Water polo at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament

2022 South American Games women's water polo tournament
Tournament details
CountryParaguay
CityAsunción
No. of venues1 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–15 October 2022
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place Peru
Fourth place Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored401 (28.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)Venezuela Samantha Torres
Colombia María Restrepo
(16 goals each)
Official website
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The women's tournament of the water polo at the 2022 South American Games was held from 11 to 15 October 2022 at the Centro Acuático Nacional in Asunción, Paraguay.[1] It was the second edition of the water polo women's tournament at the South American Games since its first appearance in Medellín 2010 (it was not held in Santiago 2014 and ended being cancelled in Cochabamba 2018).

The tournament served as qualifier for the 2023 Pan American Games, with the top two teams qualifying to the women's water polo tournament.[2]

Defending champions Brazil won the gold medal and their second South American Games women's water polo title after beating Argentina by a 14–8 score in the final.[3] Both teams, Brazil and Argentina, qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games as the CONSANAT representatives, besides Chile who qualified automatically as hosts.

Peru beat Venezuela 18–17 (4–3 on penalties) to win the bronze medal.

Schedule

The tournament was held over a 5-day period, from 11 to 15 October.

GS Group stage SF Semi-finals B Bronze-medal match F Gold-medal match
Tue 11 Wed 12 Thu 13 Fri 14 Sat 15
GS GS GS SF B F
6 M 3 M 6 M 3 M 2 M

Teams

A total of seven ODESUR NOCs entered teams for the women's tournament.

Teams App Previous best performance
 Argentina 2nd Bronze medal (2010)
 Brazil 2nd Gold medal (2010)
 Chile 1st Debut
 Colombia 2nd Fourth place (2010)
 Paraguay 1st Debut
 Peru 1st Debut
 Venezuela 2nd Silver medal (2010)

Rosters

Each participating NOC had to enter a roster of 13 players, including at least 2 goalkeepers (Technical manual Article 10.2).[1]

Results

All match times are in PYST (UTC−3).

Group stage

The group stage consisted of two groups; one of three teams and another of four teams. Each group was played under the round-robin format with the top two teams of each group progressing to the semi-finals and the third placed team of each group advancing to the fifth place match.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 2 2 0 0 47 4 +43 4 Semi-finals
2  Peru 2 1 0 1 12 25 −13 2
3  Chile 2 0 0 2 8 38 −30 0 Fifth place match
Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)
16:10 		Report Brazil  28–2  Chile Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Di Biasio, Queipo[4]
Score by quarters: 5–0, 8–0, 8–0, 7–2
Ferreira 5 Goals Beltrán, Ravizza 1
12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)
11:40 		Report Brazil  19–2  Peru Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Perré, García[5]
Score by quarters: 7–0, 6–2, 3–0, 3–0
Ferreira 6 Goals Rolando, Rodríguez 1
13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
16:10 		Report Peru  10–6  Chile Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Daners, Monteiro[6]
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 6–1, 1–2
Sirio 3 Goals Sarmiento 5

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 73 21 +52 6 Semi-finals
2  Venezuela 3 1 1 1 47 33 +14 3
3  Colombia 3 1 1 1 62 33 +29 3 Fifth place match
4  Paraguay 3 0 0 3 21 116 −95 0
Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)
13:30 		Report Colombia  10–11  Venezuela Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Monteiro, Teixido[7]
Score by quarters: 5–2, 0–1, 3–5, 2–3
Restrepo 4 Goals Torres, Carangelo 4
11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)
14:50 		Report Argentina  44–5  Paraguay Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Villanueva, Alejos[8]
Score by quarters: 12–0, 9–3, 12–0, 11–2
Bacigalupo 7 Goals Salcedo 4
12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)
9:00 		Report Colombia  42–6  Paraguay Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Fernandes, Queipo[9]
Score by quarters: 11–0, 8–1, 9–2, 14–2
Restrepo 11 Goals Salcedo 3
12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)
10:20 		Report Argentina  13–6  Venezuela Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Monteiro, Villanueva[10]
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 4–0, 1–3
Leonard 5 Goals Carangelo 3
13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
13:30 		Report Colombia  10–16  Argentina Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Teixido, Fernandes[11]
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 1–4, 3–6
Vanegas 4 Goals Leonard 5
13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
14:50 		Report Paraguay  10–30  Venezuela Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Alfaro, Carlos Paipilla (COL)[12]
Score by quarters: 2–6, 2–7, 3–10, 3–7
Salcedo 5 Goals Torres 11

Knockout stage

The knockout stage consisted of the fifth place match (between the third placed team of each group in the group stage), the semi-finals and the bronze and gold-medal matches. The semi-finals match-ups were:

  • Semifinal 1: Group A winners v Group B runners-up
  • Semifinal 2: Group B winners v Group A runners-up

Winners of semi-finals played the gold-medal match, while losers played the bronze-medal match.

 
Semi-finalsGold-medal match
 
      
 
14 October
 
 
 Brazil16
 
15 October
 
 Venezuela3
 
 Brazil14
 
14 October
 
 Argentina8
 
 Argentina16
 
 
 Peru12
 
Bronze-medal match
 
 
15 October
 
 
 Venezuela14 (3)
 
 
 Peru (pso)14 (4)
 
Fifth place match
 
  
 
14 October
 
 
 Colombia21
 
 
 Chile6
 

Semifinals

14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)
10:20 		Report Brazil  16–3  Venezuela Centro Acuático Nacional
Score by quarters: 5–0, 5–2, 4–1, 2–0
Dias, Belorio 5 Goals Agelvis 2
14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)
11:40 		Report Argentina  16–12  Peru Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Teixido, García[13]
Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–1, 5–4, 3–4
Bacigalupo 4 Goals A. López 9

Fifth place match

14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)
9:00 		Report Colombia  21–6  Chile Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Fernandes, Alejos[14]
Score by quarters: 7–0, 5–2, 4–1, 5–3
Restrepo 5 Goals Kiara Henríquez 3

Bronze-medal match

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)
8:00 		Report Venezuela  17–18  Peru Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Fernandes, Di Biasio[15]
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 5–7, 3–3  PSO: 3–4
Carangelo 5 Goals A. López 5

Gold-medal match

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)
9:20 		Report Brazil  14–8  Argentina Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Fernandes, Di Biasio[16]
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 3–2, 3–2
Belorio 4 Goals three players 2

Final ranking

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Brazil
Thatiana Pregolini (GK)
Diana Abla
Luana Bonetti
Kemily Leão
Luana Ribeiro Quinn
Marcela Marrani Marques
Samantha Ferreira
Jeniffer Cavalcante
Melani Palaro Dias
Rebecca Da Silva Moreira
Mirella Coutinho
Letícia Belorio
Isabela Rodrigues de Souza (GK)
Head coach: Frank Almora 		 Argentina
Nahir Stegmayer (GK)
Victoria Ruiz
Cecilia Marie
Ashley Hatcher
Ludmila Ianni
Maitena Romano
Julieta Auliel
Celeste Comba
Isabel Riley
Ana Agnesina
Anahí Bacigalupo
María Sol Canda
Lola Canales (GK)
Head coach: Guillermo Luis Setti 		 Peru
Milagros López (GK)
Miranda Nieto
Diana Garnica
Daniela Torres
Belén Torres
Abigail Sirio
Areli Rolando
Carolina Rodríguez
Grecia Nolasco
Anna López
Rebeca Rodríguez
Elisa López
Grecia Bojorquez (GK)
Head coach: José Antonio Luque

Qualified teams for Pan American Games

The following three teams from CONSANAT qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games women's water polo tournament, including Chile which qualified as hosts.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Pan American Games1
 Chile 4 November 2017 1 (1951)
 Brazil 14 October 2022 6 (all) (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 Argentina 14 October 2022 2 (2011, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ^ a b "DEPORTES ACUÁTICOS MANUAL TÉCNICO" (PDF). www.asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASU2022. 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Santiago 2023 Qualification Systems Manual – Aquatics" (PDF). www.santiago2023.org. Santiago 2023. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  3. ^ Gentile, Gabriel (15 October 2022). "Brasil leva os dois ouros do polo aquático em Assunção" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Olimpiada Todo Dia.
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  5. ^ "Partido 6" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 12 October 2022.
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  10. ^ "Partido 5" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 12 October 2022.
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  12. ^ "Partido 8" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 13 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Partido 12" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 14 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Partido 10" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 14 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Partido 13" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 15 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Partido 14" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 15 October 2022.