Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Water polo at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center (preliminaries) Olympic Aquatics Stadium (men's last preliminary round, play-off matches)
Dates	6–20 August 2016
No. of events	2
Competitors	260 from 20 nations

Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
men  women
Tournaments
men  women
Rosters
men  women

The water polo tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 20 August at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Barra da Tijuca. Twenty teams (twelve for men and eight for women) competed in the tournament.^[1] Games that ended in ties in elimination rounds were decided by shootouts, as overtime has been abolished since 2013.

Competition schedule

G

Group stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Date Event	Sat 6	Sun 7	Mon 8	Tue 9	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16	Wed 17	Thu 18	Fri 19		Sat 20
Men	G		G		G		G		G		¼		½			B	F
Women				G		G		G		¼		½		B	F

Qualification

Men's qualification

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

Women's qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
Oceanian Continental Selection[2]	19 October 2015	Perth	1	Australia
2015 Asian Championships	16–17 December 2015	Foshan	1	China
2016 European Championships	10–22 January 2016	Belgrade	1	Hungary
World Qualification Tournament	21–28 March 2016	Gouda	4	United States
				Italy
				Russia
				Spain
Total			8

Men's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group stage

The teams were divided into two groups of six countries, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for a victory, one point for a draw. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarterfinals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	5	2	3	0	57	43	+14	7	Quarter-finals
2	Greece	5	2	2	1	41	40	+1	6
3	Brazil (H)	5	3	0	2	40	39	+1	6
4	Serbia	5	2	2	1	49	44	+5	6
5	Australia	5	2	1	2	44	40	+4	5
6	Japan	5	0	0	5	36	61	−25	0

Source: Rio2016
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.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	3	1	1	46	35	+11	7	Quarter-finals
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	37	37	0	6
3	Italy	5	3	0	2	40	41	−1	6
4	Montenegro	5	2	1	2	36	32	+4	5
5	United States	5	2	0	3	35	35	0	4
6	France	5	1	0	4	28	42	−14	2

Source: Rio2016
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.

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	16 August
	Hungary	9 (2)
					18 August
	Montenegro (pen.)	9 (4)
					Montenegro	8
	16 August
					Croatia	12
	Brazil	6
									20 August
	Croatia	10
									Croatia	7
	16 August
									Serbia	11
	Greece	5
					18 August
	Italy	9
					Italy	8
	16 August
					Serbia	10			Bronze medal
	Serbia	10
									20 August
	Spain	7
									Montenegro	10
									Italy	12

Women's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group stage

The teams were divided into two groups of four countries, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. All teams qualified for the quarterfinals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	27	15	+12	6	Quarter-finals
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	31	15	+16	4
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	23	31	−8	2
4	Brazil (H)	3	0	0	3	13	33	−20	0

Source: Rio2016
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.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	34	14	+20	6	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	27	29	−2	4
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	29	33	−4	2
4	China	3	0	0	3	23	37	−14	0

Source: Rio2016
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.

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	15 August
	Australia	8 (3)
					17 August
	Hungary (pen.)	8 (5)
					Hungary	10
	15 August
					United States	14
	Brazil	3
									19 August
	United States	13
									United States	12
	15 August
									Italy	5
	Russia	12
					17 August
	Spain	10
					Russia	9
	15 August
					Italy	12			Bronze medal
	Italy	12
									19 August
	China	7
									Hungary	12 (6)
									Russia (pen.)	12 (7)

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Serbia	1	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	1
3	Italy	0	1	1	2
4	Croatia	0	1	0	1
5	Russia	0	0	1	1
Total 5 NOCs		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Serbia (SRB) Gojko Pijetlović Dušan Mandić Živko Gocić Sava Ranđelović Miloš Ćuk Duško Pijetlović Slobodan Nikić Milan Aleksić Nikola Jakšić Filip Filipović Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Branislav Mitrović	Croatia (CRO) Josip Pavić Damir Burić Antonio Petković Luka Lončar Maro Joković Luka Bukić Xavier García Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Ivan Krapić Anđelo Šetka Marko Macan Marko Bijač	Italy (ITA) Stefano Tempesti Francesco Di Fulvio Niccolò Gitto Pietro Figlioli Alessandro Velotto Michael Bodegas Andrea Fondelli Valentino Gallo Christian Presciutti Nicholas Presciutti Matteo Aicardi Alessandro Nora Marco Del Lungo
Women	United States (USA) Samantha Hill Madeline Musselmann Melissa Seidemann Rachel Fattal Aria Fischer Maggie Steffens Courtney Mathewson Kiley Neushul Caroline Clark Kaleigh Gilchrist Makenzie Fischer Kami Craig Ashleigh Johnson	Italy (ITA) Giulia Gorlero Chiara Tabani Arianna Garibotti Elisa Queirolo Federica Radicchi Rosaria Aiello Tania Di Mario Roberta Bianconi Giulia Enrica Emmolo Francesca Pomeri Aleksandra Cotti Teresa Frassinetti Laura Teani	Russia (RUS) Anna Ustyukhina Maria Borisova Ekaterina Prokofyeva Elvina Karimova Nadezhda Fedotova Olga Belova Ekaterina Lisunova Anastasia Simanovich Anna Timofeeva Evgenia Soboleva Evgeniya Ivanova Anna Grineva Anna Karnaukh

See also

• Water polo at the 2014 Asian Games
• Water polo at the 2015 European Games
• Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games

References

1. "Rio 2016 – FINA Water Polo Qualification System" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
2. "Breakdown of anticipated athletes by sport". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

External links

• Water polo at Rio2016.com