Water_polo_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_tournament
The women's water polo tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested between August 16 and August 26 at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.[1] Eight teams qualified for the Games, with Italy defeating the host nation Greece for the gold medal. The United States won the bronze medal.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Greece |
| City | Athens |
| Venue(s) | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre |
| Dates | 16–26 August 2004 |
| Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
| Competitors | 101 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Italy (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Greece |
| Third place |  United States |
| Fourth place |  Australia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 20 |
| Goals scored | 261 (13.05 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Tania Di Mario(14 goals in 6 matches) |
| Most saves | Jacqueline Frank (41 saves in 5 matches) |
| Top sprinter(s) | Kyriaki Liosi (21 sprints won in 6 matches) |
| MVP | Tania Di Mario |
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The eight qualifying teams were split into two groups of four for the preliminary round, which was played in a round-robin format. The top teams in each group advanced directly to the semi-finals, while second and third place teams advanced to the quarter-finals. Classification matches were also played to determine the final ranking for all teams.
The women's water polo tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the second time that the tournament was held at the Olympic Games with the previous tournament being held in 2000.[2]
Fifteen teams competed in qualifying for the seven spots. Despite it originally being the winner per continent,[3] the format would only see two continental champions with the United States and Kazakhstan qualifying from their continent.[4][5] The remaining four spots (Australia got an bye from being the Oceania champions) was then held at the qualifier which was held in Imperia, Italy. The top three teams from the event qualified through to the Olympics Games (Hungary, Italy and Russia) while Canada also got through on the basis of being the replacement for the African team.
More information Event, Dates ...
| Event | Dates | Hosts | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
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| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Greece |
| 2003 Pan American Games | 3–10 August 2003 |  Dominican Republic | 1 | United States |
| 2004 Women's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament | 23–29 February 2004 | Imperia | 4 |  Canada |
 Hungary | ||||
| Italy | ||||
 Russia |
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- Group A
Australia (Oceania champions)
Kazakhstan (Asia champions)
Group A
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 5 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| 2 | Italy |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 4 | Qualified for the Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Greece |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 0 |
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| 16 August 2004 10:45 |
Report[6] | Australia |
6–5 | Italy |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Peter Bookelman (NED) Sergio Borrell (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 1–1, 1–1 | |||||
| Gynther 2 Heuchan 2 Norwood 1 Rippon 1 |
Goals | Allucci 1 di Mario 1 Miceli 1 Musumeci 1 Zanchi 1 | |||
| 16 August 2004 17:45 |
Report[7] | Greece |
8–6 | Kazakhstan |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Radu Matache (ROU) Daniel Legare (CAN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 2–2, 2–1 | |||||
| Roumpesi 2 Karagianni 1 Kozompoli 1 Liosi 1 Moraiti 1 Evangelia Moraitidou 1 Oikonomopoulou 1 |
Goals | Gritsenko 2 Jakayeva 2 Koroleva 1 Tolkunova 1 | |||
| 18 August 2004 09:30 |
Report[8] | Australia |
9–4 | Kazakhstan |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Hector Valcarce (ARG) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–1, 2–0, 2–1 | |||||
| Heuchan 3 Norwood 3 Castle 1 Gynther 1 Rippon 1 |
Goals | Ignatyeva 1 Jakayeva 1 Tolkunova 1 Zubkova 1 | |||
| 18 August 2004 17:45 |
Report[9] | Greece |
2–7 | Italy |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Sergio Borrell (ESP) Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–2, 0–1, 0–1 | |||||
| Liosi 1 Moraitidou 1 |
Goals | di Mario 3 Miceli 3 Musumeci 1 | |||
| 20 August 2004 09:00 |
Report[10] | Italy |
8–6 | Kazakhstan |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Mario Brguljan (SCG) Yesenia Marrero (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–1, 1–4, 2–1 | |||||
| di Mario 4 Araujo 1 Miceli 1 Tóth 1 Zanchi 1 |
Goals | Koroleva 3 Gubina 2 Mikhailova 1 | |||
| 20 August 2004 18:00 |
Report[11] | Australia |
7–7 | Greece |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Aaron Chaney (USA) Gábor Kiszelly (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–5, 2–0, 1–0 | |||||
| Castle 3 Gynther 3 Heuchan 1 |
Goals | Asilian 2 Lara 2 Karagianni 1 Moraiti 1 Moraitidou 1 | |||
Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 4 | Qualified for the Semifinals |
| 2 | Russia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 4 | Qualified for the Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Hungary |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Canada |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 2 |
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| 16 August 2004 09:30 |
Report[12] | United States |
7–6 | Hungary |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Nikolaos Stavropoulos (GRE) Mario Brguljan (SCG) |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 0–2, 1–2, 2–1 | |||||
| Villa 4 Rulon 2 Golda 1 |
Goals | Dravucz 1 Pelle 1 Primász 1 Stieber 1 Tiba 1 Zantleitner 1 | |||
| 16 August 2004 16:30 |
Report[13] | Russia |
8–6 | Canada |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Erhan Tulga (TUR) Torsten Bock (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–0, 2–3, 2–1 | |||||
| Konukh 3 Yaina 2 Salimova 1 Smurova 1 Turova 1 |
Goals | Gardiner 2 Arpin 1 Bégin 1 Dow 1 Robinson 1 | |||
| 18 August 2004 10:45 |
Report[14] | United States |
5–6 | Canada |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Nikolaos Stavropoulos (GRE) Noel Harrod (AUS) |
| Score by quarters: 0–0, 1–0, 3–1, 1–5 | |||||
| Beauregard 1 Dingeldein 1 Lorenz 1 Moody 1 Rulon 1 |
Goals | Bégin 3 Dow 2 Campbell 1 | |||
| 18 August 2004 16:30 |
Report[15] | Russia |
9–8 | Hungary |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Peter Bookelman (NED) Torsten Bock (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 2–3, 2–1 | |||||
| Konukh 3 Salimova 3 Turova 3 |
Goals | Kisteleki 2 Primász 2 Stieber 2 Dravucz 1 Pelle 1 | |||
| 20 August 2004 10:15 |
Report[16] | United States |
8–4 | Russia |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Sergio Borrell (ESP]) Boris Margeta (SLO) |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 2–1, 1–1 | |||||
| Beauregard 2 Villa 2 Dingeldein 1 Lorenz 1 Stachowski 1 Rulon 1 |
Goals | Salimova 1 Shepelina 1 Turova 1 Yaina 1 | |||
| 20 August 2004 16:45 |
Report[17] | Hungary |
5–4 | Canada |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: R adu Matache (ROU) Roberto Pentronilli (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 2–1, 0–1 | |||||
| Stieber 2 Kisteleki 1 Primász 1 Valkay 1 |
Goals | Bégin 1 Dionne 1 Gardiner 1 Salat 1 | |||
- Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Australia
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Russia
| 4 | A3 | Greece
| 6 | |||||||||
| A3 | Greece
| 7 | 
| Greece
| 9 | |||||||||
| Italy
| 10 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | United States
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Italy
| 8 | A2 | Italy
| 6 | |||||||||
| B3 | Hungary
| 5 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
| 4 | Australia
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| United States
| 6 | ||||||||||||
7th place match
| 22 August 2004 10:45 |
Report[18] | Kazakhstan |
4–10 | Canada |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL) Elizabeth Burman (NZL) |
| Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 3–3, 0–1 | |||||
| Koroleva 4 | Goals | Arpin 2 Bégin 2 Campbell 2 Gardiner 2 Dow 1 Illing 1 | |||
Quarterfinals
| 22 August 2004 17:00 |
Report[19] | Greece |
7–4 | Russia |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Zoran Tomić (CRO) Mario Brguljan (SCG) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–0, 2–1, 0–2 | |||||
| Liosi 2 Roumpesi 2 Asilian 1 Karagianni 1 Oikonomopoulou 1 |
Goals | Konukh 1 Salimova 1 Smurova 1 Yaina 1 | |||
| 22 August 2004 18:15 |
Report[20] | Italy |
8–5 | Hungary |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Sergio Borrell (ESP) Boris Margeta (SLO) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 2–2, 2–0 | |||||
| di Mario 3 Bosurgi 1 Grego 1 Malato 1 Miceli 1 Ragusa 1 |
Goals | Dravucz 2 Stieber 2 Pelle 1 | |||
5th place match
| 24 August 2004 10:45 |
Report[21] | Russia |
12–11 | Hungary |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Daniel Legare (CAN) Noel Harrod (AUS) |
| Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–2, 4–0, 2–3 OT: 1–0, 1–1 | |||||
| Salimova 4 Konukh 2 Yaina 2 Bogdanova 1 Smurova 1 Turova 1 Vasilieva 1 |
Goals | Dravucz 3 Stieber 3 Kisteleki 2 Györe 1 Pelle 1 Szremkó 1 | |||
Semifinals
| 24 August 2004 18:15 |
Report[22] | Australia |
2–6 | Greece |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Pneter Bookelman (NED) Torsten Bock (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–1, 1–1, 0–0 | |||||
| Fox 1 Stuhmcke 1 |
Goals | Roumpesi 2 Karagianni 1 Kozompoli 1 Moraitidou 1 Oikonomopoulou 1 | |||
| 24 August 2004 17:00 |
Report[23] | United States |
5–6 | Italy |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Gábor Kiszelly (HUN) Zoran Tomić (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 1–0, 1–4 | |||||
| Dingeldein 1 Estes 1 Munro 1 Petri 1 Villa 1 |
Goals | di Mario 2 Araujo 1 Malato 1 Ragusa 1 Zanchi 1 | |||
Bronze medal match
| 26 August 2004 17:00 |
Report[24] | Australia |
5–6 | United States |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Peter Bookelman (NED) Torsten Bock (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 0–0, 0–4, 3–1, 2–1 | |||||
| Brooks 2 Fox 1 Gynther 1 Norwood 1 |
Goals | Estes 3 Beauregard 1 Golda 1 Stachowski 1 | |||
Gold medal match
| 26 August 2004 18:15 |
Report[25] | Greece |
9–10 | Italy |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Gábor Kiszelly (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 0–1, 1–1 OT: 2–2, 0–1 | |||||
| Liosi 5 Moraitidou 3 Oikonomopoulou 1 |
Goals | Grego 3 Miceli 3 Bosurgi 1 Malato 1 di Mario 1 Zanchi 1 | |||
Final ranking
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Top goalscorers
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| Rank | Name | Goals | Shots | % |
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| 1 | Tania Di Mario |
14 | 27 | 52 |
| 2 | Ekaterina Salimova |
10 | 19 | 53 |
| Mercedes Stieber |
10 | 22 | 45 | |
| 4 | Sofia Konukh |
9 | 25 | 36 |
| Martina Miceli |
9 | 25 | 36 | |
| Kyriaki Liosi |
9 | 27 | 33 | |
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The women's all-star team was announced on 29 August 2004.[26]
- Most Valuable Player
Tania Di Mario (14 goals, 7 sprints won)
- Media All-Star Team
- Goalkeeper
Georgia Ellinaki (40 saves)
- Field players
- Tania Di Mario (14 goals, 7 sprints won)
Rita Drávucz (7 goals, 6 sprints won)- Kyriaki Liosi (9 goals, 21 sprints won)
- Martina Miceli (9 goals)
- Evangelia Moraitidou (7 goals)
Brenda Villa (7 goals)
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