The 2008 Women's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament was a tournament to decide the remaining four competing teams at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. Four teams were already qualified: Australia, China (host country), the Netherlands and the United States. The tournament was held at the new Olympic Swimming Pool (2005) in Imperia, Italy from February 17 to February 24, 2008 with twelve competing teams.
Teams
GROUP A
GROUP B
Preliminary round
Group A TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.954107131+402.954107032+383.65302505004.452034846+25.251042373–506.050053060–30
February 17, 2008 7 – 1115 – 67 – 7
February 18, 2008 7 – 134 – 168 – 12
February 19, 2008 23 – 119 – 57 – 5
February 20, 2008 15 – 77 – 157 – 12
February 21, 2008 17 – 84 – 513 – 9
Group B TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.954106822+462.854014932+173.753117138+334.452034846+25.251044862–146.0500526110–84
February 17, 2008 9 – 1322 – 15 – 9
February 18, 2008 14 – 1129 – 45 – 11
February 19, 2008 5 – 218 – 1310 – 0
February 20, 2008 7 – 821 – 67 – 16
February 21, 2008 10 – 174 – 69 – 9
Quarter finals February 22, 2008 3 – 613 – 8
10 – 72 – 5
Semi finals February 23, 2008 9 – 813 – 5
13 – 1014 – 15
Finals February 23, 2008 — 11th place 15 – 5
February 24, 2008 — 9th place 9 – 2
February 24, 2008 — 7th place 12 – 13
February 24, 2008 — 5th place 10 – 8
February 24, 2008 — 3rd place 11 – 10
February 24, 2008 — 1st place 9 – 10
Final ranking RANKTEAM1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.
Italy, Russia, Hungary and Greece qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, joining Australia, PR China, Netherlands, and the United States.
Individual awards Most Valuable Player
Best Goalkeeper
Best Scorer
See also 2008 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier
References Results Australian Water Polo