Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The men's water polo tournament at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held from 21 June to 3 July 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. This was the 19th time that the men's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1973.[1]

Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s) Hungary (in Budapest, Szeged, Debrecen, Sopron host cities)
Dates21 June – 3 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Spain (3rd title)
Runner-up Italy
Third place Greece
Fourth place Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played43
Goals scored962 (22.37 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Alex Bowen
(21 goals)
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Spain won their third title with a win over Italy, while Greece beat Croatia to win the bronze medal.[2][3]

Qualification

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Event Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
Host nation 1   Hungary
2020 FINA World League 26 June – 1 July 2020   Tbilisi 2   Montenegro
  United States
2020 Summer Olympics 25 July – 8 August 2020   Tokyo 4   Serbia
  Greece
  Spain
  Croatia
2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship 14–26 January 2020   Budapest 2   Italy
  Russia
  Germany
2022 Intercontinental Cup
(Americas qualifier)
7–13 March 2022   Lima 2   Canada
  Brazil
Asian selection 2   Kazakhstan
  Japan
African selection 1   South Africa
Oceanian selection 1   Australia
Wild card[4] 1   Georgia
Total 16

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

Draw

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The draw was held on 12 April 2022.[4][6]

Seeding

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The pots were determined as follow.[7]

  • Pot 1: the 4 semifinalists of the 2020 Summer Olympics
  • Pot 2: the 2 finalists of the World League, Europe Qualifier 1 and America Qualifier 1
  • Pot 3: Europe Qualifier 2, Europe Qualifier 3, Oceania Qualifier 1, America Qualifier 2
  • Pot 4: Africa Qualifier 1, Asia Qualifier 1, Asia Qualifier 2, Europe Qualifier 4.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Serbia
  Greece
  Hungary
  Spain
  Montenegro
  United States
  Croatia
  Canada
  Brazil
  Italy
  Germany
  Australia
  South Africa
  Kazakhstan
  Japan
  Georgia

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A Group B Group C Group D
  Hungary   Greece   Spain   Serbia
  Montenegro   Croatia   Canada   United States
  Brazil   Germany   Italy   Australia
  Georgia   Japan   South Africa   Kazakhstan

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary (H) 3 3 0 0 50 28 +22 6 Quarterfinals
2   Montenegro 3 2 0 1 38 26 +12 4 Playoffs
3   Georgia 3 1 0 2 37 38 −1 2
4   Brazil 3 0 0 3 21 54 −33 0
Source: Sportresult[dead link]
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.
(H) Hosts


21 June 2022
19:30
Report[dead link] Brazil   10–14   Georgia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Maro Savinović (CRO), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 3–6, 2–3
Freitas 4 Goals Sarić, Vapenski 4
21 June 2022
21:00
Report[dead link] Montenegro   8–12   Hungary Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 2–3, 2–3
Petković 4 Goals Zalánki 4

23 June 2022
19:30
Report[dead link] Georgia   9–10   Montenegro Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Maro Savinović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–0, 3–4, 2–2
Vasić 5 Goals Đurđić 4
23 June 2022
21:00
Report[dead link] Hungary   20–6   Brazil Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Andrew Carney (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 4–2, 3–1, 6–2
three players 3 Goals Real 2

25 June 2022
19:30
Report[dead link] Brazil   5–20   Montenegro Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Andrew Carney (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–6, 0–7, 3–3
five players 1 Goals three players 3
25 June 2022
21:00
Report[dead link] Hungary   18–14   Georgia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Pascal Bouchez (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 7–3, 4–5, 4–3
Manhercz, Zalánki 4 Goals Shushiashvili, Vapenski 3

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Greece 3 2 1 0 42 23 +19 5[a] Quarterfinals
2   Croatia 3 2 1 0 42 30 +12 5[a] Playoffs
3   Japan 3 1 0 2 32 50 −18 2
4   Germany 3 0 0 3 28 41 −13 0
Source: Sportresult[dead link]
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Greece 8–8 Croatia


21 June 2022
18:00
Report[dead link] Germany   11–12   Japan Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 2–3, 5–1
Schütze 3 Goals Inaba 5
21 June 2022
19:30
Report[dead link] Greece   8–8   Croatia Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–4, 2–1, 1–2
Vlachopoulos 4 Goals Kharkov 3

23 June 2022
18:00
Report[dead link] Croatia   13–9   Germany Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–1, 2–2, 3–5
Bašić, Krapić 3 Goals Küppers 3
23 June 2022
19:30
Report[dead link] Japan   7–18   Greece Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–4, 2–5, 2–6
three players 2 Goals Argyropoulos 6

25 June 2022
18:00
Report[dead link] Japan   13–21   Croatia Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 6–3, 2–7, 2–7
Inaba 5 Goals Kharkov, Krapić 5
25 June 2022
19:30
Report[dead link] Greece   16–8   Germany Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen
Referees:
Harvey Hinds (CUR), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–1, 4–2, 3–4
Genidounias 5 Goals Božić 2

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 2 2 0 0 42 14 +28 4 Quarterfinals
2   Italy 2 1 0 1 34 18 +16 2 Playoffs
3   South Africa 2 0 0 2 6 50 −44 0
4   Canada[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: Sportresult[dead link]
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ On 24 June, the Canadian team withdrew from the tournament after multiple positive COVID-19 cases amongst the team.[8][9]


21 June 2022
18:00
Report[dead link] South Africa   4–22   Italy Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron
Referees:
Radu Matache (ROU), Wallop Jirathornwattana (THA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–1, 0–7, 2–11
four players 1 Goals Fondelli 4

23 June 2022
18:00
Report[dead link] Spain   28–2   South Africa Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron
Referees:
Wallop Jirathornwattana (THA), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 7–0, 6–1, 8–0
Granados 6 Goals Cronje, Howard 1

25 June 2022
18:00
Report[dead link] Italy   12–14   Spain Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 6–3, 2–2, 0–4
Di Somma 3 Goals Granados 3

21 June 2022 (Annulled)[note 1]
19:30
Report[dead link] Canada   2–19   Spain Sopron Lover Pool, Sopron
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–7, 0–6, 0–4
Constantin-Bicari, D'Souza 1 Goals Perrone 5

Cancelled[note 2] Italy     Canada
Cancelled Canada     South Africa

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia 3 3 0 0 45 21 +24 6 Quarterfinals
2   United States 3 2 0 1 44 30 +14 4 Playoffs
3   Australia 3 1 0 2 24 24 0 2
4   Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 11 49 −38 0
Source: Sportresult[dead link]
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.


21 June 2022
18:00
Report[dead link] Australia   10–4   Kazakhstan Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–0, 3–2, 3–2
Pavillard, Power 3 Goals Shmider 3
21 June 2022
19:30
Report[dead link] United States   13–17   Serbia Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 2–3, 3–3, 3–6
Bowen 4 Goals Mandić 4

23 June 2022
18:00
Report[dead link] Serbia   6–5   Australia Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 2–2, 1–0
Lukić, Mandić 2 Goals Edwards, Power 2
23 June 2022
19:30
Report[dead link] Kazakhstan   4–17   United States Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–7, 2–3, 1–2, 0–5
Shakenov 2 Goals Irving 4

25 June 2022
18:00
Report[dead link] Kazakhstan   3–22   Serbia Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–8, 0–5, 2–5
Vuksanović 3 Goals S. Rašović 6
25 June 2022
19:30
Report[dead link] United States   14–9   Australia Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 4–3, 2–2
Irving 4 Goals three players 2

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Championship bracket
 
PlayoffsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
29 June
 
 
  Hungary10
 
27 June
 
  Italy11
 
  Italy17
 
1 July
 
  Australia6
 
  Italy11
 
 
  Greece10
 
 
29 June
 
 
  Greece16
 
27 June
 
  United States11
 
  South Africa2
 
3 July
 
  United States24
 
  Italy9 (5)
 
 
  Spain (PSO)9 (6)
 
 
29 June
 
 
  Spain7
 
27 June
 
  Montenegro6
 
  Montenegro10
 
1 July
 
  Japan9
 
  Spain10
 
 
  Croatia5 Third place
 
 
29 June3 July
 
 
  Serbia12  Greece9
 
27 June
 
  Croatia14   Croatia7
 
  Georgia7
 
 
  Croatia13
 
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
1 July
 
 
  Hungary11 (4)
 
3 July
 
  United States (PSO)11 (5)
 
  United States10
 
1 July
 
  Serbia13
 
  Montenegro7
 
 
  Serbia10
 
Seventh place game
 
 
3 July
 
 
  Hungary8
 
 
  Montenegro6
9th place bracket
 
9th–12th place semifinalsNinth place game
 
      
 
29 June
 
 
  Japan15
 
1 July
 
  Australia7
 
  Japan16
 
29 June
 
  Georgia15
 
  Georgia20
 
 
  South Africa7
 
Eleventh place game
 
 
1 July
 
 
  Australia19
 
 
  South Africa4
13th place bracket
 
13th–15th place semifinals13th place game
 
      
 
27 June
 
 
  Brazil9
 
29 June
 
  Germany10
 
  Germany16
 
 
  Kazakhstan7
 
 
 
 

Playoffs

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27 June 2022
14:00
Report[dead link] Montenegro   10–9   Japan Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–5, 3–2, 2–1
Perković 3 Goals Takata 2

27 June 2022
15:30
Report[dead link] Georgia   7–13   Croatia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 0–3, 3–3
Vapenski, Vasić 2 Goals Kharkov 4

27 June 2022
17:00
Report[dead link] Italy   17–6   Australia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–3, 4–1, 6–2
Cannella, Del Lungo 3 Goals Edwards 3

27 June 2022
18:30
Report[dead link] South Africa   2–24   United States Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Andrew Carney (AUS)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–6, 0–5, 2–7
Stone, Swanepoel 1 Goals Dodd 6

Quarterfinals

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29 June 2022
13:00
Report[dead link] Greece   16–11   United States Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–6, 3–0, 6–4
Argyropoulos 5 Goals three players 3

29 June 2022
16:00
Report[dead link] Serbia   12–14   Croatia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–4, 5–5, 3–4
Mandić 4 Goals four players 2

29 June 2022
19:30
Report[dead link] Spain   7–6   Montenegro Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 1–2, 1–1
Mallarach 2 Goals Đurđić 2

29 June 2022
21:00
Report[dead link] Hungary   10–11   Italy Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–4, 1–2, 4–3
Vámos 3 Goals Di Fulvio 4

13–15th place semifinals

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27 June 2022
17:00
Report[dead link] Brazil   9–10   Germany Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Radu Matache (ROU), Levan Bertishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 3–3, 1–3
Coutinho 3 Goals Küppers, Strelezkij 3

9–12th place semifinals

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29 June 2022
17:00
Report[dead link] Japan   15–7   Australia Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–2, 5–2, 3–1
Date 4 Goals seven players 1

29 June 2022
18:30
Report[dead link] Georgia   20–7   South Africa Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Radu Matache (ROU), Anbar Anbar (KUW)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–1, 7–2, 5–3
three players 3 Goals Olver 2

5–8th place semifinals

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1 July 2022
14:30
Report[dead link] Montenegro   7–10   Serbia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 2–3, 1–2
Đurđić 3 Goals Jakšić, S. Rašović 3

1 July 2022
21:00
Report[dead link] Hungary   15–16   United States Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Maro Savinović (CRO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–2, 2–3, 3–3  PSO: 4–5
Manhercz, Nagy 3 Goals Daube 3

Semifinals

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1 July 2022
16:00
Report[dead link] Italy   11–10   Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–3, 1–1, 4–4
Dolce 3 Goals Vlachopoulos 3

1 July 2022
19:30
Report[dead link] Spain   10–5   Croatia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 0–0, 3–0
Granados 4 Goals Bukić 2

13th place game

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29 June 2022
15:30
Report[dead link] Germany   16–7   Kazakhstan Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 3–1, 5–2
Küppers 4 Goals Shakenov 3

Eleventh place game

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1 July 2022
17:00
Report[dead link] Australia   19–4   South Africa Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 6–0, 4–1, 6–1
Pavillard 5 Goals Swanepoel 2

Ninth place game

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1 July 2022
18:30
Report[dead link] Japan   16–15   Georgia Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged
Referees:
Veselin Mišković (MNE), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 7–4, 2–2, 4–4
Adachi 5 Goals Bitadze, Vapenski 4

Seventh place game

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3 July 2022
13:00
Report[dead link] Hungary   8–6   Montenegro Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Levan Bertishvili (GEO), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–2, 2–1, 1–3
Nagy, Zalánki 2 Goals three players 2

Fifth place game

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3 July 2022
17:00
Report[dead link] United States   10–13   Serbia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–5, 1–3, 3–2
Bowen 4 Goals S. Rašović 4

Third place game

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3 July 2022
14:30
Report[dead link] Greece   9–7   Croatia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–3, 3–2, 1–2
Kakaris 3 Goals Bukić 2

Final

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3 July 2022
20:00
Report[dead link] Italy   14–15   Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–3, 3–2, 3–1  PSO: 5–6
Cannella 2 Goals Granados 4

Final ranking

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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Spain [12]

Unai Aguirre
Alberto Munarriz
Álvaro Granados
Bernat Sanahuja
Miguel de Toro
Marc Larumbe
Martin Famera
Sergi Cabanas
Roger Tahull
Felipe Perrone (c)
Blai Mallarach
Alejandro Bustos
Eduardo Lorrio

Head coach:
David Martin

  Italy [13]

Marco Del Lungo (c)
Francesco Di Fulvio
Luca Damonte
Matteo Iocchi Gratta
Andrea Fondelli
Giacomo Cannella
Luca Marziali
Gonzalo Echenique
Nicholas Presciutti
Lorenzo Bruni
Edoardo Di Somma
Vincenzo Dolce
Gianmarco Nicosia

Head coach:
Alessandro Campagna

  Greece [14]

Manos Zerdevas
Dinos Genidounias
Dimitris Skoumpakis
Stathis Kalogeropoulos
Yiannis Fountoulis (c)
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Giorgos Dervisis
Stelios Argyropoulos
Costas Gouvis
Costas Kakaris
Dimitris Nikolaidis
Angelos Vlachopoulos
Panagiotis Tzortzatos

Head coach:
Thodoris Vlachos

Awards and statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Goals[15] Shots %
1   Alexander Bowen 21 43 49
2   Álvaro Granados 18 38 37
3   Boris Vapenski 17 47 36
  Strahinja Rašović 36 47
5   Konstantin Kharkov 16 42 38
  Gergő Zalánki 29 55
  Yusuke Inaba 47 34
8   Stylianos Argyropoulos 15 30 50
  Angelos Vlachopoulos
10   Francesco Di Fulvio 14 34 41
  Dušan Mandić 32 44
  Ben Hallock 26 54

Awards

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The awards were announced on 3 July 2022.[2]

Position Player
Goalkeeper   Unai Aguirre
Field player   Konstantin Kharkov
  Konstantinos Kakaris
  Francesco Di Fulvio
  Strahinja Rašović
  Álvaro Granados
  Alex Bowen
Most Valuable Goalkeeper   Unai Aguirre
Most Valuable Player in Final   Felipe Perrone

Notes

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  1. ^ The Canadian national team later withdrew, so the result of the match was canceled and annulled afterward.
  2. ^ The match, originally scheduled for 23 June 2022, was postponed due to health concerns.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Spain a three-time champion in gripping sudden-death penalty shootout". fina.org. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Greece's double burst topples Croatia for bronze medal". fina.org. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Draw for World Championships: Four debutants in Budapest". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Press release – FINA Bureau meets, makes further decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and event hosting". fina.org. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Draw results for the men's and women's water polo tournament at the 19th FINA World Championships". fina.org. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Draw for World Championships on April 12; pots for men's tournament determined". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Canada Men's Team withdraws from 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022". Water Polo Canada. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Canadian men's water polo team withdraws from worlds due to COVID-19". cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Italy-Canada Men's Water Polo Match at the 19th FINA World Championships will not be played today". fina.org. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  11. ^ Spain's roster at www.fina.org
  12. ^ 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Spain's team roster Archived 2022-09-27 at the Wayback Machine waterpolo.sportresult.com
  13. ^ 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Italy's team roster Archived 2022-09-27 at the Wayback Machine waterpolo.sportresult.com
  14. ^ 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Greece's team roster[dead link] waterpolo.sportresult.com
  15. ^ "Top scorers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
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