Water polo at the 2022 South American Games#Fifth place match 2
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{{Infobox multi-sport competition event
|games = 2022 South American Games
|event = Water polo
|image = Water polo pictogram.svg
|image_size =
|caption = Water polo pictogram
|venue = Centro Acuático Nacional
|dates =11−15 October 2022
|competitors = 168
|nations = 8
|teams = 13 (6 men and 7 women)
|gold={{wp|BRA}} (men)
|gold2={{wpw|BRA}} (women)
|silver={{wp|ARG}} (men)
|silver2={{wpw|ARG}} (women)
|bronze={{wp|COL}} (men)
|bronze2={{wpw|PER}} (women)
|prev = 2018
|next = 2026
}}
Water polo competitions at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay were held from 11 to 15 October 2022 at the Centro Acuático Nacional cluster.
Two medal events were scheduled to be contested: a men's and women's tournament. A total of 168 athletes (78 athletes–6 teams for men and 91 athletes–7 teams for women) competed in the events. Both tournaments were open competitions without age restrictions.{{cite web|url=https://www.asu2022.org.py/uploads/item/2e190ffabf68c8c7c5920c9085aba78b78462cc8.pdf|title=DEPORTES ACUÁTICOS MANUAL TÉCNICO|publisher=XII Juegos Surámericanos ASU2022|website=www.asu2022.org.py|date=11 September 2022|language=es}}
The gold and silver medalists teams in each tournament qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games water polo competitions, plus Chile which qualified automatically as the 2023 Pan American Games hosts.{{cite web|url=https://www.panamsports.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Qualification-System-Manual.pdf|title=Santiago 2023 Qualification Systems Manual|date=11 September 2022|website=www.panamsports.org/|publisher=Panam Sports|access-date=27 September 2022}}
Argentina and Brazil were the defending champions of the South American Games men's and women's water polo events. Argentina had won the men's tournament in the last edition in Cochabamba 2018 while Brazil had won the women's tournament in the Medellín 2010 edition (women's event was not held in Santiago 2014 nor Cochabamba 2018).
Brazil won the gold medal in both men's and women's events.{{cite web|url=https://www.olimpiadatododia.com.br/poloaquatico/473251-brasil-polo-aquatico-assuncao/|title=Brasil leva os dois ouros do polo aquático em Assunção|publisher=Olimpiada Todo Dia|last=Gentile|first=Gabriel|date=15 October 2022|language=pt-br}}
Participating nations
A total of 8 ODESUR nations registered teams for the water polo events. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 26 athletes (one team of 13 players per gender). Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and hosts Paraguay participated in both men's and women's tournament. Uruguay participated in the men's tournament, while Peru and Venezuela participated in the women's tournament.
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- {{flagIOC2|ARG|2022 South American Games|26 players}}
- {{flagIOC2|BRA|2022 South American Games|26}}
- {{flagIOC2|CHI|2022 South American Games|26}}
- {{flagIOC2|COL|2022 South American Games|26}}
- {{flagIOC2|PAR|2022 South American Games|26}}
- {{flagIOC2|PER|2022 South American Games|13}}
- {{flagIOC2|URU|2022 South American Games|13}}
- {{flagIOC2|VEN|2022 South American Games|13}}
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Medal summary
=Medal table=
{{Medals table
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| host = PAR
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| event = 2022 Bolivarian Games
| team =
| gold_ARG = 0| silver_ARG = 2| bronze_ARG = 0
| gold_BRA = 2| silver_BRA = 0| bronze_BRA = 0
| gold_COL = 0| silver_COL = 0| bronze_COL = 1
| gold_PER = 0| silver_PER = 0| bronze_PER = 1
}}
=Medalists=
Men's tournament
{{main|Water polo at the 2022 South American Games – Men's tournament}}
=Preliminary round=
{{#section:Water polo at the 2022 South American Games – Men's tournament|Standings}}
=Knockout stage=
{{#section:Water polo at the 2022 South American Games – Men's tournament|knockout}}
=Final standings=
{{#section:Water polo at the 2022 South American Games – Men's tournament|Final rank}}
Women's tournament
{{main|Water polo at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament}}
=Group stage=
==Group A==
{{#section:Water polo at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament|Group A Standings}}
==Group B==
{{#section:Water polo at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament|Group B Standings}}
=Knockout stage=
{{#section:Water polo at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament|Knockout}}
=Final standings=
{{#section:Water polo at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament|Final rank}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.asu2022.org.py/en/deporte/esquema/4/deporte/13 ASU2022 Water polo] at ASU2022 official website.
- [https://www.asu2022.org.py/en/torneo/esquema/1/torneo/1551 ASU2022 Water polo Teams Male].
- [https://www.asu2022.org.py/en/torneo/esquema/1/torneo/1554 ASU2022 Water polo Teams Female].
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Category:Qualification tournaments for the 2023 Pan American Games