Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's water polo
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Venue(s)Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre,
Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates9–19 August 2016
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors104
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Russia
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches24
Goals scored435 (18.13 per match)
Multiple
appearances		4-time Olympian(s): 1
3-time Olympian(s): 12
Multiple
medalists		3-time medalist(s): 1
Top scorer(s)United States Maggie Steffens
(17 goals in 6 matches)
Most savesItaly Giulia Gorlero
(65 saves in 6 matches)
Top sprinter(s)United States Rachel Fattal
(17 sprints won in 6 matches)
MVPUnited States Maggie Steffens
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The women's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 9 August and ended on 19 August 2016.[1] Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

The United States won the gold medal by defeating Italy 12–5 in the final. Russia captured bronze, beating Hungary 19–18.[2]

Competition schedule

G Group stage QF Quarter-finals SF Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Final
Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19
G G G QF SF B F

Qualification

Main article: Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified
Host nation 2 October 2009 Denmark Copenhagen 1  Brazil
Oceanian Continental Selection[3] 19 October 2015 Australia Perth 1  Australia
2015 Asian Championship 16–17 December 2015 China Foshan 1  China
2016 European Championships 10–22 January 2016 Serbia Belgrade 1  Hungary
World Qualification Tournament 21–28 March 2016 Netherlands Gouda 4  United States
 Italy
 Russia
 Spain
Total 8

Draw

The draw was held on 10 April 2016.[4]

Teams from eight nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.[5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Hungary
 Australia 		 United States
 Italy 		 Russia
 China 		 Spain
 Brazil

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.[6]

  • Argentina German Moller
  • Australia Daniel Flahive
  • Azerbaijan Mark Koganov
  • Brazil Fabio Toffoli
  • Canada Marie-Claude Deslières
  • China Ni Shi Wei
  • Croatia Nenad Peris
  • Egypt Hatem Gaber
  • France Benjamin Mercier
  • Greece Georgios Stavridis
  • Hungary Péter Molnár
  • Iran Masoud Rezvani
  • Italy Fillippo Gomez
  • Japan Tadao Tahara
  • Montenegro Stanko Ivanovski
  • Netherlands Diana Dutilh-Dumas
  • Poland Radosław Koryzna
  • Romania Adrian Alexandrescu
  • Russia Sergey Naumov
  • Serbia Vojin Putniković
  • Slovenia Boris Margeta
  • South Africa Dion Willis
  • Spain Francesc Buch
  • United States Joseph Peila

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 27 15 +12 6 Quarter-finals
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 31 15 +16 4
3  Russia 3 1 0 2 23 31 −8 2
4  Brazil (H) 3 0 0 3 13 33 −20 0
Source: Rio2016
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) Hosts


9 August 2016
10:20 		Report Italy  9–3  Brazil Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–0, 3–0, 3–2
Bianconi 3 Goals three players 1
9 August 2016
13:00 		Report Russia  4–14  Australia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–5, 3–2, 0–4
Prokofyeva 2 Goals Southern 4
11 August 2016
09:00 		Report Russia  14–7  Brazil Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–0, 4–2, 6–1
Ivanova, Prokofyeva 3 Goals Chiappini 4
11 August 2016
10:20 		Report Italy  8–7  Australia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
 Péter Molnár (HUN), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 0–1, 2–3, 2–1
Garibotti 3 Goals Southern, Webster 2
13 August 2016
10:20 		Report Russia  5–10  Italy Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Joseph Peila (USA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 1–3, 1–2
Grineva 2 Goals Bianconi 3
13 August 2016
11:40 		Report Australia  10–3  Brazil Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 2–0, 3–1
Gofers, Webster 2 Goals three players 3

Group B

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 34 14 +20 6 Quarter-finals
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 27 29 −2 4
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 29 33 −4 2
4  China 3 0 0 3 23 37 −14 0
Source: Rio2016
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.


9 August 2016
09:00 		Report China  11–13  Hungary Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–4, 3–6, 2–1
Ma Huanhuan, Niu Guannan 3 Goals Czigány 4
9 August 2016
11:40 		Report Spain  4–11  United States Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 2–2, 0–2
García 2 Goals three players 2
11 August 2016
11:40 		Report China  4–12  United States Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–3, 2–3, 1–2
four players 1 Goals Musselman, Steffens 4
11 August 2016
13:00 		Report Spain  11–10  Hungary Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–4, 4–1, 1–3
five players 2 Goals Bujka 5
13 August 2016
09:00 		Report China  8–12  Spain Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–4, 1–2, 1–3
Zhang Cong 3 Goals López 4
13 August 2016
13:00 		Report Hungary  6–11  United States Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–5, 1–1, 2–3
Szűcs 2 Goals Steffens 4

Final round

Final Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
         
A1  Italy 12
B4  China 7
A3  Russia 9
A1  Italy 12
A3  Russia 12
B2  Spain 10
 United States 12
 Italy 5
A2  Australia 11
B3  Hungary 13
B3  Hungary 10 Bronze medal match
B1  United States 14
A4  Brazil 3 4  Hungary 18
B1  United States 13  Russia (PSO) 19
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place classification5th place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Australia11
 
 
 
 Brazil4
 
 Australia10
 
 
 
 Spain12
 
 Spain11
 
 
 China6
 
7th place match
 
 
 
 
 
 Brazil5
 
 
 China10

Quarterfinals

All times are BRT (UTC-3).


15 August 2016
14:10 		Report Brazil  3–13  United States Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 0–3, 0–5, 3–0
three players 1 Goals four players 2
15 August 2016
15:30 		Report Australia  11–13 Hungary  Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 3–2, 2–1  PSO: 3–5
Southern 3 Goals Bujka, Keszthelyi 2
15 August 2016
18:20 		Report Russia  12–10  Spain Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 5–3, 2–2
Fedotova 4 Goals López, Tarragó 3
15 August 2016
19:40 		Report Italy  12–7  China Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 4–2, 4–3
Bianconi 3 Goals Zhang Cong 3

5th–8th place classification

All times are BRT (UTC-3).


17 August 2016
11:00 		Report Australia  11–4  Brazil Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Ni Shi Wei (CHN), Marie Deslières (CAN)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 4–1, 2–1
Arancini, Southern 3 Goals Chiappini 2
17 August 2016
15:10 		Report Spain  11–6  China Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Fabio Toffoli (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–0, 4–2, 3–2
five players 2 Goals Ma Huanhuan 2

Semifinals

All times are BRT (UTC-3).


17 August 2016
12:20 		Report Russia  9–12  Italy Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), Francesc Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 0–2, 5–4
Ivanova, Lisunova 2 Goals Garibotti 5
17 August 2016
16:30 		Report Hungary  10–14  United States Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 3–4, 2–2
Keszthelyi 4 Goals Steffens 4

7th place match

All times are BRT (UTC-3).


19 August 2016
10:00 		Report Brazil  5–10  China Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–2, 0–2, 3–4
Chiappini 3 Goals three players 2

5th place match

All times are BRT (UTC-3).


19 August 2016
14:10 		Report Australia  10–12  Spain Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 5–4, 2–3, 1–3, 2–2
Buckling 3 Goals Tarragó 7

Bronze medal match

All times are BRT (UTC-3).


19 August 2016
11:20 		Report Hungary  18–19  Russia Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Fillippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 3–1, 3–4  PSO: 6–7
Bujka 3 Goals Fedotova 5

Gold medal match

All times are BRT (UTC-3).


19 August 2016
15:30 		Report United States  12–5  Italy Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Francesc Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–2, 4–1, 3–1
Neushul 3 Goals Radicchi 2

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): 1 player

Three-time Olympian(s): 12 players

Multiple medalists

Main article: List of Olympic medalists in water polo

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 1 player

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States (USA)[1]
Samantha Hill
Maddie Musselman
Melissa Seidemann
Rachel Fattal
Caroline Clark
Maggie Steffens
Courtney Mathewson
Kiley Neushul
Aria Fischer
Kaleigh Gilchrist
Makenzie Fischer
Kami Craig
Ashleigh Johnson
Head coach: Adam Krikorian 		 Italy (ITA)
Giulia Gorlero
Chiara Tabani
Arianna Garibotti
Elisa Queirolo
Federica Radicchi
Rosaria Aiello
Tania Di Mario
Roberta Bianconi
Giulia Enrica Emmolo
Francesca Pomeri
Aleksandra Cotti
Teresa Frassinetti
Laura Teani
Head coach: Fabio Conti 		 Russia (RUS)
Anna Ustyukhina
Maria Borisova
Ekaterina Prokofyeva
Elvina Karimova
Nadezhda Fedotova
Olga Belova
Ekaterina Lisunova
Anastasia Simanovich
Anna Timofeeva
Evgenia Soboleva
Evgeniya Ivanova
Anna Grineva
Anna Karnaukh
Head coach: Alexandr Gaidukov

Awards

The women's all-star team was announced on 19 August 2016.[20]

Most Valuable Player
Media All-Star Team

See also

References

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