Water Polo, Men

Competition 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Fukuoka JPN
Held 17 – 29 July 2023
Status Medal
Competitors 233
Countries 16

HUN and GRE qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Hungary HUN 6 0 0
Márton Lévai / Dániel Angyal / Krisztián Manhercz / Zoltán Pohl / Márton Vámos / Ádám Nagy / Gergő Zalánki / Gergő Fekete / Toni Josef Német / Dénes Varga / Szilárd Jansik / Vendel Vigvári / Soma Vogel / Erik Molnár / Vince Vigvári
🥈 Greece GRE 5 0 1
Manos Zerdevas / Konstantinos Genidounias / Dimitris Skoumpakis / Efstathios Kalogeropoulos / Giannis Fountoulis / Alexandros Papanastasiou / Georgios Dervisis / Stylianos Argyropoulos Kanakakis / Dimitris Nikolaidis / Konstantinos Kakaris / Ioannis Alafragkis / Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis / Panagiotis Tzortzatos / Nikolaos Gkillas / Aristeidis Chalyvopoulos
🥉 Spain ESP 5 0 1
Unai Aguirre / Alberto Munárriz / Álvaro Granados / Bernat Sanahuja / Miguel de Toro / Marc Larumbe / Martín Famera / Sergi Cabañas / Roger Tahull / Felipe Perrone / Blai Mallarach / Alejandro Bustos / Eduardo Lorrio / Alberto Barroso / Fran Valera
4 Serbia SRB 4 0 3
Vladimir Mišović / Marko Radulović / Strahinja Rašović / Sava Ranđelović / Đorđe Lazić / Vuk Milojević / Radomir Drašović / Nikola Jakšić / Filip Janković / Nemanja Ubović / Đorđe Vučinić / Vasilije Martinović / Branislav Mitrović / Bogdan Gavrilović / Marko Dimitrijević
5 Italy ITA 5 0 1
Marco Del Lungo / Francesco Di Fulvio / Luca Damonte / Luca Marziali / Andrea Fondelli / Giacomo Cannella / Vincenzo Renzuto / Gonzalo Echenique / Nicholas Presciutti / Lorenzo Bruni / Edoardo Di Somma / Vincenzo Dolce / Gianmarco Nicosia / Alessandro Velotto / Francesco Condemi
6 France FRA 4 0 3
Clément Dubois / Rémi Saudadier / Ugo Crousillat / Alexandre Bouet / Enzo Khasz / Thomas Vernoux / Duje Živković / Emil Bjorch / Mehdi Marzouki / Charles Canonne / Pierre-Frédéric Vanpeperstraete / Andrea De Nardi / Hugo Fontani / Mathias Bachelier / Denis do Carmo
7 United States USA 4 0 3
Adrian Weinberg / Johnny Hooper / Thomas Gruwell / Tyler Abramson / Hannes Daube / Luca Cupido / Ben Hallock / Dylan Woodhead / Alex Bowen / Chase Dodd / Ryder Dodd / Max Irving / Drew Holland / Marko Vavic / Quinn Woodhead
8 Montenegro MNE 2 0 5
Lazar Andrić / Aljoša Mačić / Miroslav Perković / Konstantin Averka / Uroš Čučković / Vlado Popadić / Stefan Vidović / Bogdan Đurđić / Aleksa Ukropina / Vladan Spaić / Dušan Matković / Vasilije Radović / Petar Tešanović / Đuro Radović / Jovan Vujović
9 Croatia CRO 4 0 2
Marko Bijač / Rino Burić / Marino Čagalj / Ivan Krapić / Franko Lazić / Luka Bukić / Ante Vukičević / Marko Žuvela / Jerko Marinić Kragić / Josip Vrlić / Andrija Bašić / Konstantin Kharkov / Toni Popadić / Filip Kržić / Zvonimir Butić
10 Australia AUS 2 0 4
Nic Porter / Angus Lambie / George Ford / Charles Negus / Nathan Power / Lachlan Edwards / Luke Pavillard / Matthew Byrnes / Marcus Berehulak / Tim Putt / Chaz Poot / Blake Edwards / John Hedges / Reilly Townsend / Samuel Slobodien
11 Japan JPN 2 0 4
Katsuyuki Tanamura / Seiya Adachi / Taiyo Watanabe / Daichi Ogihara / Ikkei Nitta / Toi Suzuki / Kiyomu Date / Mitsuru Takata / Atsushi Arai / Yusuke Inaba / Keigo Okawa / Kenta Araki / Towa Nishimura / Masayuki Yamamoto / Ren SasanoDNS
12 Canada CAN 1 0 5
Milan Radenovic / Gaelan Patterson / Bogdan Djerkovic / Nicolas Constantin-Bicari / Matt Halajian / Jérémie Blanchard / Nikos Gerakoudis / Jérémie Cote / Aleksa Gardijan / Aria Soleimanipak / David Lapins / Leo Hachem / Brody McKnight / Reuel D'SouzaDNS
13 Argentina ARG 2 0 3
Diego Malnero / Ramiro Veich / Tomás Galimberti / Tomás Tilatti / Nahuel Leona / Tomás Echenique / Guido Martino / Eduardo Bonomo / Carlos Camnasio / Esteban Corsi / Guido Poggi / Teo Soler / Octavio Salas
14 Kazakhstan KAZ 1 0 4
Temirlan Balfanbayev / Eduard Tsoy / Yegor Berbelyuk / Dušan Marković / Danil Artyukh / Aleksey Shmider / Murat Shakenov / Srđan Vuksanović / Ruslan Akhmetov / Mikhail Ruday / Olzhas Kanysh / Sultan Shonzhigitov / Daniil Matolinets / Maksim Lamayev / Yegor Beloussov
15 China CHN 1 0 4
Wu Honghui / Hu Zhangxin / Chu Chenghao / Peng Jiahao / Zhang Jinpeng / Xie Zekai / Chen Zhongxian / Chen Rui / Chen Yimin / Liu Yu / Zhang Chufeng / Shen Dingsong / Liang Zhiwei / Li Lun
16 South Africa RSA 0 0 5
Lwazi Madi / Chad Roman / Niall Wheeler / Nardus Badenhorst / Cameron Laurenson / Ross Stone / Dane Tucker / Manqoba Bungane / Dylan Cronje / Joshua Faber / Todd Howard / Jonathan Swanepoel / Gareth May / Sven van Zyl

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Greece GRE 3 0 0 9
2 United States USA 2 0 1 6
3 Australia AUS 1 0 2 3
4 Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 3 0

Matches

Greece GRE 13-9 Australia AUS
United States USA 18-5 Kazakhstan KAZ
Greece GRE 18-2 Kazakhstan KAZ
United States USA 16-8 Australia AUS
Greece GRE 15-14 United States USA
Australia AUS 22-6 Kazakhstan KAZ

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Italy ITA 3 0 0 9
2 France FRA 2 0 1 6
3 Canada CAN 1 0 2 3
4 China CHN 0 0 3 0

Matches

Italy ITA 13-6 France FRA
Canada CAN 13-10 China CHN
Italy ITA 24-6 Canada CAN
France FRA 17-8 China CHN
Italy ITA 18-5 China CHN
France FRA 15-11 Canada CAN

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 3 0 0 9
2 Croatia CRO 2 0 1 6
3 Japan JPN 1 0 2 3
4 Argentina ARG 0 0 3 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 16-8 Japan JPN
Croatia CRO 24-5 Argentina ARG
Hungary HUN 12-10 Croatia CRO
Japan JPN 20-9 Argentina ARG
Hungary HUN 21-13 Argentina ARG
Croatia CRO 17-12 Japan JPN

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Spain ESP 3 0 0 9
2 Serbia SRB 2 0 1 6
3 Montenegro MNE 1 0 2 3
4 South Africa RSA 0 0 3 0

Matches

Spain ESP 16-14 Serbia SRB
Montenegro MNE 35-10 South Africa RSA
Spain ESP 11-7 Montenegro MNE
Serbia SRB 30-5 South Africa RSA
Spain ESP 27-6 South Africa RSA
Serbia SRB 17-15 Montenegro MNE

Play-Offs

Serbia SRB 16-10 Japan JPN
France FRA 11-8 Australia AUS
United States USA 13-10 Canada CAN
Montenegro MNE 13-12 Croatia CRO

Quarter-Finals

Hungary HUN 13-12 United States USA
Greece GRE 10-9 Montenegro MNE
Spain ESP 7-6 France FRA
Serbia SRB 15-14
Penalty Shoot Out
Italy ITA

Semi-Finals

Hungary HUN 12-11 Spain ESP
Greece GRE 13-7 Serbia SRB
Italy ITA 10-5 Montenegro MNE
France FRA 18-16
Penalty Shoot Out
United States USA
Croatia CRO 13-5 Canada CAN
Australia AUS 16-15 Japan JPN
Argentina ARG 15-6 South Africa RSA
Kazakhstan KAZ 12-5 China CHN

Finals

Hungary HUN 14-13
Penalty Shoot Out
Greece GRE
Spain ESP 9-6 Serbia SRB
Italy ITA 16-9 France FRA
United States USA 17-15
Penalty Shoot Out
Montenegro MNE
Croatia CRO 17-10 Australia AUS
Japan JPN 23-11 Canada CAN
Argentina ARG 11-7 Kazakhstan KAZ
China CHN 16-8 South Africa RSA