2006 Holiday Cup
# 2006 Holiday Cup

The 2006 Holiday Cup is the eighth edition of the women's water polo competition, held in Los Alamitos, United States. The tournament took place from 6 to 10 December 2006.

## Preliminary round

* 5 December 2006

| Netherlands | 13–13 | Russia |
| - | - | - |
| Australia | 12–9 | Italy |
| United States | 5–4 | Canada |

* 6 December 2006

| Australia | 13–15 | Russia |
| - | - | - |
| Canada | 14–12 | Italy |
| United States | 8–3 | Netherlands |

* 7 December 2006

| Australia | 13–13 | Canada |
| - | - | - |
| Netherlands | 14–15 | Italy |
| United States | 9–4 | Russia |

* 8 December 2006

| Russia | 10–9 | Canada |
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| Netherlands | 9–10 | Australia |
| United States | 9–5 | Italy |

* 9 December 2006

| Netherlands | 8–8 | Canada |
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| Russia | 13–12 | Italy |
| United States | 12–8 | Australia |

### Standings

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | United States | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 24 |
| 2. | Russia | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 65 |
| 3. | Australia | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 58 |
| 4. | Canada | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 48 |
| 5. | Netherlands | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 54 |
| 6. | Italy | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 62 |

## Final round

### 5th / 6th-place match

* 10 December 2006

| Netherlands | 11–9 | Italy |
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### Bronze-medal match

* 10 December 2006

| Australia | 10–9 | Canada |
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### Gold-medal match

* 10 December 2006

| United States | 15–8 | Russia |
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## Final ranking

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

* 2006 Women's Holiday Cup
* United States Sixth title
