# Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile took place between October 30 and November 4 at the Aquatic Center in Santiago. The winner of the competition, the United States, qualified directly for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows.
| Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | Sat 4 |
| G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F |

## Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. The host nation (Chile) qualified automatically, 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 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games and top two teams at the 2022 South American Games.
| Event | Dates | Location | Quota(s) | Qualified team |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Chile |
| Zone 3 (automatic qualification) | — | — | 1 | United States |
| Zone 4 (automatic qualification) | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2022 South American Games | October 11–15 | Asuncion | 2 | Brazil Argentina |
| 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games | July 1–7 | San Salvador | 3 | Puerto Rico Cuba Mexico |
| 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−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 18 | +64 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 58 | −29 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 66 | −42 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 30 October 2023 15:00 | Report | Brazil | 18–5 | Puerto Rico | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hinds (NED) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hinds (NED) |||
| 30 October 2023 15:00 | Report | Coutinho, P. Real 4 | Goals | Loubriel 2 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hinds (NED) |
| 30 October 2023 18:00 | Report | United States | 30–2 | Mexico | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva (CHI) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva (CHI) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |||
| 30 October 2023 18:00 | Report | R. Dodd 6 | Goals | Mercado, Tavera 1 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva (CHI) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |
| 31 October 2023 15:00 | Report | United States | 28–9 | Puerto Rico | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |||
| 31 October 2023 15:00 | Report | R. Dodd 7 | Goals | Loubriel 3 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |
| 31 October 2023 18:00 | Report | Brazil | 21–10 | Mexico | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Garcia Soto (VEN) Rincón Patiño (COL) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Garcia Soto (VEN) Rincón Patiño (COL) |||
| 31 October 2023 18:00 | Report | Guimarães, P. Real 5 | Goals | Estrada 4 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Garcia Soto (VEN) Rincón Patiño (COL) |
| 1 November 2023 15:00 | Report | Brazil | 7–24 | United States | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 1 November 2023 15:00 | Report | P. Real, R. Real 2 | Goals | Daube 5 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER) |
| 1 November 2023 18:00 | Report | Puerto Rico | 15–12 | Mexico | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) German Moller (ARG) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) German Moller (ARG) |||
| 1 November 2023 18:00 | Report | D. Zayas 4 | Goals | Estrada 4 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) German Moller (ARG) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 18 | +53 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Chile (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 57 | −41 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 30 October 2023 16:30 | Report | Argentina | 20–4 | Cuba | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gomez Portodomingo (ESP) Spiritosanto (USA) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gomez Portodomingo (ESP) Spiritosanto (USA) |||
| 30 October 2023 16:30 | Report | Corsi 6 | Goals | Ponsa 4 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gomez Portodomingo (ESP) Spiritosanto (USA) |
| 30 October 2023 19:30 | Report | Canada | 28–4 | Chile | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Teodoro de Brito (BRA) Arellano Jr (MEX) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Teodoro de Brito (BRA) Arellano Jr (MEX) |||
| 30 October 2023 19:30 | Report | Halajian 5 | Goals | four players 1 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Teodoro de Brito (BRA) Arellano Jr (MEX) |
| 31 October 2023 16:30 | Report | Canada | 29–7 | Cuba | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ohme (GER) Moller (ARG) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ohme (GER) Moller (ARG) |||
| 31 October 2023 16:30 | Report | Constantin-Bicari, Côté 6 | Goals | Ponsa 4 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ohme (GER) Moller (ARG) |
| 31 October 2023 19:30 | Report | Argentina | 16–3 | Chile | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Dabbaghian (USA) Castillo Torres (PUR) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Dabbaghian (USA) Castillo Torres (PUR) |||
| 31 October 2023 19:30 | Report | Tilatti 4 | Goals | three players 1 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Dabbaghian (USA) Castillo Torres (PUR) |
| 1 November 2023 16:30 | Report | Argentina | 7–14 | Canada | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) |||
| 1 November 2023 16:30 | Report | Veich 3 | Goals | Constantin-Bicari 5 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) |
| 1 November 2023 19:30 | Report | Cuba | 13–9 | Chile | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Yuri Machado (BRA) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Yuri Machado (BRA) |||
| 1 November 2023 19:30 | Report | Ponsa 5 | Goals | Cárcamo 4 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Yuri Machado (BRA) |

## Final stage
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 2 November | 2 November | | | |
| Brazil | 16 | | | |
| Brazil | 16 | 3 November | 3 November | | |
| Cuba | 6 | 3 November | 3 November | |
| Cuba | 6 | Brazil | 13 | |
| 2 November | 2 November | | Brazil | 13 | |
| 2 November | 2 November | Canada | 12 | |
| Mexico | 5 | Canada | 12 | |
| Mexico | 5 | | | | 4 November | 4 November |
| Canada | 20 | | | | 4 November | 4 November |
| Canada | 20 | | | | Brazil | 7 |
| 2 November | 2 November | | | | | Brazil | 7 |
| 2 November | 2 November | | | | United States | 17 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | | | | United States | 17 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 3 November | 3 November | | | |
| Argentina | 20 | 3 November | 3 November | | | |
| Argentina | 20 | Argentina | 7 | | | |
| 2 November | 2 November | | Argentina | 7 | | | |
| 2 November | 2 November | United States | 22 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| United States | 28 | United States | 22 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| United States | 28 | | | | 4 November | 4 November |
| Chile | 2 | | | | 4 November | 4 November |
| Chile | 2 | | | | Canada | 10 |
| | | | | | Argentina | 12 |
| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 3 November | 3 November |
| Cuba | 11 |
| Cuba | 11 | 4 November | 4 November |
| Mexico | 16 | 4 November | 4 November |
| Mexico | 16 | Mexico | 9 |
| 3 November | 3 November | | Mexico | 9 |
| 3 November | 3 November | Puerto Rico | 13 |
| Puerto Rico | 16 | Puerto Rico | 13 |
| Chile | 6 | | |
| Chile | 6 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 4 November | 4 November |
| | | Cuba (PSO) | 7 (5) |
| | | Chile | 7 (4) |

### Quarterfinals

| 2 November 2023 15:00 | Report | Brazil | 16–6 | Cuba | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) Darren Brown Spritosanto (USA) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) Darren Brown Spritosanto (USA) |||
| 2 November 2023 15:00 | Report | P. Real 4 | Goals | De Armas 3 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) Darren Brown Spritosanto (USA) |
| 2 November 2023 16:30 | Report | Puerto Rico | 9–20 | Argentina | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 2 November 2023 16:30 | Report | Bayo, F. Zayas 2 | Goals | Camnasio 6 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER) |
| 2 November 2023 18:00 | Report | United States | 28–2 | Chile | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Agustin Pinski (ARG) Teodoro de Brito (BRA) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Agustin Pinski (ARG) Teodoro de Brito (BRA) |||
| 2 November 2023 18:00 | Report | R. Dodd 8 | Goals | Illino, Reginato 1 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Agustin Pinski (ARG) Teodoro de Brito (BRA) |
| 2 November 2023 19:30 | Report | Mexico | 5–20 | Canada | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Germán Moller (ARG) Reynel Castillo (PUR) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Germán Moller (ARG) Reynel Castillo (PUR) |||
| 2 November 2023 19:30 | Report | Estrada 3 | Goals | Constantin-Bicari 5 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Germán Moller (ARG) Reynel Castillo (PUR) |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 3 November 2023 15:00 | Report | Cuba | 11–16 | Mexico | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Agustin Pinski (ARG) Darren Brown Spiritosanto (USA) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Agustin Pinski (ARG) Darren Brown Spiritosanto (USA) |||
| 3 November 2023 16:30 | Report | Puerto Rico | 16–6 | Chile | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Fernando de Brito (BRA) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Fernando de Brito (BRA) |||

### Semifinals

| 3 November 2023 18:00 | Report | Brazil | 13–12 | Canada | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) |||
| 3 November 2023 18:00 | Report | Guimarães, P. Real 3 | Goals | Constantin-Bicari, Patterson 3 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) |
| 3 November 2023 19:30 | Report | Argentina | 7–22 | United States | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 3 November 2023 19:30 | Report | Galimberti 2 | Goals | Irving 6 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Frank Ohme (GER) |

### Seventh place game

| 4 November 2023 16:00 | Report | Cuba | 12–11 | Chile | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Yuri Machado (BRA) Reynel Castillo Torres (PUR) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Yuri Machado (BRA) Reynel Castillo Torres (PUR) |||

### Fifth place game

| 4 November 2023 17:30 | Report | Mexico | 9–13 | Puerto Rico | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Harvey Hinds (CUW) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Harvey Hinds (CUW) |||

### Third place game

| 4 November 2023 19:00 | Report | Canada | 10–12 | Argentina | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) Darren Spirtosanto (USA) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) Darren Spirtosanto (USA) |||
| 4 November 2023 19:00 | Report | four players 2 | Goals | Camnasio 3 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) Darren Spirtosanto (USA) |

### Final

| 4 November 2023 20:30 | Report | Brazil | 7–17 | United States | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 4 November 2023 20:30 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Bowen, Daube 5 | Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER) |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| 4 | Canada |
| 5 | Puerto Rico |
| 6 | Mexico |
| 7 | Cuba |
| 8 | Chile |
* Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics
* Qualified for the 2024 World Aquatics Championships