Rusland kvinder
Italien kvinder
The women's tournament of water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan was played from 24 July to 7 August 2021 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. It was the sixth appearance of the women's tournament, which had been held consecutively since 2000 and also was the first time on history that the tournament had 10 teams competing.
On 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.
The United States won their third consecutive and overall gold medal after a finals win over Spain, while Hungary captured the bronze medal, beating defending bronze medalists Russia.
The medals for the competition were presented by Samira Asghari, Afghanistan; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Dale Neuburger, United States; FINA Treasurer.
De olympiske vandpolokampe for kvinder 2020 er en turnering, hvor verdens bedste kvindelige vandpolohold dyster om guldmedaljen ved Sommer-OL 2020. Turneringen afholdes i Tokyo Aquatics Centre fra den 24. juli til 7. august 2020.
**Hold:**
* Australien
* Canada
* Kina
* Grækenland
* Ungarn
* Italien
* Japan
* Holland
* Rusland
* Spanien
* USA
**Format:**
* Holdene er opdelt i to grupper á seks hold.
* Hvert hold spiller fem kampe i gruppespillet.
* De fire bedste hold fra hver gruppe går videre til kvartfinalerne.
* Vinderne af kvartfinalerne går videre til semifinalerne, hvor de spiller om en plads i finalen.
* Vinderen af finalen får guldmedaljen, mens taberen får sølvmedaljen.
**Hold at holde øje med:**
* **USA** er de forsvarende olympiske mestre og et af favoritholdene.
* **Spanien** er en anden stærk konkurrent og vandt guld ved VM i 2019.
* **Ungarn** har en lang historie for succes i vandpolo og er et hold med erfarne spillere.
* **Australien** er altid en trussel og har en stærk defensiv.
**Tidsplan:**
* Gruppespil: 24. juli - 2. august
* Kvartfinaler: 4. august
* Semifinaler: 6. august
* Finale: 7. august