The 2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship occurred from November 26 to December 4, 2022. The first game of the opening round was held at DeNunzio Pool in Princeton, New Jersey and hosted by Princeton University. All subsequent games, including the finals, were held at Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley, California and hosted by the University of California. This was the 54th NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship. Seven teams participated in this championship. Opening round game one was played at Princeton University. The California Golden Bears were the defending national champions.

Qualifying teams Five conferences were granted automatic qualification to the championship: Golden Coast Conference (GCC), Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC), and the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA). Two additional teams earned entry into the tournament with at-large bids, with both of them coming from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

Seed Team Conference Bid type Appearance1 California MPSF At-large 31st2 UCLA MPSF At-large 37th Fordham MAWPC Automatic 2nd Pacific GCC Automatic 5th Princeton NWPC Automatic 8th Southern California MPSF Automatic 37th UC Davis WWPA Automatic 9th

Schedule All times are Eastern time November 26December 1December 3December 4 Opening Round Game 1 Opening Round Games 2 & 3 Semifinals Championship 12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

Bracket The championship featured a knockout format where schools that lost were eliminated from the tournament. The championship pairings were announced on Sunday, November 20, 2022 by the NCAA Men’s Water Polo Committee.

All Tournament Team After the championship, the All-NCAA Tournament First and Second teams were announced.

First Team Nikolaos Papanikolaou (Most Outstanding Player, California) Max Casabella (California) Jack Deely (California) Adrian Weinberg (California) Jake Ehrhardt (Southern California) Nassimo Di Martire (Southern California) Mihailo Vukazic (Pacific)

Second Team Roberto Valera (California) Kyle McKenney (Southern California) Ashworth Molthen (Southern California) Jake Cavano (UCLA) Gianpiero Di Martire (UCLA) Bogdan Djerkovic (Pacific) Reuel D’Souza (Pacific)

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