The
2008 Women's European Water Polo ChampionshipThe European Water Polo Championship is a sport competition for national water polo teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation , the governing European aquatics federation. There are both men's and women's competitions.The first European Water Polo...
was the twelve edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the
Ligue Européenne de NatationLigue Européenne de Natation or LEN is the European governing body for aquatic sports affiliated to FINA—it is the Continental Association for Europe. It was founded in 1927 in Bologna, Italy....
. The event took place in the Aquatic Centre Málaga in
MálagaMálaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
,
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from July 5 to July 12, 2008.
Group A
| Team |
Points |
G |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Diff |
| 1. |
|
7 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
33 |
26 |
7
| 2. |
|
6 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
33 |
26 |
7
| 3. |
|
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
26 |
24 |
2
| 4. |
|
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
22 |
38 |
July 5, 2008
| 13:30 |
|
10 – 9 |
|
(2-3, 4-1, 1-3, 3-2) |
| 15:00 |
|
9 – 6 |
|
(3-0, 2-3, 2-2, 2-1) |
July 6, 2008
| 13:30 |
|
10 – 10 |
|
(5-3, 1-3, 2-3, 2-1) |
| 15:00 |
|
9 – 16 |
|
(0-3, 4-6, 4-2, 1-5) |
July 7, 2008
| 12:00 |
|
7 – 8 |
|
(2-3, 2-1, 2-2, 1-2) |
| 13:30 |
|
13 – 7 |
|
(2-4, 4-1, 3-0, 4-2) |
Group B
| Team |
Points |
G |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Diff |
| 1. |
|
7 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
32 |
16 |
16
| 2. |
|
5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
21 |
16 |
5
| 3. |
|
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
31 |
19 |
12
| 4. |
|
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
43 |
July 5, 2008
| 12:00 |
|
4 – 4 |
|
(0-2, 1-1, 1-1, 2-0) |
| 16:30 |
|
15 – 2 |
|
(2-0, 5-0, 3-1, 5-1) |
July 6, 2008
| 12:00 |
|
10 – 9 |
|
(3-4, 1-1, 4-1, 2-3) |
| 16:30 |
|
10 – 5 |
|
(3-1, 3-1, 2-3, 2-0) |
July 7, 2008
| 15:00 |
|
3 – 18 |
|
(0-6, 0-6, 2-4, 1-2) |
| 16:30 |
|
7 – 7 |
|
(2-0, 1-1, 3-4, 1-2) |
Quarterfinals
July 8, 2008
| 13:30 |
|
9 – 7 |
|
(2-1, 1-2, 3-1, 3-3) |
| 15:00 |
|
7 – 9 |
|
(1-1, 2-4, 2-3, 2-1) |
Semifinals
July 10, 2008
| 19:30 |
|
7 – 8 |
|
(2-0, 2-2, 2-2, 1-4) |
| 21:00 |
|
8 – 5 |
|
(2-0, 0-0, 4-3, 2-2) |
7 / 8 places
July 8, 2008
| 12:00 |
|
8 – 6 |
|
(2-2, 5-0, 1-3, 0-1) |
5 / 6 places
July 10, 2008
| 18:00 |
|
10 – 11 |
|
(3-3, 4-2, 1-3, 2-3) |
Bronze Medal
July 12, 2008
| 19:30 |
|
9 – 6 |
|
(1-2, 2-2, 2-1, 4-1) |
Gold Medal
July 12, 2008
| 21:00 |
|
8 – 9 |
|
(2-3, 1-3, 3-2, 2-1) |
Final ranking
Valentina Vorontsova, Natalia Shepelina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva,
Sofia KonoukhSofia Evgenevna Konukh is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic women's tournament in history. She finished first with the Russia team at the 2006 European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia....
, Alena Vylegzhanina, Nadezda Glyzina, Ekaterina Pantyulina, Evgenia Soboleva, Oleksandra Karpovich, Olga Belyaeva,
Elena SmurovaElena Yurievna Smurova is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was the topscorer of the 2005 FINA Women's Water Polo World League, scoring a total number of 31 goals.-External links:**...
, Olga Turova, Evgeniya Protsenko
Head Coach: Alexander Kleymenov.
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