Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's water polo tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held from 30 July to 9 August at the Water Polo Arena.

Teams from eight nations competed in the tournament and have been seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. A total of 24 games were played, 12 of them in the preliminary round.

Format
The tournament featured eight teams, separated into two groups of four teams. Each team played the other three teams in its pool once in a round-robin format. All eight teams advanced to the quarterfinal stage where they were seeded and played against a team from the other group.

The winners of the quarterfinal games moved on to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played a series of classification games. The semifinal winners played in the gold medal game, while the losers played each other for the bronze.

Preliminary round
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Group B


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Final round

 * Final bracket


 * 5th place bracket

Quarterfinals
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5th–8th place classification
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Semifinals
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7th place match
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5th place match
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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Multi-time Olympians
Four-time Olympian(s): 3 players
 * : Sofia Konukh
 * : Heather Petri, Brenda Villa

Three-time Olympian(s): 6 players
 * : Kate Gynther, Melissa Rippon
 * : Rita Drávucz
 * : Tania Di Mario, Elena Gigli (GK), Anikó Pelle

Multiple medalists
Four-time Olympic medalist(s): 2 players
 * : Heather Petri, Brenda Villa

Awards
The women's all-star team was announced on 9 August 2012.


 * Most Valuable Player
 * 🇺🇸 Maggie Steffens (21 goals)


 * Media All-Star Team
 * Goalkeeper
 * 🇺🇸 Elizabeth Armstrong (53 saves)
 * Field players
 * 🇭🇺 Barbara Bujka (centre forward, left-handed, 12 goals)
 * 🇪🇸 Anni Espar (15 goals)
 * 🇦🇺 Holly Lincoln-Smith (centre back, 5 goals)
 * 🇪🇸 Jennifer Pareja (12 goals, 21 sprints won)
 * 🇺🇸 Maggie Steffens (21 goals)
 * 🇦🇺 Nicola Zagame (12 goals, 4 sprints won)