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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Brazil |
City | Rio de Janeiro |
Venue(s) | Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre, Olympic Aquatics Stadium |
Dates | 9–19 August 2016 |
Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
Competitors | 104 |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Italy |
Third place | Russia |
Fourth place | Hungary |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 24 |
Goals scored | 435 (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) | Maggie Steffens (17 goals in 6 matches) |
Most saves | Giulia Gorlero (65 saves in 6 matches) |
Top sprinter(s) | Rachel Fattal (17 sprints won in 6 matches) |
MVP | Maggie Steffens |
Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
men | women | |
Tournaments | ||
men | women | |
Rosters | ||
men | women | |
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 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.
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 | |
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G | G | G | QF | SF | B | F |
Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 2 October 2009 | Copenhagen | 1 | Brazil |
Oceanian Continental Selection | 19 October 2015 | Perth | 1 | Australia |
2015 Asian Championship | 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 |
The draw was held on 10 April 2016.
Teams from eight nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round.
The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Hungary Australia |
United States Italy |
Russia China |
Spain Brazil |
The following referees were selected for the tournament.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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 |
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–8th place classification | 5th place match | |||||
Australia | 11 | |||||
Brazil | 4 | |||||
Australia | 10 | |||||
Spain | 12 | |||||
Spain | 11 | |||||
China | 6 | |||||
7th place match | ||||||
Brazil | 5 | |||||
China | 10 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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Four-time Olympian(s): 1 player
Three-time Olympian(s): 12 players
Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 1 player
Top goalscorers
Source: Rio2016 |
Top goalkeepers
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The women's all-star team was announced on 19 August 2016.