The 21st edition of the FINA World Men’s Junior Water Polo Championships is set to kick-off in Prague (CZE) from August 28-September 5, 2021, gathering 18 teams from from Africa, America, Asia and Europe.

Contested by athletes of 20 years old and younger, the four groups' composition for the tournament unfolds as follows:

GROUP A: ITA, CRO, UZB, RUS, ARG
GROUP B: ESP, SRB, USA, SVK, CZE
GROUP C: BRA, HUN, GER, EGY
GROUP D: GRE, KAZ, RSA, MNE

The competition schedule for the preliminary rounds is as follows:


 DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
9:00 UZB v RUS
 10:30 CRO v ARG
 12:00 USA v SVK
 13:30 SRB v CZE
 15:00 GER v EGY
 16:30 RSA v MNE		 9:00 CZE v USA
 10:30 ESP v SRB
 12:00 BRA v HUN
13:30 GRE v KAZ
15:00 ARG v UZB
16:30 ITA v CRO  		9:00 GER v BRA
 10:30 RSA v GRE
 12:00 RUS v ARG
13:30 UZB v ITA
15:00 SVK v CZE
 16:30 USA v ESP  		9:00 GRE v MNE
 10:30 KAZ v RSA
 12:00 ITA v RUS
13:30 CRO v UZB
 15:00 ESP v SVK
 16:30 SRB v USA
 18:00 BRA v EGY
19:30 HUN v GER		 9:00 RUS v CRO
 10:30 ARG v ITA
 12:00 SVK v SRB
13:30 CZE v ESP
 15:00 EGY v HUN
 16:30 MNE v KAZ


Coverage will be available on FINA website as of Saturday August 28.

The Greek team won the previous edition in 2019 in Kuwait City, while Serbia clinched silver and Italy bronze.

The complete final ranking of the 2019 edition was as follows: 1. Greece, 2. Serbia, 3. Italy, 4. Croatia, 5. Spain, 6. Montenegro, 7. USA, 8. Japan, 9. Hungary, 10. Canada, 11. Australia, 12. New Zealand, 13. Russia, 14. South Africa, 15. Egypt, 16. China