2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship

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

GROUP A

GROUP B

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

RANK	TEAM
	Russia
	Spain
	Hungary
4.	Italy
5.	Netherlands
6.	Greece
7.	Germany
8.	France

2008 Women's European Champion
Russia Second title

Valentina Vorontsova, Natalia Shepelina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Sofia Konoukh, Alena Vylegzhanina, Nadezda Glyzina, Ekaterina Pantyulina, Evgenia Soboleva, Oleksandra Karpovich, Olga Belyaeva, Elena Smurova, Olga Turova, Evgeniya Protsenko
Head Coach: Alexander Kleymenov.

Individual awards

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

References

European Water Polo Championship

Men's tournament

Tournaments	Budapest 1926 Bologna 1927 Paris 1931 Magdeburg 1934 London 1938 Monte Carlo 1947 Vienna 1950 Turin 1954 Budapest 1958 Leipzig 1962 Utrecht 1966 Barcelona 1970 Vienna 1974 Jönköping 1977 Split 1981 Rome 1983 Sofia 1985 Strasbourg 1987 Bonn 1989 Athens 1991 Sheffield 1993 Vienna 1995 Seville 1997 Florence 1999 Budapest 2001 Kranj 2003 Belgrade 2006 Málaga 2008 Zagreb 2010 Eindhoven 2012 Budapest 2014 Belgrade 2016 Barcelona 2018

Qualification	1926 1927 1931 1934 1938 1947 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1977 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Squads	1926 1927 1931 1934 1938 1947 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1977 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Women's tournament

Tournaments	Oslo 1985 Strasbourg 1987 Bonn 1989 Athens 1991 Leeds 1993 Vienna 1995 Sevilla 1997 Prato 1999 Budapest 2001 Ljubljana 2003 Belgrade 2006 Málaga 2008 Zagreb 2010 Eindhoven 2012 Budapest 2014 Belgrade 2016 Barcelona 2018

Qualification	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Squads	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

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