Olympic Games 2008 - Women's Pools

Based upon the current ABN AMRO World Rankings, the 12 participating nations have been allocated to the following Pools (current world ranking shown in brackets):

Pool A

• Netherlands (1)
• Australia (4)
• China (5)
• Spain (8)
• Korea (9)
• South Africa (12)

Pool B:

• Argentina (2)
• Germany (3)
• Japan (6)
• New Zealand (7)
• Great Britain (10)
• USA (11)