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

Women's water polo
at the XXXI Olympiad
Tournament details

Host country	Brazil
Dates	9–19 August 2016
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches	24
Goals scored	435 (18.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Maggie Steffens (17 goals)
Best player	Maggie Steffens
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Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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Tournaments
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Rosters
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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. Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

The United States won the gold medal by defeating Italy in the final. Russian captured bronze after a win against Hungary.^[1]

Competition schedule

G	Group stage	¼	Quarter-finals	½	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	Sat 20
G		G		G		¼		½		B	F

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
Oceanian Continental Selection^[2]	19 October 2015	Perth	1	Australia
2015 Asian Championships	16–17 December 2015	Foshan	1	China
2016 European Championships	10–22 January 2016	Belgrade	1	Hungary
World Qualification Tournament	21–28 March 2016	Gouda	4	United States
				Italy
				Russia
				Spain
Total			8

Draw

The draw was held on 10 April 2016.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

German Moller
Daniel Flahive
Mark Koganov
Fabio Toffoli
Marie-Claude Deslières
Ni Shi Wei
Nenad Peris
Hatem Gaber
Benjamin Mercier
Georgios Stavridis
Péter Molnár
Masoud Rezvani
Fillippo Gomez
Tadao Tahara
Stanko Ivanovski
Diana Dutilh-Dumas
Radosław Koryzna
Adrian Alexandrescu
Sergey Naumov
Vojin Putniković
Boris Margeta
Dion Willis
Francesc Buch
Joseph Peila

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	27	15	+12	6	Quarter-finals
2	Australia	3	2	1	31	15	+16	4
3	Russia	3	1	2	23	31	−8	2
4	Brazil (H)	3	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) Host.

000000002016-08-09-00009 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

000000002016-08-09-00009 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

000000002016-08-11-000011 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

000000002016-08-11-000011 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

000000002016-08-13-000013 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

000000002016-08-13-000013 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

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

000000002016-08-09-00009 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, Niu 3	Goals	Czigány 4

000000002016-08-09-00009 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 Godoy 2	Goals	three players 2

000000002016-08-11-000011 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

000000002016-08-11-000011 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

000000002016-08-13-000013 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 C. 3	Goals	López 4

000000002016-08-13-000013 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

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Gold medal

15 August

Australia	8 (3)
		17 August
Hungary (pen.)	8 (5)
		Hungary	10
15 August
		United States	14
Brazil	3
				19 August
United States	13
				United States	12
15 August
				Italy	5
Russia	12
		17 August
Spain	10
		Russia	9
15 August
		Italy	12	Bronze medal
Italy	12
				19 August
China	7
				Hungary	12 (6)

				Russia (pen.)	12 (7)

5th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

17 August

Australia	11
		19 August
Brazil	4
		Australia	10
17 August
		Spain	12
Spain	11

China	6
		Seventh place

		19 August

		Brazil	5

		China	10

Quarter-finals

000000002016-08-15-000015 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

000000002016-08-15-000015 August 2016 15:30	Report	Australia	8–8	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

000000002016-08-15-000015 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

000000002016-08-15-000015 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 3

5–8th place semifinals

000000002016-08-17-000017 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

000000002016-08-17-000017 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 H. 2

Semi-finals

000000002016-08-17-000017 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

000000002016-08-17-000017 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

Seventh place game

000000002016-08-19-000019 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

Fifth place game

000000002016-08-19-000019 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 game

000000002016-08-19-000019 August 2016 11:20	Report	Hungary	12–12	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 game

000000002016-08-19-000019 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

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	United States
	Italy
	Russia
4	Hungary
5	Spain
6	Australia
7	China
8	Brazil

Statistics

Top goalscorers


Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Maggie Steffens	17	24	71
2	Barbara Bujka	15	23	65
2	Roser Tarragó	15	35	43
4	Ashleigh Southern	14	36	39
4	Rita Keszthelyi	14	36	39
6	Roberta Bianconi	13	33	39
6	Nadezhda Fedotova	13	27	48
8	Izabella Chiappini	12	49	25
	Arianna Garibotti		28	43
	Madeline Musselmann		25	48

Source: Rio2016

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Ashleigh Johnson	65	51	79
2	Giulia Gorlero	61	65	106
3	Samantha Hill	60	6	10
4	Lea Yanitsas	59	27	46
5	Tess Oliveira	49	34	69
6	Kelsey Wakefield	47	18	38
7	Yang Jun	47	55	118
8	Laura Ester	44	41	94
9	Orsolya Kasó	42	27	64
10	Victória Chamorro	42	23	55

Source: Rio2016

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Samantha Hill Madeline Musselmann 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

References

↑ "Water Polo, Women's final and bronze matches - US retain title, their reign is unchallenged". fina.org. 19 August 2016.
↑ "Breakdown of anticipated athletes by sport". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
↑ "WP Olympic Games Qualification Tournament is ready". federnuoto.it. 1 April 2016.
↑ "RIO 2016 - Water polo - Teams & Groups". fina.org. 10 April 2016.
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Events at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball men women Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey men women Football men women Golf Gymnastics Handball men women Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Rugby sevens men women Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball men indoor women indoor men beach women beach Water polo men women Weightlifting Wrestling

Chronological summary

Water polo at the Summer Olympics

Tournaments

Qualifications

Men	1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Squads

Men	1900 1904 1908 1920 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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