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

The women'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 first through fourth-place finishing teams qualified for the 2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament to be held in Gouda, Netherlands.^[3]

Women'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    Canada    Brazil
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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 women'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  Venezuela  Argentina
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games	November 22–29	Veracruz	3	Puerto Rico  Cuba  Mexico
TOTAL			8

Format

• Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 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	73	9	+64	6	Qualified for the semifinals
Cuba	3	2	0	1	24	30	−6	4
Argentina	3	1	0	2	16	48	−32	2
Mexico	3	0	0	3	20	46	−26	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 July 2015 10:08	Report	Mexico	3–25	United States	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Hugo Paredes (ECU), João Cardenuto (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–10, 0–7, 2–2
		Rios 2	Goals	Steffens, Grossman 4

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8 July 2015 08:08	Report	Mexico	8–10	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: João Cardenuto (BRA), Reynel Castillo (PUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 3–2, 3–4
		Castro, Morales 2	Goals	M De Virgilio 4, Bertaina 2, Font 2, Hatcher 1, R De Virgilio 1

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8 July 2015 10:08	Report	United States	18–3	Cuba	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Edmundo Rodrigues (BRA), William Mackay (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–0, 6–1, 4–1
		Steffens, Fischer 3	Goals	3 players 1

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9 July 2015 10:08	Report	Cuba	10–3	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Arnoldo Zambrano (VEN), Stephane Roy (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–0, 3–1, 3–2
		Bravo, Bernal 3	Goals	Hatcher 1, M De Virgilio 1, R De Virgilio 1

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11 July 2015 08:08	Report	United States	30–3	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Hugo Parades (VEN), Edmundo Rodrigues (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 8-0, 6-1, 6-1, 10-1
		Clark 7	Goals	Font 2, Hatcher 1

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11 July 2015 10:08	Report	Mexico	9–11	Cuba	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Reynel Castillo (PUR), William Mackay (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 4-4, 2-1, 2-3, 1-3
		Murrieta 3	Goals	Ortiz 2

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	3	2	1	0	41	16	+25	5	Qualified for the semifinals
Brazil	3	2	1	0	42	18	+24	5
Venezuela	3	0	1	2	16	44	−28	1
Puerto Rico	3	0	1	2	26	47	−21	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 July 2015 08:08	Report	Venezuela	11–11	Puerto Rico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Humberto Navarro (USA), Guillermo Grgicevic (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–3, 1–5, 2–1
		Herrera 3	Goals	Montero 4

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7 July 2015 12:08	Report	Canada	7–7	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Daniel Vazquez (MEX)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 2–3, 2–1
		7 players 1	Goals	3 players 2

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8 July 2015 12:08	Report	Venezuela	4–15	Canada	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Claudia Aguilar (MEX), Mark Maretzki (USA).
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–3, 1–4, 2–4
		4 players 1	Goals	Perreault, Robinson 3

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9 July 2015 08:08	Report	Venezuela	1–18	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Thomas Molnar (HUN), Daniel Vazquez (MEX)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–2, 1–7, 0–5
		Marin 1	Goals	Chiappini 7

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9 July 2015 12:08	Report	Canada	19–5	Puerto Rico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Claudia Aguilar (MEX)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 5–0, 6–2
		Robinson 4	Goals	Delgado 2

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11 July 2015 12:08	Report	Brazil	17–10	Puerto Rico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Jaume Teixido (SPA), Mark Maretzki (USA).
		Score by quarters: 4-2, 3-5, 5-1, 5-2
		Badocco 4	Goals	Montero 3

Classification stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	July 12
	Argentina	6
					July 14
	Puerto Rico	14
					Puerto Rico	12
	July 12
					Mexico	11
	Mexico	10
	Venezuela	8
					Seventh place
					July 14
					Argentina	8
					Venezuela	9

Fifth to Eighth place

12 July 2015 12:00	Report	Argentina	6–14	Puerto Rico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Joao Cardenuto (BRA), Humberto Navarro (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-4, 0-3, 3-4
		Font 3, Comba 2, Hatcher 1	Goals	Medina 5

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12 July 2015 14:00	Report	Mexico	10–8	Venezuela	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Stéphane Roy (CAN), Edmundo Rodrigues (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3-2, 3-2, 3-2, 2-1
		Castro 3	Goals	Hernandez Cabrera 3

Seventh place match

14 July 2015 12:00	Report	Argentina	8–9	Venezuela	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: João Cardenuto (BRA), Constantino Castro (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 0-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-1
		R De Virgilio 2	Goals	Coronel 2

Fifth place match

14 July 2015 14:00	Report	Puerto Rico	12–11	Mexico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Juan Menendez (CUB), Diego Garibaldi (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 4–1, 2–4
		Nazario 4	Goals	Castro 4

Medal round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 12
	United States	16
					July 14
	Brazil	3
					United States	13
	July 12
					Canada	4
	Cuba	7
	Canada	14
					Third place
					July 14
					Brazil	9
					Cuba	6

Semifinals

12 July 2015 18:00	Report	Cuba	7–14	Canada	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Reynel Castillo (PUR), Diego Garibaldi (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 1-5, 3-2, 2-4
		Bernal 2	Goals	Eggens, Robinson 3

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12 July 2015 20:00	Report	United States	16–3	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Thomas Molnar (HUN), Jaume Teixido (SPA)
		Score by quarters: 3-1, 6-1, 5-0, 2-1
		Steffens 3	Goals	Palaro 1

Bronze medal match

14 July 2015 18:00	Report	Brazil	9–6	Cuba	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Mark Maretzki (USA), William Mackay (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 2-0, 2-2, 2-2, 3-2
		Chiappini 6	Goals	Ortiz 2

Gold medal match

14 July 2015 20:00	Report	United States	13–4	Canada	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Thomas Molnar (HUN), Jaume Teixido (SPA)
		Score by quarters: 3-2, 3-1, 4-0, 3-1
		2 players 4	Goals	Eggens 2

Final standings

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