Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

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Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Dates 21 June – 3 July
Teams 16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)  Hungary (in Budapest, Szeged, Debrecen, Sopron host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Spain (3rd title)
Runner-up  Italy
Third place  Greece
Fourth place  Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches 43
Goals scored 962 (22.37 per match)
Top scorer(s) Alex Bowen
(21 goals)
Next

The men's water polo tournament at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held from 21 June to 3 July 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. This was the 19th time that the men's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1973.[1]

Spain won their third title with a win over Italy, while Greece beat Croatia to win the bronze medal.[2][3]

Qualification

Event Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation N/A 1  Hungary
2020 FINA World League 26 June – 1 July 2020 Georgia (country) Tbilisi 2  Montenegro
 United States
2020 Summer Olympics 25 July – 8 August 2020 Japan Tokyo 4  Serbia
 Greece
 Spain
 Croatia
2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship 14–26 January 2020 Hungary Budapest 2  Italy
 Russia
 Germany
2022 Intercontinental Cup
(Americas qualifier)
7–13 March 2022 Peru Lima 2  Canada
 Brazil
Asian Selection N/A 2  Kazakhstan
 Japan
African Selection 1  South Africa
Oceanian Selection 1  Australia
Wild card[4] 1  Georgia
Total 16

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

Draw

The draw was held on 12 April 2022.[4][6]

Seeding

The pots were determined as follow.[7]

  • Pot 1: the 4 semifinalist of the Olympic Games
  • Pot 2: the 2 finalists of the World League, Europe Qualifier 1 and America Qualifier 1
  • Pot 3: Europe Qualifier 2, Europe Qualifier 3, Oceania Qualifier 1, America Qualifier 2
  • Pot 4: Africa Qualifier 1, Asia Qualifier 1, Asia Qualifier 2, Europe Qualifier 4.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Serbia
 Greece
 Hungary
 Spain
 Montenegro
 United States
 Croatia
 Canada
 Brazil
 Italy
 Germany
 Australia
 South Africa
 Kazakhstan
 Japan
 Georgia

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Hungary  Greece  Spain  Serbia
 Montenegro  Croatia  Canada  United States
 Brazil  Germany  Italy  Australia
 Georgia  Japan  South Africa  Kazakhstan

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.


21 June 2022
19:30
Report Brazil  10–14  Georgia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Maro Savinović (CRO), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 3–6, 2–3
Freitas 4 Goals Sarić, Vapenski 4
21 June 2022
21:00
Report Montenegro  8–12  Hungary Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 2–3, 2–3
Petković 4 Goals Zalánki 4

23 June 2022
19:30
Report Georgia  9–10  Montenegro Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Maro Savinović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–0, 3–4, 2–2
Vasić 5 Goals Đurđić 4
23 June 2022
21:00
Report Hungary  20–6  Brazil Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Andrew Carney (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 4–2, 3–1, 6–2
three players 3 Goals Real 2

25 June 2022
19:30
Report Brazil  5–20  Montenegro Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Andrew Carney (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–6, 0–7, 3–3
five players 1 Goals three players 3
25 June 2022
21:00
Report Hungary  18–14  Georgia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Pascal Bouchez (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 7–3, 4–5, 4–3
Manhercz, Zalánki 4 Goals Shushiashvili, Vapenski 3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.


21 June 2022
18:00
Report Germany  11–12  Japan Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 2–3, 5–1
Schütze 3 Goals Inaba 5
21 June 2022
19:30
Report Greece  8–8  Croatia Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–4, 2–1, 1–2
Vlachopoulos 4 Goals Kharkov 3

23 June 2022
18:00
Report Croatia  13–9  Germany Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–1, 2–2, 3–5
Bašić, Krapić 3 Goals Küppers 3
23 June 2022
19:30
Report Japan  7–18  Greece Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–4, 2–5, 2–6
three players 2 Goals Argyropoulos 6

25 June 2022
18:00
Report Japan  13–21  Croatia Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 6–3, 2–7, 2–7
Inaba 5 Goals Kharkov, Krapić 5
25 June 2022
19:30
Report Greece  16–8  Germany Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Harvey Hinds (CUR), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–1, 4–2, 3–4
Genidounias 5 Goals Božić 2

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.


21 June 2022
18:00
Report South Africa  4–22  Italy Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron
Referees:
Radu Matache (ROU), Wallop Jirathornwattana (THA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–1, 0–7, 2–11
four players 1 Goals Fondelli 4

23 June 2022
18:00
Report Spain  28–2  South Africa Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron
Referees:
Wallop Jirathornwattana (THA), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 7–0, 6–1, 8–0
Granados 6 Goals Cronje, Howard 1

25 June 2022
18:00
Report Italy  12–14  Spain Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 6–3, 2–2, 0–4
Di Somma 3 Goals Granados 3

Annulled Canada   Spain
Cancelled[note 1] Italy   Canada
Cancelled Canada   South Africa

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.


21 June 2022
18:00
Report Australia  10–4  Kazakhstan Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–0, 3–2, 3–2
Pavillard, Power 3 Goals Shmider 3
21 June 2022
19:30
Report United States  13–17  Serbia Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 2–3, 3–3, 3–6
Bowen 4 Goals Mandić 4

23 June 2022
18:00
Report Serbia  6–5  Australia Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 2–2, 1–0
Lukić, Mandić 2 Goals Edwards, Power 2
23 June 2022
19:30
Report Kazakhstan  4–17  United States Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–7, 2–3, 1–2, 0–5
Shakenov 2 Goals Irving 4

25 June 2022
18:00
Report Kazakhstan  3–22  Serbia Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–8, 0–5, 2–5
Vuksanović 3 Goals S. Rašović 6
25 June 2022
19:30
Report United States  14–9  Australia Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 4–3, 2–2
Irving 4 Goals three players 2

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket
 
Playoffs Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
                           
 
 
 
 
29 June
 
 
 Hungary 10
 
27 June
 
 Italy 11
 
 Italy 17
 
1 July
 
 Australia 6
 
 Italy 11
 
 
 Greece 10
 
 
29 June
 
 
 Greece 16
 
27 June
 
 United States 11
 
 South Africa 2
 
3 July
 
 United States 24
 
 Italy 9 (5)
 
 
 Spain (PSO) 9 (6)
 
 
29 June
 
 
 Spain 7
 
27 June
 
 Montenegro 6
 
 Montenegro 10
 
1 July
 
 Japan 9
 
 Spain 10
 
 
 Croatia 5 Third Place
 
 
29 June 3 July
 
 
 Serbia 12  Greece 9
 
27 June
 
 Croatia 14  Croatia 7
 
 Georgia 7
 
 
 Croatia 13
 
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinals Fifth place game
 
           
 
1 July
 
 
 Hungary 11 (4)
 
3 July
 
 United States (PSO) 11 (5)
 
 United States 10
 
1 July
 
 Serbia 13
 
 Montenegro 7
 
 
 Serbia 10
 
Seventh place game
 
 
3 July
 
 
 Hungary 8
 
 
 Montenegro 6
9th place bracket
 
9th–12th place semifinals Ninth place game
 
           
 
29 June
 
 
 Japan 15
 
1 July
 
 Australia 7
 
 Japan 16
 
29 June
 
 Georgia 15
 
 Georgia 20
 
 
 South Africa 7
 
Eleventh place game
 
 
1 July
 
 
 Australia 19
 
 
 South Africa 4
13th place bracket
 
13th–15th place semifinals 13th place game
 
           
 
27 June
 
 
 Brazil 9
 
29 June
 
 Germany 10
 
 Germany 16
 
 
 Kazakhstan 7
 
 
 
 

Playoffs

27 June 2022
14:00
Report Montenegro  10–9  Japan Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–5, 3–2, 2–1
Perković 3 Goals Takata 2

27 June 2022
15:30
Report Georgia  7–13  Croatia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 0–3, 3–3
Vapenski, Vasić 2 Goals Kharkov 4

27 June 2022
17:00
Report Italy  17–6  Australia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–3, 4–1, 6–2
Cannella, Del Lungo 3 Goals Edwards 3

27 June 2022
18:30
Report South Africa  2–24  United States Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Andrew Carney (AUS)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–6, 0–5, 2–7
Stone, Swanepoel 1 Goals Dodd 6

Quarterfinals

29 June 2022
13:00
Report Greece  16–11  United States Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–6, 3–0, 6–4
Argyropoulos 5 Goals three players 3

29 June 2022
16:00
Report Serbia  12–14  Croatia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–4, 5–5, 3–4
Mandić 4 Goals four players 2

29 June 2022
19:30
Report Spain  7–6  Montenegro Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 1–2, 1–1
Mallarach 2 Goals Đurđić 2

29 June 2022
21:00
Report Hungary  10–11  Italy Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–4, 1–2, 4–3
Vámos 3 Goals Di Fulvio 4

13–15th place semifinals

27 June 2022
17:00
Report Brazil  9–10  Germany Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Radu Matache (ROU), Levan Bertishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 3–3, 1–3
Coutinho 3 Goals Küppers, Strelezkij 3

9–12th place semifinals

29 June 2022
17:00
Report Japan  15–7  Australia Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–2, 5–2, 3–1
Date 4 Goals seven players 1

29 June 2022
18:30
Report Georgia  20–7  South Africa Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Radu Matache (ROU), Anbar Anbar (KUW)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–1, 7–2, 5–3
three players 3 Goals Olver 2

5–8th place semifinals

1 July 2022
14:30
Report Montenegro  7–10  Serbia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 2–3, 1–2
Đurđić 3 Goals Jakšić, S. Rašović 3

1 July 2022
21:00
Report Hungary  15–16  United States Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Maro Savinović (CRO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–2, 2–3, 3–3  PSO: 4–5
Manhercz, Nagy 3 Goals Daube 3

Semifinals

1 July 2022
16:00
Report Italy  11–10  Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–3, 1–1, 4–4
Dolce 3 Goals Vlachopoulos 3

1 July 2022
19:30
Report Spain  10–5  Croatia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 0–0, 3–0
Granados 4 Goals Bukić 2

13th place game

29 June 2022
15:30
Report Germany  16–7  Kazakhstan Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 3–1, 5–2
Küppers 4 Goals Shakenov 3

Eleventh place game

1 July 2022
17:00
Report Australia  19–4  South Africa Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 6–0, 4–1, 6–1
Pavillard 5 Goals Swanepoel 2

Ninth place game

1 July 2022
18:30
Report Japan  16–15  Georgia Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Veselin Mišković (MNE), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 7–4, 2–2, 4–4
Adachi 5 Goals Bitadze, Vapenski 4

Seventh place game

3 July 2022
13:00
Report Hungary  8–6  Montenegro Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Levan Bertishvili (GEO), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–2, 2–1, 1–3
Nagy, Zalánki 2 Goals three players 2

Fifth place game

3 July 2022
17:00
Report United States  10–13  Serbia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–5, 1–3, 3–2
Bowen 4 Goals S. Rašović 4

Third place game

3 July 2022
14:30
Report Greece  9–7  Croatia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–3, 3–2, 1–2
Kakaris 3 Goals Bukić 2

Final

3 July 2022
20:00
Report Italy  14–15  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–3, 3–2, 3–1  PSO: 5–6
Cannella 2 Goals Granados 4

Final ranking

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Spain [10]

Unai Aguirre
Alberto Munarriz
Álvaro Granados
Bernat Sanahuja
Miguel de Toro
Marc Larumbe
Martin Famera
Sergi Cabanas
Roger Tahull
Felipe Perrone (c)
Blai Mallarach
Alejandro Bustos
Eduardo Lorrio

Head coach:
David Lozano

 Italy [11]

Marco Del Lungo (c)
Francesco Di Fulvio
Luca Damonte
Matteo Iocchi Gratta
Andrea Fondelli
Giacomo Canella
Luca Marziali
Gonzalo Echenique
Nicholas Presciutti
Lorenzo Bruni
Edoardo Di Somma
Vincenzo Dolce
Gianmarco Nicosia

Head coach:
Alessandro Campagna

 Greece [12]

Manos Zerdevas
Dinos Genidounias
Dimitris Skoumpakis
Stathis Kalogeropoulos
Yiannis Fountoulis (c)
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Giorgos Dervisis
Stelios Argyropoulos
Costas Gouvis
Costas Kakaris
Dimitris Nikolaidis
Angelos Vlachopoulos
Panagiotis Tzortzatos

Head coach:
Thodoris Vlachos

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals[13] Shots %
1 Alexander Bowen 21 43 49
2 Álvaro Granados 18 38 37
3 Boris Vapenski 17 47 36
Strahinja Rašović 36 47
5 Konstantin Kharkov 16 42 38
Gergő Zalánki 29 55
Yusuke Inaba 47 34
8 Stylianos Argyropoulos 15 30 50
Angelos Vlachopoulos
10 Francesco Di Fulvio 14 34 41
Dušan Mandić 32 44
Ben Hallock 26 54

Awards

The awards were announced on 3 July 2022.[2]

Position Player
Goalkeeper Unai Aguirre
Field player Konstantin Kharkov
Konstantinos Kakaris
Francesco di Fulvio
Strahinja Rašović
Álvaro Granados
Alex Bowen
Most Valuable Goalkeeper Unai Aguirre
Most Valuable Player in Final Felipe Perrone

Notes

  1. The match, originally scheduled for 23 June 2022, was postponed due to health concerns.[8]

References

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  9. Spain's roster at www.fina.org
  10. 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Spain's team roster waterpolo.sportresult.com
  11. 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Italy's team roster waterpolo.sportresult.com
  12. 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Greece's team roster waterpolo.sportresult.com
  13. Top scorers

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