Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Water polo at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
No. of events	2
Competitors	242

The water polo tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics are scheduled to take place at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Kōtō. Twenty-two teams (twelve for men and ten for women) will compete in the tournament, an increase of two from the previous editions. Similar to Rio 2016, games that end in ties in elimination rounds will be decided by shootouts, as overtime has been abolished since 2013.

Competition schedule

All times and dates use Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

G

Group stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Date Event	Sat 25	Sun 26	Mon 27	Tue 28	Wed 29	Thu 30	Fri 31	Sat 01	Sun 02	Mon 03	Tue 04	Wed 05	Thu 06	Fri 07	Sat 08		Sun 09
Men		G		G		G		G		G		¼		½			B	F
Women	G		G		G		G		G		¼		½		B	F

Qualification

Men's qualification

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Japan
2019 FINA World League	June 18–23, 2019	Belgrade	1	Serbia
2019 FINA World Championships	July 15–27, 2019	Gwangju	2
2019 Pan American Games	July 26 – August 11, 2019	Lima	1
Oceanian Continental Selection	—	—	1
2019 Asian Qualification	December 11–15, 2019	Almaty	1
2020 European Championships	January 12–26, 2020	Budapest	1
World Qualification Tournament	March 29 – April 5, 2020		4
Total			12

Women's qualification

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Japan
2019 FINA World League	June 4–9, 2019	Budapest	1	United States
2019 FINA World Championships	July 12–28, 2019	Gwangju	1	Spain
2019 Pan American Games	July 26 – August 11, 2019	Lima	1
Oceanian Continental Selection	—	—	1
2019 Asian Qualification	December 11–12, 2019	Almaty	1
2020 European Championships	January 12–26, 2020	Budapest	1
World Qualification Tournament	March 15–22, 2020		3
Total			10

Men's competition

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Women's competition

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Women

See also

• Water polo at the 2018 Asian Games
• Water polo at the 2019 Pan American Games