Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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The women's water polo
tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics
in Beijing
was held from 11 August to 21 August at the Beijing's Ying Tung Pool
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Teams from eight nations competed, seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. 20 games were played, 12 of them in the preliminary round (each team played the other teams in the group). Eight games were played in the final round.
The winners of the quarterfinal games moved on to the semifinals to face the top teams from each pool, while the quarterfinal losers played a fifth place classification game. The semifinal winners played in the gold medal game, while the losers played each other for the bronze.
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Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in Beijing
Beijing
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was held from 11 August to 21 August at the Beijing's Ying Tung Pool
Beijing National Aquatics Centre
The Beijing National Aquatics Center , also officially known as the National Aquatics Center, and colloquially known as the Water Cube , is an aquatics center that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the swimming competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics...
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Teams from eight nations competed, seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. 20 games were played, 12 of them in the preliminary round (each team played the other teams in the group). Eight games were played in the final round.
Format
The tournament featured eight teams, separated into two groups of four teams. Each team played the other three teams in its pool once in a round-robin format. The first-place team in each pool qualified directly for the semifinal, the second- and third-place teams moved on to the quarterfinal round, and the fourth-place teams played each other in a seventh place game.The winners of the quarterfinal games moved on to the semifinals to face the top teams from each pool, while the quarterfinal losers played a fifth place classification game. The semifinal winners played in the gold medal game, while the losers played each other for the bronze.
Group A
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Group B
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Medal round
BracketQuarterfinals
Semifinals
Final rankings
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Leading goalscorers
| Rank | Player | ||
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| 1 | 6 | 17 | |
| 2 | 6 | 13 | |
| 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 11 | |
| 6 | 6 | 10 | |
| 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 6 | 9 | |
| 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 9 |