# Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Two water polo competitions took place as part of the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, and were held between 16 and 29 July 2023 at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan.

## Schedule

Two competitions were held.
All times are local (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | Round |
| 16 July 2023 | 09:00 | Preliminary round |
| 17 July 2023 | 09:00 | Preliminary round |
| 18 July 2023 | 09:00 | Preliminary round |
| 19 July 2023 | 09:00 | Preliminary round |
| 20 July 2023 | 09:00 | Preliminary round |
| 21 July 2023 | 09:00 | Preliminary round |
| 22 July 2023 | 09:00 | Play-offs/Placement matches |
| 23 July 2023 | 09:00 | Play-offs/Placement matches |
| 24 July 2023 | 09:00 | Quarterfinals/Placement matches |
| 25 July 2023 | 09:00 | Quarterfinals/Placement matches |
| 26 July 2023 | 09:00 | Semifinals/Placement matches |
| 27 July 2023 | 09:00 | Semifinals/Placement matches |
| 28 July 2023 | 11:30 | Women's finals |
| 29 July 2023 | 11:30 | Men's finals |

## Qualification

A total of 16 teams qualified for each tournament.

### Men

| Event | Dates | Hosts | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| 2022 World League | 8 January – 27 July 2022 | Strasbourg | 2 | Italy United States |
| 2022 World Championships | 21 June – 3 July 2022 | Budapest | 4 | Spain Greece Croatia Serbia |
| 2022 European Championship | 29 August – 10 September 2022 | Split | 3 | Hungary France Montenegro |
| 2022 Asian Championship | 7–14 November 2022 | Samut Prakan | 2 | China Kazakhstan |
| 2023 Pan American Water Polo Championships | 3–8 April 2023 | Bauru | 2 | Canada Brazil Argentina |
| African Wildcard | — | — | 1 | South Africa |
| Oceanian Wildcard | — | — | 1 | Australia |
| Total | | | 16 | |
Due the limited budget and the proximity of the date of the championship with the 2023 Pan American Games, Brazil opted for the withdrawal before the tournament and was replaced by Argentina.

### Women

| Event | Dates | Hosts | Quota | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| 2022 World League | 25 January – 6 November 2022 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 2 | Spain Hungary |
| 2022 World Championships | 20 June – 2 July 2022 | Budapest | 4 | United States Netherlands Italy Australia |
| 2022 European Championship | 27 August – 10 September 2022 | Split | 3 | Greece Israel France |
| 2022 Asian Championship | 7–14 November 2022 | Samut Prakan | 2 | China Kazakhstan |
| 2023 Pan American Water Polo Championships | 3–8 April 2023 | Bauru | 2 | Canada Brazil Argentina |
| African Wildcard | — | — | 1 | South Africa |
| Oceanian Wildcard | — | — | 1 | New Zealand |
| Total | | | 16 | |
Due the limited budget and the proximity of the date of the championship with the 2023 Pan American Games, Brazil withdrew before the tournament and was replaced by Argentina.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Hungary Márton Lévai Dániel Angyal Krisztián Manhercz Zoltán Pohl Márton Vámos Ádám Nagy Gergő Zalánki Gergő Fekete Toni Német Dénes Varga Szilárd Jansik Vendel Vigvári Soma Vogel Erik Molnár Vince Vigvári | Greece Emmanouil Zerdevas Konstantinos Genidounias Dimitrios Skoumpakis Efstathios Kalogeropoulos Ioannis Fountoulis Alexandros Papanastasiou Georgios Dervisis Stylianos Argyropoulos Dimitrios Nikolaidis Konstantinos Kakaris Ioannis Alafragkis Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis Panagiotis Tzortzatos Nikolaos Gkillas Aristeidis Chalyvopoulos | Spain Unai Aguirre Alberto Munárriz Álvaro Granados Bernat Sanahuja Miguel del Toro Marc Larumbe Martin Famera Sergi Cabañas Roger Tahull Felipe Perrone Blai Mallarach Alejandro Bustos Eduardo Lorrio Alberto Barroso Fran Valera |
| Women details | Netherlands Laura Aarts Iris Wolves Brigitte Sleeking Sabrina van der Sloot Maartje Keuning Simone van de Kraats Bente Rogge Vivian Sevenich Kitty-Lynn Joustra Lieke Rogge Lola Moolhuijzen Nina ten Broek Sarah Buis Marit van der Weijden Maxine Schaap | Spain Laura Ester Cristina Nogué Anni Espar Beatriz Ortiz Nona Pérez Paula Crespí Elena Ruiz Pili Peña Judith Forca Paula Camus Maica García Godoy Paula Leitón Martina Terré Ariadna Ruiz | Italy Giuseppina Condorelli Chiara Tabani Giuditta Galardi Silvia Avegno Sofia Giustini Dafne Bettini Domitilla Picozzi Roberta Bianconi Valeria Palmieri Claudia Marletta Agnese Cocchiere Giulia Viacava Caterina Banchelli Lucrezia Cergol Veronica Gant |