Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Men's water polo tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games
Men's water polo tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games
Venue	Aquatic Center
Dates	October 30 – November 4
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists
	United States
	Brazil
	Argentina
	«2019 2027»

Last updated April 13, 2024

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile took place between October 30 and November 4 at the Aquatic Center in Santiago. The winner of the competition, the United States, qualified directly for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Schedule

The schedule is as follows.^[1]

Legend
G	Group stage	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

Mon 30	Tue 31	Wed 1	Thu 2	Fri 3	Sat 4
G	G	G	¼	½	B	F

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. The host nation (Chile) qualified automatically, along with seven other teams in each tournament according to various criteria. Canada and the United States automatically qualified in each tournament, along with the top three teams at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games and top two teams at the 2022 South American Games.^[2]

Event	Dates	Location	Quota(s)	Qualified team
Host nation	—		1	Chile
Zone 3 (automatic qualification)	—		1	United States
Zone 4 (automatic qualification)	—		1	Canada
2022 South American Games ^[3]	October 11–15	Asuncion	2	Brazil Argentina
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games	July 1–7	San Salvador	3	Puerto Rico Cuba Mexico
Total			8

Format

Teams are split into 2 round-robin groups of 4 teams each, where the final positions in each group will determine seedings for the knockout stage. The losing teams from the quarterfinals stage will compete in a separate single elimination bracket to determine fifth through eighth places in the final rankings.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	82	18	+64	9	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	3	2	1	46	39	+7	6
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	29	58	−29	3
4	Mexico	3	0	3	24	66	−42	0

Source: Santiago 2023
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.

30 October 2023 15:00	Report	Brazil	18–5	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hinds (NED)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 3–2, 5–1, 5–0
		Coutinho, P. Real 4	Goals	Loubriel 2

30 October 2023 18:00	Report	United States	30–2	Mexico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva (CHI) Daniel Federico Daners (URU)
		Score by quarters:10–0, 7–1, 7–0, 6–1
		R. Dodd 6	Goals	Mercado, Tavera 1

31 October 2023 15:00	Report	United States	28–9	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Daniel Federico Daners (URU)
		Score by quarters:8–3, 6–1, 6–3, 8–2
		R. Dodd 7	Goals	Loubriel 3

31 October 2023 18:00	Report	Brazil	21–10	Mexico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Garcia Soto (VEN) Rincón Patiño (COL)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 5–3, 6–3, 5–2
		Guimarães, P. Real 5	Goals	Estrada 4

1 November 2023 15:00	Report	Brazil	7–24	United States	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–8, 2–5, 3–6
		P. Real, R. Real 2	Goals	Daube 5

1 November 2023 18:00	Report	Puerto Rico	15–12	Mexico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) German Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 5–6, 2–1, 3–1
		D. Zayas 4	Goals	Estrada 4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	71	18	+53	9	Quarterfinals
2	Argentina	3	2	1	43	21	+22	6
3	Cuba	3	1	2	24	58	−34	3
4	Chile (H)	3	0	3	16	57	−41	0

Source: Santiago 2023
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

30 October 2023 16:30	Report	Argentina	20–4	Cuba	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gomez Portodomingo (ESP) Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 6–2, 6–0, 6–1
		Corsi 6	Goals	Ponsa 4

30 October 2023 19:30	Report	Canada	28–4	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Teodoro de Brito (BRA) Arellano Jr (MEX)
		Score by quarters:7–0, 7–2, 9–0, 5–2
		Halajian 5	Goals	four players 1

31 October 2023 16:30	Report	Canada	29–7	Cuba	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ohme (GER) Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 8–3, 8–3, 8-0
		Constantin-Bicari, Côté 6	Goals	Ponsa 4

31 October 2023 19:30	Report	Argentina	16–3	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Dabbaghian (USA) Castillo Torres (PUR)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 4–1, 5–0, 4–2
		Tilatti 4	Goals	three players 1

1 November 2023 16:30	Report	Argentina	7–14	Canada	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–4, 1–3, 2–3
		Veich 3	Goals	Constantin-Bicari 5

1 November 2023 19:30	Report	Cuba	13–9	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Yuri Machado (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 4–1, 4–1
		Ponsa 5	Goals	Cárcamo 4

Final stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

2 November

Brazil	16
		3 November
Cuba	6
		Brazil	13
2 November
		Canada	12
Mexico	5
				4 November
Canada	20
				Brazil	7
2 November
				United States	17
Puerto Rico	9
		3 November
Argentina	20
		Argentina	7
2 November
		United States	22	Bronze medal match
United States	28
				4 November
Chile	2
				Canada	10

				Argentina	12

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

3 November

Cuba	11
		4 November
Mexico	16
		Mexico	9
3 November
		Puerto Rico	13
Puerto Rico	16

Chile	6
		Seventh place

		4 November

		Cuba (PSO)	7 (5)

		Chile	7 (4)

Quarterfinals

2 November 2023 15:00	Report	Brazil	16–6	Cuba	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) Darren Brown Spritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 5–1, 4–3, 4–1
		P. Real 4	Goals	De Armas 3

2 November 2023 16:30	Report	Puerto Rico	9–20	Argentina	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–3, 3–7, 3–6
		Bayo, F. Zayas 2	Goals	Camnasio 6

2 November 2023 18:00	Report	United States	28–2	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Agustin Pinski (ARG) Teodoro de Brito (BRA)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 9–0, 4–1, 11–1
		R. Dodd 8	Goals	Illino, Reginato 1

2 November 2023 19:30	Report	Mexico	5–20	Canada	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Germán Moller (ARG) Reynel Castillo (PUR)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–7, 1–4, 1–5
		Estrada 3	Goals	Constantin-Bicari 5

5–8th place semifinals

3 November 2023 15:00	Report	Cuba	11–16	Mexico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Agustin Pinski (ARG) Darren Brown Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–4, 3–2, 2–5

3 November 2023 16:30	Report	Puerto Rico	16–6	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Fernando de Brito (BRA)
		Score by quarters:6–1, 6–2, 3–0, 1–3

Semifinals

3 November 2023 18:00	Report	Brazil	13–12	Canada	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 3–3, 5–3
		Guimarães, P. Real 3	Goals	Constantin-Bicari, Patterson 3

3 November 2023 19:30	Report	Argentina	7–22	United States	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–4, 4–6, 6–6
		Galimberti 2	Goals	Irving 6

Seventh place game

4 November 2023 16:00	Report	Cuba	12–11	Chile	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Yuri Machado (BRA) Reynel Castillo Torres (PUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–2, 3–2, 3–1 PSO:5–4

Fifth place game

4 November 2023 17:30	Report	Mexico	9–13	Puerto Rico	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Harvey Hinds (CUW)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–2, 2–4, 1–2

Third place game

4 November 2023 19:00	Report	Canada	10–12	Argentina	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) Darren Spirtosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 3–2, 4–4
		four players 2	Goals	Camnasio 3

Final

4 November 2023 20:30	Report	Brazil	7–17	United States	Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–6, 2–5, 2–4
		three players 2	Goals	Bowen, Daube 5

Final standings

Rank	Team
	United States
	Brazil
	Argentina
4	Canada
5	Puerto Rico
6	Mexico
7	Cuba
8	Chile

	Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

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References

↑ "WATER POLO KICKED OFF THE SANTIAGO 2023 GROUP STAGE DRAWS FOR TEAM SPORTS". Santiago 2023 Organizing Committee . Retrieved 23 September 2023.
↑ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
↑ "Brasil vence Argentina no feminino e no masculino e leva dois ouros no Polo Aquático em Assunção" [Brazil defeats Argentina in women's and men's and takes two golds in water polo in Asuncion]. www.cbda.org.br/ (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Aquáticos. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

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[1] "WATER POLO KICKED OFF THE SANTIAGO 2023 GROUP STAGE DRAWS FOR TEAM SPORTS". Santiago 2023 Organizing Committee . Retrieved 23 September 2023.

[2] "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.

[3] "Brasil vence Argentina no feminino e no masculino e leva dois ouros no Polo Aquático em Assunção" [Brazil defeats Argentina in women's and men's and takes two golds in water polo in Asuncion]. www.cbda.org.br/ (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Aquáticos. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

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