2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
The 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the fifteenth 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.
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Referees: Roy (CAN), Ni (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–0, 6–1, 5–5 | |||||
Dries 3 | Goals | Cox, Sieprath, Bowry 2 |
Knockout round
Championship
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
20 August – Christchurch | ||||||||||
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11 | |||||||||
21 August – Christchurch | ||||||||||
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9 | |||||||||
20 August – Christchurch | ||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||
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10 | |||||||||
22 August – Christchurch | ||||||||||
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5 | |||||||||
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6 | |||||||||
20 August – Christchurch | ||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||
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11 | |||||||||
21 August – Christchurch | ||||||||||
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12 | |||||||||
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10 | Third place | ||||||||
20 August – Christchurch | ||||||||||
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11 | |||||||||
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11 | ![]() |
11 | |||||||
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7 | ![]() |
9 | |||||||
22 August – Christchurch | ||||||||||
Quarterfinals
20 August 2010 15:00 |
Report | Canada ![]() |
11–12 | ![]() |
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 |
Report | Hungary ![]() |
5–10 | ![]() |
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 |
Report | Greece ![]() |
7–11 | ![]() |
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 |
Report | China ![]() |
11–3 | ![]() |
Referees: Drury (USA), Hong (SIN) |
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–0, 2–1, 3–2 | |||||
Gao 5 | Goals | three players 1 |
Semifinals
21 August 2010 18:00 |
Report | Russia ![]() |
10–11 | ![]() |
Referees: Vasileiou (GRE), Roy (CAN) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 3–3, 2–2 | |||||
Ryzhova-Alenicheva 3 | Goals | Zagame 3 |
21 August 2010 19:30 |
Report | United States ![]() |
10–9 | ![]() |
Referees: Matache (ROU), Fekete (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 2–2, 2–3 | |||||
Mathewson 3 | Goals | Gao 5 |
Bronze medal match
22 August 2010 12:00 |
Report | China ![]() |
11–9 | ![]() |
Referees: Waldow (NZL), Matache (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 5–3, 0–3 | |||||
Glyzina 5 | Goals | three players 2 |
Final
21 August 2010 14:00 |
Report | United States ![]() |
6–3 | ![]() |
Referees: Vasileiou (GRE), Fekete (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–0, 0–2, 0–1 | |||||
six players 1 | Goals | three players 1 |
5th–8th playoffs
Semi-finals | Fifth place | ||||||
21 August – Christchurch | |||||||
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13 | ||||||
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12 | ||||||
22 August – Christchurch | |||||||
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18 (5) | ||||||
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16 (3) | ||||||
Seventh place | |||||||
21 August – Christchurch | 22 August – Christchurch | ||||||
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11 | ![]() |
16 | ||||
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4 | ![]() |
6 |
5th–8th semifinals
21 August 2010 15:00 |
Report | Canada ![]() |
13–12 | ![]() |
Referees: Ni (CHN), Drury (USA) |
Score by quarters: 4–5, 2–2, 2–3, 5–2 | |||||
Bekhazi, Tomiuk 3 | Goals | Asimaki, Roumpesi 3 |
21 August 2010 14:30 |
Report | Hungary ![]() |
11–4 | ![]() |
Referees: Krapivin (RUS), Makita (JPN) |
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–1, 4–1, 2–2 | |||||
Keszthelyi 3 | Goals | Bowry 2 |
7th place playoff
22 August 2010 09:00 |
Report | Greece ![]() |
16–8 | ![]() |
Referees: Hart (AUS), Roy< (CAN) |
Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–1, 4–0, 3–3 | |||||
Tsoukala, Antonakou 3 | Goals | Lewis 2 |
5th place playoff
22 August 2010 10:30 |
Report | Canada ![]() |
18–16 (pen.) | ![]() |
Referees: Krapivin (RUS), Ni (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–2, 2–2, 2–3 OT: 3–3 |
Final standings
RANK | TEAM |
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2010 Women's FINA Water Polo World Cup |
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![]() United States Second title |
Individual awards
- Best Player
Gemma Beadsworth (AUS)
- Best Goalkeeper
Yang Jun (CHN)
- Best Scorer
Gao Ao (CHN) — 16 goals
- Tournament team
Gemma Beadsworth (AUS)
Gao Ao (CHN)
Yang Jun (CHN)
Kami Craig (USA)
Joelle Bekhazi (CAN)
Ágnes Valkai (HUN)
Sofia Konukh (RUS)