Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade explained

Event:	Water polo
Games:	2019 Summer
Venue:	various
Dates:	2–14 July
Nations:	12
Teams:	10 (per gender)
Prev:	2017
Next:	2021

Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples was played between 2 and 14 July.^[1] 20 teams participated in the tournament.

Medal summary

Medal events

Men	Pierre Pellegrini Mario Del Basso Giacomo Cannella Matteo Spione Federico Panerai Eduardo Campopiano Mario Guidi Lorenzo Bruni Jacopo Alesiani Massimo Di Martire Ettore Novara Umberto Esposito Francesco Massaro	Jack Turner Tyler Abramson Felix Brozyna-Vilim Jacob Cavano Jacob Ehrhardt Kacper Langiewicz Thomas Gruwell Evan Rosenfeld AJ Rossman Bennett Williams Quinn Woodhead Samuel Krutonog	István Kardos Gergerly Buriàn Lóránd Zerinváry Domonkos Sélley-Rauscher Kristóf Várnai Dániel Sánta Kristóf Szatmáry Erik Csacsovszky Tamás Gyárfás Frank Pellei Róbert Fejős Rolf Bencz Dániel Szakonyi
Women	Alexandra Kiss Gerda Brezovszki Tamara Farkas Gemma Matilda Gerendás Orsolya Hertzka Vivien Kövesdi Alexa Gémes Krisztina Garda Dóra Huszti Anna Mandula Mucsy Szonja Kuna Zsuzsanna Máté Gina Lekrinszki	Fabiana Soprano Carolina Ioannou Martina Gottardo Giulia Cuzzupè Chiara Ranalli Giulia Millo Elena Borg Luna Di Claudio Anna Repetto Serena Storai Sara Centanni Agnese Cocchiere Carlotta Malara	Diana Khamraeva Polina Kempf Elizaveta Zaplatina Margarita Pystina Anastasiia Diachenko Polina Popova Daria Chagochkina Anastasia Leonova Regina Galimzianova Alina Inogamova Liubov Mekhteleva Nadezhda Lipskaia Svetlana Stepakhina

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

See main article: Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Men's tournament.

width=25%	Means of qualification	width=27%	Date!	width=20%	Venue!	width=6%	Vacancies!	width=22%	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	1
Top three of previous edition	18–30 August 2017	Taipei	3
Continental Quota	—	—	4
Wild card	—	—	2
Total			10

Women's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Women's tournament.

width=25%	Means of qualification	width=27%	Date!	width=20%	Venue!	width=6%	Vacancies!	width=22%	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	1
Top five of previous edition	18–29 August 2017	Taipei	5
Continental Quota	—	—	2
Wild card	—	—	2
Total			10

Venues

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

• Stadio del Nuoto, Caserta: men's preliminary round and quarterfinals.
• Piscina comunale Alba Oriens, Casoria: women's preliminary round and quarterfinals.
• Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples: semifinals and finals.

Training pools:

• PalaDennerlein, Naples (men).
• Piscina Comunale, Santa Maria Capua Vetere (women).

Draw

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

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

Men's tournament

width=20%	Pot 1	width=20%	Pot 2	width=20%	Pot 3	width=20%	Pot 4	width=20%	Pot 5
(2) (3)	(4) (5)	(5) (9)	(8) (10)	(11) (12)

Women's tournament

width=20%	Pot 1	width=20%	Pot 2	width=20%	Pot 3	width=20%	Pot 4	width=20%	Pot 5
(1) (2)	(3) (4)	(5) (6)	(7) (8)	(?) (?)

Pools composition

External links

• 2019 Summer Universiade – Water polo
• Results book – Water polo (Archived version)

Notes and References

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