Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's water polo
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad

Tournament details
Host country	Greece
City	Athens
Venue(s)	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Dates	16–26 August 2004
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors	101
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runners-up	Greece
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches	20
Goals scored	261 (13.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tania Di Mario (14 goals in 6 matches)
Most saves	Jacqueline Frank (41 saves in 5 matches)
Top sprinter(s)	Kyriaki Liosi (21 sprints won in 6 matches)
MVP	Tania Di Mario
← 2000 2008 →

The women's water polo tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested between August 16 and August 26 at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. ^[1] Eight teams qualified for the Games, with Italy defeating the host nation Greece for the gold medal. The United States won the bronze medal.

Format

The eight qualifying teams were split into two groups of four for the preliminary round, which was played in a round-robin format. The top teams in each group advanced directly to the semi-finals, while second and third place teams advanced to the quarter-finals. Classification matches were also played to determine the final ranking for all teams.

Background and qualification

The women's water polo tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the second time that the tournament was held at the Olympic Games with the previous tournament being held in 2000. ^[2]

Fifteen teams competed in qualifying for the seven spots. Despite it originally being the winner per continent, ^[3] the format would only see two continental champions with the United States and Kazakhstan qualifying from their continent. ^{[4] [5]} The remaining four spots (Australia got an bye from being the Oceania champions) was then held at the qualifier which was held in Imperia, Italy. The top three teams from the event qualified through to the Olympics Games (Hungary, Italy and Russia) while Canada also got through on the basis of being the replacement for the African team.

Event	Dates	Hosts	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation	—	—	1	Greece
2003 Pan American Games	3–10 August 2003	Dominican Republic	1	United States
2004 Women's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament	23–29 February 2004	Imperia	4	Canada
				Hungary
				Italy
				Russia

Group A

•   Australia (Oceania champions)
•   Kazakhstan (Asia champions)

Squads

Main article: Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Preliminary round

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	22	16	+6	5	Qualified for the Semifinals
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	20	14	+6	4	Qualified for the Quarterfinals
3	Greece	3	1	1	1	17	20	−3	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	16	25	−9	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

16 August 2004 10:45	Report [6]	Australia	6–5	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Peter Bookelman (NED) Sergio Borrell (ESP)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 1–2, 1–1, 1–1
		Gynther 2 Heuchan 2 Norwood 1 Rippon 1	Goals	Allucci 1 di Mario 1 Miceli 1 Musumeci 1 Zanchi 1

16 August 2004 17:45	Report [7]	Greece	8–6	Kazakhstan	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Radu Matache (ROU) Daniel Legare (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 2–2, 2–1
		Roumpesi 2 Karagianni 1 Kozompoli 1 Liosi 1 Moraiti 1 Evangelia Moraitidou 1 Oikonomopoulou 1	Goals	Gritsenko 2 Jakayeva 2 Koroleva 1 Tolkunova 1

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18 August 2004 09:30	Report [8]	Australia	9–4	Kazakhstan	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Hector Valcarce (ARG)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–1, 2–0, 2–1
		Heuchan 3 Norwood 3 Castle 1 Gynther 1 Rippon 1	Goals	Ignatyeva 1 Jakayeva 1 Tolkunova 1 Zubkova 1

18 August 2004 17:45	Report [9]	Greece	2–7	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Sergio Borrell (ESP) Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–2, 0–1, 0–1
		Liosi 1 Moraitidou 1	Goals	di Mario 3 Miceli 3 Musumeci 1

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20 August 2004 09:00	Report [10]	Italy	8–6	Kazakhstan	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Mario Brguljan (SCG) Yesenia Marrero (USA)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 3–1, 1–4, 2–1
		di Mario 4 Araujo 1 Miceli 1 Tóth 1 Zanchi 1	Goals	Koroleva 3 Gubina 2 Mikhailova 1

20 August 2004 18:00	Report [11]	Australia	7–7	Greece	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Aaron Chaney (USA) Gábor Kiszelly (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–5, 2–0, 1–0
		Castle 3 Gynther 3 Heuchan 1	Goals	Asilian 2 Lara 2 Karagianni 1 Moraiti 1 Moraitidou 1

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	0	1	20	16	+4	4	Qualified for the Semifinals
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	21	22	−1	4	Qualified for the Quarterfinals
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	19	20	−1	2
4	Canada	3	1	0	2	16	18	−2	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

16 August 2004 09:30	Report [12]	United States	7–6	Hungary	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Nikolaos Stavropoulos (GRE) Mario Brguljan (SCG)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 0–2, 1–2, 2–1
		Villa 4 Rulon 2 Golda 1	Goals	Dravucz 1 Pelle 1 Primász 1 Stieber 1 Tiba 1 Zantleitner 1

16 August 2004 16:30	Report [13]	Russia	8–6	Canada	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Erhan Tulga (TUR) Torsten Bock (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–0, 2–3, 2–1
		Konukh 3 Yaina 2 Salimova 1 Smurova 1 Turova 1	Goals	Gardiner 2 Arpin 1 Bégin 1 Dow 1 Robinson 1

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18 August 2004 10:45	Report [14]	United States	5–6	Canada	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Nikolaos Stavropoulos (GRE) Noel Harrod (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 1–0, 3–1, 1–5
		Beauregard 1 Dingeldein 1 Lorenz 1 Moody 1 Rulon 1	Goals	Bégin 3 Dow 2 Campbell 1

18 August 2004 16:30	Report [15]	Russia	9–8	Hungary	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Peter Bookelman (NED) Torsten Bock (GER)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 3–3, 2–3, 2–1
		Konukh 3 Salimova 3 Turova 3	Goals	Kisteleki 2 Primász 2 Stieber 2 Dravucz 1 Pelle 1

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20 August 2004 10:15	Report [16]	United States	8–4	Russia	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Sergio Borrell (ESP]) Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 2–1, 1–1
		Beauregard 2 Villa 2 Dingeldein 1 Lorenz 1 Stachowski 1 Rulon 1	Goals	Salimova 1 Shepelina 1 Turova 1 Yaina 1

20 August 2004 16:45	Report [17]	Hungary	5–4	Canada	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: R adu Matache (ROU) Roberto Pentronilli (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 2–1, 0–1
		Stieber 2 Kisteleki 1 Primász 1 Valkay 1	Goals	Bégin 1 Dionne 1 Gardiner 1 Salat 1

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

A1

Australia

2

B2

Russia

4

A3

Greece

6

A3

Greece

7

Greece

9

Italy

10

B1

United States

5

A2

Italy

8

A2

Italy

6

B3

Hungary

5

Bronze medal match

4

Australia

5

United States

6

7th place match

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

22 August 2004 10:45	Report [18]	Kazakhstan	4–10	Canada	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL) Elizabeth Burman (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 3–3, 0–1
		Koroleva 4	Goals	Arpin 2 Bégin 2 Campbell 2 Gardiner 2 Dow 1 Illing 1

Quarterfinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

22 August 2004 17:00	Report [19]	Greece	7–4	Russia	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Zoran Tomić (CRO) Mario Brguljan (SCG)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 3–0, 2–1, 0–2
		Liosi 2 Roumpesi 2 Asilian 1 Karagianni 1 Oikonomopoulou 1	Goals	Konukh 1 Salimova 1 Smurova 1 Yaina 1

22 August 2004 18:15	Report [20]	Italy	8–5	Hungary	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Sergio Borrell (ESP) Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 2–2, 2–2, 2–0
		di Mario 3 Bosurgi 1 Grego 1 Malato 1 Miceli 1 Ragusa 1	Goals	Dravucz 2 Stieber 2 Pelle 1

5th place match

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

24 August 2004 10:45	Report [21]	Russia	12–11	Hungary	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Daniel Legare (CAN) Noel Harrod (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–2, 4–0, 2–3 OT:1–0, 1–1
		Salimova 4 Konukh 2 Yaina 2 Bogdanova 1 Smurova 1 Turova 1 Vasilieva 1	Goals	Dravucz 3 Stieber 3 Kisteleki 2 Györe 1 Pelle 1 Szremkó 1

Semifinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

24 August 2004 18:15	Report [22]	Australia	2–6	Greece	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Pneter Bookelman (NED) Torsten Bock (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–1, 1–1, 0–0
		Fox 1 Stuhmcke 1	Goals	Roumpesi 2 Karagianni 1 Kozompoli 1 Moraitidou 1 Oikonomopoulou 1

24 August 2004 17:00	Report [23]	United States	5–6	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Gábor Kiszelly (HUN) Zoran Tomić (CRO)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 1–1, 1–0, 1–4
		Dingeldein 1 Estes 1 Munro 1 Petri 1 Villa 1	Goals	di Mario 2 Araujo 1 Malato 1 Ragusa 1 Zanchi 1

Bronze medal match

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

26 August 2004 17:00	Report [24]	Australia	5–6	United States	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Peter Bookelman (NED) Torsten Bock (GER)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 0–4, 3–1, 2–1
		Brooks 2 Fox 1 Gynther 1 Norwood 1	Goals	Estes 3 Beauregard 1 Golda 1 Stachowski 1

Gold medal match

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

26 August 2004 18:15	Report [25]	Greece	9–10	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Gábor Kiszelly (HUN)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–3, 0–1, 1–1  OT: 2–2, 0–1
		Liosi 5 Moraitidou 3 Oikonomopoulou 1	Goals	Grego 3 Miceli 3 Bosurgi 1 Malato 1 di Mario 1 Zanchi 1

Ranking and statistics

Main article: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics

See also: National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament

Final ranking

Rank [1] Team   Italy   Greece   United States 4   Australia 5   Russia 6   Hungary 7   Canada 8   Kazakhstan

2004 Women's Olympic champions  Italy First title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Tania Di Mario	14	27	52
2	Ekaterina Salimova	10	19	53
	Mercedes Stieber	10	22	45
4	Sofia Konukh	9	25	36
	Martina Miceli	9	25	36
	Kyriaki Liosi	9	27	33

Medallist

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Italy  (ITA) [1] Francesca Conti Martina Miceli Carmela Allucci Silvia Bosurgi Elena Gigli Manuela Zanchi Tania Di Mario Cinzia Ragusa Giusi Malato Alexandra Araujo Maddalena Musumeci Melania Grego Noémi Tóth Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi	Greece Georgia Ellinaki Dimitra Asilian Antiopi Melidoni Angeliki Karapataki Kyriaki Liosi Stavroula Kozompoli Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou Antigoni Roumpesi Evangelia Moraitidou Eftychia Karagianni Georgia Lara Antonia Moraiti Anthoula Mylonaki Head Coach: Kyriakos Iosifidis	United States Jacqueline Frank Heather Petri Ericka Lorenz Brenda Villa Ellen Estes Natalie Golda Margaret Dingeldein Kelly Rulon Heather Moody Robin Beauregard Amber Stachowski Nicolle Payne Thalia Munro Head Coach: Guy Baker

Awards

The women's all-star team was announced on 29 August 2004. ^[26]

Most Valuable Player

• Tania Di Mario (14 goals, 7 sprints won)

Media All-Star Team

• Goalkeeper
  • Georgia Ellinaki (40 saves)
• Field players
  • Tania Di Mario (14 goals, 7 sprints won)
  • Rita Drávucz (7 goals, 6 sprints won)
  • Kyriaki Liosi (9 goals, 21 sprints won)
  • Martina Miceli (9 goals)
  • Evangelia Moraitidou (7 goals)
  • Brenda Villa (7 goals)

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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3. "Aquatics qualifying" (PDF). p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2004.
4. "Women Water Polo Pan-American Games 2003 Santo Domingo (DOM) - 02-10.08 Winner United States". Todor66. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
5. "Women Water Polo Asia Olympic Games Qualification 2003 Almaaty (KAZ) 15-23.09 - Winner Kazakhstan". Todor66. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
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11. "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 14
12. "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 16
13. "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 18
14. "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 20
15. "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 22
16. "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 24
17. "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 26
18. "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 28
19. "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 30
20. "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 32
21. "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 34
22. "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 36
23. "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 38
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26. "Men's and Womens MVPs and All-Tourney Teams Announced". swimmingworldmagazine.com. Swimming World. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

Sources

• PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
  • Official Results Book – 2004 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
• Water polo on the Olympedia website
  • Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)
• Water polo on the Sports Reference website
  • Water polo at the 2004 Summer Games (women's tournament) (archived)