Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico took place from October 23 to October 28, when the United States defeated Canada 27–26 in a penalty shootout for the gold medal. All games were held at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. The defending champions are the United States.^[1] The winner of the competition has qualified directly for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, while the second through fourth-place finishing teams have qualified for the 2012 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament that was held in Trieste, Italy.^[1]

Women's water polo tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates	October 23 – October 28
Competitors	104 from 8 nations
Medalists
United States    Canada    Brazil
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Qualification

A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the water polo competition. Mexico, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions.^[1]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Mexico
2010 South American Games	March 20–25, 2010	Medellín	3	Brazil  Venezuela  Argentina
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games	July 26–31, 2010	Mayagüez	1	Puerto Rico
Qualified Automatically	–		1	Cuba 1
Zone 3	–	–	1	United States
Zone 4	–	–	1	Canada
TOTAL			8

^1 The top two teams from the Central American and Caribbean Games were to be qualified, but only 1 team (Puerto Rico) could qualify. Cuba did not compete in this tournament and has received a wildcard.^[2]

Format

• Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
• The third and fourth placed each group will crossover and play each other in the fifth to eighth place bracket.
• In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
• The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Preliminary round

All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)^[3]

Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	54	15	+39	6
Brazil	3	2	0	1	22	21	+1	4
Mexico	3	1	0	2	31	33	-2	2
Venezuela	3	0	0	3	12	50	-38	0

October 23, 2011 11:00	Report	Brazil	8–5	Mexico	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Redding (USA), Bohm (AHO)
		Score by quarters: 2 – 2, 3– 2, 2 – 0, 1 – 1
		Oliveira, Beer 2	Goals	Orozco 4

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October 23, 2011 12:15	Report[dead link]	Venezuela	2–23	Canada	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Madera (CUB), Lopez (COL)
		Score by quarters: 1 – 5, 0 – 6, 1 – 6, 0 – 6
		Alas, Galue, 1	Goals	Alogbo, 5

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October 24, 2011 9:45	Report	Brazil	4–13	Canada	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Madera (CUB) Arnoldo (VEN)
		Score by quarters: 0 – 2, 1 – 3, 0 – 5, 3 – 3
		4 players, 1	Goals	3 players, 2

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October 24, 2011 11:00	Report[dead link]	Venezuela	7–17	Mexico	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Valcarce (ARG), Maretzki (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1 – 5, 3 – 5, 2 – 3, 1 – 4
		Alas 2	Goals	Orozco 5

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October 25, 2011 9:45	Report	Brazil	10–3	Venezuela	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Bohm (AHO), Menendez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 4 – 0, 2 – 2, 2 – 0, 2 – 1
		Oliveira, Beer 2	Goals	Alas 2

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October 25, 2011 11:00	Report	Mexico	9–18	Canada	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Redding (USA) Valcarce (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 2 – 6, 3 – 6, 3 – 4, 1 – 2
		Carrillo 2	Goals	Alogbo, 6

Group B

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	63	7	+56	6
Cuba	3	2	0	1	22	36	-12	4
Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	28	43	-15	2
Argentina	3	0	0	3	11	38	-27	0

October 23, 2011 8:30	Report[dead link]	Argentina	0–20	United States	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Mejia (MEX), Dester (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 0 – 4, 0 – 6, 0 – 3, 0 – 7
			Goals	Dries 4

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October 23, 2011 9:45	Report[dead link]	Puerto Rico	12–13	Cuba	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Burt (CAN), Arnoldo (VEN)
		Score by quarters: 4 – 4, 2 – 3, 3 – 2, 3 – 4
		Medina 4	Goals	Hernandez, Gutierrez 3

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October 24, 2011 8:30	Report	Argentina	5–6	Cuba	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Dykman (CAN), Callejas (MEX)
		Score by quarters: 0 – 2, 2 – 1, 2 – 1, 1 – 2
		Font 2	Goals	Bernal 2

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October 24, 2011 12:15	Report[dead link]	Puerto Rico	4–24	United States	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Lopez (COL), Werner (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 0 – 8, 2 – 7, 1 – 7, 1 – 2
		García, Ralat 2	Goals	Craig 4

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October 25, 2011 8:30	Report[dead link]	Argentina	6–12	Puerto Rico	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Mejia (MEX) Dykman (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3 – 1, 0 – 3, 3 – 4, 0 – 4
		Ledoux 2	Goals	Ralat, Ortiz 3

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October 25, 2011 12:15	Report[dead link]	United States	19–3	Cuba	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Lopez (COL), Paredes (VEN)
		Score by quarters: 5 – 0, 4 – 1, 3 – 1, 7 – 1
		Seidemann 5	Goals	3 players, 1

Elimination stage

Crossover

October 26, 2011 12:30	Report[dead link]	Venezuela	6–11	Puerto Rico	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Dykman (CAN), Madera (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 0 – 2, 2 – 3, 2 – 3, 2 – 3
		6 players, 1	Goals	Medina, Ortiz 3

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October 26, 2011 14:00	Report[dead link]	Argentina	9–11	Mexico	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Dester (BRA), Maretzki (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3 – 3, 2 – 3, 2 – 5, 2 – 0
		Ledoux 3	Goals	Campos 3

Seventh place match

October 28, 2011 12:30	Report[dead link]	Venezuela	6–8	Argentina	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Maretzki (USA), Lopez (COL)
		Score by quarters: 2 – 2, 1 – 2, 1 – 2, 2 – 0  OT: 0 – 2
		Carangelo 3	Goals	De Virgilio 3

Fifth place match

October 28, 2011 14:00	Report[dead link]	Puerto Rico	15–13	Mexico	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Burt (CAN), Werner (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 2 – 3, 5 – 3, 5 – 4, 3 – 3
		Medina 5	Goals	Orozco 3

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	October 26
	Brazil	1
					October 28
	United States	13
					United States	27
	October 26
					Canada	26
	Cuba	9
	Canada	15
					Third place
					October 28
					Brazil	9
					Cuba	8

Semifinals

October 26, 2011 15:30	Report	Brazil	1–13	United States	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Parades (VEN), Stampalija (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0 – 3, 0 – 1, 0 – 3, 1 – 6
		Canetti 1	Goals	Mathewson 5

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October 26, 2011 17:00	Report[dead link]	Cuba	9–15	Canada	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Valcarce (ARG), Bohm (AHO)
		Score by quarters: 2 – 4, 1 – 4, 3 – 2, 3 – 5
		Hernandez 6	Goals	Radu 4

Bronze medal match

October 28, 2011 15:30	Report	Brazil	9–8	Cuba	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Bohm (AHO), Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 2 – 1, 1 – 2, 4 – 3, 2 – 2
		Canetti, Oliveira 3	Goals	Gutierrez 3

Gold medal match

October 28, 2011 17:00	Report	United States	27–26	Canada	Scotiabank Aquatics Center, Guadalajara Referees: Stampalija (CRO), Menendez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 1 – 1, 1 – 4, 2 – 2, 4 – 1  OT: 0 – 0 , PSO: 19 – 18
		Mathewson 4	Goals	Csikos 5

2011 Pan American Games winners
United States 3rd title

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	United States	5 – 0 – 0
	Canada	4 – 0 – 1
	Brazil	3 – 0 – 2
4	Cuba	2 – 0 – 3
5	Puerto Rico	3 – 0 – 2
6	Mexico	2 – 0 – 3
7	Argentina	1 – 0 – 4
8	Venezuela	0 – 0 – 5