Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 9 August and ended on 19 August 2016. Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

The United States won the gold medal by defeating Italy 12–5 in the final. Russia captured bronze, beating Hungary 19–18.

Draw
The draw was held on 10 April 2016.

Teams from eight nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round.

Seeding
The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.

Referees
The following referees were selected for the tournament.


 * 🇦🇷 German Moller
 * 🇦🇺 Daniel Flahive
 * 🇦🇿 Mark Koganov
 * 🇧🇷 Fabio Toffoli
 * 🇨🇦 Marie-Claude Deslières
 * 🇨🇳 Ni Shi Wei
 * Nenad Peris
 * 🇪🇬 Hatem Gaber
 * 🇫🇷 Benjamin Mercier
 * Georgios Stavridis
 * 🇭🇺 Péter Molnár
 * Masoud Rezvani
 * 🇮🇹 Fillippo Gomez
 * 🇯🇵 Tadao Tahara
 * 🇲🇪 Stanko Ivanovski
 * Diana Dutilh-Dumas
 * 🇵🇱 Radosław Koryzna
 * 🇷🇴 Adrian Alexandrescu
 * 🇷🇺 Sergey Naumov
 * 🇷🇸 Vojin Putniković
 * Boris Margeta
 * Dion Willis
 * 🇪🇸 Francesc Buch
 * 🇺🇸 Joseph Peila

Group A
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Group B
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Final round
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 * 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): 1 player
 * : Tania Di Mario

Three-time Olympian(s): 12 players
 * : Gemma Beadsworth, Bronwen Knox
 * : Ma Huanhuan, Sun Yating, Yang Jun (GK)
 * : Orsolya Takács
 * : Teresa Frassinetti
 * : Nadezhda Glyzina-Fedotova, Ekaterina Lisunova, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Evgenia Soboleva
 * : Kami Craig

Multiple medalists
Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 1 player
 * : Kami Craig

Top goalscorers
Source: Rio2016

Top goalkeepers
Source: Rio2016

Awards
The women's all-star team was announced on 19 August 2016.


 * Most Valuable Player
 * 🇺🇸 Maggie Steffens (17 goals, 1 sprints won)


 * Media All-Star Team
 * Goalkeeper
 * 🇺🇸 Ashleigh Johnson (51 saves)
 * Field players
 * 🇭🇺 Barbara Bujka (centre forward, left-handed, 15 goals)
 * 🇮🇹 Arianna Garibotti (12 goals)
 * 🇭🇺 Rita Keszthelyi (14 goals, 10 sprints won)
 * 🇺🇸 Maddie Musselman (12 goals)
 * 🇦🇺 Ashleigh Southern (14 goals)
 * 🇺🇸 Maggie Steffens (17 goals, 1 sprints won)