Water polo was contested at the 2017 Summer Universiade from August 18 to 31 in Taipei, Taiwan.[1]
| Men | Strajo Rističević Strahinja Rašović Viktor Rašović Sava Ranđelović Gavril Subotić Nemanja Vico Radomir Drašović Đorđe Lazić Nikola Jakšić Filip Radojević Dusan Vasić Ognjen Stojanović Lazar Dobožanov | Kirill Korneev Nikolay Lazarev Ivan Koptsev Nikita Dereviankin Ivan Suchkov Konstantin Kharkov Daniil Merkulov Ivan Nagaev Konstantin Sheikin Dmitrii Kholod Andrei Balakirev Roman Shepelev Vitaly Statsenko | Gianmarco Nicosia Antonio Maccioni Giacomo Cannella Vincenzo Dolce Edoardo Di Somma Jacopo Alesiani Eduardo Campopiano Lorenzo Bruni Giacomo Casasola Edoardo Manzi Roberto Ravina Umberto Esposito Stefano Morretti | |
| Women | Gabrielle Stone Mary Brooks Danijela Jackovich Madison Berggren Stephanie Mutafyan Katherine Klass Jordan Raney Kiley Neushul Aria Fischer Jamie Neushul Brigitta Games Alys Williams Mia Rycraw | Flóra Bolonyai Rebecca Parkes Katalin Menczinger Gréta Gurisatti Brigitta Horváth Vivien Koevesdi Dóra Leimeter Krisztina Garda Diana Ziegler Fanny Vályi Dorottya Szilágyi Zsuzsanna Máté Alexandra Kiss | Miyuu Aoki Yumi Arima Yuri Kazama Aoi Saito Chiaki Sakanoue Minori Yamamoto Akari Inaba Yuki Niizawa Kana Hosoya Misaki Noro Marina Tokumoto Kotori Suzuki Minami Shioya |
See main article: Water polo at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's tournament. 16 teams participated in the men's tournament.
See main article: Water polo at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Women's tournament. 12 teams participated in the women's tournament.