Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

The women's water polo tournament at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 March to 1 April 2007.

The women's tournament was won by the United States, who beat Australia 6–5 in the final game.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Template:Flagicon Russian Federation	3	3	0	0	46	26	20	6
Template:Flagicon Spain	3	2	0	1	37	25	12	4
Template:Flagicon Germany	3	1	0	2	28	37	−9	2
Template:Flagicon People's Republic of China	3	0	0	3	19	42	−23	0

19 March 2007
China	–	Spain	7–15 (3–6, 1–5, 3–2, 0–2)
Russia	–	Germany	18–11 (4–0, 7–3, 2–3, 5–5)
21 March 2007
China	–	Russia	8–16 (1–1, 1–6, 5–5, 1–4)
Germany	–	Spain	6–15 (3–4, 1–5, 1–5, 1–1)
23 March 2007
China	–	Germany	4–11 (0–4, 0–2, 0–2, 4–3)
Russia	–	Spain	12–7 (2–1, 4–1, 2–1, 4–4)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Template:Flagicon Australia	3	3	0	0	42	8	34	6
Template:Flagicon Canada	3	2	0	1	23	12	11	4
Template:Flagicon Brazil	3	1	0	2	19	19	0	2
Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	7	52	−45	0

19 March 2007
Brazil	–	Puerto Rico	13–2 (3–1, 2–1, 3–0, 5–0)
Canada	–	Australia	4–5 (1–0, 1–2, 2–2, 0–1)
21 March 2007
Canada	–	Brazil	6–3 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1, 2–1)
Puerto Rico	–	Australia	1–26 (0–6, 1–5, 0–7, 0–8)
23 March 2007
Canada	–	Puerto Rico	13–4 (3–0, 2–1, 5–2, 3–1)
Brazil	–	Australia	3–11 (2–6, 0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Template:Flagicon United States of America	3	3	0	0	30	18	12	6
Template:Flagicon Greece	3	2	0	1	31	19	12	4
Template:Flagicon Netherlands	3	1	0	2	27	30	−3	2
Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	17	38	−21	0

19 March 2007
Greece	–	Kazakhstan	11–5 (3–1, 3–1, 4–2, 1–1)
Netherlands	–	USA	7–9 (1–1, 2–2, 2–4, 2–2)
21 March 2007
USA	–	Kazakhstan	13–5 (2–2, 2–1, 5–1, 4–1)
Greece	–	Netherlands	14–7 (3–2, 3–0, 5–2, 3–3)
23 March 2007
Greece	–	USA	6–8 (3–2, 1–3, 0–2, 2–1)
Netherlands	–	Kazakhstan	14–7 (5–2, 3–2, 6–1, 0–2)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Template:Flagicon Hungary	3	2	1	0	44	19	25	5
Template:Flagicon Italy	3	2	1	0	46	22	24	5
Template:Flagicon New Zealand	3	0	1	2	23	45	−22	1
Template:Flagicon Cuba	3	0	1	2	16	43	−27	1

19 March 2007
Cuba	–	New Zealand	7–7 (3–3, 0–1, 2–1, 2–2)
Italy	–	Hungary	8–8 (3–2, 2–3, 3–2, 0–1)
21 March 2007
Hungary	–	New Zealand	17–7 (2–1, 5–0, 4–4, 6–2)
Cuba	–	Italy	5–17 (1–5, 1–5, 1–3, 2–4)
23 March 2007
Cuba	–	Hungary	4–19 (1–3, 1–4, 1–3, 1–9)
Italy	–	New Zealand	21–9 (3–3, 8–2, 4–1, 6–3)

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Template:Wpw Elizabeth Armstrong Patricia Cardenas Kameryn Craig Natalie Golda Alison Gregorka Brittany Hayes Jaime Hipp Ericka Lorenz Heather Petri Moriah van Norman Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Elsie Windes Head coach Guy Baker	Template:Wpw Gemma Beadsworth Nikita Cuffe Suzie Fraser Taniele Gofers Kate Gynther Gemma Hadley Amy Hetzel Bronwen Knox Emma Knox Alicia McCormack Melissa Rippon Rebecca Rippon Mia Santoromito Head coach Greg McFadden	Template:Wpw Valentina Vorontsova Natalya Shepelina Ekaterina Zubacheva Sofya Konukh Alena Vylegzhanina Nadezda Glyzina Ekaterina Pantyulina Evgenia Soboleva Natalya Ryzhova-Alenicheva Olga Fomicheva Elena Smurova Anastasia Zubkova Maria Kovtunovskaya Head coach Alexander Kleymenov

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

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• Best Goalkeeper

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• Top Scorer

• Template:Flagathlete — 20 goals

External links

• FINA Water Polo website
• Melbourne 2007