Water polo at the 2022 South American Games

Water polo competitions at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay were held from 11 to 15 October 2022 at the Centro Acuático Nacional cluster.

Water polo
at the 2022 South American Games
Water polo pictogram
VenueCentro Acuático Nacional
Dates11−15 October 2022
Competitors168 from 8 nations
Teams13 (6 men and 7 women)
Medalists
gold medal 
gold medal 
silver medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
bronze medal 
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Two medal events were scheduled to be contested: a men's and women's tournament. A total of 168 athletes (78 athletes–6 teams for men and 91 athletes–7 teams for women) competed in the events. Both tournaments were open competitions without age restrictions.[1]

The gold and silver medalists teams in each tournament qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games water polo competitions, plus Chile which qualified automatically as the 2023 Pan American Games hosts.[2]

Argentina and Brazil were the defending champions of the South American Games men's and women's water polo events. Argentina had won the men's tournament in the last edition in Cochabamba 2018 while Brazil had won the women's tournament in the Medellín 2010 edition (women's event was not held in Santiago 2014 nor Cochabamba 2018).

Brazil won the gold medal in both men's and women's events.[3]

Participating nations

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A total of 8 ODESUR nations registered teams for the water polo events. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 26 athletes (one team of 13 players per gender).[1] Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and hosts Paraguay participated in both men's and women's tournament. Uruguay participated in the men's tournament, while Peru and Venezuela participated in the women's tournament.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Paraguay)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Brazil2002
2  Argentina0202
3  Colombia0011
  Peru0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
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  Brazil (BRA)
Guilherme Barella
Bruno Chiappini
Felipe Henrique Gomes
Gustavo Coutinho
Beto Freitas
Marcos Pedroso
Luiz Octavio Scarabelim
Eduardo Cintra
Bernardo Rocha
Italo Vizacre
Gustavo Guimarães
Luis Ricardo Silva
Alexandre Souza Mendes
  Argentina (ARG)
Octavio Salas
Ramiro Veich
Tomás Galimberti
Tomás Tilatti
Emanuel López
Tomás Echenique
Guido Martino
Eduardo Bonomo
Exequiel Camnasio
Esteban Corsi
Augusto Antunes
Ignacio Setti
Nicolás Fernández
  Colombia (COL)
Camilo Camacho
Nelson Bejarano
José Manuel Rengifo
Juan Pablo Guapacha
Santiago Cuervo
Sebastián Muñoz
Santiago Aramburo
Jairo Lizarazo
Alejandro Saldarriaga
Felipe Mora
Enzo Salinas
Juan Felipe Echeverry
Tomás Gil
Women's tournament
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  Brazil (BRA)
Thatiana Pregolini
Diana Abla
Luana Bonetti
Kemily Leão
Luana Ribeiro Quinn
Marcela Marrani Marques
Samantha Ferreira
Jeniffer Cavalcante
Melani Palaro Dias
Rebecca Moreira
Mirella Coutinho
Letícia Belorio
Isabela Rodrigues de Souza
  Argentina (ARG)
Nahir Stegmayer
Victoria Ruiz
Cecilia Marie
Ashley Hatcher
Ludmila Ianni
Maitena Romano
Julieta Auliel
Celeste Comba
Isabel Riley
Ana Agnesina
Anahí Bacigalupo
María Sol Canda
Lola Canales
  Peru (PER)
Milagros López
Miranda Nieto
Diana Garnica
Daniela Torres
Belén Torres
Abigail Sirio
Areli Rolando
Carolina Rodríguez
Grecia Nolasco
Anna López
Rebeca Rodríguez
Elisa López
Grecia Bojorquez

Men's tournament

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Preliminary round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 5 5 0 0 87 18 +69 10 Semi-finals
2   Brazil 5 4 0 1 76 21 +55 8
3   Colombia 5 3 0 2 66 34 +32 6
4   Chile 5 2 0 3 34 50 −16 4
5   Uruguay 5 1 0 4 43 61 −18 2 Fifth place match
6   Paraguay 5 0 0 5 5 127 −122 0
Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
14 October
 
 
  Argentina20
 
15 October
 
  Chile2
 
  Argentina10 (2)
 
14 October
 
  Brazil (pso)10 (3)
 
  Brazil17
 
 
  Colombia6
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
15 October
 
 
  Chile6
 
 
  Colombia18
 
Fifth place match
 
  
 
14 October
 
 
  Uruguay15
 
 
  Paraguay2
 

Final standings

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Rank Team
    Brazil
    Argentina
    Colombia
4   Chile
5   Uruguay
6   Paraguay

Women's tournament

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Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 2 2 0 0 47 4 +43 4 Semi-finals
2   Peru 2 1 0 1 12 25 −13 2
3   Chile 2 0 0 2 8 38 −30 0 Fifth place match
Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 3 3 0 0 73 21 +52 6 Semi-finals
2   Venezuela 3 1 1 1 47 33 +14 3
3   Colombia 3 1 1 1 62 33 +29 3 Fifth place match
4   Paraguay 3 0 0 3 21 116 −95 0
Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsGold-medal match
 
      
 
14 October
 
 
  Brazil16
 
15 October
 
  Venezuela3
 
  Brazil14
 
14 October
 
  Argentina8
 
  Argentina16
 
 
  Peru12
 
Bronze-medal match
 
 
15 October
 
 
  Venezuela14 (3)
 
 
  Peru (pso)14 (4)
 
Fifth place match
 
  
 
14 October
 
 
  Colombia21
 
 
  Chile6
 

Final standings

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Rank Team
    Brazil
    Argentina
    Peru
4   Venezuela
5   Colombia
6   Chile
7   Paraguay

References

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  1. ^ a b "DEPORTES ACUÁTICOS MANUAL TÉCNICO" (PDF). www.asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASU2022. 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Santiago 2023 Qualification Systems Manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ Gentile, Gabriel (15 October 2022). "Brasil leva os dois ouros do polo aquático em Assunção" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Olimpiada Todo Dia.
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