Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's water polo
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country United Kingdom
CityLondon
Venue(s)Water Polo Arena
Dates30 July – 9 August 2012
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors102
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Australia
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches24
Goals scored468 (19.5 per match)
Multiple
appearances		4-time Olympian(s): 3
3-time Olympian(s): 6
Multiple
medalists		4-time medalist(s): 2
Top scorer(s)United States Maggie Steffens
(21 goals in 6 matches)
Most savesItaly Elena Gigli
(56 saves in 6 matches)
Top sprinter(s)Australia Kate Gynther
Spain Jennifer Pareja
(21 sprints won in 6 matches)
MVPUnited States Maggie Steffens
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The women's water polo tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held from 30 July to 9 August at the Water Polo Arena.[1]

Teams from eight nations competed in the tournament and have been seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. A total of 24 games were played, 12 of them in the preliminary round.

Format

The tournament featured eight teams, separated into two groups of four teams.[2] Each team played the other three teams in its pool once in a round-robin format. All eight teams advanced to the quarterfinal stage where they were seeded and played against a team from the other group.[3]

The winners of the quarterfinal games moved on to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played a series of classification games. The semifinal winners played in the gold medal game, while the losers played each other for the bronze.

Preliminary round

All times are BST (UTC+1).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 2 1 0 33 26 +7 5
 United States 3 2 1 0 30 28 +2 5
 Hungary 3 1 0 2 35 37 −2 2
 China 3 0 0 3 22 29 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]


30 July 2012
14:10 		Report Spain  11–6  China Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ), Cory Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 4–2, 1–0
Espar 3 Goals Ma Huanhuan 3
30 July 2012
19:40 		Report Hungary  13–14  United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Brian Littlejohn (GBR), Denis Danelon (BRA)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 2–3, 4–3
Bujka 4 Goals Steffens 7
1 August 2012
14:10 		Report Hungary  11–10  China Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Svetlana Dreval (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–4, 4–3, 2–0
Szűcs 4 Goals four players 2
1 August 2012
18:20 		Report Spain  9–9  United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marie Deslieres (CAN), Anton Bervoets (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 1–4, 3–2
Pareja 4 Goals Craig 4
3 August 2012
14:10 		Report Spain  13–11  Hungary Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Svetlana Dreval (RUS)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–2, 3–2, 3–4
Espar 3 Goals Antal 4
3 August 2012
19:40 		Report China  6–7  United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Marijo Brguljan (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–2, 0–3, 3–2
Sun Yating, Ma Huanhuan 2 Goals Steffens 3

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 37 19 +18 6
 Russia 3 2 0 1 22 21 +1 4
 Italy 3 1 0 2 22 22 0 2
 Great Britain 3 0 0 3 14 33 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]


30 July 2012
15:30 		Report Italy  8–10  Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Steven Rotsart (USA), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 0–4, 4–2
Di Mario, Radicchi 2 Goals Gynther 3
30 July 2012
18:20 		Report Great Britain  6–7  Russia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marie Deslieres (CAN), Ni Shiwei (CHN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 0–1, 1–1
Winstanley-Smith 3 Goals Beliaeva, Prokofyeva 2
1 August 2012
15:30 		Report Italy  4–7  Russia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–1, 1–4, 2–1
Di Mario 2 Goals Lisunova 3
1 August 2012
19:40 		Report Great Britain  3–16  Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Gus Pinker (RSA), Denis Danelon (BRA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 1–5, 0–5
Wilcox 2 Goals Webster 5
3 August 2012
15:30 		Report Russia  8–11  Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Dragan Stampalja (CRO), Marie Deslieres (CAN)
Score by quarters: 4–6, 1–2, 1–0, 2–3
Lisunova 3 Goals Gynther 2
3 August 2012
18:20 		Report Great Britain  5–10  Italy Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
German Moller (ARG), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–2, 1–2, 1–2
Gibson-Byrne 2 Goals Emmolo, Di Mario 3

Final round

Final bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
         
A1  Spain 9
B4  Great Britain 7
A1  Spain 10
A3  Hungary 9
A3  Hungary 11
B2  Russia 10
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain 5
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 8
A2  United States 9
B3  Italy 6
A2  United States 11 Bronze medal match
B1  Australia 9
A4  China 18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 13
B1  Australia 20 4  Hungary 11
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place classification5th place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Russia11
 
 
 
 Great Britain9
 
 China16
 
 
 
 Russia15
 
 Italy10
 
 
 China14
 
7th place match
 
 
 
 
 
 Italy11
 
 
 Great Britain7

Quarterfinals

All times are BST (UTC+1).


5 August 2012
14:50 		Report Hungary  11–10  Russia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Marijo Mrguljan (MNE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 1–3, 3–2
four players 2 Goals Ivanova 4
5 August 2012
16:10 		Report China  18–20  Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Dragan Stampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–3, 4–2, 2–4  OT: 1–2, 1–0  PSO: 2–4
Ma Huanhuan 4 Goals Ralph, Zagame 3
5 August 2012
19:00 		Report United States  9–6  Italy Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–0, 0–1, 3–2
Seidemann 3 Goals Di Mario 3
5 August 2012
20:20 		Report Spain  9–7  Great Britain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Cory Williams (NZL), Gus Pinker (RSA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–0, 2–3, 1–2
Miranda, Espar 2 Goals Painter-Snell 3

5th–8th place classification

All times are BST (UTC+1).


7 August 2012
14:10 		Report Italy  10–14  China Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Anton Bervoets (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–5, 2–2, 4–2
Di Mario 4 Goals six players 2
7 August 2012
18:20 		Report Russia  11–9  Great Britain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Denis Danelon (BRA), German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 4–2, 3–2
Prokofyeva 4 Goals Wilcox, Painter-Snell 3

Semifinals

All times are BST (UTC+1).


7 August 2012
15:30 		Report United States  11–9  Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Marie Deslieres (CAN)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 1–1, 2–3  OT: 2–0, 0–0
Steffens 4 Goals Southern 4
7 August 2012
19:40 		Report Hungary  9–10  Spain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–5, 2–2, 2–1
three players 2 Goals Espar 4

7th place match

All times are BST (UTC+1).


9 August 2012
14:30 		Report Italy  11–7  Great Britain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–0, 3–2, 2–2
Di Mario 4 Goals McCann, Clayton 2

5th place match

All times are BST (UTC+1).


9 August 2012
15:50 		Report China  16–15  Russia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Brian Littlejohn (GBR), Steven Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–6, 3–2, 3–3  OT: 1–0, 1–1
Ma Huanhuan 6 Goals Fedotova, Antonova 4

Bronze medal match

All times are BST (UTC+1).


9 August 2012
18:40 		Report 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Australia  13–11  Hungary Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Dragan Stampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–3, 3–4, 1–3  OT: 1–0, 1–0
Beadsworth 4 Goals Keszthelyi 3

Gold medal match

All times are BST (UTC+1).


9 August 2012
20:25 		Report 1st place, gold medalist(s) United States  8–5  Spain 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marie Deslieres (CAN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 2–0, 1–3
Steffens 5 Goals Pareja 3

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

Multi-time Olympians

Main article: List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments

Four-time Olympian(s): 3 players

Three-time Olympian(s): 6 players

Multiple medalists

Main article: List of Olympic medalists in water polo

Four-time Olympic medalist(s): 2 players

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals Shots %
1 United States Maggie Steffens 21 27 78
2 China Ma Huanhuan 19 53 36
3 Italy Tania Di Mario 18 45 40
4 Spain Anni Espar 15 41 37
5 Australia Nicola Zagame 12 16 75
Hungary Barbara Bujka 12 26 46
Hungary Dóra Antal 12 32 37
Australia Ashleigh Southern 12 32 37
Hungary Gabriella Szűcs 12 32 37
Spain Jennifer Pareja 12 34 35
Australia Rowie Webster 12 42 29

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
 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
Tumuaialii Anae
Head coach: Adam Krikorian 		 Spain (ESP)
Laura Ester
Marta Bach
Anni Espar
Roser Tarragó
Matilde Ortiz
Jennifer Pareja
Lorena Miranda
Pilar Peña
Andrea Blas
Ona Meseguer
Maica García
Laura López
Ana Copado
Head coach: Miki Oca 		 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
Head coach: Greg McFadden

Awards

The women's all-star team was announced on 9 August 2012.[13][14]

Most Valuable Player
Media All-Star Team

See also

References

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