Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Two water polo competitions took place as part of the 2024 World Aquatics Championships between 4 and 17 February 2024 at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar.[1][2]

Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Host cityDoha, Qatar
Date4–17 February
VenueAspire Dome
Events2
2023
2025

Qualification

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A total of 16 teams qualified for each tournament.[3]

As of 2025, this was the last time France, Kazakhstan qualified and the last time Canada and Singapore failed to qualify.

Event Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
2023 World Cup8 March – 2 July 2023United States Los Angeles2 Spain
 Italy
2023 World Championships17–29 July 2023Japan Fukuoka4 Hungary
 Greece
 Serbia
 France
2022 Asian Games2–7 October 2023China Hangzhou3 Japan
 China
 Kazakhstan
2023 Pan American Games30 October – 4 November 2023Chile Santiago2 United States
 Brazil
2024 European Championship4–16 January 2024Croatia Dubrovnik/Zagreb3 Croatia
 Montenegro
 Romania
African selectionN/aN/a1 South Africa
Oceanian selectionN/aN/a1 Australia
Total16

Women

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Event Dates Hosts Quota Qualifier(s)
2023 World Cup11 April – 25 June 2023United States Long Beach2 United States
 Netherlands
2023 World Championships16–28 July 2023Japan Fukuoka4 Spain
 Italy
 Australia
 Hungary
2022 Asian Games25 September – 1 October 2023China Hangzhou3 China
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Singapore
2023 Pan American Games30 October – 4 November 2023Chile Santiago2 Canada
 Brazil
2024 European Championship5–13 January 2024Netherlands Eindhoven3 Greece
 France
 Great Britain
African selectionN/aN/a1 South Africa
Oceanian selectionN/aN/a1 New Zealand
Total16
  • Due a limited budget Japan was forced to withdraw from tournament and was replaced by Singapore.[4][5]

Medalists

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Qatar)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Croatia1001
 United States1001
3 Hungary0101
 Italy0101
5 Spain0022
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
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 Croatia  Italy  Spain
Women
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 United States  Hungary  Spain

References

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