Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships


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Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held between 20 June and 3 July 2022.

Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
Host cityBudapest, Hungary
Date(s)20 June – 3 July
Venue(s)Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Swimming pool Sopron, Debrecen, Szeged
Events2

2019

2023

Main article: 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Schedule

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Two competitions were held.[1]

All time are local (UTC+2).

Date Time Round
20 June 2022 18:00 Preliminary round
21 June 2022
22 June 2022
23 June 2022
24 June 2022
25 June 2022
26 June 2022 09:00 Play-offs/Placement matches
27 June 2022
28 June 2022 14:00 Quarterfinals/Placement matches
29 June 2022
30 June 2022 09:00 Semifinals/Placement matches
1 July 2022
2 July 2022 13:00 Women's finals
3 July 2022 13:00 Men's finals

Qualification

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A total of 16 teams qualified for each tournament.[2]

Men

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Event Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation 1   Hungary
2020 Summer Olympics 25 July – 8 August 2021   Tokyo 4   Serbia
  Greece
  Spain
  Croatia
2020 FINA World League 26 June – 1 July 2020   Tbilisi 2   Montenegro
  United States
2020 European Championship 14–26 January 2020   Budapest 3   Italy
  Russia
  Germany
  Georgia
2022 Intercontinental Cup
(Americas qualifier)
7–13 March 2022   Lima 2   Canada
  Brazil
2018 Asian Games 16 August – 1 September 2018   Jakarta 2   Kazakhstan
  Japan
African Selection 1   South Africa
Oceanian Selection 1   Australia
Total 16

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]

Women

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Event Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation 1   Hungary
2020 Summer Olympics 24 July – 7 August 2021   Tokyo 4+1   United States
  Spain
  Russia
  Australia
  Netherlands
  Canada
2020 FINA World League 14– 19 June 2020   Athens 0 [note 1]
2020 European Championship 12–25 January 2020   Budapest 3   Italy
  Greece
  France
2022 Intercontinental Cup
(Americas qualifier)
7–13 March 2022   Lima 2   Brazil
  Argentina
2018 Asian Games 16 August – 1 September 2018   Jakarta 2   China
  Japan

  Kazakhstan
  Thailand
African Selection 1   South Africa
Oceanian Selection 1   New Zealand
Wild card[4] 1   Colombia
Total 16

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
China and Japan withdrew before the tournament.[4]

  1. ^ With the World League finalists already qualified through the Olympic Rankings, those two spots were re-allocated to the Olympics

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Hungary)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Spain1001
  United States1001
3  Hungary0101
  Italy0101
5  Greece0011
  Netherlands0011
Totals (6 entries)2226

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
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  Spain [5]
  Italy[6]
  Greece[7]
Women
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  United States [8]
  Hungary [9]
  Netherlands [10]

References

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