Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's water polo
at the XXX Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country  United Kingdom
Dates 30 July – 9 August
Teams 8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  United States (1st title)
Runner-up  Spain
Third place  Australia
Fourth place  Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches 24
Goals scored 468 (19.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) United States Maggie Steffens
(21 goals)
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The women's water polo tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held from 30 July to 9 August at the Water Polo Arena.

Teams from eight nations competed in the tournament and have been seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. A total of 24 games were played, 12 of them in the preliminary round.

Format

The tournament featured eight teams, separated into two groups of four teams.[1] Each team played the other three teams in its pool once in a round-robin format. All eight teams advanced to the quarterfinal stage where they were seeded and played against a team from the other group.[2]

The winners of the quarterfinal games moved on to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played a series of classification games. The semifinal winners played in the gold medal game, while the losers played each other for the bronze.

Preliminary round

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Group A

Team
 GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 2 1 0 33 26 +7 5
 United States 3 2 1 0 30 28 +2 5
 Hungary 3 1 0 2 35 37 −2 2
 China 3 0 0 3 22 29 −7 0
30 July 2012
14:10
Report Spain  11–6  China Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ), Cory Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 4–2, 1–0
Espar 3 Goals Ma Huanhuan 3
30 July 2012
19:40
Report Hungary  13–14  United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Brian Littlejohn (GBR), Denis Danelon (BRA)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 2–3, 4–3
Bujka 4 Goals Steffens 7
1 August 2012
14:10
Report Hungary  11–10  China Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Svetlana Dreval (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–4, 4–3, 2–0
Szűcs 4 Goals four players 2
1 August 2012
18:20
Report Spain  9–9  United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marie Deslieres (CAN), Anton Bervoets (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 1–4, 3–2
Pareja 4 Goals Craig 4
3 August 2012
14:10
Report Spain  13–11  Hungary Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Svetlana Dreval (RUS)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–2, 3–2, 3–4
Espar 3 Goals Antal 4
3 August 2012
19:40
Report China  6–7  United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Marijo Brguljan (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–2, 0–3, 3–2
Sun Yating, Ma Huanhuan 2 Goals Steffens 3

Group B

Team
 GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 37 19 +18 6
 Russia 3 2 0 1 22 21 +1 4
 Italy 3 1 0 2 22 22 0 2
 Great Britain 3 0 0 3 14 33 −19 0
30 July 2012
15:30
Report Italy  8–10  Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Steven Rotsart (USA), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 0–4, 4–2
Di Mario, Radicchi 2 Goals Gynther 3
30 July 2012
18:20
Report Great Britain  6–7  Russia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marie Deslieres (CAN), Ni Shiwei (CHN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 0–1, 1–1
Winstanley-Smith 3 Goals Beliaeva, Prokofyeva 2
1 August 2012
15:30
Report Italy  4–7  Russia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–1, 1–4, 2–1
Di Mario 2 Goals Lisunova 3
1 August 2012
19:40
Report Great Britain  3–16  Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Gus Pinker (RSA), Denis Danelon (BRA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 1–5, 0–5
Wilcox 2 Goals Webster 5
3 August 2012
15:30
Report Russia  8–11  Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Dragan Stampalja (CRO), Marie Deslieres (CAN)
Score by quarters: 4–6, 1–2, 1–0, 2–3
Lisunova 3 Goals Gynther 2
3 August 2012
18:20
 Report Great Britain  5–10  Italy Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
German Moller (ARG), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–2, 1–2, 1–2
Gibson-Byrne 2 Goals Emmolo, Di Mario 3

Medal round

Bracket
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
                           
  A1   Spain 9  
B4   Great Britain 7  
  A1   Spain 10  
  A3   Hungary 9  
A3   Hungary 11
  B2   Russia 10  
    A1   Spain 5
  A2   United States 8
  A2   United States 9  
B3   Italy 6  
  A2   United States (OT) 11 Bronze medal match
  B1   Australia 9  
A4   China 16(2) B1   Australia (OT) 13
  B1   Australia (PSO) 16(4)   A3   Hungary 11

Quarter-finals

5 August 2012
14:50
Report Hungary  11–10  Russia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Marijo Mrguljan (MNE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 1–3, 3–2
four players 2 Goals Ivanova 4
5 August 2012
16:10
Report China  16 (2)–16 (4)  Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Dragan Stampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–3, 4–2, 2–4  OT: 2–2
Ma Huanhuan 4 Goals Ralph, Zagame 3
5 August 2012
19:00
Report United States  9–6  Italy Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–0, 0–1, 3–2
Seidemann 3 Goals Di Mario 3
5 August 2012
20:20
Report Spain  9–7  Great Britain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Cory Williams (NZL), Gus Pinker (RSA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–0, 2–3, 1–2
Miranda, Espar 2 Goals Painter-Snell 3

Semi-finals

7 August 2012
15:30
Report United States  11–9  Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Marie Deslieres (CAN)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 1–1, 2–3  OT: 2–0
Steffens 4 Goals Southern 4
7 August 2012
19:40
Report Hungary  9–10  Spain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–5, 2–2, 2–1
three players 2 Goals Espar 4

Bronze medal match

9 August 2012
18:40
 Report 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Australia  13–11  Hungary Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Dragan Stampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–3, 3–4, 1–3  OT: 2–0
Beadsworth 4 Goals Keszthelyi 3

Gold medal match

9 August 2012
20:25
 Report 1st, gold medalist(s) United States  8–5  Spain 2nd, silver medalist(s) Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marie Deslieres (CAN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 2–0, 1–3
Steffens 5 Goals Pareja 3

Classification

Bracket
5th–8th place semi-finals 5th–6th place
  Russia  11  
  Great Britain  9  
 
      China  16 (OT)
    Russia  15
7th–8th place
  Italy  10   Italy  11
  China  14     Great Britain  7

5th–8th place semi-finals

7 August 2012
14:10
Report Italy  10–14  China Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Anton Bervoets (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–5, 2–2, 4–2
Di Mario 4 Goals six players 2
7 August 2012
18:20
Report Russia  11–9  Great Britain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Denis Danelon (BRA), German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 4–2, 3–2
Prokofyeva 4 Goals Wilcox, Painter-Snell 3

7th place game

9 August 2012
14:30
 Report Italy  11–7  Great Britain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–0, 3–2, 2–2
Di Mario 4 Goals McCann, Clayton 2

5th place game

9 August 2012
15:50
 Report China  16–15  Russia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Brian Littlejohn (GBR), Steven Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–6, 3–2, 3–3  OT: 2–1
Ma Huanhuan 6 Goals Fedotova, Antonova 4

Ranking and statistics

Final rankings

Rank Team
 United States
 Spain
 Australia
4  Hungary
5  China
6  Russia
7  Italy
8  Great Britain

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women  United States (USA)
Elizabeth Armstrong
Heather Petri
Melissa Seidemann
Brenda Villa
Lauren Wenger
Maggie Steffens
Courtney Mathewson
Jessica Steffens
Elsie Windes
Kelly Rulon
Annika Dries
Kami Craig
Tumuaialii Anae		  Spain (ESP)
Laura Ester
Marta Bach
Anna Espar
Roser Tarragó
Matilde Ortiz
Jennifer Pareja
Lorena Miranda
María del Pilar Peña
Andrea Blas
Ona Meseguer
María García Godoy
Laura López
Ana Copado		  Australia (AUS)
Victoria Brown
Gemma Beadsworth
Sophie Smith
Holly Lincoln-Smith
Jane Moran
Bronwen Knox
Rowena Webster
Kate Gynther
Glencora Ralph
Ashleigh Southern
Melissa Rippon
Nicola Zagame
Alicia McCormack

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Maggie Steffens  United States 21 27 78%
2 Ma Huanhuan  China 19 53 36%
3 Tania Di Mario  Italy 18 45 40%
4 Anni Espar Llaquet  Spain 15 41 37%
5 Dóra Antal  Hungary 12 32 37%
Barbara Bujka  Hungary 12 26 46%
Jennifer Pareja  Spain 12 34 35%
Ash Southern  Australia 12 32 37%
Gabriella Szűcs  Hungary 12 32 37%
Rowie Webster  Australia 12 42 29%
Nicola Zagame  Australia 12 16 75%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Draw announced for Olympic Water Polo competition
  2. ↑ "London 2012 – Water Polo Competition Schedule". FINA.
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