Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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Women's water polo
at the XXVII Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	16–23 September 2000
Teams	6 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches	20
Goals scored	245 (12.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Daniëlle de Bruijn, Sofia Konukh, Bridgette Gusterson; (11 goals)
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The women's tournament of water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, Australia, began on September 16 and ended on September 23, 2000. Games were held at the Ryde Aquatic Centre and the Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre.

Australia won the gold medal by defeating the United States 4–3 in the final. Russia captured bronze, beating the Netherlands 4–3.

Preliminary round

[1]

Group A

All times are AEST (UTC+10).

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	5	4	1	0	35	20	+15	8
United States	5	3	1	1	36	30	+6	7
Netherlands	5	3	2	0	27	26	+1	6
Russia	5	2	2	1	36	29	+7	5
Canada	5	1	2	2	33	34	-1	4
Kazakhstan	5	0	5	0	23	51	-28	0

16 September 2000 13:00	Kazakhstan	2–9	Australia	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Melliar (RSA), Ludecke (GER)
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-2, 0-1, 0-4

16 September 2000 18:00	Canada	7–7	Russia	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Tulga (TUR), Clemenson (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 2-3, 0-1, 2-2, 3-1

16 September 2000 19:15	Netherlands	4–6	United States	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Moliner (ESP), Csaszar (HUN)
	Score by quarters: 0-2, 1-1, 2-1, 1-2

17 September 2000 13:00	Australia	6–3	Russia	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Chasekioglou (GRE), Schwartz (ISR)
	Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-1, 2-1, 1-0

17 September 2000 18:00	United States	8–8	Canada	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Margeta (SLO), Kratochvil (SVK)
	Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-3, 0-2, 3-0

17 September 2000 19:15	Kazakhstan	6–8	Netherlands	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Rajevic (YUG), Menéndez (CUB)
	Score by quarters: 2-2, 2-2, 1-2, 1-2

18 September 2000 13:00	Netherlands	5–4	Australia	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Klaric (CRO), Tulga (TUR)
	Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-1, 0-2, 2-0

18 September 2000 18:00	Russia	5–7	United States	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Dani (ITA), Clemencon (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-2, 1-3, 1-1

18 September 2000 19:15	Canada	10–3	Kazakhstan	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Ludecke (GER), Moradi (IRI)
	Score by quarters: 3-1, 3-0, 1-2, 3-0

19 September 2000 13:00	United States	6–7	Australia	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Chasekioglou (GRE), Margeta (SLO)
	Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-0, 2-4, 1-1

19 September 2000 18:00	Kazakhstan	6–15	Russia	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Schwartz (ISR), Kratochvil(SVK)
	Score by quarters: 1-5, 1-5, 3-3, 1-2

19 September 2000 19:15	Netherlands	7–4	Canada	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Moliner (ESP), Dani (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 3-0, 0-2, 2-2, 2-0

20 September 2000 13:00	Canada	4–9	Australia	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Ludecke (GER), Clemencon (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 0-1, 2-4, 1-2, 1-2

20 September 2000 18:00	Russia	6–3	Netherlands	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Tulga (TUR), Csaszar (HUN)
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-1, 3-0, 1-0

20 September 2000 19:15	Kazakhstan	6–9	United States	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Klaric (CRO), Moradi (IRI)
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-1

Final round

5th place match

All times are AEST (UTC+10). [2]

22 September 2000 18:00	Canada	9–8	Kazakhstan	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Andrew Jay Takata (USA), Phillip Bower (AUS)
	Score by quarters: 1-1, 3-3, 2-3, 2-1 OT: 1-0, 0–0

Bracket

[2]

Semifinals		Gold medal match



Australia	7

Russia	6
		Australia	4

		United States	3
United States	6

Netherlands	5
		Bronze medal match



		Russia	4

		Netherlands	3

Semifinals

All times are AEST (UTC+10).

22 September 2000 13:00	Australia	7–6	Russia	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Rolf Helmut Ludecke (GER), Boris Margeta (SLO)
	Score by quarters: 2-3, 1-1, 1-2, 3-0
	Mayer 3 Gusterson 2 Castle, Watson 1	Goals	Tokoun 2 Tolkounova, Smurova, Konoukh, Koutouzova 1

22 September 2000 19:15	United States	6–5	Netherlands	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Renato Dani (ITA), Patrick Clemencon (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 3-2, 1-3, 1-0, 1-0
	Simmons, O'Toole 2 Moody, Beauregard 1	Goals	de Bruijn, op den Velde 2 Kuipers 1

Bronze medal match

All times are AEST (UTC+10).

23 September 2000 20:00	Russia	4–3	Netherlands	Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Ahmet Erhan Tulga (TUR), Paraskevas Chasekioglou (GRE)
	Score by quarters: 0-2, 1-0, 1-1, 2-0
	Konoukh 2 I. Petrova, Kouzina 1	Goals	Kuipers 2 Leijendekker 1

Gold medal match

All times are AEST (UTC+10).
[3]

23 September 2000 21:15	Australia	4–3	United States	Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Renato Dani (ITA), Vladimir Prikhodko (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 1-1, 0-1, 1-0, 2-1
	Higgins, Castle, Mayer, Mills 1	Goals	Villa 2 Lorenz 1

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Australia
	United States
	Russia
4	Netherlands
5	Canada
6	Kazakhstan

2000 Women's Olympic Champions
Australia First title

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia (AUS) Liz Weekes Yvette Higgins Gail Miller Naomi Castle Bronwyn Mayer Simone Hankin Danielle Woodhouse Kate Hooper Debbie Watson Taryn Woods Bridgette Gusterson (C) Joanne Fox Melissa Mills Head Coach: István Görgényi	United States (USA) Bernice Orwig Heather Petri Ericka Lorenz Brenda Villa Ellen Estes Coralie Simmons Maureen O'Toole Julie Swail (C) Heather Moody Robin Beauregard Nicolle Payne Kathy Sheehy Courtney Johnson Head Coach: Guy Baker	Russia (RUS) Marina Akobia Galina Rytova Irina Tolkounova Ekaterina Anikeeva Svetlana Kouzina Elena Tokoun Maria Koroleva Elena Smurova Tatiana Petrova Ioulia Petrova Sofia Konoukh Ekaterina Vassilieva Natalia Koutouzova Head Coach: Serguei Frolov

Top goalscorers


Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Daniëlle de Bruijn	11	19	58
	Sofia Konukh		26	42
	Bridgette Gusterson		30	37
4	Karin Kuipers	10	43	23
5	Brenda Villa	9	22	41

References

Water Polo. Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad - Results (PDF). Digitally published by the LA84 Foundation. 2001.
Water Polo. Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad - Results (PDF). Digitally published by the LA84 Foundation. 2001.
Selena Roberts (September 24, 2000). "Australia Stuns U.S. With a Last-Second Score". The New York Times.

Sources

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Results Book – 2000 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)
Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 2000 Summer Games (women's tournament) (archived)

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[1] Water Polo. Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad - Results (PDF). Digitally published by the LA84 Foundation. 2001.

[“name1”-2] Water Polo. Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad - Results (PDF). Digitally published by the LA84 Foundation. 2001.

[3] Selena Roberts (September 24, 2000). "Australia Stuns U.S. With a Last-Second Score". The New York Times.