2007 Holiday Cup
# 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
* Evgeniya 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)
