Water polo at the 2021 Summer World University Games – Men's tournament

Men's water polo
at the Universiade
VenueXindu District Sports Centre Natatorium
Chengdu Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall (finals)
Dates27 July–8 August 2023
Teams11
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Georgia
2019
2025

Men's water polo at the 2021 Summer Universiade was held in XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium and Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall from 27 July to 8 August 2023.[1] The dates of all events at the games were changed due to the COVID pandemic.

Results[edit]

All times are local (UTC+08:00)[2]

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Hungary 10 4 3 1 0 75 34 41
 Germany 9 4 3 0 1 62 35 27
 Greece 7 4 2 1 1 68 41 27
 Japan 3 4 1 0 3 47 60 −13
 Singapore 0 4 0 0 4 16 98 −82
27 July 2023
10:00
Japan  8–14  Germany Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 3–6, 1–1, 3–3, 1–4
27 July 2023
11:45
Singapore  2–27  Hungary Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hal;
Score by quarters: 0–5, 0–8, 1–5, 1–8

29 July 2023
10:00
Singapore  5–26  Greece Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–4, 2–8, 1–7
29 July 2023
11:45
Hungary  18–13  Germany Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 5 – 4, 3–3, 5 – 4, 5 – 2

30 July 2023
10:00
Hungary  17–6  Japan Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–2, 5–1, 3–2
30 July 2023
11:45
Germany  12–7  Greece Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–2, 5–0, 1–2

1 August 2023
10:00
Germany  23–2  Singapore Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 5–0, 5–1, 8–0, 5–1
1 August 2023
11:45
Greece  22–11  Japan Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 6–3, 7–3, 3–3, 6–2

2 August 2023
10:00
Greece  13–13  Hungary Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–4, 3–5, 3–1
2 August 2023
11:45
Japan  22–7  Singapore Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 8–1, 3–3, 5–0, 6–3

Group B[edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Italy 15 5 5 0 0 90 37 53
 United States 12 6 4 0 1 63 38 25
 Georgia 9 5 3 0 2 37 24 13
 China 6 5 2 0 3 53 62 −9
 Slovakia 3 5 1 0 4 33 73 −40
 South Korea 0 0 1 0 5 38 91 −53
27 July 2023
13:30
Slovakia  11–9  South Korea Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–4, 2–1, 3–2
27 July 2023
15:15
Italy  13–11  United States Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 4–5, 3–3, 3–1, 3–2
27 July 2023
17:00
China  7–13  Georgia Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–5, 2–3, 2–2

29 July 2023
13:30
United States  16–3  Slovakia Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 1–1, 6–1, 5–1, 4–0
29 July 2023
15:15
South Korea  7–19  Georgia Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 0–5, 2–4, 2–5, 3–5
29 July 2023
17:00
Italy  17–7  China Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–2, 3–3, 7–2

30 July 2023
13:30
United States  12–8  China Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 3–2, 4–1
30 July 2023
15:15
South Korea  4–25  Italy Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 2–7, 0–5, 2–7, 0–6
30 July 2023
17:00
Georgia  14–3  Slovakia Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 4–2, 4–0

1 August 2023
13:30
Italy  13–9  Georgia Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 6–2, 1–1, 3–3, 3–3
1 August 2023
15:15
Slovakia  10–12  China Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 2–3, 2–3
1 August 2023
17:00
United States  17–8  South Korea Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–2, 5–3, 5–2

2 August 2023
13:30
Slovakia  6–22  Italy Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 1–8, 0–4, 2–5, 3–5
2 August 2023
15:15
China  19–10  South Korea Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–2, 6–3, 5–4
2 August 2023
17:00
Georgia  6–7  United States Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–1, 0–2, 3–3

Knock-out stage[edit]

  • 9th to 11th place
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Slovakia 6 2 2 0 0 19 17 2
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 1 26 22 4
 Singapore 0 2 0 0 2 17 24 –13
4 August 2023
11:30
Singapore  10–16  South Korea Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–3, 4–5, 3–4
6 August 2023
09:00
Singapore  7–8  Slovakia Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–2, 1–3, 1– 0
7 August 2023
10:00
South Korea  10–11  Slovakia Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 2-1, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4

Brackets[edit]

  • Main bracket
Quarter-finals Semifinals Gold Medal final
A1  Hungary 19
B4  China 7  Hungary 11
A3  Greece 8  United States 10
B2  United States 10  Hungary 11
A2  Germany 15  Italy 13
B3  Georgia 16  Georgia 10
A4  Japan 9  Italy 11
B1  Italy 22 Bronze Medal final
 United States 7
 Georgia 12
  • 5th to 8th place blacket
Semifinals 5th place Final
    
 China 5
 Greece 19
 Greece 12
 Germany 10
 Germany 14
 Japan 12 7th place Final
 China 9
 Japan 7


Quarter-finals[edit]

4 August 2023
18:30
Hungary  19–7  China Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 6–1, 5–0, 3-4, 5–2
4 August 2023
15:00
Germany  15–16  Georgia Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 3-3, 1–2, 5-5, 3-2  PSO: 3-4
4 August 2023
16:45
Greece  8–10  United States Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2-4, 3–3, 0-2
4 August 2023
18:30
Japan  9–22  Italy Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 2-4, 3-4, 2-7, 2–7

Semifinals[edit]

6 August 2023
14:15
Hungary  11–10  United States Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 3-2, 5-1, 3-2, 0-5
6 August 2023
16:00
Georgia  10–11  Italy Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 3-1, 1-3, 2-3, 4-4
  • 5th to 8th place
6 August 2023
10:45
China  5–19  Greece Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–4, 1–4, 1–6
6 August 2023
12:30
Germany  14–12  Japan Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 2–2, 4–5

Finals[edit]

  • 7th/8th place match
7 August 2023
11:45
China  9–7  Japan Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 0-2, 4-1, 1-0, 4-4
  • 5th/6th place match
7 August 2023
13:30
Greece  12–10  Germany Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 4-4
  • Bronze medal match
8 August 2023
10:00
United States  7–12  Georgia Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 1-3, 0-3, 3-3, 3-3
  • Gold medal match
8 August 2023
12:00
Hungary  11–13  Italy Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
Score by quarters: 3-6, 2-5, 1-2, 5-0


Final standing[edit]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Georgia
4  United States
5  Greece
6  Germany
7  China
8  Japan
9  Slovakia
10  South Korea
11  Singapore

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Schedule". results.2021chengdu.com. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Summary".

External links[edit]