Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan is set to begin on 25 July and end on 8 August 2021, and will be held at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.[1] It will be the 27th official appearance of the tournament, which was not held in 1896 and was a demonstration sport in 1904 but otherwise has been held at every Olympics.

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Tournament details
Host country Japan
CityTokyo
Venue(s)Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)–
8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches42
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2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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Tournaments
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Rosters
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On 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Qualification
Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Event Dates Venue(s) Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation——1 Japan
2019 FINA World League18–23 June 2019 Belgrade1 Serbia
2019 FINA World Championships15–27 July 2019 Gwangju2 Italy
 Spain
2019 Pan American Games4–10 August 2019 Lima1 United States
Oceanian Continental Selection——1 Australia
African Continental Selection——1 South Africa
2020 European Championships14–26 January 2020 Budapest1 Hungary
2018 Asian Games[3][4]25 August–1 September 2018 Jakarta1 Kazakhstan
World Qualification Tournament14–21 February 2021 Rotterdam3 
 
 
Total12

Schedule

The competition begins on Sunday, 25 July, and matches are held every other day. At each match time, two matches are played simultaneously (one from each group during preliminary round, two quarterfinals during that round, one main semifinal and one classification 5–8 semifinal during the semifinal round, and the two classification 5/6 and 7/8 games on the final day) except for the bronze medal final and gold medal final.[1]

GGroup stage ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
GGGGG¼½BF

Competition format

The twelve teams are seeded into two groups for a preliminary round. The teams in each group play a round-robin. The top 4 teams in each group advance to the knockout round while the 5th and 6th place teams are eliminated. The 5th place teams are ranked 9 and 10 based on win-loss record, then goal average; the 6th place teams are ranked 11 and 12 in the same way. The knockout round begins with quarterfinals. Quarterfinal winners advance to the semifinals, while quarterfinal losers play in the 5th–8th place classification semifinals. The two semifinal winners play in the gold medal game. The two semifinal losers play in the bronze medal game. The 5th–8th place classification semifinal winners and losers play in the 5th/6th and 7th/8th place classification games, respectively.[5]

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
4 August
 
 
 
 
6 August
 
 
 
 
 
4 August
 
 
 
 
 
8 August
 
 
 
 
 
4 August
 
 
 
 
 
6 August
 
 
 
 
 
4 August
 
 Bronze medal
 
 
 
8 August
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fifth place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
6 August
 
 
 
 
8 August
 
 
 
 
 
6 August
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seventh place
 
 
8 August
 
 
 
 
 
 

References
  1. "Tokyo2020 schedule". Tokyo2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. Ivan Curcic (30 January 2020). "Problems on road to Tokyo: Kazakhstan refuses to host Asian Championships". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  4. Ivan Curcic (14 February 2020). "Asian Federation decides: Kazakhstan and China go to Tokyo". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. "FINA By-Laws, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
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