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
QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified Host nation 2 October 2009 Copenhagen 1 2015 FINA World League 23–28 June 2015 Bergamo 1 2015 Pan American Games 7–15 July 2015 Toronto 1 2015 FINA World Championships 27 July – 8 August 2015 Kazan 2 Oceanian Continental Selection 19 October 2015 Perth 1 2015 Asian Championship 16–20 December 2015 Foshan 1 2016 European Championships 10–23 January 2016 Belgrade 1 World Qualification Tournament 3–10 April 2016 Trieste 4 Total 12
Women's qualification
QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified Host nation 2 October 2009 Copenhagen 1 Oceanian Continental Selection 19 October 2015 Perth 1 2015 Asian Championship 16–17 December 2015 Foshan 1 2016 European Championships 10–22 January 2016 Belgrade 1 World Qualification Tournament 21–28 March 2016 Gouda 4 Total 8
Competition schedule GGroup stageQFQuarter-finalsSFSemi-finalsBBronze medal matchFFinal Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Men G G G G G QF SF B F Women G G G QF SF B F
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 countries, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. All teams qualified for the quarterfinals.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists MenGojko PijetlovićDušan MandićŽivko GocićSava RanđelovićMiloš ĆukDuško PijetlovićSlobodan NikićMilan AleksićNikola JakšićFilip FilipovićAndrija PrlainovićStefan MitrovićBranislav MitrovićJosip PavićDamir BurićAntonio PetkovićLuka LončarMaro JokovićLuka BukićXavier GarcíaAndro BušljeSandro SuknoIvan KrapićAnđelo ŠetkaMarko MacanMarko BijačStefano TempestiFrancesco Di FulvioNiccolò GittoPietro FiglioliAlessandro VelottoMichaël BodegasAndrea FondelliValentino GalloChristian PresciuttiNicholas PresciuttiMatteo AicardiAlessandro NoraMarco Del LungoWomenSamantha HillMadeline MusselmannMelissa SeidemannRachel FattalAria FischerMaggie SteffensCourtney MathewsonKiley NeushulCaroline ClarkKaleigh GilchristMakenzie FischerKami CraigAshleigh JohnsonGiulia GorleroChiara TabaniArianna GaribottiElisa QueiroloFederica RadicchiRosaria AielloTania Di MarioRoberta BianconiGiulia Enrica EmmoloFrancesca PomeriAleksandra CottiTeresa FrassinettiLaura TeaniAnna UstyukhinaMaria BorisovaEkaterina ProkofyevaElvina KarimovaNadezhda FedotovaOlga BelovaEkaterina LisunovaAnastasia SimanovichAnna TimofeevaEvgenia SobolevaEvgeniya IvanovaAnna GrinevaAnna Karnaukh
See also Water polo at the 2014 Asian Games Water polo at the 2015 European Games Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games
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 (men's tournament, women's tournament) Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 2016 Summer Games (men's tournament, women's tournament) (archived)
External links
Results Book – Water Polo