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Hungary Women's National Water Polo Team
The Hungary women's national water polo team represents Hungary in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the early 1990s, claiming the world title at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy and at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada. Results Olympic Games World Championship World Cup World League European Championship LEN Europa Cup Team Current squad Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Former squads Olympic Games * 2012 – 4th place :* Flóra Bolonyai ( GK), Dóra Czigány, Dóra Antal, Hanna Kisteleki, Gabriella Szűcs, Orsolya Takács, Rita Drávucz ( C), Rita Keszthelyi, Ildikó Tóth, Barbara Bujka, Dóra Csabai, Katalin Menczinger and Edina Gangl ( GK). Head coach: András Merész. * 2016 – 4th place :* Edina Gangl ( GK), Dóra Czigány, Dóra Antal, Hanna Kisteleki, Gabriella Szűcs, Orsolya Takács, Anna Illés, Rita Kesz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Water Polo Federation
The Hungarian Water Polo Federation (, , MVLSZ) is the governing body of water polo in Hungary. It was founded in 1989, and is the successor to the Magyar Úszó Szövetség, with the swimmers. The Hungarian Water Polo Federation is a member of the LEN, Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN) and the FINA, Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). Its headquarters are in Budapest. Hosted tournaments FINA World Aquatics Championships, World Championships *2017 World Aquatics Championships – Budapest, July 14–30 *2022 World Aquatics Championships – Budapest, June 18 – July 3 European Water Polo Championship, European Championships *1926 Men's European Water Polo Championship – Budapest, August 18–22 *1958 Men's European Water Polo Championship – Budapest, August 31 – September 6 *2001 Men's European Water Polo Championship / 2001 Women's European Water Polo Championship – Budapest, July 15–24 *2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship / 2014 Women's European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 opposing team's goal (sport), goal. The team with more goals at the end of the game wins the match. Each team is made up of six field players and one Goalkeeper (water polo), goalkeeper. Excluding the goalkeeper, players participate in both offensive and defensive roles. It is typically played in an all-deep swimming pool, pool where players cannot touch the bottom. A game consists mainly of the players swimming to move about the pool, treading water (mainly using the eggbeater kick), passing the ball, and shooting at the goal. Teamwork, tactical thinking and awareness are also highly important aspects. Water polo is a highly physical and demanding sport and has frequently been cited as one of the most difficult to play. Special equipment for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 9 August and ended on 19 August 2016. Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The United States women's national water polo team, United States won the gold medal by defeating Italy women's national water polo team, Italy 12–5 in the final. Russia women's national water polo team, Russia captured bronze, beating Hungary women's national water polo team, Hungary 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 The following referees were selected for the tournament. * German Moller * Daniel Flahive * Mark Koganov * Fabio Toffoli * Marie-Claude Deslières * Ni Shi Wei * Nenad Peris * Hatem Gaber * Benjamin Mercier * Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Games that ended in ties in elimination rounds were decided by shootouts, as overtime has been abolished since 2013. Qualification Men's qualification Women's qualification Competition schedule Men's competition 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 Group B Knockout stage Women's competition 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 countrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's water polo tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held from 30 July to 9 August at the Water Polo Arena. Teams from eight nations competed in the tournament and have been seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. A total of 24 games were played, 12 of them in the preliminary round. Format The tournament featured eight teams, separated into two groups of four teams. Each team played the other three teams in its pool once in a round-robin format. All eight teams advanced to the quarterfinal stage where they were seeded and played against a team from the other group. The winners of the quarterfinal games moved on to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played a series of classification games. The semifinal winners played in the gold medal game, while the losers played each other for the bronze. Preliminary round All times are British Summer Time, BST (UTC+1). Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Final round ;Final brac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo At The 2012 Summer Olympics
The water polo tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the London 2012 Water Polo Arena in the Olympic Park, London, Olympic Park from 29 July to 12 August. The venue's capacity held 5,000 spectators. Twelve teams competed in the men's tournament and eight teams in the women's tournament. Qualification Both of Great Britain's teams automatically qualified, while the African qualification tournament was cancelled due as no teams entered, increasing the available spots at each final qualification tournament to four. Men Women Draw The draw for the Olympic tournament took place in May 2012. The men were drawn into two groups of six teams, the women were drawn into two groups of four teams. Men's competition Women's competition Medal summary Medal table Events References Sources * PDF documents on the FINA]website *Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's water polo tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from 11 August to 21 August at the Ying Tung Natatorium. Teams from eight nations competed, seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. 20 games were played, 12 of them in the preliminary round (each team played the other teams in the group). Eight games were played in the final round. Format The tournament featured eight teams, separated into two groups of four teams. Each team played the other three teams in its pool once in a round-robin format. The first-place team in each pool qualified directly for the semifinal, the second- and third-place teams moved on to the quarterfinal round, and the fourth-place teams played each other in a seventh place game. The winners of the quarterfinal games moved on to the semifinals to face the top teams from each pool, while the quarterfinal losers played a fifth place classification game. The semifinal winners played in the gold medal game, while the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from 10 August to 24 August 2008 at the Ying Tung Natatorium in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Medalists Men's medalists Women's medalists Qualification Men Women References Sources * PDF documents in the LA84 Foundationbr>Digital Library *Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo * Water polo on the Olympedi website * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo At The 2004 Summer Olympics
Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Aquatic Centre where women competed for only the second time in the event at the Summer Olympics. Twelve teams competed in the men's event, where Russia was trying to avenge their defeat by Hungary at the Sydney Olympics. There were eight teams in the women's event, where holders Australia were hoping to retain the title. Qualification Men`s Women`s * Canada took the place of the African team. Medalists Men's Women's Teams Men's rosters Women's rosters See also * 2004 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier References Sources * PDF documents in the LA84 Foundationbr>Digital Library *Official Results Book – 2004 Olympic Games – Water Polo [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo At The 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's Tournament
The 2005 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the seventh edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held at the Pavillon des Baigneurs on Île Sainte-Hélène from 17 to 29 July 2005, and was incorporated into the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal, Canada. Teams ;Group A * * * * ;Group B * * * * ;Group C * * * * ;Group D * * * * Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Group D Second round * Saturday July 23, 2005 Classification round * Saturday July 23, 2005 — 13th/16th place * Monday July 25, 2005 — 9th/12th place * Wednesday July 27, 2005 — 5th/8th place Quarter finals * Monday July 25, 2005 Semi finals * Wednesday July 27, 2005 Finals * Monday July 25, 2005 — 15th place * Monday July 25, 2005 — 13th place * Wednesday July 27, 2005 — 11th place * Wednesday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
