Water_polo_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics
The water polo tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 20 August at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre in Barra da Tijuca. Twenty teams (twelve for men and eight for women) competed in the tournament.[1][2] Games that ended in ties in elimination rounds were decided by shootouts, as overtime has been abolished since 2013.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Brazil |
| City | Rio de Janeiro |
| Venue(s) | Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre, Olympic Aquatics Stadium |
| Dates | 6–20 August 2016 |
| Events | 2 (men's, women's) |
| Teams | 12 (men's), 8 (women's) (from 4 confederations) |
| Competitors | 154 men, 104 women |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Serbia (men) United States (women) |
| Runners-up |  Croatia (men) Italy (women) |
| Third place | Italy (men) Russia (women) |
| Fourth place |  Montenegro (men) Hungary (women) |
| Tournament statistics (men, women) | |
| Matches | 66 |
| Goals scored | 1,139 (17.26 per match) |
| Multiple appearances | 5-time Olympian(s): 2 players 4-time Olympian(s): 8 players |
| Multiple medalists | 3-time medalist(s): 6 players |
| MVPs | Filip Filipović (men's) Maggie Steffens (women's) |
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Men's qualification
More information Qualification, Date ...
| 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[3] | 19 October 2015 |  Perth | 1 | Australia |
| 2015 Asian Championship | 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 | |||
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Women's qualification
More information Qualification, Date ...
| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 2 October 2009 | Copenhagen | 1 | Brazil |
| Oceanian Continental Selection[3] | 19 October 2015 | Perth | 1 | Australia |
| 2015 Asian Championship | 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 | |||
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| G | Group stage | QF | Quarter-finals | SF | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
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
More information Pos, Pld ...
| 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 |
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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) Hosts
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) Hosts
Group B
More information Pos, Pld ...
| 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 |
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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.
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 | |||||||||
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
More information Pos, Pld ...
| 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 |
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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) Hosts
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) Hosts
Group B
More information Pos, Pld ...
| 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 |
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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.
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
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Italy
| 12 | ||||||||||||
| B4 | China
| 7 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Russia
| 9 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Italy
| 12 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Russia
| 12 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Spain
| 10 | ||||||||||||
| United States
| 12 | ||||||||||||
| Italy
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Australia
| 11 | ||||||||||||
| B3 | Hungary
| 13 | ||||||||||||
| B3 | Hungary
| 10 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
| B1 | United States
| 14 | ||||||||||||
| A4 | Brazil
| 3 | 4 | Hungary
| 18 | |||||||||
| B1 | United States
| 13 | 
| Russia (PSO)
| 19 | |||||||||
Medal table
More information Rank, Nation ...
| 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 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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Medalists
More information Event, Gold ...
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- "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- "Rio 2016 – FINA Water Polo Qualification System" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- "Breakdown of anticipated athletes by sport". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics Archived 3 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine (men's tournament, women's tournament)
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
- "The Olympic Games: Water Polo (Rio2016.com)". Archived from the original on 22 November 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "Water Polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com)". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Water Polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
- Results Book – Water Polo