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

Men's water polo at the 2021 Summer Universiade was held in XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium and Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall from 27 July to 8 August 2023. The dates of all events were changed due to the COVID pandemic.

## Results

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

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Hungary | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 34 | 41 |
| Germany | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 35 | 27 |
| Greece | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 41 | 27 |
| Japan | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 60 | −13 |
| Singapore | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 98 | −82 |
| 27 July 2023 10:00 | Japan | 8–14 | Germany | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 27 July 2023 11:45 | Singapore | 2–27 | Hungary | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hal; |
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| 29 July 2023 10:00 | Singapore | 5–26 | Greece | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 29 July 2023 11:45 | Hungary | 18–13 | Germany | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 30 July 2023 10:00 | Hungary | 17–6 | Japan | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 30 July 2023 11:45 | Germany | 12–7 | Greece | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 1 August 2023 10:00 | Germany | 23–2 | Singapore | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 1 August 2023 11:45 | Greece | 22–11 | Japan | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 2 August 2023 10:00 | Greece | 13–13 | Hungary | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 2 August 2023 11:45 | Japan | 22–7 | Singapore | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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#### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Italy | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 37 | 53 |
| United States | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 38 | 25 |
| Georgia | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 24 | 13 |
| China | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 62 | −9 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 73 | −40 |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 91 | −53 |
| 27 July 2023 13:30 | Slovakia | 11–9 | South Korea | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 27 July 2023 15:15 | Italy | 13–11 | United States | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 27 July 2023 17:00 | China | 7–13 | Georgia | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 29 July 2023 13:30 | United States | 16–3 | Slovakia | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 29 July 2023 15:15 | South Korea | 7–19 | Georgia | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 29 July 2023 17:00 | Italy | 17–7 | China | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 30 July 2023 13:30 | United States | 12–8 | China | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 30 July 2023 15:15 | South Korea | 4–25 | Italy | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 30 July 2023 17:00 | Georgia | 14–3 | Slovakia | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 1 August 2023 13:30 | Italy | 13–9 | Georgia | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 1 August 2023 15:15 | Slovakia | 10–12 | China | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 1 August 2023 17:00 | United States | 17–8 | South Korea | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 2 August 2023 13:30 | Slovakia | 6–22 | Italy | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 2 August 2023 15:15 | China | 19–10 | South Korea | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 2 August 2023 17:00 | Georgia | 6–7 | United States | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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### Knock-out stage

* 9th to 11th place
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Slovakia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 2 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 22 | 4 |
| Singapore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 24 | –13 |
| 4 August 2023 11:30 | Singapore | 10–16 | South Korea | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 6 August 2023 09:00 | Singapore | 7–8 | Slovakia | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 7 August 2023 10:00 | South Korea | 10–11 | Slovakia | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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#### Brackets

* Main bracket
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal final | Gold medal final | Gold medal final |
| A1 | Hungary | 19 | | | | | | |
| B4 | China | 7 | Hungary | Hungary | 11 | | | |
| A3 | Greece | 8 | United States | United States | 10 | | | |
| B2 | United States | 10 | | | | Hungary | Hungary | 11 |
| A2 | Germany | 15 | | | | Italy | Italy | 13 |
| B3 | Georgia | 16 | Georgia | Georgia | 10 |
| A4 | Japan | 9 | Italy | Italy | 11 |
| B1 | Italy | 22 | | | | Bronze medal final | Bronze medal final | Bronze medal final |
| | | | | | | United States | United States | 7 |
| | | | | | | Georgia | Georgia | 12 |
* 5th to 8th place blacket
| Semifinals | Semifinals | 5th place Final | 5th place Final |
| China | 5 | | |
| Greece | 19 | | |
| Greece | 19 | Greece | 12 |
| | | Germany | 10 |
| Germany | 14 | Germany | 10 |
| Japan | 12 | 7th place Final | 7th place Final |
| | | China | 9 |
| | | Japan | 7 |

#### Quarter-finals

| 4 August 2023 18:30 | Hungary | 19–7 | China | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 4 August 2023 15:00 | Germany | 15–16 | Georgia | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 4 August 2023 16:45 | Greece | 8–10 | United States | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 4 August 2023 18:30 | Japan | 9–22 | Italy | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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#### Semifinals

| 6 August 2023 14:15 | Hungary | 11–10 | United States | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 6 August 2023 16:00 | Georgia | 10–11 | Italy | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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* 5th to 8th place
| 6 August 2023 10:45 | China | 5–19 | Greece | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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| 6 August 2023 12:30 | Germany | 14–12 | Japan | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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#### Finals

* 7th/8th place match
| 7 August 2023 11:45 | China | 9–7 | Japan | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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* 5th/6th place match
| 7 August 2023 13:30 | Greece | 12–10 | Germany | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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* Bronze medal match
| 8 August 2023 10:00 | United States | 7–12 | Georgia | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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* Gold medal match
| 8 August 2023 12:00 | Hungary | 11–13 | Italy | Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall |
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## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Italy |
| | Hungary |
| | Georgia |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Greece |
| 6 | Germany |
| 7 | China |
| 8 | Japan |
| 9 | Slovakia |
| 10 | South Korea |
| 11 | Singapore |