Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
City | Athens |
Venue(s) | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre |
Dates | 16–26 August 2004 |
Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
Competitors | 101 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 20 |
Goals scored | 261 (13.05 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (14 goals in 6 matches) |
Most saves | ![]() (41 saves in 5 matches) |
Top sprinter(s) | ![]() (21 sprints won in 6 matches) |
MVP | ![]() |
Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||
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Tournament | ||
men | women | |
Rosters | ||
men | women | |
The women's water polo tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested between August 16 and August 26 at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.[1] Eight teams qualified for the Games, with Italy defeating the host nation Greece for the gold medal. The United States won the bronze medal.
Format[]
The eight qualifying teams were split into two groups of four for the preliminary round, which was played in a round-robin format. The top teams in each group advanced directly to the semi-finals, while second and third place teams advanced to the quarter-finals. Classification matches were also played to determine the final ranking for all teams.
Participating nations[]
- Group A
Australia (Oceania champions)
Greece (host nation)
Italy (qualifying tournament second place)
Kazakhstan (Asia champions)
- Group B
Canada (qualifying tournament fourth place)
Hungary (qualifying tournament first place)
Russia (qualifying tournament third place)
United States (2003 Pan American Games champions)
Squads[]
Preliminary round[]
All times are EEST (UTC+3)
Group A[]
Qualified for the SF | |
Qualified for the QF |
GP | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD | |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 16 | +6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | +6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 20 | −3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 25 | −9 |
16 August 2004 10:45 |
Report[2] | Australia ![]() |
6–5 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Peter Bookelman (NED) Sergio Borrell (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 1–1, 1–1 | |||||
Gynther 2 Heuchan 2 Norwood 1 Rippon 1 |
Goals | Allucci 1 di Mario 1 Miceli 1 Musumeci 1 Zanchi 1 |
16 August 2004 17:45 |
Report[3] | Greece ![]() |
8–6 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Radu Matache (ROU) Daniel Legare (CAN) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 2–2, 2–1 | |||||
Roumpesi 2 Karagianni 1 Kozompoli 1 Liosi 1 Moraiti 1 Evangelia Moraitidou 1 Oikonomopoulou 1 |
Goals | Gritsenko 2 Jakayeva 2 Koroleva 1 Tolkunova 1 |
18 August 2004 09:30 |
Report[4] | Australia ![]() |
9–4 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Hector Valcarce (ARG) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–1, 2–0, 2–1 | |||||
Heuchan 3 Norwood 3 Castle 1 Gynther 1 Rippon 1 |
Goals | Ignatyeva 1 Jakayeva 1 Tolkunova 1 Zubkova 1 |
18 August 2004 17:45 |
Report[5] | Greece ![]() |
2–7 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Sergio Borrell (ESP) Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–2, 0–1, 0–1 | |||||
Liosi 1 Moraitidou 1 |
Goals | di Mario 3 Miceli 3 Musumeci 1 |
20 August 2004 09:00 |
Report[6] | Italy ![]() |
8–6 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Mario Brguljan (SCG) Yesenia Marrero (USA) |
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–1, 1–4, 2–1 | |||||
di Mario 4 Araujo 1 Miceli 1 Tóth 1 Zanchi 1 |
Goals | Koroleva 3 Gubina 2 Mikhailova 1 |
20 August 2004 18:00 |
Report[7] | Australia ![]() |
7–7 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Aaron Chaney (USA) Gábor Kiszelly (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–5, 2–0, 1–0 | |||||
Castle 3 Gynther 3 Heuchan 1 |
Goals | Asilian 2 Lara 2 Karagianni 1 Moraiti 1 Moraitidou 1 |
Group B[]
Qualified for the SF | |
Qualified for the QF |
GP | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD | |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | +4 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 22 | −1 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 20 | −1 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 18 | −2 |
16 August 2004 09:30 |
Report[8] | United States ![]() |
7–6 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Nikolaos Stavropoulos (GRE) Mario Brguljan (SCG) |
Score by quarters: 4–1, 0–2, 1–2, 2–1 | |||||
Villa 4 Rulon 2 Golda 1 |
Goals | Dravucz 1 Pelle 1 Primász 1 Stieber 1 Tiba 1 Zantleitner 1 |
16 August 2004 16:30 |
Report[9] | Russia ![]() |
8–6 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Erhan Tulga (TUR) Torsten Bock (GER) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–0, 2–3, 2–1 | |||||
Konukh 3 Yaina 2 Salimova 1 Smurova 1 Turova 1 |
Goals | Gardiner 2 Arpin 1 Bégin 1 Dow 1 Robinson 1 |
18 August 2004 10:45 |
Report[10] | United States ![]() |
5–6 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Nikolaos Stavropoulos (GRE) Noel Harrod (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 0–0, 1–0, 3–1, 1–5 | |||||
Beauregard 1 Dingeldein 1 Lorenz 1 Moody 1 Rulon 1 |
Goals | Bégin 3 Dow 2 Campbell 1 |
18 August 2004 16:30 |
Report[11] | Russia ![]() |
9–8 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Peter Bookelman (NED) Torsten Bock (GER) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 2–3, 2–1 | |||||
Konukh 3 Salimova 3 Turova 3 |
Goals | Kisteleki 2 Primász 2 Stieber 2 Dravucz 1 Pelle 1 |
20 August 2004 10:15 |
Report[12] | United States ![]() |
8–4 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Sergio Borrell (ESP]) Boris Margeta (SLO) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 2–1, 1–1 | |||||
Beauregard 2 Villa 2 Dingeldein 1 Lorenz 1 Stachowski 1 Rulon 1 |
Goals | Salimova 1 Shepelina 1 Turova 1 Yaina 1 |
20 August 2004 16:45 |
Report[13] | Hungary ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: R adu Matache (ROU) Roberto Pentronilli (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 2–1, 0–1 | |||||
Stieber 2 Kisteleki 1 Primász 1 Valkay 1 |
Goals | Bégin 1 Dionne 1 Gardiner 1 Salat 1 |
Final round[]
- Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 4 | A3 | ![]() | 6 | |||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 7 | ![]() | ![]() | 9 | |||||||||
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B1 | ![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 8 | A2 | ![]() | 6 | |||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 5 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
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7th place match[]
All times are EEST (UTC+3)
22 August 2004 10:45 |
Report[14] | Kazakhstan ![]() |
4–10 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL) Elizabeth Burman (NZL) |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 3–3, 0–1 | |||||
Koroleva 4 | Goals | Arpin 2 Bégin 2 Campbell 2 Gardiner 2 Dow 1 Illing 1 |
Quarterfinals[]
All times are EEST (UTC+3)
22 August 2004 17:00 |
Report[15] | Greece ![]() |
7–4 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Zoran Tomić (CRO) Mario Brguljan (SCG) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–0, 2–1, 0–2 | |||||
Liosi 2 Roumpesi 2 Asilian 1 Karagianni 1 Oikonomopoulou 1 |
Goals | Konukh 1 Salimova 1 Smurova 1 Yaina 1 |
22 August 2004 18:15 |
Report[16] | Italy ![]() |
8–5 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Sergio Borrell (ESP) Boris Margeta (SLO) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 2–2, 2–0 | |||||
di Mario 3 Bosurgi 1 Grego 1 Malato 1 Miceli 1 Ragusa 1 |
Goals | Dravucz 2 Stieber 2 Pelle 1 |
5th place match[]
All times are EEST (UTC+3)
24 August 2004 10:45 |
Report[17] | Russia ![]() |
12–11 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Daniel Legare (CAN) Noel Harrod (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–2, 4–0, 2–3 OT: 1–0, 1–1 | |||||
Salimova 4 Konukh 2 Yaina 2 Bogdanova 1 Smurova 1 Turova 1 Vasilieva 1 |
Goals | Dravucz 3 Stieber 3 Kisteleki 2 Györe 1 Pelle 1 Szremkó 1 |
Semifinals[]
All times are EEST (UTC+3)
24 August 2004 18:15 |
Report[18] | Australia ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Pneter Bookelman (NED) Torsten Bock (GER) |
Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–1, 1–1, 0–0 | |||||
Fox 1 Stuhmcke 1 |
Goals | Roumpesi 2 Karagianni 1 Kozompoli 1 Moraitidou 1 Oikonomopoulou 1 |
24 August 2004 17:00 |
Report[19] | United States ![]() |
5–6 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Gábor Kiszelly (HUN) Zoran Tomić (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 1–0, 1–4 | |||||
Dingeldein 1 Estes 1 Munro 1 Petri 1 Villa 1 |
Goals | di Mario 2 Araujo 1 Malato 1 Ragusa 1 Zanchi 1 |
Bronze medal match[]
All times are EEST (UTC+3)
26 August 2004 17:00 |
Report[20] | Australia ![]() |
5–6 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Peter Bookelman (NED) Torsten Bock (GER) |
Score by quarters: 0–0, 0–4, 3–1, 2–1 | |||||
Brooks 2 Fox 1 Gynther 1 Norwood 1 |
Goals | Estes 3 Beauregard 1 Golda 1 Stachowski 1 |
Gold medal match[]
All times are EEST (UTC+3)
26 August 2004 18:15 |
Report[21] | Greece ![]() |
9–10 | ![]() |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Gábor Kiszelly (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 0–1, 1–1 OT: 2–2, 0–1 | |||||
Liosi 5 Moraitidou 3 Oikonomopoulou 1 |
Goals | Grego 3 Miceli 3 Bosurgi 1 Malato 1 di Mario 1 Zanchi 1 |
Ranking and statistics[]
Final ranking[]
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Top goalscorers[]
Rank | Name | Goals | Shots | % |
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1 | ![]() |
14 | 27 | 52 |
2 | ![]() |
10 | 19 | 53 |
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10 | 22 | 45 | |
4 | ![]() |
9 | 25 | 36 |
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9 | 25 | 36 | |
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9 | 27 | 33 |
Medallist[]
Awards[]
The women's all-star team was announced on 29 August 2004.[22]
- Most Valuable Player
Tania Di Mario (14 goals, 7 sprints won)
- Media All-Star Team
- Goalkeeper
Georgia Ellinaki (40 saves)
- Field players
Tania Di Mario (14 goals, 7 sprints won)
Rita Drávucz (7 goals, 6 sprints won)
Kyriaki Liosi (9 goals, 21 sprints won)
Martina Miceli (9 goals)
Evangelia Moraitidou (7 goals)
Brenda Villa (7 goals)
References[]
- ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 4
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 6
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 8
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 10
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 12
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 14
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 16
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 18
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 20
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 22
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 24
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 26
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 28
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 30
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 32
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 34
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 36
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 38
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 40
- ^ "Water polo Official Results Book", p. 42
- ^ "Men's and Womens MVPs and All-Tourney Teams Announced". swimmingworldmagazine.com. Swimming World. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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Sources[]
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 2004 Summer Games (women's tournament) (archived)
- Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2004 in women's water polo
- Women's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics