The 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 15th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from 17 to 22 August 2010.[1]

The United States won the gold medal, after defeating Australia 6–3 in the final. China captured bronze, beating Russia 11–9.[2]

Format

8 teams qualified for the 2010 FINA World Cup. They are split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a Round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals. The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the Semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.

Groups

Group A Group B

 Hungary
 Greece
 China
 Canada

 New Zealand
 United States
 Russia
 Australia

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  China 3 3 0 0 31 22 +9 6
2.  Canada 3 2 0 1 32 22 +10 4
3.  Hungary 3 1 0 2 31 36 −5 2
4.  Greece 3 0 0 3 21 35 −14 0
17 August 2010
16:30 		Report Greece  7–11  China Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Drury (USA), Krapivin (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 1–4, 1–3
Roumpesi 3 Goals Liu, Gao, Ma 3
17 August 2010
18:00 		Report Hungary  10–14  Canada Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Hart (AUS), Matache (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–3, 4–4, 0–3
Valkai 3 Goals Bekhazi, Perrault, Robinson, Campbell, Radu 2
18 August 2010
15:00 		Report Hungary  8–11  China Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Waldo (NZL), Matache (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–2, 1–2, 2–3
Valkai 3 Goals Sun 3
18 August 2010
18:00 		Report[permanent dead link‍] Greece  3–11  Canada Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Krapivin (RUS), Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–2, 1–2, 1–2
Asimaki 2 Goals Eggens 5
19 August 2010
15:00 		Report Greece  11–13  Hungary Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Drury (USA), Waldow (NZL)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–4, 1–4, 4–3
Tsoukala, Asimaki 3 Goals Bujka 4
19 August 2010
18:00 		Report[permanent dead link‍] China  9–7  Canada Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Matache (ROU), Hart (AUS)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 3–2, 0–0
Sun 3 Goals Csikos 5

Group B

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Australia 3 3 0 0 34 17 +17 6
2.  United States 3 2 0 1 37 25 +12 4
3.  Russia 3 1 0 2 31 33 −2 2
4.  New Zealand 3 0 0 3 21 48 −27 0
17 August 2010
15:00 		Report[permanent dead link‍] United States  14–10  Russia Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Fekete (HUN), Roy (CAN)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 4–5, 3–2
Silver, Rolun, Craig 3 Goals Konukh 4
17 August 2010
19:30 		Report[permanent dead link‍] New Zealand  4–17  Australia Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Makita (JPN), Tan (SIN)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–3, 0–5, 1–5
Smith 2 Goals Southern 4
18 August 2010
16:30 		Report United States  5–7  Australia Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Vasileiou (GRE), Fekete (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–3, 3–1, 1–2
18 August 2010
19:30 		Report[permanent dead link‍] New Zealand  9–13  Russia Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Wei (CHN), Tan (SIN)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–4, 2–3, 4–4
Smith, Sieprath, Hudson 2 Goals Soboleva 3
19 August 2010
16:30 		Report[permanent dead link‍] Russia  8–10  Australia Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Fekete (HUN), Vasileiou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–4, 2–5, 1–1
Ryzhova-Alenicheva, Soboleva, Ivanova 2 Goals Webster, Ralph, Zagame 2
19 August 2010
19:30 		Report United States  17–8  New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Roy (CAN), Ni (CHN)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–0, 6–1, 5–5
Dries 3 Goals Cox, Sieprath, Bowry 2

Final round

5th–8th place bracket
 
5th-8th place classification5th place match
 
      
 
21 August
 
 
 Canada13
 
22 August
 
 Greece12
 
 Canada18
 
21 August
 
 Hungary16
 
 Hungary11
 
 
 New Zealand4
 
7th place match
 
 
22 August
 
 
 Greece16
 
 
 New Zealand6

5th–8th place classification

[3]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)

21 August 2010
15:00 		Canada  13–12  Greece Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Ni (CHN), Drury (USA)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 2–2, 2–3, 5–2
Csikos, Békhazi, Perreault 3 Goals Asimaki, Roumpesi 3
21 August 2010
14:30 		Hungary  11–4  New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Krapivin (RUS), Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–1, 4–1, 2–2
Keszthelyi 3 Goals Bowry 2

7th place match

[2]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)

22 August 2010
09:00 		Greece  16–8  New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Hart (AUS), Roy (CAN)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–1, 4–0, 3–3
Tsoukala, Avramidou, Antonakou 3 Goals Lewis 2

5th place match

[2]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)

22 August 2010
10:30 		Canada  18–16  Hungary Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Krapivin (RUS), Ni (CHN)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–2, 2–2, 2–3  OT: 3–3  PSO: 5-3
Alogbo, Békhazi 4 Goals Szűcs, Keszthelyi 4
Championship bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
20 August
 
 
 China11
 
21 August
 
 New Zealand3
 
 China9
 
20 August
 
 United States10
 
 United States10
 
22 August
 
 Hungary5
 
 United States6
 
20 August
 
 Australia3
 
 Canada11
 
21 August
 
 Russia12
 
 Russia10
 
20 August
 
 Australia11 Third place
 
 Australia11
 
22 August
 
 Greece7
 
 China11
 
 
 Russia9
 

Quarterfinals

[4]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)

20 August 2010
15:00 		Canada  11–12  Russia Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Matache (ROU), Vasileiou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 5–4, 2–3, 2–2, 2–3
Csikos 4 Goals Ivanova 4
20 August 2010
16:30 		Hungary  5–10  United States Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Hart (AUS), Krapivin (RUS)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 2–4, 1–3
five players 1 Goals four players 2
20 August 2010
18:00 		Greece  7–11  Australia Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Hart (NZL), Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 2–4, 2–3
Gerolymou 2 Goals Beadsworth 3
20 August 2010
19:30 		China  11–3  New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Drury (USA), Hong (SIN)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–0, 2–1, 3–2
Gao Ao 5 Goals three players 1

Semifinals

[3]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)

21 August 2010
18:00 		Russia  10–11  Australia Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Vasileiou (GRE), Roy (CAN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 3–3, 2–2
Ryzhova 3 Goals Zagame 3
21 August 2010
19:30 		United States  10–9  China Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Matache (ROU), Fekete (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 2–2, 2–3
Mathewson 3 Goals Gao Ao 5

Bronze medal match

[2]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)

22 August 2010
12:00 		China  11–9  Russia Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Waldow (NZL), Matache (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 5–3, 0–3
three players 2 Goals Glyzina 5

Gold medal match

[2]
All times are NZST (UTC+12)

22 August 2010
14:00 		United States  6–3  Australia Christchurch, New Zealand
Referees:
Vasileiou (GRE), Fekete (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–0, 0–2, 0–1
Steffens, Mathewson, Silver, Windes, Rulon, Dries 1 Goals Beadsworth, Knox, Zagame 1

Final standings

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ a b c "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.
  2. ^ a b c d e "USA adds FINA World Cup to World and World League crowns". FINA.org. 22 August 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Australia to defend FINA World Cup crown against world champion USA". FINA.org. 22 August 2010.
  4. ^ "USA, China, Australia and Russia into semifinals". FINA.org. 20 August 2010.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FINA_Women%27s_Water_Polo_World_Cup
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