The men's water polo tournament at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held from 17 to 29 July 2023. This was the 20th time that the men's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1973.

Hungary claimed their fourth title by defeating Greece in the final.

Qualification

EventDatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s) Host nation 1 2022 World League 8 January – 27 July 2022 Strasbourg 2 2022 World Championships 21 June – 3 July 2022 Budapest 4 2022 European Championship Split 3 2022 Asian Championship 7–14 November 2022 2 3–8 April 2023 Bauru 2 African Wildcard 1 Oceanian Wildcard 1 Total 16

Due the limited budget and the proximity of the date of the championship with the 2023 Pan American Games, Brazil opted for the withdrawal before the tournament and was replaced by Argentina.

Draw The draw was held on 18 April 2023.

Seeding The pots were announced on 12 April 2023.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+9).

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

2023 Men's Water Polo World Champions HungaryFourth title

Statistics and awards Top goalscorers +RankNameGoalsTop scorersShots 1 Strahinja Rašović 25 45 56 2 Hannes Daube 22 48 46 3 Nikola Jakšić 20 43 47 4 Gergő Zalánki 19 36 535 Konstantinos Genidounias18 39 46 Đuro Radović 35 517 Francesco Di Fulvio17 34 50 Yusuke Inaba 45 389 Ugo Crousillat16 34 47 Taiyo Watanabe 33 48

Awards The awards were announced on 29 July 2023.

All-star team Goalkeeper Emmanouil ZerdevasField player Hannes Daube Krisztián Manhercz Alexandros Papanastasiou Felipe Perrone Strahinja Rašović Gergő ZalánkiOther awards MVP Gergő Zalánki Best goalkeeper Emmanouil Zerdevas

References

External links 20th FINA World Championships Fukuoka 2023 FINA Water Polo website Records and statistics (reports by Omega) Water polo at the 2023 World Championships – Men's tournament total-waterpolo.com Men Water Polo XX World Championship 2023 Fukuoka, Japan todor66.com