The men's water polo tournament at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held from 5 to 17 February 2024 in Doha. This was the 21st time that the men's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1973.
Croatia won their third title after a win over Italy.
Qualification Of the qualified teams, fourteen returned from 2023. Romania qualified for the first time in eleven years, while Brazil qualified after withdrawing from 2023. Canada and Argentina were the only teams that failed to make this edition but made 2023.
As of 2025, this was the last time France, Kazakhstan qualified and the last time Canada and Singapore failed to qualify. EventDatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s) 2023 World Cup 8 March – 2 July 2023 Los Angeles 2 2023 World Championships 17–29 July 2023 Fukuoka 4 2022 Asian Games 2–7 October 2023 Hangzhou 3 2023 Pan American Games 30 October – 4 November 2023 Santiago 2 2024 European Championship 4–16 January 2024 Dubrovnik/Zagreb 3 African selection 1 Oceanian selection 1 Total 16
Schedule All times are local (UTC+3).
Date Time Round 5 February 2024 09:00 Preliminary round 7 February 2024 9 February 2024 11 February 2024 09:00 Play-offs/Placement matches 13 February 2024 09:00 Quarterfinals/Placement matches 15 February 2024 09:00 Semifinals/Placement matches 17 February 2024 10:00 Finals
Draw The draw was held on 7 November 2023.
Seeding Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage Bracket Championship bracket
5th place bracket
9th place bracket
13th place bracket
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
13–16th place semifinals
9–12th place semifinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
RankTeam45678910111213141516
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics
2024 Men's Water Polo World Champions CroatiaThird title
Statistics and awards Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsTop scorersShots 1 36 54 66 2 Andrea Fondelli 20 32 633 Francesco Di Fulvio18 44 41 Loren Fatović 36 50 Gergő Zalánki 35 51 6 Vlad-Luca Georgescu 17 40 43 7 Álvaro Granados 16 34 478 Alexandre Bouet15 31 48 Yusuke Inaba 31 48 Jerko Marinić Kragić 33 45
Awards The awards were announced on 17 February 2024.
All-star team Goalkeeper Marco Del Lungo Centre Forward Konstantinos KakarisField player Francesco Di Fulvio Álvaro Granados Konstantin Kharkov Gergő ZalánkiOther awards Best Goalkeeper Marco Del Lungo
References
External links Official website Records and statistics (reports by Omega) Water polo at the 2024 World Championships – Men's tournament total-waterpolo.com Men Water Polo XXI World Championship 2024 Doha, Qatar todor66.com