Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples was played between 2 and 14 July. 20 teams participated in the tournament.
Medal summary Medal table
Medal events MenPierre PellegriniMario Del BassoGiacomo CannellaMatteo SpioneFederico PaneraiEduardo CampopianoMario GuidiLorenzo BruniJacopo AlesianiMassimo Di MartireEttore NovaraUmberto EspositoFrancesco MassaroJack TurnerTyler AbramsonFelix Brozyna-VilimJacob CavanoJacob EhrhardtKacper LangiewiczThomas GruwellEvan RosenfeldAJ Rossman Bennett WilliamsQuinn WoodheadSamuel KrutonogIstván KardosGergerly BuriànLóránd ZerinváryDomonkos Sélley-RauscherKristóf VárnaiDániel SántaKristóf SzatmáryErik CsacsovszkyTamás GyárfásFrank PelleiRóbert FejősRolf BenczDániel Szakonyi WomenAlexandra KissGerda BrezovszkiTamara FarkasGemma Matilda GerendásOrsolya HertzkaVivien KövesdiAlexa GémesKrisztina GardaDóra HusztiAnna Mandula MucsySzonja KunaZsuzsanna MátéGina LekrinszkiFabiana SopranoCarolina IoannouMartina GottardoGiulia CuzzupèChiara RanalliGiulia MilloElena BorgLuna Di ClaudioAnna RepettoSerena StoraiSara CentanniAgnese CocchiereCarlotta MalaraDiana KhamraevaPolina KempfElizaveta ZaplatinaMargarita PystinaAnastasiia DiachenkoPolina PopovaDaria ChagochkinaAnastasia LeonovaRegina GalimzianovaAlina InogamovaLiubov MekhtelevaNadezhda LipskaiaSvetlana Stepakhina
Qualification Following the FISU regulations, the maximum of 12 teams in water polo events where the number of entries is larger than the authorised participation level were selected by: The entry and the payment of guarantee. Those 5 teams finishing top rankings of the previous edition will be automatically qualified. Those 3 teams finishing bottom rankings of the previous edition will 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 FINA ranking.
Men's tournament
Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifiedHost Country——1Top three of previous edition18–30 August 2017 Taipei3Continental Quota——4Wild card——2Total10
Women's tournament
Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifiedHost Country——1Top five of previous edition18–29 August 2017 Taipei5Continental Quota——2Wild card——2Total10
Venues Five swimming pools have been selected to host the Universiade (three for the competitions and two as training facilities): Stadio del Nuoto, Caserta: men's preliminary round and quarterfinals. Piscina comunale Alba Oriens, Casoria: women's preliminary round and quarterfinals. Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples: semifinals and finals. Training pools: PalaDennerlein, Naples (men). Piscina Comunale, Santa Maria Capua Vetere (women).
Draw Draws for team sports competitions were held on 5 April 2019 in Naples. According to FISU regulations, draw of pools was based on the following criteria: Previous Summer Universiade results Participation in previous Summer Universiades Continental representation FINA rankings
Men's tournament Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 (2) (3) (4) (5) (5) (9) (8) (10) (11) (12)
Women's tournament Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (?) (?)
Pools composition Men's tournament Women's tournament Pool A Pool B Pool A Pool B
References
External links 2019 Summer Universiade – Water polo Results book – Water polo (Archived version)