Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Water polo
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country United Kingdom
CityLondon
Venue(s)Water Polo Arena
Dates29 July - 12 August 2012
Events2 (men's, women's)
Teams12 (men's), 8 (women's)
(from 4 confederations)
Competitors155 men, 102 women
Final positions
Champions Croatia (men)
 United States (women)
Runners-up Italy (men)
 Spain (women)
Third place Serbia (men)
 Australia (women)
Fourth place Montenegro (men)
 Hungary (women)
Tournament statistics (men, women)
Matches66
Goals scored1,231 (18.65 per match)
Multiple
appearances		5-time Olympian(s): 3 players
4-time Olympian(s): 17 players
Multiple
medalists		4-time medalist(s): 2 players
3-time medalist(s): 5 players
MVPsCroatia Josip Pavić (men's)
United States Maggie Steffens (women's)
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The water polo tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the London 2012 Water Polo Arena in the Olympic Park from 29 July to 12 August. The venue's capacity held 5,000 spectators. Twelve teams competed in the men's tournament and eight teams in the women's tournament.[1]

Qualification

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Aerial view of the Water Polo Arena, a temporary venue built for Water Polo competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Both of Great Britain's teams automatically qualified, while the African qualification tournament was cancelled due as no teams entered, increasing the available spots at each final qualification tournament to four.[2][3]

Men

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Main article: Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Means of qualification Date Venue Number
of berths		 Nation(s)
qualified
Host nation – – 1  Great Britain
2011 World League Super-Final 21–26 June 2011 Italy Florence, Italy 1  Serbia
2011 FINA World Championships 16–31 July 2011 China Shanghai, China 3  Italy
 Croatia
 Hungary
2011 Pan American Games 23–29 October 2011 Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico 1  United States
2012 Asian Water Polo Championship 23–29 January 2012 Japan Chiba City, Japan 1  Kazakhstan
Oceania – – 1  Australia
World Qualification Tournament 1–8 April 2012 Canada Edmonton, Canada[4] 4  Montenegro
 Spain
 Greece
 Romania
Total 12

Women

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Main article: Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Means of qualification Date Venue Number
of berths		 Nation(s)
qualified
Host nation – – 1  Great Britain
2011 Pan American Games 23–28 October 2011 Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico 1  United States
2012 Asian Water Polo Championship 23–29 January 2012 Japan Chiba City, Japan 1  China
Oceania – – 1  Australia
World Qualification Tournament 15–22 April 2012 Italy Trieste, Italy[4] 4  Spain
 Italy
 Russia
 Hungary
Total 8

Draw

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The draw for the Olympic tournament took place in May 2012. The men were drawn into two groups of six teams, the women were drawn into two groups of four teams.[5]

Men's competition

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Group A Group B

Women's competition

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Group A Group B

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Croatia1001
 United States1001
3 Italy0101
 Spain0101
5 Australia0011
 Serbia0011
Totals (6 entries)2226

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men  Croatia (CRO)[1]
Josip Pavić
Damir Burić
Miho Bošković
Nikša Dobud
Maro Joković
Petar Muslim
Ivan Buljubašić
Andro Bušlje
Sandro Sukno
Samir Barać
Igor Hinić
Paulo Obradović
Frano Vićan 		 Italy (ITA)
Stefano Tempesti
Amaurys Pérez
Niccolò Gitto
Pietro Figlioli
Alex Giorgetti
Maurizio Felugo
Massimo Giacoppo
Valentino Gallo
Christian Presciutti
Deni Fiorentini
Matteo Aicardi
Danijel Premuš
Giacomo Pastorino 		 Serbia (SRB)
Slobodan Soro
Aleksa Šaponjić
Živko Gocić
Vanja Udovičić
Dušan Mandić
Duško Pijetlović
Slobodan Nikić
Milan Aleksić
Nikola Rađen
Filip Filipović
Andrija Prlainović
Stefan Mitrović
Gojko Pijetlović
Women  United States (USA)[1]
Elizabeth Armstrong
Heather Petri
Melissa Seidemann
Brenda Villa
Lauren Wenger
Maggie Steffens
Courtney Mathewson
Jessica Steffens
Elsie Windes
Kelly Rulon
Annika Dries
Kami Craig
Tumua Anae 		 Spain (ESP)
Laura Ester
Marta Bach
Anni Espar
Roser Tarragó
Matilde Ortiz
Jennifer Pareja
Lorena Miranda
María del Pilar Peña
Andrea Blas
Ona Meseguer
María García Godoy
Laura López
Ana Copado 		 Australia (AUS)
Victoria Brown
Gemma Beadsworth
Sophie Smith
Holly Lincoln-Smith
Jane Moran
Bronwen Knox
Rowena Webster
Kate Gynther
Glencora Ralph
Ashleigh Southern
Melissa Rippon
Nicola Zagame
Alicia McCormack

References

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  1. ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Water Polo qualification" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  3. ^ "2012 Olympic Games". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  4. ^ a b "FINA selects Catania, Casablanca as future host cities; Creates Open Water "School for Officials"". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Draw announced for Olympic Water Polo competition". Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

Sources

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