Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games
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Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

 at the 2011 Pan American Games
2011 Pan American Games
The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, Puerto Vallarta, Lagos de Moreno and Tapalpa...

will be held from October 23 to October 29, 2011, at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Scotiabank Aquatics Center
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 in Guadalajara
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, Mexico
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. Each men's and women's team will consist of 13 athletes. Therefore, a total of 208 athlete will compete in water polo at these games. The winner of each tournament qualifies to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Water polo tournament at the 2012 Olympics in London are scheduled to be held at the Aquatics Centre from 28 July to 12 August. The venue will hold 5,000 spectators during water polo matches. Twelve teams will compete in men's tournament and eight teams in women's tournament.- Men :- Women :...

 in London
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, Great Britain
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, while the second through fourth place finishers in each tournament qualify for the last chance qualifying tournament.

Medal table

1 2 0 0 2
2 0 2 0 2
3 0 0 2 2
Total 2 2 2 6

Events

Men

Merrill Moses
Merrill Moses
Merrill Moses is an American water polo player.Moses was a goalkeeper on the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary. He was named to the Olympic all-star team.In December 2010,...


Peter Varellas
Peter Varellas
Peter Varellas is an American water polo player. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary....


Peter Hudnut
Peter Hudnut
Peter Hudnut is an American water polo player. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary....


Ryan Bailey
Ryan Bailey (water polo)
Ryan Bailey is an American water polo player, currently playing for VK Partizan. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary.Went to Millikan High School in Long...


Tony Azevedo
Tony Azevedo
Anthony Lawrence Azevedo is an American water polo player and a graduate of Stanford University. Nicknamed "The Savior" at one point, he is considered to be one of the best American water polo players in recent memory...


Jeff Powers
Jeff Powers
Jeff Powers is an American water polo player. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary....


Layne Beaubien
Layne Beaubien
Layne Beaubien is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary....


Adam Wright
Adam Wright (water polo)
Adam Wright is an American water polo player and a college water polo head coach. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...


Tim Hutten
Tim Hutten
Tim Hutten is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, losing to Hungary. Tim is currently waiting to score more goals in the 2012 games in...


Jesse Smith
Jesse A. Smith
Jesse A. Smith is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary....


Brian Alexander
Brian Alexander (water polo)
Brian Alexander is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team.-External links:* *...


J.W. Krumpholz
Chay Lapin

Dusan Aleksic
Nicholas Bicari
Justin Boyd
John Conway
Dusko Dakic
Devon Diggle
Aaron Feltham
Aaron Feltham
Aaron Feltham is a water polo player from Canada.Feltham's professional career began at the age of 16, when he left home to play for the Ottawa Titans. Feltham played two years apiece with the Canada B water polo team and the junior national team. In 2007-08, he played in the top men's division in...


Kevin Graham
Kevin Graham
Kevin Graham is a Canadian water polo player. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The team finished 11th out of the 12 teams in the tournament....


Constantine Kudaba
Jared McElroy
Robin Randall
Robin Randall
Robin Randall is a male water polo player from Canada. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....


Scott Robinson
Oliver Vikalo

Henrique Carvalho
João Coelho
Danilo Correa
Jonas Crivella
Marcelo Das Chagas
Felipe De Costa
Luís Dos Santos
Marcelo Franco
Ruda Franco
Gustavo Guimăres
Bernardo Rocha
Gabriel Rocha
Emilio Vieira
Women

Elizabeth Armstrong
Elizabeth Armstrong
Elizabeth Armstrong is a female water polo goalkeeper from the United States, who won the gold medal with the United States women's national water polo team at the 2007 Pan American Games. She made her debut for the national team in 2006...


Heather Petri
Heather Petri
Heather Petri is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal with the US women's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics...


Melissa Seidemann
Brenda Villa
Brenda Villa
Brenda Villa is an American world-class water polo player for the US National and Olympic teams....


Lauren Wenger
Lauren Wenger
Lauren Wenger is an American water polo player for the University of Southern California, who received the 2006 Peter J. Cutino Award as the best collegiate water polo player among Division I NCAA teams...


Margaret Steffens
Courtney Mathewson
Courtney Mathewson
Courtney Mathewson was born September 14, 1986. in Orange, California. She played water polo for the University of California, Los Angeles Bruins during their four-consecutive NCAA National Champion Women's Water Polo championships, and was named to the All-Tournament first team...


Jessica Steffens
Jessica Steffens
Jessica Steffens is an American water polo player. She was a member of the US water polo team that won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...


Elsie Windes
Elsie Windes
Elsie Windes is an American water polo player. She was a member of the US water polo team that won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-Career:...


Kelly Rulon
Kelly Rulon
Kelly Rulon is an American water polo player for the UCLA Bruins and the US National Team, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics...


Annika Dries
Kami Craig
Kami Craig
Kami Craig is an American water polo player. She was a member of the US water polo team that won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Craig attended Santa Barbara High School and the University of Southern California...


Tumuaialii Anae

Krystina Alogbo
Krystina Alogbo
Krystina Alogbo is a Canadian water polo player. She was a member of the Women's Nation Team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal, Québec.-References:*...


Joëlle Békhazi
Joëlle Békhazi
Joëlle Stephanie Békhazi is a female water polo player from Canada. She was a member of the Canada women's national water polo team, that claimed the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....


Tara Campbell
Tara Campbell
Tara Campbell is a Canadian water polo player. She is a member of the Women's National Team that claimed the bronze medal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal, Québec, and the silver medal at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy...


Emily Csikos
Emily Csikos
Emily Csikos is a female water polo player from Canada. She was a member of the Canada women's national water polo team, that claimed the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....


Monika Eggens
Whitney Genoway
Katrina Monton
Dominique Perreault
Dominique Perreault
Dominique Perreault is a Canadian water polo player. She was a member of the Women's Nation Team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in her native town.-References:*...


Marina Radu
Marina Radu
Marina Radu is a female water polo player from Canada. She was a member of the Canada women's national water polo team, that claimed the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....


Rachel Riddell
Rachel Riddell
Rachel Riddell is a Canadian water polo goaltender.Riddell is a student at Loyola Marymount University. She was part of the 4th place women's water polo team at the 2003 world championships in Barcelona, Spain...


Christine Robinson
Christine Robinson
Christine Robinson is a Canadian water polo player. She is a student at McGill University. She was part of the 7th place women's water polo team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:***...


Rosanna Tomiuk
Rosanna Tomiuk
Rosanna Tomiuk is a female water polo player from Canada. She was a member of the Canada women's national water polo team, that claimed the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....


Anna Yelizarova

Tess De Oliveira
Cecilia Canetti
Marina Zablith
Marina Canetti
Marina Canetti
Marina Canetti is a female water polo player from Brazil, who won the bronze medal with the Brazil women's national water polo team at the 2003 Pan American Games. She also competed at the 2007 Pan American Games, finishing in fourth place.-References:...


Catherine De Oliveira
Izabella Chiappini
Cristina Beer
Luiza Carvalho
Fernanda Lissoni
Fernanda Lissoni
Fernanda Palma Lissoni is a female water polo player from Brazil, who finished in fourth place with the Brazil women's national water polo team at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also competed at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, finishing in tenth place.-References:...


Gabriela Gozani
Mirela Coutinho
Gabriela Dias
Manuela Canetti
Manuela Canetti
Manuela Canetti is a female water polo goalkeeper from Brazil, who finished in fourth place with the Brazil women's national water polo team at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also competed at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, finishing in tenth place.-References:...


Men

The following nations qualified for the men's tournament:
North America | South America | Automatic qualifiers






Women

The following nations qualified for the women's tournament:
North America | South America | Automatic qualifiers







Schedule

The competition will be spread out across seven days.
    Preliminary round     Semifinals  M  Event finals

October 23rd
Sun
24th
Mon
25th
Tue
26th
Wed
27th
Thu
28th
Fri
29th
Sat
Gold
medals
Men M 1
Women M 1
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