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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
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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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.

Schedule

The schedule is as follows.

Legend
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
G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualification

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.


Event Dates Location Quota(s) Qualified
Host nation N/A 1  Chile
Zone 3 (automatic qualification) N/A 1  United States
Zone 4 (automatic qualification) N/A 1  Canada
2022 CCCAN Championships* July 20–26 Barbados Bridgetown 3  Cuba
 Mexico
 Puerto Rico
2022 South American Games October 11–15 Paraguay Asuncion 2  Brazil
 Argentina
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.

Format

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

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
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
Mexico  11–14  Cuba 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
Canada  14–9  Argentina 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
Canada  24–3  Cuba 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
Mexico  6–8  Argentina 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
Mexico  7–32  Canada 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
Cuba  17–18  Argentina 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

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
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
9:30
Brazil  19–7  Puerto Rico 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
United States  35–0  Chile 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
United States  29–0  Puerto Rico 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
Brazil  31–2  Chile 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
Brazil  3–25  United States 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
Puerto Rico  14–12  Chile 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

Bracket

 
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  
  Mexico  10  
 
4 November
      Mexico  15
    Cuba  11


Seventh place
3 November 4 November
  Cuba  15   Puerto Rico  18
  Chile  13


    Chile  13

Quarterfinals

2 November 2023
8:00
Argentina  13–11  Puerto Rico 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
Cuba  10–12  Brazil 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
Canada  33–2  Chile 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
Mexico  1–32  United States 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

3 November 2023
8:00
Puerto Rico  9–10  Mexico 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
Cuba  15–13  Chile 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

3 November 2023
11:00
Argentina  1–27  United States 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
Brazil  4–21  Canada 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

4 November 2023
8:00
Puerto Rico  18–13  Chile 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

4 November 2023
9:30
Mexico  15–11  Cuba 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

4 November 2023
11:00
Argentina  9–10  Brazil 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

4 November 2023
12:30
United States  20–11  Canada 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

Rank Team
1  United States
2  Canada
3  Brazil
4  Argentina
5  Mexico
6  Cuba
7  Puerto Rico
8  Chile
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics
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