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2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship

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2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates5 – 12 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Russia (2nd title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Ekaterina Pantyulina (RUS) (16)
Best player Blanca Gil (ESP)
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The 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the twelve edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Aquatic Centre Málaga in Málaga, Spain from July 5 to July 12, 2008.

Teams

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Spain 7 3 2 1 0 33 26 +7
2.  Russia 6 3 2 0 1 33 26 +7
3.  Netherlands 4 3 1 1 1 26 24 +2
4.  Germany 0 3 0 0 3 22 38 −16


July 5, 2008

13:30 Spain  10 – 9  Russia (2–3, 4–1, 1–3, 3–2)
15:00 Netherlands  9 – 6  Germany (3–0, 2–3, 2–2, 2–1)


July 6, 2008

13:30 Netherlands  10–10  Spain (5–3, 1–3, 2–3, 2–1)
15:00 Germany  9 – 16  Russia (0–3, 4–6, 4–2, 1–5)


July 7, 2008

12:00 Netherlands  7 – 8  Russia (2–3, 2–1, 2–2, 1–2)
13:30 Spain  13 – 7  Germany (2–4, 4–1, 3–0, 4–2)

Group B

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Italy 7 3 2 1 0 32 16 +16
2.  Hungary 5 3 1 2 0 21 16 +5
3.  Greece 4 3 1 1 1 31 19 +12
4.  France 0 3 0 0 3 10 43 −33


July 5, 2008

12:00 Italy  4–4  Hungary (0–2, 1–1, 1–1, 2–0)
16:30 Greece  15 – 2  France (2–0, 5–0, 3–1, 5–1)


July 6, 2008

12:00 Italy  10 – 9  Greece (3–4, 1–1, 4–1, 2–3)
16:30 Hungary  10 – 5  France (3–1, 3–1, 2–3, 2–0)


July 7, 2008

15:00 France  3 – 18  Italy (0–6, 0–6, 2–4, 1–2)
16:30 Greece  7–7  Hungary (2–0, 1–1, 3–4, 1–2)

Quarterfinals

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July 8, 2008

13:30 Russia  9 – 7  Greece (2–1, 1–2, 3–1, 3–3)
15:00 Netherlands  7 – 9  Hungary (1–1, 2–4, 2–3, 2–1)

Semifinals

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July 10, 2008

19:30 Hungary  7 – 8  Spain (2–0, 2–2, 2–2, 1–4)
21:00 Russia  8 – 5  Italy (2–0, 0–0, 4–3, 2–2)

Finals

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7 / 8 places

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July 8, 2008

12:00 Germany  8 – 6  France (2–2, 5–0, 1–3, 0–1)

5 / 6 places

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July 10, 2008

18:00 Greece  10 – 11  Netherlands (3–3, 4–2, 1–3, 2–3)

Bronze Medal

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July 12, 2008

19:30 Hungary  9 – 6  Italy (1–2, 2–2, 2–1, 4–1)

Gold Medal

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July 12, 2008

21:00 Spain  8 – 9  Russia (2–3, 1–3, 3–2, 2–1)

Final ranking

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Individual awards

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References

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