 Water polo pictogram | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Japan |
| City | Tokyo |
| Venue(s) | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center |
| Dates | 24 July – 8 August 2021 |
| Events | 2 (men's, women's) |
| Teams | 12 (men's), 10 (women's) (from 5 confederations) |
| Competitors | 286 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Serbia (men) United States (women) |
| Runners-up |  Greece (men) Spain (women) |
| Third place |  Hungary (men) Hungary (women) |
| Fourth place | Spain (men)  ROC (women) |
| Tournament statistics (men, women) | |
| Matches | 74 |
| Goals scored | 1,650 (22.3 per match) |
| Multiple medalists | 4-time medalist(s): 3 players 3-time medalist(s): 6 players |
| MVPs | Filip Filipović (men's) Maddie Musselman (women's) |
| Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| men | women | |
| Tournaments | ||
| men | women | |
| Rosters | ||
| men | women | |
The water polo tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Kōtō. Twenty-two teams (twelve for men and ten for women) competed in the tournament, an increase of two from the previous editions.[1] Men's Water polo was also the last final played before the closing ceremony.
It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Water Polo Qualification System" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. 16 March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.