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2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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Field	Value
tourney_name	2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
image	2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup.png
country	New Zealand
dates	17–22 August 2010
num_teams	8
confederations	4
venues	1
cities	1
champion_other
count	2
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches	24
goals	475
top_scorer	CHN Gao Ao
(16 goals)
player	AUS Gemma Beadsworth
previous	2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
next	2014 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

(16 goals)

The 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 15th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from 17 to 22 August 2010.

The United States won the gold medal, after defeating Australia 6–3 in the final. China captured bronze, beating Russia 11–9.

Format

8 teams qualified for the 2010 FINA World Cup. They are split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a Round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals. The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the Semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.

Groups

Group A	Group B

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

Team	W	D	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	3	3	0	31	22	+9
2.	3	2	1	32	22	+10
3.	3	1	2	31	36	−5
4.	3	0	3	21	35	−14

Group B

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

Team	W	D	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	3	3	0	34	17	+17
2.	3	2	1	37	25	+12
3.	3	1	2	31	33	−2
4.	3	0	3	21	48	−27

Final round

;5th–8th place bracket |21 August ||13||12 |21 August ||11||4 |22 August ||18||16 |22 August ||16||6

5th–8th place classification

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

7th place match

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

5th place match

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

;Championship bracket |20 August ||11||3 |20 August ||10||5 |20 August ||11||12 |20 August ||11||7 |21 August ||9||10 |21 August ||10||11 |22 August ||6||3 |22 August ||11||9

Quarterfinals

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

Semifinals

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

Bronze medal match

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

Gold medal match

All times are NZST (UTC+12)

Final standings

RANK	TEAM
[[File:Med 1.png]]
[[File:Med 2.png]]
[[File:Med 3.png]]
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

;Team Roster Betsey Armstrong, Anne Belden, Brenda Villa, Maggie Steffens, Juliet Moss, Courtney Mathewson, Lolo Silver, Elsie Windes, Kelly Rulon, Annika Dries, Kami Craig, Melissa Seidemann, Emily Feher. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player
- Gemma Beadsworth
Best Goalkeeper
- Yang Jun
Best Scorer
- Gao Ao – 16 goals
Tournament team
- Yang Jun – Goalkeeper
- Kami Craig – Centre forward
- Gemma Beadsworth
- Gao Ao
- Joelle Bekhazi
- Ágnes Valkai
- Sofia Konukh

References

{{Cite HistoFINA wp
(22 August 2010). "USA adds FINA World Cup to World and World League crowns".
(22 August 2010). "Australia to defend FINA World Cup crown against world champion USA".
(20 August 2010). "USA, China, Australia and Russia into semifinals".

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