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Water polo
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country	United Kingdom
City	London
Venue(s)	Water Polo Arena
Dates	29 July - 12 August 2012
Events	2 (men's, women's)
Teams	12 (men's), 8 (women's); (from 4 confederations)
Competitors	155 men, 102 women
Final positions
Champions	Croatia (men); United States (women)
Runners-up	Italy (men); Spain (women)
Third place	Serbia (men); Australia (women)
Fourth place	Montenegro (men); Hungary (women)
Tournament statistics (men, women)
Matches	66
Goals scored	1,231 (18.65 per match)
Multiple; appearances	5-time Olympian(s): 3 players; 4-time Olympian(s): 17 players
Multiple; medalists	4-time medalist(s): 2 players; 3-time medalist(s): 5 players
MVPs	Josip Pavić (men's); Maggie Steffens (women's)
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The water polo tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the London 2012 Water Polo Arena in the Olympic Park from 29 July to 12 August. The venue's capacity held 5,000 spectators. Twelve teams competed in the men's tournament and eight teams in the women's tournament.^[1]

Qualification

Both of Great Britain's teams automatically qualified, while the African qualification tournament was cancelled due as no teams entered, increasing the available spots at each final qualification tournament to four.^[2]^[3]

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Number of berths	Nation(s) qualified
Host nation	–	–	1	Great Britain
2011 World League Super-Final	21–26 June 2011	Florence, Italy	1	Serbia
2011 FINA World Championships	16–31 July 2011	Shanghai, China	3	Italy Croatia Hungary
2011 Pan American Games	23–29 October 2011	Guadalajara, Mexico	1	United States
2012 Asian Water Polo Championship	23–29 January 2012	Chiba City, Japan	1	Kazakhstan
Oceania	–	–	1	Australia
World Qualification Tournament	1–8 April 2012	Edmonton, Canada^[4]	4	Montenegro Spain Greece Romania
Total			12

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Number of berths	Nation(s) qualified
Host nation	–	–	1	Great Britain
2011 Pan American Games	23–28 October 2011	Guadalajara, Mexico	1	United States
2012 Asian Water Polo Championship	23–29 January 2012	Chiba City, Japan	1	China
Oceania	–	–	1	Australia
World Qualification Tournament	15–22 April 2012	Trieste, Italy^[4]	4	Spain Italy Russia Hungary
Total			8

Draw

The draw for the Olympic tournament took place in May 2012. The men were drawn into two groups of six teams, the women were drawn into two groups of four teams.^[5]

Men's competition

Group A	Group B
Greece Italy Kazakhstan Spain Australia Croatia	Hungary Montenegro Romania Great Britain United States Serbia

Women's competition

Group A	Group B
Hungary Spain China United States	Italy Great Britain Russia Australia

Medal summary

Medal table

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Croatia (CRO)^[1] Josip Pavić Damir Burić Miho Bošković Nikša Dobud Maro Joković Petar Muslim Ivan Buljubašić Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Samir Barać Igor Hinić Paulo Obradović Frano Vićan	Italy (ITA) Stefano Tempesti Amaurys Pérez Niccolò Gitto Pietro Figlioli Alex Giorgetti Maurizio Felugo Massimo Giacoppo Valentino Gallo Christian Presciutti Deni Fiorentini Matteo Aicardi Danijel Premuš Giacomo Pastorino	Serbia (SRB) Slobodan Soro Aleksa Šaponjić Živko Gocić Vanja Udovičić Dušan Mandić Duško Pijetlović Slobodan Nikić Milan Aleksić Nikola Rađen Filip Filipović Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Gojko Pijetlović
Women	United States (USA)^[1] Elizabeth Armstrong Heather Petri Melissa Seidemann Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Maggie Steffens Courtney Mathewson Jessica Steffens Elsie Windes Kelly Rulon Annika Dries Kami Craig Tumua Anae	Spain (ESP) Laura Ester Marta Bach Anni Espar Roser Tarragó Matilde Ortiz Jennifer Pareja Lorena Miranda María del Pilar Peña Andrea Blas Ona Meseguer María García Godoy Laura López Ana Copado	Australia (AUS) Victoria Brown Gemma Beadsworth Sophie Smith Holly Lincoln-Smith Jane Moran Bronwen Knox Rowena Webster Kate Gynther Glencora Ralph Ashleigh Southern Melissa Rippon Nicola Zagame Alicia McCormack