Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament


The women's water polo tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from 11 August to 21 August at the Ying Tung Natatorium.
Teams from eight nations competed, seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. 20 games were played, 12 of them in the preliminary round. Eight games were played in the final round.

Format

The tournament featured eight teams, separated into two groups of four teams. Each team played the other three teams in its pool once in a round-robin format. The first-place team in each pool qualified directly for the semifinal, the second- and third-place teams moved on to the quarterfinal round, and the fourth-place teams played each other in a seventh place game.
The winners of the quarterfinal games moved on to the semifinals to face the top teams from each pool, while the quarterfinal losers played a fifth place classification game. The semifinal winners played in the gold medal game, while the losers played each other for the bronze.

Preliminary round

All times are CST.

Group A

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Group B

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Final rounds

;Bracket

7th place match

All times are CST.

Quarterfinals

All times are CST.

5th place match

All times are CST.

Semifinals

All times are CST.

Bronze medal match

All times are CST.

Gold medal match

All times are CST.

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8

Medallists

Top goalscorers

RankPlayer
1617
2613
3612
3512
5511
6610
6610
6510
6510
1069
1059
1069
1049
1059