Tournaments' draw for the men and women's water polo competition at the FINA World Championships in Budapest (HUN) will be held on February 24 in the Hungarian capital.

Both draws will be held at 12:00 (local time), at the Atrium of the Hotel Sofitel, Budapest. The ceremony will be conducted by FINA Bureau Member Mr. Dimitris Diathesopoulos and Mr Gianni Lonzi, Chairman of the Technical Water Polo Committee, and organised by BP2017 Organising Committee with the help of the Hungarian Water Polo Federation.

After the group phase, the teams which finished in the first place go automatically to the quarter finals.

The squads that finished in the second and the third place, will play crossover matches with each other.

MEN WOMEN
Teams already qualified  Teams already qualified 

Africa

South Africa

Europe

Croatia, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia

America

USA, TBC, TBC

Asia

Japan, Kazakhstan

Oceania

Australia

Africa

South Africa

Europe

Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Russia

America

USA, Canada, Brasil

Asia

China,  Japan, Kazakhstan

Oceania

Australia, New Zealand

Line 1 Serbia, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro

Line 2 USA, Hungary, Americas 1, Greece

Line 3 Americas 2, Spain, Russia, Australia

Line 4 Republic of South Africa, Japan, Kazakhstan, France

Line 1 USA, Italy, Russia, Hungary

Line 2 Spain, Australia, Canada, Netherlands

Line 3 Brasil, Greece, France, New Zealand

Line 4 Republic of South Africa, Japan, Kazakhstan, China

Discover the World Championships' schedule (all disciplines) here.