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 won the gold medal by defeating Italy 12–5 in the final. Russia captured bronze, beating 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
Georgios Stavridis
Péter Molnár
Masoud Rezvani
Fillippo Gomez
Tadao Tahara
Stanko Ivanovski
Diana Dutilh-Dumas
Radosław Koryzna
Adrian Alexandrescu
Sergey Naumov
Vojin Putniković
Boris Margeta
Dion Willis
Francesc Buch
Joseph Peila
Preliminary round
Group A
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
Group B
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
Final round
Final Bracket
5th place bracket
Quarterfinals
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
5th–8th place classification
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
Semifinals
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
7th place match
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
5th place match
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
Bronze medal match
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
Gold medal match
All times are BRT (UTC-3).
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
Multi-time Olympians
Four-time Olympian(s): 1 player
: Tania Di Mario
Three-time Olympian(s): 12 players
: Gemma Beadsworth, Bronwen Knox
: Ma Huanhuan, Sun Yating, Yang Jun (GK) : Orsolya Takács : Teresa Frassinetti : Nadezhda Glyzina-Fedotova, Ekaterina Lisunova, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Evgenia Soboleva : Kami Craig
Multiple medalists
Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 1 player
: Kami Craig
Top goalscorers
Source: Rio2016
Top goalkeepers
Source: Rio2016
Medalists
Awards
The women's all-star team was announced on 19 August 2016.
Most Valuable Player
Maggie Steffens (17 goals, 1 sprints won)
Media All-Star Team
Goalkeeper
Ashleigh Johnson (51 saves) Field players Barbara Bujka (centre forward, left-handed, 15 goals) Arianna Garibotti (12 goals) Rita Keszthelyi (14 goals, 10 sprints won) Maddie Musselman (12 goals) Ashleigh Southern (14 goals) Maggie Steffens (17 goals, 1 sprints won)
See also
Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
References
Sources
PDF documents in the Olympic World Library: Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive) Water polo on the Olympedia website Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (women's tournament) Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 2016 Summer Games (women's tournament) (archived)