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
Hungary Greece China Canada	New Zealand United States Russia Australia

Preliminary round

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

Group A

	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	China	3	3	0	31	22	+9	6
2.	Canada	3	2	1	32	22	+10	4
3.	Hungary	3	1	2	31	36	−5	2
4.	Greece	3	0	3	21	35	−14	0

17 August 2010 16:30	Report	Greece	7–11	China	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	Canada	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	China	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	Canada	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	Hungary	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	Canada	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	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Australia	3	3	0	34	17	+17	6
2.	United States	3	2	1	37	25	+12	4
3.	Russia	3	1	2	31	33	−2	2
4.	New Zealand	3	0	3	21	48	−27	0

17 August 2010 15:00	Report	United States	14–10	Russia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Russia	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	Australia	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	New Zealand	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

China	11
		21 August – Christchurch
New Zealand	3
		China	9
20 August – Christchurch
		United States	10
United States	10
				22 August – Christchurch
Hungary	5
				United States	6
20 August – Christchurch
				Australia	3
Canada	11
		21 August – Christchurch
Russia	12
		Russia	10
20 August – Christchurch
		Australia	11	Third place
Australia	11
				22 August – Christchurch
Greece	7
				China	11

				Russia	9

Quarterfinals

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

20 August 2010 15:00	Report	Canada	11–12	Russia	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	United States	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	Australia	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	New Zealand	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	Australia	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	China	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	Russia	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	Australia	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

Canada	13
		22 August – Christchurch
Greece	12
		Canada	18 (5)
21 August – Christchurch
		Hungary	16 (3)
Hungary	11

New Zealand	4
		Seventh place

		22 August – Christchurch

		Greece	16

		New Zealand	6

5th–8th semifinals

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

21 August 2010 15:00	Report	Canada	13–12	Greece	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	New Zealand	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	New Zealand	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.)	Hungary	Referees: Krapivin (RUS), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–2, 2–2, 2–3 OT: 3–3

Final standings

RANK	TEAM
	United States
	Australia
	China
4.	Russia
5.	Canada
6.	Hungary
7.	Greece
8.	New Zealand

2010 Women's FINA Water Polo World Cup
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)

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