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The women's tournament of water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan was played from 24 July to 7 August 2021 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. [1] It was the sixth appearance of the women's tournament, which had been held consecutively since 2000 and also was the first time on history that the tournament had 10 ...
Twenty-two teams (twelve for men and ten for women) competed in the tournament, an increase of two from the previous editions. [1] Men's Water polo was also the last final played before the closing ceremony. It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
These are the rosters of all participating teams at the women's water polo tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The ten national teams were required to submit squads of 12 players. Additionally, teams could name one alternate player.
The U.S. has been the dominant force in women’s water polo for more than a decade, winning gold medals in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympics (postponed a year due to COVID).
The following table shows results of Olympic champions in women's water polo by tournament. Last updated: 7 August 2021. Legend 6 – Winning 6 matches during the tournament 4 – Drawing 4 matches during the tournament 2 – Losing 2 matches during the tournament 100.0% – Winning all matches during the tournament
FILE - United States head coach Adam Krikorian directs players during a quarterfinal round win over Canada in a women's water polo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in ...
Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympics.Since then, the United States women's team has won six consecutive medals.. There are thirty-five female athletes who have won two or more Olympic medals in water polo.
The qualification for the 2020 women's Olympic water polo tournament (postponed to 2021 [1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic) allocated ten teams quota spots: the hosts, the top team in the World League, the top team in the World Championships, five continental Olympic qualification tournament champions, and the two top teams at an Olympic qualifying tournament.