Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The water polo tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 20 August at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre in Barra da Tijuca. Twenty teams (twelve for men and eight for women) competed in the tournament.^[1][2] Games that ended in ties in elimination rounds were decided by shootouts, as overtime has been abolished since 2013.

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	6–20 August 2016
Events	2 (men's, women's)
Teams	12 (men's), 8 (women's) (from 4 confederations)
Competitors	154 men, 104 women
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (men)  United States (women)
Runners-up	Croatia (men)  Italy (women)
Third place	Italy (men)  Russia (women)
Fourth place	Montenegro (men)  Hungary (women)
Tournament statistics (men, women)
Matches	66
Goals scored	1,139 (17.26 per match)
Multiple appearances	5-time Olympian(s): 2 players 4-time Olympian(s): 8 players
Multiple medalists	3-time medalist(s): 6 players
MVPs	Filip Filipović (men's) Maggie Steffens (women's)
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Qualification

Men's qualification

Main article: Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 FINA World League	23–28 June 2015	Bergamo	1	Serbia
2015 Pan American Games	7–15 July 2015	Toronto	1	United States
2015 FINA World Championships	27 July – 8 August 2015	Kazan	2	Croatia
				Greece
Oceanian Continental Selection[3]	19 October 2015	Perth	1	Australia
2015 Asian Championship	16–20 December 2015	Foshan	1	Japan
2016 European Championships	10–23 January 2016	Belgrade	1	Montenegro
World Qualification Tournament	3–10 April 2016	Trieste	4	Hungary
				Italy
				Spain
				France
Total			12

Women's qualification

Main article: Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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

Competition schedule

G

Group stage

QF

Quarter-finals

SF

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Date Event	Sat 6	Sun 7	Mon 8	Tue 9	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16	Wed 17	Thu 18	Fri 19		Sat 20
Men	G		G		G		G		G		QF		SF			B	F
Women				G		G		G		QF		SF		B	F

Men's competition

Inside 2016 Olympics Water polo arena

Main article: Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group stage

The teams were divided into two groups of six countries, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for a victory, one point for a draw. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarterfinals.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	5	2	3	0	57	43	+14	7	Quarter-finals
2	Greece	5	2	2	1	41	40	+1	6
3	Brazil (H)	5	3	0	2	40	39	+1	6
4	Serbia	5	2	2	1	49	44	+5	6
5	Australia	5	2	1	2	44	40	+4	5
6	Japan	5	0	0	5	36	61	−25	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

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	3	1	1	46	35	+11	7	Quarter-finals
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	37	37	0	6
3	Italy	5	3	0	2	40	41	−1	6
4	Montenegro	5	2	1	2	36	32	+4	5
5	United States	5	2	0	3	35	35	0	4
6	France	5	1	0	4	28	42	−14	2

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.

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	16 August
	Hungary	9 (2)
					18 August
	Montenegro (pen.)	9 (4)
					Montenegro	8
	16 August
					Croatia	12
	Brazil	6
									20 August
	Croatia	10
									Croatia	7
	16 August
									Serbia	11
	Greece	5
					18 August
	Italy	9
					Italy	8
	16 August
					Serbia	10			Bronze medal
	Serbia	10
									20 August
	Spain	7
									Montenegro	10
									Italy	12

Women's competition

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

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

Group stage

The teams were divided into two groups of four countries, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. All teams qualified for the quarterfinals.

Group A

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

Group B

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

Knockout stage

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 (PSO)

13

B3

Hungary

10

Bronze medal match

B1

United States

14

A4

Brazil

3

4

Hungary

18

B1

United States

13

Russia (PSO)

19

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Serbia	1	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	1
3	Italy	0	1	1	2
4	Croatia	0	1	0	1
5	Russia	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Serbia (SRB)[1] Gojko Pijetlović Dušan Mandić Živko Gocić Sava Ranđelović Miloš Ćuk Duško Pijetlović Slobodan Nikić Milan Aleksić Nikola Jakšić Filip Filipović Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Branislav Mitrović	Croatia (CRO) Josip Pavić Damir Burić Antonio Petković Luka Lončar Maro Joković Luka Bukić Xavier García Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Ivan Krapić Anđelo Šetka Marko Macan Marko Bijač	Italy (ITA) Stefano Tempesti Francesco Di Fulvio Niccolò Gitto Pietro Figlioli Alessandro Velotto Michaël Bodegas Andrea Fondelli Valentino Gallo Christian Presciutti Nicholas Presciutti Matteo Aicardi Alessandro Nora Marco Del Lungo
Women details	United States (USA)[1] Samantha Hill Madeline Musselmann Melissa Seidemann Rachel Fattal Aria Fischer Maggie Steffens Courtney Mathewson Kiley Neushul Caroline Clark Kaleigh Gilchrist Makenzie Fischer Kami Craig Ashleigh Johnson	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	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

See also

• Water polo at the 2014 Asian Games
• Water polo at the 2015 European Games
• Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games