Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games

Water polo pictogram for the games

Venues| Markham Pan Am Centre
Dates| July 7–15
No. of events| 2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors| 208 from 9 nations

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Water polo competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 7 to 15 at the Markham Pan Am Centre in Markham.[1][2] The water polo competitions was the first sporting event to be conducted at the games, beginning three days before the opening ceremony.[1] This is because the Pan American Games were scheduled to be held roughly around the same time as the 2015 World Aquatics Championships scheduled for Kazan, Russia, thus the competition was moved forward to allow for a sufficient gap between the two events.[3] A total of eight men's and women's teams competed in each respective tournament.[4]

The winner of the men's tournament (the United States) qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[5]

## Venue

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Main article: Venues of the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games

The Markham Pan Am Centre (Atos Markham Pan Am Centre), in Markham, was the venue for the water polo competitions

The competitions took place at the Atos Markham Pan Am Centre (Markham Pan Am Centre) located in the city of Markham, about 31 kilometers from the athletes village. The arena had a capacity of 2,000 people per session (1,000 permanent seating + 1,000 temporary seats).[1] The venue was also host the badminton and table tennis competitions, but in the other side of the centre (a triple gymnasium).[6]

## Competition schedule

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The following is the competition schedule for the water polo competitions:[7]

P | Preliminaries  | ½ | Semifinals  | B | 3rd place play-off  | F | Final

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Event↓/Date → | Tue 7 | Wed 8 | Thu 9 | Fri 10 | Sat 11 | Sun 12 | Mon 13 | Tue 14 | Wed 15

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Men | P | P | P |  | P |  | ½ |  | B | F
Women | P | P | P |  | P | ½ |  | B | F |

## Medal table

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*   Host nation (Canada)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States| 2| 0| 0| 2
2|  Brazil| 0| 1| 1| 2
Canada*| 0| 1| 1| 2
Totals (3 entries)| 2| 2| 2| 6

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's tournament
details |  United States
Merrill Moses
Alex Obert
Luca Cupido
Josh Samuels
Tony Azevedo
Alex Bowen
Bret Bonanni
Nikola Vavic
Jackson Kimbell
Alex Roelse
Jesse Smith
John Mann
McQuin Baron |  Brazil
Adrián Delgado
Bernardo Gomes
Bernardo Rocha
Felipe Perrone
Felipe Costa e Silva
Guilherme Gomes
Gustavo Guimarães
Ives Alonso
Jonas Crivella
Josip Vrlić
Paulo Salemi
Thyê Bezerra
Vinicius Antonelli |  Canada
Constantine Kudaba
Nicolas Bicari
Justin Boyd
Kevin Graham
Josh Conway
Jared McElroy
Dusan Aleksic
Robin Randall
Oliver Vikalo
Scott Robinson
Alec Taschereau
Dusan Radojcic
George Torakis
Women's tournament
details |  United States
Sami Hill
Maddie Musselman
Melissa Seidemann
Rachel Fattal
Caroline Clark
Maggie Steffens
Courtney Mathewson
Kiley Neushul
Ashley Grossman
Kaleigh Gilchrist
Makenzie Fischer
Kami Craig
Ashleigh Johnson |  Canada
Jessica Gaudreault
Krystina Alogbo
Katrina Monton
Emma Wright
Monika Eggens
Jakie Kohli
Joelle Bekhazi
Shae Fournier
Carmen Eggens
Christine Robinson
Stephanie Valin
Dominique Perrault
Claire Wright |  Brazil
Tess Oliveira
Marina Zablith
Izabella Chiappini
Catherine Oliveira
Luiza Carvalho
Mirella Coutinho
Gabriela Dias
Diana Abla
Marina Canetti
Lucianne Maia
Melani Dias
Viviane Bahia
Victoria Chamorro

## Qualification

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A total of eight men's teams and eight women's qualified to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American Championship and Central American and Caribbean Games qualified for each respective tournament. Venezuela and Colombia who compete in both events, were not eligible to qualify through the latter. The host nation (Canada) and the United States automatically qualified teams in both events. Each nation could enter one team in each tournament (13 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 26 athletes.[8]

### Men

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Event  | Date  | Location  | Vacancies  | Qualified

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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 men's tournament and was replaced with Ecuador.

### Women

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Event  | Date  | Location  | Vacancies  | Qualified

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

## Participating nations

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A total of nine countries qualified water polo teams. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of participants entered.

*  Argentina (26)
*  Brazil (26)
*  Canada (26)
*  Cuba (26)
*  Ecuador (13)
*  Mexico (26)
*  Puerto Rico (13)
*  United States (26)
*  Venezuela (26)

## References

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1. ^ a b c "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. ^ Hogan, Bill (2013). "Dear President Coaracy & UANA Executive Committee Members" (PDF). uana-aquatics.org/. Swimming Union of the Americas (UANA). Retrieved 29 November 2014.
4. ^ "Water Polo". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
5. ^ "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.
6. ^ Persico, Amanda (24 July 2014). "Pan Am building gets finishing touches in Markham". www.yorkregion.com/. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
7. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
8. ^ "Qualification System Water polo" (PDF). uana-aquatics.org/. TO2015. December 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

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