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Water Polo, Women

Date9 – 19 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationEstádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro / Parque Aquático Maria Lenk, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants104 from 8 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

With the USA and Italy the group stage of the women’s water polo tournament saw two clear winners, who both convincingly walked through to the final. For the first time in Olympic history two teams, who already had been Olympic champions, played for the gold.

The defending Olympic champion USA again won the gold medal with a clear 12-5 victory, thus being the only team that has always been placed in the medals at all five Olympic women’s water polo tournaments. Italy, the 2004 Athina Olympic champion, had to be satisfied with the silver medal. Russia won the bronze medal by beating Hungary, the reigning European champion, in a long lasting shoot-out, winning by 7-6.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1United StatesUSAGold
2ItalyITASilver
3Russian FederationRUSBronze
4HungaryHUN
5SpainESP
6AustraliaAUS
7People's Republic of ChinaCHN
8BrazilBRA

Preliminary Round

Date9 – 13 August 2016

Group A

Date9 – 13 August 2016
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1ItalyITA300627-15Q
2AustraliaAUS201431-15Q
3Russian FederationRUS102223-31Q
4BrazilBRA003013-33Q
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #109 Aug 10:20ItalyITA9 – 3BrazilBRA
Match #209 Aug 13:00AustraliaAUS14 – 4Russian FederationRUS
Match #311 Aug 9:00Russian FederationRUS14 – 7BrazilBRA
Match #411 Aug 10:20ItalyITA8 – 7AustraliaAUS
Match #513 Aug 10:20ItalyITA10 – 5Russian FederationRUS
Match #613 Aug 11:40AustraliaAUS10 – 3BrazilBRA

Group B

Date9 – 13 August 2016
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1United StatesUSA300634-14Q
2SpainESP201427-29Q
3HungaryHUN102229-33Q
4People's Republic of ChinaCHN003023-37Q
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #109 Aug 9:00HungaryHUN13 – 11People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #209 Aug 11:40United StatesUSA11 – 4SpainESP
Match #311 Aug 11:40United StatesUSA12 – 4People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #411 Aug 13:00SpainESP11 – 10HungaryHUN
Match #513 Aug 9:00SpainESP12 – 8People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #613 Aug 13:00United StatesUSA11 – 6HungaryHUN

Quarter-Finals

Date15 August 2016
FormatWinners of each match advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #115 Aug 14:10United StatesUSA13 – 3BrazilBRA
Match #215 Aug 15:30HungaryHUN8 – 8AustraliaAUS
Match #315 Aug 18:20Russian FederationRUS12 – 10SpainESP
Match #415 Aug 19:40ItalyITA12 – 7People's Republic of ChinaCHN

Classification Round 5-8

Date17 August 2016
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #117 Aug 11:00AustraliaAUS11 – 4BrazilBRA
Match #217 Aug 15:10SpainESP11 – 6People's Republic of ChinaCHN

Semi-Finals

Date17 August 2016
FormatWinners of each match advanced to finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #117 Aug 12:20ItalyITA12 – 9Russian FederationRUS
Match #217 Aug 16:30United StatesUSA14 – 10HungaryHUN

Final Round

Date19 August 2016
FormatClassification round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/219 Aug 15:30United StatesUSA12 – 5ItalyITA
Match 3/419 Aug 11:20Russian FederationRUS12 – 12HungaryHUN
Match 5/619 Aug 14:10SpainESP12 – 10AustraliaAUS
Match 7/819 Aug 10:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN10 – 5BrazilBRA