Women's Water Polo

Beijing will see the third staging of the Olympic Water Polo competition. The Gold was won by Australia in 2000 and Italy in 2004. Great Britain has never qualified.

Form

At the Women's Southern Cross International Cup tournament in New Zealand, Great Britain lost 10 - 17 to Germany and 7 - 11 to New Zealand.

Qualification

The Women's Water polo competition is a 8 team event. The competitors will be;

• China - Host nation
• Winner of All-African Games (Algiers, 5-20 July 2007)
• Winner of Pan American Games (Rio de Janeiro, 13-29 July 2007)
• Winner of European Qualification Tournament (20-26 August 2007, venue to be decided)
• Winner of Oceania Championships (2008)
• Top three at Olympic Qualification Tournament (Italy, March 1-?, 2008)

What to see

Definately not a medal chance, as there is no liklihood of a British team reaching Beijing, but we may look to see a preliminary session as part of the overal Olympic experience.