The women's tournament of water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris, France was held from 27 July to 10 August 2024. It was held at the Paris Aquatic Centre and Paris La Défense Arena. It is the seventh official appearance of the tournament.
Spain won their first title after defeating Australia in the final. The Netherlands won against the United States for the bronze medal.
Qualification
Competition format The ten teams were seeded into two groups for a preliminary round. The teams in each group played a round-robin. The top four teams in each group advanced to the knockout round while the fifth placed teams was eliminated. The fifth placed teams was ranked ninth and tenth based on win–loss record, then goal average. The knockout round began with quarterfinals and the winners advanced to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played in the fifth- to eighth- place classification. The two semifinal winners played in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers played in the bronze medal match.
Schedule The competition began on 27 July, and matches were held every other day.
Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10G G G G G ¼ ½ B F
Draw The draw took place on 17 February 2024 in Doha, Qatar.
Seeding The ten teams in the women's tournament were drawn into two groups of five teams. The teams were seeded into five pots.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5 (hosts)
Rosters
Referees The following 24 referees were selected for the tournament.
Nicholas Hodgers Hélène Painchaud Zhang Liang Andrej Franulović Yasser Mehalhel Aurélie Blanchard Sébastien Dervieux Frank Ohme Natali Markopoulou Georgios Stavridis Nóra Debreceni Tamás Kovács Rafaele Colombo Alessia Ferrari Chisato Kurosaki Veselin Mišković Michiel Zwart Adrian Alexandrescu Boris Margeta Vojin Putniković Marta Cabañas David Gómez Jennifer McCall Darren Spiritosanto
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Fifth place bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking
Rank Team45678910
Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsShots 1 Alice Williams 21 48 442 Rita Keszthelyi19 46 41 Beatriz Ortiz 34 56 4 Elena Ruiz 18 40 45 5 Claudia Marletta 16 39 416 Judith Forca14 36 39 Sabrina van der Sloot 23 618 Abby Andrews13 37 35 Jenna Flynn 28 46 Maddie Musselman 34 38 Simone van de Kraats 36 36
References
External links
Paris 2024 FINA Total-waterpolo website