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The FINA Water Polo World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in water polo. The teams of the member nations of FINA , water polo's world governing body, are ranked based on their competitions results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.. As of 2016, women's teams from Europe, North America and Oceania won all five gold medals. [1]The United States is the most successful country in the women's Olympic water polo tournament, with three Olympic gold medals.
As of 2016, two water polo players won Olympic medals and then guided women's national water polo teams to the Olympic podium as head coaches. With the Hungary men's national water polo team, István Görgényi won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was appointed head coach of the Australia women's national team in 1998 ...
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 water polo tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from 27 July to 11 August. [1] [2] Preliminary water polo matches occurred at Paris Aquatic Centre, with the final playoffs staged at the iconic Paris La Défense Arena. Similar to the previous edition, twenty-two teams (twelve for men and ten for women) competed against ...
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the United States women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The United States women's national water polo team has participated in 7 of 7 official women's water polo tournaments .
Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics. List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics; List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics; List of Olympic champions in men's water polo; List of Olympic champions in women's water polo; National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo ...
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. Heather Petri and Brenda Villa of the United States are the only two female athletes to win four Olympic medals ...