Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

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Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Host city Fukuoka, Japan
Date(s)16–29 July
Venue(s) Marine Messe Fukuoka
Events2
2022
2024

Two water polo competitions took place as part of the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, and were held between 16 and 29 July 2023 at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan. [1] [2]

Contents

Schedule

Two competitions were held. [3]

All times are local (UTC+9).

DateTimeRound
16 July 202309:00Preliminary round
17 July 2023
18 July 2023
19 July 2023
20 July 2023
21 July 2023
22 July 202309:00Play-offs/Placement matches
23 July 2023
24 July 202309:00Quarterfinals/Placement matches
25 July 2023
26 July 202309:00Semifinals/Placement matches
27 July 2023
28 July 202311:30Women's finals
29 July 202311:30Men's finals

Qualification

A total of 16 teams qualified for each tournament. [4]

Men

EventDatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s)
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2022 World League 8 January – 27 July 2022 Flag of France.svg Strasbourg 2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2022 World Championships 21 June – 3 July 2022 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
2022 European Championship 29 August – 10 September 2022 Flag of Croatia.svg Split 3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
2022 Asian Championship 7–14 November 2022 Flag of Thailand.svg Samut Prakan 2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
2023 Pan American Water Polo Championships 3–8 April 2023 Flag of Brazil.svg Bauru 2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
African Wildcard1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Oceanian Wildcard1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Total16

Due the limited budget and the proximity of the date of the championship with the 2023 Pan American Games, Brazil opted for the withdrawal before the tournament and was replaced by Argentina. [5] [6]

Women

EventDatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s)
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2022 World League 25 January – 6 November 2022 Flag of Spain.svg Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2022 World Championships 20 June – 2 July 2022 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 4Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2022 European Championship 27 August – 10 September 2022 Flag of Croatia.svg Split 3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of France.svg  France
2022 Asian Championship 7–14 November 2022 Flag of Thailand.svg Samut Prakan 2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
2023 Pan American Water Polo Championships 3–8 April 2023 Flag of Brazil.svg Bauru 2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
African Wildcard1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Oceanian Wildcard1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Total16

Due the limited budget and the proximity of the date of the championship with the 2023 Pan American Games, Brazil withdrew before the tournament and was replaced by Argentina. [7] [8]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1001
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1001
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0112
4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0101
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men
details
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Márton Lévai
Dániel Angyal
Krisztián Manhercz
Zoltán Pohl
Márton Vámos
Ádám Nagy
Gergő Zalánki
Gergő Fekete
Toni Német
Dénes Varga
Szilárd Jansik
Vendel Vigvári
Soma Vogel
Erik Molnár
Vince Vigvári
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Emmanouil Zerdevas
Konstantinos Genidounias
Dimitrios Skoumpakis
Efstathios Kalogeropoulos
Ioannis Fountoulis
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Georgios Dervisis
Stylianos Argyropoulos
Dimitrios Nikolaidis
Konstantinos Kakaris
Ioannis Alafragkis
Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis
Panagiotis Tzortzatos
Nikolaos Gkillas
Aristeidis Chalyvopoulos
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Unai Aguirre
Alberto Munárriz
Álvaro Granados
Bernat Sanahuja
Miguel del Toro
Marc Larumbe
Martin Famera
Sergi Cabañas
Roger Tahull
Felipe Perrone
Blai Mallarach
Alejandro Bustos
Eduardo Lorrio
Alberto Barroso
Fran Valera
Women
details
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Laura Aarts
Iris Wolves
Brigitte Sleeking
Sabrina van der Sloot
Maartje Keuning
Simone van de Kraats
Bente Rogge
Vivian Sevenich
Kitty-Lynn Joustra
Lieke Rogge
Lola Moolhuijzen
Nina ten Broek
Sarah Buis
Marit van der Weijden
Maxine Schaap
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Laura Ester
Cristina Nogué
Anni Espar
Beatriz Ortiz
Nona Pérez
Paula Crespí
Elena Ruiz
Pili Peña
Judith Forca
Paula Camus
Maica García Godoy
Paula Leitón
Martina Terré
Ariadna Ruiz
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Giuseppina Condorelli
Chiara Tabani
Giuditta Galardi
Silvia Avegno
Sofia Giustini
Dafne Bettini
Domitilla Picozzi
Roberta Bianconi
Valeria Palmieri
Claudia Marletta
Agnese Cocchiere
Giulia Viacava
Caterina Banchelli
Lucrezia Cergol
Veronica Gant

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