Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United Kingdom |
City | London |
Venue(s) | Water Polo Arena |
Dates | 30 July – 9 August 2012 |
Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
Competitors | 102 |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (1st title) |
Runners-up | Spain |
Third place | Australia |
Fourth place | Hungary |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 24 |
Goals scored | 468 (19.5 per match) |
Multiple appearances | 4-time Olympian(s): 3 3-time Olympian(s): 6 |
Multiple medalists | 4-time medalist(s): 2 |
Top scorer(s) | Maggie Steffens (21 goals in 6 matches) |
Most saves | Elena Gigli (56 saves in 6 matches) |
Top sprinter(s) | Kate Gynther Jennifer Pareja (21 sprints won in 6 matches) |
MVP | Maggie Steffens |
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Tournaments | ||
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Rosters | ||
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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.[1]
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
[edit]The tournament featured eight teams, separated into two groups of four teams.[2] 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.[3]
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
[edit]Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 5 |
United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 5 |
Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 2 |
China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 0 |
30 July 2012 14:10 |
Report | Spain | 11–6 | China | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ), Cory Williams (NZL) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 4–2, 1–0 | |||||
Espar 3 | Goals | Ma Huanhuan 3 |
30 July 2012 19:40 |
Report | Hungary | 13–14 | United States | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Brian Littlejohn (GBR), Denis Danelon (BRA) |
Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 2–3, 4–3 | |||||
Bujka 4 | Goals | Steffens 7 |
1 August 2012 14:10 |
Report | Hungary | 11–10 | China | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Svetlana Dreval (RUS) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–4, 4–3, 2–0 | |||||
Szűcs 4 | Goals | four players 2 |
1 August 2012 18:20 |
Report | Spain | 9–9 | United States | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marie Deslieres (CAN), Anton Bervoets (NED) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 1–4, 3–2 | |||||
Pareja 4 | Goals | Craig 4 |
3 August 2012 14:10 |
Report | Spain | 13–11 | Hungary | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Svetlana Dreval (RUS) |
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–2, 3–2, 3–4 | |||||
Espar 3 | Goals | Antal 4 |
3 August 2012 19:40 |
Report | China | 6–7 | United States | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Marijo Brguljan (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–2, 0–3, 3–2 | |||||
Sun Yating, Ma Huanhuan 2 | Goals | Steffens 3 |
Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 6 |
Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 4 |
Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 0 |
30 July 2012 15:30 |
Report | Italy | 8–10 | Australia | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 0–4, 4–2 | |||||
Di Mario, Radicchi 2 | Goals | Gynther 3 |
30 July 2012 18:20 |
Report | Great Britain | 6–7 | Russia | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marie Deslieres (CAN), Ni Shiwei (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 0–1, 1–1 | |||||
Winstanley-Smith 3 | Goals | Beliaeva, Prokofyeva 2 |
1 August 2012 15:30 |
Report | Italy | 4–7 | Russia | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), German Moller (ARG) |
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–1, 1–4, 2–1 | |||||
Di Mario 2 | Goals | Lisunova 3 |
1 August 2012 19:40 |
Report | Great Britain | 3–16 | Australia | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Gus Pinker (RSA), Denis Danelon (BRA) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 1–5, 0–5 | |||||
Wilcox 2 | Goals | Webster 5 |
3 August 2012 15:30 |
Report | Russia | 8–11 | Australia | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Dragan Stampalja (CRO), Marie Deslieres (CAN) |
Score by quarters: 4–6, 1–2, 1–0, 2–3 | |||||
Lisunova 3 | Goals | Gynther 2 |
3 August 2012 18:20 |
Report | Great Britain | 5–10 | Italy | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN) |
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–2, 1–2, 1–2 | |||||
Gibson-Byrne 2 | Goals | Emmolo, Di Mario 3 |
Final round
[edit]- Final bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||
A1 | Spain | 9 | ||||||||||||
B4 | Great Britain | 7 | ||||||||||||
A1 | Spain | 10 | ||||||||||||
A3 | Hungary | 9 | ||||||||||||
A3 | Hungary | 11 | ||||||||||||
B2 | Russia | 10 | ||||||||||||
Spain | 5 | |||||||||||||
United States | 8 | |||||||||||||
A2 | United States | 9 | ||||||||||||
B3 | Italy | 6 | ||||||||||||
A2 | United States | 11 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
B1 | Australia | 9 | ||||||||||||
A4 | China | 18 | Australia | 13 | ||||||||||
B1 | Australia | 20 | 4 | Hungary | 11 |
- 5th place bracket
5th–8th place classification | 5th place match | |||||
Russia | 11 | |||||
Great Britain | 9 | |||||
China | 16 | |||||
Russia | 15 | |||||
Italy | 10 | |||||
China | 14 | |||||
7th place match | ||||||
Italy | 11 | |||||
Great Britain | 7 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]
5 August 2012 14:50 |
Report | Hungary | 11–10 | Russia | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Marijo Mrguljan (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 1–3, 3–2 | |||||
four players 2 | Goals | Ivanova 4 |
5 August 2012 16:10 |
Report | China | 18–20 | Australia | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Dragan Stampalija (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–3, 4–2, 2–4 OT: 1–2, 1–0 PSO: 2–4 | |||||
Ma Huanhuan 4 | Goals | Ralph, Zagame 3 |
5 August 2012 19:00 |
Report | United States | 9–6 | Italy | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–0, 0–1, 3–2 | |||||
Seidemann 3 | Goals | Di Mario 3 |
5 August 2012 20:20 |
Report | Spain | 9–7 | Great Britain | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Cory Williams (NZL), Gus Pinker (RSA) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–0, 2–3, 1–2 | |||||
Miranda, Espar 2 | Goals | Painter-Snell 3 |
5th–8th place classification
[edit]
7 August 2012 14:10 |
Report | Italy | 10–14 | China | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Anton Bervoets (NED) |
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–5, 2–2, 4–2 | |||||
Di Mario 4 | Goals | six players 2 |
7 August 2012 18:20 |
Report | Russia | 11–9 | Great Britain | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Denis Danelon (BRA), German Moller (ARG) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 4–2, 3–2 | |||||
Prokofyeva 4 | Goals | Wilcox, Painter-Snell 3 |
Semifinals
[edit]
7 August 2012 15:30 |
Report | United States | 11–9 | Australia | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Marie Deslieres (CAN) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 1–1, 2–3 OT: 2–0, 0–0 | |||||
Steffens 4 | Goals | Southern 4 |
7 August 2012 19:40 |
Report | Hungary | 9–10 | Spain | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–5, 2–2, 2–1 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Espar 4 |
7th place match
[edit]
9 August 2012 14:30 |
Report | Italy | 11–7 | Great Britain | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–0, 3–2, 2–2 | |||||
Di Mario 4 | Goals | McCann, Clayton 2 |
5th place match
[edit]
9 August 2012 15:50 |
Report | China | 16–15 | Russia | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Brian Littlejohn (GBR), Steven Rotsart (USA) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–6, 3–2, 3–3 OT: 1–0, 1–1 | |||||
Ma Huanhuan 6 | Goals | Fedotova, Antonova 4 |
Bronze medal match
[edit]
9 August 2012 18:40 |
Report | Australia | 13–11 | Hungary | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Dragan Stampalija (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–3, 3–4, 1–3 OT: 1–0, 1–0 | |||||
Beadsworth 4 | Goals | Keszthelyi 3 |
Gold medal match
[edit]
9 August 2012 20:25 |
Report | United States | 8–5 | Spain | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marie Deslieres (CAN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 2–0, 1–3 | |||||
Steffens 5 | Goals | Pareja 3 |
Ranking and statistics
[edit]Final ranking
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Multi-time Olympians
[edit]Four-time Olympian(s): 3 players
Three-time Olympian(s): 6 players
- Australia: Kate Gynther,[7] Melissa Rippon[8]
- Hungary: Rita Drávucz[9]
- Italy: Tania Di Mario,[10] Elena Gigli (GK),[11] Anikó Pelle[12]
Multiple medalists
[edit]Four-time Olympic medalist(s): 2 players
Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Name | Goals | Shots | % |
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1 | Maggie Steffens | 21 | 27 | 78 |
2 | Ma Huanhuan | 19 | 53 | 36 |
3 | Tania Di Mario | 18 | 45 | 40 |
4 | Anni Espar | 15 | 41 | 37 |
5 | Nicola Zagame | 12 | 16 | 75 |
Barbara Bujka | 12 | 26 | 46 | |
Dóra Antal | 12 | 32 | 37 | |
Ashleigh Southern | 12 | 32 | 37 | |
Gabriella Szűcs | 12 | 32 | 37 | |
Jennifer Pareja | 12 | 34 | 35 | |
Rowie Webster | 12 | 42 | 29 |
Medallists
[edit]Awards
[edit]The women's all-star team was announced on 9 August 2012.[13][14]
- Most Valuable Player
- Maggie Steffens[15] (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)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Draw announced for Olympic Water Polo competition". Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ "London 2012 – Water Polo Competition Schedule". FINA. Archived from the original on 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ "Sofia Konukh". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Heather Petri". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Brenda Villa". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Kate Gynther". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Melissa Rippon". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Rita Drávucz". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Tania Di Mario". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Elena Gigli". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Anikó Pelle". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "2012 London Olympics, Water Polo: Women's All Star Team Named". swimmingworldmagazine.com. Swimming World. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "USA Women Win GOLD! Team USA Tops Spain 8-5 In Olympic Games Final". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Maggie STEFFENS Steffens". fina.org. FINA. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
Sources
[edit]- PDF documents on the FINA website:
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 2012 Summer Games (women's tournament) (archived)