Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, Australia, began on September 16 and lasted until September 23, 2000.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia Taryn Woods Debbie Watson Liz Weekes Danielle Woodhouse Bronwyn Mayer Gail Miller Melissa Mills Simone Hankin Yvette Higgins Kate Hooper Naomi Castle Joanne Fox Bridgette Gusterson Head Coach: István Görgényi	United States Brenda Villa Kathy Sheehy Coralie Simmons Julie Swail Courtney Johnson Maureen O'Toole Nicolle Payne Heather Petri Ericka Lorenz Heather Moody Bernice Orwig Robin Beauregard Ellen Estes Head Coach: Guy Baker—	Russia Ekaterina Vassilieva Elena Smurova Elena Tokoun Irina Tolkounova Ioulia Petrova Tatiana Petrova Galina Rytova Maria Koroleva Natalia Koutouzova Svetlana Kouzina Marina Akobia Ekaterina Anikeeva Sofia Konoukh Head Coach:

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Will play for places 5-6

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	5	4	1	0	35	20	+15	8
United States	5	3	1	1	36	30	+6	7
Netherlands	5	3	2	0	27	26	+1	6
Russia	5	2	2	1	36	29	+7	5
Canada	5	1	2	2	33	34	-1	4
Kazakhstan	5	0	5	0	23	51	-28	0

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16 September 2000 13:00	Kazakhstan	2–9	Australia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Melliar (RSA), Ludecke (GER)
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-2, 0-1, 0-4

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16 September 2000 18:00	Canada	7–7	Russia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Tulga (TUR), Clemenson (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 2-3, 0-1, 2-2, 3-1

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16 September 2000 19:15	Netherlands	4–6	United States	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Csaszar (HUN)
	Score by quarters: 0-2, 1-1, 2-1, 1-2

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17 September 2000 13:00	Australia	6–3	Russia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Chasekioglou (GRE), Schwartz (ISR)
	Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-1, 2-1, 1-0

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17 September 2000 18:00	United States	8–8	Canada	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Margeta (SLO), Kratochvil (SVK)
	Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-3, 0-2, 3-0

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17 September 2000 19:15	Kazakhstan	6–8	Netherlands	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Rajevic (YUG), Mendendez Betancourt (CUB)
	Score by quarters: 2-2, 2-2, 1-2, 1-2

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18 September 2000 13:00	Netherlands	5–4	Australia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Klaric (CRO), Tulga (TUR)
	Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-1, 0-2, 2-0

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18 September 2000 18:00	Russia	5–7	United States	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Dani (ITA), Clemencon (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-2, 1-3, 1-1

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18 September 2000 19:15	Canada	10–3	Kazakhstan	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Ludecke (GER), Moradi Shahpar (IRI)
	Score by quarters: 3-1, 3-0, 1-2, 3-0

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19 September 2000 13:00	United States	6–7	Australia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Chasekioglou (GRE), Margeta (SLO)
	Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-0, 2-4, 1-1

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19 September 2000 18:00	Kazakhstan	6–15	Russia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Schwartz (ISR), Kratochvil(SVK)
	Score by quarters: 1-5, 1-5, 3-3, 1-2

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19 September 2000 19:15	Netherlands	7–4	Canada	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Dani (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 3-0, 0-2, 2-2, 2-0

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20 September 2000 13:00	Canada	4–9	Australia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Ludecke (GER), Clemencon (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 0-1, 2-4, 1-2, 1-2

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20 September 2000 18:00	Russia	6–3	Netherlands	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Tulga (TUR), Csaszar (HUN)
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-1, 3-0, 1-0

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20 September 2000 19:15	Kazakhstan	6–9	United States	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Klaric (CRO), Moradi Shahpar (IRI)
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-1

Medal round bracket

	Semifinals				Gold Medal
	Australia	7
	Russia	6
					Australia	4
					United States	3
					Bronze Medal
	United States	6		Russia	4
	Netherlands	5			Netherlands	3

Classification 5 - 6

Team
Canada	9
Kazakhstan	8

Classification 5th-6th

22 September 2000 18:00	Canada	9–8	Kazakhstan	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Takata (USA), Bower (AUS)
	Score by quarters: 1-1, 3-3, 2-3, 2-1*,1-0

Semifinals

22 September 2000 13:00	Australia	7–6	Russia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Ludecke (GER), Margeta (SLO)
	Score by quarters: 2-3, 1-1, 1-2, 3-0

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22 September 2000 19:15	United States	6–5	Netherlands	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Dani (ITA), Clemencon (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 3-2, 1-3, 1-0, 1-0

Bronze medal match

23 September 2000 20:00	Russia	4–3	Netherlands	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Tulga (TUR), Chasekioglou (GRE)
	Score by quarters: 0-2, 1-0, 1-1, 2-0

Gold medal match

23 September 2000 21:15	Australia	4–3	United States	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Dani (ITA), Prikhodko (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 1-1, 0-1, 1-0, 2-1

Final Rankings

Rank Team Australia United States Russia 4. Netherlands 5. Canada 6. Kazakhstan References Official Olympic Report