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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
Driver2Maddie Musselman
Centre Back3Melissa Seidemann
Driver4Rachel Fattal
Centre Back5KK Clark
Driver6Maggie Steffens
Driver7Courtney Mathewson
Driver8Kiley Neushul
Centre Forward9Aria Fischer
Driver10Kaleigh Gilchrist
Centre Back11Makenzie Fischer
Centre Forward12Kami Craig
Goalkeeper1Sami Hill
Goalkeeper13Ashleigh Johnson 1
CoachAdam Krikorian
2ItalyITASilver
Centre Back2Chiara Tabani
Driver3Arianna Garibotti
Driver4Elisa Queirolo
Centre Back5Federica Radicchi
Centre Forward6Rosaria Aiello
Driver7Tania Di Mario
Driver8Roberta Bianconi
Driver9Giulia Emmolo
Driver10Francesca Pomeri
Driver11Aleksandra Cotti
Centre Forward12Teresa Frassinetti
Goalkeeper1Giulia Gorlero
Goalkeeper13Laura Teani
CoachFabio Conti
3Russian FederationRUSBronze
Driver2Nadezhda Glyzina-Fedotova
Driver3Yekaterina Prokofyeva
Driver4Elvina Karimova
Centre Back5Mariya Borisova
Driver6Olga Belova-Gorbunova
Driver7Yekaterina Pantyulina-Lisunova
Centre Forward8Anastasiya Simanovich
Centre Forward9Anna Timofeyeva
Centre Back10Yevgeniya Soboleva
Driver11Yevgeniya Ivanova
Centre Back12Anna Grinyova
Goalkeeper1Anna Ustyukhina
Goalkeeper13Anna Karnaukh
CoachAleksandr Gaydukov
4HungaryHUN
Driver2Dóra Czigány
Driver3Dóra Antal
Driver4Hanna Kisteleki
Driver5Gabriella Szűcs
Centre Back6Orsolya Takács
Driver7Anna Illés
Driver8Rita Keszthelyi
Centre Forward9Ildikó Tóth
Centre Forward10Barbara Bujka
Driver11Dóra Csabai
Centre Back12Krisztina Garda
Goalkeeper1Edina Gangl
Goalkeeper13Orsolya Kasó 2
CoachAttila Bíró
5SpainESP
Centre Back2Marta Bach
Driver3Anna Espar
Driver4Bea Ortiz
Centre Back5Mati Ortiz
Centre Forward6Paula Leitón
Driver7Clara Espar
Driver8Pili Peña
Driver9Judith Forca
Driver10Roser Tarragó
Centre Forward11Maica García
Driver12Laura López
Goalkeeper1Laura Ester
Goalkeeper13Patricia Herrera
CoachMiki Oca
6AustraliaAUS
Centre Forward2Gemma Beadsworth
Centre Back3Hannah Buckling
Centre Forward4Holly Lincoln-Smith
Driver5Keesja Gofers
Driver6Bronwen Knox
Centre Back7Rowie Webster
Driver8Glencora Ralph-McGhie
Driver9Zoe Arancini
Driver10Ash Southern
Driver11Iso Bishop
Driver12Nicola Zagame
Goalkeeper1Lea Yanitsas
Goalkeeper13Kelsey Wakefield 3
CoachGreg McFadden
7People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Driver2Ma Huanhuan
Centre Back3Mei Xiaohan
Centre Forward4Xiong Dunhan
Driver5Niu Guannan
Centre Forward6Sun Yating
Centre Back7Song Donglun
Driver8Zhang Cong
Driver9Zhao Zihan
Driver10Zhang Weiwei
Centre Back11Wang Xinyan
Driver12Zhang Jing
Goalkeeper1Yang Jun 4
Goalkeeper13Peng Lin
CoachRick Azevedo
8BrazilBRA
Driver2Diana Abla
Centre Back3Marina Zablith
Centre Forward4Marina Canetti
Driver5Luh Barroncas
Driver6Izabella Chiappini
Driver7Amanda Oliveira
Centre Forward8Luíza Carvalho
Driver9Camila Pedrosa
Centre Back10Viviane Bahia
Driver11Mari Rogê
Centre Forward12Gabi Mantellato
Goalkeeper1Tess Oliveira
Goalkeeper13Victória Chamorro
CoachPatrick Oaten

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