Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's water polo
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country Greece
CityAthens
Venue(s)Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Dates16–26 August 2004
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors101
Final positions
Champions Italy (1st title)
Runners-up Greece
Third place United States
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches20
Goals scored261 (13.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Tania Di Mario
(14 goals in 6 matches)
Most savesUnited States Jacqueline Frank
(41 saves in 5 matches)
Top sprinter(s)Greece Kyriaki Liosi
(21 sprints won in 6 matches)
MVPItaly Tania Di Mario
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The women's water polo tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested between August 16 and August 26 at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.[1] Eight teams qualified for the Games, with Italy defeating the host nation Greece for the gold medal. The United States won the bronze medal.

Format

The eight qualifying teams were split into two groups of four for the preliminary round, which was played in a round-robin format. The top teams in each group advanced directly to the semi-finals, while second and third place teams advanced to the quarter-finals. Classification matches were also played to determine the final ranking for all teams.

Background and qualification

The women's water polo tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the second time that the tournament was held at the Olympic Games with the previous tournament being held in 2000.[2]

Fifteen teams competed in qualifying for the seven spots. Despite it originally being the winner per continent,[3] the format would only see two continental champions with the United States and Kazakhstan qualifying from their continent.[4][5] The remaining four spots (Australia got an bye from being the Oceania champions) was then held at the qualifier which was held in Imperia, Italy. The top three teams from the event qualified through to the Olympics Games (Hungary, Italy and Russia) while Canada also got through on the basis of being the replacement for the African team.

Event Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation — — 1  Greece
2003 Pan American Games 3–10 August 2003 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 1  United States
2004 Women's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament 23–29 February 2004 Italy Imperia 4  Canada
 Hungary
 Italy
 Russia
Group A

Squads

Main article: Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Preliminary round

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 2 1 0 22 16 +6 5 Qualified for the Semifinals
2  Italy 3 2 0 1 20 14 +6 4 Qualified for the Quarterfinals
3  Greece 3 1 1 1 17 20 −3 3
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 16 25 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]


16 August 2004
10:45 		Report[6] Australia  6–5  Italy Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Peter Bookelman (NED)
Sergio Borrell (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 1–1, 1–1
Gynther 2
Heuchan 2
Norwood 1
Rippon 1 		Goals Allucci 1
di Mario 1
Miceli 1
Musumeci 1
Zanchi 1
16 August 2004
17:45 		Report[7] Greece  8–6  Kazakhstan Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Radu Matache (ROU)
Daniel Legare (CAN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 2–2, 2–1
Roumpesi 2
Karagianni 1
Kozompoli 1
Liosi 1
Moraiti 1
Evangelia Moraitidou 1
Oikonomopoulou 1 		Goals Gritsenko 2
Jakayeva 2
Koroleva 1
Tolkunova 1
18 August 2004
09:30 		Report[8] Australia  9–4  Kazakhstan Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO)
Hector Valcarce (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–1, 2–0, 2–1
Heuchan 3
Norwood 3
Castle 1
Gynther 1
Rippon 1 		Goals Ignatyeva 1
Jakayeva 1
Tolkunova 1
Zubkova 1
18 August 2004
17:45 		Report[9] Greece  2–7  Italy Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Sergio Borrell (ESP)
Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–2, 0–1, 0–1
Liosi 1
Moraitidou 1 		Goals di Mario 3
Miceli 3
Musumeci 1
20 August 2004
09:00 		Report[10] Italy  8–6  Kazakhstan Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Mario Brguljan (SCG)
Yesenia Marrero (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–1, 1–4, 2–1
di Mario 4
Araujo 1
Miceli 1
Tóth 1
Zanchi 1 		Goals Koroleva 3
Gubina 2
Mikhailova 1
20 August 2004
18:00 		Report[11] Australia  7–7  Greece Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Aaron Chaney (USA)
Gábor Kiszelly (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–5, 2–0, 1–0
Castle 3
Gynther 3
Heuchan 1 		Goals Asilian 2
Lara 2
Karagianni 1
Moraiti 1
Moraitidou 1

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 0 1 20 16 +4 4 Qualified for the Semifinals
2  Russia 3 2 0 1 21 22 −1 4 Qualified for the Quarterfinals
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 19 20 −1 2
4  Canada 3 1 0 2 16 18 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]


16 August 2004
09:30 		Report[12] United States  7–6  Hungary Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Nikolaos Stavropoulos (GRE)
Mario Brguljan (SCG)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 0–2, 1–2, 2–1
Villa 4
Rulon 2
Golda 1 		Goals Dravucz 1
Pelle 1
Primász 1
Stieber 1
Tiba 1
Zantleitner 1
16 August 2004
16:30 		Report[13] Russia  8–6  Canada Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Erhan Tulga (TUR)
Torsten Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–0, 2–3, 2–1
Konukh 3
Yaina 2
Salimova 1
Smurova 1
Turova 1 		Goals Gardiner 2
Arpin 1
Bégin 1
Dow 1
Robinson 1
18 August 2004
10:45 		Report[14] United States  5–6  Canada Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Nikolaos Stavropoulos (GRE)
Noel Harrod (AUS)
Score by quarters: 0–0, 1–0, 3–1, 1–5
Beauregard 1
Dingeldein 1
Lorenz 1
Moody 1
Rulon 1 		Goals Bégin 3
Dow 2
Campbell 1
18 August 2004
16:30 		Report[15] Russia  9–8  Hungary Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Peter Bookelman (NED)
Torsten Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 2–3, 2–1
Konukh 3
Salimova 3
Turova 3 		Goals Kisteleki 2
Primász 2
Stieber 2
Dravucz 1
Pelle 1
20 August 2004
10:15 		Report[16] United States  8–4  Russia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Sergio Borrell (ESP])
Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 2–1, 1–1
Beauregard 2
Villa 2
Dingeldein 1
Lorenz 1
Stachowski 1
Rulon 1 		Goals Salimova 1
Shepelina 1
Turova 1
Yaina 1
20 August 2004
16:45 		Report[17] Hungary  5–4  Canada Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
R adu Matache (ROU)
Roberto Pentronilli (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 2–1, 0–1
Stieber 2
Kisteleki 1
Primász 1
Valkay 1 		Goals Bégin 1
Dionne 1
Gardiner 1
Salat 1

Final round

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
A1  Australia 2
B2  Russia 4 A3  Greece 6
A3  Greece 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Greece 9
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy 10
B1  United States 5
A2  Italy 8 A2  Italy 6
B3  Hungary 5 Bronze medal match
4  Australia 5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 6

7th place match

All times are EEST (UTC+3)


22 August 2004
10:45 		Report[18] Kazakhstan  4–10  Canada Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Elizabeth Burman (NZL)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 3–3, 0–1
Koroleva 4 Goals Arpin 2
Bégin 2
Campbell 2
Gardiner 2
Dow 1
Illing 1

Quarterfinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)


22 August 2004
17:00 		Report[19] Greece  7–4  Russia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Zoran Tomić (CRO)
Mario Brguljan (SCG)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–0, 2–1, 0–2
Liosi 2
Roumpesi 2
Asilian 1
Karagianni 1
Oikonomopoulou 1 		Goals Konukh 1
Salimova 1
Smurova 1
Yaina 1
22 August 2004
18:15 		Report[20] Italy  8–5  Hungary Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Sergio Borrell (ESP)
Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 2–2, 2–0
di Mario 3
Bosurgi 1
Grego 1
Malato 1
Miceli 1
Ragusa 1 		Goals Dravucz 2
Stieber 2
Pelle 1

5th place match

All times are EEST (UTC+3)


24 August 2004
10:45 		Report[21] Russia  12–11  Hungary Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Daniel Legare (CAN)
Noel Harrod (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–2, 4–0, 2–3  OT: 1–0, 1–1
Salimova 4
Konukh 2
Yaina 2
Bogdanova 1
Smurova 1
Turova 1
Vasilieva 1 		Goals Dravucz 3
Stieber 3
Kisteleki 2
Györe 1
Pelle 1
Szremkó 1

Semifinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)


24 August 2004
18:15 		Report[22] Australia  2–6  Greece Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Pneter Bookelman (NED)
Torsten Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–1, 1–1, 0–0
Fox 1
Stuhmcke 1 		Goals Roumpesi 2
Karagianni 1
Kozompoli 1
Moraitidou 1
Oikonomopoulou 1
24 August 2004
17:00 		Report[23] United States  5–6  Italy Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Gábor Kiszelly (HUN)
Zoran Tomić (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 1–0, 1–4
Dingeldein 1
Estes 1
Munro 1
Petri 1
Villa 1 		Goals di Mario 2
Araujo 1
Malato 1
Ragusa 1
Zanchi 1

Bronze medal match

All times are EEST (UTC+3)


26 August 2004
17:00 		Report[24] Australia  5–6  United States Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Peter Bookelman (NED)
Torsten Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 0–0, 0–4, 3–1, 2–1
Brooks 2
Fox 1
Gynther 1
Norwood 1 		Goals Estes 3
Beauregard 1
Golda 1
Stachowski 1

Gold medal match

All times are EEST (UTC+3)


26 August 2004
18:15 		Report[25] Greece  9–10  Italy Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO)
Gábor Kiszelly (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 0–1, 1–1  OT: 2–2, 0–1
Liosi 5
Moraitidou 3
Oikonomopoulou 1 		Goals Grego 3
Miceli 3
Bosurgi 1
Malato 1
di Mario 1
Zanchi 1

Ranking and statistics

Main article: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
See also: National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament

Final ranking

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals Shots %
1 Italy Tania Di Mario 14 27 52
2 Russia Ekaterina Salimova 10 19 53
Hungary Mercedes Stieber 10 22 45
4 Russia Sofia Konukh 9 25 36
Italy Martina Miceli 9 25 36
Greece Kyriaki Liosi 9 27 33

Medallist

Gold Silver Bronze
 Italy (ITA)[1]
Francesca Conti
Martina Miceli
Carmela Allucci
Silvia Bosurgi
Elena Gigli
Manuela Zanchi
Tania Di Mario
Cinzia Ragusa
Giusi Malato
Alexandra Araujo
Maddalena Musumeci
Melania Grego
Noémi Tóth
Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi 		 Greece
Georgia Ellinaki
Dimitra Asilian
Antiopi Melidoni
Angeliki Karapataki
Kyriaki Liosi
Stavroula Kozompoli
Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou
Antigoni Roumpesi
Evangelia Moraitidou
Eftychia Karagianni
Georgia Lara
Antonia Moraiti
Anthoula Mylonaki
Head Coach: Kyriakos Iosifidis 		 United States
Jacqueline Frank
Heather Petri
Ericka Lorenz
Brenda Villa
Ellen Estes
Natalie Golda
Margaret Dingeldein
Kelly Rulon
Heather Moody
Robin Beauregard
Amber Stachowski
Nicolle Payne
Thalia Munro
Head Coach: Guy Baker

Awards

The women's all-star team was announced on 29 August 2004.[26]

Most Valuable Player
Media All-Star Team

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