| Water polo on 2016 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournaments | ||||
| Men | Women | |||
| Compositions | ||||
| Men | Women | |||
| Qualification | ||||
Qualification in water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics is held from 2015 to 2016 . At the games will be able to take part 20 teams (12 male and 8 female).
Content
Men
Qualified Teams
| Tournament | date | Location | Places | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | October 2, 2009 | Copenhagen | one | Brazil |
| World League Super Final 2015 | June 23 - 28, 2015 | Bergamo | one | Serbia |
| Pan American Games 2015 | July 7 - 15, 2015 | Toronto | one | USA |
| 2015 World Aquatics Championship | July 27 - August 8, 2015 | Kazan | 2 | Croatia Greece |
| Oceania | October 19, 2015 | Perth | one | Australia |
| Asian Qualification Tournament | December 16 - 20, 2015 | Foshan | one | Japan |
| European Championship 2016 | January 10 - 23, 2016 | Belgrade | one | Montenegro |
| African Water Polo Championship | - | - | 0 [1] | - |
| Olympic Qualification Tournament | April 3 - 10, 2016 | Trieste | four | Hungary Italy Spain France |
| Total | 12 | |||
Command Distribution
| Qualified as host country | |
| Qualified | |
| Passed to the Olympic qualification tournament |
The best unqualified teams according to the results of continental championships will take part in the Olympic qualification tournament:
- Asia - 1 team
- America - 1 team
- Africa - 1 team
- Europe - 9 teams
| A place | Asia | America | Africa | Europe | Oceania | Olympic qualifying tournament |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Japan | USA | South Africa | Serbia | Australia | Hungary |
| 2 | China | Brazil | Montenegro | Italy | ||
| 3 | Kazakhstan | Canada | Hungary | Spain | ||
| four | Iran | Argentina | Greece | France | ||
| five | Saudi Arabia | Mexico | Spain | Netherlands | ||
| 6 | Venezuela | Italy | Canada | |||
| 7 | Cuba | Croatia | Romania | |||
| eight | Ecuador | Russia | Germany | |||
| 9 | France | Russia | ||||
| ten | Romania | Kazakhstan | ||||
| eleven | Germany | Slovakia | ||||
| 12 | Netherlands | South Africa | ||||
| 13 | Slovakia | |||||
| 14 | Georgia | |||||
| 15 | Malta | |||||
| sixteen | Turkey |
Women
Qualified Teams
| Tournament | date | Location | Places | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | October 2, 2009 | Copenhagen | one | Brazil |
| Oceania | October 19, 2015 | Perth | one | Australia |
| Asian Qualification Tournament | December 16 - 17, 2015 | Foshan | one | China |
| European Championship 2016 | January 10 - 23, 2016 | Belgrade | one | Hungary |
| African Water Polo Championship | - | - | 0 [1] | - |
| Olympic Qualification Tournament | March 21 - 28, 2016 | Gouda | four | USA Italy Russia Spain |
| Total | eight | |||
Command Distribution
| Qualified as host country | |
| Qualified | |
| Passed to the Olympic qualification tournament |
The Olympic qualifying tournament was attended by the best unskilled teams according to the results of continental championships:
- Asia - 1 team
- America - 2 teams
- Africa - 1 team
- Europe - 7 teams
- Oceania - 1 team
| A place | Asia | America | Africa | Europe | Oceania | Olympic qualifying tournament |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | China | USA | South Africa | Hungary | Australia | USA |
| 2 | Japan | Canada | Netherlands | New Zealand | Italy | |
| 3 | Brazil | Italy | Russia | |||
| four | Cuba | Spain | Spain | |||
| five | Puerto rico | Greece | Netherlands | |||
| 6 | Mexico | Russia | Greece | |||
| 7 | Venezuela | France | Canada | |||
| eight | Argentina | Germany | France | |||
| 9 | Serbia | Japan | ||||
| ten | Portugal | Germany | ||||
| eleven | Croatia | New Zealand | ||||
| 12 | Turkey | South Africa |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 The South African Olympic Committee established criteria for selection for the national team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, according to which the NOC will refuse quotas won in continental selections. Additional Olympic ticket will be raffled on the results of the world qualification tournament