The 2007 Holiday Cup was the ninth edition of the women's water polo competition, held in the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California, United States. The tournament took place from December 5 to December 9, 2007. The tournament served as a preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifiers (with the exception of the United States and the Netherlands who had already qualified).
Squads
Victoria Brown Nikita Cuffe Katie Finucane Kate Gynther Fiona Hammond Bronwen Knox Alicia McCormack Sarah Mills Jane Moran Melissa Rippon Rebecca Rippon Jenna Santoromito Mia Santoromito Sophie Smith Head coach: Greg McFadden
Krystina Alogbo Johanne Begin Joëlle Békhazi Alison Braden Cora Campbell Tara Campbell Emily Csikos Whynter Lamarre Sandra Lizé Katrina Monton Dominique Perreault Rachel Riddell Christine Robinson Rosanna Tomiuk Head coach: Patrick Oaten
Annalisa Bosello Silvia Bosurgi Elisa Casanova Marta Colaiocco Teresa Frassinetti Eleonora Gay Elena Gigli Tania di Mario Martina Miceli Maddalena Musumeci Francesca Pavan Cinzia Ragusa Erzsebet Valkai Manuela Zanchi Head coach: Mauro Maugeri
Iefke van Belkum Gillian van den Berg Daniëlle de Bruijn Mieke Cabout Rianne Guichelaar Biurakn Hakhverdian Marieke van den Ham Noeki Klein Lana Mandjes Ilse van der Meijden Meike de Nooy Alette Sijbring Yasemin Smit Nienke Vermeer Head coach: Robin van Galen
Olla Belyaeva Olga Botynov Yulia Gaufler Evgenia Ivanova Sofia Konukh Ekaterina Kyznestova Ekaterina Pantyulina Ekaterina Prokofyna Evgeniya Protsenko Natalia Shepelina Elena Smurova Evgenia Soboleva Valentina Vorontsova Alena Vylegzhanina Head coach: Aleksandr Kleymenov
Betsey Armstrong Patty Cardenas Kami Craig Erika Figge Molly Hayes Jamie Hipp Natalie Golda Alison Gregorka Heather Petri Jessica Steffens Moriah van Norman Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Elsie Windes Head coach: Guy Baker
Preliminary round December 5, 2007 11–1010–1210–7
December 6, 2007 10–710–85–8
December 6, 2007 9–1316–1512–8
December 7, 2007 15–1214–155–6
December 8, 2007 7–128–1112–13
Standings TeamPointsGWDLGFGA1.11540155522.11530261533.10540164574.7520344425.6520344476.050054357
Final round 5th/6th place match December 9, 2007 8–6
Bronze medal match December 9, 2007 17–7
Gold medal match December 9, 2007 10–9
Final ranking
RANKTEAM4.5.6.
Individual awards Most Valuable Player
External links USA Waterpolo.org
References