Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Women's water polo tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games
Women's water polo tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games
Venue	Aquatic Center
Dates	October 30 – November 4
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists
	United States
	Canada
	Brazil
	«2019 2027»

Last updated November 11, 2023

The women's tournament of water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile took place between October 30 and November 4 at the Aquatic Center in Santiago. The winner of the competition, the United States, qualified directly for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Schedule

The schedule is as follows.^[1]

Legend
G	Group stage	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

Mon 30	Tue 31	Wed 1	Thu 2	Fri 3	Sat 4
G	G	G	¼	½	B	F

Qualification

A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The host nation (Chile) qualified automatically, along with seven other teams in each tournament according to various criteria. Canada and the United States automatically qualified in each tournament, along with the top three teams at the 2022 CCCAN Championships and top two teams at the 2022 South American Games.^[2]

Event	Dates	Location	Quota(s)	Qualified
Host nation	—		1	Chile
Zone 3 (automatic qualification)	—		1	United States
Zone 4 (automatic qualification)	—		1	Canada
2022 CCCAN Championships*	July 20–26	Bridgetown	3	Cuba Mexico Puerto Rico
2022 South American Games	October 11–15	Asuncion	2	Brazil Argentina
Total			8

The 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games were scheduled to be the qualifying tournament for the CCCAN, but the tournament was cancelled due to low entries. Due to this, the 2022 CCCAN Championships were used to determine the qualifying teams.^[3]

Format

Teams are split into 2 round-robin groups of 4 teams each, where the final positions in each group will determine seedings for the knockout stage. The losing teams from the quarterfinals stage will compete in a separate single elimination bracket to determine fifth through eighth places in the final rankings.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	70	19	+51	9	Quarterfinals
2	Argentina	3	1	1	0	1	35	37	−2	5
3	Cuba	3	1	0	1	1	34	53	−19	4
4	Mexico	3	0	0	0	3	24	54	−30	0

Source: Santiago 2023
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.

30 October 2023 8:00	Report	Mexico	11–14	Cuba	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 4–4, 1–3

30 October 2023 11:00	Report	Canada	14–9	Argentina	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Reynel Castillo (USA)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 6–1, 1–4, 4–2
		Bakoc 4	Goals	Auliel, A. Bacigalupo 3

31 October 2023 8:00	Report	Canada	24–3	Cuba	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) Darren Spritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters:6–0, 7–0, 2–0, 9–3
		three players 4	Goals	three players 1

31 October 2023 11:00	Report	Mexico	6–8	Argentina	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Yuri Machado (BRA) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 0–4, 5–3, 1–1
		Guzmán 3	Goals	Auliel, Leonard 2

1 November 2023 8:00	Report	Mexico	7–32	Canada	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Fernando Teodoro de Brito (BRA) Daniel Federico Daners (URU)
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 3–8, 1–8, 1–9
		Ramírez 3	Goals	Browne 5

1 November 2023 11:00	Report	Cuba	17–18	Argentina	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Reynel Castillo (PUR)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 3–3, 3–3, 1–4 PSO: 5–6
		Zunzunegui 4	Goals	A. Bacigalupo 6

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	89	3	+86	9	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	3	2	1	53	34	+19	6
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	21	60	−39	3
4	Chile (H)	3	0	3	14	80	−66	0

Source: Santiago 2023
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

30 October 2023 9:30	Report	Brazil	19–7	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: German Moller (ARG) Wilhem Keman (NED)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 6–2, 6–1, 3–1
		Leão 4	Goals	Montalvo, Melendez 2

30 October 2023 12:30	Report	United States	35–0	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB)
		Score by quarters:12–0, 8–0, 8–0, 7–0
		Flynn, Steffens 5	Goals

31 October 2023 9:30	Report	United States	29–0	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN) Xavier Villanueva (CHI)
		Score by quarters:8–0, 8–0, 7–0, 6–0
		Steffens 6	Goals

31 October 2023 12:30	Report	Brazil	31–2	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Agustin Pinski (ARG)
		Score by quarters:10–0, 10–0, 3–2, 8–0
		Leão 6	Goals	Puelma, Ravizza 1

1 November 2023 9:30	Report	Brazil	3–25	United States	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–9, 0–4, 2–8
		Belorio 2	Goals	Fattal 5

1 November 2023 12:30	Report	Puerto Rico	14–12	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Jorge Pinski (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–2, 4–4, 3–2
		Guzmán 4	Goals	Sarmiento 4

Final stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

2 November

Argentina	13
		3 November
Puerto Rico	11
		Argentina	1
2 November
		United States	27
Mexico	1
				4 November
United States	32
				United States	20
2 November
				Canada	11
Cuba	10
		3 November
Brazil	12
		Brazil	4
2 November
		Canada	21	Bronze medal match
Canada	33
				4 November
Chile	2
				Argentina	9

				Brazil	10

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

3 November

Puerto Rico	9
		4 November
Mexico	10
		Mexico	15
3 November
		Cuba	11
Cuba	15

Chile	13
		Seventh place

		4 November

		Puerto Rico	18

		Chile	13

Quarterfinals

2 November 2023 8:00	Report	Argentina	13–11	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN) Yuri Machado (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–3, 6–5, 2–1
		Leonard 5	Goals	Cardona 3

2 November 2023 9:30	Report	Cuba	10–12	Brazil	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) Danielle Dabbaghian (USA)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 3–5, 2–4, 2–2
		Zunzunegui 5	Goals	Belorio 4

2 November 2023 11:00	Report	Canada	33–2	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 9–0, 10–2, 10–0
		Bakoc 7	Goals	I. del Villar, S. del Villar 1

2 November 2023 12:30	Report	Mexico	1–32	United States	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Xavier Villanueva (CHI)
		Score by quarters: 1–10, 0–11, 0–6, 0–5
		Ramírez 1	Goals	Steffens 7

5–8th place semifinals

3 November 2023 8:00	Report	Puerto Rico	9–10	Mexico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Dykman Mikhail (CAN) Danielle Dabbaghian (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 3–0, 3–4
		Montalvo, Quiñones 3	Goals	Ramírez 4

3 November 2023 9:30	Report	Cuba	15–13	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Yuri Machado (BRA)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 5–3, 4–3, 2–5
		three players 3	Goals	S. del Villar, Sarmiento 5

Semifinals

3 November 2023 11:00	Report	Argentina	1–27	United States	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva (CHI) Daniel Federico Daners (URU)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–7, 1–6, 0–7
		Leonard 1	Goals	four players 4

3 November 2023 12:30	Report	Brazil	4–21	Canada	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Reynel Castillo Torres (PUR)
		Score by quarters: 3–7, 0–5, 1–3, 0–6
		Belorio 2	Goals	Lemay-Lavoie 6

Seventh place game

4 November 2023 8:00	Report	Puerto Rico	18–13	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Daniel Federico Danes (URU) Jorge Agustin Pinski
		Score by quarters:7–4, 3–3, 2–2, 6–4
		Guzmán 5	Goals	Henríquez 4

Fifth place game

4 November 2023 9:30	Report	Mexico	15–11	Cuba	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva Domeque (CHI) Hélène Painchaud
		Score by quarters:4–2, 5–2, 3–2, 3–5
		Guzmán 5	Goals	Zunzunegui 5

Third place game

4 November 2023 11:00	Report	Argentina	9–10	Brazil	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Gerardo Arellano Jr
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–3, 1–1, 2–4
		Canda 3	Goals	Ferreira 3

Final

4 November 2023 12:30	Report	United States	20–11	Canada	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) German Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 5–4, 6–2, 4–2
		Fattal, Flynn 5	Goals	McKelvey 4

Final standings

Rank	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Brazil
4	Argentina
5	Mexico
6	Cuba
7	Puerto Rico
8	Chile

	Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics

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[1] "WATER POLO KICKED OFF THE SANTIAGO 2023 GROUP STAGE DRAWS FOR TEAM SPORTS". Santiago 2023 Organizing Committee . Retrieved 23 September 2023.

[2] "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.

[3] "Water Polo is Already Looking at the Pan American Games" [El Polo Acuático Ya Mira a Los Juegos Panamericanos]. Periódico El Sol de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

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