# Water polo at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru took place between 4 and 10 August at the Villa María del Triunfo cluster. The winner of the competition qualifies directly for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, while the second through fourth-place finishing teams qualified for the 2020 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament.

## Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's teams will qualify to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) qualified in each tournament, along with seven other teams in each tournament according to various criteria. Canada and the United States automatically qualified in each tournament, along with the top three teams at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and top two teams at the 2018 South American Championships.
| Event | Dates | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Peru |
| Automatic qualification | — | — | 2 | Canada United States |
| 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games (CCCAN) | 26 July – 2 August | Barranquilla | 3 | Cuba Puerto Rico Mexico |
| 2018 South American Championships (CONSANAT) | 31 October – 4 November | Lima | 2 | Brazil Argentina |
| Total | | | 8 | |

## Format

Teams are split into 2 round-robin groups of 4 teams each, where the final positions in each group will determine seedings for the knockout stage. The losing teams from the quarterfinals stage will compete in a separate single elimination bracket to determine fifth through eighth places in the final rankings.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−5).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 18 | +40 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 49 | −22 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 54 | −38 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 August 2019 15:00 | Report | Cuba | 6–21 | United States | Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Arkadii Voevodin (RUS) Fabio Toffoli (BRA) |
| Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Arkadii Voevodin (RUS) Fabio Toffoli (BRA) |||
| 4 August 2019 15:00 | Report | Carales, Ponsa 2 | Goals | Bowen 5 | Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Arkadii Voevodin (RUS) Fabio Toffoli (BRA) |
| 4 August 2019 18:00 | Report | Canada | 20–7 | Puerto Rico | Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Marcus Gresele (BRA) Daniel Vázquez (MEX) |
| Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Marcus Gresele (BRA) Daniel Vázquez (MEX) |||
| 4 August 2019 18:00 | Report | Constantin-Bicari 5 | Goals | Loubriel 3 | Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Marcus Gresele (BRA) Daniel Vázquez (MEX) |
| 5 August 2019 15:00 | Report | Canada | 11–13 | United States | Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Arkadii Voevodin (RUS) |
| Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Arkadii Voevodin (RUS) |||
| 5 August 2019 15:00 | Report | Côté 3 | Goals | Hooper 5 | Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Arkadii Voevodin (RUS) |
| 5 August 2019 18:00 | Report | Cuba | 10–8 | Puerto Rico | Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Daniel Daners (URU) Fernando Varela (PER) |
| Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Daniel Daners (URU) Fernando Varela (PER) |||
| 5 August 2019 18:00 | Report | Carales 4 | Goals | Loubriel 2 | Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Daniel Daners (URU) Fernando Varela (PER) |
| 6 August 2019 15:00 | Report | Cuba | 11–20 | Canada | Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Gerardo Arellano (MEX) Boris Margeta (SLO) |
| Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Gerardo Arellano (MEX) Boris Margeta (SLO) |||
| 6 August 2019 15:00 | Report | Carales, Contreras 3 | Goals | Constantin-Bicari 6 | Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Gerardo Arellano (MEX) Boris Margeta (SLO) |
| 6 August 2019 18:00 | Report | United States | 24–1 | Puerto Rico | Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG) Daniel Vázquez (MEX) |
| Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG) Daniel Vázquez (MEX) |||
| 6 August 2019 18:00 | Report | Daube, Vavic 5 | Goals | Andino 1 | Villa María del Truinfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG) Daniel Vázquez (MEX) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14 | +22 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Peru (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 40 | −24 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 August 2019 16:30 | Report | Peru | 2–14 | Brazil | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: José Ortiz (PUR) Steven Rotsart (USA) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: José Ortiz (PUR) Steven Rotsart (USA) |||
| 4 August 2019 16:30 | Report | Alzamora, Villar 1 | Goals | three players 3 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: José Ortiz (PUR) Steven Rotsart (USA) |
| 4 August 2019 19:30 | Report | Mexico | 11–13 | Argentina | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN) Boris Margeta (SLO) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN) Boris Margeta (SLO) |||
| 4 August 2019 19:30 | Report | Juárez 3 | Goals | Camnasio 5 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN) Boris Margeta (SLO) |
| 5 August 2019 16:30 | Report | Mexico | 5–10 | Brazil | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Amber Drury (USA) Doriel Terpenka (CAN) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Amber Drury (USA) Doriel Terpenka (CAN) |||
| 5 August 2019 16:30 | Report | Álvarez, Mercado 2 | Goals | Guimarães 3 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Amber Drury (USA) Doriel Terpenka (CAN) |
| 5 August 2019 19:30 | Report | Peru | 6–12 | Argentina | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Reinel Castillo (PUR) Steven Rotsart (USA) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Reinel Castillo (PUR) Steven Rotsart (USA) |||
| 5 August 2019 19:30 | Report | Rodríguez, Villar 2 | Goals | Yáñez 4 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Reinel Castillo (PUR) Steven Rotsart (USA) |
| 6 August 2019 16:30 | Report | Peru | 8–14 | Mexico | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Yasmany Lima (CUB) Leonardo González (VEN) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Yasmany Lima (CUB) Leonardo González (VEN) |||
| 6 August 2019 16:30 | Report | Villar 3 | Goals | Álvarez 4 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Yasmany Lima (CUB) Leonardo González (VEN) |
| 6 August 2019 19:30 | Report | Brazil | 12–7 | Argentina | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Arkadii Voevodin (RUS) Juan Menéndez (CUB) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Arkadii Voevodin (RUS) Juan Menéndez (CUB) |||
| 6 August 2019 19:30 | Report | Guimarães 4 | Goals | Camnasio, Carabantes 2 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Arkadii Voevodin (RUS) Juan Menéndez (CUB) |

## Final stage
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 8 August | 8 August | | | |
| Canada | 13 | | | |
| Canada | 13 | 9 August | 9 August | | |
| Mexico | 11 | 9 August | 9 August | |
| Mexico | 11 | Canada | 8 | |
| 8 August | 8 August | | Canada | 8 | |
| 8 August | 8 August | Brazil | 7 | |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | Brazil | 7 | |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Brazil | 15 | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Brazil | 15 | | | | Canada | 6 |
| 8 August | 8 August | | | | | Canada | 6 |
| 8 August | 8 August | | | | United States | 18 |
| Cuba | 7 | | | | United States | 18 |
| Cuba | 7 | 9 August | 9 August | | | |
| Argentina | 9 | 9 August | 9 August | | | |
| Argentina | 9 | Argentina | 1 | | | |
| 8 August | 8 August | | Argentina | 1 | | | |
| 8 August | 8 August | United States | 17 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| United States | 24 | United States | 17 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| United States | 24 | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Peru | 2 | | | | 10 August | 10 August |
| Peru | 2 | | | | Brazil | 9 |
| | | | | | Argentina | 6 |
| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 9 August | 9 August |
| Mexico | 14 |
| Mexico | 14 | 10 August | 10 August |
| Puerto Rico (PSO) | 15 | 10 August | 10 August |
| Puerto Rico (PSO) | 15 | Puerto Rico | 7 |
| 9 August | 9 August | | Puerto Rico | 7 |
| 9 August | 9 August | Cuba | 8 |
| Cuba | 17 | Cuba | 8 |
| Peru | 5 | | |
| Peru | 5 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 10 August | 10 August |
| | | Mexico | 16 |
| | | Peru | 5 |

### Quarterfinals

| 8 August 2019 15:00 | Report | Canada | 13–11 | Mexico | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA) Juan Menéndez (CUB) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA) Juan Menéndez (CUB) |||
| 8 August 2019 15:00 | Report | Constantin-Bicari, D'Souza 4 | Goals | Álvarez 5 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA) Juan Menéndez (CUB) |
| 8 August 2019 16:30 | Report | Cuba | 7–9 | Argentina | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Daniel Vázquez (MEX) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Daniel Vázquez (MEX) |||
| 8 August 2019 16:30 | Report | Carales 5 | Goals | four players 2 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Daniel Vázquez (MEX) |
| 8 August 2019 18:00 | Report | United States | 24–2 | Peru | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Daniel Daners (URU) Gerardo Arellano (MEX) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Daniel Daners (URU) Gerardo Arellano (MEX) |||
| 8 August 2019 18:00 | Report | Bowen, Hallock 4 | Goals | Alzamora, Villar 1 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Daniel Daners (URU) Gerardo Arellano (MEX) |
| 8 August 2019 19:30 | Report | Puerto Rico | 4–15 | Brazil | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Fernando Varela (PER) Yasmany Lima (CUB) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Fernando Varela (PER) Yasmany Lima (CUB) |||
| 8 August 2019 19:30 | Report | Andino 2 | Goals | Guimarães 4 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Fernando Varela (PER) Yasmany Lima (CUB) |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 9 August 2019 15:00 | Report | Mexico | 14–15 | Puerto Rico | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA) Doriel Terpenka (CAN) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA) Doriel Terpenka (CAN) |||
| 9 August 2019 15:00 | Report | Velázquez 4 | Goals | five players 2 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA) Doriel Terpenka (CAN) |
| 9 August 2019 16:30 | Report | Cuba | 17–5 | Peru | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA) Marcus Gresele (BRA) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA) Marcus Gresele (BRA) |||
| 9 August 2019 16:30 | Report | Carales 8 | Goals | Otero, Villar 2 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA) Marcus Gresele (BRA) |

### Semifinals

| 9 August 2019 18:00 | Report | Canada | 8–7 | Brazil | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Reinel Castillo (PUR) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Reinel Castillo (PUR) |||
| 9 August 2019 18:00 | Report | Constantin-Bicari, Côté 2 | Goals | Coutinho, Guimarães 2 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Reinel Castillo (PUR) |
| 9 August 2019 19:30 | Report | Argentina | 1–17 | United States | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Gerardo Arellano (MEX) Leonardo González (VEN) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Gerardo Arellano (MEX) Leonardo González (VEN) |||
| 9 August 2019 19:30 | Report | Camnasio 1 | Goals | Hooper 7 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Gerardo Arellano (MEX) Leonardo González (VEN) |

### Seventh place game

| 10 August 2019 15:00 | Report | Mexico | 16–5 | Peru | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Yasmany Lima (CUB) Reinel Castillo (PUR) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Yasmany Lima (CUB) Reinel Castillo (PUR) |||
| 10 August 2019 15:00 | Report | Álvarez 8 | Goals | five players 1 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Yasmany Lima (CUB) Reinel Castillo (PUR) |

### Fifth place game

| 10 August 2019 16:30 | Report | Puerto Rico | 7–8 | Cuba | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN) Diego Garibaldi (ARG) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN) Diego Garibaldi (ARG) |||
| 10 August 2019 16:30 | Report | Loubriel 3 | Goals | Carales 5 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN) Diego Garibaldi (ARG) |

### Third place game

| 10 August 2019 18:00 | Report | Brazil | 9–6 | Argentina | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA) Juan Menéndez (CUB) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA) Juan Menéndez (CUB) |||
| 10 August 2019 18:00 | Report | P. Real, R. Real 2 | Goals | Echenique 2 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA) Juan Menéndez (CUB) |

### Final

| 10 August 2019 19:30 | Report | Canada | 6–18 | United States | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Arkadii Voevodin (RUS) |
| Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Arkadii Voevodin (RUS) |||
| 10 August 2019 19:30 | Report | Gardijan 2 | Goals | three players 5 | Villa María del Triunfo Aquatic Centre, Lima Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Arkadii Voevodin (RUS) |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Olympic Qualification |
| | United States | Qualifies directly for 2020 Olympic Games |
| | Canada | |
| | Brazil | |
| 4 | Argentina | |
| 5 | Cuba | |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | |
| 7 | Mexico | |
| 8 | Peru | |