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The Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre is an
aquatics Aquatics may refer to: *Aquatic sports in the Olympics and other international competitions, including the disciplines of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and open water swimming *Water-related sports more broadly (including boa ...
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 C ...
, 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 1 ...
, it hosted the
water polo Water polo is a 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 ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...
preliminaries and the women's semifinals.


References


2000 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. p. 378.


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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 {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub