Water polo at the 2021 Summer World University Games explained

Event:	Water polo
Games:	2021 Summer
Venue:	Xindu District Sports Centre Natatorium Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Arena (finals)
Dates:	27 July–8 August 2023
Nations:	12
Teams:	11 (men) & 6 (women)
Prev:	2019
Next:	2025

The water polo at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu was played from 27 July to 8 August 2023.^[1] The dates of all events at the games were changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 17 water polo teams participated in the tournament.

Qualification

Following the FISU regulations, the maximum of 12 teams in men's water polo and 10 in women's water polo.If the number of teams interested the number of entries is larger they 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 could 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 WA ranking.

Medal summary

Medal events

Men	Alessandro Vitale Julien Lanfranco Stefano Guerrato Francesco Faraglia Eduardo Campopiano Federico Panerai Francesco De Michelis Pietro Faraglia Davide Occhione Mario Guid Danjel Podgornik Mario Del Basso Nicolo' Da Rold	Márton Mizsei Bendegúz Kevi Zsombor Szeghalmi Benedek Baksa Botond Bóbis György Ágh Döme Dala Máté Aranyi Balázs Nyíri Bendegúz Ekler Péter Sugár Benedek Batizi Benedek Danka	Irakli Razmadze Saba Tkeshelashvili Valiko Dadvani Nika Shushiashvili Andria Bitadze Sandro Adeishvili Khvicha Jakhaia Besarion Akhvlediani Revaz Imnaishvili Giorgi Magrakvelidze Giorgi Meskhi Artsiom Dzikhtsiarenka Giorgi Gvetadze
Women	Dong Wenxin Yan Siya Pan Xiuhua Xiong Dunhan Zhai Ying Wang Shiyun Lu Yiwen Wang Huan Zhong Qiyun Nong Sanfeng Chen Xiao Zhang Jing Du Xinyue	Valeria Uccella Francesca Sapienza Anna Repetto Sara Cordovani Chiara Ranalli Gaia Gagliardi Letizia Nesti Luna Di Claudio Cecilia Nardini Carlotta Meggiato Elena Altamura Sara Caros Giorgia Galbani	Isobelle Pamp Mia Glasel Lucinda Marsh Camilla MacKay Cassandra Clark Emily Fitzgerald Indigo Ditterick Eleanor Campbell Lucinda Gillis Grace Coleman Madissyn Powells Savannah Henshaw Victoria Ridhalgh

Draw

Men's tournament			Women's tournament
width=25%	Pool A	width=25%	Pool B	width=25%	Round Robin

External links

• Water polo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Water Polo. 2021chengdu.com. 3 August 2023.
2. Web site: REGULATIONS–Water polo. universiade2019napoli.it. FISU. 2 July 2019.