Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Women's water polo tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueMarkham Pan Am Centre
DatesJuly 7 – 15
Competitors104 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal  United States
Silver medal  Canada
Bronze medal  Brazil
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The women's tournament of water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada took place between the 7 and 15 of July at the Markham Pan Am Centre in Markham, Ontario.[1][2] The first through fourth-place finishing teams qualified for the 2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament to be held in Gouda, Netherlands.[3]

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the water polo competition. Canada, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions.[4]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation — — 1  Canada
Qualified automatically — — 1  United States
2014 South American Championship October 7–11 Argentina Mar del Plata 3  Brazil
 Venezuela
 Argentina
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games November 22–29 Mexico Veracruz 3  Puerto Rico
 Cuba
 Mexico
TOTAL 8

Format

  • Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
  • The third and fourth placed each group will crossover and play each other in the fifth to eighth place bracket.
  • In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
  • The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Preliminary round

All times are local Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−5)

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 United States 3 3 0 0 73 9 +64 6 Qualified for the semifinals
 Cuba 3 2 0 1 24 30 −6 4
 Argentina 3 1 0 2 16 48 −32 2
 Mexico 3 0 0 3 20 46 −26 0
Source: [citation needed]


7 July 2015
10:08 		Report Mexico  3–25  United States Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Hugo Paredes (ECU), João Cardenuto (BRA)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–10, 0–7, 2–2
Rios 2 Goals Steffens, Grossman 4
8 July 2015
08:08 		Report Mexico  8–10  Argentina Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
João Cardenuto (BRA), Reynel Castillo (PUR)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 3–2, 3–4
Castro, Morales 2 Goals M De Virgilio 4, Bertaina 2, Font 2, Hatcher 1, R De Virgilio 1
8 July 2015
10:08 		Report United States  18–3  Cuba Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Edmundo Rodrigues (BRA), William Mackay (CAN)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–0, 6–1, 4–1
Steffens, Fischer 3 Goals 3 players 1
9 July 2015
10:08 		Report Cuba  10–3  Argentina Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Arnoldo Zambrano (VEN), Stephane Roy (CAN)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–0, 3–1, 3–2
Bravo, Bernal 3 Goals Hatcher 1, M De Virgilio 1, R De Virgilio 1
11 July 2015
08:08 		Report United States  30–3  Argentina Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Hugo Parades (VEN), Edmundo Rodrigues (BRA)
Score by quarters: 8-0, 6-1, 6-1, 10-1
Clark 7 Goals Font 2, Hatcher 1
11 July 2015
10:08 		Report Mexico  9–11  Cuba Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Reynel Castillo (PUR), William Mackay (CAN)
Score by quarters: 4-4, 2-1, 2-3, 1-3
Murrieta 3 Goals Ortiz 2

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Canada 3 2 1 0 41 16 +25 5 Qualified for the semifinals
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 42 18 +24 5
 Venezuela 3 0 1 2 16 44 −28 1
 Puerto Rico 3 0 1 2 26 47 −21 1
Source: [citation needed]


7 July 2015
08:08 		Report Venezuela  11–11  Puerto Rico Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Humberto Navarro (USA), Guillermo Grgicevic (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–3, 1–5, 2–1
Herrera 3 Goals Montero 4
7 July 2015
12:08 		Report Canada  7–7  Brazil Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Daniel Vazquez (MEX)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 2–3, 2–1
7 players 1 Goals 3 players 2
8 July 2015
12:08 		Report Venezuela  4–15  Canada Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Claudia Aguilar (MEX), Mark Maretzki (USA).
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–3, 1–4, 2–4
4 players 1 Goals Perreault, Robinson 3
9 July 2015
08:08 		Report Venezuela  1–18  Brazil Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Thomas Molnar (HUN), Daniel Vazquez (MEX)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–2, 1–7, 0–5
Marin 1 Goals Chiappini 7
9 July 2015
12:08 		Report Canada  19–5  Puerto Rico Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Claudia Aguilar (MEX)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 5–0, 6–2
Robinson 4 Goals Delgado 2


11 July 2015
12:08 		Report Brazil  17–10  Puerto Rico Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Jaume Teixido (SPA), Mark Maretzki (USA).
Score by quarters: 4-2, 3-5, 5-1, 5-2
Badocco 4 Goals Montero 3

Classification stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
July 12
 
 
 Argentina6
 
July 14
 
 Puerto Rico14
 
 Puerto Rico12
 
July 12
 
 Mexico11
 
 Mexico10
 
 
 Venezuela8
 
Seventh place
 
 
July 14
 
 
 Argentina8
 
 
 Venezuela9

Fifth to Eighth place

12 July 2015
12:00 		Report Argentina  6–14  Puerto Rico Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Joao Cardenuto (BRA), Humberto Navarro (USA)
Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-4, 0-3, 3-4
Font 3, Comba 2, Hatcher 1 Goals Medina 5
12 July 2015
14:00 		Report Mexico  10–8  Venezuela Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Stéphane Roy (CAN), Edmundo Rodrigues (BRA)
Score by quarters: 3-2, 3-2, 3-2, 2-1
Castro 3 Goals Hernandez Cabrera 3

Seventh place match

14 July 2015
12:00 		Report Argentina  8–9  Venezuela Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
João Cardenuto (BRA), Constantino Castro (CUB)
Score by quarters: 0-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-1
R De Virgilio 2 Goals Coronel 2

Fifth place match

14 July 2015
14:00 		Report Puerto Rico  12–11  Mexico Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Juan Menendez (CUB), Diego Garibaldi (ARG)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 4–1, 2–4
Nazario 4 Goals Castro 4

Medal round

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 12
 
 
 United States16
 
July 14
 
 Brazil3
 
 United States13
 
July 12
 
 Canada4
 
 Cuba7
 
 
 Canada14
 
Third place
 
 
July 14
 
 
 Brazil9
 
 
 Cuba6

Semifinals

12 July 2015
18:00 		Report Cuba  7–14  Canada Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Reynel Castillo (PUR), Diego Garibaldi (ARG)
Score by quarters: 1-3, 1-5, 3-2, 2-4
Bernal 2 Goals Eggens, Robinson 3
12 July 2015
20:00 		Report United States  16–3  Brazil Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Thomas Molnar (HUN), Jaume Teixido (SPA)
Score by quarters: 3-1, 6-1, 5-0, 2-1
Steffens 3 Goals Palaro 1

Bronze medal match

14 July 2015
18:00 		Report 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brazil  9–6  Cuba Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Mark Maretzki (USA), William Mackay (CAN)
Score by quarters: 2-0, 2-2, 2-2, 3-2
Chiappini 6 Goals Ortiz 2

Gold medal match

14 July 2015
20:00 		Report 1st place, gold medalist(s) United States  13–4  Canada 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Markham Pan Am Centre
Referees:
Thomas Molnar (HUN), Jaume Teixido (SPA)
Score by quarters: 3-2, 3-1, 4-0, 3-1
2 players 4 Goals Eggens 2

Final standings

Rank Team Record Olympic Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 5 – 0 – 0 2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 3 – 1 – 1 2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil 3 – 1 – 1 Already qualified as a host
4  Cuba 2 – 0 – 3
5  Puerto Rico 2 – 1 – 2
6  Mexico 1 – 0 – 3
7  Venezuela 1 – 1 – 3
8  Argentina 1 – 0 – 4

References

  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Atos Markham Pan Am / Parapan Am Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Water polo" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Qualification System Water polo" (PDF). uana-aquatics.org/. TO2015. December 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2014.