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12–5 in the final.

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captured bronze, beating

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19–18.

Competition schedule

Qualification

Draw

The draw was held on 10 April 2016. Teams from eight nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.

Referees

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Preliminary round

Group A

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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7th place match

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5th place match

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Bronze medal match

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Gold medal match

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Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Multi-time Olympians

Four-time Olympian(s): 1 player * :

Tania Di Mario Tania Di Mario (born 4 May 1979) is an Italian female water polo forward, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and the silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She was al ...

Three-time Olympian(s): 12 players * :

Gemma Beadsworth Gemma Jane Beadsworth (born 17 July 1987) is an Australian water polo centre forward. She has had scholarships for water polo from the Australian Institute of Sport and the Western Australian Institute of Sport. She plays for the Fremantle Marl ...

, Bronwen Knox * :

Ma Huanhuan Ma Huanhuan (born 13 January 1990 in Guangxi) is a female Chinese professional water polo player who was part of the silver medal winning team at the 2007 World Junior Championship. She has competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer O ...

, Sun Yating, Yang Jun (GK) * :

Orsolya Takács Orsolya Takács (born 20 May 1985) is a Hungarian female water polo player. She plays for Bologna in the Italian Championship and is also member of the Hungarian national team. Among her successes on club level are two Hungarian Championship ...

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Teresa Frassinetti Teresa Frassinetti (born 24 December 1985) is an Italian former water polo player, who is currently deputy president of the Federazione Italiana Nuoto. She was part of the Italian team winning the bronze medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Champi ...

* : Nadezhda Glyzina-Fedotova,

Ekaterina Lisunova Ekaterina Andreyevna Lisunova (russian: Екатерина Андреевна Лисунова; née ''Pantyulina'' on 6 October 1989) is a Russian water polo player. She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and finished in seventh and ...

Ekaterina Prokofyeva Ekaterina Valeryevna Prokofyeva (russian: Екатерина Валерьевна Прокофьева; born March 13, 1991) is a Russian water polo player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the Russia women's national water polo team, ...

Evgenia Soboleva Evgenia Viktorovna Soboleva (russian: Евгения Викторовна Соболева; born 26 August 1988) is a Russian water polo player. At the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Russia women's national ...

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Kami Craig Kameryn Louise "Kami" Craig (born July 21, 1987) is an American water polo player. She was a member of the US water polo team that won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a gold medal in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016. Craig attende ...

Multiple medalists

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 1 player * :

Top goalscorers

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Medalists

Awards

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Maggie Steffens Margaret Ann Steffens (born June 4, 1993) is an American water polo player. She won the gold medal with the United States at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Steffens set a new Olympic record for the most numb ...

(17 goals, 1 sprints won) ;Media All-Star Team * Goalkeeper **

Ashleigh Johnson Ashleigh Elizabeth Johnson (born September 12, 1994) is an American water polo player considered by many to be the best goalkeeper in the world. She was part of the American team that won the gold medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships. I ...

(51 saves) * Field players ** Barbara Bujka (centre forward, left-handed, 15 goals) ** Arianna Garibotti (12 goals) **

Rita Keszthelyi Rita Keszthelyi (born 10 December 1991) is a Hungarian water polo player. At the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Hungary women's national water polo team in the women's tournament. She scored two of the goals that he ...

(14 goals, 10 sprints won) **

Maddie Musselman Madeline Musselman (born June 16, 1998) is an American water polo player. Maddie was named Woman's water polo MVP after her USA Team won gold in Tokyo at the 2020ne Summer Olympics. She was one of the highest leading scorers with 18 goals. It i ...

(12 goals) ** Ashleigh Southern (14 goals) **

(17 goals, 1 sprints won)

References

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Competition schedule

Qualification

Draw

Seeding

Referees

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Quarterfinals

5th–8th place classification

Semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Multi-time Olympians

Multiple medalists

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

Medalists

Awards

See also

References

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