The men's tournament of the water polo at the 2022 South American Games was held from 11 to 15 October 2022 at the Centro Acuático Nacional in Asunción, Paraguay. It was the third appearance of the water polo men's tournament since the first edition in Medellín 2010.
The tournament served as qualifier for the 2023 Pan American Games, with the top two teams qualifying to the men's water polo tournament.
Brazil won the gold medal and their first South American Games men's water polo title after beating the defending champions Argentina 13–12 (3–2 on penalties) in the final. Both teams, Brazil and Argentina, qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games as the CONSANAT representatives, besides Chile who qualified automatically as hosts.
Colombia beat Chile 18–6 to win the bronze medal.
Schedule The tournament was held over a 5-day period, from 11 to 15 October.
PRPreliminary roundSFSemi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match Tue 11 Wed 12 Thu 13 Fri 14 Sat 15PR PR PR SF B F6 3 6 3 2
Teams A total of six ODESUR NOCs entered teams for the men's tournament. Originally, the tournament was going to be contested by seven teams including Peru, however, the Peruvian team decided to withdraw due to logistical reasons.
TeamsPrevious best performance3rdGold medal (2010, 2018)2ndBronze medal (2010)1stDebut3rdSilver medal (2010, 2018)1stDebut3rdFourth place (2018)1stDebut
Rosters
Each participating NOC had to enter a roster of 13 players, including at least 2 goalkeepers (Technical manual Article 10.2).
Results All match times are in PYST (UTC−3).
Preliminary round The preliminary round consisted of a single group of 6 teams in which each team played once against the other 5 teams in the group on a round-robin format. The top four teams advanced to the semi-finals and the two bottom teams played for the fifth place.
Knockout stage The knockout stage consisted of the fifth place match (between the fifth and sixth placed teams of the preliminary stage), the semi-finals and the bronze and gold medal matches. The semi-finals match-ups were:
Semifinal 1: Preliminary stage 1st placed team v Preliminary stage 4th placed team Semifinal 2: Preliminary stage 2nd placed team v Preliminary stage 3rd placed team
Winners of semi-finals played the gold medal match, while losers played the bronze medal match.
Semi-finals
Fifth place match
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final ranking
RankTeam456
2022 Men's South American Water Polo Champions BrazilFirst title
Team roster: Guilherme Barella, Bruno Chiappini, Felipe Henrique Gomes, Gustavo Coutinho, Beto Freitas, Marcos Pedroso, Luiz Octavio Scarabelim, Eduardo Cintra, Bernardo Rocha, Italo Vizacre, Gustavo Guimarães, Luis Ricardo Silva, Alexandre Souza Mendes Head coach: Bárbaro Díaz
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeGuilherme Barella (GK)Bruno ChiappiniFelipe Henrique GomesGustavo CoutinhoBeto FreitasMarcos PedrosoLuiz Octavio ScarabelimEduardo CintraBernardo RochaItalo VizacreGustavo GuimarãesLuis Ricardo SilvaAlexandre Souza Mendes (GK)Head coach: Bárbaro DíazOctavio Salas (GK)Ramiro VeichTomás GalimbertiTomás TilattiEmanuel LópezTomás EcheniqueGuido MartinoEduardo BonomoExequiel CamnasioEsteban CorsiAugusto AntunesIgnacio SettiNicolás Fernández (GK)Head coach: Juan Pablo GiriCamilo Camacho (GK)Nelson BejaranoJosé Manuel RengifoJuan Pablo GuapachaSantiago CuervoSebastián MuñozSantiago AramburoJairo LizarazoAlejandro SaldarriagaFelipe MoraEnzo SalinasJuan Felipe EcheverryTomás Gil (GK)Head coach: Ricardo Canal
Qualified teams for Pan American Games The following three teams from CONSANAT qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games men's water polo tournament, including Chile which qualified as hosts.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in Pan American Games1 1 (1951) 13 (1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1971, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) 17 (1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
External links ASU2022 Water polo Teams Male at ASU2022 official website.