Water polo at the 2025 Summer World University Games was played from 17 to 26 July to 2025 at ASC Duisburg, in Duisburg. 16 teams participated in the tournament.
Qualification Following the FISU regulations, there were a maximum of 12 teams in men's water polo and 10 in women's water polo. If there was a larger number of teams interested, they were selected by:
The entry and the payment of guarantee Those five teams finishing top rankings of the previous edition will be automatically qualified. Due the COVID-19 pandemic this rule can't be applied in 2021 and 2025 for the women's tournament Those three teams finishing bottom rankings of the previous edition could be replaced by new applying teams. Due the COVID-19 pandemic this rule can't be applied in 2021 and 2025 for the women's tournament The host is automatically qualified. The remaining teams will be selected by wild card system according to geographical, continental representation, FISU ranking and WA ranking.
Medal summary Medal table
Medal events MenRocco ValleStefano BallariniPietro FaragliaMattia RocchinoDavide OcchioneLorenzo GiribaldiAlessandro GullottaAlessandro CarnesecchiAndrea CondemiAlessandro BalzariniAndrea PatchalievFederico PattiNicolo' Da RoldNathan TauscherAlexander HeenanElias LiechtyHayden O'HareWade SherlockBenjamin LarsenCharles MatthewsPeter CastilloGray Carson Trey DotenNoah RoweBoden BrinkemaHarper GardnerMax SpittankZoran BozicTobias BauerElias MettenJan RottermundMoritz OstmannFinn RottermundYannek ChiruSascha SeifertTill HofmannLuk JaschkeMark Gansen WomenDarja HeinbichnerFranka LipinskiIoanna PetikiSinia PlotzEmma-Eliza KochEmma SeehaferAnne RieckMona SaternusGreta TaddayElena LudwigJana StuweMarijke KijlstraLauren SteeleAna PieperLlilian GessCarly McMurrayKatherine O'DeaMaile TurnerJenna HumanDania InnisJailynn RobinsonAlison SagaraJacqueline WaltersNatalie StrykerJosephine NizGaia AcerbottiGuya ZizzaFederica MorroneMarta MisitiVittoria SbruzziEmma De MarchGiorgia KlatowskiFrancesca CollettaLavinia PapiCristina MalluzzoAurora LongoBenedetta CabonaLudovica Celona
Draw The draw was held on 7 April 2025 at the Luftschiffhangar in Mülheim. The women's team of Chile was later replaced by Turkey.
Men's tournament Women's tournament Pool A Pool B Pool A Pool B
References
External links Results book