# Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile took place between October 30 and November 4 at the Aquatic Center in Santiago. The winner of the competition, the United States, qualified directly for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows.
| Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | Sat 4 |
| G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F |

## Qualification

A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The host nation (Chile) qualified automatically, along with seven other teams in each tournament according to various criteria. Canada and the United States automatically qualified in each tournament, along with the top three teams at the 2022 CCCAN Championships and top two teams at the 2022 South American Games.
| Event | Dates | Location | Quota(s) | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Chile |
| Zone 3 (automatic qualification) | — | — | 1 | United States |
| Zone 4 (automatic qualification) | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2022 CCCAN Championships* | July 20–26 | Bridgetown | 3 | Cuba Mexico Puerto Rico |
| 2022 South American Games | October 11–15 | Asuncion | 2 | Brazil Argentina |
| Total | | | 8 | |
* The 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games were scheduled to be the qualifying tournament for the CCCAN, but the tournament was cancelled due to low entries. Due to this, the 2022 CCCAN Championships were used to determine the qualifying teams.

## Format

Teams are split into 2 round-robin groups of 4 teams each, where the final positions in each group will determine seedings for the knockout stage. The losing teams from the quarterfinals stage will compete in a separate single elimination bracket to determine fifth through eighth places in the final rankings.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 19 | +51 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 54 | −30 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 30 October 2023 8:00 | Report | Mexico | 11–14 | Cuba | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 30 October 2023 11:00 | Report | Canada | 14–9 | Argentina | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Reynel Castillo (USA) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Reynel Castillo (USA) |||
| 30 October 2023 11:00 | Report | Bakoc 4 | Goals | Auliel, A. Bacigalupo 3 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Reynel Castillo (USA) |
| 31 October 2023 8:00 | Report | Canada | 24–3 | Cuba | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) Darren Spritosanto (USA) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) Darren Spritosanto (USA) |||
| 31 October 2023 8:00 | Report | three players 4 | Goals | three players 1 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) Darren Spritosanto (USA) |
| 31 October 2023 11:00 | Report | Mexico | 6–8 | Argentina | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Yuri Machado (BRA) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Yuri Machado (BRA) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) |||
| 31 October 2023 11:00 | Report | Guzmán 3 | Goals | Auliel, Leonard 2 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Yuri Machado (BRA) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) |
| 1 November 2023 8:00 | Report | Mexico | 7–32 | Canada | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Fernando Teodoro de Brito (BRA) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Fernando Teodoro de Brito (BRA) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |||
| 1 November 2023 8:00 | Report | Ramírez 3 | Goals | Browne 5 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Fernando Teodoro de Brito (BRA) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |
| 1 November 2023 11:00 | Report | Cuba | 17–18 | Argentina | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Reynel Castillo (PUR) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Reynel Castillo (PUR) |||
| 1 November 2023 11:00 | Report | Zunzunegui 4 | Goals | A. Bacigalupo 6 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Reynel Castillo (PUR) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 3 | +86 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 60 | −39 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Chile (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 80 | −66 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 30 October 2023 9:30 | Report | Brazil | 19–7 | Puerto Rico | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: German Moller (ARG) Wilhem Keman (NED) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: German Moller (ARG) Wilhem Keman (NED) |||
| 30 October 2023 9:30 | Report | Leão 4 | Goals | Montalvo, Melendez 2 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: German Moller (ARG) Wilhem Keman (NED) |
| 30 October 2023 12:30 | Report | United States | 35–0 | Chile | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) |||
| 30 October 2023 12:30 | Report | Flynn, Steffens 5 | Goals | | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) |
| 31 October 2023 9:30 | Report | United States | 29–0 | Puerto Rico | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN) Xavier Villanueva (CHI) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN) Xavier Villanueva (CHI) |||
| 31 October 2023 9:30 | Report | Steffens 6 | Goals | | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN) Xavier Villanueva (CHI) |
| 31 October 2023 12:30 | Report | Brazil | 31–2 | Chile | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Agustin Pinski (ARG) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Agustin Pinski (ARG) |||
| 31 October 2023 12:30 | Report | Leão 6 | Goals | Puelma, Ravizza 1 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Agustin Pinski (ARG) |
| 1 November 2023 9:30 | Report | Brazil | 3–25 | United States | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Hélène Painchaud (CAN) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Hélène Painchaud (CAN) |||
| 1 November 2023 9:30 | Report | Belorio 2 | Goals | Fattal 5 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Hélène Painchaud (CAN) |
| 1 November 2023 12:30 | Report | Puerto Rico | 14–12 | Chile | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Jorge Pinski (ARG) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Jorge Pinski (ARG) |||
| 1 November 2023 12:30 | Report | Guzmán 4 | Goals | Sarmiento 4 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Jorge Pinski (ARG) |

## Final stage
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 2 November | 2 November | | | |
| Argentina | 13 | | | |
| Argentina | 13 | 3 November | 3 November | | |
| Puerto Rico | 11 | 3 November | 3 November | |
| Puerto Rico | 11 | Argentina | 1 | |
| 2 November | 2 November | | Argentina | 1 | |
| 2 November | 2 November | United States | 27 | |
| Mexico | 1 | United States | 27 | |
| Mexico | 1 | | | | 4 November | 4 November |
| United States | 32 | | | | 4 November | 4 November |
| United States | 32 | | | | United States | 20 |
| 2 November | 2 November | | | | | United States | 20 |
| 2 November | 2 November | | | | Canada | 11 |
| Cuba | 10 | | | | Canada | 11 |
| Cuba | 10 | 3 November | 3 November | | | |
| Brazil | 12 | 3 November | 3 November | | | |
| Brazil | 12 | Brazil | 4 | | | |
| 2 November | 2 November | | Brazil | 4 | | | |
| 2 November | 2 November | Canada | 21 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Canada | 33 | Canada | 21 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Canada | 33 | | | | 4 November | 4 November |
| Chile | 2 | | | | 4 November | 4 November |
| Chile | 2 | | | | Argentina | 9 |
| | | | | | Brazil | 10 |
| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 3 November | 3 November |
| Puerto Rico | 9 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 4 November | 4 November |
| Mexico | 10 | 4 November | 4 November |
| Mexico | 10 | Mexico | 15 |
| 3 November | 3 November | | Mexico | 15 |
| 3 November | 3 November | Cuba | 11 |
| Cuba | 15 | Cuba | 11 |
| Chile | 13 | | |
| Chile | 13 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 4 November | 4 November |
| | | Puerto Rico | 18 |
| | | Chile | 13 |

### Quarterfinals

| 2 November 2023 8:00 | Report | Argentina | 13–11 | Puerto Rico | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN) Yuri Machado (BRA) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN) Yuri Machado (BRA) |||
| 2 November 2023 8:00 | Report | Leonard 5 | Goals | Cardona 3 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN) Yuri Machado (BRA) |
| 2 November 2023 9:30 | Report | Cuba | 10–12 | Brazil | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) |||
| 2 November 2023 9:30 | Report | Zunzunegui 5 | Goals | Belorio 4 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) |
| 2 November 2023 11:00 | Report | Canada | 33–2 | Chile | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) |||
| 2 November 2023 11:00 | Report | Bakoc 7 | Goals | I. del Villar, S. del Villar 1 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) |
| 2 November 2023 12:30 | Report | Mexico | 1–32 | United States | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Xavier Villanueva (CHI) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Xavier Villanueva (CHI) |||
| 2 November 2023 12:30 | Report | Ramírez 1 | Goals | Steffens 7 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Xavier Villanueva (CHI) |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 3 November 2023 8:00 | Report | Puerto Rico | 9–10 | Mexico | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Dykman Mikhail (CAN) Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Dykman Mikhail (CAN) Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) |||
| 3 November 2023 8:00 | Report | Montalvo, Quiñones 3 | Goals | Ramírez 4 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Dykman Mikhail (CAN) Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) |
| 3 November 2023 9:30 | Report | Cuba | 15–13 | Chile | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Yuri Machado (BRA) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Yuri Machado (BRA) |||
| 3 November 2023 9:30 | Report | three players 3 | Goals | S. del Villar, Sarmiento 5 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Yuri Machado (BRA) |

### Semifinals

| 3 November 2023 11:00 | Report | Argentina | 1–27 | United States | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva (CHI) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva (CHI) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |||
| 3 November 2023 11:00 | Report | Leonard 1 | Goals | four players 4 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva (CHI) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |
| 3 November 2023 12:30 | Report | Brazil | 4–21 | Canada | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Reynel Castillo Torres (PUR) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Reynel Castillo Torres (PUR) |||
| 3 November 2023 12:30 | Report | Belorio 2 | Goals | Lemay-Lavoie 6 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Reynel Castillo Torres (PUR) |

### Seventh place game

| 4 November 2023 8:00 | Report | Puerto Rico | 18–13 | Chile | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Daniel Federico Danes (URU) Jorge Agustin Pinski |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Daniel Federico Danes (URU) Jorge Agustin Pinski |||
| 4 November 2023 8:00 | Report | Guzmán 5 | Goals | Henríquez 4 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Daniel Federico Danes (URU) Jorge Agustin Pinski |

### Fifth place game

| 4 November 2023 9:30 | Report | Mexico | 15–11 | Cuba | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva Domeque (CHI) Hélène Painchaud |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva Domeque (CHI) Hélène Painchaud |||
| 4 November 2023 9:30 | Report | Guzmán 5 | Goals | Zunzunegui 5 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva Domeque (CHI) Hélène Painchaud |

### Third place game

| 4 November 2023 11:00 | Report | Argentina | 9–10 | Brazil | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Gerardo Arellano Jr |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Gerardo Arellano Jr |||
| 4 November 2023 11:00 | Report | Canda 3 | Goals | Ferreira 3 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Gerardo Arellano Jr |

### Final

| 4 November 2023 12:30 | Report | United States | 20–11 | Canada | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) German Moller (ARG) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) German Moller (ARG) |||
| 4 November 2023 12:30 | Report | Fattal, Flynn 5 | Goals | McKelvey 4 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) German Moller (ARG) |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Canada |
| | Brazil |
| 4 | Argentina |
| 5 | Mexico |
| 6 | Cuba |
| 7 | Puerto Rico |
| 8 | Chile |
* Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics