Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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The women's qualification for the Olympic water polo tournament occurred between July 2023 and February 2024, allocating ten teams for the final tournament. As the host nation, France reserved a direct spot each for the women's team.[2][3]

The remainder of the total quota was attributed to the eligible NOCs through a tripartite qualification pathway. First, the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, scheduled for 16 to 28 July in Fukuoka, Japan, produced the winners and runners-up of the women's water polo tournament qualifying for Paris 2024. Five more quota places were awarded to the highest-ranked eligible NOC at each of the continental meets (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) approved by World Aquatics. If any of the continental qualifying tournaments did not occur within the qualifying period, the vacant spot was entitled to the highest-ranked eligible NOC from a respective continent at the succeeding edition of the Worlds.[3]

The last batch of quota places was assigned to the two highest-ranked eligible NOCs at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar to complete the ten-team field for the Games.[2][3]

Qualification summary

Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
Host country — 1  France
2023 World Aquatics Championships 16–28 July 2023 Japan Fukuoka 2  Netherlands
 Spain
2023 Oceanian Qualifier Series 11–12 August 2023 New Zealand Auckland 1  Australia
2022 Asian Games 25 September – 1 October 2023 China Hangzhou 1  China
2023 Pan American Games 30 October – 4 November 2023 Chile Santiago 1  United States
2024 European Championships 5–13 January 2024 Netherlands Eindhoven 1  Greece
2024 World Aquatics Championships 4–16 February 2024 Qatar Doha 2  Hungary
 Italy
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Africa 1  South Africa
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Reallocation 1  Canada[a]
Total 10
  1. ^ South Africa withdrew from the tournament after the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. Canada, as the best non-qualified team, took their spot.[4]

2023 World Championships

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

The winner and the runner-up of the women's water polo tournament at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan obtained a ticket for Paris 2024.[3]

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 40 16 +24 9 Quarterfinals
2  Australia 3 2 0 0 1 26 24 +2 6 Playoffs
3  France 3 1 0 0 2 25 37 −12 3
4  China 3 0 0 0 3 24 38 −14 0
Source: Sportresult[dead link‍]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 61 16 +45 9 Quarterfinals
2  Spain 3 2 0 0 1 52 17 +35 6 Playoffs
3  Israel 3 1 0 0 2 30 52 −22 3
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 0 3 13 71 −58 0
Source: Sportresult[dead link‍]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 3 3 0 0 0 61 16 +45 9 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 3 2 0 0 1 63 19 +44 6 Playoffs
3  South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 16 57 −41 3
4  Argentina 3 0 0 0 3 12 60 −48 0
Source: Sportresult[dead link‍]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 0 60 36 +24 9 Quarterfinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 0 1 40 34 +6 6 Playoffs
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 0 2 33 52 −19 3
4  Japan (H) 3 0 0 0 3 49 60 −11 0
Source: Sportresult[dead link‍]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host

Bracket

 
PlayoffsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
24 July
 
 
 United States7
 
22 July
 
 Italy8
 
 Italy14
 
26 July
 
 New Zealand7
 
 Italy8
 
 
 Netherlands9
 
 
24 July
 
 
 Netherlands17
 
22 July
 
 Canada10
 
 South Africa6
 
28 July
 
 Canada21
 
 Netherlands (PSO)12 (5)
 
 
 Spain12 (4)
 
 
24 July
 
 
 Greece8
 
22 July
 
 Australia9
 
 Australia16
 
26 July
 
 Israel7
 
 Australia10
 
 
 Spain12 Third place
 
 
24 July28 July
 
 
 Hungary9 Italy16
 
22 July
 
 Spain12  Australia14
 
 France9
 
 
 Spain16
 
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
26 July
 
 
 United States16
 
28 July
 
 Canada4
 
 United States (PSO)11 (4)
 
26 July
 
 Hungary11 (2)
 
 Greece9
 
 
 Hungary10
 
Seventh place game
 
 
28 July
 
 
 Canada (PSO)10 (4)
 
 
 Greece10 (2)
9th place bracket
 
9th–12th place semifinalsNinth place game
 
      
 
24 July
 
 
 Israel15
 
26 July
 
 New Zealand12
 
 Israel7
 
24 July
 
 France11
 
 France20
 
 
 South Africa6
 
Eleventh place game
 
 
26 July
 
 
 New Zealand25
 
 
 South Africa6
13th place bracket
 
13th–16th place semifinals13th place game
 
      
 
22 July
 
 
 China16
 
24 July
 
 Kazakhstan6
 
 China18
 
22 July
 
 Japan10
 
 Argentina11
 
 
 Japan21
 
15th place game
 
 
24 July
 
 
 Kazakhstan10
 
 
 Argentina8

Final standing

Rank[5] Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
4  Australia
5  United States
6  Hungary
7  Canada
8  Greece
9  France
10  Israel
11  New Zealand
12  South Africa
13  China
14  Japan
15  Kazakhstan
16  Argentina

Continental tournaments

The highest-ranked eligible NOC from each of the five continental qualification tournaments (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) secured a quota place for Paris 2024. If any of the continental qualifying tournaments did not occur within the qualifying period, the vacant spot would be entitled to the highest-ranked eligible NOC from a respective continent at the succeeding edition of the Worlds.[3]

Oceania

The 2023 Oceanian Qualifier Series was played between 11 and 12 August 2023, in Auckland, New Zealand.[6]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
New Zealand  8–32  Australia 3–17 5–15

Asia

Main article: Water polo at the 2022 Asian Games – Women
Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts
1  China 6 6 0 0 0 155 38 +117 18
2  Japan 6 5 0 0 1 170 63 +107 15
3  Kazakhstan 6 4 0 0 2 87 66 +21 12
4  Singapore 6 3 0 0 3 59 90 −31 9
5  Thailand 6 2 0 0 4 70 96 −26 6
6  Uzbekistan 6 1 0 0 5 60 125 −65 3
7  South Korea 6 0 0 0 6 25 148 −123 0
Source: OCA

Europe

Main article: 2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands (H) 3 3 0 0 0 53 27 +26 9 Quarterfinals
2  Greece 3 2 0 0 1 49 35 +14 6
3  Hungary 3 1 0 0 2 40 30 +10 3 Playoffs
4  Croatia 3 0 0 0 3 16 66 −50 0
Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 0 53 23 +30 9 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 3 2 0 0 1 40 31 +9 6
3  France 3 1 0 0 2 30 37 −7 3 Playoffs
4  Israel 3 0 0 0 3 26 58 −32 0
Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 3 3 0 0 0 43 14 +29 9 Playoffs
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 27 36 −9 6
3  Romania 3 1 0 0 2 25 35 −10 3 Classification round
4  Turkey 3 0 0 0 3 22 32 −10 0
Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Great Britain 3 3 0 0 0 43 19 +24 9 Playoffs
2  Germany 3 2 0 0 1 47 31 +16 6
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 40 32 +8 3 Classification round
4  Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 23 71 −48 0
Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Bracket

 
Play-offsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
9 January
 
 
 Spain17
 
8 January
 
 Croatia6
 
 Croatia11
 
11 January
 
 Serbia8
 
 Spain13
 
 
 Greece5
 
 
9 January
 
 
 Greece15
 
8 January
 
 France7
 
 France14
 
13 January
 
 Germany6
 
 Spain7
 
 
 Netherlands8
 
 
9 January
 
 
 Netherlands25
 
8 January
 
 Great Britain6
 
 Israel9 (4)
 
11 January
 
 Great Britain (PSO)9 (5)
 
 Netherlands7
 
 
 Italy6 Third place
 
 
9 January13 January
 
 
 Italy12 Greece7
 
8 January
 
 Hungary11  Italy6
 
 Hungary27
 
 
 Czech Republic4
 

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Greece
4  Italy
5  Hungary
6  France
7  Great Britain
8  Croatia
9  Israel
10  Serbia
11  Germany
12  Czech Republic
13  Turkey
14  Romania
15  Slovakia
16  Bulgaria

Americas

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Pool A

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 0 70 19 +51 9 Quarterfinals
2  Argentina 3 1 1 0 1 35 37 −2 5
3  Cuba 3 1 0 1 1 34 53 −19 4
4  Mexico 3 0 0 0 3 24 54 −30 0
Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Pool B

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 89 3 +86 9 Quarterfinals
2  Brazil 3 2 0 0 1 53 34 +19 6
3  Puerto Rico 3 1 0 0 2 21 60 −39 3
4  Chile (H) 3 0 0 0 3 14 80 −66 0
Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
2 November
 
 
 Argentina13
 
3 November
 
 Puerto Rico11
 
 Argentina1
 
2 November
 
 United States27
 
 Mexico1
 
4 November
 
 United States32
 
 United States20
 
2 November
 
 Canada11
 
 Cuba10
 
3 November
 
 Brazil12
 
 Brazil4
 
2 November
 
 Canada21 Bronze medal match
 
 Canada33
 
4 November
 
 Chile2
 
 Argentina9
 
 
 Brazil10
 
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
3 November
 
 
 Puerto Rico9
 
4 November
 
 Mexico10
 
 Mexico15
 
3 November
 
 Cuba11
 
 Cuba15
 
 
 Chile13
 
Seventh place
 
 
4 November
 
 
 Puerto Rico18
 
 
 Chile13

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil
4  Argentina
5  Mexico
6  Cuba
7  Puerto Rico
8  Chile

2024 World Championships

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

The top two teams and the top African team of the women's water polo tournament at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar obtained a ticket for Paris 2024.[3]

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 63 16 +47 9 Quarterfinals
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 0 1 62 19 +43 6 Playoffs
3  Kazakhstan 3 0 1 0 2 17 69 −52 2
4  Brazil 3 0 0 1 2 20 58 −38 1 13–16th place semifinals
Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 0 48 20 +28 9 Quarterfinals
2  Greece 3 2 0 0 1 41 31 +10 6 Playoffs
3  China 3 0 1 0 2 20 46 −26 2
4  France 3 0 0 1 2 19 31 −12 1 13–16th place semifinals
Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 0 71 19 +52 9 Quarterfinals
2  Australia 3 2 0 0 1 54 20 +34 6 Playoffs
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 0 2 44 36 +8 3
4  Singapore 3 0 0 0 3 7 101 −94 0 13–16th place semifinals
Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 0 59 21 +38 9 Quarterfinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 0 1 52 19 +33 6 Playoffs
3  Great Britain 3 1 0 0 2 29 47 −18 3
4  South Africa 3 0 0 0 3 10 63 −53 0 13–16th place semifinals
Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Bracket

 
PlayoffsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
12 February
 
 
 United States10
 
10 February
 
 Australia9
 
 Australia20
 
14 February
 
 Great Britain8
 
 United States11
 
 
 Spain9
 
 
12 February
 
 
 Spain12
 
10 February
 
 Canada9
 
 New Zealand12
 
16 February
 
 Canada14
 
 United States8
 
 
 Hungary7
 
 
12 February
 
 
 Hungary (PSO)8 (5)
 
10 February
 
 Netherlands8 (4)
 
 Netherlands16
 
14 February
 
 China14
 
 Hungary (PSO)9 (4)
 
 
 Greece9 (2) Third place
 
 
12 February16 February
 
 
 Italy12 Spain10
 
10 February
 
 Greece14  Greece9
 
 Kazakhstan5
 
 
 Greece24
 
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
14 February
 
 
 Australia10
 
16 February
 
 Canada8
 
 Australia8
 
14 February
 
 Netherlands10
 
 Netherlands10
 
 
 Italy5
 
Seventh place game
 
 
16 February
 
 
 Canada12
 
 
 Italy18
9th place bracket
 
9th–12th place semifinalsNinth place game
 
      
 
12 February
 
 
 China15
 
14 February
 
 Great Britain10
 
 China15
 
12 February
 
 New Zealand16
 
 Kazakhstan8
 
 
 New Zealand23
 
Eleventh place game
 
 
14 February
 
 
 Great Britain8
 
 
 Kazakhstan6
13th place bracket
 
13th–16th place semifinals13th place game
 
      
 
10 February
 
 
 Brazil8
 
12 February
 
 France17
 
 France19
 
10 February
 
 South Africa8
 
 Singapore6
 
 
 South Africa20
 
15th place game
 
 
12 February
 
 
 Brazil18
 
 
 Singapore2

Final standing

Rank[7] Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
4  Greece
5  Netherlands
6  Australia
7  Italy
8  Canada
9  New Zealand
10  China
11  Great Britain
12  Kazakhstan
13  France
14  South Africa
15  Brazil
16  Singapore

References

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