Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament explained

Event:Women's water polo tournament
Games:2015
Venue:Markham Pan Am Centre
Dates:July 7 – 15
Competitors:104
Nations:8
Prev:2011
Next:2019

The women's tournament of water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada took place between the 7 and 15 of July at the Markham Pan Am Centre in Markham, Ontario.[1] [2] The first through fourth-place finishing teams qualified for the 2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament to be held in Gouda, Netherlands.[3]

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the water polo competition. Canada, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions.[4]

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1
Qualified automatically1
2014 South American ChampionshipOctober 7–11 Mar del Plata3

November 22–293

TOTAL 8

Format

Preliminary round

All times are local Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−5)

Group A

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Group B

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Classification stage

Fifth to Eighth place

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Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Medal round

Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standings

width=40Rankwidth=180Teamwidth=60RecordOlympic Qualification
5 – 0 – 0 2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
3 – 1 – 1 2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
3 – 1 – 1 Already qualified as a host
42 – 0 – 3
52 – 1 – 2
61 – 0 – 3
71 – 1 – 3
81 – 0 – 4

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Competition Schedule . 18 August 2014 . toronto2015.org . TO2015. 7 September 2014.
  2. Web site: Atos Markham Pan Am / Parapan Am Centre . toronto2015.org . . 18 September 2014.
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: Qualification System Water polo . December 2013 . uana-aquatics.org/ . TO2015. 20 October 2014.