Tournament details | |
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Host country | France |
City | Paris |
Venue(s) | Paris Aquatic Centre Paris La Défense Arena |
Dates | 27 July – 10 August |
Teams | 10 (from 4 confederations) |
Competitors | 120 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Spain (1st title) |
Runners-up | Australia |
Third place | Netherlands |
Fourth place | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 32 |
Goals scored | 638 (19.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Alice Williams (21 goals) |
Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
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Tournament | ||
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The women's tournament of water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris, France was held from 27 July to 10 August 2024. It was held at the Paris Aquatic Centre and Paris La Défense Arena. [1] It is the seventh official appearance of the tournament.
Spain won their first title after defeating Australia in the final. The Netherlands won against the United States for the bronze medal. [2]
Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified team |
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Host country | — | 1 | France | |
2023 World Aquatics Championships | 16–28 July 2023 | Fukuoka | 2 | Netherlands |
Spain | ||||
2023 Oceanian Qualifier Series | 11–12 August 2023 | Auckland | 1 | Australia |
2022 Asian Games | 25 September – 1 October 2023 | Hangzhou | 1 | China |
2023 Pan American Games | 30 October – 4 November 2023 | Santiago | 1 | United States |
2024 European Championships | 5–13 January 2024 | Eindhoven | 1 | Greece |
2024 World Aquatics Championships | 4–16 February 2024 | Doha | 2 | Hungary |
Italy | ||||
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Africa | ||||
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Reallocation | 1 | Canada [lower-alpha 1] | ||
Total | 10 |
The ten teams were seeded into two groups for a preliminary round. The teams in each group played a round-robin. The top four teams in each group advanced to the knockout round while the fifth placed teams was eliminated. The fifth placed teams was ranked ninth and tenth based on win–loss record, then goal average. The knockout round began with quarterfinals and the winners advanced to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played in the fifth- to eighth- place classification. The two semifinal winners played in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers played in the bronze medal match. [4]
The competition began on 27 July, and matches were held every other day. [5]
G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Mon 5 | Tue 6 | Wed 7 | Thu 8 | Fri 9 | Sat 10 | |
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G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
The draw took place on 17 February 2024 in Doha, Qatar. [6]
The ten teams in the women's tournament were drawn into two groups of five teams. The teams were seeded into five pots. [7]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
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Netherlands Spain | Australia Greece | Hungary Italy | China United States | Canada France (hosts) |
The following 24 referees were selected for the tournament. [8]
All times are local (UTC+2).
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 10 [lower-alpha 1] | Quarterfinals |
2 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 10 [lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 7 | |
4 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 3 | |
5 | China | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 0 |
27 July 2024 14:00 v | Report | Netherlands | 10–8 | Hungary | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |
Score by quarters:4–2, 0–1, 2–3, 4–2 | |||||
B. Rogge 3 | Goals | Vályi 3 |
27 July 2024 20:05 v | Report | Australia | 7–5 | China | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Aurélie Blanchard (FRA) |
Score by quarters:3–2, 2–1, 0–0, 2–2 | |||||
Andrews 3 | Goals | Wang H. 2 |
29 July 2024 18:30 v | Report | China | 11–15 | Netherlands | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN) |
Score by quarters:4–1, 4–4, 1–5, 2–5 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Keuning, Van der Sloot 3 |
29 July 2024 20:05 v | Report | Hungary | 12–7 | Canada | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Marta Cabañas (ESP) |
Score by quarters:4–1, 3–3, 1–1, 4–2 | |||||
Gurisatti, Keszthelyi 3 | Goals | three players 2 |
31 July 2024 14:00 v | Report | Netherlands | 14–15 | Australia | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE) |
Score by quarters:3–1, 1–2, 1–3, 2–1 PSO: 7–8 | |||||
Van de Kraats, Van der Sloot 2 | Goals | Green, Williams 2 |
31 July 2024 15:35 v | Report | Canada | 12–7 | China | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER) |
Score by quarters:4–0, 1–3, 4–1, 3–3 | |||||
four players 2 | Goals | Deng 3 |
2 August 2024 14:00 v | Report | Australia | 10–7 | Canada | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 5–2, 1–3 | |||||
Halligan, Williams 3 | Goals | Wright 3 |
2 August 2024 20:05 v | Report | China | 11–17 | Hungary | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Aurélie Blanchard (FRA) |
Score by quarters:4–3, 3–5, 2–4, 2–5 | |||||
Deng, Lu 3 | Goals | Keszthelyi 7 |
4 August 2024 14:00 v | Report | Hungary | 12–14 | Australia | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 2–3, 4–3 PSO: 3–5 | |||||
Keszthelyi, Szilágyi 2 | Goals | Williams 4 |
4 August 2024 18:30 v | Report | Canada | 11–20 | Netherlands | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Aurélie Blanchard (FRA) |
Score by quarters: 4–5, 2–6, 3–4, 2–5 | |||||
Bakoc 3 | Goals | L. Rogge 5 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
2 | United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 9 | |
3 | Italy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Greece | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | |
5 | France (H) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] |
27 July 2024 15:35 v | Report | Greece | 6–15 | United States | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER) |
Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–6, 2–3, 2–3 | |||||
six players 1 | Goals | Flynn 4 |
27 July 2024 18:30 v | Report | Spain | 15–6 | France | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Zhang Liang (CHN) |
Score by quarters:6–3, 3–1, 3–1, 3–1 | |||||
Ruiz 4 | Goals | Dhalluin 3 |
29 July 2024 14:00 v | Report | France | 9–8 | Italy | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 2–1, 3–1 | |||||
Dhalluin 3 | Goals | Bianconi 2 |
29 July 2024 15:35 v | Report | United States | 11–13 | Spain | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Andrej Franulović (CRO) |
Score by quarters:3–2, 2–4, 4–5, 2–2 | |||||
Raney 2 | Goals | Ortiz 5 |
31 July 2024 18:30 v | Report | Italy | 3–10 | United States | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 0–2, 1–2 | |||||
Marletta 2 | Goals | Musselman 3 |
31 July 2024 20:05 v | Report | Spain | 10–8 | Greece | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 4–2, 1–1 | |||||
Forca 4 | Goals | Eleftheriadou, Plevritou 2 |
2 August 2024 15:35 v | Report | Greece | 8–12 | Italy | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Nóra Debreceni (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 3–4, 0–2, 2–2, 3–4 | |||||
Eleftheriadou, Plevritou 3 | Goals | Palmieri 4 |
2 August 2024 18:30 v | Report | United States | 17–5 | France | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS) |
Score by quarters:3–1, 4–2, 6–2, 4–0 | |||||
Musselman 4 | Goals | Hertzka 2 |
4 August 2024 15:35 v | Report | Italy | 11–13 | Spain | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Frank Ohme (GER) |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 4–3, 3–4, 4–4 | |||||
Marletta 3 | Goals | Espar 3 |
4 August 2024 20:05 v | Report | France | 4–11 | Greece | Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 1–3, 0–5 | |||||
Vernoux 2 | Goals | Plevritou, Xenaki 3 |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal | ||||||||
6 August | ||||||||||
Australia | 9 | |||||||||
8 August | ||||||||||
Greece | 6 | |||||||||
Australia (PSO) | 8 (6) | |||||||||
6 August | ||||||||||
United States | 8 (5) | |||||||||
Hungary | 4 | |||||||||
10 August | ||||||||||
United States | 5 | |||||||||
Australia | 9 | |||||||||
6 August | ||||||||||
Spain | 11 | |||||||||
Netherlands | 11 | |||||||||
8 August | ||||||||||
Italy | 8 | |||||||||
Netherlands | 14 (4) | |||||||||
6 August | ||||||||||
Spain (PSO) | 14 (5) | Bronze medal | ||||||||
Canada | 8 | |||||||||
10 August | ||||||||||
Spain | 18 | |||||||||
United States | 10 | |||||||||
Netherlands | 11 | |||||||||
5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
8 August | ||||||
Greece | 9 | |||||
10 August | ||||||
Hungary | 12 | |||||
Hungary (PSO) | 11 (4) | |||||
8 August | ||||||
Italy | 11 (1) | |||||
Italy | 10 | |||||
Canada | 5 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
10 August | ||||||
Greece | 19 | |||||
Canada | 10 |
6 August 2024 14:00 v | Report | Canada | 8–18 | Spain | Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 1–6, 3–4, 0–3, 4–5 | |||||
Bakoc 5 | Goals | Ruiz 4 |
6 August 2024 15:35 v | Report | Netherlands | 11–8 | Italy | Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Nóra Debreceni (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 1–1, 5–3 | |||||
four players 2 | Goals | Marletta 3 |
6 August 2024 19:00 v | Report | Australia | 9–6 | Greece | Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |
Score by quarters:1–0, 3–3, 2–1, 3–2 | |||||
Williams 5 | Goals | Xenaki 2 |
6 August 2024 20:35 v | Report | Hungary | 4–5 | United States | Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Zhang Liang (CHN) |
Score by quarters:2–1, 0–2, 2–1, 0–1 | |||||
four players 1 | Goals | Steffens 2 |
8 August 2024 13:00 v | Report | Italy | 10–5 | Canada | Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 1–3, 4–0 | |||||
Bianconi, Marletta 2 | Goals | five players 1 |
8 August 2024 18:00 v | Report | Greece | 9–12 | Hungary | Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
Score by quarters:2–1, 2–3, 3–4, 2–4 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Keszthelyi 4 |
8 August 2024 14:35 v | Report | Netherlands | 18–19 | Spain | Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 1–6, 4–4, 6–1, 3–3 PSO: 4–5 | |||||
Van de Kraats 4 | Goals | Forca 5 |
8 August 2024 19:35 v | Report | Australia | 14–13 | United States | Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 4–2, 2–1 PSO:6–5 | |||||
Andrews 4 | Goals | Flynn, Musselman 2 |
10 August 2024 09:00 v | Report | Greece | 19–10 | Canada | Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Aurélie Blanchard (FRA), Jennifer McCall (USA) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–3, 5–2, 7–3 | |||||
three players 3 | Goals | Crevier 3 |
10 August 2024 14:00 v | Report | Hungary | 15–12 | Italy | Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Hélène Painchaud (CAN) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–4, 0–2, 3–2 PSO:4–1 | |||||
Gurisatti 3 | Goals | Bianconi, Marletta 3 |
10 August 2024 10:35 v | Report | United States | 10–11 | Netherlands | Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Rafaele Colombo (ITA) |
Score by quarters:3–2, 4–1, 2–3, 1–5 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Van der Sloot 6 |
10 August 2024 15:35 v | Report | Australia | 9–11 | Spain | Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Andrej Franulović (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–1, 3–4, 4–4 | |||||
Williams 5 | Goals | Ortiz 4 |
Rank | Team [9] |
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Spain | |
Australia | |
Netherlands | |
4 | United States |
5 | Hungary |
6 | Italy |
7 | Greece |
8 | Canada |
9 | France |
10 | China |
Rank | Name | Goals [10] | Shots | % |
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1 | Alice Williams | 21 | 48 | 44 |
2 | Rita Keszthelyi | 19 | 46 | 41 |
Beatriz Ortiz | 34 | 56 | ||
4 | Elena Ruiz | 18 | 40 | 45 |
5 | Claudia Marletta | 16 | 39 | 41 |
6 | Judith Forca | 14 | 36 | 39 |
Sabrina van der Sloot | 23 | 61 | ||
8 | Abby Andrews | 13 | 37 | 35 |
Jenna Flynn | 28 | 46 | ||
Maddie Musselman | 34 | 38 | ||
Simone van de Kraats | 36 | 36 |
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