2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament

2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Dates	21–28 March
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches	42
Goals scored	762 (18.14 per match)

Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament was held at the Groenhovenbad in Gouda, Netherlands, from 21 to 28 March 2016.^[1]^[2] The top four teams advanced to the Olympics. The mascot of the event was an orange lion in blue clothes called Swimba.

Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics Water polo played during the 2016 Summer Olympics

The water polo tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 20 August at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Barra da Tijuca. Twenty teams competed in the tournament. Games that ended in ties in elimination rounds were decided by shootouts, as overtime has been abolished since 2013.

Groenhovenbad is an aquatic centre in Gouda, the Netherlands. It hosted from 21-28 March the 2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament.

Gouda, South Holland City and municipality in South Holland, Netherlands

Gouda is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands with a population of 72,338. It is famous for its Gouda cheese, stroopwafels, many grachten, smoking pipes, and its 15th-century city hall. Gouda's array of historic churches and other buildings makes it a very popular day trip destination.

Participants

There were 12 places originally allocated to continental associations in the tournament not already directly qualified to the Olympics – 7 from Europe, 2 from the Americas, 1 from Asia, 1 from Africa, and 1 from Oceania.

Continent	How qualified
Europe
Netherlands	Host country
Italy	2016 European Championship bronze medalists
Spain	2016 European Championship 4th place
Greece	2016 European Championship 5th place
Russia	2016 European Championship 6th place
France	2016 European Championship 7th place
Germany ^[3]	2016 European Championship 8th place
Americas
United States	2015 Pan American Games gold medalists
Canada	2015 Pan American Games silver medalists
Asia
Japan	2015 Asian Championships silver medalists
Africa
South Africa	African Continental Selection
Oceania
New Zealand

Squads

Canada	France	Germany	Greece
1: Jessica Gaudreault 2: Krystina Alogbo 3: Katrina Monton 4: Emma Wright 5: Monika Eggens 6: Kelly McKee 7: Joëlle Békhazi 8: Axelle Crevier 9: Carmen Eggens 10: Christine Robinson 11: Anna Yelizarova 12: Dominique Perreault 13: Nicola Colterjohn Coach: Justin Oliveira	1: Lorene Derenty 2: Estelle Millot 3: Lea Bachelier 4: Aurore Sacre 5: Louise Guillet 6: Geraldine Mahieu 7: Marie Barbieux 8: Marion Tardy 9: Adeline Sacre 10: Audrey Daule 11: Lucie Cesca 12: Michaela Jašková 13: Morgane Chabrier Coach: Filippos Sakellis	1: Felicitas Saurusajtis 2: Belen Vosseberg 3: Nadja Kreis 4: Bianca Seyfert 5: Claudia Blomenkamp 6: Sina van der Bosch 7: Anja Seyfert 8: Jamie Verebelyi 9: Jenny Stiefel 10: Nadine Hartwig 11: Carmen Gelse 12: Anika Ebell 13: Lotte Hurrelmann Coach: Milos Sekulic	1: Eleni Kouvdou 2: Christina Tsoukala 3: Nikoleta Eleftheriadou 4: Vasiliki Diamantopoulou 5: Margarita Plevritou 6: Alkisti Avramidou 7: Alexandra Asimaki 8: Antigoni Roumpesi 9: Christina Kotsia 10: Triantafyllia Manolioudaki 11: Eleftheria Plevritou 12: Eleni Xenaki 13: Chrysoula Diamantopoulou Coach: Athanasios Kechagias
Italy	Japan	Netherlands	New Zealand
1 Giulia Gorlero 2 Chiara Tabani 3 Arianna Garibotti 4 Elisa Queirolo 5 Federica Radicchi 6 Rosaria Aiello 7 Tania di Mario 8 Roberta Bianconi 9 Giulia Emmolo 10 Francesca Pomeri 11 Aleksandra Cotti 12 Teresa Frassinetti 13 Laura Teani Coach Fabio Conti	1: Rikako Miura 2: Chiaki Sakanoue 3: Akari Inaba 4: Shino Magariyama 5: Moe Nakata 6: Ayaka Takahashi 7: Yumi Nakano 8: Mitsuki Hashiguchi 9: Kana Hosoya 10: Tsubasa Mori 11: Marina Tokumoto 12: Kotori Suzuki 13: Miyuu Aoki Coach: Hideo Katoh	1: Laura Aarts 2: Yasemin Smit 3: Dagmar Genee 4: Sabrina van der Sloot 5: Amarens Genee 6: Nomi Stomphorst 7: Marloes Nijhuis 8: Vivian Sevenich 9: Maud Megens 10: Isabella van Toorn 11: Lieke Klaassen 12: Leonie van der Molen 13: Debby Willemsz Coach: Arno Havenga	1: Jessica Milicich 2: Nicole Lewis 3: Kelly Mason 4: Ricci Ferigo 5: Simone Lewis 6: Annabel Harman 7: Alexandra Boyd 8: Caitlin Lopes Da Silva 9: Emma Stoneman 10: Ema Carevic 11: Casie Bowry 12: Liana Dance 13: Antonia Young Coach: Angela Winstanley-Smith
Spain	South Africa	Russia	United States
1: Laura Ester 2: Marta Bach 3: Anni Espar 4: Beatriz Ortiz 5: Matilde Ortiz 6: Jennifer Pareja 7: Paula Leitón 8: María del Pilar Peña 9: Judith Forca 10: Roser Tarragó 11: Maica García Godoy 12: Laura López 13: Patricia Herrera Coach: Miguel Angel Oca	1 Rebecca Thomas 2 Amber Penny 3 Kieran Paley 4 Emma Hardham 5 Carly Wessels 6 Christine Abrahams 7 Amy Keevy 8 Alex van der Walt 9 Cara Stubbs 10 Megan Parkes 11 Amica Hallendorff 12 Kelsey White 13 Lauren Nixon Coach Gareth Samuel	1: Anna Ustyukhina 2: Ekaterina Lisunova 3: Ekaterina Prokofyeva 4: Elvina Karimova 5: Evgeniia Soboleva 6: Ekaterina Tankeeva 7: Evgeniya Ivanova 8: Anastasia Simanovich 9: Anna Timofeeva 10: Diana Antonova 11: Anna Timofeeva 12: Ksenia Ivanchishiha 13: Anastasia Verkhoglyadova Coach: Alexander Gaidukov	1: Samantha Hill 2: Madeline Musselman 3: Melissa Seidemann 4: Rachel Fattal 5: Caroline Clark 6: Maggie Steffens 7: Courtney Mathewson 8: Kiley Neushul 9: Aria Fischer 10: Kaleigh Gilchrist 11: Makenzie Fischer 12: Kami Craig 13: Ashleigh Johnson Coach: Adam Krikorian

^[4]

Draw

The draw took place on 23 January 2016 in Belgrade, after the final of the 2016 European Championship.^[5]

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. The urban area of the City of Belgrade has a population of 1.23 million, while nearly 1.7 million people live within its administrative limits.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	80	22	+58	10	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Greece	5	4	1	60	40	+20	8
3	Spain	5	3	2	72	36	+36	6
4	Canada	5	2	3	49	44	+5	4
5	Japan	5	1	4	37	74	−37	2	Eliminated
6	South Africa	5	0	5	13	95	−82	0	Eliminated

Source: FINA
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.

21 March 2016 12:40	Report	Japan	1–18	United States	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Svetlana Dreval (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–5, 0–2, 0–5
		Hashiguchi 1	Goals	Neushul 4

21 March 2016 14:00	Report	South Africa	2–17	Canada	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Erwin Schapers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–6, 1–4, 0–4
		Penney, Wessels 1	Goals	three players 4

21 March 2016 15:20	Report	Spain	11–14	Greece	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 3–3, 4–4
		Forca 4	Goals	three players 3

22 March 2016 15:20	Report	United States	14–7	Canada	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Jaume Teixido (ESP)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 2–1, 3–2, 4–2
		Musselman 3	Goals	Eggens 2

22 March 2016 16:40	Report	Greece	16–2	South Africa	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Erwin Schapers (NED)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 5–2, 3–0, 5–0
		Asimaki, Tsoukala 3	Goals	Keevy, Penney 1

22 March 2016 20:00	Report	Japan	6–23	Spain	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–4, 2–6, 2–7
		Magariyama, Yumi 2	Goals	Leitón 6

23 March 2016 12:40	Report	Canada	4–11	Greece	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–2, 2–1, 2–4
		four players 1	Goals	Roumpesi 5

23 March 2016 14:00	Report	Spain	6–8	United States	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Svetlana Dreval (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 1–2, 2–2
		B. Ortiz 2	Goals	M. Fischer 4

23 March 2016 15:20	Report	South Africa	6–15	Japan	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–4, 1–5, 1–2
		White 3	Goals	Yumi 4

24 March 2016 15:20	Report	United States	15–7	Greece	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 4–2, 1–1, 4–2
		Neushul 5	Goals	Manolioudaki 2

24 March 2016 16:40	Report	Japan	7–15	Canada	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 3–5, 0–5, 2–4
		Akari, Hashiguchi 2	Goals	Eggens 5

24 March 2016 20:00	Report	Spain	22–2	South Africa	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
		Score by quarters:5–0, 6–0, 4–1, 7–1
		Espar, Forca 5	Goals	White 2

25 March 2016 12:40	Report	South Africa	1–25	United States	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–6, 0–5, 1–7
		Hardham 1	Goals	three players 4

25 March 2016 14:00	Report	Canada	6–10	Spain	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–1, 0–4, 1–3
		Eggens 3	Goals	Espar, Forca 3

25 March 2016 15:20	Report	Japan	8–12	Greece	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Erwin Schapers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–4, 2–3, 3–2
		Yumi 4	Goals	Asimaki 5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	5	4	1	0	56	18	+38	9	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Netherlands (H)	5	3	2	0	55	30	+25	8
3	Russia	5	3	1	1	53	22	+31	7
4	France	5	2	0	3	29	52	−23	4
5	Germany	5	1	0	4	23	64	−41	2	Eliminated
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	5	25	55	−30	0	Eliminated

Source: FINA
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.
(H) Host.

21 March 2016 16:40	Report	New Zealand	2–15	Russia	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Michael Baty (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–5, 1–3, 0–4
		Lewis, Mason 1	Goals	Zubkova 3

21 March 2016 18:30	Report	France	5–14	Netherlands	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Steve Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 1–4, 1–4
		Tardy 2	Goals	Van der Sloot 4

21 March 2016 20:00	Report	Italy	16–3	Germany	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 5–0, 4–2, 3–1
		Garibotti 3	Goals	three players 1

22 March 2016 12:40	Report	Germany	8–5	New Zealand	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–1, 2–1, 1–1
		Blomenkamp, Seyfert 3	Goals	Lopes Da Silva 3

22 March 2016 14:00	Report	France	2–14	Italy	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–3, 1–4, 0–3
		Bachelier, Jašková 1	Goals	Bianconi 3

22 March 2016 18:30	Report	Netherlands	8–8	Russia	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Jaume Teixido (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–1, 4–0, 0–4
		Megens, Nijhuis 2	Goals	Karimova 2

23 March 2016 16:40	Report	Russia	18–4	Germany	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Michael Baty (RSA), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
		Score by quarters:8–1, 2–0, 4–0, 4–3
		Ivanova 4	Goals	Blomenkamp 2

23 March 2016 18:30	Report	Italy	8–8	Netherlands	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 2–1, 2–2
		Di Mario, Queirolo 3	Goals	Van der Sloot 3

23 March 2016 20:00	Report	New Zealand	9–11	France	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 4–2, 2–1
		four players 2	Goals	Bachelier 4

24 March 2016 12:40	Report	France	2–10	Russia	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Steve Rotsart (USA), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–0, 0–5, 0–2
		Bachelier, Guillet 1	Goals	four players 2

24 March 2016 14:00	Report	Italy	12–3	New Zealand	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Michael Baty (RSA), Jaume Teixido (ESP)
		Score by quarters:5–0, 4–2, 1–1, 2–0
		Emmolo, Frassinetti 3	Goals	Harman 2

24 March 2016 18:30	Report	Netherlands	16–3	Germany	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 5–1, 4–2, 4–0
		three players 3	Goals	Blomenkamp 2

25 March 2016 16:40	Report	Russia	2–6	Italy	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Jaume Teixido (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–2, 0–2, 1–0
		Ivanova, Karimova 1	Goals	Di Mario 2

25 March 2016 18:30	Report	New Zealand	6–9	Netherlands	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–1, 1–2, 1–3
		Harman, Lopes Da Silva 2	Goals	Klaassen 2

25 March 2016 20:00	Report	France	9–5	Germany	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Steve Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 2–1, 1–2, 4–2
		Jašková 3	Goals	five players 1

French team
French team
Dutch team
Dutch team
German team
Italy vs. Germany
Netherlands vs. France

Knockout stage

Times are local (UTC+1) for matches on 26 March, and (UTC+2) for matches on 27 and 28 March 2016.

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Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



United States	19

France	0
		United States	13

		Spain	7
Spain	10

Netherlands	7
				United States	11

				Italy	6
Greece	10 (2)

Russia (pen.)	10 (3)
		Russia	7

		Italy	9	Third place
Canada	7

Italy	8
				Spain	4

				Russia	10

5th place bracket

Semifinals		Fifth place



France	1

Netherlands	16
		Netherlands	9

		Greece	7
Greece	12

Canada	10
		Seventh place



		France	6

		Canada	11

Quarterfinals

The winners qualify for the 2016 Olympics.

26 March 2016 12:00	Report	United States	19–0	France	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN)
		Score by quarters:5–0, 7–0, 3–0, 4–0
		M. Fischer 6	Goals

26 March 2016 13:45	Report	Greece	10–10	Russia	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Jaume Teixido (ESP)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 1–2, 1–2, 3–3 PSO: 2–3
		Roumpesi 5	Goals	Ivanova, Simanovich 3

26 March 2016 16:00	Report	Spain	10–7	Netherlands	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 2–2, 2–2, 2–2
		Forca 3	Goals	Smit, Van der Sloot 2

26 March 2016 17:45	Report	Canada	7–8	Italy	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–2, 1–2, 2–0
		three players 2	Goals	Garibotti 3

5–8th place semifinals

27 March 2016 12:00	Report	Greece	12–10	Canada	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 4–3, 4–3, 1–2
		Asimaki, Eleftheriadou 2	Goals	Crevier 3

27 March 2016 13:45	Report	France	1–16	Netherlands	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Michael Baty (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–2, 0–4, 1–8
		Guillet 1	Goals	Van der Sloot 4

Semifinals

27 March 2016 16:00	Report	United States	13–7	Spain	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Erwin Schapers (NED)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 2–1, 2–1, 4–2
		three players 3	Goals	García Godoy, Tarragó 3

27 March 2016 17:45	Report	Russia	7–9	Italy	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Steve Rotsart (USA), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 0–3, 3–1
		Karimova 2	Goals	Bianconi 2

Seventh place game

28 March 2016 12:00	Report	France	6–11	Canada	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Jaume Teixido (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 3–4, 1–2
		Guillet, Jašková 2	Goals	Robinson 3

Fifth place game

28 March 2016 13:45	Report	Netherlands	9–7	Greece	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Steve Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 4–2, 0–0
		Smit 3	Goals	three players 2

Third place game

28 March 2016 16:00	Report	Spain	4–10	Russia	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–2, 0–0, 1–3
		Forca 3	Goals	Ivanova 3

Final

28 March 2016 17:45	Report	United States	11–6	Italy	Groenhovenbad, Gouda Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Erwin Schapers (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–1, 3–0, 3–1
		M. Fischer 3	Goals	Di Mario 2

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	United States
	Italy
	Russia
4	Spain
5	Netherlands
6	Greece
7	Canada
8	France
9	Japan
10	Germany
11	New Zealand
12	South Africa

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[2] "Italy and the Netherlands to host Rio 2016 qualification tournaments". waterpoloworld.com. 2 March 2015.

[3] "Cuba trekt zich terug voor olympisch kwalificatietoernooi". gaanvoorgoud.eu. 24 February 2016.

[4] Squads

[5] "Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments Draw (Men & Women)". fina.org. 23 January 2016.

[6] "Speelschema Olympisch kwalificatie toernooi". gaanvoorgoud.eu. 3 February 2016.