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Water Polo, Women

Date16 – 26 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants101 from 8 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

The United States came into Athens as the defending World Champion, having won the 2003 title by defeating Italy, the 2001 World Champions, in the final match. The USA led Group B in the preliminary with defending champion Australia leading Group A. The groups served to eliminate only Canada and Kazakhstan from title contention, as the other six teams moved on to the single-elimination tournament. Italy advanced but was not seeded into the semi-finals and had to face Hungary in the quarters, defeating them 8-5. Greece, which had never placed better than fifth at the Worlds, upset Russia to win the other quarter-final, placing Australia, Greece, Italy and the United States in the semi-finals.

In the first semi-final the surprising Greeks continued their unexpected run, defeating Australia 6-2 to move on to the finals. Italy trailed the United States for much of the other semi, but eventually won 6-5. Italy had defeated Greece, 7-2, the group play, but the final was much closer. The match was tied 7-7 at the end of regulation. Greece went ahead 9-7 in the first overtime, but Italy came back to tie the match again, and then won the gold medal in the second overtime, 10-9, on a goal by Melania Grego.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1ItalyITAGold
Goalkeeper1Francesca Conti
2Martina Miceli
3Carmela Allucci
4Silvia Bosurgi
Goalkeeper5Elena Gigli
6Emanuela Zanchi
7Tania Di Mario
8Cinzia Ragusa
9Giusi Malato
10Alexandra Araujo
11Maddalena Musumeci
12Melania Grego
13Noémi Tóth
CoachPierluigi Formiconi
2GreeceGRESilver
Goalkeeper1Georgia Ellinaki
2Dimitra Asilian
3Antiopi Melidoni
4Angeliki Karapataki
5Kiki Liosi
6Voula Kozompoli
7Katerina Oikonomopoulou
8Antigoni Roumpesi
9Evi Moraitidou
10Eftychia Karagianni
11Georgia Lara
12Tonia Moraiti
Goalkeeper13Anthi Mylonaki
CoachKyriakos Iosifidis
3United StatesUSABronze
Goalkeeper1Jacqueline Frank
2Heather Petri
3Ericka Lorenz
4Brenda Villa
5Ellen Estes
6Natalie Golda
7Margie Dingeldein
8Kelly Rulon
9Heather Moody
10Robin Beauregard
11Amber Stachowski
13Thalia Munro
12Nicolle Payne DNS
CoachGuy Baker
4AustraliaAUS
Goalkeeper1Emma Knox
2Bec Rippon
3Nikita Cuffe
4Naomi Castle
5Bronwyn Mayer-Smith
6Belinda Brooks
7Jodie Stuhmcke
8Kate Gynther
9Elise Norwood
10Kelly Heuchan
Goalkeeper11Jemma Brownlow
12Joanne Fox
13Mel Rippon
CoachIstván Görgényi
5Russian FederationRUS
Goalkeeper1Valentina Vorontsova
2Nataliya Shepelina
3Yekaterina Salimova
4Sofya Konukh
5Yelena Smurova
Goalkeeper6Galina Zlotnikova
7Anastasiya Zubkova
8Svetlana Bogdanova
9Tatyana Petrova
10Olga Turova
11Yekaterina Shishova
12Yekaterina Vasilyeva
13Mariya Yayna
CoachAleksandr Kleymenov
6HungaryHUN
Goalkeeper1Ildikó Sós Zirigh
2Zsuzsanna Tiba
3Anett Györe
4Dóra Kisteleki
5Mercédesz Stieber
6Erzsébet Valkay
7Rita Drávucz
8Krisztina Zantleitner
9Krisztina Szremkó
10Anikó Pelle
11Ágnes Valkai
12Ágnes Primász
Goalkeeper13Andrea Tóth
7CanadaCAN
Goalkeeper1Whynter Lamarre
Goalkeeper2Rachel Riddell
3Marianne Illing
4Sue Gardiner
5Andrea Dewar
6Marie-Luc Arpin
7Cora Campbell
8Melissa Collins
9Ann Dow
10Jana Salat
11Valérie Dionne
12Christine Robinson
13Johanne Bégin
CoachPatrick Oaten
8KazakhstanKAZ
Goalkeeper1Galina Rytova
2Anna Zubkova
3Tatyana Gubina
5Svetlana Korolyova
6Nataliya Krasilnikova
8Yekaterina Gariyeva
9Asel Dzhakayeva
10Marina Gritsenko
11Larisa Mikhaylova
12Nataliya Ignatyeva
13Irina Tolkunova
4Svetlana Buravova DNS
7Alyona Klimenko DNS
CoachStanislav Pivovarov

Preliminary Round

Date16 – 20 August 2004

Group A

Date16 – 20 August 2004
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1AustraliaAUS210522-16
2ItalyITA201420-14
3GreeceGRE111217-20
4KazakhstanKAZ003016-25
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #116 Aug 10:45Main PoolAustraliaAUS6 – 5ItalyITA
Match #216 Aug 17:45Main PoolGreeceGRE8 – 6KazakhstanKAZ
Match #318 Aug 9:30Main PoolAustraliaAUS9 – 4KazakhstanKAZ
Match #418 Aug 17:45Main PoolItalyITA7 – 2GreeceGRE
Match #520 Aug 9:00Main PoolItalyITA8 – 6KazakhstanKAZ
Match #620 Aug 18:00Main PoolAustraliaAUS7 – 7GreeceGRE

Group B

Date16 – 20 August 2004
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1United StatesUSA201420-16
2Russian FederationRUS201421-22
3HungaryHUN102219-20
4CanadaCAN102216-18
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #116 Aug 9:30Main PoolUnited StatesUSA7 – 6HungaryHUN
Match #216 Aug 16:30Main PoolRussian FederationRUS8 – 6CanadaCAN
Match #318 Aug 10:45Main PoolCanadaCAN6 – 5United StatesUSA
Match #418 Aug 16:30Main PoolRussian FederationRUS9 – 8HungaryHUN
Match #520 Aug 10:15Main PoolUnited StatesUSA8 – 4Russian FederationRUS
Match #620 Aug 16:45Main PoolHungaryHUN5 – 4CanadaCAN

Quarter-Finals

Date22 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #122 Aug 17:00Main PoolGreeceGRE7 – 4Russian FederationRUS
Match #222 Aug 18:15Main PoolItalyITA8 – 5HungaryHUN

Semi-Finals

Date24 August 2004
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #124 Aug 17:00Main PoolGreeceGRE6 – 2AustraliaAUS
Match #224 Aug 18:15Main PoolItalyITA6 – 5United StatesUSA

Final Round

Date22 – 26 August 2004
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/226 Aug 18:15Main PoolItalyITA10 – 9GreeceGREAET
Match 3/426 Aug 17:00Main PoolUnited StatesUSA6 – 5AustraliaAUS
Match 5/624 Aug 10:45Main PoolRussian FederationRUS12 – 11HungaryHUNAET
Match 7/822 Aug 10:45Main PoolCanadaCAN10 – 4KazakhstanKAZ