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Water polo at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

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{{Infobox squash championship

| name = 2001 World Water Polo Championship

| number = 9

| series = FINA World Aquatics Championships

| type =

| logo =

| logo_size =

| location = {{flag|Japan}}

| dates = 18–27 July

| website =

| category = 2001 World Aquatics Championships

| prize_money =

| prev = 1998

| next = 2003

}}

The 2001 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the fifth edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 18 to 27 July 2001 in the Nishi Civic Pool, and was incorporated into the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.{{Cite HistoFINA wp |page=wwch|format=dmy }}

The draw for the water polo tournament took place on 16 April 2001 in Fukuoka. Prior to the start of the competition, Australia were ranked number one in the world.

Teams

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;Group A

  • {{wpw|BRA}}
  • {{wpw|ITA}}
  • {{wpw|KAZ}}
  • {{wpw|NZL}}
  • {{wpw|RUS}}
  • {{wpw|USA}}

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;Group B

  • {{wpw|AUS}}
  • {{wpw|CAN}}
  • {{wpw|GRE}}
  • {{wpw|HUN}}
  • {{wpw|JPN}}
  • {{wpw|NED}}

{{col-end}}

Preliminary round

=Group A=

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! width="25" |

! width="200" | Team

! width="60" | Points

! width="60" | G

! width="60" | W

! width="60" | D

! width="60" | L

! width="60" | GF

! width="60" | GA

! width="60" | Diff

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| 1.

| align=left | {{wpw|USA}}

| 9

54105016+34
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| 2.

| align=left | {{wpw|RUS}}

| 8

54015517+38
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| 3.

| align=left | {{wpw|ITA}}

| 7

53115835+22
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| 4.

| align=left | {{wpw|KAZ}}

| 4

52033039–9
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| 5.

| align=left | {{wpw|BRA}}

| 2

51042251–29
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| 6.

| align=left | {{wpw|NZL}}

| 0

50051673–57

=Group B=

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bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

! width="25" |

! width="200" | Team

! width="60" | Points

! width="60" | G

! width="60" | W

! width="60" | D

! width="60" | L

! width="60" | GF

! width="60" | GA

! width="60" | Diff

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| 1.

| align=left | {{wpw|HUN}}

| 10

55003519+16
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| 2.

| align=left | {{wpw|AUS}}

| 6

53023222+10
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 3.

| align=left | {{wpw|CAN}}

| 6

53022823+5
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 4.

| align=left | {{wpw|GRE}}

| 6

53022827+1
bgcolor=#EEFFEE

| 5.

| align=left | {{wpw|NED}}

| 2

51042134–13
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| 6.

| align=left | {{wpw|JPN}}

| 0

50051938–19

Final round

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| July 25 – Fukuoka|{{wpw|USA}}|10|{{wpw|GRE}}|3

| July 25 – Fukuoka|{{wpw|ITA}}|4|{{wpw|AUS}}|1

| July 25 – Fukuoka|{{wpw|RUS}}|8|{{wpw|CAN}}|9

| July 25 – Fukuoka|{{wpw|KAZ}}|5|{{wpw|HUN}}|12

| July 26 – Fukuoka|{{wpw|USA}}|6|{{wpw|ITA}}|8

| July 26 – Fukuoka|{{wpw|CAN}}|3|{{wpw|HUN}}|4

| July 27 – Fukuoka|{{wpw|ITA}}|7|{{wpw|HUN}}|3

| July 27 – Fukuoka|{{wpw|USA}}|5|{{wpw|CAN}}|6

}}

Final ranking

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! RANK

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| {{wpw|ITA}}

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| {{wpw|HUN}}

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| {{wpw|CAN}}

align="center" | 4.

| {{wpw|USA}}

align="center" | 5.

| {{wpw|AUS}}

align="center" | 6.

| {{wpw|RUS}}

align="center" | 7.

| {{wpw|GRE}}

align="center" | 8.

| {{wpw|KAZ}}

align="center" | 9.

| {{wpw|NED}}

align="center" | 10.

| {{wpw|BRA}}

align="center" | 11.

| {{wpw|JPN}}

align="center" | 12.

| {{wpw|NZL}}

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{{winners|wpw|2001 FINA Women's World champion|ITA|Second}}

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Medalists

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style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:gold;" | Gold

! style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:silver;" | Silver

! style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:#CC9966;" | Bronze

style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wpw|ITA}}
{{br separated entries

| Carmella Alluci

| Alexandra Araujo

| Silvia Bosurgi

| Cristina Consoli

| Francesca Conti

| Tania Di Mario

| Melania Grego

| Giusi Malato

| Martina Miceli

| Maddalena Musumeci

| Paola Sabbatini

| Gabriella Sciolti

| Monica Vaillant

}}

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wpw|HUN}}

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wpw|CAN}}

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player

:*???

  • Best Goalkeeper

:*???

  • Topscorer

:*???

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Fukuoka_2001/site/fukuoka_WPResults.html FINA Results]

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2001

Women's tournament

Category:2001 in women's water polo

Category:Women's water polo in Japan

Category:2001 in Japanese women's sport