JPN), Tan (SIN) |
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–3, 0–5, 1–5 | |||||
Smith 2 | Goals | Southern 4 |
18 August 2010 16:30 |
Report | United States ![]() |
5–7 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Vasileiou (GRE), Fekete (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–3, 3–1, 1–2 |
18 August 2010 19:30 |
Report | New Zealand ![]() |
9–13 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Wei (CHN), Tan (SIN) |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–4, 2–3, 4–4 | |||||
Smith, Sieprath, Hudson 2 | Goals | Soboleva 3 |
19 August 2010 16:30 |
Report | Russia ![]() |
8–10 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Fekete (HUN), Vasileiou (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–4, 2–5, 1–1 | |||||
Ryzhova-Alenicheva, Soboleva, Ivanova 2 | Goals | Webster, Ralph, Zagame 2 |
19 August 2010 19:30 |
Report | United States ![]() |
17–8 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Roy (CAN), Ni (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–0, 6–1, 5–5 | |||||
Dries 3 | Goals | Cox, Sieprath, Bowry 2 |
Final round
- 5th–8th place bracket
5th-8th place classification | 5th place match | |||||
21 August | ||||||
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22 August | ||||||
![]() | 12 | |||||
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21 August | ||||||
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![]() | 11 | |||||
![]() | 4 | |||||
7th place match | ||||||
22 August | ||||||
![]() | 16 | |||||
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5th–8th place classification
[2]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)
21 August 2010 15:00 |
Canada ![]() |
13–12 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Ni (CHN), Drury (USA) |
Score by quarters: 4–5, 2–2, 2–3, 5–2 | ||||
Csikos, Békhazi, Perreault 3 | Goals | Asimaki, Roumpesi 3 |
21 August 2010 14:30 |
Hungary ![]() |
11–4 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Krapivin (RUS), Makita (JPN) |
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–1, 4–1, 2–2 | ||||
Keszthelyi 3 | Goals | Bowry 2 |
7th place match
[1]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)
22 August 2010 09:00 |
Greece ![]() |
16–8 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Hart (AUS), Roy (CAN) |
Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–1, 4–0, 3–3 | ||||
Tsoukala, Avramidou, Antonakou 3 | Goals | Lewis 2 |
5th place match
[1]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)
22 August 2010 10:30 |
Canada ![]() |
18–16 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Krapivin (RUS), Ni (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–2, 2–2, 2–3 OT: 3–3 PSO: 5-3 | ||||
Alogbo, Békhazi 4 | Goals | Szűcs, Keszthelyi 4 |
- Championship bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
20 August | ||||||||||
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21 August | ||||||||||
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![]() | 9 | |||||||||
20 August | ||||||||||
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22 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | 6 | |||||||||
20 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 11 | |||||||||
21 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 12 | |||||||||
![]() | 10 | |||||||||
20 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 11 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 11 | |||||||||
22 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 7 | |||||||||
![]() | 11 | |||||||||
![]() | 9 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
[3]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)
20 August 2010 15:00 |
Canada ![]() |
11–12 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Matache (ROU), Vasileiou (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 5–4, 2–3, 2–2, 2–3 | ||||
Csikos 4 | Goals | Ivanova 4 |
20 August 2010 16:30 |
Hungary ![]() |
5–10 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Hart (AUS), Krapivin (RUS) |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 2–4, 1–3 | ||||
five players 1 | Goals | four players 2 |
20 August 2010 18:00 |
Greece ![]() |
7–11 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Hart (NZL), Makita (JPN) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 2–4, 2–3 | ||||
Gerolymou 2 | Goals | Beadsworth 3 |
20 August 2010 19:30 |
China ![]() |
11–3 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Drury (USA), Hong (SIN) |
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–0, 2–1, 3–2 | ||||
Gao Ao 5 | Goals | three players 1 |
Semifinals
[2]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)
21 August 2010 18:00 |
Russia ![]() |
10–11 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Vasileiou (GRE), Roy (CAN) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 3–3, 2–2 | ||||
Ryzhova 3 | Goals | Zagame 3 |
21 August 2010 19:30 |
United States ![]() |
10–9 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Matache (ROU), Fekete (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 2–2, 2–3 | ||||
Mathewson 3 | Goals | Gao Ao 5 |
Bronze medal match
[1]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)
22 August 2010 12:00 |
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11–9 | ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Waldow (NZL), Matache (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 5–3, 0–3 | ||||
three players 2 | Goals | Glyzina 5 |
Gold medal match
[1]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)
22 August 2010 14:00 |
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6–3 | ![]() ![]() |
Christchurch, New Zealand Referees: Vasileiou (GRE), Fekete (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–0, 0–2, 0–1 | ||||
Steffens, Mathewson, Silver, Windes, Rulon, Dries 1 | Goals | Beadsworth, Knox, Zagame 1 |
Final standings
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Betsey Armstrong, Anne Belden, Brenda Villa, Maggie Steffens, Juliet Moss, Courtney Mathewson, Lolo Silver, Elsie Windes, Kelly Rulon, Annika Dries, Kami Craig, Melissa Seidemann, Emily Feher. Head coach: Adam Krikorian. |
Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player
Gemma Beadsworth (AUS)
- Best Goalkeeper
Yang Jun (CHN)
- Best Scorer
Gao Ao (CHN) — 16 goals
- Tournament team
Yang Jun (CHN) – Goalkeeper Kami Craig (USA) – Centre forward Gemma Beadsworth (AUS) Gao Ao (CHN) Joelle Bekhazi (CAN) Ágnes Valkai (HUN) Sofia Konukh (RUS)
References
- "USA adds FINA World Cup to World and World League crowns". FINA.org. 22 August 2010.
- "Australia to defend FINA World Cup crown against world champion USA". FINA.org. 22 August 2010.
- "USA, China, Australia and Russia into semifinals". FINA.org. 20 August 2010.