Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The 2000 Women's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament was a tournament in which three places were available for teams to qualify for the first Olympic women's polo competition.

Teams

 * GROUP A


 * GROUP B


 * GROUP C


 * GROUP D

GROUP A

 * April 22, 2000


 * April 23, 2000


 * April 24, 2000

GROUP B

 * April 22, 2000


 * April 23, 2000


 * April 24, 2000

GROUP C

 * April 22, 2000


 * April 23, 2000


 * April 24, 2000

GROUP D

 * Only Great Britain did not contest the semifinal and final rounds, having finished fourth in its group.
 * April 22, 2000


 * April 23, 2000


 * April 24, 2000

GROUP E

 * April 26, 2000


 * April 27, 2000


 * April 28, 2000

GROUP F

 * April 26, 2000


 * April 27, 2000


 * April 28, 2000

Play-Offs

 * April 29, 2000 &mdash; 9th/12th place


 * April 29, 2000 &mdash; 5th/8th place


 * April 29, 2000 &mdash; 1st/4th place

Finals

 * April 30, 2000 &mdash; Eleventh place


 * April 30, 2000 &mdash; Ninth place


 * April 30, 2000 &mdash; Seventh place


 * April 30, 2000 &mdash; Fifth place


 * April 30, 2000 &mdash; Third place


 * April 30, 2000 &mdash; First place

Final ranking

 * Russia, United States and Kazakhstan qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia

Individual awards

 * Most Valuable Player
 * 🇷🇺 Yuliya Petrova (RUS)
 * Best Goalkeeper
 * 🇮🇹 Francesca Conti (ITA)
 * Best Scorer
 * 🇭🇺 Mercedes Stieber (HUN)