Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The water polo tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 20 August at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Barra da Tijuca. Twenty teams (twelve for men and eight for women) competed in the tournament.[1][2] Games that ended in ties in elimination rounds were decided by shootouts, as overtime has been abolished since 2013.

Water polo
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueMaria Lenk Aquatic Center (preliminaries)
Olympic Aquatics Stadium (men's last preliminary round, play-off matches)
Dates6–20 August 2016
No. of events2
Competitors260 from 20 nations

Competition schedule

GGroup stage QFQuarter-finals SFSemi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal
Date
Event
Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed 17Thu 18Fri 19Sat 20
MenGGGGGQFSFBF
WomenGGGQFSFBF

Qualification

Men's qualification

QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified
Host nation2 October 2009 Copenhagen1 Brazil
2015 FINA World League23–28 June 2015 Bergamo1 Serbia
2015 Pan American Games7–15 July 2015 Toronto1 United States
2015 FINA World Championships27 July – 8 August 2015 Kazan2 Croatia
 Greece
Oceanian Continental Selection[3]19 October 2015 Perth1 Australia
2015 Asian Championship16–20 December 2015 Foshan1 Japan
2016 European Championships10–23 January 2016 Belgrade1 Montenegro
World Qualification Tournament3–10 April 2016 Trieste4 Hungary
 Italy
 Spain
 France
Total12

Women's qualification

QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified
Host nation2 October 2009 Copenhagen1 Brazil
Oceanian Continental Selection[3]19 October 2015 Perth1 Australia
2015 Asian Championship16–17 December 2015 Foshan1 China
2016 European Championships10–22 January 2016 Belgrade1 Hungary
World Qualification Tournament21–28 March 2016 Gouda4 United States
 Italy
 Russia
 Spain
Total8

Men's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group stage

The teams were divided into two groups of six countries, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for a victory, one point for a draw. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarterfinals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 5 2 3 0 57 43 +14 7 Quarter-finals
2  Greece 5 2 2 1 41 40 +1 6
3  Brazil (H) 5 3 0 2 40 39 +1 6
4  Serbia 5 2 2 1 49 44 +5 6
5  Australia 5 2 1 2 44 40 +4 5
6  Japan 5 0 0 5 36 61 25 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.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 3 1 1 46 35 +11 7 Quarter-finals
2  Croatia 5 3 0 2 37 37 0 6
3  Italy 5 3 0 2 40 41 1 6
4  Montenegro 5 2 1 2 36 32 +4 5
5  United States 5 2 0 3 35 35 0 4
6  France 5 1 0 4 28 42 14 2
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.

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
16 August
 
 
 Hungary9 (2)
 
18 August
 
 Montenegro (pen.)9 (4)
 
 Montenegro8
 
16 August
 
 Croatia12
 
 Brazil6
 
20 August
 
 Croatia10
 
 Croatia7
 
16 August
 
 Serbia11
 
 Greece5
 
18 August
 
 Italy9
 
 Italy8
 
16 August
 
 Serbia10 Bronze medal
 
 Serbia10
 
20 August
 
 Spain7
 
 Montenegro10
 
 
 Italy12
 

Women's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group stage

The teams were divided into two groups of four countries, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. All teams qualified for the quarterfinals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
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.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
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.

Knockout stage

  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 19

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Serbia1001
 United States1001
3 Italy0112
4 Croatia0101
5 Russia0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
 Serbia (SRB)[1]
Gojko Pijetlović
Dušan Mandić
Živko Gocić
Sava Ranđelović
Miloš Ćuk
Duško Pijetlović
Slobodan Nikić
Milan Aleksić
Nikola Jakšić
Filip Filipović
Andrija Prlainović
Stefan Mitrović
Branislav Mitrović
 Croatia (CRO)
Josip Pavić
Damir Burić
Antonio Petković
Luka Lončar
Maro Joković
Luka Bukić
Xavier García
Andro Bušlje
Sandro Sukno
Ivan Krapić
Anđelo Šetka
Marko Macan
Marko Bijač
 Italy (ITA)
Stefano Tempesti
Francesco Di Fulvio
Niccolò Gitto
Pietro Figlioli
Alessandro Velotto
Michaël Bodegas
Andrea Fondelli
Valentino Gallo
Christian Presciutti
Nicholas Presciutti
Matteo Aicardi
Alessandro Nora
Marco Del Lungo
Women
 United States (USA)[1]
Samantha Hill
Madeline Musselmann
Melissa Seidemann
Rachel Fattal
Aria Fischer
Maggie Steffens
Courtney Mathewson
Kiley Neushul
Caroline Clark
Kaleigh Gilchrist
Makenzie Fischer
Kami Craig
Ashleigh Johnson
 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
 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

See also

References

  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. "Rio 2016 – FINA Water Polo Qualification System" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  3. "Breakdown of anticipated athletes by sport". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

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