Water polo at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games

Water polo at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
Venue	Complejo Acuatico U. D. Pedro de Heredia
Location	Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Dates	23-29 July
Medalists
Cuba - men's    Cuba - women's    Colombia    Puerto Rico    Mexico    Venezuela

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games the game of water polo was played by men and women. They both competed at the Complejo Acuatico U. D. Pedro de Heredia in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia from July 23 to July 29, 2006. The women participated for the first time at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	Cuba Carlos Ortega Edgar Lara Emiio Orns Ernesto Cisneros Ernesto Diaz Gianny Lara Ives Gonzalez Nieter Sanchez Rigel Jimenez Yarbul Gonzalez Yohandri Andrades Richard Cabrera Jose Gonzalez	Colombia Elkin Buitrago Nelson Bejarano Joaquin Ortiz Jorge Soto Jorge Montoya Jairo Lizarazo Alejandro Idarraga Danilo Orozco Andres Madrid Juan Giraldo Andres Hernandez Juan Echeverry Carlos Marin	Mexico Ornar Montiel Cutberto Hernandez Hermes Ponce Rainier Schmidt Fausto Vazquez Jorge Lopez Oliver Alvarez Richard Schmidt Diego Castaneda Romel Palacios Maximiliano Aguilar Jr. Armando Garcia Carlos Villegas
Women's team	Cuba Sheila Gomez Leyanis Gutierrez Hirovis Hernandez Dayana Morales Danay Gutierrez Olga Soler Yanelis Andreus Lisandra Frometa Neldys Truffin Mairelis Zunzunequi Yamira Caballero Helen Reyes	Puerto Rico Estefania Laboy Paola Medina Angelica Ortiz Amanda Ortiz Carla Martinez Carla Batiz Angelica Garcia Alejandra Ortiz Mairim Rosado Anaid Ralat Cristina Ortiz Nicoll Medina Mirelis Arocho	Venezuela Xomar Vilar Yaurimar Gutierrez Selene Rego Yessenia Bastardo Thais Suarez Rocio Garue Jesvia Alvarado Carol Caliz Fabiola Godoy Gregory Aguilar Andrea Victoria Alejandra Florez

Men's competition

Preliminary round

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Cuba	10	5	5	0	0	101	34	+67
2.	Venezuela	6	5	3	0	2	39	46	–7
3.	Colombia	5	5	2	1	2	56	39	+17
4.	Mexico	5	5	2	1	2	60	49	+11
5.	Puerto Rico	4	5	2	0	3	57	53	+3
6.	Trinidad and Tobago	0	5	0	0	5	18	109	–91

• July 23, 2006

Venezuela	9 – 8	Puerto Rico
Trinidad and Tobago	3 – 21	Mexico
Cuba	11 – 7	Colombia

• July 24, 2006

Venezuela	6 – 12	Mexico
Cuba	32 – 4	Trinidad and Tobago
Puerto Rico	8 – 12	Colombia

• July 25, 2006

Mexico	9 – 19	Cuba
Puerto Rico	22 – 3	Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela	6 – 5	Colombia

• July 26, 2006

Cuba	18 – 7	Venezuela
Puerto Rico	12 – 9	Mexico
Colombia	23 – 5	Trinidad and Tobago

• July 27, 2006

Trinidad and Tobago	3 – 11	Venezuela
Puerto Rico	7 – 21	Cuba
Mexico	9 – 9	Colombia

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Semi finals

• July 28, 2006

Mexico	5 – 9	Cuba
Colombia	13 – 6	Venezuela

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Finals

• Fifth Place Match — July 28, 2006

Trinidad and Tobago	5 – 16	Puerto Rico

• Bronze Medal Match — July 29, 2006

Venezuela	7 – 11	Mexico

• Gold Medal Match — July 29, 2006

Colombia	7 – 12	Cuba

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Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
1.	Cuba
2.	Colombia
3.	Mexico
4.	Venezuela
5.	Puerto Rico
5.	Trinidad and Tobago

Topscorers

RANK	PLAYER'S NAME	GOALS
1.	Rigel Jimenez (CUB)	30
2.	Ernesto Cisnero (CUB)	24
3.	Gilberto Rosa (PUR)	16
4.	Christopher George (TRI)	15
5.	Cutberto Hernandez (MEX)	13
6.	Carlos Ortega Castillo (CUB)	12
	Oliver Alvarez (MEX)
	Iosse Gonzalez (CUB)

Women's competition

Preliminary round

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Cuba	8	4	4	0	0	63	20	+43
2.	Puerto Rico	6	4	3	0	1	43	33	+10
3.	Venezuela	4	4	2	0	2	36	42	–6
4.	Mexico	1	4	0	1	3	23	42	–19
5.	Colombia	1	4	0	1	3	21	49	–28

• July 23, 2006

Venezuela	10 – 9	Mexico
Cuba	19 – 3	Colombia

• July 24, 2006

Puerto Rico	8 – 16	Cuba
Venezuela	12 – 8	Colombia

• July 25, 2006

Venezuela	9 – 10	Puerto Rico
Mexico	6 – 6	Colombia

• July 26, 2006

Puerto Rico	13 – 4	Mexico
Cuba	15 – 5	Venezuela

• July 27, 2006

Mexico	4 – 13	Cuba
Puerto Rico	12 – 4	Colombia

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Semi finals

• July 28, 2006

Cuba	12 – 4	Mexico
Puerto Rico	10 – 8	Venezuela

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Finals

• Bronze Medal Match — July 29, 2006

Venezuela	10 – 6	Mexico

• Gold Medal Match — July 29, 2006

Puerto Rico	7 – 15	Cuba

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Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
1.	Cuba
2.	Puerto Rico
3.	Venezuela
4.	Mexico
5.	Colombia

Topscorers

RANK	PLAYER'S NAME	GOALS
1.	Hirovis Hernandez (CUB)	23
	Amanda Ortíz (PUR)
3.	Danay Gutierrez (CUB)	15
4.	Yamira Caballero (CUB)	12
	Leyanis Gutierrez (CUB)
	Angelica García (PUR)
	Olga Soler (CUB)
	Gregory Aguilar (VEN)
9.	Jesvia Alvarado (VEN)	11
10.	Paola Medina (PUR)	10

References

• Results
• Official site
• (in Spanish) Official Results^[usurped]