Rio 2016 Olympics Water Polo Test Event

 

The Rio 2016 Olympics Water Polo Test Event has taken place at the Aquatics Olympic Stadium in Rio De Janiero, Brazil.

It was the third test event held at the new venue in the Barra Olympic Park and saw four local junior sides from Rio help Games organisers fine tune preparations for this summer’s showpiece tournament.

Here is some YouTube footage from the recent Rio 2016 Olympics Water Polo Test Event:

At the Games, the men’s and women’s water polo tournaments are scheduled to take place from 6 to 20 August, with the group phases contested at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre, which is located on the northeast side of the Olympic Park, before the action shifts to the Aquatics Olympic Stadium for the knockout stages.

The men’s draw for the Rio 2016 Olympic Water Polo tournament is as follows:

GROUP A
Serbia
Greece
Brazil
Australia
Japan
Hungary

GROUP B
United States
Spain
France
Montenegro
Italy
Croatia

The women’s draw for the Rio 2016 Olympic Water Polo tournament is as follows:

GROUP A
Italy
Russia
Australia
Brazil

GROUP B
Spain
China
Hungary
United States