# Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade

Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples was played between 2 and 14 July. 20 teams participated in the tournament.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy (ITA)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medal events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Italy (ITA) Pierre Pellegrini Mario Del Basso Giacomo Cannella Matteo Spione Federico Panerai Eduardo Campopiano Mario Guidi Lorenzo Bruni Jacopo Alesiani Massimo Di Martire Ettore Novara Umberto Esposito Francesco Massaro | United States (USA) Jack Turner Tyler Abramson Felix Brozyna-Vilim Jacob Cavano Jacob Ehrhardt Kacper Langiewicz Thomas Gruwell Evan Rosenfeld AJ Rossman Bennett Williams Quinn Woodhead Samuel Krutonog | Hungary (HUN) István Kardos Gergerly Buriàn Lóránd Zerinváry Domonkos Sélley-Rauscher Kristóf Várnai Dániel Sánta Kristóf Szatmáry Erik Csacsovszky Tamás Gyárfás Frank Pellei Róbert Fejős Rolf Bencz Dániel Szakonyi |
| Women details | Hungary (HUN) Alexandra Kiss Gerda Brezovszki Tamara Farkas Gemma Matilda Gerendás Orsolya Hertzka Vivien Kövesdi Alexa Gémes Krisztina Garda Dóra Huszti Anna Mandula Mucsy Szonja Kuna Zsuzsanna Máté Gina Lekrinszki | Italy (ITA) Fabiana Soprano Carolina Ioannou Martina Gottardo Giulia Cuzzupè Chiara Ranalli Giulia Millo Elena Borg Luna Di Claudio Anna Repetto Serena Storai Sara Centanni Agnese Cocchiere Carlotta Malara | Russia (RUS) Diana Khamraeva Polina Kempf Elizaveta Zaplatina Margarita Pystina Anastasiia Diachenko Polina Popova Daria Chagochkina Anastasia Leonova Regina Galimzianova Alina Inogamova Liubov Mekhteleva Nadezhda Lipskaia Svetlana Stepakhina |

## Qualification

Following the FISU regulations, the maximum of 12 teams in water polo events where the number of entries is larger than the authorised participation level were selected by:
* The entry and the payment of guarantee.
* Those 5 teams finishing top rankings of the previous edition will be automatically qualified.
* Those 3 teams finishing bottom rankings of the previous edition will be replaced by new applying teams.
* The host is automatically qualified
* The remaining teams will be selected by wild card system according to geographical, continental representation, FISU ranking and FINA ranking.

### Men's tournament

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Country | — | — | 1 | Italy |
| Top three of previous edition | 18–30 August 2017 | Taipei | 3 | Russia France Hungary |
| Continental Quota | — | — | 4 | Australia Japan Great Britain United States |
| Wild card | — | — | 2 | Croatia South Korea |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | |

### Women's tournament

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Country | — | — | 1 | Italy |
| Top five of previous edition | 18–29 August 2017 | Taipei | 5 | United States Hungary Japan Russia Canada |
| Continental Quota | — | — | 2 | Australia China |
| Wild card | — | — | 2 | Czech Republic France |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | |

## Venues

Five swimming pools have been selected to host the Universiade (three for the competitions and two as training facilities):
* Stadio del Nuoto, Caserta: men's preliminary round and quarterfinals.
* Piscina comunale Alba Oriens, Casoria: women's preliminary round and quarterfinals.
* Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples: semifinals and finals.
Training pools:
* PalaDennerlein, Naples (men).
* Piscina Comunale, Santa Maria Capua Vetere (women).

## Draw

Draws for team sports competitions were held on 5 April 2019 in Naples. According to FISU regulations, draw of pools was based on the following criteria:
* Previous Summer Universiade results
* Participation in previous Summer Universiades
* Continental representation
* FINA rankings

### Men's tournament

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
| Russia (2)  Italy (3) | France (4)  Hungary (5) | Japan (5)  United States (9) | Great Britain (8)  Croatia (10) | Australia (11)  South Korea (12) |

### Women's tournament

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
| United States (1)  Hungary (2) | Japan (3)  Russia (4) | Canada (5)  Australia (6) | France (7)  Italy (8) | China (?)  Czech Republic (?) |

### Pools composition

| Men's tournament | Men's tournament | Women's tournament | Women's tournament |
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool A | Pool B |
| Russia | Croatia | Hungary | United States |
| United States | Italy | Canada | Australia |
| France | Hungary | Czech Republic | Italy |
| South Korea | Japan | Japan | China |
| Great Britain | Australia | France | Russia |