Water polo at the 2022 South American Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of the water polo at the 2022 South American Games was held from 11 to 15 October 2022 at the Centro Acuático Nacional in Asunción, Paraguay.[1] It was the third appearance of the water polo men's tournament since the first edition in Medellín 2010.

2022 South American Games Men's Water polo tournament
Tournament details
CountryParaguay
CityAsunción
No. of venues1 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–15 October 2022
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place Colombia
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored422 (21.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Exequiel Camnasio (27 goals)
Official website
Tournament website
← 2018
2026 →

The tournament served as qualifier for the 2023 Pan American Games, with the top two teams qualifying to the men's water polo tournament.[2]

Brazil won the gold medal and their first South American Games men's water polo title after beating the defending champions Argentina 13–12 (3–2 on penalties) in the final.[3] Both teams, Brazil and Argentina, qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games as the CONSANAT representatives, besides Chile who qualified automatically as hosts.

Colombia beat Chile 18–6 to win the bronze medal.

Schedule

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The tournament was held over a 5-day period, from 11 to 15 October.

PR Preliminary round SF Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Tue 11 Wed 12 Thu 13 Fri 14 Sat 15
PR PR PR SF B F
6 M 3 M 6 M 3 M 2 M

Teams

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A total of six ODESUR NOCs entered teams for the men's tournament. Originally, the tournament was going to be contested by seven teams including Peru, however, the Peruvian team decided to withdraw due to logistical reasons.[4][5]

Teams App Previous best performance
  Argentina 3rd Gold medal (2010, 2018)
  Brazil 2nd Bronze medal (2010)
  Chile 1st Debut
  Colombia 3rd Silver medal (2010, 2018)
  Paraguay 1st Debut
  Peru 3rd Fourth place (2018)
  Uruguay 1st Debut

Rosters

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Each participating NOC had to enter a roster of 13 players, including at least 2 goalkeepers (Technical manual Article 10.2).[1]

Results

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All match times are in PYST (UTC−3).

Preliminary round

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The preliminary round consisted of a single group of 6 teams in which each team played once against the other 5 teams in the group on a round-robin format. The top four teams advanced to the semi-finals and the two bottom teams played for the fifth place.

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.
11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)
9:00
Report Uruguay   32–2   Paraguay Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
García, Carlos Paipilla (COL)[6]
Score by quarters: 10–0, 10–2, 5–0, 7–0
Domínguez 8 Goals Taboada, Cameron 1
11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)
10:20
Report Brazil   15–0   Chile Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Daners, Rincón[7]
Score by quarters: 4–0, 6–0, 2–0, 3–0
three players 3 Goals
11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)
11:40
Report Colombia   6–11   Argentina Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Teixido, Fernandes[8]
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–2, 1–3, 0–3
Muñoz 2 Goals Camnasio, Veich 3
11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)
18:00
Report Colombia   12–1   Chile Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Monteiro, Teixido[9]
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–0, 1–0, 5–0
Lizarazo 4 Goals Otayza 1
11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)
19:20
Report Uruguay   2–25   Brazil Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Perré, Alejos[10]
Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–8, 0–4, 1–5
Martinez Bon 2 Goals Freitas 5
11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)
20:40
Report Argentina   25–0   Paraguay Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Alfaro, Rincón[11]
Score by quarters: 5–0, 6–0, 7–0, 7–0
Setti 6 Goals

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)
13:30
Report Chile   3–2   Uruguay Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Di Biasio, Teixido[12]
Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–1, 0–0, 1–0
three players 1 Goals Domínguez, Upery 2
12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)
14:50
Report Paraguay   0–31   Colombia Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Alejos, Queipo[13]
Score by quarters: 0–10, 0–9, 0–5, 0–7
Goals Guapacha 12
12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)
16:10
Report Argentina   10–8   Brazil Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Daners, Alfaro[14]
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–3, 0–3, 3–1
Camnasio 5 Goals Freitas 3

13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
9:00
Report Chile   27–1   Paraguay Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Perré, Queipo[15]
Score by quarters: 8–1, 4–0, 7–0, 8–0
four players 4 Goals Pucciarelli 1
13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
10:20
Report Argentina   21–1   Uruguay Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Villanueva, Rincón[16]
Score by quarters: 2–0, 7–0, 7–1, 5–0
Camnasio 5 Goals Rieppi 1
13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
11:40
Report Brazil   16–7   Colombia Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
García, Di Biasio[17]
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–3, 4–2, 6–2
Chiappini, Coutinho 4 Goals Mora 2
13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
18:00
Report Argentina   20–3   Chile Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Queipo, Carlos Paipilla (COL)[18]
Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–1, 6–1, 4–0
Camnasio 5 Goals Castro 2
13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
19:20
Report Colombia   10–6   Uruguay Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Fernandes, Villanueva[19]
Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–0, 1–3, 3–1
Muñoz 3 Goals Domínguez 3
13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
20:40
Report Brazil   12–2   Paraguay Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Rincón, Perré[20]
Score by quarters: 8–0, 2–0, 2–1, 0–1
Pedroso, Vizacre 3 Goals Taboada, Núñez 1

Knockout stage

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The knockout stage consisted of the fifth place match (between the fifth and sixth placed teams of the preliminary stage), the semi-finals and the bronze and gold medal matches. The semi-finals match-ups were:

  • Semifinal 1: Preliminary stage 1st placed team v Preliminary stage 4th placed team
  • Semifinal 2: Preliminary stage 2nd placed team v Preliminary stage 3rd placed team

Winners of semi-finals played the gold medal match, while losers played the bronze medal match.

 
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
 

Semi-finals

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14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)
14:50
Report Argentina   20–2   Chile Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Monteiro, Daners[21]
Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–0, 4–0, 5–1
Camnasio 5 Goals Vera, Joaquín Díaz 1
14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)
16:10
Report Brazil   17–6   Colombia Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Perré, Queipo[22]
Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–0, 4–1, 6–2
Guimarães 4 Goals Lizarazo 4

Fifth place match

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14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)
13:30
Report Uruguay   15–2   Paraguay Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Carlos Paipilla (COL), Villanueva[23]
Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–1, 2–0, 5–0
Domínguez 6 Goals Cameron, Adorno 1

Bronze medal match

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15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)
11:20
Report Chile   6–18   Colombia Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
Perré, Monteiro[24]
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–5, 0–4, 2–6
Sarmiento, Castro 2 Goals Saldarriaga 5

Gold medal match

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15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)
12:40
Report Argentina   12–13   Brazil Centro Acuático Nacional
Referees:
García, Teixido[25]
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 2–3, 3–1  PSO: 2–3
Camnasio 4 Goals Guimarães 7

Final ranking

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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Brazil
Guilherme Barella (GK)
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 (GK)

Head coach: Bárbaro Díaz
  Argentina
Octavio Salas (GK)
Ramiro Veich
Tomás Galimberti
Tomás Tilatti
Emanuel López
Tomás Echenique
Guido Martino
Eduardo Bonomo
Exequiel Camnasio
Esteban Corsi
Augusto Antunes
Ignacio Setti
Nicolás Fernández (GK)

Head coach: Juan Pablo Giri
  Colombia
Camilo Camacho (GK)
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 (GK)

Head coach: Ricardo Canal

Qualified teams for Pan American Games

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The following three teams from CONSANAT qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games men's water polo tournament, including Chile which qualified as hosts.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Pan American Games1
  Chile 4 November 2017 1 (1951)
  Argentina 14 October 2022 13 (1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1971, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
  Brazil 14 October 2022 17 (1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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 – Aquatics" (PDF). www.santiago2023.org. Santiago 2023. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  3. ^ Gentile, Gabriel (15 October 2022). "Brasil leva os dois ouros do polo aquático em Assunção" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Olimpiada Todo Dia.
  4. ^ "Selección peruana masculina de waterpolo no estará en los Suramericanos por insólito motivo" (in Spanish). Perú.21. 29 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Selección Peruana de Waterpolo clasificó a los Suramericanos, pero no irá porque FDPN no pagará pasajes" (in Spanish). RPP. 30 September 2022.
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  17. ^ "Partido 12" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 13 October 2022.
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