The water polo tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 20 August at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre 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.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Brazil |
City | Rio de Janeiro |
Venue(s) | Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre, Olympic Aquatics Stadium |
Dates | 6–20 August 2016 |
Events | 2 (men's, women's) |
Teams | 12 (men's), 8 (women's) (from 4 confederations) |
Competitors | 154 men, 104 women |
Final positions | |
Champions | Serbia (men) United States (women) |
Runners-up | Croatia (men) Italy (women) |
Third place | Italy (men) Russia (women) |
Fourth place | Montenegro (men) Hungary (women) |
Tournament statistics (men, women) | |
Matches | 66 |
Goals scored | 1,139 (17.26 per match) |
Multiple appearances | 5-time Olympian(s): 2 players 4-time Olympian(s): 8 players |
Multiple medalists | 3-time medalist(s): 6 players |
MVPs | Filip Filipović (men's) Maggie Steffens (women's) |
Qualification
editMen's qualification
editQualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 2 October 2009 | Copenhagen | 1 | Brazil |
2015 FINA World League | 23–28 June 2015 | Bergamo | 1 | Serbia |
2015 Pan American Games | 7–15 July 2015 | Toronto | 1 | United States |
2015 FINA World Championships | 27 July – 8 August 2015 | Kazan | 2 | Croatia |
Greece | ||||
Oceanian Continental Selection[3] | 19 October 2015 | Perth | 1 | Australia |
2015 Asian Championship | 16–20 December 2015 | Foshan | 1 | Japan |
2016 European Championships | 10–23 January 2016 | Belgrade | 1 | Montenegro |
World Qualification Tournament | 3–10 April 2016 | Trieste | 4 | Hungary |
Italy | ||||
Spain | ||||
France | ||||
Total | 12 |
Women's qualification
editQualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 2 October 2009 | Copenhagen | 1 | Brazil |
Oceanian Continental Selection[3] | 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 |
Competition schedule
editG | Group stage | QF | Quarter-finals | SF | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Date Event |
Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | ||
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Men | G | G | G | G | G | QF | SF | B | F | ||||||||
Women | G | G | G | QF | SF | B | F |
Men's competition
editThe competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
Group stage
editThe 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
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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) Hosts
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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
editQuarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal | ||||||||
16 August | ||||||||||
Hungary | 9 (2) | |||||||||
18 August | ||||||||||
Montenegro (pen.) | 9 (4) | |||||||||
Montenegro | 8 | |||||||||
16 August | ||||||||||
Croatia | 12 | |||||||||
Brazil | 6 | |||||||||
20 August | ||||||||||
Croatia | 10 | |||||||||
Croatia | 7 | |||||||||
16 August | ||||||||||
Serbia | 11 | |||||||||
Greece | 5 | |||||||||
18 August | ||||||||||
Italy | 9 | |||||||||
Italy | 8 | |||||||||
16 August | ||||||||||
Serbia | 10 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
Serbia | 10 | |||||||||
20 August | ||||||||||
Spain | 7 | |||||||||
Montenegro | 10 | |||||||||
Italy | 12 | |||||||||
Women's competition
editThe competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
Group stage
editThe 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
editPos | 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 |
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) Hosts
Group B
editPos | 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 |
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
editQuarterfinals | 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 |
Medal summary
editMedal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Medalists
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Rio 2016 – FINA Water Polo Qualification System" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Breakdown of anticipated athletes by sport". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
Sources
edit- PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics Archived 3 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
External links
edit- "The Olympic Games: Water Polo (Rio2016.com)". Archived from the original on 22 November 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "Water Polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com)". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Water Polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
- Results Book – Water Polo