Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament
| Men's water polo tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Aquatic Center | ||||||
| Dates | October 30 – November 4 | ||||||
| Competitors | 96 from 8 nations | ||||||
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The men's tournament of water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile took place between October 30 and November 4 at the Aquatic Center in Santiago. The winner of the competition, the United States, qualified directly for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Schedule
[edit]The schedule is as follows.[1]
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | |
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| G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
Qualification
[edit]A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. The host nation (Chile) qualified automatically, 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 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games and top two teams at the 2022 South American Games.[2]
| Event | Dates | Location | Quota(s) | Qualified team |
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| Host nation | — | 1 |  Chile
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| Zone 3 (automatic qualification) | — | 1 |  United States
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| Zone 4 (automatic qualification) | — | 1 |  Canada
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| 2022 South American Games[3] | October 11–15 |  Asuncion
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2 |  Brazil Argentina
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| 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games | July 1–7 |  San Salvador
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3 |  Puerto Rico Cuba Mexico
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| Total | 8 | |||
Format
[edit]Teams are split into 2 round-robin groups of 4 teams each, where the final positions in each group will determine seedings for the knockout stage. The losing teams from the quarterfinals stage will compete in a separate single elimination bracket to determine fifth through eighth places in the final rankings.
Preliminary round
[edit]All times are local (UTC−3).
Group A
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 18 | +64 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Brazil
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 6 | |
| 3 | Puerto Rico
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 58 | −29 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mexico
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 66 | −42 | 0 |
Source: Santiago 2023
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.
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.
| 30 October 2023 15:00 |
Report | Brazil
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18–5 | Puerto Rico
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Hinds (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 5–1, 5–0 | |||||
| Coutinho, P. Real 4 | Goals | Loubriel 2 | |||
| 30 October 2023 18:00 |
Report | United States
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30–2 | Mexico
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Xavier Villanueva (CHI) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |
| Score by quarters: 10–0, 7–1, 7–0, 6–1 | |||||
| R. Dodd 6 | Goals | Mercado, Tavera 1 | |||
| 31 October 2023 15:00 |
Report | United States
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28–9 | Puerto Rico
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ernesto Hernández Toledo (CUB) Daniel Federico Daners (URU) |
| Score by quarters: 8–3, 6–1, 6–3, 8–2 | |||||
| R. Dodd 7 | Goals | Loubriel 3 | |||
| 31 October 2023 18:00 |
Report | Brazil
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21–10 | Mexico
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Garcia Soto (VEN) Rincón Patiño (COL) |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–3, 6–3, 5–2 | |||||
| Guimarães, P. Real 5 | Goals | Estrada 4 | |||
| 1 November 2023 15:00 |
Report | Brazil
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7–24 | United States
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–8, 2–5, 3–6 | |||||
| P. Real, R. Real 2 | Goals | Daube 5 | |||
| 1 November 2023 18:00 |
Report | Puerto Rico
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15–12 | Mexico
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) German Moller (ARG) |
| Score by quarters: 5–4, 5–6, 2–1, 3–1 | |||||
| D. Zayas 4 | Goals | Estrada 4 | |||
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Canada
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 18 | +53 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Argentina
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 6 | |
| 3 | Cuba
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 3 | |
| 4 | Chile (H)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 57 | −41 | 0 |
Source: Santiago 2023
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.
(H) Host
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.
(H) Host
| 30 October 2023 16:30 |
Report | Argentina
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20–4 | Cuba
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gomez Portodomingo (ESP) Spiritosanto (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 6–2, 6–0, 6–1 | |||||
| Corsi 6 | Goals | Ponsa 4 | |||
| 30 October 2023 19:30 |
Report | Canada
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28–4 | Chile
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Teodoro de Brito (BRA) Arellano Jr (MEX) |
| Score by quarters: 7–0, 7–2, 9–0, 5–2 | |||||
| Halajian 5 | Goals | four players 1 | |||
| 31 October 2023 16:30 |
Report | Canada
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29–7 | Cuba
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Ohme (GER) Moller (ARG) |
| Score by quarters: 5–1, 8–3, 8–3, 8-0 | |||||
| Constantin-Bicari, Côté 6 | Goals | Ponsa 4 | |||
| 31 October 2023 19:30 |
Report | Argentina
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16–3 | Chile
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Dabbaghian (USA) Castillo Torres (PUR) |
| Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–1, 5–0, 4–2 | |||||
| Tilatti 4 | Goals | three players 1 | |||
| 1 November 2023 16:30 |
Report | Argentina
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7–14 | Canada
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–4, 1–3, 2–3 | |||||
| Veich 3 | Goals | Constantin-Bicari 5 | |||
| 1 November 2023 19:30 |
Report | Cuba
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13–9 | Chile
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Rincon Patiño (COL) Yuri Machado (BRA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 4–1, 4–1 | |||||
| Ponsa 5 | Goals | Cárcamo 4 | |||
Final stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 2 November | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 16 | |||||||||
| 3 November | ||||||||||
| Cuba | 6 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 13 | |||||||||
| 2 November | ||||||||||
| Canada | 12 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 5 | |||||||||
| 4 November | ||||||||||
| Canada | 20 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 7 | |||||||||
| 2 November | ||||||||||
| United States | 17 | |||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 9 | |||||||||
| 3 November | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 20 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 7 | |||||||||
| 2 November | ||||||||||
| United States | 22 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| United States | 28 | |||||||||
| 4 November | ||||||||||
| Chile | 2 | |||||||||
| Canada | 10 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 12 | |||||||||
| 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
| 3 November | ||||||
| Cuba | 11 | |||||
| 4 November | ||||||
| Mexico | 16 | |||||
| Mexico | 9 | |||||
| 3 November | ||||||
| Puerto Rico | 13 | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 16 | |||||
| Chile | 6 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 4 November | ||||||
| Cuba (PSO) | 7 (5) | |||||
| Chile | 7 (4) | |||||
Quarterfinals
[edit]| 2 November 2023 15:00 |
Report | Brazil
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16–6 | Cuba
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) Darren Brown Spritosanto (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–1, 4–3, 4–1 | |||||
| P. Real 4 | Goals | De Armas 3 | |||
| 2 November 2023 16:30 |
Report | Puerto Rico
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9–20 | Argentina
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–3, 3–7, 3–6 | |||||
| Bayo, F. Zayas 2 | Goals | Camnasio 6 | |||
| 2 November 2023 18:00 |
Report | United States
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28–2 | Chile
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Agustin Pinski (ARG) Teodoro de Brito (BRA) |
| Score by quarters: 4–0, 9–0, 4–1, 11–1 | |||||
| R. Dodd 8 | Goals | Illino, Reginato 1 | |||
| 2 November 2023 19:30 |
Report | Mexico
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5–20 | Canada
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Germán Moller (ARG) Reynel Castillo (PUR) |
| Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–7, 1–4, 1–5 | |||||
| Estrada 3 | Goals | Constantin-Bicari 5 | |||
5–8th place semifinals
[edit]| 3 November 2023 15:00 |
Report | Cuba
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11–16 | Mexico
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jorge Agustin Pinski (ARG) Darren Brown Spiritosanto (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–4, 3–2, 2–5 | |||||
| 3 November 2023 16:30 |
Report | Puerto Rico
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16–6 | Chile
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Jose Garcia Soto (VEN) Fernando de Brito (BRA) |
| Score by quarters: 6–1, 6–2, 3–0, 1–3 | |||||
Semifinals
[edit]| 3 November 2023 18:00 |
Report | Brazil
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13–12 | Canada
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Harvey Hinds (CUW) David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 3–3, 5–3 | |||||
| Guimarães, P. Real 3 | Goals | Constantin-Bicari, Patterson 3 | |||
| 3 November 2023 19:30 |
Report | Argentina
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7–22 | United States
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Gerardo Arellano Jr (MEX) Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–4, 4–6, 6–6 | |||||
| Galimberti 2 | Goals | Irving 6 | |||
Seventh place game
[edit]| 4 November 2023 16:00 |
Report | Cuba
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12–11 | Chile
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Yuri Machado (BRA) Reynel Castillo Torres (PUR) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–2, 3–2, 3–1 PSO: 5–4 | |||||
Fifth place game
[edit]| 4 November 2023 17:30 |
Report | Mexico
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9–13 | Puerto Rico
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA) Harvey Hinds (CUW) |
| Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–2, 2–4, 1–2 | |||||
Third place game
[edit]| 4 November 2023 19:00 |
Report | Canada
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10–12 | Argentina
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: David Gomez Pordomingo (ESP) Darren Spirtosanto (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 3–2, 4–4 | |||||
| four players 2 | Goals | Camnasio 3 | |||
Final
[edit]| 4 November 2023 20:30 |
Report | Brazil
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7–17 | United States
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Aquatic Center, Santiago Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN) Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–6, 2–5, 2–4 | |||||
| three players 2 | Goals | Bowen, Daube 5 | |||
Final standings
[edit]| Rank | Team |
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United States
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Brazil
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Argentina
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| 4 | Canada
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| 5 | Puerto Rico
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| 6 | Mexico
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| 7 | Cuba
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| 8 | Chile
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| Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
| Qualified for the 2024 World Aquatics Championships |
References
[edit]- ^ "WATER POLO KICKED OFF THE SANTIAGO 2023 GROUP STAGE DRAWS FOR TEAM SPORTS". Santiago 2023 Organizing Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ^ "Brasil vence Argentina no feminino e no masculino e leva dois ouros no Polo Aquático em Assunção" [Brazil defeats Argentina in women's and men's and takes two golds in water polo in Asuncion]. www.cbda.org.br/ (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Aquáticos. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2023.