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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  New Zealand |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 17–22 August 2010 |
| Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States(2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Australia |
| Third place |  China |
| Fourth place |  Russia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 475 (19.79 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Gao Ao (16 goals) |
| Awards | |
| Best player | Gemma Beadsworth |
The 2010FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 15th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, theInternational Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place inChristchurch,New Zealand from 17 to 22 August 2010.[1]
The United States won the gold medal, after defeating Australia 6–3 in the final. China captured bronze, beating Russia 11–9.[2]
8 teams qualified for the 2010 FINA World Cup. They are split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing aRound-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.
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 6 |
| 2. |  Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 4 |
| 3. |  Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 2 |
| 4. |  Greece | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 0 |
| 17 August 2010 16:30 | Report | Greece | 7–11 | China | 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 | Canada | 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 | China | 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[permanent dead link] | Greece | 3–11 | Canada | 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 | Hungary | 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[permanent dead link] | China | 9–7 | Canada | Christchurch,New Zealand Referees: Matache (ROU), Hart (AUS) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3,4–2,3–2, 0–0 | |||||
| Sun 3 | Goals | Csikos 5 | |||
| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 6 |
| 2. | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 4 |
| 3. | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 2 |
| 4. | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 48 | −27 | 0 |
| 17 August 2010 15:00 | Report[permanent dead link] | United States | 14–10 | Russia | 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[permanent dead link] | New Zealand | 4–17 | Australia | 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 | Australia | 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[permanent dead link] | New Zealand | 9–13 | Russia | 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[permanent dead link] | Russia | 8–10 | Australia | 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 | New Zealand | 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 | |||
| 5th-8th place classification | 5th place match | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Canada | 13 | |||||
| 22 August | ||||||
| Greece | 12 | |||||
| Canada | 18 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Hungary | 16 | |||||
| Hungary | 11 | |||||
| New Zealand | 4 | |||||
| 7th place match | ||||||
| 22 August | ||||||
| Greece | 16 | |||||
| New Zealand | 6 | |||||
| 21 August 2010 15:00 | Canada | 13–12 | Greece | 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 | New Zealand | Christchurch,New Zealand Referees: Krapivin (RUS), Makita (JPN) |
| Score by quarters:3–0,2–1,4–1, 2–2 | ||||
| Keszthelyi 3 | Goals | Bowry 2 | ||
| 22 August 2010 09:00 | Greece | 16–8 | New Zealand | 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 | ||
| 22 August 2010 10:30 | Canada | 18–16 (OT, PSO) | Hungary | 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 | ||
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 20 August | ||||||||||
| China | 11 | |||||||||
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| New Zealand | 3 | |||||||||
| China | 9 | |||||||||
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| United States | 10 | |||||||||
| United States | 10 | |||||||||
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| Hungary | 5 | |||||||||
| United States | 6 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 3 | |||||||||
| Canada | 11 | |||||||||
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| Russia | 12 | |||||||||
| Russia | 10 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 11 | Third place | ||||||||
| Australia | 11 | |||||||||
| 22 August | ||||||||||
| Greece | 7 | |||||||||
| China | 11 | |||||||||
| Russia | 9 | |||||||||
| 20 August 2010 15:00 | Canada | 11–12 | Russia | 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 | United States | 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 | Australia | 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 | New Zealand | 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 | ||
| 21 August 2010 18:00 | Russia | 10–11 | Australia | 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 | China | 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 | ||
| 22 August 2010 12:00 |  China | 11–9 | Russia | 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 | ||
| 22 August 2010 14:00 |  United States | 6–3 | Australia | 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 | ||
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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.[1]Head coach:Adam Krikorian. |
Yang Jun (CHN) – Goalkeeper Kami Craig (USA) – Centre forward Gemma Beadsworth (AUS) Gao Ao (CHN) Joelle Bekhazi (CAN) Ágnes Valkai (HUN) Sofia Konukh (RUS)
