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Water Polo, Women

Date24 July – 7 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationTokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan
Participants130 from 10 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

The clear favorite in the women’s tournament was the United States team, which had won the last two gold medals, the World Championships in 2015, 2017, and 2019, and also the 2019 World League. The group stages were very close in both groups. The USA lost in an upset against Hungary, but still won their group. In the other group Australia, Spain, and the Netherlands were tied with 3 wins and 1 loss and were only classified according to their head-to-head results. The USA easily won their quarter- and semi-final, while Spain defeated China and Hungary to also advance to the final.

In the final the United States continued their dominance, easily defeating Spain, 14-5, to win their third gold medal in a row. Hungary, the record winner in men’s water polo, won the bronze medal match against the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team and secured its first ever women water polo medal.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1United StatesUSAGold
Goalkeeper1Ashleigh Johnson
Driver2Maddie Musselman
Centre Forward3Melissa Seidemann
Driver4Rachel Fattal
Driver5Paige Hauschild
Driver6Maggie Steffens
Driver7Stephania Haralabidis
Driver8Jamie Neushul
Centre Forward9Aria Fischer
Driver10Kaleigh Gilchrist
Centre Back11Makenzie Fischer
Centre Back12Alys Williams
Goalkeeper13Amanda Longan
CoachAdam Krikorian
2SpainESPSilver
Goalkeeper1Laura Ester
Centre Back2Marta Bach
Driver3Anna Espar
Driver4Bea Ortiz
Driver5Elena Ruiz
Centre Back6Irene González
Driver7Clara Espar
Driver8Pili Peña
Driver9Judith Forca
Driver10Roser Tarragó
Centre Forward11Maica García
Centre Forward12Paula Leitón
Goalkeeper13María Elena Sánchez
CoachMiki Oca
3HungaryHUNBronze
Goalkeeper1Edina Gangl
Driver2Dorottya Szilágyi
Driver3Vanda Vályi
Driver4Gréta Gurisatti
Centre Back5Gabriella Szűcs
Centre Forward6Rebecca Parkes
Driver7Anna Illés
Driver8Rita Keszthelyi
Driver9Dóra Leimeter
Centre Forward10Anikó Gyöngyössy
Centre Back11Nataša Rybanská
Driver12Krisztina Garda
Goalkeeper13Alda Magyari
CoachAttila Bíró
4ROCROC
Goalkeeper1Yevgeniya Golovina
Driver2Mariya Bersneva
Centre Forward3Yekaterina Prokofyeva
Driver4Elvina Karimova
Centre Back5Veronika Vakhitova
Driver6Anastasiya Fedotova
Driver7Alyona Serzhantova
Centre Back8Anastasiya Simanovich
Centre Back9Anna Timofeyeva
Centre Back10Yevgeniya Soboleva
Driver11Yevgeniya Ivanova
Driver12Nadezhda Glyzina-Fedotova
Goalkeeper13Anna Karnaukh
CoachAleksandr Gaydukov
5AustraliaAUS
Goalkeeper1Lea Yanitsas
Driver2Keesja Gofers
Centre Back3Hannah Buckling
Driver4Bronte Halligan
Centre Forward5Elle Armit
Centre Back6Bronwen Knox
Driver7Rowie Webster
Centre Back8Amy Ridge
Driver9Zoe Arancini
Driver10Lena Mihailovic
Centre Forward11Matilda Kearns
Driver12Abby Andrews
Goalkeeper13Gabriella Palm
CoachPredrag Mihailovic
6NetherlandsNED
Goalkeeper1Joanne Koenders
Centre Forward2Maud Megens
Driver3Dagmar Genee
Centre Forward4Sabrina van der Sloot
Centre Forward5Iris Wolves
Centre Forward6Nomi Stomphorst
Centre Forward7Kitty Joustra
Driver8Vivian Sevenich
Centre Forward9Maartje Keuning
Driver10Ilse Koolhaas
Centre Forward11Simone van de Kraats
Centre Forward12Brigitte Sleeking
Goalkeeper13Debby Willemsz
CoachArno Havenga
7CanadaCAN
Goalkeeper1Clara Vulpisi
Centre Back2Kelly McKee
Driver3Axelle Crevier
Centre Forward4Emma Wright
Driver5Monika Eggens
Driver6Gurpreet Sohi
Driver7Joëlle Békhazi
Centre Forward8Elyse Lemay-Lavoie
Centre Back9Hayley McKelvey
Driver10Kyra Christmas
Centre Back11Kindred Paul
Driver12Shae La Roche
Goalkeeper13Claire Wright
CoachDavid Paradelo
8People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Goalkeeper1Peng Lin
Centre Back2Wang Xinyan
Centre Back3Mei Xiaohan
Centre Forward4Xiong Dunhan
Driver5Niu Guannan
Driver6Zhai Ying
Driver7Lu Yiwen
Driver8Wang Huan
Driver9Deng Zewen
Driver10Zhang Danyi
Centre Forward11Chen Xiao
Driver12Zhang Jing
Goalkeeper13Shen Yineng
CoachPetar Porobić
9JapanJPN
Goalkeeper1Rikako Miura
Driver2Yumi Arima
Driver3Akari Inaba
Driver4Eruna Ura
Centre Back5Kaho Iwano
Centre Forward6Miku Koide
Driver7Maiko Hashida
Driver8Yuki Niizawa
Driver9Minori Yamamoto
Driver10Kako Kawaguchi
Centre Back11Marina Tokumoto
Driver12Kyoko Kudo
Goalkeeper13Minami Shioya
CoachMakihiro Motomiya
10South AfricaRSA
Goalkeeper1Meghan Maartens
Centre Forward2Yanah Gerber
Centre Back3Georgia Moir
Driver4Boati Motau
Centre Forward5Megan Sileno
Driver6Amica Hallendorff
Centre Back7Shakira January
Driver8Ashleigh Vaughan
Driver9Hanna Muller
Driver10Jordan Wedderburn
Centre Back11Chloe Meecham
Driver12Nicola MacLeod
Goalkeeper13Hannah Calvert
CoachDelaine Mentoor

Preliminary Round

Date24 July – 1 August 2021

Group A

Date24 July – 1 August 2021
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1SpainESP301671-37
2AustraliaAUS301646-33
3NetherlandsNED301675-41
4CanadaCAN103248-39
5South AfricaRSA00407-97
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #124 Jul 14:00AustraliaAUS8 – 5CanadaCAN
Match #224 Jul 15:30SpainESP29 – 4South AfricaRSA
Match #326 Jul 18:20AustraliaAUS15 – 12NetherlandsNED
Match #426 Jul 19:50SpainESP14 – 10CanadaCAN
Match #528 Jul 14:00CanadaCAN21 – 1South AfricaRSA
Match #628 Jul 15:30NetherlandsNED14 – 13SpainESP
Match #730 Jul 14:00NetherlandsNED33 – 1South AfricaRSA
Match #830 Jul 19:50SpainESP15 – 9AustraliaAUS
Match #901 Aug 15:30NetherlandsNED16 – 12CanadaCAN
Match #1001 Aug 19:50AustraliaAUS14 – 1South AfricaRSA

Group B

Date24 July – 1 August 2021
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1United StatesUSA301664-26
2HungaryHUN211546-43
3ROCROC211553-61
4People's Republic of ChinaCHN202451-50
5JapanJPN004044-78
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #124 Jul 18:20United StatesUSA25 – 4JapanJPN
Match #224 Jul 19:50ROCROC18 – 17People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #326 Jul 14:00United StatesUSA12 – 7People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #426 Jul 15:30ROCROC10 – 10HungaryHUN
Match #528 Jul 18:20HungaryHUN10 – 9United StatesUSA
Match #628 Jul 19:50People's Republic of ChinaCHN16 – 11JapanJPN
Match #730 Jul 15:30United StatesUSA18 – 5ROCROC
Match #830 Jul 18:20HungaryHUN17 – 13JapanJPN
Match #901 Aug 14:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN11 – 9HungaryHUN
Match #1001 Aug 18:20ROCROC20 – 16JapanJPN

Quarter-Finals

Date3 August 2021
FormatWinners of each match advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #103 Aug 14:00United StatesUSA16 – 5CanadaCAN
Match #203 Aug 15:30SpainESP11 – 7People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #303 Aug 18:20HungaryHUN14 – 11NetherlandsNED
Match #403 Aug 19:50ROCROC9 – 8AustraliaAUS

Classification Round 5-8

Date5 – 7 August 2021
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #105 Aug 18:20NetherlandsNED13 – 6People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #207 Aug 9:30AustraliaAUS10 – 10CanadaCAN

Semi-Finals

Date5 August 2021
FormatWinners of each match advanced to finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #105 Aug 18:20United StatesUSA15 – 11ROCROC
Match #205 Aug 19:50SpainESP8 – 6HungaryHUN

Final Round

Date5 – 7 August 2021
FormatClassification round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/207 Aug 16:30United StatesUSA14 – 5SpainESP
Match 3/407 Aug 13:40HungaryHUN11 – 9ROCROC
Match 5/607 Aug 11:00AustraliaAUS14 – 7NetherlandsNED
Match 7/805 Aug 14:00CanadaCAN16 – 7People's Republic of ChinaCHN