2008 Summer Olympics / Water polo
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Chinese capital Beijing , two water polo competitions were held, a men's tournament with twelve teams and a women's tournament with eight teams. The venue was the National Swimming Center .
qualification
Each team was allowed to nominate 13 active players, so that a total of 156 water polo players and 104 women water polo players took part in Beijing. For the men, the five winners of the continental elimination tournaments qualified, with China being the representative of Asia. In addition, there was the winner of the 2007 World League. If he had already been qualified in one of the continental tournaments, the next-placed one moved up. The medalists of the 2007 World Cup in Melbourne also qualified . If they had secured their participation by one of the first mentioned points, the next placed team of the respective continent at the world championships moved up. The remaining three starting places were played out in a qualifying tournament in 2008. If a continent had not been able to set up a team or if one of the qualified teams had refused to start, the starting places that had become free would also have been allocated at this qualifying tournament.
In the women's category, the winners of the five continental eliminations qualified (here, too, China was considered a safe participant in Asia) as well as three other teams who had to prevail in an additional qualifying tournament. If one of the continents had not been able to nominate a team for Beijing, the next-placed teams in the qualifying tournament would have moved up.
Note: The African championships of both sexes were not considered to be Olympic qualifications due to the lack of a sufficient number of participating countries. The additional starting places that became available (one for each gender) were also awarded at the global qualifying tournaments.
Qualified teams
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Men
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Women
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Men's Olympic Tournament
Medalist
| space | country | Players |
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| 1 |
 HUN
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Tibor Benedek , Péter Biros , István Gergely , Norbert Hosnyánszky , Tamás Kásás , Gábor Kis , Gergely Kiss , Norbert Madaras , Tamás Molnár , Zoltán Szécsi , Dániel Varga , Dénes Varga , Tamás Varga Trainer: Dénes Kemény |
| 2 |
 United States
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Tony Azevedo , Ryan Bailey , Layne Beaubien , Brandon Brooks , Peter Hudnut , Tim Hutten , James Krumpholz , Rick Merlo , Merrill Moses , Jeff Powers , Jesse Smith , Peter Varellas , Adam Wright Trainers: Terry Schroeder |
| 3 |
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Aleksandar Ćirić , Filip Filipović , Živko Gočić , Branko Peković , Duško Pijetlović , Andrija Prlainović , Nikola Rađen , Aleksandar Šapić , Dejan Savić , Denis Šefik , Slobodan Soro , Vanja Udovičić , Vladimir Vujasinović Coach: De .janović |
Preliminary round
Group A
| space | team | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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Hungary
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4th | 1 | 0 | 60:36 | + 24 | 9 |
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 Spain
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4th | 0 | 1 | 52:34 | + 18 | 8th |
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 Montenegro
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2 | 2 | 1 | 43:33 | + 10 | 6th |
| 4th |
 Australia
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2 | 1 | 2 | 45:40 | - 5th | 5 |
| 5. |
 Greece
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1 | 0 | 4th | 39:56 | - 17th | 2 |
| 6th |
 Canada
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0 | 0 | 5 | 21:61 | - 40 | 0 |
| August 10 | 09:30 | Spain | Canada | 16: 6 (5: 2, 4: 2, 3: 1, 4: 1) |
| 10:50 | Hungary | Montenegro | 10:10 (3: 3, 3: 1, 2: 4, 2: 2) | |
| 14:00 | Australia | Greece | 12: 8 (5: 5, 4: 3, 2: 0, 1: 0) | |
| 12. August | 09:30 | Canada | Montenegro | 0:12 (0: 3, 0: 4, 0: 4, 0: 1) |
| 10:50 | Spain | Australia | 9: 8 (4: 0, 2: 4, 2: 2, 1: 2) | |
| 14:00 | Greece | Hungary | 6:17 (2: 7, 2: 2, 1: 4, 1: 4) | |
| August 14th | 12:10 | Hungary | Spain | 8: 5 (2: 3, 4: 2, 0: 0, 2: 0) |
| 14:00 | Montenegro | Greece | 10: 6 (3: 1, 2: 1, 5: 2, 0: 2) | |
| 15:20 | Australia | Canada | 8: 5 (2: 3, 2: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0) | |
| August 16 | 12:10 | Canada | Greece | 7:13 (1: 6, 4: 5, 2: 1, 0: 1) |
| 14:00 | Spain | Montenegro | 12: 6 (3: 0, 4: 1, 3: 4, 2: 1) | |
| 15:20 | Australia | Hungary | 12:13 (4: 4, 1: 5, 4: 2, 3: 2) | |
| 18th of August | 10:50 | Hungary | Canada | 12: 3 (3: 1, 3: 0, 1: 2, 5: 0) |
| 12:00 | Montenegro | Australia | 5: 5 (2: 1, 1: 2, 0: 1, 2: 1) | |
| 15:20 | Spain | Greece | 10: 6 (2: 0, 3: 0, 3: 5, 2: 1) |
Group B
| space | team | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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| 1. |
United States
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4th | 0 | 1 | 37:31 | + 6 | 8th |
| 2. |
 Croatia
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4th | 0 | 1 | 56:31 | + 25 | 8th |
| 3. |
Serbia
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3 | 0 | 2 | 50:38 | + 12 | 6th |
| 4th |
 Germany
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2 | 0 | 3 | 33:44 | - 11 | 6th |
| 5. |
 Italy
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2 | 0 | 3 | 57:50 | + 7 | 4th |
| 6th |
 People's Republic of China
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0 | 0 | 5 | 25:64 | - 39 | 0 |
| August 10 | 12:10 | Serbia | Germany | 11: 7 (1: 3, 5: 2, 2: 2, 3: 0) |
| 15:20 | Croatia | Italy | 11: 7 (3: 3, 2: 0, 4: 1, 2: 3) | |
| 16:40 | United States | China | 8: 4 (3: 1, 1: 2, 2: 1, 2: 0) | |
| 12. August | 12:10 | Italy | United States | 11:12 (1: 2, 2: 3, 4: 3, 4: 4) |
| 15:20 | Serbia | Croatia | 8:11 (3: 1, 1: 4, 1: 4, 3: 2) | |
| 16:40 | Germany | China | 6: 5 (0: 2, 5: 2, 0: 0, 1: 1) | |
| August 14th | 09:30 | Croatia | Germany | 13: 5 (4: 1, 3: 2, 2: 1, 4: 1) |
| 10:50 | United States | Serbia | 2: 4 (0: 0, 1: 2, 0: 2, 1: 0) | |
| 16:40 | China | Italy | 7:19 (2: 5, 2: 5, 1: 4, 2: 5) | |
| August 16 | 09:30 | Germany | Italy | 8: 7 (2: 1, 3: 1, 0: 2, 3: 3) |
| 10:50 | Croatia | United States | 5: 7 (2: 2, 1: 3, 0: 0, 2: 2) | |
| 16:40 | Serbia | China | 15: 5 (5: 2, 2: 1, 4: 2, 4: 0) | |
| 18th of August | 09:30 | Serbia | Italy | 12:13 (3: 3, 2: 3, 3: 5, 4: 2) |
| 14:00 | United States | Germany | 8: 7 (3: 2, 2: 1, 2: 2, 1: 2) | |
| 16:40 | China | Croatia | 4:16 (0: 4, 0: 3, 1: 1, 3: 8) |
Placement round
7-12 place
| 20th of August | 09:30 | Canada | Australia | 11:13 (1: 4, 3: 2, 3: 3, 4: 4) |
| 10:50 | Greece | China | 13: 8 (3: 1, 4: 4, 2: 0, 4: 3) |
Game for 11th place
| August 22nd | 09:30 | Canada | China | 8: 7 (1: 1, 3: 1, 1: 2, 3: 3) |
Place 7-10
| August 22nd | 10:50 | Australia | Italy | 17:16 n.P. (4: 2, 1: 5, 4: 0, 1: 3, 0: 1, 3: 2, 4: 3) |
| 17:00 | Germany | Greece | 9:13 (3: 3, 1: 3, 2: 4, 3: 3) |
Play for 9th place
| August 24th | 09:30 | Italy | Germany | 10: 8 (4: 3, 1: 1, 1: 1, 4: 3) |
Game for 7th place
| August 24th | 10:50 | Australia | Greece | 8: 9 (2: 3, 2: 2, 3: 1, 1: 3) |
Final round
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Serbia
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6th |
Semi-final qualification
| 20th of August | 16:00 | Montenegro | Croatia | 7: 6 (3: 1, 2: 3, 1: 0, 1: 2) |
| 17:20 | Spain | Serbia | 5: 9 (1: 0, 1: 5, 1: 2, 2: 2) |
Semifinals
| August 22nd | 18:20 | Hungary | Montenegro | 11: 9 (3: 4, 3: 3, 3: 0, 2: 2) |
| 19:40 | United States | Serbia | 10: 5 (3: 3, 2: 1, 2: 1, 3: 0) |
Play for 5th place
| August 24th | 13:00 | Croatia | Spain | 9:11 (2: 0, 3: 5, 1: 3, 3: 3) |
3rd place match
| August 24th | 14:20 | Montenegro | Serbia | 4: 6 (0: 2, 1: 2, 1: 2, 2: 0) |
final
| 29th August | 17:30 | Hungary | United States | 14:10 (6: 4, 3: 4, 2: 1, 3: 1) |
Olympic tournament of women
Medalists
| space | country | Players |
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| 1 |
 NED
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Iefke van Belkum , Gillian van den Berg , Danielle de Bruijn , Mieke Cabout , Rianne Guichelaar , Biurakn Hakhverdian , Marieke van den Ham , Noeki Klein , Simone Koot , Ilse van der Meijden , Meike de Nooy , Alette Sijbring , Yasemin Smit Trainer: Robin van Galen |
| 2 |
United States
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Elizabeth Armstrong , Patty Cardenas , Kami Craig , Natalie Golda , Alison Gregorka , Brittany Hayes , Jaime Hipp , Moriah van Norman , Heather Petri , Jessica Steffens , Brenda Villa , Lauren Wenger , Elsie Windes Trainer: Guy Baker |
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OUT
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Gemma Beadsworth , Nikita Cuffe , Suzie Fraser , Taniele Gofers , Kate Gynther , Amy Hetzel , Bronwen Knox , Emma Knox , Alicia McCormack , Melissa Rippon , Rebecca Rippon , Jenna Santoromito , Mia Santoromito Trainer: Greg McFadden |
Preliminary round
Group A
| space | team | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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United States
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2 | 1 | 0 | 33:27 | + 6 | 5 |
| 2. |
Italy
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2 | 1 | 0 | 28:26 | + 2 | 5 |
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People's Republic of China
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1 | 0 | 2 | 33:33 | 0 | 2 |
| 4th |
 Russia
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0 | 0 | 3 | 26:34 | - 8th | 0 |
| August 11th | 14:20 | Russia | Italy | 8: 9 (3: 3, 2: 1, 2: 3, 1: 2) |
| 17:00 | United States | China | 12:11 (3: 3, 5: 4, 2: 2, 2: 2) | |
| 13 August | 15:40 | United States | Italy | 9: 9 (0: 2, 4: 2, 2: 2, 3: 3) |
| 17:00 | Russia | China | 11:13 (2: 3, 5: 4, 3: 1, 1: 5) | |
| 15th of August | 14:20 | Russia | United States | 7:12 (0: 5, 3: 2, 2: 4, 2: 1) |
| 17:20 | Italy | China | 10: 9 (2: 2, 4: 2, 2: 4, 2: 1) |
Group B
| space | team | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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Hungary
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2 | 1 | 0 | 28:20 | + 8 | 5 |
| 2. |
Australia
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2 | 1 | 0 | 25:22 | + 3 | 5 |
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Netherlands
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1 | 0 | 2 | 27:27 | 0 | 2 |
| 4th |
Greece
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0 | 0 | 3 | 16:27 | - 11 | 0 |
| August 11th | 13:00 | Hungary | Netherlands | 11: 9 (3: 3, 3: 2, 4: 3, 1: 1) |
| 15:40 | Greece | Australia | 6: 8 (2: 5, 2: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0) | |
| 13 August | 13:00 | Hungary | Australia | 7: 7 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2, 4: 3) |
| 14:20 | Greece | Netherlands | 6: 9 (3: 3, 2: 2, 1: 3, 0: 1) | |
| 15th of August | 13:00 | Netherlands | Australia | 9:10 (1: 2, 2: 2, 1: 2, 5: 4) |
| 15:40 | Hungary | Greece | 10: 4 (1: 1, 3: 1, 3: 0, 3: 2) |
Final round
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Australia
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8th |
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Australia
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Game for 7th place
| 17th August | 13:00 | Russia | Greece | 12: 6 (3: 2, 4: 1, 3: 1, 2: 2) |
Semi-final qualification
| 17th August | 14:20 | China | Australia | 11:12 (4: 4, 2: 2, 2: 4, 3: 2) |
| 15:40 | Italy | Netherlands | 11:13 n.P. (2: 2, 3: 1, 2: 3, 1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0, 3: 5) |
Play for 5th place
| August 19th | 13:00 | China | Italy | 10: 7 (3: 1, 2: 3, 1: 3, 4: 0) |
Semifinals
| August 19th | 14:20 | United States | Australia | 9: 8 (2: 2, 2: 2, 4: 1, 1: 3) |
| 15:40 | Hungary | Netherlands | 7: 8 (2: 1, 1: 3, 3: 3, 1: 1) |
3rd place match
| August 21 | 17:00 | Australia | Hungary | 12:11 n.P. (2: 2, 1: 3, 3: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1, 3: 2) |
final
| August 21 | 18:20 | United States | Netherlands | 8: 9 (2: 4, 3: 1, 1: 2, 2: 2) |
Medal table water polo
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| space | country | G | S. | B. | total |
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Netherlands
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1 | - | - | 1 |
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Hungary
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1 | - | - | 1 | |
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United States
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- | 2 | - | 2 |
| 4th |
Australia
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
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Serbia
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
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