The women's tournament of
water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics
The water polo tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Kōtō, Tokyo, Kōtō. Twenty-two teams (twelve for men and ten for women) competed in the tournament, an increase of two fro ...
at
Tokyo
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,
Japan
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was played from 24 July to 7 August 2021 at the
Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
is a swimming venue in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. The swimming centre has hosted several Japanese swimming championships.
History
The swimming complex was designed by the Environment Design Institute, a Tokyo architecture firm. It was commission ...
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It was the sixth appearance of the women's tournament, which had been held consecutively since 2000 and also was the first time on history that the tournament had 10 teams competing.
On 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. Because of the pandemic, the games were played
behind closed doors
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The United States won their third consecutive and overall gold medal after a finals win over Spain, while Hungary captured the bronze medal, beating defending bronze medalists Russia.
The medals for the competition were presented by
Samira Asghari,
Afghanistan
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;
IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by
Dale Neuburger,
United States
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;
FINA Treasurer.
Qualification
Schedule
The competition began on 24 July, and matches were held every other day. At each match time, two matches were played simultaneously (two during the preliminary round, two quarterfinals during that round, one main semifinal and one classification semifinal during the semifinal round, and the two classification games on the final day) except for the bronze and gold medal matches.
Competition format
The ten teams were seeded into two groups for a preliminary round and each group was played in a round-robin. The top four teams in each group advanced to the knockout round while the fifth placed teams and those ranked 9th and 10th based on win–loss record then goal average were eliminated. The knockout round began with quarterfinals, with the winners advanced to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers play in the fifth to eighth place classification semifinals. The two semifinal winners play in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers play in the bronze medal match.
Draw
The draw took place on 21 February 2021 in
Rotterdam
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, The Netherlands.
Seeding
The ten teams in the women's tournament were drawn into two groups of five teams. The teams were seeded into five pots.
Final draw
The hosts Japan and the reigning Olympic champion the United States were both drawn into Group B.
Referees
The following 28 referees were selected for the tournament.
24 referees:
* Germán Moller
* Nicola Johnson
*
Marie-Claude Deslières
Marie-Claude Deslières (born 1 April 1966) is a Canadian water polo player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
See also
* List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
This is a list of World Aq ...
* Zhang Liang
* Nenad Periš
* Sébastien Dervieux
* Frank Ohme
*
Georgios Stavridis
* György Kun
* Alessandro Severo
*
Asumi Tsuzaki
is a Japanese water polo coach, sports official and former player.
Tsuzaki took the Officials' Oath at the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, becoming the first female water polo referee to be given the honour. During ...
* Viktor Salnichenko
* Stanko Ivanovski
* Michiel Zwart
* John Waldow
* Adrian Alexandrescu
* Arkadiy Voevodin
* Vojin Putniković
* Jeremy Cheng
* Dion Willis
* Xevi Buch
* Ursula Wengenroth
* Michael Goldenberg
* Daniel Daners
4
video assistant referee
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s:
* Mladen Rak
* Alexandr Margolin
* Alexandr Shershnev
* Jaume Teixido
Group stage
The schedule was announced on 9 March 2021.
''All times are local (
UTC+9
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During the Japanese occupations of British Borneo, Burma, Hong Kong, Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Philippines, Singapore, and French Indochina, it was used as a common time with ...
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Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
;5th place bracket
Quarterfinals
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5–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking
Medalists
Team statistics
Goals for
Source: Official Results Book (page 224)
Goals against
Source: Official Results Book (pages 239, 243, 247, 251, 255, 258, 262, 266, 269, 273)
Goal difference
Source: Official Results Book (pages 239, 243, 247, 251, 255, 258, 262, 266, 269, 273)
Saves
Source: Official Results Book (pages 239, 243, 247, 251, 255, 258, 262, 266, 269, 273)
Blocks
Source: Official Results Book (page 224)
Rebounds
Source: Official Results Book (page 224)
Steals
Source: Official Results Book (page 224)
Sprints won
Source: Official Results Book (page 224)
Turnovers
Source: Official Results Book (page 224)
Exclusions with substitution
Source: Official Results Book (page 224)
Player statistics
Multiple medalists
Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 2 players
* : Melissa Seidemann
Melissa Jon Seidemann (born June 26, 1990) is an American water polo player. She won the National Championship with Stanford University in 2011. She also won the gold medal with the United States national team in the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 ...
,
Leading goalscorers
Source: Official Results Book (page 234)
Saves leaders
Source: Official Results Book (page 236)
Leading blockers
Source: Official Results Book (pages 239, 243, 247, 251, 255, 258, 262, 266, 269, 273)
Leading rebounders
Source: Official Results Book (pages 239, 243, 247, 251, 255, 258, 262, 266, 269, 273)
Steals leaders
Source: Official Results Book (pages 239, 243, 247, 251, 255, 258, 262, 266, 269, 273)
Leading sprinters
Source: Official Results Book (page 233)
Turnovers leaders
Source: Official Results Book (pages 239, 243, 247, 251, 255, 258, 262, 266, 269, 273)
Exclusions leaders
Source: Official Results Book (pages 239, 243, 247, 251, 255, 258, 262, 266, 269, 273)
Awards
The women's all-star team was announced on 7 August 2021.
References
Sources
Overall
Water Polo – Olympic Schedule & Results , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Official Results Book , Tokyo 2020 Olympicsarchive
Water Polo – Tournament Summary , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Competition Officials , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Tournament details
Water Polo – Competition Schedule , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Statistics
Water Polo – Overall Team Statistics , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Team Statistics , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Individual Statistics , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Individual Statistics - Leading Scorers , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Goalkeeper Statistics , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
* Water Polo – Cumulative Statistics , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
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AustraliaCanadaChinaHungaryJapanNetherlandsROCSouth AfricaSpainUnited States
Medallists and victory ceremony presenters
Water Polo – Medallists , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Victory Ceremony Presenters , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
External links
Water Polo , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Tokyo 2020 , FINA
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Women's tournament
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Women's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics