The 2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

FINA Water Polo World Cup

The FINA Water Polo World Cup is an international water polo competition among the top men's national water polo teams of the members of FINA. It was established in 1979 and was held every two years, but it has been contested every four years since 2002....

was the fourteenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation

International Swimming Federation

Fédération Internationale de Natation is the International Federation recognized by the International Olympic Committee for administering international competition in the aquatic sports...

 (FINA). The event took place in Tianjin

Tianjin

' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...

, PR China from August 8 to August 13, 2006. Participating teams were the eight best teams from the last World Championships

2005 World Aquatics Championships

The 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005...

 in Montreal, Canada (2005). The top-five qualified for the 2007 World Aquatics Championships

2007 World Aquatics Championships

The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007...

 in Melbourne, Australia.

• Gemma Beadsworth
  Gemma Beadsworth
  Gemma Beadsworth is an Australian water polo centre forward, who joined the women's national team in 2005...
  
  
• Nicole Dyson
• Suzie Fraser
  Suzie Fraser
  Suzannah "Suzie" Fraser is an Australian water polo player, who joined the women's national team in 2005. She was a member of the side that won the silver medal at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia, after having claimed the title at the 2006 FINA Women's Water Polo...
  
  
• Taniele Gofers
  Taniele Gofers
  Taniele Gofers is an Australian water polo player. She was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Kate Gynther
  Kate Gynther
  Kate Gynther is an Australian water polo player. She was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She was educated at Brisbane State High School.-References:...
  
  

• Fiona Hammond
  Fiona Hammond
  Fiona Hammond is an Australian water polo player, who joined the Women's National Team in 2006. She was a member of the side that won the gold medal at the 2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup.-References:*...
  
  
• Bronwen Knox
  Bronwen Knox
  Bronwen Knox is an Australian water polo player, who joined the women's national team in 2005. She was a member of the side that won the silver medal at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia.-References:*...
  
  
• Emma Knox
  Emma Knox
  Emma Knox is an Australian water polo player. She was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.- References :...
  
  
• Alicia McCormack
  Alicia McCormack
  Alicia McCormack is an Australian water polo player. She was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.- References :...
  
  
• Patrice O'Neill

• Rebecca Rippon
  Rebecca Rippon
  Rebecca Rippon is an Australian water polo player. She was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics....
  
  
• Melissa Rippon
  Melissa Rippon
  Melissa Rippon is an Australian water polo player. She was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics....
  
  
• Mia Santoromito
  Mia Santoromito
  Mia Santoromito is an Australian water polo player. She was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.- References :...
  
  

Head Coach:

• Greg McFadden

• Ao Gao
• Jin He
• Shuwei Li
• Ping Liu
• Huanhuan Ma

• Fengmin Mo
• Leiying Qiao
• Huizi Sun
• Yating Sun
• Yujun Sun

• Wang Yi
  Wang Yi (water polo)
  Wang Yi is a female Chinese water polo player who was part of the silver medal winning team at the 2007 World Junior Championship. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
  
• Jun Yang
  Yang Jun (water polo)
  Yang Jun is a female Chinese water polo player who was part of the silver medal winning team at the 2007 World Junior Championship. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
  
• Xu Zheng
  Xu Zheng
  Xú Zhěng was a Three Kingdoms period Daoist author of the "Three Five Historic Records" . The "3-5" refers to the "Three August Ones and Five Emperors" .-References:...
  
  

Head Coach:

• Shengwa Pan

• Alexandra Asimaki
• Alkisti Avramidou
• Christina Dimitrokali
• Angeliki Gerolymou
• Sofia Iosifidou

• Kelina Kantzou
• Constantina Kouteli
• Stavroula Kozompoli
  Stavroula Kozompoli
  Stavroula Kozompoli is a female Greek water polo player and Olympic silver medalist with the Greek national team.She received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in 2004 Athens....
  
  
• Georgia Lara
  Georgia Lara
  Georgia Lara is a female Greek water polo player and Olympic silver medalist with the Greek national team.She received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in 2004 Athens....
  
  
• Vasileia Mavrelou

• Triantifilia Manolioudaki
• Stella Mitsani
• Maria Tsoori

Head Coach:

• Kyriakos Iosifidis

• Timea Benkő
• Fruzsina Brávik
• Barbara Bujka
• Rita Drávucz
  Rita Drávucz
  Rita Drávucz is a female water polo player from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
  
  
• Patricia Horváth

• Anikó Pelle
  Aniko Pelle
  Anikó Pelle is an international water polo player from Hungary, who played for the University of Southern California from 1999 to 2002, and on the Hungarian National Team in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. In 2000, Pelle received the Peter J...
  
  
• Ágnes Primász
  Ágnes Primász
  Ágnes Primász is a female water polo player from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
  
  
• Mercédesz Stieber
  Mercédesz Stieber
  Mercédesz Stieber is a female water polo player from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and Beijing 2008....
  
  
• Orsolya Takacs
• Eszter Tomaskovics

• Andrea Tóth
  Andrea Tóth
  Andrea Tóth is a female water polo player from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
  
  
• Ágnes Valkay
• Krisztina Zantleitner

Head Coach:

• Péter Szilágyi

• Silvia Bosurgi
  Silvia Bosurgi
  Silvia Bosurgi is a female water polo forward from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...
  
  
• Teresa Frassinetti
• Eleonora Gay
• Elena Gigli
  Elena Gigli
  Elena Gigli is a female water polo goalkeeper from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.She also won silver medal in European championship in Belgrado 2006.Her club team is Fiorentina Waterpolo Giotti and she won Len Champions...
  
  
• Tania di Mario
  Tania di Mario
  Tania di Mario is a female water polo forward from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...
  
  

• Martina Miceli
  Martina Miceli
  Martina Miceli is a female water polo defender from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...
  
  
• Maddelena Musumeci
• Francesca Pavan
• Cinzia Ragusa
  Cinzia Ragusa
  Cinzia Ragusa is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she won a gold medal.She was born in Catania.-Reference:* *...
  
  
• Federica Rocco

• Daria Starace
• Erzsébet Valkay
• Manuela Zanchi
  Manuela Zanchi
  Manuela Zanchi is a female water polo forward from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...
  
  

Head Coach:

• Mauro Maugeri

• Olga Fomicheva
• Yulia Gaufler
• Nadezda Glyzina
• Sofia Konukh
• Marina Mazepova

• Ekaterina Pantyulina
• Evgenia Protsenko
• Natalya Ryzhova-Alenigheva
• Natalya Shepelina
• Elena Smurova
  Elena Smurova
  Elena Yurievna Smurova is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was the topscorer of the 2005 FINA Women's Water Polo World League, scoring a total number of 31 goals.-External links:**...
  
  

• Evgenia Soboleva
• Alena Vylegzhanina
• Anastasia Zubkova

Head Coach:

• Alexander Kleymenov

• Elizabeth Armstrong
  Elizabeth Armstrong
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• Patricia Cardenas
  Patricia Cardenas
  Patricia Cardenas is a female water polo player from the United States, who won the gold medal with the United States women's national water polo team at the 2007 Pan American Games. Majoring in sociology she made her debut for the national team in 2006. Cardenas is of Mexican American...
  
  
• Kameryn Craig
• Emily Feher
  Emily Feher
  Emily Jane Feher is a water polo goalkeeper from the United States. She was a member of the US Women's Water Polo Team that won the silver medal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal, Canada....
  
  
• Erika Figge
  Erika Figge
  Erika Figge is a water polo player from the United States, playing as an attacker. She was a debutant at the US Women's Water Polo Team that won the silver medal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal, Canada.-Career:In June, 2009, Figge was named to the USA Water Polo Women’s Senior...
  
  

• Natalie Golda
  Natalie Golda
  Natalie Golda is an American water polo player. Considered one of the greatest women's water polo players of all time, her senior leadership helped guide the 2005 UCLA Bruins to their seventh national championship. In May 2005 Golda received the Peter J...
  
  
• Alison Gregorka
  Alison Gregorka
  Alison Gregorka is an American water polo player. She started playing at the age of 14. She was a member of the US water polo team that won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She is now coaching High school Water polo in Lake Oswego, Oregon...
  
  
• Ericka Lorenz
  Ericka Lorenz
  Ericka Denise Lorenz is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Moriah van Norman
  Moriah van Norman
  Moriah van Norman is an American water polo player for the University of Southern California, who won the Peter J. Cutino Award in 2004, recognized as the best female collegiate player in the nation...
  
  
• Heather Petri
  Heather Petri
  Heather Petri is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal with the US women's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
  

• Brenda Villa
  Brenda Villa
  Brenda Villa is an American world-class water polo player for the US National and Olympic teams....
  
  
• Lauren Wenger
  Lauren Wenger
  Lauren Wenger is an American water polo player for the University of Southern California, who received the 2006 Peter J. Cutino Award as the best collegiate water polo player among Division I NCAA teams...
  
  
• Elsie Windes
  Elsie Windes
  Elsie Windes is an American water polo player. She was a member of the US water polo team that won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-Career:...
  
  

Head Coach:

• Guy Baker
  Guy Baker
  Guy Baker was the head coach for the United States women's national water polo team competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. He is now the Director Of Olympic Development of USA Water Polo...
  
  

GROUP A

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16

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		6	3	3	0	0	42	24
2.		4	3	2	0	1	42	26
3.		2	3	1	0	2	25	38	–13
4.		0	3	0	0	3	21	42	–21

• August 8, 2006

  	11 – 10
  	7 – 10

• August 9, 2006

  	17 – 7
  	7 – 18

• August 10, 2006

  	14 – 8
  	14 – 7

GROUP B

9

1

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

• August 8, 2006

  	7 – 8
  	12 – 8

• August 9, 2006

  	10 – 9
  	7 – 5

• August 10, 2006

  	11 – 9
  	6 – 9

Quarterfinals

• August 11, 2006

  	7 – 11
  	7 – 5

Semifinals

• August 12, 2006

  	7 [4] – 7 [5]
  	10 – 9

Finals

• August 11, 2006 — Seventh place

  7 – 11

• August 12, 2006 — Fifth place

  7 – 16

• August 13, 2006 — Bronze Medal

  8 – 9

• August 13, 2006 — Gold Medal

  10 – 7

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Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
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The top-five qualified for the 2007 World Water Polo Championship in Melbourne, Australia.

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
• ???

• Best Goalkeeper
• ???

• Top Scorer
• ???