Summer Olympics 2020 / water polo

Water polo at the 2020 Olympics
information
venue	Tokyo Japan
Competition venue	Tatsumi Water Polo Center
Teams	22 (10 , 12 )
decisions	2
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Two water polo competitions are to be held at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo . Ten teams will take part in the tournament for women and 12 for men.

Time schedule

The following sequence was planned for the games in summer 2020. The exact schedule for 2021 has not yet been set.

Schedule water polo
Competitions	July							August
	25th	26th	27.	28.	29	30th	31.	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.
Women's tournament	VR		VR		VR		VR		VR		VF		HF
Men's tournament		VR		VR		VR		VR		VR		VF		HF
decisions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

VR

Preliminary round

VF

Quarter finals

HF

Semifinals

Medal decision

Balance sheet

Medalist

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
Men
Women

Men's tournament

→ Main article : 2020 Summer Olympics / Water polo - men

The following teams were able to qualify for the men's Olympic water polo tournament:

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified teams
host	September 7, 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan
Asian Games 2018	4-10 August 2018	Jakarta	1	Kazakhstan
FINA World League 2019	18.-23. June 2019	Belgrade	1	Serbia
Water polo world championships 2019	12.-28. July 2019	Gwangju	2	Italy
				Spain
Pan American Games 2019	26. – 11. August 2019	Lima	1	United States
Oceania selection	-	-	1	Australia
Africa selection	-	-	1	South Africa
European water polo championship 2020	12-26 January 2020	Budapest	1	Hungary
Olympic qualifying tournament	14.-21. February 2021 1	Rotterdam	3
total			12	9

¹The tournament was originally supposed to take place from March 22nd to 29th, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , it has been rescheduled .

Women's tournament

→ Main article : 2020 Summer Olympics / Water polo - women

The following teams qualified for the women's Olympic water polo tournament:

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified teams
host	September 7, 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan
FINA World League 2019	4th-7th June 2019	Budapest	1	United States
Water polo world championships 2019	12.-28. July 2019	Gwangju	1	Spain
Pan American Games 2019	26. – 11. August 2019	Lima	1	Canada
Oceania selection	-	-	1	Australia
European water polo championship 2020	12-26 January 2020	Budapest	1	Russia
Asian qualifying tournament	February 2020	Almaty	1
Olympic qualifying tournament	15-22 March 2020		3
total			10	5

Web link

• Water polo on the homepage of the games