Water polo competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 7 to 15 at the Markham Pan Am Centre in Markham. The water polo competitions was the first sporting event to be conducted at the games, beginning three days before the opening ceremony. This is because the Pan American Games were scheduled to be held roughly around the same time as the 2015 World Aquatics Championships scheduled for Kazan, Russia, thus the competition was moved forward to allow for a sufficient gap between the two events. A total of eight men's and women's teams competed in each respective tournament.
The winner of the men's tournament (the United States) qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Venue
The competitions took place at the Atos Markham Pan Am Centre (Markham Pan Am Centre) located in the city of Markham, about 31 kilometers from the athletes village. The arena had a capacity of 2,000 people per session (1,000 permanent seating + 1,000 temporary seats). The venue was also host the badminton and table tennis competitions, but in the other side of the centre (a triple gymnasium).
Competition schedule The following is the competition schedule for the water polo competitions:
PPreliminaries½SemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal Event↓/Date → Tue 7 Wed 8 Thu 9 Fri 10 Sat 11 Sun 12 Mon 13 Tue 14 Wed 15 Men P P P P ½ B F WomenP P P P ½ B F
Medal table
Medalists Men's tournament Merrill MosesAlex ObertLuca CupidoJosh SamuelsTony AzevedoAlex BowenBret BonanniNikola VavicJackson KimbellAlex RoelseJesse SmithJohn MannMcQuin BaronAdrián DelgadoBernardo GomesBernardo RochaFelipe PerroneFelipe Costa e SilvaGuilherme GomesGustavo GuimarãesIves AlonsoJonas CrivellaJosip VrlićPaulo SalemiThyê BezerraVinicius AntonelliConstantine KudabaNicolas BicariJustin BoydKevin GrahamJosh ConwayJared McElroyDusan AleksicRobin RandallOliver VikaloScott RobinsonAlec TaschereauDusan RadojcicGeorge TorakisSami HillMaddie MusselmanMelissa SeidemannRachel FattalCaroline ClarkMaggie SteffensCourtney MathewsonKiley NeushulAshley GrossmanKaleigh GilchristMakenzie FischerKami CraigAshleigh JohnsonJessica GaudreaultKrystina AlogboKatrina MontonEmma WrightMonika EggensJakie KohliJoelle BekhaziShae FournierCarmen EggensChristine RobinsonStephanie ValinDominique PerreaultClaire WrightTess OliveiraMarina ZablithIzabella ChiappiniCatherine OliveiraLuiza CarvalhoMirella CoutinhoGabriela DiasDiana AblaMarina CanettiLucianne MaiaMelani DiasViviane BahiaVictoria Chamorro
Qualification A total of eight men's teams and eight women's qualified to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American Championship and Central American and Caribbean Games qualified for each respective tournament. Venezuela and Colombia who compete in both events, were not eligible to qualify through the latter. The host nation (Canada) and the United States automatically qualified teams in both events. Each nation could enter one team in each tournament (13 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 26 athletes.
Men EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nationcolspan="2" 1Qualified automaticallycolspan="2" 12014 South American ChampionshipOctober 7–11 Mar del Plata3November 22–293 2Reallocation colspan="2" 1 TOTAL 8 For unknown reasons, Puerto Rico withdrew from the men's tournament and was replaced with Ecuador.
Women EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nationcolspan="2" 1Qualified automaticallycolspan="2" 12014 South American ChampionshipOctober 7–11 Mar del Plata3November 22–293 TOTAL 8
Participating nations A total of nine countries qualified water polo teams. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of participants entered.
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