Water Polo, Women

Competition 2004 Olympic Qualification Tournaments for Water Polo - Women
Venue Imperia ITA
Held 23 – 29 February 2004
Status Consolation
Competitors 127
Countries 10

Participants:

  • ITA (host; [also placed first at the 2003 European Championship])

  • HUN (placed second at the 2003 European Championship)
  • RUS (placed third at the 2003 European Championship)
  • NED (placed fourth at the 2003 European Championship)
  • ESP (placed sixth at the 2003 European Championship)
  • GER (placed seventh at the 2003 European Championship)

  • CZE (placed first at the 2002 European Championship Group B)

  • CAN (placed second at the 2003 Pan American Games)
  • BRA (placed third at the 2003 Pan American Games)

  • NZL (lost the Oceania qualification against AUS)

HUN, ITA, RUS, and CAN (as there was no entry from Africa) qualified for the 2004 Athina Olympics.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
1 Hungary HUN 5 0 1
Ildikó Sós / Ágnes Primász / Anett Györe / Krisztina Szremkó / Rita Drávucz / Mercédesz Stieber / Erzsébet Valkay / Anikó Pelle / Zsuzsanna Tiba / Dóra Kisteleki / Tímea Benkő / Andrea Tóth / Krisztina Zantleitner
2 Italy ITA 5 0 1
Francesca Conti / Martina Miceli / Carmela Allucci / Silvia Bosurgi / Elena Gigli / Emanuela Zanchi / Tania Di Mario / Cinzia Ragusa / Giusi Malato / Alexandra Araujo / Maddalena Musumeci / Melania Grego / Noémi Tóth
3 Russia RUS 5 0 1
Valentina Vorontsova / Nataliya Shepelina / Yekaterina Salimova / Olga Turova / Sofya Konukh / Tatyana Petrova / Mariya Yayna / Nataliya Ryzhova / Yelena Smurova / Anastasiya Zubkova / Yekaterina Shishova / Svetlana Bogdanova
4 Canada CAN 3 0 3
Whynter Lamarre / Rachel Riddell / Marianne Illing / Sue Gardiner / Andrea Dewar / Marie-Luc Arpin / Cora Campbell / Marina Radu / Ann Dow / Jana Salat / Valérie Dionne / Christine Robinson / Johanne Bégin
5 Spain ESP 4 0 2
Patricia del Soto / Mercedes Vallés / Jenny Pareja / Blanca Gil / Mariona Ribera / Cristina López / Belén Sánchez / Sara Domínguez / Anna Pardo / Mar Parera / Samantha Miquel / Ana Ramírez / Ana Copado
6 Germany GER 3 0 3
Laura Gruber / Svea Jägersberg / Lina Rohe / Monika Kruszona / Ariane Rump / Simone Budde / Barbara Bujka / Viktoria Bujka / Stefanie Schindelbauer / Theresa Klein / Linda Gerritsen / Sabine Kottig / Nina Wengst
7 Netherlands NED 2 0 4
Noeki Klein / Meike de Nooy / Marleen Ars / Simone Koot / Marlies Wekdam / Hanneke Kappen / Jorieke Oostendorp / Carla Quint / Karin Kuipers / Alette Sijbring / Mieke van der Sloot / Rianne Guichelaar / Gillian van den Berg
8 Brazil BRA 1 0 5
Cláudia Graner / Flávia Fernandes / Andrea Henriques / Marina Canetti / Daniela Martins / Melina Teno / Fernanda Lissoni / Roberta Costa / Amanda Oliveira / Luíza Carvalho / Mayla Siracusa / Cristina Beer
9 New Zealand NZL 1 0 4
Carina Harache / Emily Cox / Rachel Coulter / Sarah Tan / Sarah Pattison / Alisa von Hartitzsch / Anna Sieprath / Nichola Ingoe / Amy Logan / Megan Thompson / Martina Zanotto / Koren Wilkinson
10 Czech Republic CZE 0 0 5
Iveta Gazdíková / Veronika Bartůňková / Dita Javorská / Alice Kielbergerová / Iva Kielbergerová / Jana Karásková / Lenka Musilová / Barbora Procházková / Michaela Růžičková / Natálie Sejkorová / Petra Sýkorová / Barbora Šlajsová / Zuzana Valášková

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Russia RUS 4 0 0 8
2 Canada CAN 3 0 1 6
3 Germany GER 2 0 2 4
4 Netherlands NED 1 0 3 2
5 Czech Republic CZE 0 0 4 0

Matches

Russia RUS 6-5 Canada CAN
Netherlands NED 10-5 Czech Republic CZE
Russia RUS 13-11 Netherlands NED
Canada CAN 11-4 Germany GER
Russia RUS 16-3 Czech Republic CZE
Germany GER 7-6 Netherlands NED
Canada CAN 11-10 Netherlands NED
Germany GER 14-8 Czech Republic CZE
Russia RUS 11-6 Germany GER
Canada CAN 10-3 Czech Republic CZE

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Italy ITA 4 0 0 8
2 Hungary HUN 3 0 1 6
3 Spain ESP 2 0 2 4
4 Brazil BRA 1 0 3 2
5 New Zealand NZL 0 0 4 0

Matches

Italy ITA 15-1 New Zealand NZL
Spain ESP 8-2 Brazil BRA
Hungary HUN 10-5 Spain ESP
Italy ITA 12-1 Brazil BRA
Hungary HUN 4-6 Italy ITA
Brazil BRA 6-5 New Zealand NZL
Hungary HUN 15-1 New Zealand NZL
Italy ITA 7-5 Spain ESP
Hungary HUN 18-3 Brazil BRA
Spain ESP 9-4 New Zealand NZL

Semi-Finals

Hungary HUN 7-6 Russia RUS
Italy ITA 9-6 Canada CAN
Spain ESP 9-7 Netherlands NED
Germany GER 10-5 Brazil BRA

Final

Hungary HUN 6-4 Italy ITA
Russia RUS 9-5 Canada CAN
Spain ESP 9-4 Germany GER
Netherlands NED 9-4 Brazil BRA
New Zealand NZL 10-8 Czech Republic CZE