Water polo at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

2005 World Water Polo Championship
2005 World Water Polo Championship
11th FINA World Aquatics Championships
Location	Canada
Date	17–29 July
Category	2005 World Aquatics Championships

The 2005 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the seventh edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held at the Pavillon des Baigneurs on Île Sainte-Hélène from 17 to 29 July 2005, and was incorporated into the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal, Canada.^[1]

Teams

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Canada	6	3	3	0	0	30	14	+16
2	Italy	4	3	2	0	1	34	19	+15
3	Cuba	1	3	0	1	2	17	29	−12
4	Venezuela	1	3	0	1	2	13	32	−19

Source:


Venezuela	6 – 6	Cuba
Canada	8 – 7	Italy


Italy	13 – 6	Cuba
Venezuela	2 – 12	Canada


Venezuela	5 – 14	Italy
Canada	10 – 5	Cuba

Group B

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Hungary	6	3	3	0	0	35	17	+18
2	United States	3	3	1	1	1	32	17	+15
3	Spain	3	3	1	1	1	26	17	+9
4	China	0	3	0	0	3	9	51	−42

Source:


China	4 – 18	Hungary
Spain	6 – 6	United States


Hungary	9 – 8	United States
Spain	15 – 3	China


China	2 – 18	United States
Spain	5 – 8	Hungary

Group C

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Russia	5	3	2	1	0	35	5	+30
2	Greece	5	3	2	1	0	27	12	+15
3	New Zealand	2	3	1	0	2	14	26	−12
4	Uzbekistan	0	3	0	0	3	8	41	−33

Source:


Russia	18 – 0	Uzbekistan
Greece	9 – 4	New Zealand


New Zealand	9 – 4	Uzbekistan
Russia	4 – 4	Greece


Russia	13 – 1	New Zealand
Greece	14 – 4	Uzbekistan

Group D

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Australia	6	3	3	0	0	35	8	+27
2	Germany	3	3	1	1	1	15	27	−12
3	Netherlands	2	3	1	0	2	15	22	−7
4	Brazil	1	3	0	1	2	16	24	−8

Source:


Australia	15 – 2	Germany
Brazil	6 – 7	Netherlands


Netherlands	6 – 7	Germany
Australia	11 – 4	Brazil


Australia	9 – 2	Netherlands
Brazil	6 – 6	Germany

Second round

Saturday July 23, 2005


Italy	9 – 6	Spain
Cuba	3 – 14	United States
Greece	7 – 4	Netherlands
New Zealand	1 – 2	Germany

Classification round

Saturday July 23, 2005 — 13th/16th place


Venezuela	8 – 7	China
Uzbekistan	1 – 11	Brazil

Monday July 25, 2005 — 9th/12th place


Spain	3 – 4	Netherlands
Cuba	5 – 4	New Zealand

Wednesday July 27, 2005 — 5th/8th place


Greece	9 – 4	Germany
Italy	9 – 10	Australia

Quarter finals

Monday July 25, 2005


Hungary	10 – 4	Germany
Russia	7 – 5	Italy
Canada	8 – 6	Greece
Australia	5 – 8	United States

Semi finals

Wednesday July 27, 2005


Russia	8 – 10	United States
Canada	7 – 9	Hungary

Finals

Monday July 25, 2005 — 15th place


China	4 – 5	Uzbekistan

Monday July 25, 2005 — 13th place


Venezuela	2 – 11	Brazil

Wednesday July 27, 2005 — 11th place


Spain	12 – 3	New Zealand

Wednesday July 27, 2005 — 9th place


Netherlands	10 – 11	Cuba

Friday July 29, 2005 — 7th place


Germany	8 – 12	Italy

Friday July 29, 2005 — 5th place


Greece	10 – 8	Australia

Friday July 29, 2005 — Bronze-medal match


Canada	8 – 3	Russia

Friday July 29, 2005 — Gold-medal match


Hungary	10 – 7	United States

Final ranking

Rank^[1]	Team
	Hungary
	United States
	Canada
4.	Russia
5.	Greece
6.	Australia
7.	Italy
8.	Germany
9.	Cuba
10.	Netherlands
11.	Spain
12.	New Zealand
13.	Brazil
14.	Venezuela
15.	Uzbekistan
16.	China

2005 FINA Women's World champions
Hungary Second title

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hungary ^[1] Patricia Horvath Eszter Tomaskovics Khrisctina Serfozo Dora Kisteleki Mercedes Stieber Andrea Toth Rita Dravucz Krisztina Zantleitner Orsolya Takacs Aniko Pelle Agnes Valkai Fruzsina Bravik Timea Benko Head coach Tamás Faragó	United States Emily Feher Heather Petri Ericka Lorenz Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Natalie Golda Kristina Kunkel Erika Figge Jaime Hipp Kelly Rulon Moriah van Norman Drue Wawrzynski Thalia Munro Head coach Heather Moody	Canada Rachel Riddell Krystina Alogbo Whynter Lamarre Susan Gardiner Tara Campbell Marie Luc Arpin Cora Campbell Dominique Perreault Ann Dow Jana Salat Valérie Dionne Christine Robinson Johanne Bégin Head coach Patrick Oaten

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

Ann Dow (CAN)

Best Goalkeeper

Patricia Horvath (HUN)

Topscorer

Tania di Mario (ITA) — 18 goals

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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