Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris, France will be held from 28 July to 11 August 2024. It will be held at the Paris Aquatics Centre and Paris La Défense Arena.^[1] It will be the 28th official appearance of the tournament, which was not held in 1896 and was a demonstration sport in 1904 but otherwise had been held at every Olympics.

Men's water polo
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad

Tournament details
Host country	France
City	Paris
Venue(s)	Paris Aquatics Centre Paris La Défense Arena
Dates	28 July – 11 August
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors	144
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Qualification

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
Host country	—		1	France
2023 World Aquatics Championships	17–29 July 2023	Fukuoka	2	Hungary
				Greece
2022 Asian Games	2–7 October 2023	Hangzhou	1	Japan
2023 Pan American Games	30 October – 4 November 2023	Santiago	1	United States
2024 European Championships	4–16 January 2024	Dubrovnik/Zagreb	1	Spain
2024 World Aquatics Championships	5–17 February 2024	Doha	4	Croatia
				Italy
				Serbia
				Montenegro
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Africa			1	South Africa
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Oceania			1	Australia
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Reallocation			1	Romania^[a]
Total			12

1. South Africa withdrew from the tournament after the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. Romania, as the best non-qualified team, took their spot.^[2]

Competition format

The twelve teams were seeded into two groups for a preliminary round. The teams in each group play a round-robin. The top four teams in each group advance to the knockout round while the fifth- and sixth- placed teams will be eliminated. The fifth placed teams will be ranked ninth and tenth based on win–loss record, then goal average; the sixth-placed teams will be ranked eleventh and twelfth in the same way. The knockout round will begin with quarterfinals and the winners advance to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers play in the fifth- to eighth- place classification. The two semifinal winners play in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers played in the bronze medal match.^[3]

Schedule

The competition will begin on 28 July, and matches were held every other day.^[4]

Legend

G

Group stage

¼

Quarterfinals

½

Semifinals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Gold medal match

Sun 28	Mon 29	Tue 30	Wed 31	Thu 1	Fri 2	Sat 3	Sun 4	Mon 5	Tue 6	Wed 7	Thu 8	Fri 9	Sat 10	Sun 11
G		G		G		G		G		¼		½		B	F

Draw

The draw took place on 17 February 2024 in Doha, Qatar.^[5]

Seeding

The twelve teams in the men's tournament were drawn into two groups of six teams. The teams were seeded into six pots.^[6]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Hungary   Greece	Croatia   Spain	Australia   United States	Japan   Romania	Italy   Serbia	Montenegro   France (hosts)

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 28 July 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 15:00 v

Italy

–

United States

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 16:35 v

Croatia

–

Montenegro

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 21:05 v

Romania

–

Greece

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

---

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 12:05 v

Croatia

–

Italy

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 16:35 v

United States

–

Romania

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 19:30 v

Montenegro

–

Greece

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

---

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 10:30 v

Greece

–

United States

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 16:35 v

Italy

–

Montenegro

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 19:30 v

Romania

–

Croatia

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

---

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 12:05 v

Croatia

–

Greece

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 16:35 v

Montenegro

–

United States

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 21:05 v

Italy

–

Romania

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

---

5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 15:10 v

Greece

–

Italy

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 18:30 v

Croatia

–

United States

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 21:40 v

Romania

–

Montenegro

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	France (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 28 July 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.
(H) Host

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 10:30 v

Australia

–

Spain

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 12:05 v

Serbia

–

Japan

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 19:30 v

France

–

Hungary

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

---

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 10:30 v

Australia

–

Serbia

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 15:00 v

Japan

–

France

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 21:05 v

Spain

–

Hungary

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

---

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 12:05 v

Serbia

–

Spain

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 15:00 v

France

–

Australia

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 21:05 v

Hungary

–

Japan

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

---

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 10:30 v

Spain

–

Japan

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 15:00 v

Australia

–

Hungary

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 19:30 v

Serbia

–

France

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

---

5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 12:00 v

Hungary

–

Serbia

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 13:35 v

Australia

–

Japan

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 20:05 v

France

–

Spain

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	7 August
	A1
					9 August
	B4
	7 August
	B2
									11 August
	A3
	7 August
	A2
					9 August
	B3
	7 August
									Bronze medal
	A4
									11 August
	B1

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	9 August
					11 August
	9 August
					Seventh place
					11 August

Quarterfinals

7 August 2024 (2024-08-07) v

A1

–

B4

Paris La Défense Arena, Paris

---

7 August 2024 (2024-08-07) v

B2

–

A3

Paris La Défense Arena, Paris

---

7 August 2024 (2024-08-07) v

A2

–

B3

Paris La Défense Arena, Paris

---

7 August 2024 (2024-08-07) v

B1

–

A4

Paris La Défense Arena, Paris

Semifinals

9 August 2024 (2024-08-09) v

WQF1

–

WQF2

Paris La Défense Arena, Paris

---

9 August 2024 (2024-08-09) v

WQF3

–

WQF4

Paris La Défense Arena, Paris

Bronze medal game

11 August 2024 (2024-08-11) v

LSF1

–

LSF2

Paris La Défense Arena, Paris

Gold medal game

11 August 2024 (2024-08-11) v

WSF1

–

WSF2

Paris La Défense Arena, Paris

Final ranking

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

References

1. "Paris 2024 Olympic Competition Schedule by session" (PDF). 6 January 2023.
2. "Vis la Paris – Uluitor cum au primit tricolorii vestea că vor juca la Jocurile Olimpice! Prioteasa: "N-am știut nimic"". eurosport.ro. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
3. "FINA By-Laws, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
4. "Water Polo at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games". nbcolympics.com. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
5. "Paris 2024 Olympic Games Draw completed for the Men's and Women's Water Polo Tournaments in Doha". fina.org. FINA. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
6. "Water Polo at the Paris 2024 Olympics – Qualified NOC Quota Positions". worldaquatics.com. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

External links

• Total-waterpolo website