2008 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

2008 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
2008 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
FINA Women's Water Polo World League seasons
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The 2008 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the fifth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After three preliminary rounds, the Super Final was held in Santa Cruz del Tenerife, Spain from June 10 to June 15, 2008.^[1]

Preliminary round

Americas

Canada and United States qualified without qualification tournament.

Asia/Oceania

Held in Tianjin, China

	Team	Pts	G	W	L
1	Australia	10	4	4	0
2	China	8	4	2	2
3	Japan	0	4	0	4

May 20


China	23 – 5	Japan

May 21


China	9 – 11 (p)	Australia

May 22


Japan	4 – 17	Australia

May 23


China	21 – 4	Japan

May 24


China	10 – 11 (p)	Australia

May 25


Japan	3 – 19	Australia

Europe

Held in Siracusa, Italy and Athens, Greece.

	Team	Pts	G	W	L
1	Russia	18	6	6	0
2	Greece	12	6	4	2
3	Spain	4	6	1	5
4	Italy	2	6	1	5

Spain qualified as the hosting nation of the Super Final

May 23


Russia	8 – 7	Greece
Italy	15 – 13 (p)	Spain

May 24


Spain	8 – 11	Russia
Greece	9 – 8	Italy

May 25


Greece	11 – 6	Spain
Italy	6 – 13	Russia

May 30


Italy	7 – 10	Spain
Greece	6 – 14	Russia

May 31


Greece	10 – 8	Italy
Russia	19 – 10	Spain

June 1


Italy	8 – 16	Russia
Greece	13 – 8	Spain

Super Final

Held in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Preliminary

	Team	Pts	G	W	L
1	United States	15	5	5	0
2	Russia	10	5	3	2
3	Australia	8	5	3	2
4	Canada	6	5	2	3
5	Spain	5	5	2	3
6	China	1	5	0	5

June 10


Australia	9 – 10	United States
Canada	7 – 15	Russia
Spain	10 – 9 (p)	China

June 11


United States	10 – 6	Russia
Australia	10 – 8	China
Spain	12 – 10	Canada

June 12


Canada	7 – 6	Australia
China	8 – 12	United States
Spain	9 – 15	Russia

June 13


Canada	5 – 6	United States
China	8 – 10	Russia
Spain	7 – 11	Australia

June 14


China	5 – 8	Canada
Russia	13 – 14 (p)	Australia
Spain	9 – 11	United States

5th place match

June 15


Spain	5 – 7	China

Bronze medal match

June 15


Australia	7 – 6	Canada

Gold medal match

June 15


United States	7 – 8	Russia

Final ranking

Rank^[1]	Team
	Russia
	United States
	Australia
4	Canada
5	China
6	Spain

2008 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
Russia First title

References

1 2 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] 1 2 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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