2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

The 2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the fourteenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Tianjin, PR China from August 8 to August 13, 2006. Participating teams were the eight best teams from the last World Championships in Montreal, Canada (2005). The top-five qualified for the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Teams

GROUP A

GROUP B

Squads

 Australia

 China

Head Coach:

  • Shengwa Pan

 Greece

Head Coach:

  • Kyriakos Iosifidis

 Hungary

 Italy

 Russia

 United States

Preliminary round

GROUP A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  United States 633004224+18
2.  Russia 432014226+16
3.  Greece 23102253813
4.  China 03003214221
United States  11 10  Russia
China  7 10  Greece
United States  17 7  Greece
China  7 18  Russia
Russia  14 8  Greece
United States  14 7  China

GROUP B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Australia 633002819+9
2.  Italy 432012423+1
3.  Hungary 2310223263
4.  Canada 0300326337
Hungary  7 8  Italy
Australia  12 8  Canada
Hungary  10 9  Canada
Australia  7 5  Italy
Italy  11 9  Canada
Hungary  6 9  Australia

Quarterfinals

Greece  7 11  Italy
Russia  7 5  Hungary

Semifinals

United States  7 [4] 7 [5]  Italy
Australia  10 9  Russia

Finals

China  7 11  Canada
Greece  7 16  Hungary
United States  8 9  Russia
Australia  10 7  Italy



Final ranking

RANK TEAM
 Australia
 Italy
 Russia
4.  United States
5.  Hungary
6.  Greece
7.  Canada
8.  China

 2006 Women's FINA World Cup Winners 

Australia
Third title


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

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player


Best Goalkeeper


Top Scorer Tania di Mario

References



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