Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's water polo
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Venue(s)	Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre,; Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	9–19 August 2016
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors	104
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches	24
Goals scored	435 (18.13 per match)
Multiple; appearances	4-time Olympian(s): 1; 3-time Olympian(s): 12
Multiple; medalists	3-time medalist(s): 1
Top scorer(s)	Maggie Steffens; (17 goals in 6 matches)
Most saves	Giulia Gorlero; (65 saves in 6 matches)
Top sprinter(s)	Rachel Fattal; (17 sprints won in 6 matches)
MVP	Maggie Steffens
	← 2012 2020 →

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Competition schedule edit

G	Group stage	QF	Quarter-finals	SF	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Final

Tue 9	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16	Wed 17	Thu 18	Fri 19
G		G		G		QF		SF		B	F

Qualification edit

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

Draw edit

The draw was held on 10 April 2016.^[4]

Teams from eight nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round.

Seeding edit

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.^[5]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Hungary Australia	United States Italy	Russia China	Spain Brazil

Referees edit

The following referees were selected for the tournament.^[6]

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 edit

Group A edit

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	27	15	+12	6	Quarter-finals
2	Australia	3	2	1	31	15	+16	4
3	Russia	3	1	2	23	31	−8	2
4	Brazil (H)	3	0	3	13	33	−20	0

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

9 August 2016 10:20	Report	Italy	9–3	Brazil	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–0, 3–0, 3–2
		Bianconi 3	Goals	three players 1

9 August 2016 13:00	Report	Russia	4–14	Australia	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–5, 3–2, 0–4
		Prokofyeva 2	Goals	Southern 4

11 August 2016 09:00	Report	Russia	14–7	Brazil	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–0, 4–2, 6–1
		Ivanova, Prokofyeva 3	Goals	Chiappini 4

11 August 2016 10:20	Report	Italy	8–7	Australia	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Péter Molnár (HUN), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 0–1, 2–3, 2–1
		Garibotti 3	Goals	Southern, Webster 2

13 August 2016 10:20	Report	Russia	5–10	Italy	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Joseph Peila (USA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 1–3, 1–2
		Grineva 2	Goals	Bianconi 3

13 August 2016 11:40	Report	Australia	10–3	Brazil	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 2–0, 3–1
		Gofers, Webster 2	Goals	three players 3

Group B edit

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	34	14	+20	6	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	3	2	1	27	29	−2	4
3	Hungary	3	1	2	29	33	−4	2
4	China	3	0	3	23	37	−14	0

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.

9 August 2016 09:00	Report	China	11–13	Hungary	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–4, 3–6, 2–1
		Ma Huanhuan, Niu Guannan 3	Goals	Czigány 4

9 August 2016 11:40	Report	Spain	4–11	United States	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 2–2, 0–2
		García 2	Goals	three players 2

11 August 2016 11:40	Report	China	4–12	United States	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–3, 2–3, 1–2
		four players 1	Goals	Musselman, Steffens 4

11 August 2016 13:00	Report	Spain	11–10	Hungary	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–4, 4–1, 1–3
		five players 2	Goals	Bujka 5

13 August 2016 09:00	Report	China	8–12	Spain	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), German Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–4, 1–2, 1–3
		Zhang Cong 3	Goals	López 4

13 August 2016 13:00	Report	Hungary	6–11	United States	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–5, 1–1, 2–3
		Szűcs 2	Goals	Steffens 4

Final round edit

Final Bracket

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

5th place bracket

5th–8th place classification		5th place match



Australia	11

Brazil	4
		Australia	10

		Spain	12
Spain	11

China	6
		7th place match



		Brazil	5

		China	10

Quarterfinals edit

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

15 August 2016 14:10	Report	Brazil	3–13	United States	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 0–3, 0–5, 3–0
		three players 1	Goals	four players 2

15 August 2016 15:30	Report	Australia	11–13	Hungary	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 3–2, 2–1 PSO: 3–5
		Southern 3	Goals	Bujka, Keszthelyi 2

15 August 2016 18:20	Report	Russia	12–10	Spain	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 5–3, 2–2
		Fedotova 4	Goals	López, Tarragó 3

15 August 2016 19:40	Report	Italy	12–7	China	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 4–2, 4–3
		Bianconi 3	Goals	Zhang Cong 3

5th–8th place classification edit

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

17 August 2016 11:00	Report	Australia	11–4	Brazil	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), Marie Deslières (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 4–1, 2–1
		Arancini, Southern 3	Goals	Chiappini 2

17 August 2016 15:10	Report	Spain	11–6	China	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Fabio Toffoli (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–0, 4–2, 3–2
		five players 2	Goals	Ma Huanhuan 2

Semifinals edit

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

17 August 2016 12:20	Report	Russia	9–12	Italy	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 0–2, 5–4
		Ivanova, Lisunova 2	Goals	Garibotti 5

17 August 2016 16:30	Report	Hungary	10–14	United States	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 3–4, 2–2
		Keszthelyi 4	Goals	Steffens 4

7th place match edit

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

19 August 2016 10:00	Report	Brazil	5–10	China	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–2, 0–2, 3–4
		Chiappini 3	Goals	three players 2

5th place match edit

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

19 August 2016 14:10	Report	Australia	10–12	Spain	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 2–3, 1–3, 2–2
		Buckling 3	Goals	Tarragó 7

Bronze medal match edit

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

19 August 2016 11:20	Report	Hungary	18–19	Russia	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Fillippo Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 3–1, 3–4 PSO: 6–7
		Bujka 3	Goals	Fedotova 5

Gold medal match edit

All times are BRT (UTC-3).

19 August 2016 15:30	Report	United States	12–5	Italy	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–2, 4–1, 3–1
		Neushul 3	Goals	Radicchi 2

Ranking and statistics edit

Final ranking edit

Rank^[1]	Team
	United States
	Italy
	Russia
4	Hungary
5	Spain
6	Australia
7	China
8	Brazil

2016 Women's Olympic champions
United States Second title

Multi-time Olympians edit

Four-time Olympian(s): 1 player

Italy: Tania Di Mario^[7]

Three-time Olympian(s): 12 players

Australia: Gemma Beadsworth,^[8] Bronwen Knox^[9]
China: Ma Huanhuan,^[10] Sun Yating,^[11] Yang Jun (GK)^[12]
Hungary: Orsolya Takács^[13]
Italy: Teresa Frassinetti^[14]
Russia: Nadezhda Glyzina-Fedotova,^[15] Ekaterina Lisunova,^[16] Ekaterina Prokofyeva,^[17] Evgenia Soboleva^[18]
United States: Kami Craig^[19]

Multiple medalists edit

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 1 player

United States: Kami Craig^[19]

Top goalscorers edit


Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Maggie Steffens	17	24	71
2	Barbara Bujka	15	23	65
2	Roser Tarragó	15	35	43
4	Ashleigh Southern	14	36	39
4	Rita Keszthelyi	14	36	39
6	Roberta Bianconi	13	33	39
6	Nadezhda Fedotova	13	27	48
8	Izabella Chiappini	12	49	25
	Arianna Garibotti		28	43
	Madeline Musselmann		25	48

Source: Rio2016

Top goalkeepers edit

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
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^{[dead link]}

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA)^[1] Samantha Hill Maddie Musselman Melissa Seidemann Rachel Fattal Caroline Clark Maggie Steffens Courtney Mathewson Kiley Neushul Aria Fischer Kaleigh Gilchrist Makenzie Fischer Kami Craig Ashleigh Johnson Head coach: Adam Krikorian	Italy (ITA) Giulia Gorlero Chiara Tabani Arianna Garibotti Elisa Queirolo Federica Radicchi Rosaria Aiello Tania Di Mario Roberta Bianconi Giulia Enrica Emmolo Francesca Pomeri Aleksandra Cotti Teresa Frassinetti Laura Teani Head coach: Fabio Conti	Russia (RUS) Anna Ustyukhina Maria Borisova Ekaterina Prokofyeva Elvina Karimova Nadezhda Fedotova Olga Belova Ekaterina Lisunova Anastasia Simanovich Anna Timofeeva Evgenia Soboleva Evgeniya Ivanova Anna Grineva Anna Karnaukh Head coach: Alexandr Gaidukov

Awards edit

The women's all-star team was announced on 19 August 2016.^[20]

Most Valuable Player

Maggie Steffens^[21] (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)

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "Water Polo, Women's final and bronze matches - US retain title, their reign is unchallenged". fina.org. 19 August 2016.
^ "Breakdown of anticipated athletes by sport". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
^ "WP Olympic Games Qualification Tournament is ready". federnuoto.it. 1 April 2016.
^ "RIO 2016 - Water polo - Teams & Groups". fina.org. 10 April 2016.
^ Referees
^ "Tania Di Mario". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Gemma Beadsworth". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Bronwen Knox". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Ma Huanhuan". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Sun Yating". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Yang Jun". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Orsolya Takács". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Teresa Frassinetti". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Nadezhda Glyzina-Fedotova". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Ekaterina Lisunova". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Ekaterina Prokofyeva". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Evgenia Soboleva". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Kami Craig". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Rio 2016: Egyesült Államok ismét a csúcson; két magyar az álomcsapatban". waterpolo.hu (in Hungarian). Hungarian Water Polo Federation. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ "Maggie STEFFENS Steffens". fina.org. FINA. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

Sources edit

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)

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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[Ausnoc-3] "Breakdown of anticipated athletes by sport". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

[4] "WP Olympic Games Qualification Tournament is ready". federnuoto.it. 1 April 2016.

[5] "RIO 2016 - Water polo - Teams & Groups". fina.org. 10 April 2016.

[6] Referees

[Tania_Di_Mario_OP-7] "Tania Di Mario". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Gemma_Beadsworth_OP-8] "Gemma Beadsworth". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Bronwen_Knox_OP-9] "Bronwen Knox". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Ma_Huanhuan_OP-10] "Ma Huanhuan". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Sun_Yating_OP-11] "Sun Yating". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Yang_Jun_OP-12] "Yang Jun". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Orsolya_Takács_OP-13] "Orsolya Takács". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Teresa_Frassinetti_OP-14] "Teresa Frassinetti". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Nadezhda_Glyzina-Fedotova_OP-15] "Nadezhda Glyzina-Fedotova". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Ekaterina_Lisunova_OP-16] "Ekaterina Lisunova". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Ekaterina_Prokofyeva_OP-17] "Ekaterina Prokofyeva". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Evgenia_Soboleva_OP-18] "Evgenia Soboleva". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Kami_Craig_OP-19] "Kami Craig". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Women's_all-star_team_2016_MVLSZ-20] "Rio 2016: Egyesült Államok ismét a csúcson; két magyar az álomcsapatban". waterpolo.hu (in Hungarian). Hungarian Water Polo Federation. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[Maggie_Steffens_FINA-21] "Maggie STEFFENS Steffens". fina.org. FINA. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

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Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Contents

Competition schedule edit

Qualification edit

Draw edit

Seeding edit

Referees edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Group B edit

Final round edit

Quarterfinals edit

5th–8th place classification edit

Semifinals edit

7th place match edit

5th place match edit

Bronze medal match edit

Gold medal match edit

Ranking and statistics edit

Final ranking edit

Multi-time Olympians edit

Multiple medalists edit

Top goalscorers edit

Top goalkeepers edit

Medalists edit

Awards edit

See also edit

References edit

Sources edit