Following a captivating finish to water polo at the World Aquatics Championships – Doha 2024, draws for the teams that qualified to compete in the Men’s and Women’s Water Polo Tournaments at the Paris 2024 Olympics were held on the competition pool deck in the Qatari capital.
In Doha, Croatia and the United States took home the world championship titles in the men’s and women’s tournaments, respectively.
The USA women head into Paris 2024 looking for their fourth-consecutive Olympic title, while the Croatia men’s team – winners at the London 2012 Olympics – look to improve on their fifth-place finish at the Tokyo 2020 Games. Serbia heads into Paris as the two-time defending Olympics champions in men’s water polo.
With the World Aquatics Championships in the Qatari capital serving as the final pathway to qualify for the Paris 2024 Games, the following countries will play at the upcoming Olympics.
Men’s Water Polo Teams | Paris 2024 Olympics (12 Teams)
- Hungary
- Greece
- Croatia
- Spain
- United States
- Australia
- Japan
- Romania
- Serbia
- Italy
- Montenegro
- France
Women’s Water Polo Teams | Paris 2024 Olympics (10 Teams)
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Greece
- Australia
- Hungary
- Italy
- United States
- People’s Republic of China
- Canada
- France
The Paris 2024 water polo tournament will be held between 5 and 11 August. Preliminary matches will be played at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Saint-Denis, a permanent venue which will provide aquatic sports opportunities long after the Games. Later rounds, including the finals, will be held at the Paris La Défense Arena – a major multisport arena that will be transformed into an aquatics venue for the first time this summer.
During the draw ceremony, World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam said: “Every athlete knows that success here at the World Aquatics Championships is the golden ticket to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics. We look forward to what will be a global celebration of sport, with fans packing out venues and tuning in from around the globe to witness the world’s best aquatics athletes. I am grateful for the excellent collaboration with the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, and I eagerly await the displays of sporting excellence on the world stage this summer.”
Also present at the draw was Paris 2024 Sports Director Aurélie Merle.
"The result of this first draw for the Olympic tournament projects us more than ever towards the Paris 2024 Games! We know what the dream of an Olympic title represents for the athletes, and we work daily with World Aquatics to enable them to perform in the best conditions,” Merle said, “The water polo players now know their future opponents, and both the Centre Aquatique and Paris La Défense Arena will be ready to welcome them in an exceptional atmosphere. We can't wait to see this!”
Draw Results | Men's and Women's Water Polo Tournaments at the Paris 2024 Olympics
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About World Aquatics
Driven by the vision of a world united by water for health, life and sport, World Aquatics is the international governing body for aquatic sports. Founded in 1908, World Aquatics is an independent organisation formed of 210 National Federations and five Continental Organisations.
World Aquatics oversees six aquatic sports – swimming, water polo, diving, artistic swimming, open water swimming and high diving – and is recognised as the leading global authority of these sports by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).