2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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. Participating teams were the eight best teams from the last World Championships in Montreal, Canada (2005). The top-five qualified for the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Teams

GROUP A  China  Greece  Russia  United States

GROUP B  Australia  Canada  Hungary  Italy

Squads

 Australia

Gemma Beadsworth Nicole Dyson Suzie Fraser Taniele Gofers Kate Gynther

Fiona Hammond Bronwen Knox Emma Knox Alicia McCormack Patrice O'Neill

Melissa Rippon Rebecca Rippon Mia Santoromito Head Coach: Greg McFadden

 China

Ao Gao Jin He Shuwei Li Ping Liu Huanhuan Ma

Fengmin Mo Leiying Qiao Huizi Sun Yating Sun Yujun Sun

Wang Yi Jun Yang Xu Zheng Head Coach: Shengwa Pan

 Greece

Alexandra Asimaki Alkisti Avramidou Christina Dimitrokali Angeliki Gerolymou Sofia Iosifidou

Kelina Kantzou Constantina Kouteli Stavroula Kozompoli Georgia Lara Vasileia Mavrelou

Triantafyllia Manolioudaki Stella Mitsani Maria Tsoori Head Coach: Kyriakos Iosifidis

 Hungary

Timea Benkő Fruzsina Brávik Barbara Bujka Rita Drávucz Patricia Horváth

Anikó Pelle Ágnes Primász Mercédesz Stieber Orsolya Takacs Eszter Tomaskovics

Andrea Tóth Ágnes Valkay Krisztina Zantleitner Head Coach: Péter Szilágyi

 Italy

Silvia Bosurgi Teresa Frassinetti Eleonora Gay Elena Gigli Tania di Mario

Martina Miceli Maddelena Musumeci Francesca Pavan Cinzia Ragusa Federica Rocco

Daria Starace Erzsébet Valkay Manuela Zanchi Head Coach: Mauro Maugeri

 Russia

Olga Fomicheva Yulia Gaufler Nadezda Glyzina Sofia Konukh Marina Mazepova

Ekaterina Pantyulina Evgenia Protsenko Natalya Ryzhova-Alenigheva Natalya Shepelina Elena Smurova

Evgenia Soboleva Alena Vylegzhanina Anastasia Zubkova Head Coach: Alexander Kleymenov

 United States

Elizabeth Armstrong Patricia Cardenas Kameryn Craig Emily Feher Erika Figge

Natalie Golda Alison Gregorka Ericka Lorenz Moriah van Norman Heather Petri

Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Elsie Windes Head Coach: Guy Baker

Preliminary round

GROUP A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	United States	6	3	3	0	0	42	24	+18
2.	Russia	4	3	2	0	1	42	26	+16
3.	Greece	2	3	1	0	2	25	38	–13
4.	China	0	3	0	0	3	21	42	–21

• August 8, 2006

United States	11 – 10	Russia
China	7 – 10	Greece

• August 9, 2006

United States	17 – 7	Greece
China	7 – 18	Russia

• August 10, 2006

Russia	14 – 8	Greece
United States	14 – 7	China

GROUP B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Australia	6	3	3	0	0	28	19	+9
2.	Italy	4	3	2	0	1	24	23	+1
3.	Hungary	2	3	1	0	2	23	26	–3
4.	Canada	0	3	0	0	3	26	33	–7

• August 8, 2006

Hungary	7 – 8	Italy
Australia	12 – 8	Canada

• August 9, 2006

Hungary	10 – 9	Canada
Australia	7 – 5	Italy

• August 10, 2006

Italy	11 – 9	Canada
Hungary	6 – 9	Australia

Quarterfinals

• August 11, 2006

Greece	7 – 11	Italy
Russia	7 – 5	Hungary

Semifinals

• August 12, 2006

United States	7 [4] – 7 [5]	Italy
Australia	10 – 9	Russia

Finals

• August 11, 2006 — Seventh place

China	7 – 11	Canada

• August 12, 2006 — Fifth place

Greece	7 – 16	Hungary

• August 13, 2006 — Bronze Medal

United States	8 – 9	Russia

• August 13, 2006 — Gold Medal

Australia	10 – 7	Italy

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Final ranking

RANK TEAM  Australia  Italy  Russia 4.  United States 5.  Hungary 6.  Greece 7.  Canada 8.  China

2006 Women's FINA World Cup Winners  Australia Third title

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

References

• (English) FINA