The Water polo sport is played between two teams in water. It consists of two teams play in water and goals by throwing the ball into the opposition goal post. There are six field players with one goalkeeper for each team. And the fun fact is while they play with swimming the whole water pool.
Water Polo Schedule, Fixtures & Calendar of Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympic Games
In the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, this sports event will be scheduled from 24th July to 8th August at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The twelve teams for men and ten teams for women will play in this competition. In total 242 competitors will participate that two events.
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The men’s 12-team qualification comes from eight different competitions. Those competitions are – 2019 FINA World League, 2019 FINA World Championships, 2019 Pan American Games, Oceanian Continental Selection, African Continental Selection, 2020 European Championships, 2018 Asian Games, World Qualification Tournament.
Men’s Water Polo Schedule, Fixtures & Calendar of 2021 Summer Olympics
Here the men’s qualified 12 teams for the Water polo at Tokyo Olympic Games.
Group A | Group B |
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United States | Spain |
South Africa | Croatia |
Greece | Australia |
Hungary | Serbia |
Japan | Kazakhstan |
Italy | Montenegro |
Men’s Water Polo Full Match Schedule & Fixture of Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympic Game
Date (2021) | Match | Time |
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25th July | Group A, South Africa vs Italy Group A, Hungary vs Greece | 10:00 – 12:50 |
Group A, United States vs Japan Group B, Australia vs Montenegro | 14:00 – 16:50 | |
Group B, Serbia vs Spain Group B, Croatia vs Kazakhstan | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
27th July | Group A, South Africa vs United States Group B, Montenegro vs Spain | 10:00 – 12:50 |
Group B, Kazakhstan vs Serbia Group A, Italy vs Greece | 14:00 – 16:50 | |
Group A, Japan vs Hungary Group B, Australia vs Croatia | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
29th July | Group A, Hungary vs South Africa Group B, Spain vs Kazakhstan | 10:00 – 12:50 |
Group A, United States vs Italy Group B, Croatia vs Montenegro | 14:00 – 16:50 | |
Group A, Greece vs Japan Group B, Serbia vs Australia | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
31st July | Group B, Montenegro vs Kazakhstan Group B, Australia vs Spain | 10:00 – 12:50 |
Group A, United States vs Hungary Group B, Croatia vs Serbia | 14:00 – 16:50 | |
Group A, Italy vs Japan Group A, South Africa vs Greece | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
2nd August | Group A, Hungary vs Italy Group A, Greece vs United States | 10:00 – 12:50 |
Group B, Serbia vs Montenegro Group B, Spain vs Croatia | 14:00 – 16:50 | |
Group A, Japan vs South Africa Group B, Australia vs Kazakhstan | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
4th August | Men’s Quarterfinals (2 matches) | 14:00 – 16:50 |
Men’s Quarterfinals (2 matches) | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
6th August | Men’s Classification match (5th-8th places) Men’s Semifinal | 14:00 – 16:50 |
Men’s Classification match (5th-8th places) Men’s Semifinal | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
8th August | Men’s classification match (7th-8th places) Men’s classification match (5th-6th places) | 9:30 – 12:20 |
Men’s Bronze Medal Match | 13:40 – 15:00 | |
Men’s Gold Medal Match Men’s Victory Ceremony | 16:30 – 18:20 |
Women’s Water Polo Schedule, Fixtures & Calendar of 2021 Summer Olympics
The ten women’s qualification teams come from as same as men’s eight different competitions. Those teams are listed below.
Group A | Group B |
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Australia | China |
Spain | Russia |
Netherlands | United States |
South Africa | Hungary |
Canada | Japan |
Women’s Water Polo Full Match Schedule & Fixture of Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympic Game
Date (2021) | Match | Time (JST) |
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24th July | Group B, Japan vs United States Group A, Canada vs Australia | 14:00 – 16:50 |
Group A, South Africa vs Spain Group B, China vs Russia | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
26th July | Group B, United States vs China Group B, Russia vs Hungary | 14:00 – 16:50 |
Group A, Australia vs Netherlands Group A, Spain vs Canada | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
28th July | Group B, Hungary vs United States Group A, Canada vs South Africa | 14:00 – 16:50 |
Group B, China vs Japan Group A, Netherlands vs Spain | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
30th July | Group A, South Africa vs Netherlands Group B, United States vs Russia | 14:00 – 16:50 |
Group B, Japan vs Hungary Group A, Spain vs Australia | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
1st August | Group B, Hungary vs China Group A, Netherlands vs Canada | 14:00 – 16:50 |
Group B, Russia vs Japan Group A, Australia vs South Africa | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
3rd August | Women’s Quarterfinals (2 matches) | 14:00 – 16:50 |
Women’s Quarterfinals (2 matches) | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
5th August | Women’s Classification match (5th-8th places) Women’s Semifinal | 14:00 – 16:50 |
Women’s Classification match (5th-8th places) Women’s Semifinal | 18:20 – 21:10 | |
7th August | Women’s classification match (7th-8th places) Women’s classification match (5th-6th places) | 9:30 – 12:20 |
Women’s Bronze Medal Match | 13:40 – 15:00 | |
Women’s Gold Medal Match Women’s Victory Ceremony | 16:30 – 18:20 | |
Water Polo Medal Table of 2016 Summer Olympics
Position | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
1 | Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 |