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Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament facts for kids

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Men's water polo tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games
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Venue Aquatic Center
Dates October 30 – November 4
Competitors 96 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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The men's tournament of water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile took place between October 30 and November 4 at the Aquatic Center in Santiago. The winner of the competition, the United States, qualified directly for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Schedule

The schedule is as follows.

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4
G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. The host nation (Chile) qualified automatically, along with seven other teams in each tournament according to various criteria. Canada and the United States automatically qualified in each tournament, along with the top three teams at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games and top two teams at the 2022 South American Games.


Event Dates Location Quota(s) Qualified team
Host nation N/A 1  Chile
Zone 3 (automatic qualification) N/A 1  United States
Zone 4 (automatic qualification) N/A 1  Canada
2022 South American Games October 11–15 Paraguay Asuncion 2  Brazil
 Argentina
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games July 1–7 El Salvador San Salvador 3  Puerto Rico
 Cuba
 Mexico
Total 8

Format

Teams are split into 2 round-robin groups of 4 teams each, where the final positions in each group will determine seedings for the knockout stage. The losing teams from the quarterfinals stage will compete in a separate single elimination bracket to determine fifth through eighth places in the final rankings.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
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.


30 October 2023
15:00
Brazil  18–5  Puerto Rico Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Hinds (NED)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 5–1, 5–0
Coutinho, P. Real 4 Goals Loubriel 2
30 October 2023
18:00
United States  30–2  Mexico Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Xavier Villanueva (CHI)
Daniel Federico Daners (URU)
Score by quarters: 10–0, 7–1, 7–0, 6–1
R. Dodd 6 Goals Mercado, Tavera 1

31 October 2023
15:00
United States  28–9  Puerto Rico Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB)
Daniel Federico Daners (URU)
Score by quarters: 8–3, 6–1, 6–3, 8–2
R. Dodd 7 Goals Loubriel 3
31 October 2023
18:00
Brazil  21–10  Mexico Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Garcia Soto (VEN)
Rincón Patiño (COL)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–3, 6–3, 5–2
Guimarães, P. Real 5 Goals Estrada 4

1 November 2023
15:00
Brazil  7–24  United States Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–8, 2–5, 3–6
P. Real, R. Real 2 Goals Daube 5
1 November 2023
18:00
Puerto Rico  15–12  Mexico Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Jose Garcia Soto (VEN)
German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 5–4, 5–6, 2–1, 3–1
D. Zayas 4 Goals Estrada 4

Group B

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
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.


30 October 2023
16:30
Argentina  20–4  Cuba Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Gomez Portodomingo (ESP)
Spiritosanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 6–2, 6–0, 6–1
Corsi 6 Goals Ponsa 4
30 October 2023
19:30
Canada  28–4  Chile Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Teodoro de Brito (BRA)
Arellano Jr (MEX)
Score by quarters: 7–0, 7–2, 9–0, 5–2
Halajian 5 Goals four players 1

31 October 2023
16:30
Canada  29–7  Cuba Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Ohme (GER)
Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 8–3, 8–3, 8-0
Constantin-Bicari, Côté 6 Goals Ponsa 4
31 October 2023
19:30
Argentina  16–3  Chile Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Dabbaghian (USA)
Castillo Torres (PUR)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–1, 5–0, 4–2
Tilatti 4 Goals three players 1

1 November 2023
16:30
Argentina  7–14  Canada Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Harvey Hinds (CUW)
David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–4, 1–3, 2–3
Veich 3 Goals Constantin-Bicari 5
1 November 2023
19:30
Cuba  13–9  Chile Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL)
Yuri Machado (BRA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 4–1, 4–1
Ponsa 5 Goals Cárcamo 4

Final stage

Bracket

 
Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
 
                   
 
2 November
 
 
 Brazil 16
 
3 November
 
 Cuba 6
 
 Brazil 13
 
2 November
 
 Canada 12
 
 Mexico 5
 
4 November
 
 Canada 20
 
 Brazil 7
 
2 November
 
 United States 17
 
 Puerto Rico 9
 
3 November
 
 Argentina 20
 
 Argentina 7
 
2 November
 
 United States 22 Bronze medal match
 
 United States 28
 
4 November
 
 Chile 2
 
 Canada 10
 
 
 Argentina 12
 
  5–8th place semifinals Fifth place
3 November
  Cuba  11  
  Mexico  16  
 
4 November
      Mexico  9
    Puerto Rico  13


Seventh place
3 November 4 November
  Puerto Rico  16   Cuba (PSO)  7 (5)
  Chile  6


    Chile  7 (4)

Quarterfinals

2 November 2023
15:00
Brazil  16–6  Cuba Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP)
Darren Brown Spritosanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–1, 4–3, 4–1
P. Real 4 Goals De Armas 3

2 November 2023
16:30
Puerto Rico  9–20  Argentina Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–3, 3–7, 3–6
Bayo, F. Zayas 2 Goals Camnasio 6

2 November 2023
18:00
United States  28–2  Chile Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Agustin Pinski (ARG)
Teodoro de Brito (BRA)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 9–0, 4–1, 11–1
R. Dodd 8 Goals Illino, Reginato 1

2 November 2023
19:30
Mexico  5–20  Canada Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG)
Reynel Castillo (PUR)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–7, 1–4, 1–5
Estrada 3 Goals Constantin-Bicari 5

5–8th place semifinals

3 November 2023
15:00
Cuba  11–16  Mexico Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Jorge Agustin Pinski (ARG)
Darren Brown Spiritosanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–4, 3–2, 2–5

3 November 2023
16:30
Puerto Rico  16–6  Chile Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Jose Garcia Soto (VEN)
Fernando de Brito (BRA)
Score by quarters: 6–1, 6–2, 3–0, 1–3

Semifinals

3 November 2023
18:00
Brazil  13–12  Canada Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Harvey Hinds (CUW)
David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 3–3, 5–3
Guimarães, P. Real 3 Goals Constantin-Bicari, Patterson 3

3 November 2023
19:30
Argentina  7–22  United States Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX)
Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–4, 4–6, 6–6
Galimberti 2 Goals Irving 6

Seventh place game

4 November 2023
16:00
Cuba  12–11  Chile Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Yuri Machado (BRA)
Reynel Castillo Torres (PUR)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–2, 3–2, 3–1  PSO: 5–4

Fifth place game

4 November 2023
17:30
Mexico  9–13  Puerto Rico Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Danielle Dabbaghian (USA)
Harvey Hinds (CUW)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–2, 2–4, 1–2

Third place game

4 November 2023
19:00
Canada  10–12  Argentina Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP)
Darren Spirtosanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 3–2, 4–4
four players 2 Goals Camnasio 3

Final

4 November 2023
20:30
Brazil  7–17  United States Aquatic Center, Santiago
Referees:
Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–6, 2–5, 2–4
three players 2 Goals Bowen, Daube 5

Final standings

Rank Team
1  United States
2  Brazil
3  Argentina
4  Canada
5  Puerto Rico
6  Mexico
7  Cuba
8  Chile
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
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