Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The water polo tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Kōtō. Twenty-two teams (twelve for men and ten for women) competed in the tournament, an increase of two from the previous editions.[1] Water polo was also the last sport played before the closing ceremony.

Water polo
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Water polo pictogram
Tournament details
Host country Japan
CityTokyo
Venue(s)Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates24 July – 8 August 2021
Events2 (men's, women's)
Teams12 (men's), 10 (women's)
(from 5 confederations)
Competitors286
Final positions
Champions Serbia (men)
 United States (women)
Runners-up Greece (men)
 Spain (women)
Third place Hungary (men)
 Hungary (women)
Fourth place Spain (men)
 ROC (women)
Tournament statistics (men, women)
Matches74
Goals scored1,650 (22.3 per match)
Multiple
medalists		4-time medalist(s): 3 players
3-time medalist(s): 6 players
MVPs Filip Filipović (men's)
Maddie Musselman (women's)
Water polo at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
menwomen
Tournaments
menwomen
Rosters
menwomen

It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Schedule

The match schedule as of 9 March 2021.[3][4][5]

Legend
GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
Date
Event
Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29Fri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6Sat 7Sun 8
MenGGGGG¼½colspan="2"class="team-bronze" |BF
WomenGGGGG¼½BF

Qualification

Qualification summary
NationMen'sWomen'sAthletes
 Australia26
 Canada13
 China13
 Croatia13
 Greece13
 Hungary26
 Italy13
 Japan26
 Kazakhstan13
 Montenegro13
 Netherlands13
 ROC13
 South Africa26
 Serbia13
 Spain26
 United States26
Total: 16 NOCs1210286

Men's qualification
Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Event Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nationN/AN/A1 Japan
2019 FINA World League18–23 June 2019 Belgrade1 Serbia
2019 FINA World Championships15–27 July 2019 Gwangju2 Italy
 Spain
2019 Pan American Games4–10 August 2019 Lima1 United States
Oceanian Continental SelectionN/AN/A1 Australia
African Continental SelectionN/AN/A1 South Africa
2020 European Championships14–26 January 2020 Budapest1 Hungary
2018 Asian Games[6][7]25 August – 1 September 2018 Jakarta1 Kazakhstan
World Qualification Tournament14–21 February 2021 Rotterdam3 Croatia
 Greece
 Montenegro
Total12

Women's qualification
Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Event Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nationN/AN/A1 Japan
2019 FINA World League4–9 June 2019 Hungary1 United States
2019 FINA World Championships14–26 July 2019 Gwangju1 Spain
2019 Pan American Games4–10 August 2019 Lima1 Canada
Oceanian Continental SelectionN/AN/A1 Australia
African Continental SelectionN/AN/A1 South Africa
2020 European Championships12–25 January 2020 Budapest1 ROC
2018 Asian Games[8][9][10]16–21 August 2018 Jakarta1 China
World Qualification Tournament19–24 January 2021[11] Trieste2 Hungary
 Netherlands
Total10

Medal summary

Medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Serbia1001
 United States1001
3 Greece0101
 Spain0101
5 Hungary0022
Totals (5 NOCs)2226

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
  Serbia
Milan Aleksić
Nikola Dedović
Filip Filipović
Nikola Jakšić
Đorđe Lazić
Dušan Mandić
Branislav Mitrović
Stefan Mitrović
Duško Pijetlović
Gojko Pijetlović
Andrija Prlainović
Sava Ranđelović
Strahinja Rašović		  Greece
Stylianos Argyropoulos
Georgios Dervisis
Ioannis Fountoulis
Konstantinos Galanidis
Konstantinos Genidounias
Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis
Marios Kapotsis
Christodoulos Kolomvos
Konstantinos Mourikis
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Dimitrios Skoumpakis
Angelos Vlachopoulos
Emmanouil Zerdevas		  Hungary
Dániel Angyal
Balázs Erdélyi
Balázs Hárai
Norbert Hosnyánszky
Szilárd Jansik
Krisztián Manhercz
Tamás Mezei
Viktor Nagy
Mátyás Pásztor
Márton Vámos
Dénes Varga
Soma Vogel
Gergő Zalánki
Women
  United States
Rachel Fattal
Aria Fischer
Makenzie Fischer
Kaleigh Gilchrist
Stephania Haralabidis
Paige Hauschild
Ashleigh Johnson
Amanda Longan
Maddie Musselman
Jamie Neushul
Melissa Seidemann
Maggie Steffens
Alys Williams		  Spain
Marta Bach
Anni Espar
Clara Espar
Laura Ester
Judith Forca
Maica García
Irene González
Paula Leitón
Beatriz Ortiz
Pili Peña
Elena Ruiz
Elena Sánchez
Roser Tarragó		  Hungary
Edina Gangl
Krisztina Garda
Gréta Gurisatti
Anikó Gyöngyössy
Anna Illés
Rita Keszthelyi
Dóra Leimeter
Alda Magyari
Rebecca Parkes
Nataša Rybanská
Dorottya Szilágyi
Gabriella Szűcs
Vanda Vályi

Men's tournament
Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 5 4 1 0 68 34 +34 9 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 5 3 2 0 60 32 +28 8
3  Hungary 5 3 1 1 64 35 +29 7
4  United States 5 2 0 3 59 53 +6 4
5  Japan (H) 5 1 0 4 65 66 −1 2
6  South Africa 5 0 0 5 20 116 −96 0
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
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

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 5 0 0 61 31 +30 10 Quarterfinals
2  Croatia 5 3 0 2 62 46 +16 6[lower-alpha 1]
3  Serbia 5 3 0 2 70 46 +24 6[lower-alpha 1]
4  Montenegro 5 2 0 3 54 56 −2 4[lower-alpha 2]
5  Australia 5 2 0 3 49 60 −11 4[lower-alpha 2]
6  Kazakhstan 5 0 0 5 35 92 −57 0
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
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. Croatia 14–12 Serbia
  2. Australia 10–15 Montenegro

Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
4 August
 
 
 Greece10
 
6 August
 
 Montenegro4
 
 Greece9
 
4 August
 
 Hungary6
 
 Croatia11
 
8 August
 
 Hungary15
 
 Greece10
 
4 August
 
 Serbia13
 
 Italy6
 
6 August
 
 Serbia10
 
 Serbia10
 
4 August
 
 Spain9 Bronze medal
 
 Spain12
 
8 August
 
 United States8
 
 Hungary9
 
 
 Spain5
 

Final standings
RankTeam[12]
 Serbia
 Greece
 Hungary
4 Spain
5 Croatia
6 United States
7 Italy
8 Montenegro
9 Australia
10 Japan
11 Kazakhstan
12 South Africa

Women's tournament
Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 4 3 0 1 71 37 +34 6[lower-alpha 1] Quarterfinals
2  Australia 4 3 0 1 46 33 +13 6[lower-alpha 1]
3  Netherlands 4 3 0 1 75 41 +34 6[lower-alpha 1]
4  Canada 4 1 0 3 48 39 +9 2
5  South Africa 4 0 0 4 7 97 −90 0
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
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. Spain 2 Pts, +5 GD; Netherlands 2 Pts, −2 GD; Australia 2 Pts, −3 GD. Spain first and after that the head-to head results between Australia and Netherlands (15–12) came into effect.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 4 3 0 1 64 26 +38 6 Quarterfinals
2  Hungary 4 2 1 1 46 43 +3 5[lower-alpha 1]
3  ROC 4 2 1 1 53 61 −8 5[lower-alpha 1]
4  China 4 2 0 2 51 50 +1 4
5  Japan (H) 4 0 0 4 44 78 −34 0
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
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. ROC10–10 Hungary

Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
3 August
 
 
 Spain11
 
5 August
 
 China7
 
 Spain8
 
3 August
 
 Hungary6
 
 Netherlands11
 
7 August
 
 Hungary14
 
 Spain5
 
3 August
 
 United States14
 
 Australia8
 
5 August
 
 ROC9
 
 ROC11
 
3 August
 
 United States15 Bronze medal
 
 Canada5
 
7 August
 
 United States16
 
 Hungary11
 
 
 ROC9
 

Final standings
RankTeam[13]
 United States
 Spain
 Hungary
4 ROC
5 Australia
6 Netherlands
7 Canada
8 China
9 Japan
10 South Africa

References
  1. "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Water Polo Qualification System" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. 16 March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. "Water Polo Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  4. "Competition Schedule – FINA Official". fina.org. FINA. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  5. Curcic, Ivan (9 March 2021). "Schedule of Olympic water polo tournaments". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  6. Ivan Curcic (30 January 2020). "Problems on road to Tokyo: Kazakhstan refuses to host Asian Championships". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  7. Ivan Curcic (14 February 2020). "Asian Federation decides: Kazakhstan and China go to Tokyo". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  8. Ivan Curcic (30 January 2020). "Problems on road to Tokyo: Kazakhstan refuses to host Asian Championships". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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  10. Ivan Curcic (19 February 2020). "Women's qualifications for Tokyo: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are seeking Olympic berth". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  11. "Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2020 - (ITA)". fina.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  12. "Tournament Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  13. "Tournament Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

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