The water polo tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Kōtō. Twenty-two teams (twelve for men and ten for women) competed in the tournament, an increase of two from the previous editions. Men's Water polo was also the last final played before the closing ceremony.
It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Schedule The match schedule as of 9 March 2021.
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31 Sun 1 Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun 8Men G G G G G ¼ ½ B FWomen G G G G G ¼ ½ B F
Qualification Qualification summary Nation Men's Women's Athletes 26 13 13 13 13 26 13 26 13 13 13 13 26 13 26 26Total: 16 NOCs 12 10 286
Men's qualification
Women's qualification
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists Men Milan AleksićNikola DedovićFilip FilipovićNikola JakšićĐorđe LazićDušan MandićBranislav MitrovićStefan MitrovićDuško PijetlovićGojko PijetlovićAndrija PrlainovićSava RanđelovićStrahinja Rašović Stylianos ArgyropoulosGeorgios DervisisIoannis FountoulisKonstantinos GalanidisKonstantinos GenidouniasKonstantinos GkiouvetsisMarios KapotsisChristodoulos KolomvosKonstantinos MourikisAlexandros PapanastasiouDimitrios SkoumpakisAngelos VlachopoulosEmmanouil Zerdevas Dániel AngyalBalázs ErdélyiBalázs HáraiNorbert HosnyánszkySzilárd JansikKrisztián ManherczTamás MezeiViktor NagyMátyás PásztorMárton VámosDénes VargaSoma VogelGergő ZalánkiWomen Rachel FattalAria FischerMakenzie FischerKaleigh GilchristStephania HaralabidisPaige HauschildAshleigh JohnsonAmanda LonganMaddie MusselmanJamie NeushulMelissa SeidemannMaggie SteffensAlys Williams Marta BachAnni EsparClara EsparLaura EsterJudith ForcaMaica GarcíaIrene GonzálezPaula LeitónBeatriz OrtizPili PeñaElena RuizElena SánchezRoser Tarragó Edina GanglKrisztina GardaGréta GurisattiAnikó GyöngyössyAnna IllésRita KeszthelyiDóra LeimeterAlda MagyariRebecca ParkesNataša RybanskáDorottya SzilágyiGabriella SzűcsVanda Vályi
Men's tournament
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Final standings
Women's tournament
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Final standings
References
Sources Water Polo – Olympic Schedule & Results | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Water Polo – Olympic Reports | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Water Polo – Official Results Book | Tokyo 2020 Olympics (archive) Water Polo – Medal Standings | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Water Polo – Medallists by Event | Tokyo 2020 Olympics
External links Water Polo | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Tokyo 2020 | FINA