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

	Play-off 25 March 2007					Quarterfinals 27 March 2007					Semifinals 29 March 2007					Final 31 March 200
						Russian Fed.		10
	Greece		9			Greece		9
	New Zealand		5								Russian Fed.		9
											Australia		12
						Australia		12
	Netherlands		6			Italy		8
	Italy		7													Australia		5
																USA		6
						USA		10
	Spain		13			Spain		6
	Brazil		9								USA		10			Third place
											Hungary		9
						Hungary		11								Russian Fed.		9
	Germany		10			Canada		9								Hungary		8
	Canada		14

5th–8th place

	5th–8th place				5th/6th place
	29 March 2007 – 11:40 AEST
	Greece	9
					31 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
	Italy	10
					Italy	7
	29 March 2007 – 16:00 AEST
					Canada	3
	Spain	6
	Canada	9
					7th/8th place
					31 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
					Greece	9
					Spain	11

9th–12th place

	9th–12th place				9th/10th place
	27 March 2007 – 11:40 AEST
	Brazil	14
					29 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
	New Zealand	7
					Brazil	2
	27 March 2007 – 13:00 AEST
					Netherlands	11
	Germany	6
	Netherlands	8
					11th/12th place
					29 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
					New Zealand	9
					Germany	11

13th–16th place

	13th–16th place				13th/14th place
	25 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
	People's Republic of China	12
					27 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
	Puerto Rico	4
					People's Republic of China	9
	25 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
					Kazakhstan	12
	Kazakhstan	10
	Cuba	7
					15th/16th place
					27 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
					Puerto Rico	9
					Cuba	11

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States Elizabeth Armstrong Patricia Cardenas Kameryn Craig Natalie Golda Alison Gregorka Brittany Hayes Jaime Hipp Ericka Lorenz Heather Petri Moriah van Norman Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Elsie Windes Head coach Guy Baker	Australia Gemma Beadsworth Nikita Cuffe Suzie Fraser Taniele Gofers Kate Gynther Gemma Hadley Amy Hetzel Bronwen Knox Emma Knox Alicia McCormack Melissa Rippon Rebecca Rippon Mia Santoromito Head coach Greg McFadden	Russia Valentina Vorontsova Natalya Shepelina Ekaterina Zubacheva Sofya Konukh Alena Vylegzhanina Nadezda Glyzina Ekaterina Pantyulina Evgenia Soboleva Natalya Ryzhova-Alenicheva Olga Fomicheva Elena Smurova Anastasia Zubkova Maria Kovtunovskaya Head coach Alexander Kleymenov

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

• Lauren Wenger (USA)

• Best Goalkeeper

• Elizabeth Armstrong (USA)

• Top Scorer

• Blanca Gil (ESP) — 20 goals

External links

• FINA Water Polo website
• Melbourne 2007