Water polo at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Water polo at the Universiade
Venue	Xindu District Sports Centre Natatorium Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Arena (finals)
Dates	27 July–8 August 2023
Teams	11 (men) & 6 (women)

Water polo at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu was played from 27 July to 8 August 2023. The dates of all events were changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 17 teams participated in the tournament.

Qualification

Following the FISU regulations, there were a maximum of 12 teams in men's water polo and 10 in women's water polo. If there was a larger number of teams interested, they were selected by:

• The entry and the payment of guarantee
• Those five teams finishing top rankings of the previous edition will be automatically qualified.
• Those three teams finishing bottom rankings of the previous edition could 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 WA ranking.

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
2	China (CHN)*	1	0	0	1
3	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
4	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Source: Medal&Rank

Medal events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Italy (ITA) Alessandro Vitale Julien Lanfranco Stefano Guerrato Francesco Faraglia Eduardo Campopiano Federico Panerai Francesco De Michelis Pietro Faraglia Davide Occhione Mario Guid Danjel Podgornik Mario Del Basso Nicolo' Da Rold	Hungary (HUN) Márton Mizsei Bendegúz Kevi Zsombor Szeghalmi Benedek Baksa Botond Bóbis György Ágh Döme Dala Máté Aranyi Balázs Nyíri Bendegúz Ekler Péter Sugár Benedek Batizi Benedek Danka	Georgia (GEO) Irakli Razmadze Saba Tkeshelashvili Valiko Dadvani Nika Shushiashvili Andria Bitadze Sandro Adeishvili Khvicha Jakhaia Besarion Akhvlediani Revaz Imnaishvili Giorgi Magrakvelidze Giorgi Meskhi Artsiom Dzikhtsiarenka Giorgi Gvetadze
Women	China (CHN) Dong Wenxin Yan Siya Pan Xiuhua Xiong Dunhan Zhai Ying Wang Shiyun Lu Yiwen Wang Huan Zhong Qiyun Nong Sanfeng Chen Xiao Zhang Jing Du Xinyue	Italy (ITA) Valeria Uccella Francesca Sapienza Anna Repetto Sara Cordovani Chiara Ranalli Gaia Gagliardi Letizia Nesti Luna Di Claudio Cecilia Nardini Carlotta Meggiato Elena Altamura Sara Caros Giorgia Galbani	Australia (AUS) Isobelle Pamp Mia Glasel Lucinda Marsh Camilla MacKay Cassandra Clark Emily Fitzgerald Indigo Ditterick Eleanor Campbell Lucinda Gillis Grace Coleman Madissyn Powells Savannah Henshaw Victoria Ridhalgh

Draw

Men's tournament		Women's tournament
Pool A	Pool B	Round robin
Hungary	China	China
Greece	Italy	Italy
Germany	Georgia	Australia
Japan	Slovakia	Japan
Singapore	United States	South Africa
	South Korea	Singapore

External links

• Water polo