Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games

Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games
Water polo pictogram
VenueAquatic Center
Start dateOctober 30, 2023 (2023-10-30)
End dateNovember 4, 2023 (2023-11-04)
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors192 from 8 nations
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Water polo competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games was held from October 30 to November 4. The venue for the competition was the Aquatic Center, in Santiago, Chile.[1][2] A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting of up to 12 athletes) competed in each tournament. This means a total of 192 athletes competed.[3]

The top team in each tournament not already qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics will qualify for the said event.

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 (Chile) 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 two teams at the 2022 South American Games and the top three teams at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.[3]

Summary

Nation Men's Women's Athletes
 Argentina Yes Yes 24
 Brazil Yes Yes 24
 Canada Yes Yes 24
 Chile Yes Yes 24
 Cuba Yes Yes 24
 Mexico Yes Yes 24
 Puerto Rico Yes Yes 24
 United States Yes Yes 24
Total: 8 NOCs 8 8 192

Men

Event Dates Location Quota(s) Qualified team
Host nation — 1  Chile
Zone 3 (automatic qualification) — 1  United States
Zone 4 (automatic qualification) — 1  Canada
2022 South American Games[4] October 11–15 Paraguay Asuncion 2  Brazil
 Argentina
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games July 1–8 El Salvador San Salvador 3  Puerto Rico
 Cuba
 Mexico
Total 8

Women

Event Dates Location Quota(s) Qualified
Host nation — 1  Chile
Zone 3 (automatic qualification) — 1  United States
Zone 4 (automatic qualification) — 1  Canada
2022 CCCAN Championships* July 20–26 Barbados Bridgetown 3  Cuba
 Mexico
 Puerto Rico
2022 South American Games October 11–15 Paraguay Asuncion 2  Brazil
 Argentina
Total 8
  • The 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games were scheduled to be the qualifying tournament for the CCCAN, but the tournament was cancelled due to low entries. Due to this, the 2022 CCCAN Championships were used to determine the qualifying teams.[5]

Participating nations

A total of eight countries qualified water polo teams, with each country qualifying both a men's and women's.[6] Some teams used their alternate athletes in matches and are not counted in the total.

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2002
2 Brazil0112
3 Canada0101
4 Argentina0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details 		 United States
Alexander Bowen
Luca Cupido
Hannes Daube
Chase Dodd
Ryder Dodd
Benjamin Hallock
Drew Holland
Johnathan Hooper
Maxwell Irving
Alexander Obert
Adrian Weinberg
Dylan Woodhead
Quinn Woodhead 		 Brazil
Guilherme Barella
Logan Cabral
Alípio Nardaci
Gustavo Coutinho
Roberto de Freitas
Bruno Chiappini
Rafael Real
Pedro Real
Marcos Vinicius Pires
Gabriel Sojo da Silva
Gustavo Guimarães
Luis Ricardo da Silva
Alexandre Mendes 		 Argentina
Diego Malnero
Ramiro Veich
Tomás Galimberti
Tomás Tilatti
Nahuel Leona
Tomás Echenique
Iván Carabantes
Eduardo Bonomo
Carlos Camnasio
Esteban Corsi
Guido Poggi
Teo Soler
Octavio Salas
Women's tournament
details 		 United States
Ashleigh Johnson
Emily Ausmus
Tara Prentice
Rachel Fattal
Jenna Flynn
Maggie Steffens
Jordan Raney
Ryann Neushul
Jewel Roemer
Kaleigh Gilchrist
Ava Johnson
Bayley Weber
Amanda Longan 		 Canada
Jessica Gaudreault
Rae Lekness
Axelle Crevier
Emma Wright
Daphné Guèvremont
Blaire McDowell
Verica Bakoc
Elyse Lemay-Lavoie
Hayley McKelvey
Serena Browne
Kindred Paul
Floranne Carroll
Clara Vulpisi 		 Brazil
Thatiana Pregolini
Stefany Azevedo
Letícia Silva
Kemily Leão
Ana Júlia Amaral
Jeniffer Cavalcante
Samantha Ferreira
Karen da Silva
Letícia Belorio
Rebecca Moreira
Luana de Souza
Eduarda Estevão
Isabela Mendes

See also

References

  1. ^ "Santiago 2023 Officially Confirms Sports Venues". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Water Polo is Already Looking at the Pan American Games" [El Polo Acuático Ya Mira a Los Juegos Panamericanos]. Periódico El Sol de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Watch the Live Draws for Team Sports at Santiago 2023 on Panam Sports Channel". www.panamsports.org. Panam Sports. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.