Preliminary round

Group A, Ranking and schedule

	Team	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference
1	United States	3	2	1	0	5	28	26	+2
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	4	29	27	+2
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	2	28	29	-1
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	1	31	34	-3

Group B, Ranking and schedule

	Team	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference
1	Netherlands	(1) 3	2	1	0	(1) 5	47	23	(0) +24
2	Spain	(1) 3	2	1	0	(1) 5	48	20	(0) +28
3	Brazil	3	1	0	2	2	25	43	-18
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	0	19	53	-34

( ) Head to head matches between teams with equal total points

Group C, Ranking and schedule

	Team	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	6	59	15	+44
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	4	45	28	+17
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	2	24	42	-18
4	Portugal	3	0	0	3	0	12	55	-43

Group D, Ranking and schedule

	Team	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	6	39	24	+15
2	China	3	2	0	1	4	31	24	+7
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	2	26	32	-6
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	0	20	36	-16