The women's
water polo
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tournament at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in
London
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was held from 30 July to 9 August at the
Water Polo Arena
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.
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
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Group A
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Group B
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Final round
;Final bracket
;5th place bracket
Quarterfinals
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5th–8th place classification
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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): 3 players
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Sofia Konukh
Sofia Evgenevna Konukh (, born 9 March 1980) is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic women's tournament in history. She is one of four female players who competed in water polo at f ...
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Heather Petri
Heather Danielle Petri (born June 13, 1978) is an American water polo player who won the silver medal with the US women's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in Beijing in 2008 and ...
,
Brenda Villa
Brenda Villa (born April 18, 1980) is an American accomplished water polo player. She is the most decorated athlete in the world of women’s water polo. Villa was named Female Water Polo Player of the Decade for 2000-2009 by the FINA Aquatics Wo ...
Three-time Olympian(s): 6 players
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Kate Gynther,
Melissa Rippon
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* :
Rita Drávucz
Rita Drávucz (born 14 April 1980) is a water polo player from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2012 Summer Olympics in the London, Gre ...
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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 ...
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Elena Gigli
Elena Gigli (born 9 July 1985) is a female water polo goalkeeper from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She was the top goalkeeper at the 2012 Olympics, with 56 saves. S ...
(GK),
Anikó Pelle
Anikó Pelle (born 28 September 1978) is a Hungarian and Italian water polo player who played for the University of Southern California from 1999 to 2002, and the Hungary women's national team in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. In ...
Multiple medalists
Four-time Olympic medalist(s): 2 players
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Heather Petri
Heather Danielle Petri (born June 13, 1978) is an American water polo player who won the silver medal with the US women's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in Beijing in 2008 and ...
,
Brenda Villa
Brenda Villa (born April 18, 1980) is an American accomplished water polo player. She is the most decorated athlete in the world of women’s water polo. Villa was named Female Water Polo Player of the Decade for 2000-2009 by the FINA Aquatics Wo ...
Top goalscorers
Medallists
Awards
The women's all-star team was announced on 9 August 2012.
;Most Valuable Player
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Maggie Steffens (21 goals)
;Media All-Star Team
* Goalkeeper
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Elizabeth Armstrong (53 saves)
* Field players
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Barbara Bujka
Barbara Bujka (born 5 September 1986, Budapest) is a Hungarian female water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Hungary women's national water polo team in the women's event. She is 5 ft 8.5 inches tall. In 201 ...
(centre forward, left-handed, 12 goals)
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Anni Espar (15 goals)
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Holly Lincoln-Smith
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(centre back, 5 goals)
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Jennifer Pareja
Jennifer Pareja Lisalde (born 8 May 1984) is a former Spanish water polo player who won the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, being named ''Most Valuable Player'' of the event.
She was named 2013 Best Female Water Polo ...
(12 goals, 21 sprints won)
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Maggie Steffens (21 goals)
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Nicola Zagame
Nicola Maree Zagame (born 11 August 1990), nicknamed Ziggy and Nicky, is an Australian water polo centre back/driver. She has represented her country as a member of Australia women's national water polo team on both the junior and senior levels, ...
(12 goals, 4 sprints won)
See also
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Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at London, Great Britain, began on 29 July and lasted until 12 August 2012. All games were held at the Water Polo Arena.
Teams from twelve nations competed in the tournament and were ...
References
Sources
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FINA
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Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Poloarchive
(pp. 284–507)
* Water polo on the Olympedi
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* Water polo on the Sports Reference
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Water polo at the 2012 Summer Games
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