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Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The 2000 Women's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament was a tournament in which three places were available for teams to qualify for the first Olympic women's polo competition.

Teams edit

Preliminary round edit

GROUP A edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Italy 4 2 2 0 0 18 8 +8
2.   Greece 2 2 1 0 1 12 12 0
3.   Germany 0 2 0 0 2 11 21 –10
  • April 22, 2000
Italy   5 – 4   Greece
  • April 23, 2000
Italy   13 – 4   Germany
  • April 24, 2000
Greece   8 – 7   Germany

GROUP B edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   United States 4 2 2 0 0 21 7 +14
2.   Kazakhstan 2 2 1 0 1 19 13 +6
3.   Czech Republic 0 2 0 0 2 7 27 –20
  • April 22, 2000
United States   9 – 4   Kazakhstan
  • April 23, 2000
Kazakhstan   15 – 4   Czech Republic
  • April 24, 2000
United States   12 – 3   Czech Republic

GROUP C edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Hungary 4 2 2 0 0 25 7 +18
2.   Spain 2 2 1 0 1 17 17 0
3.   France 0 2 0 0 2 9 27 –18
  • April 22, 2000
Spain   12 – 7   France
  • April 23, 2000
France   2 – 15   Hungary
  • April 24, 2000
Spain   5 – 10   Hungary

GROUP D edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Russia 6 3 3 0 0 45 11 +34
2.   Brazil 4 3 2 0 1 23 21 +2
3.   Japan 2 3 1 0 2 23 29 –6
4.   Great Britain 0 3 0 0 3 12 42 –30
  • Only Great Britain did not contest the semifinal and final rounds, having finished fourth in its group.
  • April 22, 2000
Japan   12 – 6   Great Britain
Russia   12 – 3   Brazil
  • April 23, 2000
Japan   6 – 7   Brazil
Great Britain   3 – 17   Russia
  • April 24, 2000
Great Britain   3 – 13   Brazil
Japan   5 – 16   Russia

Second round edit

GROUP E edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Italy 10 5 5 0 0 62 22 +40
2.   United States 8 5 4 0 1 49 24 +25
3.   Kazakhstan 6 5 3 0 2 38 38 0
4.   Greece 4 5 2 0 3 36 37 +9
5.   Germany 2 5 1 0 4 35 46 –11
6.   Czech Republic 0 5 0 0 5 14 77 –63
  • April 26, 2000
Italy   18 – 2   Czech Republic
Germany   6 – 14   United States
Greece   4 – 7   Kazakhstan
  • April 27, 2000
Greece   1 – 6   United States
Germany   13 – 3   Czech Republic
Italy   16 – 4   Kazakhstan
  • April 28, 2000
Germany   5 – 8   Kazakhstan
Greece   19 – 2   Czech Republic
Italy   10 – 8   United States

GROUP F edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Hungary 10 5 5 0 0 68 25 +43
2.   Russia 8 5 4 0 1 84 26 +58
3.   Brazil 5 5 2 1 2 39 42 –3
4.   Japan 3 5 1 1 3 41 57 –16
5.   Spain 2 5 1 0 4 27 36 –9
6.   France 1 5 0 1 4 20 63 –43
  • April 26, 2000
Hungary   18 – 5   Japan
France   1 – 21   Russia
Spain   3 – 4   Brazil
  • April 27, 2000
Spain   4 – 9   Russia
France   7 – 7   Japan
Hungary   15 – 4   Brazil
  • April 28, 2000
France   3 – 8   Brazil
Spain   3 – 6   Japan
Hungary   10 – 9   Russia

Play-Offs edit

  • April 29, 2000 — 9th/12th place
Spain   13 – 5   Czech Republic
Germany   12 – 3   France
  • April 29, 2000 — 5th/8th place
Greece   9 – 4   Brazil
Kazakhstan   9 – 4   Japan
  • April 29, 2000 — 1st/4th place
United States   6 – 5   Hungary
Russia   8 – 7   Italy

Finals edit

  • April 30, 2000 — Eleventh place
France   10 – 5   Czech Republic
  • April 30, 2000 — Ninth place
Spain   10 – 9   Germany
  • April 30, 2000 — Seventh place
Japan   4 – 2   Brazil
  • April 30, 2000 — Fifth place
Greece   10 – 8   Kazakhstan
  • April 30, 2000 — Third place
Hungary   8 – 4   Italy
  • April 30, 2000 — First place
Russia   9 – 6   United States


Final ranking edit

RANK TEAM
1.   Russia
2.   United States
3.   Hungary
4.   Italy
5.   Greece
6.   Kazakhstan
7.   Japan
8.   Brazil
9.   Spain
10.   Germany
11.   France
12.   Czech Republic

Individual awards edit

See also edit

References edit

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