Water polo at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

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
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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^[1]	Colombia	Cuba	Puerto Rico
Women’s tournament^[2]	Cuba	Puerto Rico	Mexico

Medal table

* Host nation (Colombia)

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cuba	3	3	0	70	13	+57	6
2	Venezuela	3	2	1	42	20	+22	4
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	2	28	51	−23	2
4	Costa Rica	3	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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