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2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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The 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the fifteenth 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.

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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.

Preliminary round

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

Quarterfinals

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

5th–8th semifinals

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

Individual awards

  • Best Player
  •  Gemma Beadsworth (AUS)
  • Best Goalkeeper
  •  Yang Jun (CHN)
  • Best Scorer
  •  Gao Ao (CHN) — 16 goals
  • Tournament team
  •  Gemma Beadsworth (AUS)
  •  Gao Ao (CHN)
  •  Yang Jun (CHN)
  •  Kami Craig (USA)
  •  Joelle Bekhazi (CAN)
  •  Ágnes Valkai (HUN)
  •  Sofia Konukh (RUS)
  • References

    2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup Wikipedia