2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

none 2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup FINA event site 2002 2010 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.wwcp dmy Participating teams were the eight best teams from the last World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2005). The top-five qualified for the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia. Teams GROUP A CHN GRE RUS USA GROUP B AUS CAN HUN ITA Squads AUS 35em yes Gemma Beadsworth Nicole Dyson Suzie Fraser Taniele Gofers Kate Gynther Fiona Hammond Bronwen Knox Emma Knox Alicia McCormack Patrice O'Neill Melissa Rippon Rebecca Rippon Mia Santoromito Head coach: Greg McFadden CHN 35em yes Gao Ao He Jin Li Shuwei Liu Ping Ma Huanhuan Mo Fengmin Qiao Leiying Sun Huizi Sun Yating Sun Yujun Wang Yi Yang Jun Xu Zheng Head coach: Pan Shengwa GRE 35em yes Alexandra Asimaki Alkisti Avramidou Christina Dimitrokali Angeliki Gerolymou Sofia Iosifidou Kelina Kantzou Konstantina Kouteli Stavroula Kozompoli Georgia Lara Vasileia Mavrelou Triantafyllia Manolioudaki Stella Mitsani Maria Tsouri Head coach: Kyriakos Iosifidis HUN 35em yes Timea Benkő Fruzsina Brávik Barbara Bujka Rita Drávucz Patricia Horváth Anikó Pelle Ágnes Primász Mercédesz Stieber Orsolya Takacs Eszter Tomaskovics Andrea Tóth Ágnes Valkai Krisztina Zantleitner Head coach: Péter Szilágyi ITA 35em yes Silvia Bosurgi Teresa Frassinetti Eleonora Gay Elena Gigli Tania di Mario Martina Miceli Maddelena Musumeci Francesca Pavan Cinzia Ragusa Federica Rocco Daria Starace Erzsébet Valkai Manuela Zanchi Head coach: Mauro Maugeri RUS 35em yes Olga Fomicheva Yulia Gaufler Nadezda Glyzina Sofia Konukh Marina Mazepova Ekaterina Pantyulina Evgeniya Protsenko Natalia Ryzhova-Alenicheva Natalya Shepelina Elena Smurova Evgenia Soboleva Alena Vylegzhanina Anastasia Zubkova Head coach: Alexander Kleymenov USA 35em yes Elizabeth Armstrong Patricia Cardenas Kameryn Craig Emily Feher Erika Figge Natalie Golda Alison Gregorka Ericka Lorenz Moriah van Norman Heather Petri Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Elsie Windes Head coach: Guy Baker Preliminary round GROUP A TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.USA633004224+182.RUS432014226+163.GRE231022538–134.CHN030032142–21 August 8, 2006 USA11 – 10RUSCHN7 – 10GRE August 9, 2006 USA17 – 7GRECHN7 – 18RUS August 10, 2006 RUS14 – 8GREUSA14 – 7CHN GROUP B TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.AUS633002819+92.ITA432012423+13.HUN231022326–34.CAN030032633–7 August 8, 2006 HUN7 – 8ITAAUS12 – 8CAN August 9, 2006 HUN10 – 9CANAUS7 – 5ITA August 10, 2006 ITA11 – 9CANHUN6 – 9AUS Quarterfinals August 11, 2006 GRE7 – 11ITARUS7 – 5HUN Semifinals August 12, 2006 USA7 [4] – 7 [5]ITAAUS10 – 9RUS Finals August 11, 2006 — Seventh place CHN7 – 11CAN August 12, 2006 — Fifth place GRE7 – 16HUN August 13, 2006 — Bronze Medal USA8 – 9RUS August 13, 2006 — Gold Medal AUS10 – 7ITA Final ranking RANKTEAMImage:Med 1.pngAUS Image:Med 2.pngITAImage:Med 3.pngRUS4.USA5.HUN6.GRE7.CAN8.CHN wpw 2006 Women's FINA World Cup winners AUS Third 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 en FINA Category:World Aquatics Women's Water Polo World Cup Category:International water polo competitions hosted by China F Water Polo World Cup Category:Women's water polo in China Category:August 2006 sports events in China Category:Sports competitions in Tianjin Category:2006 in Tianjin Category:Women's sports competitions in China