2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship

2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	5 – 12 July
Teams	8 (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

Preliminary round

Group A

	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

	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

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

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

7 / 8 places

July 8, 2008

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

5 / 6 places

July 10, 2008

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

Bronze Medal

July 12, 2008

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

Gold Medal

July 12, 2008

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

Final ranking

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
  •  Blanca Gil (ESP)
• Best Goalkeeper
• Topscorer
  •  Ekaterina Pantyulina (RUS) (16)

References

• Official site
• LEN website