Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

The women's water polo tournament at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 March to 1 April 2007.

The women's tournament was won by the United States, who beat Australia 6–5 in the final game.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points Russian Federation 3 3 0 0 46 26 20 6 Spain 3 2 0 1 37 25 12 4 Germany 3 1 0 2 28 37 −9 2 People's Republic of China 3 0 0 3 19 42 −23 0

19 March 2007 China – Spain 7–15 (3–6, 1–5, 3–2, 0–2) Russia – Germany 18–11 (4–0, 7–3, 2–3, 5–5) 21 March 2007 China – Russia 8–16 (1–1, 1–6, 5–5, 1–4) Germany – Spain 6–15 (3–4, 1–5, 1–5, 1–1) 23 March 2007 China – Germany 4–11 (0–4, 0–2, 0–2, 4–3) Russia – Spain 12–7 (2–1, 4–1, 2–1, 4–4)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points Australia 3 3 0 0 42 8 34 6 Canada 3 2 0 1 23 12 11 4 Brazil 3 1 0 2 19 19 0 2 Puerto Rico 3 0 0 3 7 52 −45 0

19 March 2007 Brazil – Puerto Rico 13–2 (3–1, 2–1, 3–0, 5–0) Canada – Australia 4–5 (1–0, 1–2, 2–2, 0–1) 21 March 2007 Canada – Brazil 6–3 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1, 2–1) Puerto Rico – Australia 1–26 (0–6, 1–5, 0–7, 0–8) 23 March 2007 Canada – Puerto Rico 13–4 (3–0, 2–1, 5–2, 3–1) Brazil – Australia 3–11 (2–6, 0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points United States of America 3 3 0 0 30 18 12 6 Greece 3 2 0 1 31 19 12 4 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 27 30 −3 2 Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 17 38 −21 0

19 March 2007 Greece – Kazakhstan 11–5 (3–1, 3–1, 4–2, 1–1) Netherlands – USA 7–9 (1–1, 2–2, 2–4, 2–2) 21 March 2007 USA – Kazakhstan 13–5 (2–2, 2–1, 5–1, 4–1) Greece – Netherlands 14–7 (3–2, 3–0, 5–2, 3–3) 23 March 2007 Greece – USA 6–8 (3–2, 1–3, 0–2, 2–1) Netherlands – Kazakhstan 14–7 (5–2, 3–2, 6–1, 0–2)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points Hungary 3 2 1 0 44 19 25 5 Italy 3 2 1 0 46 22 24 5 New Zealand 3 0 1 2 23 45 −22 1 Cuba 3 0 1 2 16 43 −27 1

19 March 2007 Cuba – New Zealand 7–7 (3–3, 0–1, 2–1, 2–2) Italy – Hungary 8–8 (3–2, 2–3, 3–2, 0–1) 21 March 2007 Hungary – New Zealand 17–7 (2–1, 5–0, 4–4, 6–2) Cuba – Italy 5–17 (1–5, 1–5, 1–3, 2–4) 23 March 2007 Cuba – Hungary 4–19 (1–3, 1–4, 1–3, 1–9) Italy – New Zealand 21–9 (3–3, 8–2, 4–1, 6–3)

Final round

Finals

5th–8th place

9th–12th place

13th–16th place

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze Elizabeth ArmstrongPatricia CardenasKameryn CraigNatalie GoldaAlison GregorkaBrittany HayesJaime HippEricka LorenzHeather PetriMoriah van NormanBrenda VillaLauren WengerElsie WindesHead coachGuy Baker Gemma BeadsworthNikita CuffeSuzie FraserTaniele GofersKate GyntherGemma HadleyAmy HetzelBronwen KnoxEmma KnoxAlicia McCormackMelissa RipponRebecca RipponMia SantoromitoHead coachGreg McFadden Valentina VorontsovaNatalya ShepelinaEkaterina ZubachevaSofya KonukhAlena VylegzhaninaNadezda GlyzinaEkaterina PantyulinaEvgenia SobolevaNatalya Ryzhova-AlenichevaOlga FomichevaElena SmurovaAnastasia ZubkovaMaria KovtunovskayaHead coachAlexander Kleymenov

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

Best Goalkeeper

Top Scorer — 20 goals

References

External links FINA Water Polo website Melbourne 2007