Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada took place between the 7 and 15 of July at the Markham Pan Am Centre in Markham, Ontario.^[1][2] The winner of the competition qualified directly for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while the second through fourth-place finishing teams qualified for the 2016 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament to be held in Florence, Italy.^[3]

Men's water polo tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	Markham Pan Am Centre
Dates	July 7–15
Competitors	104 from 8 nations
Medalists
United States    Brazil    Canada
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Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee may enter one men's team for the water polo competition. Canada, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions.^[4]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	Canada
Qualified automatically	—	—	1	United States
2014 South American Championship	October 7–11	Mar del Plata	3	Brazil  Argentina  Venezuela
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games	November 22–29	Veracruz	3 2	Cuba  Mexico  Puerto Rico
Reallocation	—		1	Ecuador
TOTAL			8

• For unknown reasons, Puerto Rico withdrew from the tournament and was replaced with Ecuador.

Format

• Eight teams are split into two preliminary round groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
• The third and fourth placed each group will crossover and play each other in the fifth to eighth place bracket.
• In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
• The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Preliminary round

All times are local Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−5)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	3	3	0	0	62	7	+55	6	Qualified for the semifinals
Argentina	3	1	1	1	31	29	+2	3
Cuba	3	1	1	1	21	31	−10	3
Ecuador	3	0	0	3	11	58	−47	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 July 2015 20:08	Report	United States	27–0	Ecuador	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: William Mackay (CAN), Edmundo Rodriguez (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 8–0, 5–0, 9–0
		Bonanni 9	Goals

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8 July 2015 16:08	Report	Ecuador	8–21	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Daniel Vazquez (MEX), Thomas Molnar (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 1–6, 0–2, 3–8
		Kaltenbach, Kaltenbach 3	Goals	Veich 5, Yanez 4, Damarchi 3, Carabantes 3, Corsi 2, Lopez 2, Monutti 2

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8 July 2015 18:08	Report	United States	21–4	Cuba	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Stephane Roy (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–0, 6–1, 6–1
		Samuels 4	Goals	4 players 1

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9 July 2015 20:08	Report	Cuba	7–7	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: William Mackay (CAN), Hugo Paredes (VEN).
		Score by quarters: 0-3, 1-1, 4-2, 2-1
		2 players 1	Goals	Demarchi 3, Carabantes 2, Corsi 1, Yanez 1

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11 July 2015 16:08	Report	United States	14–3	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Arnoldo Zambrano (VEN), Stéphane Roy (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3-1, 3-0, 4-1, 4-1
		Azevedo 4	Goals	Veich 2, Carabantes 1

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11 July 2015 20:08	Report	Ecuador	3–10	Cuba	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Joao Cardenuto (BRA), Claudia Aguilar (MEX)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 0-2, 0-2, 2-3
		Kaltenbach 2	Goals	Carales 3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Brazil	3	3	0	0	55	20	+35	6	Qualified for the semifinals
Canada	3	2	0	1	44	22	+22	4
Mexico	3	0	1	2	27	50	−23	1
Venezuela	3	0	1	2	13	47	−34	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 July 2015 16:08	Report	Venezuela	9–9	Mexico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Mark Maretzki (USA), Reynel Castillo (PUR)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–4, 3–2, 2–2
		Borges 3	Goals	Ponce 3

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7 July 2015 18:08	Report	Canada	9–11	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Thomas Molnae (HUN), Jaume Teixeira (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–3, 1–4, 2–0
		Conway 3, Boyd 2	Goals	Perrone 3

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8 July 2015 20:08	Report	Venezuela	2–22	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Humberto Navarro (USA), Diego Garibaldi (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–6, 0–3, 1–7
		Cardenas, Ramos 1	Goals	Perrone 4

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9 July 2015 16:08	Report	Brazil	22–9	Mexico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Mark Maretzki (USA), Guillermo Grgicevic (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 7–1, 4–2, 8–3
		Gomes 7	Goals	Ponce 3

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9 July 2015 18:08	Report	Venezuela	2–16	Canada	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Jaume Teixido (SPA), Reynel Castillo (PUR)
		Score by quarters: 0-5, 1-3, 1-5, 0-3
		2 players 1	Goals	Boyd, Graham 5, Bicari, Kudaba 2

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11 July 2015 18:08	Report	Mexico	9–19	Canada	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Humberto Navarro (USA), Thomas Mulnar (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0-2, 3-5, 3-5, 3-7
		Alvarez 2	Goals	Boyd 5, Mcelroy Conway Bicari 3

Classification stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	July 13
	Venezuela	9
					July 15
	Cuba	8
					Mexico	14
	July 13
					Venezuela	11
	Mexico	17
	Ecuador	7
					Seventh place
					July 15
					Cuba	13
					Ecuador	6

Fifth to Eighth place

13 July 2015 12:00	Report	Venezuela	9–8	Cuba	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Reynel Castillo (PUR), Mark Maretzki (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 1-2, 2-1, 5-2
		Velazquez 2	Goals	Carales 4

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13 July 2015 14:00	Report	Mexico	17–7	Ecuador	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Guillermo Grgicevic (ARG), William Mackay (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 3-4, 6-0, 5-0
		O'Brien Jr. 5	Goals	Kaltenbach 4

Seventh place match

15 July 2015 12:00	Report	Cuba	13–6	Ecuador	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Claudia Aguilar (MEX), Hugo Paredes (VEN)
		Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-3, 5-2, 5-0
		Carales 5	Goals	Kaltenbach 3

Fifth place match

15 July 2015 14:00	Report	Mexico	14–11	Venezuela	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Reynel Castillo (PUR), Stéphane Roy (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 4-2, 2-3, 5-3
		Avalos 4	Goals	Perez Ribas 3

Medal round

Finals Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 13
	United States	9
					July 15
	Canada	8
					United States	11
	July 13
					Brazil	9
	Argentina	9
	Brazil	15
					Third place
					July 15
					Canada	16
					Argentina	8

Semifinals

13 July 2015 18:00	Report	United States	9–8	Canada	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Jaume Teixido (SPA), Thomas Mulnar (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3-1, 1-2, 2-1, 3-4
		Cupido 3	Goals	Conway 3, Boyd 2, Vikalo 1, Graham 1, Taschereau 1

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13 July 2015 20:00	Report	Argentina	9–15	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Arnoldo Zambrano (VEN), Daniel Vasquez (MEX)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 1-4, 4-2, 4-5
		Carabantes 3, Yanez 2, Veich 1, Bulgheroni 1, Damarchi 1, Lopez 1	Goals	Perrone 3

Bronze medal match

15 July 2015 18:00	Report	Canada	16–8	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Edmundo Rodrigues (ECU), Humberto Navarro (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3-2, 5-3, 4-2, 4-1
		Conway 4, Taschereau 3, Mcelroy 2, Graham 2, Boyd 2, Vikalo 1, Kudaba 1.	Goals	Yanez 3, Veich 3, Bulgheroni 1, Corsi 1

Gold medal match

15 July 2015 20:00	Report	United States	11–9	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Thomas Molnar (HUN), Jaume Teixido (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1-0, 6-5, 3-3, 1-1
		2 Players 3	Goals	2 Players 3

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record	Olympic Qualification
	United States	5 – 0 – 0	Qualifies directly for 2016 Olympic Games
	Brazil	4 – 0 – 1	Already qualified as a host
	Canada	3 – 0 – 2	2016 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
4	Argentina	2 – 0 – 3
5	Mexico	2 – 1 – 2
6	Venezuela	1 – 1 – 3
7	Cuba	2 – 1 – 2
8	Ecuador	0 – 0 – 5