Water polo at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

Water polo at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
Venue	Complejo Acuático
Location	Barranquilla
Dates	26 July – 2 August
Nations	8
Teams	8 (men) 6 (women)
Champions
Men	Colombia
Women	Cuba

The water polo competition at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Barranquilla, Colombia from 26 July to 2 August at the Complejo Acuático.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men’s tournament	Colombia	Cuba	Puerto Rico
Women’s tournament	Cuba	Puerto Rico	Mexico

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	1	1	0	2
2	Colombia (COL)*	1	0	0	1
3	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	1	2
4	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Qualification

Men's qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host country	11 June 2014	Veracruz	1	Colombia
CCCAN 2017	22–28 June 2017	Couva	7	Cuba Venezuela Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica Costa Rica
Total			8

Women's qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host country	11 June 2014	Veracruz	1	Colombia
CCCAN 2017	22–28 June 2017	Couva	5	Cuba Mexico Venezuela Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago
Total			6

Men's tournament

All times are local (UTC−5).

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cuba	3	3	0	0	70	13	+57	6
2	Venezuela	3	2	0	1	42	20	+22	4
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	28	51	−23	2
4	Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	12	68	−56	0

Source: Barranquilla 2018
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

26 July 2018 17:15	Report	Costa Rica	2–19	Venezuela
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–4, 2–4, 0–5
		Á. Aguilar, K. Aguilar 1	Goals	Velásquez 7

26 July 2018 18:35	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	2–29	Cuba
		Score by quarters: 1–9, 1–4, 0–7, 0–9
		George, Sharpe 1	Goals	four players 5

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27 July 2018 17:15	Report	Cuba	31–4	Costa Rica
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 9–0, 10–0, 8–2
		Jiménez 6	Goals	K. Aguilar 2

27 July 2018 18:35	Report	Venezuela	16–8	Trinidad and Tobago
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 8–1, 4–5, 2–1
		Schmidt 4	Goals	Daniel 3

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28 July 2018 17:15	Report	Costa Rica	6–18	Trinidad and Tobago
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–6, 1–6, 1–5
		J. García 3	Goals	Des Vignes, Ferreira 4

28 July 2018 18:35	Report	Cuba	10–7	Venezuela
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 2–2, 4–1
		Peralta 3	Goals	Schmidt 3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colombia (H)	3	2	1	0	40	27	+13	5
2	Mexico	4	2	1	1	37	25	+12	5
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	34	24	+10	2
4	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	13	48	−35	0

Source: Barranquilla 2018
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

26 July 2018 19:55	Report	Jamaica	6–16	Mexico
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 3–3, 0–4, 1–2
		Jones, Williams 3	Goals	Ponce 5

26 July 2018 21:15	Report	Puerto Rico	10–13	Colombia
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–1, 4–5, 2–4
		F. Zayas 4	Goals	A. Hernández 4

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27 July 2018 19:55	Report	Colombia	17–7	Jamaica
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–1, 2–4, 5–1
		A. Hernández, Guarnizo 4	Goals	Garrick 2

27 July 2018 21:15	Report	Mexico	11–9	Puerto Rico
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 3–1, 3–3
		Ávalos 3	Goals	F. Zayas 3

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28 July 2018 19:55	Report	Jamaica	0–15	Puerto Rico
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–3, 0–3, 0–5
			Goals	Castillo 4

28 July 2018 21:15	Report	Colombia	10–10	Mexico
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 3–3, 1–2
		Cuervo 3	Goals	Velázquez 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

Fifth place

5–8th place semifinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Cuba

21

B4

Jamaica

4

B4

Jamaica

6

A1

Cuba

12

A3

Trinidad and Tobago

8

B2

Mexico

8

B2

Mexico

17

A3

Trinidad and Tobago

6

A3

Trinidad and Tobago

8

A1

Cuba

10

A2

Venezuela

16

B1

Colombia

12

B1

Colombia

22

A4

Costa Rica

4

Seventh place

A4

Costa Rica

4

B1

Colombia

8

Third place

A2

Venezuela

20

B3

Puerto Rico

6

B4

Jamaica

9

A2

Venezuela

6

B2

Mexico

10

A4

Costa Rica

6

B3

Puerto Rico

8

B3

Puerto Rico

11

Quarterfinals

29 July 2018 17:15	Report	Cuba	21–4	Jamaica
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 5–0, 4–1, 6–3
		Peralta 5	Goals	Taylor 2

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29 July 2018 18:35	Report	Colombia	22–4	Costa Rica
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–2, 5–1, 7–0
		A. Hernández 8	Goals	four players 1

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29 July 2018 19:55	Report	Venezuela	6–8	Puerto Rico
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 4–1, 1–2, 1–2
		Schmidt, Velásquez 2	Goals	Bayo, F. Zayas 2

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29 July 2018 21:15	Report	Mexico	17–6	Trinidad and Tobago
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–2, 4–0, 4–1
		Ponce 6	Goals	Alvarez, Ferreira 2

5–8th place semifinals

30 July 2018 17:15	Report	Jamaica	6–8	Trinidad and Tobago
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–4, 2–2, 1–1
		Jones 3	Goals	Alvarez 4

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30 July 2018 18:45	Report	Costa Rica	4–20	Venezuela
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–5, 2–4, 1–7
		Quesada 2	Goals	Schmidt 5

Semifinals

31 July 2018 16:00	Report	Cuba	12–8	Mexico
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–0, 3–3, 2–4
		Peralta 3	Goals	Velázquez 4

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31 July 2018 17:30	Report	Colombia	8–6	Puerto Rico
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 2–2, 1–1
		Idarraga 3	Goals	Loubriel, F. Zayas 3

Seventh place game

1 August 2018 17:15	Report	Jamaica	9–6	Costa Rica
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 2–0, 3–4
		Jones 3	Goals	J. García 2

Fifth place game

1 August 2018 18:45	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	8–16	Venezuela
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–5, 3–2, 2–4
		Alvarez 2	Goals	Velásquez 5

Third place game

2 August 2018 16:00	Report	Mexico	10–11	Puerto Rico
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–4, 1–4, 4–1
		Ponce 5	Goals	F. Zayas 4

Final

2 August 2018 17:30	Report	Cuba	10–12	Colombia
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 3–5, 3–2
		Carales 7	Goals	Idarraga 4

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Colombia
	Cuba
	Puerto Rico
4	Mexico
5	Venezuela
6	Trinidad and Tobago
7	Jamaica
8	Costa Rica

Team qualified to the 2019 Pan American Games

Women's tournament

Group stage

All times are local (UTC−5).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	5	5	0	0	92	41	+51	10	Semifinals
2	Cuba	5	4	0	1	82	32	+50	8
3	Mexico	5	3	0	2	63	45	+18	6	Quarterfinals
4	Venezuela	5	2	0	3	50	49	+1	4
5	Colombia (H)	5	1	0	4	48	72	−24	2
6	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	0	5	19	115	−96	0

Source: Barranquilla 2018
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

26 July 2018 13:00	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	3–22	Venezuela
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 0–6, 0–5, 1–5
		three players 1	Goals	Martínez, S. Torres 5

26 July 2018 14:20	Report	Mexico	18–10	Colombia
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–3, 4–4, 5–2
		Flores 7	Goals	Marín, Restrepo 3

26 July 2018 15:40	Report	Cuba	12–13	Puerto Rico
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–3, 3–5, 1–2
		Carrasco, A. González 3	Goals	Am. Ortiz 5

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27 July 2018 13:00	Report	Mexico	22–5	Trinidad and Tobago
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 6–1, 4–1, 6–2
		Díaz 5	Goals	Ross 3

27 July 2018 14:20	Report	Venezuela	9–16	Cuba
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–7, 1–5, 4–2
		Araujo 3	Goals	Carrasco 4

27 July 2018 15:40	Report	Puerto Rico	20–6	Colombia
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–1, 6–2, 3–2
		García, Medina 4	Goals	six players 1

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28 July 2018 13:00	Report	Venezuela	6–16	Puerto Rico
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–6, 0–4, 0–2
		Agelvis, S. Torres 2	Goals	García 5

28 July 2018 14:20	Report	Cuba	11–4	Mexico
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 4–2, 3–0
		three players 3	Goals	Ramos 2

28 July 2018 15:40	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	5–20	Colombia
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 4–3, 0–4, 1–7
		Van Reeken 2	Goals	Marín 7

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29 July 2018 13:00	Report	Mexico	7–5	Venezuela
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 0–0, 2–1
		Díaz 2	Goals	Martínez 2

29 July 2018 14:20	Report	Colombia	5–21	Cuba
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–5, 0–6, 4–4
		Marín 3	Goals	Chávez 7

29 July 2018 15:40	Report	Puerto Rico	29–5	Trinidad and Tobago
		Score by quarters: 8–2, 6–1, 10–0, 5–2
		three players 5	Goals	Ross 2

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30 July 2018 13:00	Report	Cuba	22–1	Trinidad and Tobago
		Score by quarters: 8–1, 2–0, 8–0, 4–0
		Ramírez 6	Goals	Ross 1

30 July 2018 14:20	Report	Puerto Rico	14–12	Mexico
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 3–3, 5–4
		Medina 7	Goals	Vizcarra 5

30 July 2018 15:40	Report	Colombia	7–8	Venezuela
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 2–1, 3–3
		Hernández 3	Goals	Martínez 5

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						2	Cuba	14
	3	Mexico	13			3	Mexico	6
	6	Trinidad and Tobago	3								2	Cuba	12
											1	Puerto Rico	5
						1	Puerto Rico	16
	4	Venezuela (PSO)	17			4	Venezuela	6
	5	Colombia	16								Third place
											3	Mexico	12
											4	Venezuela	11

	5th place
	6	Trinidad and Tobago	7
	5	Colombia	14

Quarterfinals

31 July 2018 13:00	Report	Mexico	13–3	Trinidad and Tobago
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 6–1, 1–0, 4–2
		Carrillo, Murrieta 3	Goals	three players 1

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31 July 2018 14:20	Report	Venezuela	17–16	Colombia
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 5–3, 1–2  PSO: 7–6
		S. Torres 4	Goals	Samboní 3

Fifth place game

1 August 2018 13:00	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	7–14	Colombia
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–3, 3–1, 1–4
		Van Reeken 3	Goals	Cortínez 4

Semifinals

1 August 2018 14:20	Report	Cuba	14–6	Mexico
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 5–2, 1–2, 5–2
		Carrasco 4	Goals	Carballo 3

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1 August 2018 14:20	Report	Puerto Rico	16–6	Venezuela
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 6–3, 4–1, 2–2
		García 3	Goals	Martínez, S. Torres 2

Third place game

2 August 2018 13:00	Report	Mexico	12–11	Venezuela
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–2, 4–3, 0–3
		Carballo 4	Goals	S. Torres 4

Final

2 August 2018 14:20	Report	Cuba	12–5	Puerto Rico
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–1, 4–1, 1–1
		three players 3	Goals	Medina 2

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Puerto Rico
	Mexico
4	Venezuela
5	Colombia
6	Trinidad and Tobago

Team qualified to the 2019 Pan American Games

External links

• 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Water polo
• Results book