Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
The women's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 9 August and ended on 19 August 2016. Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | |
Dates | 9–19 August 2016 |
Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runner-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 24 |
Goals scored | 435 (18.13 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (17 goals) |
Best player | |
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Qualification | ||
men | women | |
Tournaments | ||
men | women | |
Rosters | ||
men | women | |
The United States won the gold medal by defeating Italy 12–5 in the final. Russia captured bronze, beating Hungary 19–18.[1]
Competition schedule
G | Group stage | QF | Quarter-finals | SF | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | |
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G | G | G | QF | SF | B | F |
Qualification
Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 2 October 2009 | 1 | ||
Oceanian Continental Selection[2] | 19 October 2015 | 1 | ||
2015 Asian Championship | 16–17 December 2015 | 1 | ||
2016 European Championships | 10–22 January 2016 | 1 | ||
World Qualification Tournament | 21–28 March 2016 | 4 | ||
Total | 8 |
Draw
The draw was held on 10 April 2016.[3]
Teams from eight nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round.
Referees
The following referees were selected for the tournament.[5]
German Moller Daniel Flahive Mark Koganov Fabio Toffoli Marie-Claude Deslières Ni Shi Wei Nenad Peris Hatem Gaber Benjamin Mercier Georgios Stavridis Péter Molnár Masoud Rezvani Fillippo Gomez Tadao Tahara Stanko Ivanovski Diana Dutilh-Dumas Radosław Koryzna Adrian Alexandrescu Sergey Naumov Vojin Putniković Boris Margeta Dion Willis Francesc Buch Joseph Peila
Preliminary round
Group A
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 6 | Quarter-finals | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 4 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 2 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 33 | −20 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host.
9 August 2016 10:20 |
Report | Italy |
9–3 | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Dion Willis (RSA) | |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–0, 3–0, 3–2 | |||||
Bianconi 3 | Goals | three players 1 |
9 August 2016 13:00 |
Report | Russia |
4–14 | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) | |
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–5, 3–2, 0–4 | |||||
Prokofyeva 2 | Goals | Southern 4 |
11 August 2016 09:00 |
Report | Russia |
14–7 | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Tadao Tahara (JPN) | |
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–0, 4–2, 6–1 | |||||
Ivanova, Prokofyeva 3 | Goals | Chiappini 4 |
11 August 2016 10:20 |
Report | Italy |
8–7 | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Péter Molnár (HUN), Boris Margeta (SLO) | |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 0–1, 2–3, 2–1 | |||||
Garibotti 3 | Goals | Southern, Webster 2 |
13 August 2016 10:20 |
Report | Russia |
5–10 | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Joseph Peila (USA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) | |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 1–3, 1–2 | |||||
Grineva 2 | Goals | Bianconi 3 |
13 August 2016 11:40 |
Report | Australia |
10–3 | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Benjamin Mercier (FRA) | |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 2–0, 3–1 | |||||
Gofers, Webster 2 | Goals | three players 3 |
Group B
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 14 | +20 | 6 | Quarter-finals | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 4 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 2 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
9 August 2016 09:00 |
Report | China |
11–13 | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) | |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–4, 3–6, 2–1 | |||||
Ma Huanhuan, Niu Guannan 3 | Goals | Czigány 4 |
9 August 2016 11:40 |
Report | Spain |
4–11 | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Filippo Gomez (ITA) | |
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 2–2, 0–2 | |||||
García 2 | Goals | three players 2 |
11 August 2016 11:40 |
Report | China |
4–12 | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Filippo Gomez (ITA) | |
Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–3, 2–3, 1–2 | |||||
four players 1 | Goals | Musselman, Steffens 4 |
11 August 2016 13:00 |
Report | Spain |
11–10 | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Vojin Putniković (SRB) | |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–4, 4–1, 1–3 | |||||
five players 2 | Goals | Bujka 5 |
13 August 2016 09:00 |
Report | China |
8–12 | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), German Moller (ARG) | |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–4, 1–2, 1–3 | |||||
Zhang Cong 3 | Goals | López 4 |
13 August 2016 13:00 |
Report | Hungary |
6–11 | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED) | |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–5, 1–1, 2–3 | |||||
Szűcs 2 | Goals | Steffens 4 |
Final round
- Final Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||||||||
A1 | 12 | ||||||||||||
B4 | 7 | ||||||||||||
A3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
A1 | 12 | ||||||||||||
A3 | 12 | ||||||||||||
B2 | 10 | ||||||||||||
12 | |||||||||||||
5 | |||||||||||||
A2 | 11 | ||||||||||||
B3 | 13 | ||||||||||||
B3 | 10 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
B1 | 14 | ||||||||||||
A4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | ||||||||||
B1 | 13 | 19 |
- 5th place bracket
5th–8th place classification | 5th place match | |||||
11 | ||||||
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10 | ||||||
12 | ||||||
11 | ||||||
6 | ||||||
7th place match | ||||||
5 | ||||||
10 |
Quarterfinals
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
15 August 2016 14:10 |
Report | Brazil |
3–13 | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Tadao Tahara (JPN) | |
Score by quarters: 0–5, 0–3, 0–5, 3–0 | |||||
three players 1 | Goals | four players 2 |
15 August 2016 15:30 |
Report | Australia |
11–13 | Hungary |
Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 3–2, 2–1 PSO: 3–5 | |||||
Southern 3 | Goals | Bujka, Keszthelyi 2 |
15 August 2016 18:20 |
Report | Russia |
12–10 | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Nenad Peris (CRO) | |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 5–3, 2–2 | |||||
Fedotova 4 | Goals | López, Tarragó 3 |
15 August 2016 19:40 |
Report | Italy |
12–7 | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) | |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 4–2, 4–3 | |||||
Bianconi 3 | Goals | Zhang Cong 3 |
5th–8th place classification
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
17 August 2016 11:00 |
Report | Australia |
11–4 | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), Marie Deslières (CAN) | |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 4–1, 2–1 | |||||
Arancini, Southern 3 | Goals | Chiappini 2 |
17 August 2016 15:10 |
Report | Spain |
11–6 | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Fabio Toffoli (ITA) | |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–0, 4–2, 3–2 | |||||
five players 2 | Goals | Ma Huanhuan 2 |
Semifinals
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
17 August 2016 12:20 |
Report | Russia |
9–12 | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Francesc Buch (ESP) | |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 0–2, 5–4 | |||||
Ivanova, Lisunova 2 | Goals | Garibotti 5 |
17 August 2016 16:30 |
Report | Hungary |
10–14 | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) | |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 3–4, 2–2 | |||||
Keszthelyi 4 | Goals | Steffens 4 |
7th place match
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
19 August 2016 10:00 |
Report | Brazil |
5–10 | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Nenad Peris (CRO) | |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–2, 0–2, 3–4 | |||||
Chiappini 3 | Goals | three players 2 |
5th place match
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
19 August 2016 14:10 |
Report | Australia |
10–12 | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Sergey Naumov (RUS) | |
Score by quarters: 5–4, 2–3, 1–3, 2–2 | |||||
Buckling 3 | Goals | Tarragó 7 |
Bronze medal match
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
19 August 2016 11:20 |
Report | Hungary |
18–19 | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Fillippo Gomez (ITA) | |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 3–1, 3–4 PSO: 6–7 | |||||
Bujka 3 | Goals | Fedotova 5 |
Gold medal match
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
19 August 2016 15:30 |
Report | 12–5 | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Francesc Buch (ESP) | ||
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–2, 4–1, 3–1 | |||||
Neushul 3 M. Fischer, Fattal 2 Musselman, Steffens, Seidemann, Mathewson, Craig 1 |
Goals | Radicchi 2 Di Mario 1 Bianconi 1 Emmolo 1 |
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
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Medalists
Top goalscorers
Source: Rio2016 |
Top goalkeepers
Source: Rio2016 |
Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Best Goalscorer
Maggie Steffens – 17 goals
- Olympic All-Star Team
Ashleigh Johnson (USA) – Goalkeeper Barbara Bujka (HUN) – Centre forward Maggie Steffens (USA) Maddie Musselman (USA) Arianna Garibotti (ITA) Rita Keszthelyi (HUN) Ashleigh Southern (AUS)
References
- "Water Polo, Women's final and bronze matches - US retain title, their reign is unchallenged". fina.org. 19 August 2016.
- "Breakdown of anticipated athletes by sport". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- "WP Olympic Games Qualification Tournament is ready". federnuoto.it. 1 April 2016.
- "RIO 2016 - Water polo - Teams & Groups". fina.org. 10 April 2016.
- Referees
- "Rio 2016: Egyesült államok ismét a csúcson; két Magyar az álomcsapatban". waterpolo.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved August 19, 2016.
Sources
- PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 2016 Summer Games (women's tournament) (archived)