# Water polo at the 2021 Summer World University Games – Women's tournament

Women's water polo at the 2021 Summer World University Games was held in Chengdu, China. Games were in the Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium and Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall from 30 July to 7 August 2023. The dates for all events were changed due to the COVID pandemic.

## Results

All times are local (UTC+08:00).

### Preliminary round

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| China | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 25 | 83 |
| Italy | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 32 | 66 |
| Japan | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 55 | 6 |
| Australia | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 67 | −29 |
| South Africa | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 93 | −56 |
| Singapore | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 112 | −94 |
| 30 July 2023 10:00 | South Africa | 4–7 | Australia | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 30 July 2023 11:45 | Italy | 18–6 | Japan | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 30 July 2023 13:30 | China | 26–1 | Singapore | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 31 July 2023 10:00 | Japan | 15–9 | South Africa | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 31 July 2023 11:45 | Australia | 17–6 | Singapore | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 31 July 2023 13:30 | Italy | 8–17 | China | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 2 August 2023 10:00 | Japan | 5–19 | China | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 2 August 2023 11:45 | Australia | 3–19 | Italy | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 2 August 2023 13:30 | Singapore | 4–17 | South Africa | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 3 August 2023 10:00 | Italy | 33–2 | Singapore | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 3 August 2023 11:45 | South Africa | 4–24 | China | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 3 August 2023 13:30 | Japan | 16–4 | Australia | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 4 August 2023 10:00 | South Africa | 4–20 | Italy | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 4 August 2023 11:45 | China | 22–7 | Australia | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 4 August 2023 13:30 | Singapore | 5–19 | Japan | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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### Knock-out stage
#### Brackets

* Main bracket
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal final | Gold medal final | Gold medal final |
| 1 | China | 20 | | | |
| 4 | Australia | 6 | China | China | 12 |
| 3 | Japan | 2 | Italy | Italy | 7 |
| 2 | Italy | 21 |
| | | | Bronze medal final | Bronze medal final | Bronze medal final |
| | | | Australia | Australia | 7 |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 6 |

#### Semifinals

| 6 August 2023 19:00 | China | 20–6 | Australia | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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| 6 August 2023 20:30 | Italy | 21–2 | Japan | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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#### Finals

* 5-6th final
| 6 August 2023 10:00 | Singapore | 5–14 | South Africa | XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium |
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* Bronze medal match
| 7 August 2023 16:30 | Australia | 7–6 | Japan | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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* Gold medal match
| 7 August 2023 18:30 | China | 12–7 | Italy | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | China |
| | Italy |
| | Australia |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | South Africa |
| 6 | Singapore |