The water polo tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from 27 July to 11 August. Preliminary water polo matches occurred at Paris Aquatic Centre, with the final playoffs staged at the iconic Paris La Défense Arena. Similar to the previous edition, twenty-two teams (twelve for men and ten for women) competed against each other in their respective tournaments.
Qualification The International Olympic Committee and World Aquatics (AQUA) had ratified and released the qualification criteria for Paris 2024. The host nation France reserved a direct quota place each in the men's and women's tournament with the remainder of the total quota attributed to the eligible NOCs through a tripartite qualification pathway.
The 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, produced the winners and runners-up of the men's and women's water polo tournament, qualifying for Paris 2024. Five further quota places were awarded to the highest-ranked eligible NOC at each of the continental meets (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) approved by World Aquatics. If any of the continental meets did not occur within the qualifying period, the vacant spot was entitled to the highest-ranked eligible NOC from a respective continent at the succeeding edition of the Worlds.
To complete the water polo roster for the Games, the final batch of quota places were assigned to the four highest-ranked eligible NOCs for men and two for women at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Qualification summary Nation Men's Women's Athletes 26 13 13 13 26 26 26 26 13 13 13 13 13 26 26Total: 15 NOCs 156 130 286
Men's qualification
Women's qualification
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists Men's tournamentRadoslav FilipovićDušan MandićStrahinja RašovićSava RanđelovićMiloš ĆukNikola DedovićRadomir DrašovićNikola JakšićNemanja UbovićNemanja VicoPetar JakšićViktor RašovićVladimir MišovićMarko BijačRino BurićLoren FatovićLuka LončarMaro JokovićLuka BukićAnte VukičevićMarko ŽuvelaJerko Marinić Kragić Josip VrlićMatias BiljakaKonstantin KharkovToni PopadićAlex BowenLuca CupidoHannes DaubeChase DoddRyder DoddBen HallockDrew HollandJohnny HooperMax IrvingAlex ObertMarko VavicAdrian WeinbergDylan WoodheadWomen's tournamentPaula CamusPaula CrespíAnni EsparLaura EsterJudith ForcaMaica García GodoyPaula LeitónBeatriz OrtizPili PeñaNona PérezIsabel PiralkovaElena RuizMartina TerréAbby AndrewsCharlize AndrewsZoe AranciniElle ArmitKeesja GofersSienna GreenBronte HalliganSienna HearnDanijela JackovichMatilda KearnsGenevieve LongmanGabriella PalmAlice WilliamsLaura AartsSarah BuisKitty-Lynn JoustraMaartje KeuningLola MoolhuijzenBente RoggeLieke RoggeVivian SevenichBrigitte SleekingNina ten BroekSimone van de KraatsSabrina van der SlootIris Wolves
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
See also Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games
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