The women's tournament of water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile took place between October 30 and November 4 at the Aquatic Center in Santiago. The winner of the competition, the United States, qualified directly for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
| Women's water polo tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Aquatic Center | ||||||
| Dates | October 30 – November 4 | ||||||
| Competitors | 96 from 8 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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«2019 2027» | |||||||
Schedule edit
The schedule is as follows.[1]
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | |
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| G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
Qualification edit
A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The host nation (Chile) qualified automatically, along with seven other teams in each tournament according to various criteria. Canada and the United States automatically qualified in each tournament, along with the top three teams at the 2022 CCCAN Championships and top two teams at the 2022 South American Games.[2]
| Event | Dates | Location | Quota(s) | Qualified |
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| Host nation | — | 1 |  Chile
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| Zone 3 (automatic qualification) | — | 1 |  United States
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| Zone 4 (automatic qualification) | — | 1 |  Canada
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| 2022 CCCAN Championships* | July 20–26 |  Bridgetown
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3 |  Cuba Mexico Puerto Rico
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| 2022 South American Games | October 11–15 |  Asuncion
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2 |  Brazil Argentina
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| Total | 8 | |||
- The 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games were scheduled to be the qualifying tournament for the CCCAN, but the tournament was cancelled due to low entries. Due to this, the 2022 CCCAN Championships were used to determine the qualifying teams.[3]
Format edit
Teams are split into 2 round-robin groups of 4 teams each, where the final positions in each group will determine seedings for the knockout stage. The losing teams from the quarterfinals stage will compete in a separate single elimination bracket to determine fifth through eighth places in the final rankings.
Preliminary round edit
All times are local (UTC−3).
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Canada
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 19 | +51 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Argentina
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3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Cuba
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3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 4 | |
| 4 | Mexico
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 54 | −30 | 0 |
Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
| 30 October 2023 8:00 |
Report | Mexico
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11–14 | Cuba
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 4–4, 1–3 | |||||
| 30 October 2023 11:00 |
Report | Canada
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14–9 | Argentina
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Reynel Castillo (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 6–1, 1–4, 4–2 | |||||
| Bakoc 4 | Goals | Auliel, A. Bacigalupo 3 | |||
| 31 October 2023 8:00 |
Report | Canada
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24–3 | Cuba
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) Darren Spritosanto (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 6–0, 7–0, 2–0, 9–3 | |||||
| three players 4 | Goals | three players 1 | |||
| 31 October 2023 11:00 |
Report | Mexico
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6–8 | Argentina
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Yuri Machado (BRA) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 0–0, 0–4, 5–3, 1–1 | |||||
| Guzmán 3 | Goals | Auliel, Leonard 2 | |||
| 1 November 2023 8:00 |
Report | Mexico
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7–32 | Canada
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Fernando Teodoro de Brito (BRA) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |
| Score by quarters: 2–7, 3–8, 1–8, 1–9 | |||||
| Ramírez 3 | Goals | Browne 5 | |||
| 1 November 2023 11:00 |
Report | Cuba
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17–18 | Argentina
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Reynel Castillo (PUR) |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–3, 3–3, 1–4 PSO: 5–6 | |||||
| Zunzunegui 4 | Goals | A. Bacigalupo 6 | |||
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 3 | +86 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Brazil
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 6 | |
| 3 | Puerto Rico
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 60 | −39 | 3 | |
| 4 | Chile (H)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 80 | −66 | 0 |
Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host
| 30 October 2023 9:30 |
Report | Brazil
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19–7 | Puerto Rico
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: German Moller (ARG) Wilhem Keman (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 6–2, 6–1, 3–1 | |||||
| Leão 4 | Goals | Montalvo, Melendez 2 | |||
| 30 October 2023 12:30 |
Report | United States
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35–0 | Chile
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) |
| Score by quarters: 12–0, 8–0, 8–0, 7–0 | |||||
| Flynn, Steffens 5 | Goals | ||||
| 31 October 2023 9:30 |
Report | United States
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29–0 | Puerto Rico
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN) Xavier Villanueva (CHI) |
| Score by quarters: 8–0, 8–0, 7–0, 6–0 | |||||
| Steffens 6 | Goals | ||||
| 31 October 2023 12:30 |
Report | Brazil
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31–2 | Chile
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Agustin Pinski (ARG) |
| Score by quarters: 10–0, 10–0, 3–2, 8–0 | |||||
| Leão 6 | Goals | Puelma, Ravizza 1 | |||
| 1 November 2023 9:30 |
Report | Brazil
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3–25 | United States
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Hélène Painchaud (CAN) |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–9, 0–4, 2–8 | |||||
| Belorio 2 | Goals | Fattal 5 | |||
| 1 November 2023 12:30 |
Report | Puerto Rico
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14–12 | Chile
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Jorge Pinski (ARG) |
| Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–2, 4–4, 3–2 | |||||
| Guzmán 4 | Goals | Sarmiento 4 | |||
Final stage edit
Bracket edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 2 November | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 13 | |||||||||
| 3 November | ||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 11 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 November | ||||||||||
| United States | 27 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 November | ||||||||||
| United States | 32 | |||||||||
| United States | 20 | |||||||||
| 2 November | ||||||||||
| Canada | 11 | |||||||||
| Cuba | 10 | |||||||||
| 3 November | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 12 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 November | ||||||||||
| Canada | 21 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Canada | 33 | |||||||||
| 4 November | ||||||||||
| Chile | 2 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 9 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 10 | |||||||||
| 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
| 3 November | ||||||
| Puerto Rico | 9 | |||||
| 4 November | ||||||
| Mexico | 10 | |||||
| Mexico | 15 | |||||
| 3 November | ||||||
| Cuba | 11 | |||||
| Cuba | 15 | |||||
| Chile | 13 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 4 November | ||||||
| Puerto Rico | 18 | |||||
| Chile | 13 | |||||
Quarterfinals edit
| 2 November 2023 8:00 |
Report | Argentina
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13–11 | Puerto Rico
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN) Yuri Machado (BRA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–3, 6–5, 2–1 | |||||
| Leonard 5 | Goals | Cardona 3 | |||
| 2 November 2023 9:30 |
Report | Cuba
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10–12 | Brazil
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–5, 2–4, 2–2 | |||||
| Zunzunegui 5 | Goals | Belorio 4 | |||
| 2 November 2023 11:00 |
Report | Canada
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33–2 | Chile
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) |
| Score by quarters: 4–0, 9–0, 10–2, 10–0 | |||||
| Bakoc 7 | Goals | I. del Villar, S. del Villar 1 | |||
| 2 November 2023 12:30 |
Report | Mexico
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1–32 | United States
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Xavier Villanueva (CHI) |
| Score by quarters: 1–10, 0–11, 0–6, 0–5 | |||||
| Ramírez 1 | Goals | Steffens 7 | |||
5–8th place semifinals edit
| 3 November 2023 8:00 |
Report | Puerto Rico
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9–10 | Mexico
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Dykman Mikhail (CAN) Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 3–0, 3–4 | |||||
| Montalvo, Quiñones 3 | Goals | Ramírez 4 | |||
| 3 November 2023 9:30 |
Report | Cuba
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15–13 | Chile
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Yuri Machado (BRA) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–3, 4–3, 2–5 | |||||
| three players 3 | Goals | S. del Villar, Sarmiento 5 | |||
Semifinals edit
| 3 November 2023 11:00 |
Report | Argentina
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1–27 | United States
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva (CHI) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |
| Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–7, 1–6, 0–7 | |||||
| Leonard 1 | Goals | four players 4 | |||
| 3 November 2023 12:30 |
Report | Brazil
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4–21 | Canada
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Reynel Castillo Torres (PUR) |
| Score by quarters: 3–7, 0–5, 1–3, 0–6 | |||||
| Belorio 2 | Goals | Lemay-Lavoie 6 | |||
Seventh place game edit
| 4 November 2023 8:00 |
Report | Puerto Rico
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18–13 | Chile
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Daniel Federico Danes (URU) Jorge Agustin Pinski |
| Score by quarters: 7–4, 3–3, 2–2, 6–4 | |||||
| Guzmán 5 | Goals | Henríquez 4 | |||
Fifth place game edit
| 4 November 2023 9:30 |
Report | Mexico
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15–11 | Cuba
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva Domeque (CHI) Hélène Painchaud |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–2, 3–2, 3–5 | |||||
| Guzmán 5 | Goals | Zunzunegui 5 | |||
Third place game edit
| 4 November 2023 11:00 |
Report | Argentina
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9–10 | Brazil
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Gerardo Arellano Jr |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 1–1, 2–4 | |||||
| Canda 3 | Goals | Ferreira 3 | |||
Final edit
| 4 November 2023 12:30 |
Report | United States
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20–11 | Canada
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) German Moller (ARG) |
| Score by quarters: 5–3, 5–4, 6–2, 4–2 | |||||
| Fattal, Flynn 5 | Goals | McKelvey 4 | |||
Final standings edit
| Rank | Team |
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United States
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Canada
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Brazil
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| 4 | Argentina
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| 5 | Mexico
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| 6 | Cuba
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| 7 | Puerto Rico
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| 8 | Chile
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| Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics |
References edit
- ^ "WATER POLO KICKED OFF THE SANTIAGO 2023 GROUP STAGE DRAWS FOR TEAM SPORTS". Santiago 2023 Organizing Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ^ "Water Polo is Already Looking at the Pan American Games" [El Polo Acuático Ya Mira a Los Juegos Panamericanos]. Periódico El Sol de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.