Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade

Water polo
at the XXX Summer Universiade
Water polo; at the XXX Summer Universiade
Venue	various
Dates	2–14 July
Teams	10 (per gender)
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The water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples has been played between 2 and 14 July.^[1] 20 water polo teams participated in the tournament. The top players qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medal events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Italien (ITA) 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	Vereinigte Staaten (USA) 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	Ungarn (HUN) 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 details	Ungarn (HUN) 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	Italien (ITA) 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	Russland (RUS) 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

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	1	Italien
Top three of previous edition	18–30 August 2017	Taipei	3	Russland Frankreich Ungarn
Continental Quota	—	—	4	Australien Japan Great Britain Vereinigte Staaten
Wild card	—	—	2	Kroatien Südkorea
Total			10

Women's tournament

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	1	Italien
Top five of previous edition	18–29 August 2017	Taipei	5	Vereinigte Staaten Ungarn Japan Russland Kanada
Continental Quota	—	—	2	Australien China
Wild card	—	—	2	Tschechische Republik Frankreich
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.^[4]^[5]^[6] According to FISU regulations, draw of pools was based on the following criteria:^[2]

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

Men's tournament

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Russland (2) Italien (3)	Frankreich (4) Ungarn (5)	Japan (5) Vereinigte Staaten (9)	Great Britain (8) Kroatien (10)	Australien (11) Südkorea (12)

Women's tournament

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Vereinigte Staaten (1) Ungarn (2)	Japan (3) Russland (4)	Kanada (5) Australien (6)	Frankreich (7) Italien (8)	China (?) Tschechische Republik (?)

Pools composition

Men's tournament		Women's tournament
Pool A	Pool B	Pool A	Pool B
Russland	Kroatien	Ungarn	Vereinigte Staaten
Vereinigte Staaten	Italien	Kanada	Australien
Frankreich	Ungarn	Tschechische Republik	Italien
Südkorea	Japan	Japan	China
Great Britain	Australien	Frankreich	Russland

References

^ "Water Polo – Competition Schedule" (PDF). universiade2019napoli.it. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "REGULATIONS–Water polo" (PDF). universiade2019napoli.it. FISU. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "2019 Summer Universiade – Water polo". universiade2019napoli.it. FISU.
^ ^a ^b Fabrizio Napoli (5 April 2009). "Universiadi di Napoli, ecco format e gironi" [Naples' Universiade: format and pools]. wpdworld.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Napoli 2019 draws for team sports will be carried out tomorrow". universiade2019napoli.it. FISU. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ Tina Sharma Tiwari (5 April 2019). "Napoli 2019 Team Draws – As it happened!". fisu.net. FISU. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

External links

[1] "Water Polo – Competition Schedule" (PDF). universiade2019napoli.it. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

[regulations-2] "REGULATIONS–Water polo" (PDF). universiade2019napoli.it. FISU. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[3] "2019 Summer Universiade – Water polo". universiade2019napoli.it. FISU.

[pools-venues-it-4] Fabrizio Napoli (5 April 2009). "Universiadi di Napoli, ecco format e gironi" [Naples' Universiade: format and pools]. wpdworld.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[5] "Napoli 2019 draws for team sports will be carried out tomorrow". universiade2019napoli.it. FISU. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[6] Tina Sharma Tiwari (5 April 2019). "Napoli 2019 Team Draws – As it happened!". fisu.net. FISU. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

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