Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade

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.

Water polo
at the XXX Summer Universiade
Venuevarious
Dates2–14 July
Teams10 (per gender)

Medal summary

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy (ITA)*1102
2 Hungary (HUN)1012
3 United States (USA)0101
4 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (4 nations)2226

Medal events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
  Italy (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		  United States (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

  Hungary (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
  Hungary (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		  Italy (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		  Russia (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
Main article: Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Men's tournament
Means of qualification DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Country——1 Italy
Top three of previous edition18–30 August 2017 Taipei3 Russia
 France
 Hungary
Continental Quota——4 Australia
 Japan
 Great Britain
 United States
Wild card——2 Croatia
 South Korea
Total10

Women's tournament
Main article: Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Women's tournament
Means of qualification DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Country——1 Italy
Top five of previous edition18–29 August 2017 Taipei5 United States
 Hungary
 Japan
 Russia
 Canada
Continental Quota——2 Australia
 China
Wild card——2 Czech Republic
 France
Total10

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:

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

 Russia (2)
  Italy (3)

 France (4)
 Hungary (5)

 Japan (5)
 United States (9)

 Great Britain (8)
 Canada (10)

 Australia (11)
 South Korea (12)

Women's tournament
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

 United States (1)
  Hungary (2)

 Japan (3)
 Russia (4)

 Canada (5)
 Australia (6)

 France (7)
 Italy (8)

 China (?)
 Czech Republic (?)

Pools composition
Men's tournamentWomen's tournament
Pool A Pool B Pool A Pool B
 Russia Croatia Hungary United States
 United States Italy Canada Australia
 France Hungary Czech Republic Italy
 South Korea Japan Japan China
 Great Britain Australia France Russia

References
  1. "Water Polo – Competition Schedule" (PDF). universiade2019napoli.it. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. "REGULATIONS–Water polo" (PDF). universiade2019napoli.it. FISU. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  3. "2019 Summer Universiade – Water polo". universiade2019napoli.it. FISU.
  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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