Water polo at the 2019 Pan American Games

Water polo at the XVIII Pan American Games
Water polo pictogram
Venue Water polo stadium
Dates August 4 – August 10, 2019
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Water polo competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru are scheduled to be held from July 28 to August 10. The venue for the competition is the Water polo pool located at the Villa María del Triunfo cluster. A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting up to 11 athletes) competed in each tournament. This means a total of 176 athletes are scheduled to compete.[1]

Roster sizes were dropped from 13 to 11, in line with the decision made by FINA (International Swimming Federation) for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

The top team in each tournament not already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics will qualify for the said event.[3]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the water polo competitions:

Medalists

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

Participating nations

A total of 6 countries qualified water polo teams so far. The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants qualified.

Qualification

A total of rights men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) 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 three teams at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and top two teams at the 2018 South American Championships.[1]

Men

Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Peru
Automatic qualification N/A N/A 2  Canada
 United States
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games (CCCAN) 26 July–2 August Colombia Barranquilla 3  Cuba
 Puerto Rico
 Mexico
2018 South American Championships (CONSANAT) 31 October–4 November Peru Lima 2
Total8

Women

Event Dates Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Peru
Automatic qualification N/A N/A 2  Canada
 United States
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games (CCCAN) 26 July–2 August Colombia Barranquilla 3  Cuba
 Puerto Rico
 Mexico
2018 South American Championships (CONSANAT) 31 October–4 November Peru Lima 2
Total8

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Crunic, Ivan (13 July 2017). "FINA accepted shorter rosters at the Olympic Games, LEN launched new Champions League". www.waterpology.com/. Waterpology.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "International Swimming Federation (FINA) Water polo Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). www.wkf.net/. International Swimming Federation (FINA). 16 March 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
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