The 2019 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship occurred from November 30 to December 8, 2019. The first game of the opening round was held at Blodgett Pool in Cambridge, Massachusetts and hosted by Harvard University. All subsequent games, including the finals, were held at Chris Kjeldsen Pool Complex in Stockton, California and hosted by the University of the Pacific. This was the 51st NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship. Seven teams participated in this championship. Opening round game one was played at Harvard University. The Southern California Trojans (USC) 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 one of them coming from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and one coming from the Golden Coast Conference.

Seed Team Conference Bid type Appearance1 Stanford MPSF Automatic 33rd2 Pacific GCC At-large 4th Bucknell MAWPC Automatic 7th Harvard NWPC Automatic 3rd Pepperdine GCC Automatic 13th Southern California MPSF At-large 34th UC Davis WWPA Automatic 7th

Schedule All times are Eastern time November 30December 5December 7December 8 Opening Round Game 1 Opening Round Games 2 & 3 Semifinals Championship 12:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. & 5:45 p.m. 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 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 Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 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 Tyler Abramson (Stanford) Engin Ege Colak (Pacific) Chris Dilworth (Pepperdine) Ben Hallock (Most Outstanding Player, Stanford) Jacob Mercep (Southern California) Luke Pavillard (Pacific) Nic Porter (Southern California)

Second Team Andrew Chun (Stanford) Jeremie Cote (Pacific) Balazs Kosa (Pepperdine) AJ Rossman (Stanford) Djordje Stanic (Pacific) Bennett Williams (Stanford) Quinn Woodhead (Stanford)

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