Spain at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Spain at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	ESP
National federation	Royal Spanish Swimming Federation
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors	50 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Spain competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 18 June to 3 July. ^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Spain men's national water polo team Unai Aguirre Alberto Munárriz Álvaro Granados Bernat Sanahuja Miguel de Toro Marc Larumbe Martin Famera Sergi Cabanas Roger Tahull Felipe Perrone Blai Mallarach Alejandro Bustos Eduardo Lorrio	Water polo	Men's tournament	3 July
Bronze	Cristina Arámbula Abril Conesa Berta Ferreras Emma García Mireia Hernández Meritxell Mas Alisa Ozhogina Paula Ramírez Iris Tió Blanca Toledano	Artistic swimming	Highlight routine	25 June

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Spain entered 12 artistic swimmers. ^[2]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Iris Tió	Solo free routine	89.0333	6 Q	89.7000	6
Alisa Ozhogina Iris Tió	Duet free routine	89.9667	5 Q	90.6667	5
Cristina Arámbula Abril Conesa Berta Ferreras Meritxell Mas Alisa Ozhogina Paula Ramírez Iris Tió Blanca Toledano	Team free routine	91.4333	4 Q	92.0000	4
Cristina Arámbula Abril Conesa Berta Ferreras Emma García Mireia Hernández Meritxell Mas Alisa Ozhogina Paula Ramírez Iris Tió Blanca Toledano	Highlight routine	91.3667	3 Q	91.9333

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Emma García Pau Ribes	Duet technical routine	84.3709	4 Q	84.4829	4
	Duet free routine	86.1667	4 Q	87.1333	4

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Spain entered 3 divers. ^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Adrián Abadía	1 m springboard	277.50	38	—		did not advance
Alberto Arévalo	1 m springboard	311.35	31	—		did not advance
	3 m springboard	378.40	13 Q	356.95	13 Q	360.50	11
Nicolás García	3 m springboard	360.35	21	did not advance
Adrián Abadía Nicolás García	Synchronized 3 m springboard	331.02	12 Q	—		354.60	10

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Spain entered 4 open water swimmers (2 male ^[4] and 2 female ^[5] )

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alberto Martínez	10 km	1:54:25.0	14
	25 km	5:04:22.5	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
María de Valdés	5 km	57:59.0	5
	10 km	2:02:42.8	10
Ángela Martínez	5 km	1:00:49.5	14
	10 km	2:06:50.9	25

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
María de Valdés Ángela Martínez Alberto Martínez Carlos Garach	Team	Disqualified

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Spain entered 8 swimmers. ^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carles Coll	100 m breaststroke	1:02.52	34	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	Disqualified		did not advance
Sergio de Celis	100 m freestyle	49.46	32	did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:50.03	36	did not advance
Carlos Garach	800 m freestyle	8:05.52	19	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:30.62	18	—		did not advance
Hugo González	50 m backstroke	25.26	19	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	53.74	10 Q	53.50	11	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:59.61	15 Q	1:59.05	13	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:59.53	16 Q	1:58.41	12	did not advance
Alberto Lozano	50 m butterfly	23.72	28	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	52.98	30	did not advance
Hugo González Carles Coll Alberto Lozano Sergio de Celis	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:36.10	12	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ángela Martínez	800 m freestyle	8:45.12	16	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:38.39	15	—		did not advance
Paula Otero	400 m freestyle	4:18.90	24	did not advance
	800 m freestyle	did not start		—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:57.76	20	—		did not advance
Jessica Vall	50 m breaststroke	31.92	27	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:08.38	20	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:28.08	17	did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Spain	Men's tournament	Canada annulled	South Africa W 28–2	Italy W 14–12	1 QF	—	Montenegro W 7–6	Croatia W 10–5	Italy W 15–14
Spain	Women's tournament	France W 18–8	Greece D 10–10	Thailand W 30–2	2 P/off	Kazakhstan W 14–1	United States L 8–13	France W 18–5	Australia W 8–5	5

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is Spanish roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament. ^[7]

Head coach: David Martín

• 1 Unai Aguirre GK
• 2 Alberto Munárriz FP
• 3 Álvaro Granados FP
• 4 Bernat Sanahuja FP
• 5 Miguel de Toro CF
• 6 Marc Larumbe FP
• 7 Martin Famera FP
• 8 Sergi Cabanas FP
• 9 Roger Tahull CF
• 10 Felipe Perrone FP
• 11 Blai Mallarach FP
• 12 Alejandro Bustos FP
• 13 Eduardo Lorrio GK

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	42	14	+28	4	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	2	1	0	1	34	18	+16	2	Playoffs
3	South Africa	2	0	0	2	6	50	−44	0
4	Canada [lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: Sportresult
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.
Notes:

1. On 24 June, the Canadian team withdrew from the tournament after multiple positive COVID-19 cases amongst the team. ^{[8] [9]}

Annulled [note 1]

Canada

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Spain

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23 June 2022 18:00	Report	Spain	28–2	South Africa	Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Wallop Jirathornwattana (THA), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
		Score by quarters:7–1, 7–0, 6–1, 8–0
		Granados 6	Goals	Cronje, Howard 1

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25 June 2022 18:00	Report	Italy	12–14	Spain	Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 6–3, 2–2, 0–4
		Di Somma 3	Goals	Granados 3

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Quarterfinal

29 June 2022 19:30	Report	Spain	7–6	Montenegro	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 3–2, 1–2, 1–1
		Mallarach 2	Goals	Đurđić 2

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Semifinal

1 July 2022 19:30	Report	Spain	10–5	Croatia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 0–0, 3–0
		Granados 4	Goals	Bukić 2

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Final

3 July 2022 20:00	Report	Italy	14–15	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–3, 3–2, 3–1   PSO: 5–6
		Cannella 2	Goals	Granados 4

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is Spanish roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament. ^[10]

Head coach: Miki Oca

• 1 Laura Ester GK
• 2 Cristina Nogue Frigola FP
• 3 Anni Espar FP
• 4 Beatriz Ortiz FP
• 5 Nona Perez Vivas FP
• 6 Irene González FP
• 7 Elena Ruiz FP
• 8 Pili Peña FP
• 9 Judith Forca FP
• 10 Paula Camus FP
• 11 Maica García Godoy CF
• 12 Paula Leitón CF
• 13 Martina Terre GK

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	2	1	0	53	15	+38	5 [lower-alpha 1]	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	58	20	+38	5 [lower-alpha 1]	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	0	2	36	41	−5	2
4	Thailand	3	0	0	3	11	82	−71	0

Source: Sportresult
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.
Notes:

1. Spain 10–10 Greece

20 June 2022 19:30	Report	France	8–18	Spain	Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–3, 2–5, 2–6
		Vernoux 4	Goals	Forca 5

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22 June 2022 18:00	Report	Spain	10–10	Greece	Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 2–2, 2–2
		Ruiz 4	Goals	E. Plevritou, V. Plevritou 3

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24 June 2022 18:00	Report	Thailand	2–30	Spain	Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 0–7, 2–11, 0–7
		Puangtong 2	Goals	Forca 7

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Playoffs

26 June 2022 17:00	Report	Kazakhstan	1–14	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Helene Painchaud (CAN), Harvey Hinds (CUR)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–2, 0–7, 0–1
		Turova 1	Goals	Ortiz 4

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Quarterfinals

28 June 2022 16:00	Report	United States	13–8	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 5–3, 2–0
		Haralabidis 6	Goals	Forca, García Godoy 2

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5th–8tth place semifinal

30 June 2022 14:30	Report	France	5–18	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 1–5, 1–7
		five players 1	Goals	four players 3

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Fifth place game

2 July 2022 17:00	Report	Spain	8–5	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Helene Painchaud (CAN), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 1–1, 3–1, 2–3
		three players 2	Goals	five players 1

Notes

1. The final score of Canada–Spain was 2–19. The Canadian national team later withdrew, so the result of the match was canceled afterwards.

References

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2. "19th FINA World Championships Artistic swimming Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
3. "19th FINA World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
4. "19th FINA World Championships Open water Men Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
5. "19th FINA World Championships Open water Women Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
6. "Swimming Entry List" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
7. waterpolo.sportresult.com. "Spain" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
8. "Canada Men's Team withdraws from 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022". Water Polo Canada. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
9. "Canadian men's water polo team withdraws from worlds due to COVID-19". cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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