The Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre is an
aquatics venue located in
Ryde, New South Wales
Ryde is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ryde is located 13 km north-west of the Sydney central business district and 8 km east of Parramatta. Ryde is the administrative centre of the local government area of the ...
,
Australia. The original venue was demolished in November 1998 with rebuilding commencing in April 1999. Rebuilding was completed in April 2000 with opening in May 2000. During the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
, it hosted the
water polo
Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
preliminaries and the women's semifinals.
References
2000 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 1. p. 378.
External links
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Venues of the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic water polo venues
Indoor arenas in Australia
Sports venues in Sydney
Water polo venues in Australia
Ryde, New South Wales
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