Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games

Water polo competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile are scheduled to be held from October 22 to 28. The venue for the competition is the Naval School Pool, located in Valparaíso.[1][2] A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting of up to 12 athletes) will compete in each tournament. This means a total of 192 athletes are scheduled to compete.[3]

Water polo at the 2023 Pan American Games
Water polo pictogram
VenueNaval School Pool
DatesOctober 22–28, 2023
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors192 from TBD nations
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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
NationMen'sWomen'sAthletes
 ArgentinaYesYes24
 BrazilYesYes24
 CanadaYesYes24
 ChileYesYes24
 United StatesYesYes24
Total: 5 NOCs88192

Men

Event Dates Location Quota(s) Qualified team
Host nation — 1  Chile
Automatic qualification — 2  Canada
 United States
2022 South American Games[4] October 11–15 Paraguay Asuncion 2  Brazil
 Argentina
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games June 28 – July 8 El Salvador San Salvador 3
Total8

Women

Event Dates Location Quota(s) Qualified
Host nation — — 1  Chile
Automatic qualification — — 2  Canada
 United States
2022 South American Games October 11–15 Paraguay Asuncion 2  Brazil
 Argentina
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games June 28 – July 8 El Salvador San Salvador 3
Total8

Participating nations

A total of five countries qualified water polo teams so far.

Medal summary

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
Women's tournament

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. "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.
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