Water polo at the 2019 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.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)*	1	1	0	2
2	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	1	2
3	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
4	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	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 details	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

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.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	1	Italy
Top three of previous edition	18–30 August 2017	Taipei	3	Russia  France  Hungary
Continental Quota	—	—	4	Australia  Japan  Great Britain  United States
Wild card	—	—	2	Croatia  South Korea
Total			10

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	1	Italy
Top five of previous edition	18–29 August 2017	Taipei	5	United States  Hungary  Japan  Russia  Canada
Continental Quota	—	—	2	Australia  China
Wild card	—	—	2	Czech Republic  France
Total			10

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).

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		Women'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

• 2019 Summer Universiade – Water polo
• Results book – Water polo (Archived version)