Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament facts for kids
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Japan |
Dates | 17–29 July |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | Marine Messe, Fukuoka |
Final positions | |
Champions | Hungary (4th title) |
Runner-up | Greece |
Third place | Spain |
Fourth place | Serbia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 48 |
Goals scored | 1177 (24.52 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Strahinja Rašović (25 goals) |
Best player | Gergő Zalánki |
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The men's water polo tournament at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held from 17 to 29 July 2023. This was the 20th time that the men's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1973.
Hungary claimed their fourth title by defeating Greece in the final.
Qualification
Event | Dates | Hosts | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
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Host nation | N/A | N/A | 1 | Japan |
2022 World League | 8 January – 27 July 2022 | Strasbourg | 2 | Italy United States |
2022 World Championships | 21 June – 3 July 2022 | Budapest | 4 | Spain Greece Croatia Serbia |
2022 European Championship | 29 August – 10 September 2022 | Split | 3 | Hungary France Montenegro |
2022 Asian Championship | 7–14 November 2022 | Samut Prakan | 2 | China Kazakhstan |
2023 Pan American Water Polo Championships | 3–8 April 2023 | Bauru | 2 | Canada Argentina |
African Wildcard | N/A | N/A | 1 | South Africa |
Oceanian Wildcard | N/A | N/A | 1 | Australia |
Total | 16 |
Due the limited budget and the proximity of the date of the championship with the 2023 Pan American Games, Brazil opted for the withdrawal before the tournament and was replaced by Argentina.
Draw
The draw was held on 18 April 2023.
Seeding
The pots were announced on 12 April 2023.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Spain Greece Croatia Italy |
Serbia United States Canada Hungary |
Argentina Montenegro France Australia |
South Africa Japan China Kazakhstan |
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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United States | China | Croatia | South Africa |
Australia | France | Hungary | Serbia |
Kazakhstan | Canada | Argentina | Montenegro |
Greece | Italy | Japan | Spain |
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+9).
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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.
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.
17 July 2023 09:00 |
Kazakhstan | 5–18 | United States | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), David Gómez (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 4–4, 0–4, 0–5 | ||||
Markovich 3 | Goals | Abramson 5 |
17 July 2023 10:30 |
Australia | 9–13 | Greece | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–3, 3–5 | ||||
Power 4 | Goals | Argyropoulos 3 |
19 July 2023 17:30 |
Greece | 18–2 | Kazakhstan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Germán Moller (ARG) |
Score by quarters: 6–1, 5–0, 4–1, 3–0 | ||||
three players 3 | Goals | Akhmetov, Ruday 1 |
19 July 2023 20:30 |
United States | 16–8 | Australia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–2, 4–1, 6–1 | ||||
Daube 5 | Goals | Pavillard, Power 3 |
21 July 2023 13:30 |
United States | 14–15 | Greece | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 6–1, 2–4, 3–7 | ||||
Irving 6 | Goals | Genidounias, Papanastasiou 4 |
21 July 2023 16:00 |
Australia | 22–6 | Kazakhstan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), David Gómez (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 7–2, 3–0, 4–2, 8–2 | ||||
Negus, Poot 4 | Goals | Artyukh 2 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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.
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.
17 July 2023 12:00 |
Canada | 13–10 | China | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Nenad Peris (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–6, 4–4, 2–0 | ||||
Constantin-Bicari, Gardijan 3 | Goals | Peng 4 |
17 July 2023 13:30 |
France | 6–13 | Italy | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Michiel Zwartt (NED) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 0–3, 1–5 | ||||
Crousillat, Khasz 2 | Goals | Fondelli 4 |
19 July 2023 09:00 |
Italy | 24–6 | Canada | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), David Gómez (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 6–0, 4–2, 8–4, 6–0 | ||||
three players 4 | Goals | Constantin-Bicari 3 |
19 July 2023 10:30 |
China | 8–17 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–6, 0–4, 3–3 | ||||
Chen R., Xie 2 | Goals | Marzouki 4 |
21 July 2023 17:30 |
China | 5–18 | Italy | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Germán Moller (ARG) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–7, 2–6, 0–3 | ||||
Chen Z. 2 | Goals | Condemi, Di Fulvio 4 |
21 July 2023 20:30 |
France | 15–11 | Canada | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 5–4, 5–3, 3–2, 2–2 | ||||
three players 3 | Goals | three players 3 |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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.
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.
17 July 2023 16:00 |
Argentina | 5–24 | Croatia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Couper (NZL), Jennifer McCall (USA) |
Score by quarters: 2–8, 1–4, 0–7, 2–5 | ||||
five players 1 | Goals | Marinić Kragić 5 |
17 July 2023 19:00 |
Hungary | 16–8 | Japan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Nicola Johnson (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–2, 3–1, 6–1 | ||||
Jansik, Zalánki 4 | Goals | Suzuki, Takata 2 |
19 July 2023 12:00 |
Croatia | 10–12 | Hungary | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 3–3, 4–4 | ||||
three players 2 | Goals | Zalánki 3 |
19 July 2023 19:00 |
Japan | 20–9 | Argentina | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Darren Spiritsanto (USA) |
Score by quarters: 6–1, 4–2, 4–2, 6–4 | ||||
Watanabe 5 | Goals | Martino 3 |
21 July 2023 09:00 |
Hungary | 21–13 | Argentina | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 7–1, 5–4, 4–4, 5–4 | ||||
Vigvári 4 | Goals | Camnasio, Corsi 3 |
21 July 2023 19:00 |
Croatia | 17–12 | Japan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Michiel Zwartt (NED) |
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–3, 8–3, 2–3 | ||||
Kharkov 4 | Goals | Adachi 4 |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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.
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.
17 July 2023 17:30 |
Montenegro | 35–10 | South Africa | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 6–1, 10–0, 9–5, 10–4 | ||||
Radović 7 | Goals | four players 2 |
17 July 2023 20:30 |
Serbia | 14–16 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 5–5, 4–3 | ||||
Rašović 6 | Goals | Granados 5 |
19 July 2023 13:30 |
Spain | 11–7 | Montenegro | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 4–2, 2–1 | ||||
Perrone 5 | Goals | Đurđić 2 |
19 July 2023 16:00 |
South Africa | 5–30 | Serbia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Couper (NZL), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN) |
Score by quarters: 1–8, 1–9, 1–7, 2–6 | ||||
Laurenson 2 | Goals | Jakšić, Rašović 6 |
21 July 2023 10:30 |
South Africa | 6–27 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 2–8, 2–7, 2–8, 0–4 | ||||
Badenhorst 2 | Goals | Valera 5 |
21 July 2023 12:00 |
Serbia | 17–15 | Montenegro | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Darren Spiritsanto (USA) |
Score by quarters: 3–6, 4–2, 2–3, 4–2 PSO: 4–2 | ||||
Vučinić 5 | Goals | Matković 3 |
Knockout stage
Bracket
- Championship bracket
Playoffs | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
25 July | ||||||||||||||
Greece | 10 | |||||||||||||
23 July | ||||||||||||||
Montenegro | 9 | |||||||||||||
Croatia | 12 | |||||||||||||
27 July | ||||||||||||||
Montenegro | 13 | |||||||||||||
Greece | 13 | |||||||||||||
Serbia | 7 | |||||||||||||
25 July | ||||||||||||||
Italy | 11 (3) | |||||||||||||
23 July | ||||||||||||||
Serbia (PSO) | 11 (4) | |||||||||||||
Japan | 10 | |||||||||||||
29 July | ||||||||||||||
Serbia | 16 | |||||||||||||
Greece | 10 (3) | |||||||||||||
Hungary (PSO) | 10 (4) | |||||||||||||
25 July | ||||||||||||||
Hungary | 13 | |||||||||||||
23 July | ||||||||||||||
United States | 12 | |||||||||||||
United States | 13 | |||||||||||||
27 July | ||||||||||||||
Canada | 10 | |||||||||||||
Hungary | 12 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 11 | Third place | ||||||||||||
25 July | 29 July | |||||||||||||
Spain | 7 | Serbia | 6 | |||||||||||
23 July | ||||||||||||||
France | 6 | Spain | 9 | |||||||||||
Australia | 8 | |||||||||||||
France | 11 | |||||||||||||
- 5th place bracket
5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
27 July | ||||||
Montenegro | 6 | |||||
29 July | ||||||
Italy | 10 | |||||
Italy | 16 | |||||
27 July | ||||||
France | 9 | |||||
United States | 13 (3) | |||||
France (PSO) | 13 (5) | |||||
Seventh place game | ||||||
29 July | ||||||
Montenegro | 12 (3) | |||||
United States (PSO) | 12 (5) |
- 9th place bracket
9th–12th place semifinals | Ninth place game | |||||
25 July | ||||||
Canada | 5 | |||||
27 July | ||||||
Croatia | 13 | |||||
Croatia | 17 | |||||
25 July | ||||||
Australia | 10 | |||||
Australia | 16 | |||||
Japan | 15 | |||||
Eleventh place game | ||||||
27 July | ||||||
Canada | 11 | |||||
Japan | 23 |
- 13th place bracket
13th–16th place semifinals | 13th place game | |||||
23 July | ||||||
Kazakhstan | 12 | |||||
25 July | ||||||
China | 5 | |||||
Kazakhstan | 7 | |||||
23 July | ||||||
Argentina | 11 | |||||
Argentina | 15 | |||||
South Africa | 6 | |||||
15th place game | ||||||
25 July | ||||||
China | 16 | |||||
South Africa | 8 |
Playoffs
23 July 2023 14:00 |
United States | 13–10 | Canada | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), David Gómez (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 2–1, 5–4 | ||||
Daube 7 | Goals | Constantin-Bicari 4 |
23 July 2023 15:30 |
Australia | 8–11 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Darren Spiritsanto (USA) |
Score by quarters: 0–4, 5–2, 2–4, 1–1 | ||||
Negus, Pavillard 2 | Goals | Vernoux 4 |
23 July 2023 17:00 |
Croatia | 12–13 | Montenegro | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwartt (NED) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–3, 5–4, 4–4 | ||||
Marinić Kragić 4 | Goals | Matković, Radović 4 |
23 July 2023 18:30 |
Japan | 10–16 | Serbia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 2–7, 3–3 | ||||
Inaba 4 | Goals | Radulović, Rašović 3 |
Quarterfinals
25 July 2023 15:00 |
Greece | 10–9 | Montenegro | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–3, 1–3, 3–2 | ||||
Genidounias 5 | Goals | Radović 3 |
25 July 2023 16:30 |
Italy | 14–15 | Serbia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Frank Ohme (GER) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 4–4, 2–2 PSO: 3–4 | ||||
Di Fulvio 3 | Goals | Rašović 4 |
25 July 2023 18:00 |
Hungary | 13–12 | United States | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–1, 3–2, 3–5 | ||||
Zalánki 6 | Goals | Bowen 4 |
25 July 2023 19:30 |
Spain | 7–6 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 2–1, 3–1 | ||||
Tahull 2 | Goals | Bouet, Crousillat 2 |
13–16th place semifinals
23 July 2023 09:00 |
Kazakhstan | 12–5 | China | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–0, 3–1, 4–3 | ||||
Markovich 4 | Goals | Xie Z. 3 |
23 July 2023 10:30 |
Argentina | 15–6 | South Africa | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), David Couper (NZL) |
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–2, 5–1, 3–3 | ||||
Camnasio 4 | Goals | Wheeler 2 |
9–12th place semifinals
25 July 2023 12:00 |
Canada | 5–13 | Croatia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Zhang Liang (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 1–5, 1–2 | ||||
five players 1 | Goals | Butić, Lazić 3 |
25 July 2023 13:30 |
Australia | 16–15 | Japan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Gómez (ESP), Darren Spiritsanto (USA) |
Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–7, 4–3, 3–2 | ||||
Pavillard 4 | Goals | Adachi, Takata 4 |
5–8th place semifinals
27 July 2023 14:00 |
Montenegro | 6–10 | Italy | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 2–3, 2–3 | ||||
Perković 3 | Goals | Damonte 3 |
27 July 2023 15:30 |
United States | 16–18 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), David Gómez (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 5–4, 2–5 PSO: 3–5 | ||||
Bowen 5 | Goals | Crousillat, Vernoux 3 |
Semifinals
27 July 2023 17:00 |
Greece | 13–7 | Serbia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–0, 3–3, 4–2 | ||||
Argyropoulos, Kakaris 3 | Goals | Jakšić, Rašović 2 |
27 July 2023 18:30 |
Hungary | 12–11 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 3–2, 5–3 | ||||
Manhercz 3 | Goals | three players 2 |
15th place game
25 July 2023 09:00 |
China | 16–8 | South Africa | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Hélène Painchaud (CAN) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 4–1, 5–3 | ||||
Chen Z. 7 | Goals | Badenhorst, Howard 2 |
13th place game
25 July 2023 10:30 |
Kazakhstan | 7–11 | Argentina | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–1, 3–3, 2–2 | ||||
Markovich, Vuksanovich 2 | Goals | Corsi 4 |
Eleventh place game
27 July 2023 09:00 |
Canada | 11–23 | Japan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |
Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–6, 2–8, 3–3 | ||||
Djerkovic 3 | Goals | Inaba 5 |
Ninth place game
27 July 2023 10:30 |
Croatia | 17–10 | Australia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–4, 6–2, 3–2 | ||||
Vukičević 5 | Goals | Poot 3 |
Seventh place game
29 July 2023 11:30 |
Montenegro | 15–17 | United States | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Zhang Liang (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–4, 3–3, 2–2 PSO: 3–5 | ||||
three players 2 | Goals | Hallock 4 |
Fifth place game
29 July 2023 16:30 |
Italy | 16–9 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 7–3, 5–2 | ||||
Di Fulvio 5 | Goals | Crousillat 3 |
Third place game
29 July 2023 13:00 |
Serbia | 6–9 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 0–2, 1–1 | ||||
Rašović 3 | Goals | Granados 3 |
Final
29 July 2023 18:00 |
Greece | 13–14 | Hungary | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–1, 3–2, 3–3 PSO: 3–4 | ||||
Genidounias 4 | Goals | Manhercz, Zalánki 3 |
Final ranking
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Statistics and awards
Top goalscorers
Awards
The awards were announced on 29 July 2023.
All-star team | |
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Goalkeeper | Emmanouil Zerdevas |
Field player | Hannes Daube |
Krisztián Manhercz | |
Alexandros Papanastasiou | |
Felipe Perrone | |
Strahinja Rašović | |
Gergő Zalánki | |
Other awards | |
MVP | Gergő Zalánki |
Best goalkeeper | Emmanouil Zerdevas |
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