Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games

Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games
Water polo pictogram for the games
VenuesMarkham Pan Am Centre
DatesJuly 7–15
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors208 from 9 nations
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Water polo at the
2015 Pan American Games
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

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]

  1. ^ a b "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.