Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

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

Schedule

Two competitions were held.[1]

All time are local (UTC+2).

Date Time Round
20 June 202218:00Preliminary round
21 June 2022
22 June 2022
23 June 2022
24 June 2022
25 June 2022
26 June 202209:00Play-offs/Placement matches
27 June 2022
28 June 202214:00Quarterfinals/Placement matches
29 June 2022
30 June 202209:00Semifinals/Placement matches
1 July 2022
2 July 202213:00Women's finals
3 July 202213:00Men's finals

Qualification

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

Men

Event Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nationN/AN/A1 Hungary
2020 Summer Olympics25 July – 8 August 2021 Tokyo4 Serbia
 Greece
 Spain
 Croatia
2020 FINA World League26 June – 1 July 2020 Tbilisi2 Montenegro
 United States
2020 European Championship14–26 January 2020 Budapest3 Italy
 Russia
 Germany
 Georgia
2022 Intercontinental Cup
(Americas qualifier)
7–13 March 2022 Lima2 Canada
 Brazil
2018 Asian Games16 August – 1 September 2018 Jakarta2 Kazakhstan
 Japan
African SelectionN/AN/A1 South Africa
Oceanian SelectionN/AN/A1 Australia
Total16

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

Women

Event Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nationN/AN/A1 Hungary
2020 Summer Olympics24 July – 7 August 2021 Tokyo4+1 United States
 Spain
 Russia
 Australia
 Netherlands
 Canada
2020 FINA World League14– 19 June 2020 Athens0[note 1]
2020 European Championship12–25 January 2020 Budapest3 Italy
 Greece
 France
2022 Intercontinental Cup
(Americas qualifier)
7–13 March 2022 Lima2 Brazil
 Argentina
2018 Asian Games16 August – 1 September 2018 Jakarta2 China
 Japan

 Kazakhstan
 Thailand
African SelectionN/AN/A1 South Africa
Oceanian SelectionN/AN/A1 New Zealand
Wild card[4]N/AN/A1 Colombia
Total16

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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women

References

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