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. 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.
Competition schedule
GGroup stageQFQuarter-finalsSFSemi-finalsBBronze medal matchFFinal Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19G G G QF SF B F
Qualification
QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified Host nation 2 October 2009 Copenhagen 1 Oceanian Continental Selection 19 October 2015 Perth 1 2015 Asian Championship 16–17 December 2015 Foshan 1 2016 European Championships 10–22 January 2016 Belgrade 1 World Qualification Tournament 21–28 March 2016 Gouda 4 Total 8
Draw The draw was held on 10 April 2016.
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.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Referees The following referees were selected for the tournament.Referees
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).
Group B All times are BRT (UTC-3).
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
Final ranking
Rank Team45678
Multi-time Olympians
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
Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 1 player : Kami Craig
Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsShots 1 Maggie Steffens 17 24 712 Barbara Bujka15 23 65 Roser Tarragó 35 434 Ashleigh Southern14 36 39 Rita Keszthelyi 36 396 Roberta Bianconi13 33 39 Nadezhda Fedotova 27 488 Izabella Chiappini12 49 25 Arianna Garibotti 28 43 Madeline Musselmann 25 48 Source: Rio2016
Top goalkeepers RankName%SavesShots 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
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeSamantha HillMaddie MusselmanMelissa SeidemannRachel FattalCaroline ClarkMaggie SteffensCourtney MathewsonKiley NeushulAria FischerKaleigh GilchristMakenzie FischerKami CraigAshleigh JohnsonHead coach: Adam KrikorianGiulia GorleroChiara TabaniArianna GaribottiElisa QueiroloFederica RadicchiRosaria AielloTania Di MarioRoberta BianconiGiulia Enrica EmmoloFrancesca PomeriAleksandra CottiTeresa FrassinettiLaura TeaniHead coach: Fabio ContiAnna UstyukhinaMaria BorisovaEkaterina ProkofyevaElvina KarimovaNadezhda FedotovaOlga BelovaEkaterina LisunovaAnastasia SimanovichAnna TimofeevaEvgenia SobolevaEvgeniya IvanovaAnna GrinevaAnna KarnaukhHead coach: Alexandr Gaidukov
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
References
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)