Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Men's water polo tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
Men's water polo tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	Markham Pan Am Centre
Dates	July 7–15
Competitors	104 from 8 nations
Medalists
	United States
	Brazil
	Canada
	«2011 2019»

Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games
Tournament
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The men's tournament of water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada took place between the 7 and 15 of July at the Markham Pan Am Centre in Markham, Ontario.^[1]^[2] The winner of the competition qualified directly for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while the second through fourth-place finishing teams qualified for the 2016 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament to be held in Florence, Italy.^[3]

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee may enter one men's team for the water polo competition. Canada, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions.^[4]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	Canada
Qualified automatically	—	—	1	United States
2014 South American Championship	October 7–11	Mar del Plata	3	Brazil Argentina Venezuela
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games	November 22–29	Veracruz	3 2	Cuba Mexico ~~Puerto Rico~~
Reallocation	—		1	Ecuador
TOTAL			8

For unknown reasons, Puerto Rico withdrew from the tournament and was replaced with Ecuador.

Format

Eight teams are split into two preliminary round groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
The third and fourth placed each group will crossover and play each other in the fifth to eighth place bracket.
In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Preliminary round

All times are local Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−5)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	3	3	0	0	62	7	+55	6	Qualified for the semifinals
Argentina	3	1	1	1	31	29	+2	3	Qualified for the semifinals
Cuba	3	1	1	1	21	31	−10	3
Ecuador	3	0	0	3	11	58	−47	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 July 2015 20:08	Report	United States	27–0	Ecuador	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: William Mackay (CAN), Edmundo Rodriguez (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 8–0, 5–0, 9–0
		Bonanni 9	Goals

8 July 2015 16:08	Report	Ecuador	8–21	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Daniel Vazquez (MEX), Thomas Molnar (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 1–6, 0–2, 3–8
		Kaltenbach, Kaltenbach 3	Goals	Veich 5, Yanez 4, Damarchi 3, Carabantes 3, Corsi 2, Lopez 2, Monutti 2

8 July 2015 18:08	Report	United States	21–4	Cuba	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Stephane Roy (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–0, 6–1, 6–1
		Samuels 4	Goals	4 players 1

9 July 2015 20:08	Report	Cuba	7–7	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: William Mackay (CAN), Hugo Paredes (VEN).
		Score by quarters: 0-3, 1-1, 4-2, 2-1
		2 players 1	Goals	Demarchi 3, Carabantes 2, Corsi 1, Yanez 1

11 July 2015 16:08	Report	United States	14–3	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Arnoldo Zambrano (VEN), Stéphane Roy (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3-1, 3-0, 4-1, 4-1
		Azevedo 4	Goals	Veich 2, Carabantes 1

11 July 2015 20:08	Report	Ecuador	3–10	Cuba	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Joao Cardenuto (BRA), Claudia Aguilar (MEX)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 0-2, 0-2, 2-3
		Kaltenbach 2	Goals	Carales 3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Brazil	3	3	0	0	55	20	+35	6	Qualified for the semifinals
Canada	3	2	0	1	44	22	+22	4	Qualified for the semifinals
Mexico	3	0	1	2	27	50	−23	1
Venezuela	3	0	1	2	13	47	−34	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 July 2015 16:08	Report	Venezuela	9–9	Mexico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Mark Maretzki (USA), Reynel Castillo (PUR)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–4, 3–2, 2–2
		Borges 3	Goals	Ponce 3

7 July 2015 18:08	Report	Canada	9–11	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Thomas Molnae (HUN), Jaume Teixeira (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–3, 1–4, 2–0
		Conway 3, Boyd 2	Goals	Perrone 3

8 July 2015 20:08	Report	Venezuela	2–22	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Humberto Navarro (USA), Diego Garibaldi (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–6, 0–3, 1–7
		Cardenas, Ramos 1	Goals	Perrone 4

9 July 2015 16:08	Report	Brazil	22–9	Mexico	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Mark Maretzki (USA), Guillermo Grgicevic (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 7–1, 4–2, 8–3
		Gomes 7	Goals	Ponce 3

9 July 2015 18:08	Report	Venezuela	2–16	Canada	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Jaume Teixido (SPA), Reynel Castillo (PUR)
		Score by quarters: 0-5, 1-3, 1-5, 0-3
		2 players 1	Goals	Boyd, Graham 5, Bicari, Kudaba 2

11 July 2015 18:08	Report	Mexico	9–19	Canada	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Humberto Navarro (USA), Thomas Mulnar (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0-2, 3-5, 3-5, 3-7
		Alvarez 2	Goals	Boyd 5, Mcelroy Conway Bicari 3

Classification stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Fifth place

July 13

Venezuela	9
		July 15
Cuba	8
		Mexico	14
July 13
		Venezuela	11
Mexico	17

Ecuador	7
		Seventh place

		July 15

		Cuba	13

		Ecuador	6

Fifth to Eighth place

13 July 2015 12:00	Report	Venezuela	9–8	Cuba	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Reynel Castillo (PUR), Mark Maretzki (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 1-2, 2-1, 5-2
		Velazquez 2	Goals	Carales 4

13 July 2015 14:00	Report	Mexico	17–7	Ecuador	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Guillermo Grgicevic (ARG), William Mackay (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 3-4, 6-0, 5-0
		O'Brien Jr. 5	Goals	Kaltenbach 4

Seventh place match

15 July 2015 12:00	Report	Cuba	13–6	Ecuador	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Claudia Aguilar (MEX), Hugo Paredes (VEN)
		Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-3, 5-2, 5-0
		Carales 5	Goals	Kaltenbach 3

Fifth place match

15 July 2015 14:00	Report	Mexico	14–11	Venezuela	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Reynel Castillo (PUR), Stéphane Roy (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 4-2, 2-3, 5-3
		Avalos 4	Goals	Perez Ribas 3

Medal round

Finals Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

July 13

United States	9
		July 15
Canada	8
		United States	11
July 13
		Brazil	9
Argentina	9

Brazil	15
		Third place

		July 15

		Canada	16

		Argentina	8

Semifinals

13 July 2015 18:00	Report	United States	9–8	Canada	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Jaume Teixido (SPA), Thomas Mulnar (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3-1, 1-2, 2-1, 3-4
		Cupido 3	Goals	Conway 3, Boyd 2, Vikalo 1, Graham 1, Taschereau 1

13 July 2015 20:00	Report	Argentina	9–15	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Arnoldo Zambrano (VEN), Daniel Vasquez (MEX)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 1-4, 4-2, 4-5
		Carabantes 3, Yanez 2, Veich 1, Bulgheroni 1, Damarchi 1, Lopez 1	Goals	Perrone 3

Bronze medal match

15 July 2015 18:00	Report	Canada	16–8	Argentina	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Edmundo Rodrigues (ECU), Humberto Navarro (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3-2, 5-3, 4-2, 4-1
		Conway 4, Taschereau 3, Mcelroy 2, Graham 2, Boyd 2, Vikalo 1, Kudaba 1.	Goals	Yanez 3, Veich 3, Bulgheroni 1, Corsi 1

Gold medal match

15 July 2015 20:00	Report	United States	11–9	Brazil	Markham Pan Am Centre Referees: Thomas Molnar (HUN), Jaume Teixido (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1-0, 6-5, 3-3, 1-1
		2 Players 3	Goals	2 Players 3

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record	Olympic Qualification
	United States	5 – 0 – 0	Qualifies directly for 2016 Olympic Games
	Brazil	4 – 0 – 1	Already qualified as a host
	Canada	3 – 0 – 2	2016 Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament
4	Argentina	2 – 0 – 3
5	Mexico	2 – 1 – 2
6	Venezuela	1 – 1 – 3
7	Cuba	2 – 1 – 2
8	Ecuador	0 – 0 – 5

References

^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^ "Atos Markham Pan Am / Parapan Am Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Water polo" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). Retrieved 20 October 2014.
^ "Qualification System Water polo" (PDF). uana-aquatics.org/. TO2015. December 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

External links

Tournament draw and schedule

[a-1] "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

[2] "Atos Markham Pan Am / Parapan Am Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

[3] "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Water polo" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). Retrieved 20 October 2014.

[4] "Qualification System Water polo" (PDF). uana-aquatics.org/. TO2015. December 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

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