Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Men's tournament explained

Event:	Men's water polo
Games:	2019 Summer
Venue:	Stadio del Nuoto, Caserta Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples
Dates:	2–14 July 2019
Teams:	10
Prev:	2017
Next:	2021

See main article: Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade.

Men's water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade was held in Caserta and Naples (Italy) from 2 to 14 July 2019.^[1]

Italy won the competition for the fourth time, defeating the United States in the gold-medal match.^{[2] [3]}

Results

All times are local

Preliminary round

Group A

Team
	12	4	4	0	0	70	22	48
	9	4	3	0	1	76	21	55
	6	4	2	0	2	49	31	18
	3	4	1	0	3	30	66	–36
	0	4	0	0	4	15	100	–85

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Group B

Team
	12	4	4	0	0	67	38	29
	9	4	3	0	1	60	43	17
	6	4	2	0	2	61	56	5
	3	4	1	0	3	35	67	–32
	0	4	0	0	4	55	74	–19

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Knock-out stage

Brackets

• Main bracket

• 5th to 8th place blacket

Semifinals

• 5th to 8th place

Finals

• 9th/10th place match

• 7th/8th place match

• 5th/6th place match

• Bronze medal match

• Gold medal match

Final standing

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Top scorers

Overall standing^[4]

width=40	Rank	width=180	Player	width=40	Goals
1	Kiyomu Date	33
2		31
3		27
4		24
5		22
6		20
		20
		20
9		19
10		18

External links

• Results.universiade2019napoli.it - Waterpolo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. results.universiade2019napoli.it. 7 August 2019.
2. Web site: Italy tops USA 18-7, clinches men's water polo gold at World University Games. Wendy Mayer. 14 July 2019. Swimswam.com. 7 August 2019.
3. Web site: Universiadi: Azzurri d'oro, il finale è perfetto. Fabrizio Napoli. 14 July 2019. Wpdworld.com. Italian. Golden Azzurri, it's a perfect finale. 7 August 2019.
4. https://results.universiade2019napoli.it/assets/pdf/Individual%20stats%20leading%20scorer.pdf Individual statistics – Leading scorers