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2009 Water Polo World Championships Results - Women

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The first three days of water polo world championship play is a round-robin tournament, with the top point earners (2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie) advancing to the semi-final and quarter-final rounds.
GROUP A Uzbekistan (UZB), China (CHN), Italy (ITA), Hungary (HUN)
GROUP B Russia (RUS), USA (USA), Greece (GRE), Kazakhstan (KAZ)
GROUP C New Zealand (NZL), Canada (CAN), South Africa (RSA), Australia (AUS)
GROUP D Germany (GER), Brazil (BRA), Spain (ESP), Netherlands (NED)

Women (play on odd days)

Sunday July 19
Prelim Rounds
CHN 7 - HUN 10
RUS 14 - GRE 9
USA 19 - KAZ 6
NZL 12 - RSA 5
CAN 6 - AUS 6
GER 12 - ESP 17
BRA 7 - NED 11
UZB 3 - ITA 20

Tuesday July 21
Prelim Rounds
KAZ 6 - GRE 12
RUS 11 - USA 10
AUS 23 - RSA 2
NZL 6 - CAN 12
NED 15 - ESP 15
GER 12 - BRA 12
UZB 6 - CHN 28
HUN 8 - ITA 5

Thursday July 23
Prelim Rounds
NZL 4 - AUS 14
CAN 20 - RSA 5
GER 6 - NED 8
BRA 6 - ESP 12
UZB 5 - HUN 18
RUS 23 - KAZ 4
USA 12 - GRE 8
CHN 10 - ITA 11

Saturday July 25
Semifinal for 13-16
UZB 4 - KAZ 16
RSA 2 - BRA 16

Quarterfinal Qualification Matches
CHN 9 - USA 12
CAN 13 - GER 7
NZL 7 - NED 9
ITA 9 - GRE 10

Monday July 27
finals (13th-16th place)
UZB 16 - RSA 9
KAZ 8 - BRA 11
semifinals (losers of qualifying: 9th-12th)
GER 8 - NZL 7
ITA 9 - CHN 5
quarterfinals (winners from qualifying vs prelim group winners: top-8)
HUN 7 - CAN 9
RUS 9 - NED 7
AUS 3 - GRE 4
ESP 6 - USA 9

Wednesday July 29
finals (9th-12th place)
CHN 16 - NZL 9
ITA 12 - GER 3
semis (5th-8th place)
HUN 9 - NED 10
AUS 7 - ESP 6
semis (Top 4)
CAN 8 - RUS 7
GRE 7 - USA 8

Friday July 31
finals
HUN 11 - ESP 6 (7th and 8th place)
NED 12 - AUS 11 (5th and 6th place)
RUS 10 - GRE 9 (3rd and 4th place)
CAN 6 - USA 7 (1st and 2nd place)

Water Polo World Championships: 19 July - 1 August

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