Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games
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Water polo pictogram for the games
Venues Markham Pan Am Centre
DatesJuly 7–15
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors208 from 9 nations
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Water polo competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 7 to 15 at the Markham Pan Am Centre in Markham. [1] [2] The water polo competitions was the first sporting event to be conducted at the games, beginning three days before the opening ceremony. [1] This is because the Pan American Games were scheduled to be held roughly around the same time as the 2015 World Aquatics Championships scheduled for Kazan, Russia, thus the competition was moved forward to allow for a sufficient gap between the two events. [3] A total of eight men's and women's teams competed in each respective tournament. [4]

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The winner of the men's tournament (the United States) qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [5]

Venue

The Markham Pan Am Centre (Atos Markham Pan Am Centre), in Markham, was the venue for the water polo competitions Waterpolo2015pan.jpg
The Markham Pan Am Centre (Atos Markham Pan Am Centre), in Markham, was the venue for the water polo competitions

The competitions took place at the Atos Markham Pan Am Centre (Markham Pan Am Centre) located in the city of Markham, about 31 kilometers from the athletes village. The arena had a capacity of 2,000 people per session (1,000 permanent seating + 1,000 temporary seats). [1] The venue was also host the badminton and table tennis competitions, but in the other side of the centre (a triple gymnasium). [6]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the water polo competitions: [7]

PPreliminaries½SemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal
Event↓/Date →Tue 7Wed 8Thu 9Fri 10Sat 11Sun 12Mon 13Tue 14Wed 15
Men PPPP½BF
Women PPPP½BF

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2002
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0112
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada*0112
Totals (3 entries)2226

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournament
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Merrill Moses
Alex Obert
Luca Cupido
Josh Samuels
Tony Azevedo
Alex Bowen
Bret Bonanni
Nikola Vavic
Jackson Kimbell
Alex Roelse
Jesse Smith
John Mann
McQuin Baron
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Adrián Delgado
Bernardo Gomes
Bernardo Rocha
Felipe Perrone
Felipe Costa e Silva
Guilherme Gomes
Gustavo Guimarães
Ives Alonso
Jonas Crivella
Josip Vrlić
Paulo Salemi
Thyê Bezerra
Vinicius Antonelli
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Constantine Kudaba
Nicolas Bicari
Justin Boyd
Kevin Graham
Josh Conway
Jared McElroy
Dusan Aleksic
Robin Randall
Oliver Vikalo
Scott Robinson
Alec Taschereau
Dusan Radojcic
George Torakis
Women's tournament
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Sami Hill
Maddie Musselman
Melissa Seidemann
Rachel Fattal
Caroline Clark
Maggie Steffens
Courtney Mathewson
Kiley Neushul
Ashley Grossman
Kaleigh Gilchrist
Makenzie Fischer
Kami Craig
Ashleigh Johnson
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Jessica Gaudreault
Krystina Alogbo
Katrina Monton
Emma Wright
Monika Eggens
Jakie Kohli
Joelle Bekhazi
Shae Fournier
Carmen Eggens
Christine Robinson
Stephanie Valin
Dominique Perrault
Claire Wright
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Tess Oliveira
Marina Zablith
Izabella Chiappini
Catherine Oliveira
Luiza Carvalho
Mirella Coutinho
Gabriela Dias
Diana Abla
Marina Canetti
Lucianne Maia
Melani Dias
Viviane Bahia
Victoria Chamorro

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's qualified to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American Championship and Central American and Caribbean Games qualified for each respective tournament. Venezuela and Colombia who compete in both events, were not eligible to qualify through the latter. The host nation (Canada) and the United States automatically qualified teams in both events. Each nation could enter one team in each tournament (13 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 26 athletes. [8]

Men

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Qualified automatically1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2014 South American Championship October 7–11 Flag of Argentina.svg Mar del Plata 3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games November 22–29 Flag of Mexico.svg Veracruz 3 2Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Reallocation1Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
TOTAL8

Women

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Qualified automatically1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2014 South American Championship October 7–11 Flag of Argentina.svg Mar del Plata 3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games November 22–29 Flag of Mexico.svg Veracruz 3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
TOTAL8

Participating nations

A total of nine countries qualified water polo teams. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of participants entered.

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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. 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.

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