Following the finals of PanAm Aquatics Open Water Polo Championships, the fields for both the men's and women's water tournaments at the World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023 are now set.
With Canada toppling Brazil in both the men's and women's PanAm finals in Bauru, Brazil, the two countries booked the last four available tickets to compete in Fukuoka.
With the 16-team fields now set, the official team draw is slated to take place in Athens on April 8th when the Greek capital hosts the second round of the World Aquatics Women's Water Polo World Cup.
Draw Seeding | Men's Tournament
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LINE1 |
ESP |
GRE |
CRO |
ITA |
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LINE2 |
SRB |
USA |
CAN |
HUN |
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LINE3 |
BRA |
MNE |
FRA |
AUS |
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LINE4 |
RSA |
JPN |
CHN |
KAZ |
Draw Seeding | Women's Tournament
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LINE1 |
USA |
HUN |
NED |
ITA |
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LINE2 |
ESP |
AUS |
CAN |
GRE |
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LINE3 |
BRA |
ISR |
FRA |
NZL |
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LINE4 |
RSA |
JPN |
CHN |
KAZ |
How Countries Qualified for the Men's Water Polo Tournament at the World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023
Host: Japan
Water Polo World League 2022 (2 teams): Italy (gold) and USA (silver)
World Aquatics Championships - Budapest 2022 (4 teams): Spain (gold), Greece (bronze), Croatia (4th place) and Serbia (5th place). *Italy (silver) qualified as the Water Polo World League 2022 winner.
European Championships (3 teams): Hungary (silver), France (6th place), and Montenegro (7th place). *Croatia (gold), Spain (bronze), Italy (4th place), and Greece (5th place) qualified through last year's Water Polo World League and World Aquatics Championships.
Asian Championships (2 teams): China (silver) and Kazakhstan (bronze) *Japan (gold) qualified as host.
PanAm Championships (2 teams): Canada (gold), Brazil (silver)
Oceania (1 team): Australia
Africa (1 team): South Africa
How Countries Qualified for the Women's Water Polo Tournament at the World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023
Host: Japan
Water Polo World League 2022 (2 teams): Spain (gold) and Hungary (silver)
World Aquatics Championships - Budapest 2022 (4 teams): USA (gold), Netherlands (bronze), Italy (4th place) and Australia (6th place) *Hungary (silver) and Spain (5th place) qualified through the World League:
European Championships (3 teams): Greece (silver), Israel (6th place), France (7th place) *Spain (gold), Italy (bronze), Netherlands (4th place), and Hungary (5th place) qualified through last year's Water Polo World League and the World AquaticsChampionships.
Asian Championships (2 teams): China (gold) and Kazakhstan (bronze) *Japan (silver) qualified as the host.
PanAm Championships (2 teams): Canada (gold), Brazil (silver)
Oceania (1 team): New Zealand
Africa (1 team): South Africa