The women's tournament of
water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics
The water polo tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from 27 July to 11 August. Preliminary water polo matches occurred at Paris Aquatic Centre, with the final playoffs staged at the iconic Paris La Défense Arena. Similar t ...
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Paris
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, France was held from 27 July to 10 August 2024. It was held at the
Paris Aquatic Centre and
Paris La Défense Arena
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. It is the seventh official appearance of the tournament.
Spain won their first title after defeating Australia in the final. The Netherlands won against the United States for the bronze medal.
Qualification
Competition format
The ten teams were seeded into two groups for a preliminary round. The teams in each group played a round-robin. The top four teams in each group advanced to the knockout round while the fifth placed teams was eliminated. The fifth placed teams was ranked ninth and tenth based on win–loss record, then goal average. The knockout round began with quarterfinals and the winners advanced to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played in the fifth- to eighth- place classification. The two semifinal winners played in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers played in the bronze medal match.
Schedule
The competition began on 27 July, and matches were held every other day.
Draw
The draw took place on 17 February 2024 in
Doha
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, Qatar.
Seeding
The ten teams in the women's tournament were drawn into two groups of five teams. The teams were seeded into five pots.
Rosters
Referees
The following 24 referees were selected for the tournament.
* Nicholas Hodgers
* Hélène Painchaud
* Zhang Liang
* Andrej Franulović
* Yasser Mehalhel
* Aurélie Blanchard
* Sébastien Dervieux
* Frank Ohme
* Natalia Markopoulou
* Georgios Stavridis
* Nóra Debreceni
* Tamás Kovács
* Rafaele Colombo
* Alessia Ferrari
* Chisato Kurosaki
* Veselin Mišković
* Michiel Zwart
* Adrian Alexandrescu
* Boris Margeta
* Vojin Putniković
* Marta Cabañas
* David Gómez
* Jennifer McCall
* Darren Spiritosanto
Preliminary round
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Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
;Fifth 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
Top goalscorers
References
External links
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Paris 2024 FINATotal-waterpolo website
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Women's tournament
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