Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Women's water polo tournament at the XVII Pan American Games
Women's water polo tournament at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	Markham Pan Am Centre
Dates	July 7 – 15
Competitors	104 from 8 nations
Medalists
	United States
	Canada
	Brazil
	«2011 2019»

Last updated January 19, 2023

Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games
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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.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3]

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the water polo competition. Canada, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions.^[4]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	Canada
Qualified automatically	—	—	1	United States
2014 South American Championship	October 7–11	Mar del Plata	3	Brazil Venezuela Argentina
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games	November 22–29	Veracruz	3	Puerto Rico Cuba Mexico
TOTAL			8

Format

Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
The third and fourth placed each group will crossover and play each other in the fifth to eighth place bracket.
In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Preliminary round

All times are local Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−5)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	3	3	0	73	9	+64	6	Qualified for the semifinals
Cuba	3	2	1	24	30	−6	4	Qualified for the semifinals
Argentina	3	1	2	16	48	−32	2
Mexico	3	0	3	20	46	−26	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

7 July 2015 10:08	Report	Mexico	3–25	United States	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Hugo Paredes (ECU), João Cardenuto (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–10, 0–7, 2–2
		Rios 2	Goals	Steffens, Grossman 4

8 July 2015 08:08	Report	Mexico	8–10	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: João Cardenuto (BRA), Reynel Castillo (PUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 3–2, 3–4
		Castro, Morales 2	Goals	M De Virgilio 4, Bertaina 2, Font 2, Hatcher 1, R De Virgilio 1

8 July 2015 10:08	Report	United States	18–3	Cuba	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Edmundo Rodrigues (BRA), William Mackay (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–0, 6–1, 4–1
		Steffens, Fischer 3	Goals	3 players 1

9 July 2015 10:08	Report	Cuba	10–3	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Arnoldo Zambrano (VEN), Stephane Roy (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–0, 3–1, 3–2
		Bravo, Bernal 3	Goals	Hatcher 1, M De Virgilio 1, R De Virgilio 1

11 July 2015 08:08	Report	United States	30–3	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Hugo Parades (VEN), Edmundo Rodrigues (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 8-0, 6-1, 6-1, 10-1
		Clark 7	Goals	Font 2, Hatcher 1

11 July 2015 10:08	Report	Mexico	9–11	Cuba	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Reynel Castillo (PUR), William Mackay (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 4-4, 2-1, 2-3, 1-3
		Murrieta 3	Goals	Ortiz 2

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	3	2	1	0	41	16	+25	5	Qualified for the semifinals
Brazil	3	2	1	0	42	18	+24	5	Qualified for the semifinals
Venezuela	3	0	1	2	16	44	−28	1
Puerto Rico	3	0	1	2	26	47	−21	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

7 July 2015 08:08	Report	Venezuela	11–11	Puerto Rico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Humberto Navarro (USA), Guillermo Grgicevic (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–3, 1–5, 2–1
		Herrera 3	Goals	Montero 4

7 July 2015 12:08	Report	Canada	7–7	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Daniel Vazquez (MEX)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 2–3, 2–1
		7 players 1	Goals	3 players 2

8 July 2015 12:08	Report	Venezuela	4–15	Canada	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Claudia Aguilar (MEX), Mark Maretzki (USA).
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–3, 1–4, 2–4
		4 players 1	Goals	Perreault, Robinson 3

9 July 2015 08:08	Report	Venezuela	1–18	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Thomas Molnar (HUN), Daniel Vazquez (MEX)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–2, 1–7, 0–5
		Marin 1	Goals	Chiappini 7

9 July 2015 12:08	Report	Canada	19–3	Puerto Rico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Claudia Aguilar (MEX)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 5–0, 6–2
		Robinson 4	Goals	Delgado 2

11 July 2015 12:08	Report	Brazil	17–10	Puerto Rico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Jaume Teixido (SPA), Mark Maretzki (USA).
		Score by quarters: 4-2, 3-5, 5-1, 5-2
		Badocco 4	Goals	Montero 3

Classification stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Fifth place

July 12

Argentina	6
		July 14
Puerto Rico	14
		Puerto Rico	12
July 12
		Cuba	11
Mexico	10

Venezuela	8
		Seventh place

		July 14

		Argentina	8

		Venezuela	9

Fifth to Eighth place

12 July 2015 12:00	Report	Argentina	6–14	Puerto Rico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Joao Cardenuto (BRA), Humberto Navarro (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-4, 0-3, 3-4
		Font 3, Comba 2, Hatcher 1	Goals	Medina 5

12 July 2015 14:00	Report	Mexico	10–8	Venezuela	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Stéphane Roy (CAN), Edmundo Rodrigues (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3-2, 3-2, 3-2, 2-1
		Castro 3	Goals	Hernandez Cabrera 3

Seventh place match

14 July 2015 12:00	Report	Argentina	8–9	Venezuela	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: João Cardenuto (BRA), Constantino Castro (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 0-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-1
		R De Virgilio 2	Goals	Coronel 2

Fifth place match

14 July 2015 14:00	Report	Puerto Rico	12–11	Mexico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Juan Menendez (CUB), Diego Garibaldi (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 4–1, 2–4
		Nazario 4	Goals	Castro 4

Medal round

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

July 12

United States	16
		July 14
Brazil	3
		United States	13
July 12
		Canada	4
Cuba	7

Canada	14
		Third place

		July 14

		Brazil	9

		Cuba	6

Semifinals

12 July 2015 18:00	Report	Cuba	7–14	Canada	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Reynel Castillo (PUR), Diego Garibaldi (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 1-5, 3-2, 2-4
		Bernal 2	Goals	Eggens, Robinson 3

12 July 2015 20:00	Report	United States	16–3	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Thomas Molnar (HUN), Jaume Teixido (SPA)
		Score by quarters: 3-1, 6-1, 5-0, 2-1
		Steffens 3	Goals	Palaro 1

Bronze medal match

14 July 2015 18:00	Report	Brazil	9–6	Cuba	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Mark Maretzki (USA), William Mackay (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 2-0, 2-2, 2-2, 3-2
		Chiappini 6	Goals	Ortiz 2

Gold medal match

14 July 2015 20:00	Report	United States	13–4	Canada	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Thomas Molnar (HUN), Jaume Teixido (SPA)
		Score by quarters: 3-2, 3-1, 4-0, 3-1
		2 players 4	Goals	Eggens 2

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record	Olympic Qualification
	United States	5 – 0 – 0	2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
	Canada	3 – 1 – 1	2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
	Brazil	3 – 1 – 1	Already qualified as a host
4	Cuba	2 – 0 – 3
5	Puerto Rico	2 – 1 – 2
6	Mexico	1 – 0 – 3
7	Venezuela	1 – 1 – 3
8	Argentina	1 – 0 – 4

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References

↑ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
↑ "Atos Markham Pan Am / Parapan Am Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015 . Retrieved 18 September 2014.
↑ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Water polo" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). Retrieved 20 October 2014.
↑ "Qualification System Water polo" (PDF). uana-aquatics.org/. TO2015. December 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

External links

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[a-1] "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

[2] "Atos Markham Pan Am / Parapan Am Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015 . Retrieved 18 September 2014.

[3] "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Water polo" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). Retrieved 20 October 2014.

[4] "Qualification System Water polo" (PDF). uana-aquatics.org/. TO2015. December 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

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Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Contents

Qualification

Format

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Classification stage

Bracket

Fifth to Eighth place

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Medal round

Bracket

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standings

Related Research Articles

References

External links