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

Gender:	women
Year:	2016
Country:	Brazil
City:	Rio de Janeiro
Venue:	Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre, Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates:	9–19 August 2016
Num Teams:	8
Confederations:	4
Competitors:	104
Champion:	USA
Count:	2
Second:	ITA
Third:	RUS
Fourth:	HUN
Matches:	24
Goals:	435
Multiple Appearances:	4-time Olympian(s): 1 3-time Olympian(s): 12
Multiple Medalists:	3-time medalist(s): 1
Top Scorer:	Maggie Steffens (17 goals in 6 matches)
Most Saves:	Giulia Gorlero (65 saves in 6 matches)
Top Sprinter:	Rachel Fattal (17 sprints won in 6 matches)
Mvp:	Maggie Steffens
Previous:	2012
Next:	2020

The women's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 9 August and ended on 19 August 2016.^[1] Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

The United States won the gold medal by defeating Italy 12–5 in the final. Russia captured bronze, beating Hungary 19–18.^[2]

Competition schedule

Tue 9	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16	Wed 17	Thu 18	Fri 19
G		G		G		QF		SF		B	F

Qualification

See main article: Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification.

width=30%	Qualification!	width=21%	Date!	width=24%	Host!	width=7%	Berths!	width=18%	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009		1
Oceanian Continental Selection^[3]	19 October 2015		1
	16–17 December 2015		1
	10–22 January 2016		1
	21–28 March 2016		4
Total			8

Draw

The draw was held on 10 April 2016.^[4]

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.^[5]

width=15%	Pot 1	width=15%	Pot 2	width=15%	Pot 3	width=15%	Pot 4

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.^[6]

• German Moller
• Daniel Flahive
• Mark Koganov
• Fabio Toffoli
• Marie-Claude Deslières
• Ni Shi Wei
• Nenad Peris
• Hatem Gaber
• Benjamin Mercier
• Georgios Stavridis
• Péter Molnár
• Masoud Rezvani
• Fillippo Gomez
• Tadao Tahara
• Stanko Ivanovski
• Diana Dutilh-Dumas
• Radosław Koryzna
• Adrian Alexandrescu
• Sergey Naumov
• Vojin Putniković
• Boris Margeta
• Dion Willis
• Francesc Buch
• Joseph Peila

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

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Group B

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

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Final round

Final Bracket

5th place bracket

Quarterfinals

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

5th–8th place classification

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

Semifinals

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

7th place match

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

5th place match

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

Bronze medal match

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

Gold medal match

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

Ranking and statistics

See main article: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics.

See also: National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament.

Final ranking

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8

Multi-time Olympians

See main article: List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments.

Four-time Olympian(s): 1 player

• : Tania Di Mario

Three-time Olympian(s): 12 players

• : Gemma Beadsworth, Bronwen Knox
• : Ma Huanhuan, Sun Yating, Yang Jun (GK)
• : Orsolya Takács
• : Teresa Frassinetti
• : Nadezhda Glyzina-Fedotova, Ekaterina Lisunova, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Evgenia Soboleva
• : Kami Craig

Multiple medalists

See main article: List of Olympic medalists in water polo.

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 1 player

• : Kami Craig

Top goalscorers

!Rank!Name!Goals!Shots!

1	Maggie Steffens	17	24	71
2	Barbara Bujka	15	23	65
	Roser Tarragó		35	43
4	Ashleigh Southern	14	36	39
	Rita Keszthelyi		36	39
6	Roberta Bianconi	13	33	39
	Nadezhda Fedotova		27	48
8	Izabella Chiappini	12	49	25
	Arianna Garibotti		28	43
	Madeline Musselmann		25	48

Source: Rio2016

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Ashleigh Johnson	65	51	79
2	Giulia Gorlero	61	65	106
3	Samantha Hill	60	6	10
4	Lea Yanitsas	59	27	46
5	Tess Oliveira	49	34	69
6	Kelsey Wakefield	47	18	38
7	Yang Jun	47	55	118
8	Laura Ester	44	41	94
9	Orsolya Kasó	42	27	64
10	Victória Chamorro	42	23	55

Source: Rio2016

Awards

The women's all-star team was announced on 19 August 2016.

Most Valuable Player

• Maggie Steffens (17 goals, 1 sprints won)

Media All-Star Team

• Goalkeeper
  • Ashleigh Johnson (51 saves)
• Field players
  • Barbara Bujka (centre forward, left-handed, 15 goals)
  • Arianna Garibotti (12 goals)
  • Rita Keszthelyi (14 goals, 10 sprints won)
  • Maddie Musselman (12 goals)
  • Ashleigh Southern (14 goals)
  • Maggie Steffens (17 goals, 1 sprints won)

See also

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

Sources

• PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:
  • Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)
• Water polo on the Olympedia website
  • Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)
• Water polo on the Sports Reference website
  • Water polo at the 2016 Summer Games (women's tournament) (archived)

Notes and References

1. wog . dmy .
2. Web site: Water Polo, Women's final and bronze matches - US retain title, their reign is unchallenged. 19 August 2016. fina.org.
3. News: Breakdown of anticipated athletes by sport. Australian Olympic Committee. 19 January 2016.
4. Web site: WP Olympic Games Qualification Tournament is ready. 1 April 2016. federnuoto.it.
5. Web site: RIO 2016 - Water polo - Teams & Groups. 10 April 2016. fina.org.
6. http://www.fina.org/content/rio-2016-water-polo-officials Referees

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