| |Event type
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, whenMoriah 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 goalieIlse 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’sÁgnes 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 | GP | Goals/Saves | Attempts | Shot % | Natural Action Goals/Attempts | Centre Goals/Attempts | Extraman Goals/Attempts | 5-metre Goals/Attempts | Penalty Shot Goals/Attempts | Counter-Attack Goals/Attempts | Assists | Turnover Fouls | Steals | Blocks | Exclusion (20 seconds) (Centre/Field) | Penalty Fouls | Exclusion (w/wo Sub) | Time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Netherlands |  NED | 6 | 57 | 188 | 30.3% | 15/49 | 5/11 | 17/40 | 11/78 | 8/9 | 1/1 | 10 | 75 | 44 | 18 | 32/16 | 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 | 9/1 | 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 | 3/2 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | 1/4 | 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 | 5/4 | 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 | 5/2 | 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 | 1/0 | 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 | 6/1 | 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 | 2/1 | 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 NooyDNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Coach | Robin van Galen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | – | United States |  USA | 5 | 50 | 133 | 37.6% | 17/56 | 4/9 | 15/19 | 11/44 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 17 | 69 | 27 | 20 | 23/13 | 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 | 4/2 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | 2/0 | 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 | 1/2 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | 2/1 | 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 | 6/2 | 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 | 5/1 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | 1/0 | 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 | 57 | 200 | 28.5% | 13/61 | 7/25 | 11/20 | 14/77 | 8/11 | 4/6 | 17 | 75 | 54 | 19 | 43/17 | 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 | 8/2 | 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 | 6/4 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | 10/1 | 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 | 8/2 | 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 | 1/4 | 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 | 6/0 | 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 | 3/2 | 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 | 46 | 123 | 37.4% | 14/38 | 1/5 | 12/24 | 13/45 | 5/8 | 1/3 | 13 | 72 | 25 | 22 | 36/9 | 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 | 9/0 | 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 | 1/0 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | 3/0 | 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 | 4/1 | 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 | 1/0 | 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 | 5/0 | 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 | 5/2 | 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 | 4/1 | 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 | 54 | 152 | 35.5% | 18/53 | 4/10 | 13/22 | 14/60 | 5/6 | 0/1 | 11 | 42 | 30 | 9 | 23/4 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | 7/0 | 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 | 2/0 | 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 | 1/0 | 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 | 5/2 | 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 | 7/0 | 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 | 46 | 135 | 34.1% | 17/38 | 4/16 | 6/19 | 12/52 | 5/8 | 2/2 | 12 | 71 | 29 | 24 | 26/10 | 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 | 2/0 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | 1/5 | 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 | Emanuela Zanchi | 5 | 8 | 17 | 47.1% | 4/7 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2/8 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3/1 | 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 | 8/1 | 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 | 6/0 | 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 | 2/0 | 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 | 2/0 | 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 | 38 | 134 | 28.4% | 12/36 | 3/6 | 11/25 | 7/59 | 1/1 | 4/7 | 12 | 48 | 33 | 14 | 20/4 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | 1/2 | 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 | 4/0 | 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 | 2/0 | 2 | 0 | 1-15:13 | ||||||
| 6 | Nadezhda Glyzina-Fedotova | 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-Lisunova | 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 | 9/0 | 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 | 2/0 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | 2/0 | 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 | 22 | 111 | 19.8% | 3/38 | 1/7 | 12/24 | 1/34 | 5/7 | 0/0 | 2 | 50 | 18 | 12 | 29/5 | 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 | 5/0 | 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 | 4/0 | 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 | 1/0 | 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 | 3/0 | 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 | 5/1 | 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 | 5/1 | 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 | 3/1 | 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 | 1/0 | 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 | 1/0 | 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 | 0/1 | 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 | Competitors | 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 | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 11 Aug 14:20 | Italy | ITA | 9 – 8 | Russian Federation | 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 | USA | |
| Match #4 | 13 Aug 17:00 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 13 – 11 | Russian Federation | RUS | |
| Match #5 | 15 Aug 14:20 | United States | USA | 12 – 7 | Russian Federation | RUS | |
| Match #6 | 15 Aug 17:00 | Italy | ITA | 10 – 9 | People's Republic of China | CHN |
Group B
| Date | 11 – 15 August 2008 |
|---|---|
| Format | Round-robin pool. |
| Pos | Competitors | 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 | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 11 Aug 13:00 | Hungary | HUN | 11 – 9 | Netherlands | NED | |
| Match #2 | 11 Aug 15:40 | Australia | AUS | 8 – 6 | Greece | GRE | |
| Match #3 | 13 Aug 13:00 | Australia | AUS | 7 – 7 | Hungary | HUN | |
| Match #4 | 13 Aug 14:20 | Netherlands | NED | 9 – 6 | Greece | GRE | |
| Match #5 | 15 Aug 13:00 | Australia | AUS | 10 – 9 | Netherlands | NED | |
| Match #6 | 15 Aug 15:40 | Hungary | HUN | 10 – 4 | Greece | 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 | CHN | |
| Match #2 | 17 Aug 15:40 | Netherlands | NED | 13 – 11 | Italy | ITA |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 19 August 2008 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winners of each match advanced to finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 19 Aug 14:20 | United States | USA | 9 – 8 | Australia | AUS | |
| Match #2 | 19 Aug 15:40 | Netherlands | NED | 8 – 7 | Hungary | 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 | NED | 9 – 8 | United States | USA | |
| Match 3/4 | 21 Aug 17:00 | Australia | AUS | 12 – 11 | Hungary | HUN | |
| Match 5/6 | 19 Aug 13:00 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 10 – 7 | Italy | ITA | |
| Match 7/8 | 17 Aug 13:00 | Russian Federation | RUS | 12 – 6 | Greece | GRE |