Water polo at the 2022 South American Games

Water polo
at the 2022 South American Games
Water polo ; at the 2022 South American Games
	Water polo pictogram
Venue	Centro Acuático Nacional
Dates	11−15 October 2022
Competitors	168 from 8 nations
Teams	13 (6 men and 7 women)
Medalists
	Brazil (men)
	Brazil (women)
	Argentina (men)
	Argentina (women)
	Colombia (men)
	Peru (women)
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Water polo competitions at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay were held from 11 to 15 October 2022 at the Centro Acuático Nacional cluster.

Two medal events were scheduled to be contested: a men's and women's tournament. A total of 168 athletes (78 athletes–6 teams for men and 91 athletes–7 teams for women) competed in the events. Both tournaments were open competitions without age restrictions.^[1]

The gold and silver medalists teams in each tournament qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games water polo competitions, plus Chile which qualified automatically as the 2023 Pan American Games hosts.^[2]

Argentina and Brazil were the defending champions of the South American Games men's and women's water polo events. Argentina had won the men's tournament in the last edition in Cochabamba 2018 while Brazil had won the women's tournament in the Medellín 2010 edition (women's event was not held in Santiago 2014 nor Cochabamba 2018).

Brazil won the gold medal in both men's and women's events.^[3]

Participating nations

A total of 8 ODESUR nations registered teams for the water polo events. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 26 athletes (one team of 13 players per gender).^[1] Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and hosts Paraguay participated in both men's and women's tournament. Uruguay participated in the men's tournament, while Peru and Venezuela participated in the women's tournament.

Argentina (26 players)
Brazil (26)
Chile (26)
Colombia (26)
Paraguay (26)
Peru (13)
Uruguay (13)
Venezuela (13)

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Paraguay)

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament details	Brazil (BRA) Guilherme Barella Bruno Chiappini Felipe Henrique Gomes Gustavo Coutinho Beto Freitas Marcos Pedroso Luiz Octavio Scarabelim Eduardo Cintra Bernardo Rocha Italo Vizacre Gustavo Guimarães Luis Ricardo Silva Alexandre Souza Mendes	Argentina (ARG) Octavio Salas Ramiro Veich Tomás Galimberti Tomás Tilatti Emanuel López Tomás Echenique Guido Martino Eduardo Bonomo Exequiel Camnasio Esteban Corsi Augusto Antunes Ignacio Setti Nicolás Fernández	Colombia (COL) Camilo Camacho Nelson Bejarano José Manuel Rengifo Juan Pablo Guapacha Santiago Cuervo Sebastián Muñoz Santiago Aramburo Jairo Lizarazo Alejandro Saldarriaga Felipe Mora Enzo Salinas Juan Felipe Echeverry Tomás Gil
Women's tournament details	Brazil (BRA) Thatiana Pregolini Diana Abla Luana Bonetti Kemily Leão Luana Ribeiro Quinn Marcela Marrani Marques Samantha Ferreira Jeniffer Cavalcante Melani Palaro Dias Rebecca Moreira Mirella Coutinho Letícia Belorio Isabela Rodrigues de Souza	Argentina (ARG) Nahir Stegmayer Victoria Ruiz Cecilia Marie Ashley Hatcher Ludmila Ianni Maitena Romano Julieta Auliel Celeste Comba Isabel Riley Ana Agnesina Anahí Bacigalupo María Sol Canda Lola Canales	Peru (PER) Milagros López Miranda Nieto Diana Garnica Daniela Torres Belén Torres Abigail Sirio Areli Rolando Carolina Rodríguez Grecia Nolasco Anna López Rebeca Rodríguez Elisa López Grecia Bojorquez

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	5	5	0	87	18	+69	10	Semi-finals
2	Brazil	5	4	1	76	21	+55	8
3	Colombia	5	3	2	66	34	+32	6
4	Chile	5	2	3	34	50	−16	4
5	Uruguay	5	1	4	43	61	−18	2	Fifth place match
6	Paraguay	5	0	5	5	127	−122	0	Fifth place match

Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Gold medal match

14 October

Argentina	20
		15 October
Chile	2
		Argentina	10 (2)
14 October
		Brazil (pso)	10 (3)
Brazil	17

Colombia	6
		Bronze medal match

		15 October

		Chile	6

		Colombia	18

	Fifth place match

	14 October

	Uruguay	15

	Paraguay	2

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Colombia
4	Chile
5	Uruguay
6	Paraguay

Women's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	2	2	0	47	4	+43	4	Semi-finals
2	Peru	2	1	1	12	25	−13	2	Semi-finals
3	Chile	2	0	2	8	38	−30	0	Fifth place match

Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	73	21	+52	6	Semi-finals
2	Venezuela	3	1	1	1	47	33	+14	3	Semi-finals
3	Colombia	3	1	1	1	62	33	+29	3	Fifth place match
4	Paraguay	3	0	0	3	21	116	−95	0

Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Gold-medal match

14 October

Brazil	16
		15 October
Venezuela	3
		Brazil	14
14 October
		Argentina	8
Argentina	16

Peru	12
		Bronze-medal match

		15 October

		Venezuela	14 (3)

		Peru (pso)	14 (4)

	Fifth place match

	14 October

	Colombia	21

	Chile	6

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Peru
4	Venezuela
5	Colombia
6	Chile
7	Paraguay

References

^ ^a ^b "DEPORTES ACUÁTICOS MANUAL TÉCNICO" (PDF). www.asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASU2022. 11 September 2022.
^ "Santiago 2023 Qualification Systems Manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ Gentile, Gabriel (15 October 2022). "Brasil leva os dois ouros do polo aquático em Assunção" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Olimpiada Todo Dia.

External links

ASU2022 Water polo at ASU2022 official website.
- ASU2022 Water polo Teams Male.
- ASU2022 Water polo Teams Female.

[Technical_manual-1] "DEPORTES ACUÁTICOS MANUAL TÉCNICO" (PDF). www.asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASU2022. 11 September 2022.

[2] "Santiago 2023 Qualification Systems Manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

[3] Gentile, Gabriel (15 October 2022). "Brasil leva os dois ouros do polo aquático em Assunção" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Olimpiada Todo Dia.

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