2000 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

The 2000 Women's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament was a tournament in which three places were available for teams to qualify for the first Olympic women's polo competition.

Teams

Preliminary round

GROUP A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	4	2	2	0	0	18	8	+8
2.	Greece	2	2	1	0	1	12	12	0
3.	Germany	0	2	0	0	2	11	21	–10

• April 22, 2000

Italy	5 – 4	Greece

• April 23, 2000

Italy	13 – 4	Germany

• April 24, 2000

Greece	8 – 7	Germany

GROUP B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	United States	4	2	2	0	0	21	7	+14
2.	Kazakhstan	2	2	1	0	1	19	13	+6
3.	Czech Republic	0	2	0	0	2	7	27	–20

• April 22, 2000

United States	9 – 4	Kazakhstan

• April 23, 2000

Kazakhstan	15 – 4	Czech Republic

• April 24, 2000

United States	12 – 3	Czech Republic

GROUP C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	4	2	2	0	0	25	7	+18
2.	Spain	2	2	1	0	1	17	17	0
3.	France	0	2	0	0	2	9	27	–18

• April 22, 2000

Spain	12 – 7	France

• April 23, 2000

France	2 – 15	Hungary

• April 24, 2000

Spain	5 – 10	Hungary

GROUP D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Russia	6	3	3	0	0	45	11	+34
2.	Brazil	4	3	2	0	1	23	21	+2
3.	Japan	2	3	1	0	2	23	29	–6
4.	Great Britain	0	3	0	0	3	12	42	–30

• Only Great Britain did not contest the semifinal and final rounds, having finished fourth in its group.
• April 22, 2000

Japan	12 – 6	Great Britain
Russia	12 – 3	Brazil

• April 23, 2000

Japan	6 – 7	Brazil
Great Britain	3 – 17	Russia

• April 24, 2000

Great Britain	3 – 13	Brazil
Japan	5 – 16	Russia

Second round

GROUP E

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	10	5	5	0	0	62	22	+40
2.	United States	8	5	4	0	1	49	24	+25
3.	Kazakhstan	6	5	3	0	2	38	38	0
4.	Greece	4	5	2	0	3	36	37	+9
5.	Germany	2	5	1	0	4	35	46	–11
6.	Czech Republic	0	5	0	0	5	14	77	–63

• April 26, 2000

Italy	18 – 2	Czech Republic
Germany	6 – 14	United States
Greece	4 – 7	Kazakhstan

• April 27, 2000

Greece	1 – 6	United States
Germany	13 – 3	Czech Republic
Italy	16 – 4	Kazakhstan

• April 28, 2000

Germany	5 – 8	Kazakhstan
Greece	19 – 2	Czech Republic
Italy	10 – 8	United States

GROUP F

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	10	5	5	0	0	68	25	+43
2.	Russia	8	5	4	0	1	84	26	+58
3.	Brazil	5	5	2	1	2	39	42	–3
4.	Japan	3	5	1	1	3	41	57	–16
5.	Spain	2	5	1	0	4	27	36	–9
6.	France	1	5	0	1	4	20	63	–43

• April 26, 2000

Hungary	18 – 5	Japan
France	1 – 21	Russia
Spain	3 – 4	Brazil

• April 27, 2000

Spain	4 – 9	Russia
France	7 – 7	Japan
Hungary	15 – 4	Brazil

• April 28, 2000

France	3 – 8	Brazil
Spain	3 – 6	Japan
Hungary	10 – 9	Russia

Play-Offs

• April 29, 2000 — 9th/12th place

Spain	13 – 5	Czech Republic
Germany	12 – 3	France

• April 29, 2000 — 5th/8th place

Greece	9 – 4	Brazil
Kazakhstan	9 – 4	Japan

• April 29, 2000 — 1st/4th place

United States	6 – 5	Hungary
Russia	8 – 7	Italy

Finals

• April 30, 2000 — Eleventh place

France	10 – 5	Czech Republic

• April 30, 2000 — Ninth place

Spain	10 – 9	Germany

• April 30, 2000 — Seventh place

Japan	4 – 2	Brazil

• April 30, 2000 — Fifth place

Greece	10 – 8	Kazakhstan

• April 30, 2000 — Third place

Hungary	8 – 4	Italy

• April 30, 2000 — First place

Russia	9 – 6	United States

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
1.	Russia
2.	United States
3.	Hungary
4.	Italy
5.	Greece
6.	Kazakhstan
7.	Japan
8.	Brazil
9.	Spain
10.	Germany
11.	France
12.	Czech Republic

• Russia, United States and Kazachstan qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
  •  Yuliya Petrova (RUS)
• Best Goalkeeper
  •  Francesca Conti (ITA)
• Best Scorer
  •  Mercedes Stieber (HUN)

See also

• 2000 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

References

• (in English) FINA