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

Women's water polo
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country France
CityParis
Venue(s)Paris Aquatic Centre
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates27 July – 10 August
Teams10 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors120
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place Netherlands
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches32
Goals scored638 (19.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Alice Williams
(21 goals)
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The women's tournament of water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris, France was held from 27 July to 10 August 2024. It was held at the Paris Aquatic Centre and Paris La Défense Arena.[1] It is the seventh official appearance of the tournament.

Spain won their first title after defeating Australia in the final. The Netherlands won against the United States for the bronze medal.[2]

Qualification

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


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.[3]

Competition format

The ten teams were seeded into two groups for a preliminary round. The teams in each group played a round-robin. The top four teams in each group advanced to the knockout round while the fifth placed teams was eliminated. The fifth placed teams was ranked ninth and tenth based on win–loss record, then goal average. The knockout round began with quarterfinals and the winners advanced to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played in the fifth- to eighth- place classification. The two semifinal winners played in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers played in the bronze medal match.[4]

Schedule

The competition began on 27 July, and matches were held every other day.[5]

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10
G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Draw

The draw took place on 17 February 2024 in Doha, Qatar.[6]

Seeding

The ten teams in the women's tournament were drawn into two groups of five teams. The teams were seeded into five pots.[7]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
 Netherlands
 Spain 		 Australia
 Greece 		 Hungary
 Italy 		 China
 United States 		 Canada
 France (hosts)

Rosters

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Referees

The following 24 referees were selected for the tournament.[8]

  • Australia Nicholas Hodgers
  • Canada Hélène Painchaud
  • China Zhang Liang
  • Croatia Andrej Franulović
  • Egypt Yasser Mehalhel
  • France Aurélie Blanchard
  • France Sébastien Dervieux
  • Germany Frank Ohme
  • Greece Natalia Markopoulou
  • Greece Georgios Stavridis
  • Hungary Nóra Debreceni
  • Hungary Tamás Kovács
  • Italy Rafaele Colombo
  • Italy Alessia Ferrari
  • Japan Chisato Kurosaki
  • Montenegro Veselin Mišković
  • Netherlands Michiel Zwart
  • Romania Adrian Alexandrescu
  • Slovenia Boris Margeta
  • Serbia Vojin Putniković
  • Spain Marta Cabañas
  • Spain David Gómez
  • United States Jennifer McCall
  • United States Darren Spiritosanto

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 4 2 2 0 0 33 28 +5 10[a] Quarterfinals
2  Netherlands 4 3 0 1 0 52 37 +15 10[a]
3  Hungary 4 2 0 1 1 46 37 +9 7
4  Canada 4 1 0 0 3 37 49 −12 3
5  China 4 0 0 0 4 34 51 −17 0
Source: Olympics
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Netherlands 14–15 Australia


27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)
14:00
v 		Report Netherlands  10–8  Hungary Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 0–1, 2–3, 4–2
B. Rogge 3 Goals Vályi 3
27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)
20:05
v 		Report Australia  7–5  China Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Aurélie Blanchard (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–1, 0–0, 2–2
Andrews 3 Goals Wang H. 2
29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
18:30
v 		Report China  11–15  Netherlands Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–4, 1–5, 2–5
three players 2 Goals Keuning, Van der Sloot 3
29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
20:05
v 		Report Hungary  12–7  Canada Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Marta Cabañas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–3, 1–1, 4–2
Gurisatti, Keszthelyi 3 Goals three players 2
31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)
14:00
v 		Report Netherlands  14–15  Australia Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 1–3, 2–1  PSO: 7–8
Van de Kraats, Van der Sloot 2 Goals Green, Williams 2
31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)
15:35
v 		Report Canada  12–7  China Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 1–3, 4–1, 3–3
four players 2 Goals Deng 3
2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)
14:00
v 		Report Australia  10–7  Canada Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 5–2, 1–3
Halligan, Williams 3 Goals Wright 3
2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)
20:05
v 		Report China  11–17  Hungary Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Marta Cabañas (ESP), Aurélie Blanchard (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–5, 2–4, 2–5
Deng, Lu 3 Goals Keszthelyi 7
4 August 2024 (2024-08-04)
14:00
v 		Report Hungary  12–14  Australia Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Marta Cabañas (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 2–3, 4–3  PSO: 3–5
Keszthelyi, Szilágyi 2 Goals Williams 4
4 August 2024 (2024-08-04)
18:30
v 		Report Canada  11–20  Netherlands Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Aurélie Blanchard (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 2–6, 3–4, 2–5
Bakoc 3 Goals L. Rogge 5

Group B

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 4 4 0 0 0 51 36 +15 12 Quarterfinals
2  United States 4 3 0 0 1 53 27 +26 9
3  Italy 4 1 0 0 3 34 40 −6 3[a]
4  Greece 4 1 0 0 3 33 41 −8 3[a]
5  France (H) 4 1 0 0 3 24 51 −27 3[a]
Source: Olympics
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Greece 3 Pts, +3 GD; Italy 3 Pts, +3 GD; France 3 Pts, −6 GD. Italy ranked above Greece due to more goals scored.


27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)
15:35
v 		Report Greece  6–15  United States Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–6, 2–3, 2–3
six players 1 Goals Flynn 4
27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)
18:30
v 		Report Spain  15–6  France Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 3–1, 3–1, 3–1
Ruiz 4 Goals Dhalluin 3
29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
14:00
v 		Report France  9–8  Italy Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 2–1, 3–1
Dhalluin 3 Goals Bianconi 2
29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
15:35
v 		Report United States  11–13  Spain Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–4, 4–5, 2–2
Raney 2 Goals Ortiz 5
31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)
18:30
v 		Report Italy  3–10  United States Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 0–2, 1–2
Marletta 2 Goals Musselman 3
31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)
20:05
v 		Report Spain  10–8  Greece Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 4–2, 1–1
Forca 4 Goals Eleftheriadou, Plevritou 2
2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)
15:35
v 		Report Greece  8–12  Italy Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 0–2, 2–2, 3–4
Eleftheriadou, Plevritou 3 Goals Palmieri 4
2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)
18:30
v 		Report United States  17–5  France Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Veselin Mišković (MNE), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 6–2, 4–0
Musselman 4 Goals Hertzka 2
4 August 2024 (2024-08-04)
15:35
v 		Report Italy  11–13  Spain Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 4–3, 3–4, 4–4
Marletta 3 Goals Espar 3
4 August 2024 (2024-08-04)
20:05
v 		Report France  4–11  Greece Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 1–3, 0–5
Vernoux 2 Goals Plevritou, Xenaki 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
6 August
 
 
 Australia9
 
8 August
 
 Greece6
 
 Australia (PSO)8 (6)
 
6 August
 
 United States8 (5)
 
 Hungary4
 
10 August
 
 United States5
 
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Australia9
 
6 August
 
1st place, gold medalist(s) Spain11
 
 Netherlands11
 
8 August
 
 Italy8
 
 Netherlands14 (4)
 
6 August
 
 Spain (PSO)14 (5) Bronze medal
 
 Canada8
 
10 August
 
 Spain18
 
 United States10
 
 
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Netherlands11
 
Fifth place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
8 August
 
 
 Greece9
 
10 August
 
 Hungary12
 
 Hungary (PSO)11 (4)
 
8 August
 
 Italy11 (1)
 
 Italy10
 
 
 Canada5
 
Seventh place
 
 
10 August
 
 
 Greece19
 
 
 Canada10

Quarterfinals

6 August 2024 (2024-08-06)
14:00
v 		Report Canada  8–18  Spain Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–6, 2–4, 0–3, 4–5
Bakoc 5 Goals Ruiz 4
6 August 2024 (2024-08-06)
15:35
v 		Report Netherlands  11–8  Italy Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 1–1, 5–3
four players 2 Goals Marletta 3
6 August 2024 (2024-08-06)
19:00
v 		Report Australia  9–6  Greece Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–3, 2–1, 3–2
Williams 5 Goals Xenaki 2
6 August 2024 (2024-08-06)
20:35
v 		Report Hungary  4–5  United States Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–2, 2–1, 0–1
four players 1 Goals Steffens 2

5–8th place semifinals

8 August 2024 (2024-08-08)
13:00
v 		Report Italy  10–5  Canada Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 1–3, 4–0
Bianconi, Marletta 2 Goals five players 1
8 August 2024 (2024-08-08)
18:00
v 		Report Greece  9–12  Hungary Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Marta Cabañas (ESP), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 3–4, 2–4
three players 2 Goals Keszthelyi 4

Semifinals

8 August 2024 (2024-08-08)
14:35
v 		Report Netherlands  18–19  Spain Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 4–4, 6–1, 3–3  PSO: 4–5
Van de Kraats 4 Goals Forca 5
8 August 2024 (2024-08-08)
19:35
v 		Report Australia  14–13  United States Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 4–2, 2–1  PSO: 6–5
Andrews 4 Goals Flynn, Musselman 2

Seventh place game

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)
09:00
v 		Report Greece  19–10  Canada Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Aurélie Blanchard (FRA), Jennifer McCall (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–3, 5–2, 7–3
three players 3 Goals Crevier 3

Fifth place game

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)
14:00
v 		Report Hungary  15–12  Italy Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–4, 0–2, 3–2  PSO: 4–1
Gurisatti 3 Goals Bianconi, Marletta 3

Bronze medal game

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)
10:35
v 		Report United States  10–11  Netherlands Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Marta Cabañas (ESP), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 2–3, 1–5
three players 2 Goals Van der Sloot 6

Gold medal game

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)
15:35
v 		Report Australia  9–11  Spain Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–1, 3–4, 4–4
Williams 5 Goals Ortiz 4

Final ranking

Rank Team[9]
 Spain
 Australia
 Netherlands
4  United States
5  Hungary
6  Italy
7  Greece
8  Canada
9  France
10  China

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals[10] Shots %
1 Australia Alice Williams 21 48 44
2 Hungary Rita Keszthelyi 19 46 41
Spain Beatriz Ortiz 34 56
4 Spain Elena Ruiz 18 40 45
5 Italy Claudia Marletta 16 39 41
6 Spain Judith Forca 14 36 39
Netherlands Sabrina van der Sloot 23 61
8 Australia Abby Andrews 13 37 35
United States Jenna Flynn 28 46
United States Maddie Musselman 34 38
Netherlands Simone van de Kraats 36 36

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