2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
Website FINA event site
2002
2010

The 2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the fourteenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Tianjin, PR China from August 8 to August 13, 2006. [1] Participating teams were the eight best teams from the last World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2005). The top-five qualified for the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Contents

Teams

Squads

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Flag of Greece.svg  Greece

Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Preliminary round

GROUP A

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
1.Flag of the United States.svg  United States 633004224+18
2.Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 432014226+16
3.Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 23102253813
4.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 03003214221
United States  Flag of the United States.svg11 10Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg7 10Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
United States  Flag of the United States.svg17 7Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg7 18Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg14 8Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
United States  Flag of the United States.svg14 7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

GROUP B

TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff
1.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 633002819+9
2.Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 432012423+1
3.Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2310223263
4.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0300326337
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg7 8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg12 8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg10 9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg7 5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg11 9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg6 9Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Quarterfinals

Greece  Flag of Greece.svg7 11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg7 5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

Semifinals

United States  Flag of the United States.svg7 [4] 7 [5]Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg10 9Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Finals

China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg7 11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg7 16Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
United States  Flag of the United States.svg8 9Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg10 7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy



Final ranking


The top-five qualified for the 2007 World Water Polo Championship in Melbourne, Australia.

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player


Best Goalkeeper


Top Scorer Tania di Mario

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References

  1. 1 2 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 67. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.