Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification explained

Tourney Name:	2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
Size:	250px
Country:	Netherlands
Dates:	21–28 March
Num Teams:	12
Confederations:	5
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Matches:	42
Goals:	762

The 2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament was held at the Groenhovenbad in Gouda, Netherlands, from 21 to 28 March 2016.^{[1] [2]} The top four teams advanced to the Olympics. The mascot of the event was an orange lion in blue clothes called Swimba.

Participants

There were 12 places originally allocated to continental associations in the tournament not already directly qualified to the Olympics – 7 from Europe, 2 from the Americas, 1 from Asia, 1 from Africa, and 1 from Oceania.

Continent	How qualified
Europe
	Host country
	2016 European Championship bronze medalists
	2016 European Championship 4th place
	2016 European Championship 5th place
	2016 European Championship 6th place
	2016 European Championship 7th place
^[3]	2016 European Championship 8th place
Americas
	2015 Pan American Games gold medalists
	2015 Pan American Games silver medalists
Asia
	2015 Asian Championship silver medalists
Africa
	African Continental Selection
Oceania

Squads

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valign=top	1: Jessica Gaudreault 2: Krystina Alogbo 3: Katrina Monton 4: Emma Wright 5: Monika Eggens 6: Kelly McKee 7: Joëlle Békhazi 8: Axelle Crevier 9: Carmen Eggens 10: Christine Robinson 11: Anna Yelizarova 12: Dominique Perreault 13: Nicola Colterjohn Coach: Justin Oliveira	valign=top	1: Lorene Derenty 2: Estelle Millot 3: Lea Bachelier 4: Aurore Sacre 5: Louise Guillet 6: Geraldine Mahieu 7: Marie Barbieux 8: Marion Tardy 9: Adeline Sacre 10: Audrey Daule 11: Lucie Cesca 12: Michaela Jašková 13: Morgane Chabrier Coach: Filippos Sakellis	valign=top	1: Felicitas Saurusajtis 2: Belen Vosseberg 3: Nadja Kreis 4: Bianca Seyfert 5: Claudia Blomenkamp 6: Sina van der Bosch 7: Anja Seyfert 8: Jamie Verebelyi 9: Jenny Stiefel 10: Nadine Hartwig 11: Carmen Gelse 12: Anika Ebell 13: Lotte Hurrelmann Coach: Milos Sekulic	valign=top	1: Eleni Kouvdou 2: Christina Tsoukala 3: Nikoleta Eleftheriadou 4: Vasiliki Diamantopoulou 5: Margarita Plevritou 6: Alkisti Avramidou 7: Alexandra Asimaki 8: Antigoni Roumpesi 9: Christina Kotsia 10: Triantafyllia Manolioudaki 11: Eleftheria Plevritou 12: Eleni Xenaki 13: Chrysoula Diamantopoulou Coach: Athanasios Kechagias
valign=top	1 Giulia Gorlero 2 Chiara Tabani 3 Arianna Garibotti 4 Elisa Queirolo 5 Federica Radicchi 6 Rosaria Aiello 7 Tania di Mario 8 Roberta Bianconi 9 Giulia Emmolo 10 Francesca Pomeri 11 Aleksandra Cotti 12 Teresa Frassinetti 13 Laura Teani Coach Fabio Conti	valign=top	1: Rikako Miura 2: Chiaki Sakanoue 3: Akari Inaba 4: Shino Magariyama 5: Moe Nakata 6: Ayaka Takahashi 7: Yumi Nakano 8: Mitsuki Hashiguchi 9: Kana Hosoya 10: Tsubasa Mori 11: Marina Tokumoto 12: Kotori Suzuki 13: Miyuu Aoki Coach: Hideo Katoh	valign=top	1: Laura Aarts 2: Yasemin Smit 3: Dagmar Genee 4: Sabrina van der Sloot 5: Amarens Genee 6: Nomi Stomphorst 7: Marloes Nijhuis 8: Vivian Sevenich 9: Maud Megens 10: Isabella van Toorn 11: Lieke Klaassen 12: Leonie van der Molen 13: Debby Willemsz Coach: Arno Havenga	valign=top	1: Jessica Milicich 2: Nicole Lewis 3: Kelly Mason 4: Ricci Ferigo 5: Simone Lewis 6: Annabel Harman 7: Alexandra Boyd 8: Caitlin Lopes Da Silva 9: Emma Stoneman 10: Ema Carevic 11: Casie Bowry 12: Liana Dance 13: Antonia Young Coach: Angela Winstanley-Smith
valign=top	1: Laura Ester 2: Marta Bach 3: Anni Espar 4: Beatriz Ortiz 5: Matilde Ortiz 6: Jennifer Pareja 7: Paula Leitón 8: María del Pilar Peña 9: Judith Forca 10: Roser Tarragó 11: Maica García Godoy 12: Laura López 13: Patricia Herrera Coach: Miguel Angel Oca	valign=top	1 Rebecca Thomas 2 Amber Penny 3 Kieran Paley 4 Emma Hardham 5 Carly Wessels 6 Christine Abrahams 7 Amy Keevy 8 Alex van der Walt 9 Cara Stubbs 10 Megan Parkes 11 Amica Hallendorff 12 Kelsey White 13 Lauren Nixon Coach Gareth Samuel	valign=top	1: Anna Ustyukhina 2: Ekaterina Lisunova 3: Ekaterina Prokofyeva 4: Elvina Karimova 5: Evgeniia Soboleva 6: Ekaterina Tankeeva 7: Evgeniya Ivanova 8: Anastasia Simanovich 9: Anna Timofeeva 10: Diana Antonova 11: Anna Timofeeva 12: Ksenia Ivanchishiha 13: Anastasia Verkhoglyadova Coach: Alexander Gaidukov	valign=top	1: Samantha Hill 2: Madeline Musselman 3: Melissa Seidemann 4: Rachel Fattal 5: Caroline Clark 6: Maggie Steffens 7: Courtney Mathewson 8: Kiley Neushul 9: Aria Fischer 10: Kaleigh Gilchrist 11: Makenzie Fischer 12: Kami Craig 13: Ashleigh Johnson Coach: Adam Krikorian

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Draw

The draw took place on 23 January 2016 in Belgrade, after the final of the 2016 European Championship.^[5]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).^[6]

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Times are local (UTC+1) for matches on 26 March, and (UTC+2) for matches on 27 and 28 March 2016.

Bracket

5th place bracket

Quarterfinals

The winners qualify for the 2016 Olympics.

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Final ranking

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Qualified for the Summer Olympics

Rank	width=170	Team
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

See also

• 2016 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Water polo. corporate.olympics.com.au. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). 20 October 2014.
2. Web site: Italy and the Netherlands to host Rio 2016 qualification tournaments. 2 March 2015. waterpoloworld.com.
3. Web site: Cuba trekt zich terug voor olympisch kwalificatietoernooi. 24 February 2016. gaanvoorgoud.eu.
4. http://gaanvoorgoud.eu/tournament-info/teams-info/ Squads
5. Web site: Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments Draw (Men & Women). 23 January 2016. fina.org.
6. Web site: Speelschema Olympisch kwalificatie toernooi. 3 February 2016. gaanvoorgoud.eu.