2024 World Aquatics Men's U18 Water Polo Championships

For the women's tournament, see 2024 World Aquatics Women's U18 Water Polo Championships.

2024 World Aquatics Men's U18 Water Polo Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
City	Buenos Aires
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	2–9 July 2024
Teams	20 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (3rd title)
Runner-up	Serbia
Third place	Montenegro
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	62
Top scorer(s)	Efe Naipoglu (27 goals)
Best player	Strahinja Krstic
Best goalkeeper	David Szitas
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The 2024 World Aquatics Men's U18 Water Polo Championships was the 6th edition of the men's U18 Water Polo Championship. The tournament was played in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 2 to 9 July 2024. ^[1] Hungary were the defending champions. Hungary won their third title after beating Serbia in the final. ^[1]

Hosts selection

On 7 December 2023, Argentina was given the hosting rights. ^[2]

Teams

Africa   South Africa

Americas   Argentina (hosts)   Brazil   Canada   Colombia   Uruguay   United States

Asia   China   Iran   Japan   Kazakhstan

Europe   Croatia   Greece   Hungary   Italy   Montenegro   Serbia   Spain

Oceania   Australia   New Zealand

Venue

The venue is the Olympic Park Natatorium in Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires		Buenos Aires
		Olympic Park Natatorium
		Capacity: Unknown

Format

The 20 teams were divided into two divisions. The top eight teams made Division 1 and the other twelve teams Division 2. Division 1 were split into two groups of four teams while Division 2 was split into four groups of three. The top two teams from each group of Division 1 advanced directly to the quarterfinals, while the other two teams from each group played against one of the group winners from each group in Division 2 in the crossover round. Starting with quarterfinals onward, the regular knock-out system was used.

Group stage

Division 1

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	0	46	38	+8	8	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	0	0	1	41	35	+6	6
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	1	1	35	34	+1	4	Crossover 2
4	United States	3	0	0	0	3	37	52	−15	0

Source: World Aquatics
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.

2 July 2024 13:30	Report	United States	11–13	Montenegro	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–4, 4–2, 2–2

2 July 2024 19:00	Report	Serbia	13–12	Hungary	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 4–2, 4–5

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3 July 2024 17:30	Report	United States	13–20	Serbia	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 5–6, 4–4, 1–4

3 July 2024 20:30	Report	Montenegro	9–10	Hungary	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 3–3, 1–3

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4 July 2024 16:00	Report	Serbia	18–16	Montenegro	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:4–1, 1–4, 5–5, 3–3   PSO:5–3

4 July 2024 19:00	Report	United States	13–19	Hungary	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–4, 3–6, 2–5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	0	31	25	+6	9	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	3	1	1	0	1	34	36	−2	5
3	Greece	3	1	0	0	2	33	33	0	3	Crossover 2
4	Spain	3	0	0	1	2	31	35	−4	1

Source: World Aquatics
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.

2 July 2024 17:30	Report	Greece	13–10	Spain	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:4–0, 3–3, 3–3, 3–4

2 July 2024 20:30	Report	Italy	12–8	Croatia	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:3–2, 1–1, 3–3, 5–2

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3 July 2024 16:00	Report	Greece	9–10	Italy	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–1, 3–2, 3–3

3 July 2024 19:00	Report	Spain	23–24	Croatia	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:4–1, 6–3, 0–4, 3–5  PSO: 10–11

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4 July 2024 17:30	Report	Italy	9–8	Spain	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:3–2, 1–2, 3–3, 2–1

4 July 2024 20:30	Report	Greece	11–13	Croatia	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:4–2, 4–3, 1–6, 2–2

Division 2

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	2	2	0	0	0	38	20	+18	6	Crossover 1
2	Canada	2	0	1	0	1	29	36	−7	2	Classification round
3	China	2	0	0	1	1	23	34	−11	1

Source: World Aquatics
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.

2 July 2024 09:00	Report	China	7–18	Turkey	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–5, 3–5, 1–5

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3 July 2024 12:00	Report	Canada	13–20	Turkey	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–5, 4–5, 3–5

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4 July 2024 12:00	Report	China	18–20	Canada	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–5, 5–7, 6–2   PSO: 2–4

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	2	2	0	0	0	38	13	+25	6	Crossover 1
2	Argentina (H)	2	1	0	0	1	33	20	+13	3	Classification round
3	Uruguay	2	0	0	0	2	9	47	−38	0

Source: World Aquatics
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) Host

2 July 2024 16:00	Report	Argentina	25–4	Uruguay	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:7–1, 5–1, 7–2, 6–0

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3 July 2024 13:30	Report	Brazil	22–5	Uruguay	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:5–1, 5–0, 8–1, 4–3

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4 July 2024 13:30	Report	Brazil	16–8	Argentina	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:3–1, 2–1, 6–4, 5–2

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	0	35	25	+10	6	Crossover 1
2	Japan	2	1	0	0	1	41	42	−1	3	Classification round
3	Colombia	2	0	0	0	2	26	35	−9	0

Source: World Aquatics
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.

2 July 2024 10:30	Report	Japan	23–19	Colombia	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:8–4, 6–5, 4–5, 5–5

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3 July 2024 09:00	Report	New Zealand	12–7	Colombia	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–1, 3–2, 2–1

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4 July 2024 09:00	Report	Japan	18–23	New Zealand	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 6–6, 3–8, 4–4

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	2	2	0	0	0	34	26	+8	6	Crossover 1
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	0	0	1	23	22	+1	3	Classification round
3	South Africa	2	0	0	0	2	21	30	−9	0

Source: World Aquatics
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.

2 July 2024 12:00	Report	Australia	14–13	Kazakhstan	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–3, 2–1, 5–5

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3 July 2024 10:30	Report	South Africa	8–10	Kazakhstan	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–3, 2–4, 3–1

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4 July 2024 10:30	Report	Australia	20–13	South Africa	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:6–2, 6–4, 3–5, 5–2

Classification round

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	58	42	+16	9	13th place match
2	Japan	3	2	0	0	1	56	50	+6	6	15th place match
3	South Africa	3	1	0	0	2	48	46	+2	3	17th place match
4	Uruguay	3	0	0	0	3	32	56	−24	0	19th place match

Source: World Aquatics
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.

5 July 2024 10:30	Report	Canada	23–13	Uruguay	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:6–4, 7–5, 3–1, 7–3

5 July 2024 12:00	Report	Japan	23–19	South Africa	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:8–3, 3–4, 5–8, 7–4

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6 July 2024 09:00	Report	Japan	16–17	Canada	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–3, 5–6, 4–4

6 July 2024 10:30	Report	South Africa	16–5	Uruguay	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:4–2, 5–0, 5–2, 2–1

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7 July 2024 09:00	Report	Canada	18–13	South Africa	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:6–1, 3–4, 5–5, 4–3

7 July 2024 10:30	Report	Japan	17–14	Uruguay	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:5–3, 4–2, 6–3, 2–6

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina (H)	3	2	1	0	0	40	33	+7	8	13th place match
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	0	39	25	+14	7	15th place match
3	China	3	1	0	0	2	32	38	−6	3	17th place match
4	Colombia	3	0	0	0	3	25	40	−15	0	19th place match

Source: World Aquatics
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) Host

5 July 2024 13:30	Report	China	13–14	Argentina	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:4–2, 2–5, 5–5, 2–2

5 July 2024 15:00	Report	Colombia	6–14	Kazakhstan	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–2, 2–3, 2–5

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6 July 2024 12:00	Report	Colombia	9–10	China	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–2, 3–3, 5–2

6 July 2024 13:30	Report	Kazakhstan	14–15	Argentina	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 3–2, 2–2   PSO: 4–5

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7 July 2024 12:00	Report	China	9–15	Kazakhstan	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:4–2, 1–3, 2–5, 2–5

7 July 2024 13:30	Report	Colombia	10–16	Argentina	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:4–3, 2–3, 3–5, 1–5

Placement matches

Nineteenth place game

8 July 2024 09:00	Report	Uruguay	10–22	Colombia	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–4, 4–6, 0–7

Seventeenth place game

8 July 2024 10:30	Report	South Africa	8–17	China	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 1–6, 2–3, 3–1

Fifteenth place game

9 July 2024 09:00	Report	Japan	23–25	Kazakhstan	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 6–6, 6–3, 6–7  PSO: 3–5

Thirteenth place game

9 July 2024 10:30	Report	Canada	9–16	Argentina	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 2–5, 2–5

Knockout stage

Crossover 1

The four advancing teams from Division 2 played each in a crossover match. The winners of both ties play a fourth place team while the losers play a team that placed third.

5 July 2024 16:30	Report	Brazil	15–13	Turkey	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:2–1, 2–3, 2–2, 5–5   PSO:4–2

5 July 2024 18:00	Report	New Zealand	5–12	Australia	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 3–1, 0–6

Brackets

Main bracket

Crossover 2

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

6 July

Australia

10

7 July

Spain

24

Serbia

17

Spain

16

8 July

Serbia

13

6 July

Montenegro

9

Turkey

8

7 July

Montenegro

11

Croatia

9

Montenegro

14

9 July

Montenegro

12

6 July

Italy

11

Brazil

9

7 July

United States

13

Italy

14

United States

10

8 July

Italy

15

6 July

Hungary

18

Third place game

New Zealand

9

7 July

9 July

Greece

24

Hungary

13

Serbia

10

Greece

12

Hungary

12

Crossover 2

6 July 2024 16:00	Report	Turkey	8–11	Montenegro	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 1–3, 2–3

6 July 2024 17:30	Report	New Zealand	9–24	Greece	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–6, 1–5, 4–9

6 July 2024 19:00	Report	Brazil	9–13	United States	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 2–5, 1–3

6 July 2024 20:30	Report	Australia	10–24	Spain	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 3–4, 3–8, 3–6

Quarterfinals

7 July 2024 16:00	Report	Serbia	17–16	Spain	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 6–1, 3–4, 4–7

7 July 2024 17:30	Report	Italy	14–10	United States	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–0, 4–5

7 July 2024 19:00	Report	Hungary	13–12	Greece	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 4–2, 4–2, 2–3

7 July 2024 20:30	Report	Croatia	9–14	Montenegro	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–4, 2–3, 2–5

Semifinals

8 July 2024 19:00	Report	Serbia	13–9	Montenegro	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:6–0, 2–2, 1–3, 4–4

8 July 2024 20:30	Report	Italy	15–18	Hungary	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 4–7, 4–7, 3–1, 4–3

Third place game

9 July 2024 18:00	Report	Montenegro	12–11	Italy	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 6–2, 3–3, 1–4

Final

9 July 2024 19:30	Report	Serbia	10–12	Hungary	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 4–6, 2–1, 2–2, 2–3

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	8 July
	Spain	18
					9 July
	Croatia	16
					Spain	15
	8 July
					Greece	11
	United States	12
	Greece	14
					Seventh place game
					9 July
					Croatia	13
					United States	16

5th–8th place semifinals

8 July 2024 16:00	Report	Spain	18–16	Croatia	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:6–4, 6–2, 3–4, 3–6

8 July 2024 17:30	Report	United States	12–14	Greece	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 4–5, 4–1, 2–2

Seventh place game

9 July 2024 15:00	Report	Croatia	13–16	United States	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 2–4, 4–3, 2–4

Fifth place game

9 July 2024 16:30	Report	Spain	15–11	Greece	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 6–2, 4–4

9th place bracket

	9th–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	8 July
	Turkey	9 (3)
					9 July
	Australia (PSO)	9 (4)
					Australia	9
	8 July
					Brazil	11
	New Zealand	9
	Brazil	14
					Eleventh place game
					9 July
					Turkey	16
					New Zealand	7

9th–12th place semifinals

8 July 2024 12:00	Report	Turkey	12–13	Australia	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 3–3, 2–2   PSO: 3–4

8 July 2024 13:30	Report	New Zealand	9–14	Brazil	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–4, 3–3, 0–2

Eleventh place game

9 July 2024 12:00	Report	Turkey	16–7	New Zealand	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:3–0, 4–4, 2–2, 7–1

Ninth place game

9 July 2024 13:30	Report	Australia	9–11	Brazil	Olympic Park Natatorium, Buenos Aires
		Score by quarters:4–3, 1–1, 3–5, 1–2

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Hungary
	Serbia
	Montenegro
4	Italy
5	Spain
6	Greece
7	United States
8	Croatia
9	Brazil
10	Australia
11	Turkey
12	New Zealand
13	Argentina
14	Canada
15	Kazakhstan
16	Japan
17	China
18	South Africa
19	Colombia
20	Uruguay

References

1. "World Aquatics Men's U18 Water Polo Championships 2024 - Argentina | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics.
2. "World Aquatics Reveals 2024 calendar for Men's and Women's U18 & U16 Water Polo Championships". World Aquatics. December 7, 2023.