Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris, France was held from 27 July to 10 August 2024. It was held at the Paris Aquatic Centre and Paris La Défense Arena.^[1] It is the seventh official appearance of the tournament.

Women's water polo
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad

Tournament details
Host country	France
City	Paris
Venue(s)	Paris Aquatic Centre Paris La Défense Arena
Dates	27 July – 10 August
Teams	10 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors	120
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches	32
Goals scored	638 (19.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alice Williams (21 goals)
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Spain won their first title after defeating Australia in the final. The Netherlands won against the United States for the bronze medal.^[2]

Qualification

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
Host country	—		1	France
2023 World Aquatics Championships	16–28 July 2023	Fukuoka	2	Netherlands
				Spain
2023 Oceanian Qualifier Series	11–12 August 2023	Auckland	1	Australia
2022 Asian Games	25 September – 1 October 2023	Hangzhou	1	China
2023 Pan American Games	30 October – 4 November 2023	Santiago	1	United States
2024 European Championships	5–13 January 2024	Eindhoven	1	Greece
2024 World Aquatics Championships	4–16 February 2024	Doha	2	Hungary
				Italy
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Africa			1	South Africa
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Reallocation			1	Canada[a]
Total			10

1. South Africa withdrew from the tournament after the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. Canada, as the best non-qualified team, took their spot.^[3]

Competition format

The ten teams were seeded into two groups for a preliminary round. The teams in each group played a round-robin. The top four teams in each group advanced to the knockout round while the fifth placed teams was eliminated. The fifth placed teams was ranked ninth and tenth based on win–loss record, then goal average. The knockout round began with quarterfinals and the winners advanced to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played in the fifth- to eighth- place classification. The two semifinal winners played in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers played in the bronze medal match.^[4]

Schedule

The competition began on 27 July, and matches were held every other day.^[5]

Legend

G

Group stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Gold medal match

Sat 27	Sun 28	Mon 29	Tue 30	Wed 31	Thu 1	Fri 2	Sat 3	Sun 4	Mon 5	Tue 6	Wed 7	Thu 8	Fri 9	Sat 10
G		G		G		G		G		¼		½		B	F

Draw

The draw took place on 17 February 2024 in Doha, Qatar.^[6]

Seeding

The ten teams in the women's tournament were drawn into two groups of five teams. The teams were seeded into five pots.^[7]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Netherlands  Spain	Australia  Greece	Hungary  Italy	China  United States	Canada  France (hosts)

Rosters

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Referees

The following 24 referees were selected for the tournament.^[8]

• Nicholas Hodgers
• Hélène Painchaud
• Zhang Liang
• Andrej Franulović
• Yasser Mehalhel
• Aurélie Blanchard
• Sébastien Dervieux
• Frank Ohme
• Natalia Markopoulou
• Georgios Stavridis
• Nóra Debreceni
• Tamás Kovács
• Rafaele Colombo
• Alessia Ferrari
• Chisato Kurosaki
• Veselin Mišković
• Michiel Zwart
• Adrian Alexandrescu
• Boris Margeta
• Vojin Putniković
• Marta Cabañas
• David Gómez
• Jennifer McCall
• Darren Spiritosanto

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	2	2	0	0	33	28	+5	10[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	4	3	0	1	0	52	37	+15	10[a]
3	Hungary	4	2	0	1	1	46	37	+9	7
4	Canada	4	1	0	0	3	37	49	−12	3
5	China	4	0	0	0	4	34	51	−17	0

Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

1. Netherlands 14–15 Australia

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 14:00 v	Report	Netherlands	10–8	Hungary	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 0–1, 2–3, 4–2
		B. Rogge 3	Goals	Vályi 3

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 20:05 v	Report	Australia	7–5	China	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Aurélie Blanchard (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–1, 0–0, 2–2
		Andrews 3	Goals	Wang H. 2

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29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 18:30 v	Report	China	11–15	Netherlands	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–4, 1–5, 2–5
		three players 2	Goals	Keuning, Van der Sloot 3

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 20:05 v	Report	Hungary	12–7	Canada	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Marta Cabañas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–3, 1–1, 4–2
		Gurisatti, Keszthelyi 3	Goals	three players 2

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31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 14:00 v	Report	Netherlands	14–15	Australia	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 1–3, 2–1  PSO: 7–8
		Van de Kraats, Van der Sloot 2	Goals	Green, Williams 2

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 15:35 v	Report	Canada	12–7	China	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 1–3, 4–1, 3–3
		four players 2	Goals	Deng 3

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2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 14:00 v	Report	Australia	10–7	Canada	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 5–2, 1–3
		Halligan, Williams 3	Goals	Wright 3

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 20:05 v	Report	China	11–17	Hungary	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Aurélie Blanchard (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–5, 2–4, 2–5
		Deng, Lu 3	Goals	Keszthelyi 7

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4 August 2024 (2024-08-04) 14:00 v	Report	Hungary	12–14	Australia	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 2–3, 4–3  PSO: 3–5
		Keszthelyi, Szilágyi 2	Goals	Williams 4

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04) 18:30 v	Report	Canada	11–20	Netherlands	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Aurélie Blanchard (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 2–6, 3–4, 2–5
		Bakoc 3	Goals	L. Rogge 5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	4	4	0	0	0	51	36	+15	12	Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	3	0	0	1	53	27	+26	9
3	Italy	4	1	0	0	3	34	40	−6	3[a]
4	Greece	4	1	0	0	3	33	41	−8	3[a]
5	France (H)	4	1	0	0	3	24	51	−27	3[a]

Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Greece 3 Pts, +3 GD; Italy 3 Pts, +3 GD; France 3 Pts, −6 GD. Italy ranked above Greece due to more goals scored.

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 15:35 v	Report	Greece	6–15	United States	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–6, 2–3, 2–3
		six players 1	Goals	Flynn 4

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 18:30 v	Report	Spain	15–6	France	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 6–3, 3–1, 3–1, 3–1
		Ruiz 4	Goals	Dhalluin 3

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29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 14:00 v	Report	France	9–8	Italy	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 2–1, 3–1
		Dhalluin 3	Goals	Bianconi 2

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 15:35 v	Report	United States	11–13	Spain	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–4, 4–5, 2–2
		Raney 2	Goals	Ortiz 5

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31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 18:30 v	Report	Italy	3–10	United States	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 0–2, 1–2
		Marletta 2	Goals	Musselman 3

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 20:05 v	Report	Spain	10–8	Greece	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 4–2, 1–1
		Forca 4	Goals	Eleftheriadou, Plevritou 2

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2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 15:35 v	Report	Greece	8–12	Italy	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 0–2, 2–2, 3–4
		Eleftheriadou, Plevritou 3	Goals	Palmieri 4

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 18:30 v	Report	United States	17–5	France	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 6–2, 4–0
		Musselman 4	Goals	Hertzka 2

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4 August 2024 (2024-08-04) 15:35 v	Report	Italy	11–13	Spain	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 4–3, 3–4, 4–4
		Marletta 3	Goals	Espar 3

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04) 20:05 v	Report	France	4–11	Greece	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 1–3, 0–5
		Vernoux 2	Goals	Plevritou, Xenaki 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	6 August
	Australia	9
					8 August
	Greece	6
					Australia (PSO)	8 (6)
	6 August
					United States	8 (5)
	Hungary	4
									10 August
	United States	5
									Australia	9
	6 August
									Spain	11
	Netherlands	11
					8 August
	Italy	8
					Netherlands	14 (4)
	6 August
					Spain (PSO)	14 (5)			Bronze medal
	Canada	8
									10 August
	Spain	18
									United States	10
									Netherlands	11

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	8 August
	Greece	9
					10 August
	Hungary	12
					Hungary (PSO)	11 (4)
	8 August
					Italy	11 (1)
	Italy	10
	Canada	5
					Seventh place
					10 August
					Greece	19
					Canada	10

Quarterfinals

6 August 2024 (2024-08-06) 14:00 v	Report	Canada	8–18	Spain	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 2–4, 0–3, 4–5
		Bakoc 5	Goals	Ruiz 4

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6 August 2024 (2024-08-06) 15:35 v	Report	Netherlands	11–8	Italy	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 1–1, 5–3
		four players 2	Goals	Marletta 3

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6 August 2024 (2024-08-06) 19:00 v	Report	Australia	9–6	Greece	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–3, 2–1, 3–2
		Williams 5	Goals	Xenaki 2

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6 August 2024 (2024-08-06) 20:35 v	Report	Hungary	4–5	United States	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–2, 2–1, 0–1
		four players 1	Goals	Steffens 2

5–8th place semifinals

8 August 2024 (2024-08-08) 13:00 v	Report	Italy	10–5	Canada	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 1–3, 4–0
		Bianconi, Marletta 2	Goals	five players 1

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8 August 2024 (2024-08-08) 18:00 v	Report	Greece	9–12	Hungary	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 3–4, 2–4
		three players 2	Goals	Keszthelyi 4

Semifinals

8 August 2024 (2024-08-08) 14:35 v	Report	Netherlands	18–19	Spain	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 4–4, 6–1, 3–3  PSO: 4–5
		Van de Kraats 4	Goals	Forca 5

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8 August 2024 (2024-08-08) 19:35 v	Report	Australia	14–13	United States	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 4–2, 2–1  PSO: 6–5
		Andrews 4	Goals	Flynn, Musselman 2

Seventh place game

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10) 09:00 v	Report	Greece	19–10	Canada	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Aurélie Blanchard (FRA), Jennifer McCall (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–3, 5–2, 7–3
		three players 3	Goals	Crevier 3

Fifth place game

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10) 14:00 v	Report	Hungary	15–12	Italy	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–4, 0–2, 3–2  PSO: 4–1
		Gurisatti 3	Goals	Bianconi, Marletta 3

Bronze medal game

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10) 10:35 v	Report	United States	10–11	Netherlands	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 2–3, 1–5
		three players 2	Goals	Van der Sloot 6

Gold medal game

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10) 15:35 v	Report	Australia	9–11	Spain	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–1, 3–4, 4–4
		Williams 5	Goals	Ortiz 4

Final ranking

Rank	Team[9]
	Spain
	Australia
	Netherlands
4	United States
5	Hungary
6	Italy
7	Greece
8	Canada
9	France
10	China

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals[10]	Shots	%
1	Alice Williams	21	48	44
2	Rita Keszthelyi	19	46	41
	Beatriz Ortiz		34	56
4	Elena Ruiz	18	40	45
5	Claudia Marletta	16	39	41
6	Judith Forca	14	36	39
	Sabrina van der Sloot		23	61
8	Abby Andrews	13	37	35
	Jenna Flynn		28	46
	Maddie Musselman		34	38
	Simone van de Kraats		36	36