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{{Short description|Water polo competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games}}
{{Infobox Pan American Games event
|event = Water polo
|games = 2019
|image = Water polo 2019 Pan American Games.png
|image_size = 100
|caption = Water polo pictogram
|venue = Water polo stadium
|dates = August 4–10, 2019
|competitors = 176
|nations = 9
|num_events =2 (1 men, 1 women)
|prev = [[Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games|2015]]
|next = [[Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games|2023]]
}}
{{Water polo at the 2019 Pan American Games}}
'''[[Water polo]]''' competitions at the '''[[2019 Pan American Games]]''' in [[Lima]], Peru were held from July 28 to August 10. The venue for the competition was the water polo pool located at the [[Villa María del Triunfo]] cluster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lima2019.s3.amazonaws.com/images/panamericanos-en-13-06-19.pdf|title=Pan American Schedule|date=13 June 2019|website=www.lima2019.pe|publisher=Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL)|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref> A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 11 athletes) competed in each tournament. This meant a total of 176 athletes were scheduled to compete.<ref name=manual>{{cite web|url=http://www.panamsports.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Qualification-System-Manual-Lima-2019-1.pdf|title=Qualification System manual|date=25 April 2018|website=www.panamsports.org/|publisher=[[Pan American Sports Organization]]|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>

Roster sizes were dropped from 13 to 11, in line with the decision made by [[FINA]] (International Swimming Federation) for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.waterpology.com/fina-accepted-shorter-rosters-olympic-games-len-launched-new-champions-league/|title=FINA accepted shorter rosters at the Olympic Games, LEN launched new Champions League|last=Crunic|first=Ivan|date=13 July 2017|website=www.waterpology.com/|publisher=Waterpology.com|access-date=28 April 2018}}</ref>

The top team in each tournament not already qualified for the [[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Summer Olympics]] will qualify for the said event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdn.dosb.de/user_upload/Olympische_Spiele/Tokio_2020/internationale_Qualifikationskriterien/FINA_-_Water_Polo_20180316.pdf|title=International Swimming Federation (FINA) Water polo Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020|date=16 March 2018|website=www.wkf.net/|publisher=[[International Swimming Federation]] (FINA)|access-date=24 June 2018}}</ref>

==Medal summary==
===Medal table===
{{Medals table
 |caption        = 
 |host           = 
 |flag_template  = flagPASO
 |event          = 2019
 |team           = 
 |gold_USA = 2 |silver_USA = 0 |bronze_USA = 0
 |gold_CAN = 0 |silver_CAN = 2 |bronze_CAN = 0
 |gold_BRA = 0 |silver_BRA = 0 |bronze_BRA = 2
}}

===Medalists===
{|{{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
|Men's tournament<br />{{DetailsLink|Water polo at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament}} 
|{{flagPASO|USA|2019}}<br>[[Alex Wolf (water polo)|Alex Wolf]]<br>[[Johnny Hooper (water polo)|Johnny Hooper]]<br>[[Marko Vavic]]<br>[[Alex Obert]]<br>[[Ben Hallock]]<br>[[Luca Cupido]]<br>[[Hannes Daube]]<br>[[Max Irving]]<br>[[Alex Bowen (water polo)|Alex Bowen]]<br>[[Chancellor Ramirez]]<br>[[Jesse Smith (water polo)|Jesse Smith]]
|{{flagPASO|CAN|2019}}<br>[[Milan Radenovic]]<br>[[Gaelan Patterson]]<br>[[Jeremie Blanchard (water polo)|Jeremie Blanchard]]<br>[[Nicolas Constantin-Bicari]]<br>[[Matthew Halajian]]<br>[[Georgios Torakis]]<br>[[Jérémie Côté]]<br>[[Mark Spooner (water polo)|Mark Spooner]]<br>[[Aleksa Gardijan]]<br>[[Aria Soleimanipak]]<br>[[Reuel D'Souza]]
|{{flagPASO|BRA|2019}}<br>[[Slobodan Soro]]<br>[[Logan Cabral]]<br>[[Pedro Real]]<br>[[Gustavo Coutinho (water polo)|Gustavo Coutinho]]<br>[[Roberto Freitas]]<br>[[Guilherme Almeida (water polo)|Guilherme Almeida]]<br>[[Rafael Real]]<br>[[Luis Silva (water polo)|Luis Silva]]<br>[[Bernardo Rocha]]<br>[[Rudá Franco]]<br>[[Gustavo Guimarães]]
|-bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
|{{Nowrap|Women's tournament}}<br />{{DetailsLink|Water polo at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's tournament}} 
|{{flagPASO|USA|2019}}<br>[[Ashleigh Johnson]]<br>[[Madeline Musselman]]<br>[[Melissa Seidemann]]<br>[[Paige Hauschild]]<br>[[Stephania Haralabidis]]<br>[[Margaret Steffens]]<br>[[Jamie Neushul]]<br>[[Kiley Neushul]]<br>[[Aria Fischer]]<br>[[Alys Williams (water polo)|Alys Williams]]<br>[[Makenzie Fischer]]
|{{flagPASO|CAN|2019}}<br>[[Jessica Gaudreault]]<br>[[Krystina Alogbo]]<br>[[Axelle Crevier]]<br>[[Emma Wright]]<br>[[Monika Eggens]]<br>[[Kelly McKee]]<br>[[Joëlle Békhazi]]<br>[[Shae Fournier]]<br>[[Hayley McKelvey]]<br>[[Kyra Christmas]]<br>[[Kindred Paul]]
|{{flagPASO|BRA|2019}}<br>[[Victória Chamorro]]<br>[[Diana Abla]]<br>[[Ana Alice Amaral]]<br>[[Gabriela Dias]]<br>[[Mariana Duarte]]<br>[[Ana Beatriz Dias]]<br>[[Samantha Ferreira]]<br>[[Ana Julia Amaral]]<br>[[Letícia Belorio]]<br>[[Viviane Bahia]]<br>[[Mirella Coutinho]]
|}

==Qualification==
A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team 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.<ref name=manual/>

===Men===
{|class="wikitable" 
|-
!Event
!Dates
!Location
!Vacancies
!Qualified
|-
|Host nation
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|align=center|1
|{{wp|PER}}
|-
|Automatic qualification 
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|align=center|2
|{{wp|CAN}}<br>{{wp|USA}}
|-
|[[Water polo at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games|2018 Central American and Caribbean Games]] ([[Central American and Caribbean Swimming Federation|CCCAN]])
|26 July–2 August
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Barranquilla]] 
|align=center|3
|{{wp|CUB}}<br>{{wp|PUR}}<br>{{wp|MEX}}
|-
|2018 South American Championships ([[Confederación Sudamericana de Natación|CONSANAT]])
|31 October–4 November
|{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Lima]]
|align=center|2
|{{wp|BRA}}<br />{{flagPASO|ARG|2019}}
|-
! Total !! colspan="2" | !! 8 !!
|}

===Women===
{|class="wikitable" width=860
|-
!Event
!Dates
!Location
!Vacancies
!Qualified
|-
|Host nation
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|align=center|1
|{{wpw|PER}}
|-
|Automatic qualification 
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|align=center|2
|{{wpw|CAN}}<br>{{wpw|USA}}
|-
|[[Water polo at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games|2018 Central American and Caribbean Games]] ([[Central American and Caribbean Swimming Federation|CCCAN]])
|26 July–2 August
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Barranquilla]] 
|align=center|3
|{{wpw|CUB}}<br>{{wpw|PUR}}<br>{{wpw|MEX}}
|-
|2018 South American Championships ([[Confederación Sudamericana de Natación|CONSANAT]])
|31 October–4 November
|{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Lima]]
|align=center|2
|{{wpw|BRA}}<br />{{flagPASO|VEN|2019}}
|-
! Total !! colspan="2" | !! 8 !!
|}

==Participating nations==
A total of 9 countries qualified water polo teams. 
Argentina qualified a men's team, Venezuela qualified a women's team, and the other nations qualified both.
{{div col}}
* {{flagPASO|ARG|2019|11 athletes}}
* {{flagPASO|BRA|2019|22}}
* {{flagPASO|CAN|2019|22}}
* {{flagPASO|CUB|2019|22}}
* {{flagPASO|MEX|2019|22}}
* {{flagPASO|PER|2019|22}}
* {{flagPASO|PUR|2019|22}}
* {{flagPASO|USA|2019|22}}
* {{flagPASO|VEN|2019|11}}
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/lima-2019/WP_Results_Book_1.0.pdf Results book]

{{Pan American Games Water polo}}
{{Events at the 2019 Pan American Games}}

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