Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's water polo
at the XXXI Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates 6–20 August
Teams 12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Water polo at the
2016 Summer Olympics

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The men's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will begin on 6 August and last until 20 August 2016. Games will be held at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

Qualification

QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified
Host nation 2 October 2009 Denmark Copenhagen 1 Brazil
2015 FINA World League 23–28 June 2015 Italy Bergamo 1  Serbia
2015 Pan American Games 7–15 July 2015 Canada Toronto 1  United States
2015 FINA World Championships 27 July – 8 August 2015 Russia Kazan 2  Croatia
 Greece
Oceanian Continental Selection[1] 19 October 2015 Australia Perth 1  Australia
2015 Asian Championships 16–20 December 2015 China Foshan 1  Japan
2016 European Championships 10–23 January 2016 Serbia Belgrade 1  Montenegro
World Qualification Tournament 3–10 April 2016 Italy Trieste 4  Hungary
 Italy
 Spain
 France
Total 12

Draw

The draw was held on 10 April 2016.[2]

Teams from twelve nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. The top four teams advance to the quarterfinals.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
 Serbia
 Croatia
 Greece
 Montenegro
 United States
 Australia
 France
 Japan
 Hungary
 Italy
 Spain
 Brazil

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Brazil (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
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.
6 August 2016
Serbia   Hungary Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
6 August 2016
Brazil   Australia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
6 August 2016
Greece   Japan Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

8 August 2016
Hungary   Australia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
8 August 2016
Japan   Brazil Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
8 August 2016
Serbia   Greece Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

10 August 2016
Australia   Japan Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
10 August 2016
Greece   Hungary Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
10 August 2016
Brazil   Serbia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

12 August 2016
Hungary   Japan Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
12 August 2016
Serbia   Australia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
12 August 2016
Greece   Brazil Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

14 August 2016
Brazil   Hungary Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
14 August 2016
Australia   Greece Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
14 August 2016
Serbia   Japan Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
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.
6 August 2016
United States   Croatia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
6 August 2016
France   Montenegro Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
6 August 2016
Spain   Italy Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

8 August 2016
Croatia   Montenegro Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
8 August 2016
Italy   France Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
8 August 2016
United States   Spain Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

10 August 2016
Montenegro   Italy Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
10 August 2016
Spain   Croatia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
10 August 2016
France   United States Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

12 August 2016
Croatia   Italy Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
12 August 2016
United States   Montenegro Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
12 August 2016
Spain   France Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

14 August 2016
France   Croatia Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
14 August 2016
Montenegro   Spain Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
14 August 2016
United States   Italy Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
16 August
 
 
Winners Group A
 
18 August
 
Fourth-placed team Group B
 
 
 
16 August
 
 
 
Runners-up Group B
 
20 August
 
Third-placed team Group A
 
 
 
16 August
 
 
 
Runners-up Group A
 
18 August
 
Third-placed team Group B
 
 
 
16 August
 
 Bronze medal
 
Winners Group B
 
20 August
 
Fourth-placed team Group A
 
 
 
 
 
 
5th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
18 August
 
 
 
 
20 August
 
 
 
 
 
18 August
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seventh place
 
 
20 August
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

16 August 2016
A1 B4 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

16 August 2016
A2 B3 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

16 August 2016
A3 B2 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

16 August 2016
A4 B1 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

5–8th place semifinals

18 August 2016
LQF1 LQF3 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

18 August 2016
LQF2 LQF4 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Semi-finals

18 August 2016
WQF1 WQF3 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

18 August 2016
WQF1 WQF3 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Seventh place game

20 August 2016
LSF1 LSF2 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Fifth place game

20 August 2016
WSF1 WSF2 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Bronze medal game

20 August 2016
LSF1 LSF2 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Gold medal game

20 August 2016
WSF1 WSF2 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

References

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