2007 Holiday Cup

The 2007 Holiday Cup was the ninth edition of the women's water polo competition, held in the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, 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

 Australia

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

 Canada

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

 Italy

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

 Netherlands

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

 Russia

Olla Belyaeva Olga Botynov Yulia Gaufler Evgenia Ivanova Sofia Konukh

Ekaterina Kyznestova Ekaterina Pantyulina Ekaterina Prokofyna Evgenia Protsenko Natalia Shepelina

Elena Smurova Evgenia Soboleva Valentina Vorontsova Alena Vylegzhanina Head Coach: Aleksandr Kleymenov

 United States

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

Italy	11–10	Russia
Australia	10–12	Netherlands
United States	10–7	Canada

• December 6, 2007

Russia	10–7	Australia
Italy	10–8	Canada
United States	5–8	Netherlands

• December 6, 2007

Canada	9–13	Australia
Russia	16–15	Netherlands
United States	12–8	Italy

• December 7, 2007

Russia	15–12	Canada
Netherlands	14–15	Italy
United States	5–6	Australia

• December 8, 2007

Canada	7–12	Netherlands
Australia	8–11	Italy
United States	12–13	Russia

Standings

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA
1.	Italy	11	5	4	0	1	55	52
2.	Netherlands	11	5	3	0	2	61	53
3.	Russia	10	5	4	0	1	64	57
4.	United States	7	5	2	0	3	44	42
5.	Australia	6	5	2	0	3	44	47
6.	Canada	0	5	0	0	5	43	57

Final round

5th/6th place match

• December 9, 2007

Australia	8–6	Canada

Bronze medal match

• December 9, 2007

United States	17–7	Russia

Gold medal match

• December 9, 2007

Italy	10–9	Netherlands

Final ranking

RANK TEAM  Italy  Netherlands  United States 4.  Russia 5.  Australia 6.  Canada

2007 Women's Holiday Cup  Italy First title

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
  •  Daniëlle de Bruijn (NED)

External links

• USA Waterpolo.org

References