The men's water polo tournament at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held from 21 June to 3 July 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. This was the 19th time that the men's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1973.
Spain won their third title with a win over Italy, while Greece beat Croatia to win the bronze medal.
Qualification EventDatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s) Host nation colspan=2 1 2020 FINA World League 26 June – 1 July 2020 Tbilisi 2 2020 Summer Olympics 25 July – 8 August 2020 Tokyo 4 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship 14–26 January 2020 Budapest 2 2022 Intercontinental Cup(Americas qualifier) 7–13 March 2022 Lima 2 Asian selection colspan=2 rowspan=4 2 African selection 1 Oceanian selection 1 Wild card 1 Total 16 Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Draw The draw was held on 12 April 2022.
Seeding The pots were determined as follow.
Pot 1: the 4 semifinalists of the 2020 Summer Olympics Pot 2: the 2 finalists of the World League, Europe Qualifier 1 and America Qualifier 1 Pot 3: Europe Qualifier 2, Europe Qualifier 3, Oceania Qualifier 1, America Qualifier 2 Pot 4: Africa Qualifier 1, Asia Qualifier 1, Asia Qualifier 2, Europe Qualifier 4.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A Group B Group C Group D
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket Championship bracket
5th place bracket
9th place bracket
13th place bracket
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
13–15th place semifinals
9–12th place semifinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
RankTeam45678910111213141516
2022 Men's Water Polo World Champions SpainThird title
Team roster: Unai Aguirre, Alberto Munarriz, Álvaro Granados, Bernat Sanahuja, Miguel de Toro, Marc Larumbe, Martin Famera, Sergi Cabanas, Roger Tahull, Felipe Perrone (c), Blai Mallarach, Alejandro Bustos, Eduardo LorrioSpain's roster at www.fina.org Head coach: David Martin
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Spain's team roster waterpolo.sportresult.com Unai Aguirre Alberto Munarriz Álvaro Granados Bernat Sanahuja Miguel de Toro Marc Larumbe Martin Famera Sergi Cabanas Roger Tahull Felipe Perrone (c) Blai Mallarach Alejandro Bustos Eduardo Lorrio
Head coach: David Martin 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Italy's team roster waterpolo.sportresult.com Marco Del Lungo (c) Francesco Di Fulvio Luca Damonte Matteo Iocchi Gratta Andrea Fondelli Giacomo Cannella Luca Marziali Gonzalo Echenique Nicholas Presciutti Lorenzo Bruni Edoardo Di Somma Vincenzo Dolce Gianmarco Nicosia
Head coach: Alessandro Campagna 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Greece's team roster waterpolo.sportresult.com Manos ZerdevasDinos GenidouniasDimitris SkoumpakisStathis KalogeropoulosYiannis Fountoulis (c)Alexandros PapanastasiouGiorgos Dervisis Stelios ArgyropoulosCostas GouvisCostas KakarisDimitris NikolaidisAngelos VlachopoulosPanagiotis Tzortzatos
Head coach: Thodoris Vlachos
Awards and statistics
Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsShots 1 Alexander Bowen 21 43 49 2 Álvaro Granados 18 38 373 Boris Vapenski17 47 36 Strahinja Rašović 36 475 Konstantin Kharkov16 42 38 Gergő Zalánki 29 55 Yusuke Inaba 47 348 Stylianos Argyropoulos153050 Angelos Vlachopoulos10 Francesco Di Fulvio14 34 41 Dušan Mandić 32 44 Ben Hallock 26 54
Awards The awards were announced on 3 July 2022.
Position Player Goalkeeper Unai AguirreField player Konstantin Kharkov Konstantinos Kakaris Francesco Di Fulvio Strahinja Rašović Álvaro Granados Alex Bowen Most Valuable Goalkeeper Unai Aguirre Most Valuable Player in Final Felipe Perrone
Notes
References
External links 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022 FINA Water Polo website Records and statistics (reports by Omega) Water polo at the 2022 World Championships – Men's tournament total-waterpolo.com Men Water Polo XIX World Championship 2022 Budapest, Hungary todor66.com