Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Water polo at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Water polo pictogram for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Venue	Paris Aquatic Centre (prelims phase) Paris La Défense Arena (final phase)
Dates	27 July – 11 August 2024
No. of events	2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors	286 from 15 nations
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The water polo tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from 27 July to 11 August. ^{[1] [2]} Preliminary water polo matches occurred at Paris Aquatic Centre, with the final playoffs staged at the iconic Paris La Défense Arena. Similar to the previous edition, twenty-two teams (twelve for men and ten for women) competed against each other in their respective tournaments. ^{[3] [4]}

Qualification

The International Olympic Committee and World Aquatics (AQUA) had ratified and released the qualification criteria for Paris 2024. The host nation France reserved a direct quota place each in the men's and women's tournament with the remainder of the total quota attributed to the eligible NOCs through a tripartite qualification pathway. ^{[4] [5]}

The 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, produced the winners and runners-up of the men's and women's water polo tournament, qualifying for Paris 2024. Five further quota places were awarded to the highest-ranked eligible NOC at each of the continental meets (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) approved by World Aquatics. If any of the continental meets did not occurred within the qualifying period, the vacant spot was entitled to the highest-ranked eligible NOC from a respective continent at the succeeding edition of the Worlds. ^[4]

To complete the water polo roster for the Games, the final batch of quota places were assigned to the four highest-ranked eligible NOCs for men and two for women at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. ^{[3] [4] [6]}

Qualification summary

Nation	Men's	Women's	Athletes
Australia			26
Canada	—		13
China	—		13
Croatia		—	13
France			26
Greece			26
Hungary			26
Italy			26
Japan		—	13
Montenegro		—	13
Netherlands	—		13
Romania		—	13
Serbia		—	13
Spain			26
United States			26
Total: 15 NOCs	156	130	286

Men's qualification

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
Host country	—		1	France
2023 World Aquatics Championships	17–29 July 2023	Fukuoka	2	Hungary
				Greece
2022 Asian Games	2–7 October 2023	Hangzhou	1	Japan
2023 Pan American Games	30 October – 4 November 2023	Santiago	1	United States
2024 European Championships	4–16 January 2024	Dubrovnik/Zagreb	1	Spain
2024 World Aquatics Championships	5–17 February 2024	Doha	4	Croatia
				Italy
				Serbia
				Montenegro
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Africa			1	South Africa
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Oceania			1	Australia
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Reallocation			1	Romania [a]
Total			12

1. South Africa withdrew from the tournament after the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. Romania, as the best non-qualified team, took their spot. ^[7]

Women's qualification

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
Host country	—		1	France
2023 World Aquatics Championships	16–28 July 2023	Fukuoka	2	Netherlands
				Spain
2023 Oceanian Qualifier Series	11–12 August 2023	Auckland	1	Australia
2022 Asian Games	25 September – 1 October 2023	Hangzhou	1	China
2023 Pan American Games	30 October – 4 November 2023	Santiago	1	United States
2024 European Championships	5–13 January 2024	Eindhoven	1	Greece
2024 World Aquatics Championships	4–16 February 2024	Doha	2	Hungary
				Italy
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Africa			1	South Africa
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Reallocation			1	Canada [a]
Total			10

1. South Africa withdrew from the tournament after the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. Canada, as the best non-qualified team, took their spot. ^[8]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Serbia	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
3	Australia	0	1	0	1
	Croatia	0	1	0	1
5	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		2	2	2	6

Paris La Défense Arena during the water polo competitions

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament details	Serbia Radoslav Filipović Dušan Mandić Strahinja Rašović Sava Ranđelović Miloš Ćuk Nikola Dedović Radomir Drašović Nikola Jakšić Nemanja Ubović Nemanja Vico Petar Jakšić Viktor Rašović Vladimir Mišović	Croatia Marko Bijač Rino Burić Loren Fatović Luka Lončar Maro Joković Luka Bukić Ante Vukičević Marko Žuvela Jerko Marinić Kragić Josip Vrlić Matias Biljaka Konstantin Kharkov Toni Popadić	United States Alex Bowen Luca Cupido Hannes Daube Chase Dodd Ryder Dodd Ben Hallock Drew Holland Johnny Hooper Max Irving Alex Obert Marko Vavic Adrian Weinberg Dylan Woodhead
Women's tournament details	Spain Paula Camus Paula Crespí Anni Espar Laura Ester Judith Forca Maica García Godoy Paula Leitón Beatriz Ortiz Pili Peña Nona Pérez Isabel Piralkova Elena Ruiz Martina Terré	Australia Abby Andrews Charlize Andrews Zoe Arancini Elle Armit Keesja Gofers Sienna Green Bronte Halligan Sienna Hearn Danijela Jackovich Matilda Kearns Genevieve Longman Gabriella Palm Alice Williams	Netherlands Laura Aarts Sarah Buis Kitty-Lynn Joustra Maartje Keuning Lola Moolhuijzen Bente Rogge Lieke Rogge Vivian Sevenich Brigitte Sleeking Nina ten Broek Simone van de Kraats Sabrina van der Sloot Iris Wolves

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	5	3	1	0	1	61	52	+9	11 [a]	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	3	1	0	1	60	43	+17	11 [a]
3	United States	5	3	0	0	2	59	51	+8	9 [b]
4	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	58	57	+1	9 [b]
5	Montenegro	5	1	0	2	2	45	50	−5	5
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	37	67	−30	0

Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

1. Greece 9–8 Italy
2. Croatia 11–14 United States

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	0	0	67	39	+28	15	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	5	3	0	0	2	44	42	+2	9 [a]
3	Hungary	5	3	0	0	2	62	54	+8	9 [a]
4	Serbia	5	2	0	0	3	58	63	−5	6
5	France (H)	5	1	0	0	4	50	60	−10	3
6	Japan	5	1	0	0	4	60	83	−23	3

Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Australia 9–8 Hungary

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	7 August
	Greece	11
					9 August
	Serbia	12
					Serbia	10
	7 August
					United States	6
	United States (PSO)	7 (4)
									11 August
	Australia	7 (3)
									Serbia	13
	7 August
									Croatia	11
	Italy	9 (1)
					9 August
	Hungary (PSO)	9 (3)
					Hungary	8
	7 August
					Croatia	9			Bronze medal
	Croatia	10
									11 August
	Spain	8
									United States (PSO)	8 (3)
									Hungary	8 (0)

Final standings

Rank	Team [9]
	Serbia
	Croatia
	United States
4	Hungary
5	Greece
6	Spain
7	Italy
8	Australia
9	Montenegro
10	France
11	Japan
12	Romania

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	2	2	0	0	33	28	+5	10 [a]	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	4	3	0	1	0	52	37	+15	10 [a]
3	Hungary	4	2	0	1	1	46	37	+9	7
4	Canada	4	1	0	0	3	37	49	−12	3
5	China	4	0	0	0	4	34	51	−17	0

Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

1. Netherlands 14–15 Australia

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	4	4	0	0	0	51	36	+15	12	Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	3	0	0	1	53	27	+26	9
3	Italy	4	1	0	0	3	34	40	−6	3 [a]
4	Greece	4	1	0	0	3	33	41	−8	3 [a]
5	France (H)	4	1	0	0	3	24	51	−27	3 [a]

Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Greece 3 Pts, +3 GD; Italy 3 Pts, +3 GD; France 3 Pts, −6 GD. Italy ranked above Greece due to more goals scored.

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	6 August
	Australia	9
					8 August
	Greece	6
					Australia (PSO)	8 (6)
	6 August
					United States	8 (5)
	Hungary	4
									10 August
	United States	5
									Australia	9
	6 August
									Spain	11
	Netherlands	11
					8 August
	Italy	8
					Netherlands	14 (4)
	6 August
					Spain (PSO)	14 (5)			Bronze medal
	Canada	8
									10 August
	Spain	18
									United States	10
									Netherlands	11

Final standings

Rank	Team [10]
	Spain
	Australia
	Netherlands
4	United States
5	Hungary
6	Italy
7	Greece
8	Canada
9	France
10	China

See also

• Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games

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