Two water polo competitions were held at the 2000 Summer Olympics Australian metropolis of Sydney .
The venue was the Aquatic Center in the Sydney Olympic Park . For the first time ever, a women's tournament was on the program.
Men's tournament
The four best teams from both preliminary round groups advanced to the quarter-finals. The fifth and sixth placed teams fought a round for places 9 to 12.
Medalist
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country
player
1
Hungary HUN
Tibor Benedek , Péter Biros , Rajmund Fodor , Tamás Kásás , Gergely Kiss , Zoltán Kosz , Tamás Marcz , Tamás Molnár , Barnabás Steinmetz , Zoltán Szécsi , Bulcsú Székely , Zsolt Varga , Attila Vári
2
Russia RUS
Roman Balaschow , Dmitri Dugin , Sergei Garbusow , Dmitri Gorshkov , Yuri Yazev , Alexander Yeryschow , Nikolai Koslow , Nikolai Maximow , Andrei Reketschinski , Marat Sakirow , Irek Sinnurow , Dmitri Stratan , Revas Tschomakidze
3
Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992 YUG
Aleksandar Ćirić , Danilo Ikodinović , Viktor Jelenić , Nikola Kuljača , Aleksandar Šapić , Dejan Savić , Aleksandar Šoštar , Petar Trbojević , Veljko Uskoković , Jugoslav Vasović , Vlada Vujasinović , Nenad Vukanić , Predrag Zimonjić
Preliminary round Group A
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team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Russia Russia
4th
1
0
51:28
+ 23
9
2.
Italy Italy
4th
1
0
43:32
+ 11
9
3.
Spain Spain
2
1
2
32:34
- 2nd
5
4th
Australia Australia
1
2
2
38:36
+ 2
4th
5.
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
1
1
3
41:46
- 5th
3
6th
Slovakia Slovakia
0
0
5
30:59
- 29
0
September 23rd
10:45
Slovakia
Italy 8:11 (0: 3, 2: 3, 3: 2, 3: 3)
15:00
Kazakhstan
Spain 7: 8 (1: 2, 3: 2, 1: 3, 2: 1)
17:30
Australia
Russia 4: 6 (1: 2, 0: 1, 1: 2, 2: 1)
September 24th
10:45
Russia
Italy
7: 7 (2: 1, 3: 3, 2: 1, 0: 2)
15:45
Spain Slovakia
7: 6 (1: 3, 3: 1, 2: 2, 2: 0)
20:30
Australia
Kazakhstan
11:11 (2: 4, 3: 2, 4: 3, 2: 2)
25th of September
10:45
Italy Spain
6: 5 (2: 1, 1: 2, 2: 1, 1: 1)
15:45
Kazakhstan
Russia 7: 9 (1: 1, 1: 4, 2: 2, 3: 2)
20:30
Slovakia
Australia 6:11 (1: 4, 1: 3, 2: 3, 2: 1)
September 26th
10:45
Russia Spain
8: 5 (4: 3, 1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1)
15:45
Kazakhstan Slovakia
9: 5 (4: 0, 1: 0, 1: 2, 3: 3)
20:30
Australia
Italy 5: 6 (1: 0, 1: 2, 3: 2, 0: 2)
September 27th
10:45
Slovakia
Russia 5:21 (1: 7, 1: 5, 1: 6, 2: 3)
15:45
Italy Kazakhstan
13: 7 (2: 1, 2: 1, 5: 3, 4: 2)
20:30
Australia
Spain
7: 7 (0: 2, 2: 1, 3: 2, 2: 2)
Group B
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team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992 Yugoslavia
4th
1
0
41:22
+ 19
9
2.
Croatia Croatia
4th
1
0
42:30
+ 12
9
3.
Hungary Hungary
3
0
2
49:39
+ 10
6th
4th
United States United States
2
0
3
42:39
+ 3
4th
5.
Netherlands Netherlands
1
0
4th
34:55
- 21
2
6th
Greece Greece
0
0
5
22:45
- 23
0
September 23rd
09:30
Greece
Hungary 4: 7 (0: 3, 1: 2, 2: 0, 1: 2)
12:00
Yugoslavia Netherlands
9: 1 (3: 0, 3: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0)
16:15
Croatia United States
10: 7 (3: 1, 4: 1, 1: 2, 2: 3)
September 24th
09:30
Hungary Netherlands
16: 8 (5: 3, 3: 2, 3: 2, 5: 1)
14:30
United States
Yugoslavia 5: 8 (1: 3, 2: 2, 1: 2, 1: 1)
19:15
Greece
Croatia 5: 9 (2: 3, 1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 3)
25th of September
09:30
Netherlands
United States 8:12 (2: 4, 3: 3, 1: 3, 2: 2)
14:30
Croatia Hungary
8: 7 (2: 3, 1: 1, 3: 1, 2: 2)
19:15
Yugoslavia Greece
10: 3 (4: 2, 2: 1, 3: 0, 1: 0)
September 26th
09:30
Hungary United States
10: 9 (3: 1, 2: 3, 3: 4, 2: 1)
14:30
Greece
Netherlands 7:10 (2: 3, 2: 3, 1: 2, 2: 2)
19:15
Croatia
Yugoslavia
4: 4 (1: 2, 0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 1)
September 27th
09:30
Yugoslavia Hungary
10: 9 (3: 3, 2: 3, 3: 2, 2: 1)
14:30
Netherlands
Croatia 7:11 (1: 1, 1: 4, 3: 3, 2: 3)
19:15
Greece
United States 3: 9 (0: 2, 0: 3, 0: 2, 3: 2)
Placement round
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
0 9.
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
2
1
0
23:18
+ 5
5
10.
Greece Greece
1
2
0
24:20
+ 4
4th
11.
Netherlands Netherlands
1
1
1
19:20
- 1
3
12.
Slovakia Slovakia
0
0
3
24:32
- 8th
0
September 29th
09:30
Kazakhstan
Greece
6: 6 (0: 3, 3: 1, 1: 2, 2: 0)
10:45
Slovakia
Netherlands 8: 9 (1: 1, 2: 2, 3: 4, 2: 2)
30. September
10:00
Kazakhstan Slovakia
11: 8 (4: 1, 3: 1, 2: 2, 2: 4)
11:15
Netherlands
Greece
6: 6 (0: 2, 2: 1, 1: 3, 3: 0)
October 1
09:00
Slovakia
Greece 8:12 (2: 3, 4: 3, 1: 1, 1: 5)
10:15
Kazakhstan Netherlands
6: 4 (1: 2, 2: 0, 2: 1, 1: 1)
Final round Quarter finals
September 29th
14:30
Russia United States
11:10 (3: 0, 2: 4, 4: 3, 2: 3)
15:45
Italy
Hungary 5: 8 (0: 2, 2: 3, 3: 2, 0: 1)
19:15
Spain Croatia
9: 8 (1: 1, 3: 1, 2: 3, 3: 3)
20:30
Australia
Yugoslavia 3: 7 (1: 2, 0: 2, 1: 2, 1: 1)
5th to 8th place
30. September
19:00
United States Croatia
9: 8 n.V. (1: 0, 2: 2, 2: 2, 2: 3, 1: 0, 1: 1)
20:15
Italy Australia
8: 4 (2: 2, 2: 2, 2: 0, 2: 0)
Semifinals
30. September
14:30
Russia Spain
8: 7 n.V. (3: 3, 2: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
15:45
Hungary Yugoslavia
8: 7 (3: 2, 2: 3, 2: 2, 1: 0)
Game for 7th place
October 1
11:30
Croatia Australia
10: 8 (2: 2, 2: 2, 4: 2, 2: 2)
Play for 5th place
October 1
12:45
United States
Italy 8:10 (2: 4, 1: 3, 3: 1, 2: 2)
3rd place match
October 1
15:00
Spain
Yugoslavia 3: 8 (1: 2, 1: 2, 1: 2, 0: 2)
final
October 1
16:15
Russia
Hungary 6:13 (1: 3, 1: 5, 2: 2, 2: 3)
Women's tournament The four best teams in the preliminary group made it to the semi-finals.
Medalists
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country
Players
1
Australia OUT
Naomi Castle , Joanne Fox , Bridgette Gusterson , Simone Hankin , Yvette Higgins , Kate Hooper , Bronwyn Mayer , Gail Miller , Melissa Mills , Debbie Watson , Liz Weekes , Danielle Woodhouse , Taryn Woods
2
United States United States
Robin Beauregard , Ellen Estes , Courtney Johnson , Ericka Lorenz , Heather Moody , Maureen O'Toole , Bernice Orwig , Nicolle Payne , Heather Petri , Kathy Sheehy , Coralie Simmons , Julie Swail , Brenda Villa
3
Russia RUS
Marina Akobija , Jekaterina Anikejewa , Sofja Konuch , Marija Koroljowa , Swetlana Kusina , Natalja Kutusowa , Julija Petrowa , Tatjana Petrowa , Galina Rytowa , Jelena Smurowa , Jelena Tokun , Irina Tolkunowa , Jekaterina Wassiljewa
Preliminary round
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Australia Australia
4th
0
1
35:20
+ 15
8th
2.
United States United States
3
1
1
36:30
+ 6
7th
3.
Netherlands Netherlands
3
0
2
27:26
+ 1
6th
4th
Russia Russia
2
1
2
36:29
+ 7
5
5.
Canada Canada
1
2
2
33:34
- 1
4th
6th
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
0
0
5
23:51
- 28
0
16th September
13:00
Kazakhstan
Australia 2: 9 (1: 2, 1: 2, 0: 1, 0: 4)
18:00
Canada
Russia
7: 7 (2: 3, 0: 1, 2: 2, 3: 1)
19:15
Netherlands
United States 4: 6 (0: 2, 1: 1, 2: 1, 1: 2)
17th of September
13:00
Australia Russia
6: 3 (2: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0)
18:00
United States
Canada
8: 8 (3: 3, 2: 3, 0: 2, 3: 0)
19:15
Kazakhstan
Netherlands 6: 8 (2: 2, 2: 2, 1: 2, 1: 2)
September 18
13:00
Netherlands Australia
5: 4 (2: 1, 1: 1, 0: 2, 2: 0)
18:00
Russia
United States 5: 7 (1: 1, 2: 2, 1: 3, 1: 1)
19:15
Canada Kazakhstan
10: 3 (3: 1, 3: 0, 1: 2, 3: 0)
September 19th
13:00
United States
Australia 6: 7 (2: 2, 1: 0, 2: 4, 1: 1)
18:00
Kazakhstan
Russia
6:15 (1: 5, 1: 5, 3: 3, 1: 2)
19:15
Netherlands Canada
7: 4 (3: 0, 0: 2, 2: 2, 2: 0)
September 20th
13:00
Canada
Australia 4: 9 (0: 1, 2: 4, 1: 2, 1: 2)
18:00
Russia Netherlands
6: 3 (1: 2, 1: 1, 3: 0, 1: 0)
19:15
Kazakhstan
United States 6: 9 (1: 2, 1: 3, 2: 3, 2: 1)
Final round Semifinals
September 22
13:00
Australia Russia
7: 6 (2: 3, 1: 1, 1: 2, 3: 0)
19:15
United States Netherlands
6: 5 (3: 2, 1: 3, 1: 0, 1: 0)
Play for 5th place
September 22
18:00
Canada Kazakhstan
9: 8 n.V. (1: 1, 3: 3, 2: 3, 2: 1, 1: 0)
3rd place match
September 23rd
20:00
Russia Netherlands
4: 3 (0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0)
final
September 23rd
21:15
Australia United States
4: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1)
source International Olympic Committee: Official Report of the 2000 Summer Olympics
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