Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade

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Water polo
at the XXX Summer Universiade
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Venuevarious
Dates2–14 July
Teams10 (per gender)
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The water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples has been played between 2 and 14 July.[1] 20 water polo teams participated in the tournament.

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy (ITA)*1102
2 Hungary (HUN)1012
3 United States (USA)0101
4 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (4 nations)2226

Medal events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details 		 Italy (ITA)












  United States (USA)













  Hungary (HUN)












Women
details 		 Hungary (HUN)







Krisztina Garda




  Italy (ITA)












  Russia (RUS)

Polina Kempf










Qualification[]

Following the FISU regulations, the maximum of 12 teams in water polo events where the number of entries is larger than the authorised participation level were selected by:[2]

  • The entry and the payment of guarantee.
  • Those 5 teams finishing top rankings of the previous edition will be automatically qualified.
  • Those 3 teams finishing bottom rankings of the previous edition will be replaced by new applying teams.
  • The host is automatically qualified
  • The remaining teams will be selected by wild card system according to geographical, continental representation, FISU ranking and FINA ranking.

Men's tournament[]

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Men's tournament
Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Country — — 1  Italy
Top three of previous edition 18–30 August 2017 Chinese Taipei Taipei 3  Russia
 France
 Hungary
Continental Quota — — 4  Australia
 Japan
 Great Britain
 United States
Wild card — — 2  Croatia
 South Korea
Total 10

Women's tournament[]

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Women's tournament
Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Country — — 1  Italy
Top five of previous edition 18–29 August 2017 Chinese Taipei Taipei 5  United States
 Hungary
 Japan
 Russia
 Canada
Continental Quota — — 2  Australia
 China
Wild card — — 2  
 France
Total 10

Venues[]

Five swimming pools have been selected to host the Universiade (three for the competitions and two as training facilities):[3][4]

Training pools:

Draw[]

Draws for team sports competitions were held on 5 April 2019 in Naples.[4][5][6] According to FISU regulations, draw of pools was based on the following criteria:[2]

  • Previous Summer Universiade results
  • Participation in previous Summer Universiades
  • Continental representation
  • FINA rankings

Men's tournament[]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

 Russia (2)
  Italy (3)

 France (4)
 Hungary (5)

 Japan (5)
 United States (9)

 Great Britain (8)
 Canada (10)

 Australia (11)
 South Korea (12)

Women's tournament[]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

 United States (1)
  Hungary (2)

 Japan (3)
 Russia (4)

 Canada (5)
 Australia (6)

 France (7)
 Italy (8)

 China (?)
  (?)

Pools composition[]

Men's tournament Women's tournament
Pool A Pool B Pool A Pool B
 Russia  Croatia  Hungary  United States
 United States  Italy  Canada  Australia
 France  Hungary    Italy
 South Korea  Japan  Japan  China
 Great Britain  Australia  France  Russia

References[]

  1. ^ "Water Polo – Competition Schedule" (PDF). universiade2019napoli.it. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "REGULATIONS–Water polo" (PDF). universiade2019napoli.it. FISU. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 Summer Universiade – Water polo". universiade2019napoli.it. FISU.
  4. ^ a b Fabrizio Napoli (5 April 2009). "Universiadi di Napoli, ecco format e gironi" [Naples' Universiade: format and pools]. wpdworld.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Napoli 2019 draws for team sports will be carried out tomorrow". universiade2019napoli.it. FISU. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  6. ^ Tina Sharma Tiwari (5 April 2019). "Napoli 2019 Team Draws – As it happened!". fisu.net. FISU. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

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