2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship

For the men's tournament, see 2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship.
2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates5 – 12 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Ekaterina Pantyulina (RUS) (16)
Awards
Best player Blanca Gil (ESP)

The 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the twelve edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Aquatic Centre Málaga in Málaga, Spain from July 5 to July 12, 2008.

Teams

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Spain 7 3 2 1 0 33 26 +7
2.  Russia 6 3 2 0 1 33 26 +7
3.  Netherlands 4 3 1 1 1 26 24 +2
4.  Germany 0 3 0 0 3 22 38 −16


July 5, 2008

13:30 Spain  10 – 9  Russia (2–3, 4–1, 1–3, 3–2)
15:00 Netherlands  9 – 6  Germany (3–0, 2–3, 2–2, 2–1)


July 6, 2008

13:30 Netherlands  10–10  Spain (5–3, 1–3, 2–3, 2–1)
15:00 Germany  9 – 16  Russia (0–3, 4–6, 4–2, 1–5)


July 7, 2008

12:00 Netherlands  7 – 8  Russia (2–3, 2–1, 2–2, 1–2)
13:30 Spain  13 – 7  Germany (2–4, 4–1, 3–0, 4–2)

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Italy 7 3 2 1 0 32 16 +16
2.  Hungary 5 3 1 2 0 21 16 +5
3.  Greece 4 3 1 1 1 31 19 +12
4.  France 0 3 0 0 3 10 43 −33


July 5, 2008

12:00 Italy  4–4  Hungary (0–2, 1–1, 1–1, 2–0)
16:30 Greece  15 – 2  France (2–0, 5–0, 3–1, 5–1)


July 6, 2008

12:00 Italy  10 – 9  Greece (3–4, 1–1, 4–1, 2–3)
16:30 Hungary  10 – 5  France (3–1, 3–1, 2–3, 2–0)


July 7, 2008

15:00 France  3 – 18  Italy (0–6, 0–6, 2–4, 1–2)
16:30 Greece  7–7  Hungary (2–0, 1–1, 3–4, 1–2)

Quarterfinals

July 8, 2008

13:30 Russia  9 – 7  Greece (2–1, 1–2, 3–1, 3–3)
15:00 Netherlands  7 – 9  Hungary (1–1, 2–4, 2–3, 2–1)

Semifinals

July 10, 2008

19:30 Hungary  7 – 8  Spain (2–0, 2–2, 2–2, 1–4)
21:00 Russia  8 – 5  Italy (2–0, 0–0, 4–3, 2–2)

Finals

7 / 8 places

July 8, 2008

12:00 Germany  8 – 6  France (2–2, 5–0, 1–3, 0–1)

5 / 6 places

July 10, 2008

18:00 Greece  10 – 11  Netherlands (3–3, 4–2, 1–3, 2–3)

Bronze Medal

July 12, 2008

19:30 Hungary  9 – 6  Italy (1–2, 2–2, 2–1, 4–1)

Gold Medal

July 12, 2008

21:00 Spain  8 – 9  Russia (2–3, 1–3, 3–2, 2–1)

Final ranking

Individual awards

References

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