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

Women's water polo
at the XXXI Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates 9–19 August
Teams 8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Water polo at the
2016 Summer Olympics

Tournaments
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Rosters
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The women's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will begin on 9 August and last until 19 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
Oceanian Continental Selection[1] 19 October 2015 Australia Perth 1  Australia
2015 Asian Championships 16–17 December 2015 China Foshan 1  China
2016 European Championships 10–22 January 2016 Serbia Belgrade 1  Hungary
World Qualification Tournament 21–28 March 2016 Netherlands Gouda 4  United States
 Italy
 Russia
 Spain
Total 8

Draw

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

Teams from eight nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round.

Seeding

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

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Hungary
 Australia
 United States
 Italy
 Russia
 China
 Spain
 Brazil

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Brazil (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 9 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.
9 August 2016
Russia   Australia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
9 August 2016
Italy   Brazil Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

11 August 2016
Italy   Australia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
11 August 2016
Russia   Brazil Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

13 August 2016
Russia   Italy Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
13 August 2016
Australia   Brazil Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 9 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.
9 August 2016
China   Hungary Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
9 August 2016
Spain   United States Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

11 August 2016
China   United States Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
11 August 2016
Spain   Hungary Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

13 August 2016
China   Spain Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
13 August 2016
Hungary   United States Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

Quarter-finals

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

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

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

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

5–8th place semifinals

17 August 2016
LQF1 LQF4 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

17 August 2016
LQF2 LQF3 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Semi-finals

17 August 2016
WQF1 WQF4 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

17 August 2016
WQF2 WQF3 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Seventh place game

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

Fifth place game

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

Bronze medal game

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

Gold medal game

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

References

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