Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

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| dates = 21 June – 3 July

| num_teams = 16

| confederations = 5

| venues = {{flag|Hungary}}

| cities = Budapest, Szeged, Debrecen, Sopron

| champion_other = {{wp|ESP}}

| count = 3

| second_other = {{wp|ITA}}

| third_other = {{wp|GRE}}

| fourth_other = {{wp|CRO}}

| matches = 43

| goals = 962

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{wpicon|USA}} Alex Bowen
(21 goals)

| player =

| previous = Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

| next = Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

}}

{{2022 World Aquatics Championships}}

The men's water polo tournament at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held from 21 June to 3 July 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. This was the 19th time that the men's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1973.{{Cite HistoFINA wp |page=mwch|format=dmy }}

Spain won their third title with a win over Italy, while Greece beat Croatia to win the bronze medal.{{cite web|title=Spain a three-time champion in gripping sudden-death penalty shootout|url=https://www.fina.org/news/2666126/spain-and-italy-final|website=fina.org|accessdate=3 July 2022}}{{cite web|title=Greece's double burst topples Croatia for bronze medal|url=https://www.fina.org/news/2665985/greece-swims-away-water-water-polo-bronze|website=fina.org|accessdate=3 July 2022}}

Qualification

class="wikitable" style="width: 800px;"
style="width: 30%;"|Event

!style-"width: 23%;"|Dates

!style="width: 20%;"|Hosts

!style="width: 7%;"|Quota

!style="width: 20%;"|Qualifier(s)

Host nationcolspan=2 {{n/a}}align="center"| 1{{wp|HUN}}
2020 FINA World League26 June – 1 July 2020{{flagicon|GEO}} Tbilisialign="center"|2{{wp|MNE}}
{{wp|USA}}
2020 Summer Olympics25 July – 8 August 2020{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyoalign="center"|4{{wp|SRB}}
{{wp|GRE}}
{{wp|ESP}}
{{wp|CRO}}
2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship14–26 January 2020{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapestalign="center"|2{{wp|ITA}}
{{wp|RUS}}
{{wp|GER}}
2022 Intercontinental Cup
(Americas qualifier)
7–13 March 2022{{flagicon|PER}} Limaalign="center"|2{{wp|CAN}}
{{wp|BRA}}
Asian selectioncolspan=2 rowspan=4 {{n/a}}align="center"|2{{wp|KAZ}}
{{wp|JPN}}
African selectionalign="center"|1{{wp|RSA}}
Oceanian selectionalign="center"|1{{wp|AUS}}
Wild card{{cite web|title=Draw for World Championships: Four debutants in Budapest|url=https://total-waterpolo.com/draw-for-world-championships-four-debutants-in-budapest/|website=total-waterpolo.com|accessdate=11 April 2022}}align="center"|1{{wp|GEO}}
Totalcolspan="2"|16

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite web|title=Press release – FINA Bureau meets, makes further decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and event hosting|url=https://www.fina.org/news/2547346/press-release-fina-bureau-meets-makes-further-decisions-on-russian-and-belarusian-athletes-and-event-hosting|website=fina.org|accessdate=23 March 2022}}

Draw

The draw was held on 12 April 2022.{{cite web|title=Draw results for the men's and women's water polo tournament at the 19th FINA World Championships|url=https://www.fina.org/news/2573872/draw-results-for-the-womens-water-polo-tournament-at-the-19th-fina-world-championships|website=fina.org|accessdate=12 April 2022}}

=Seeding=

The pots were determined as follow.{{cite web|title=Draw for World Championships on April 12; pots for men's tournament determined|url=https://total-waterpolo.com/draw-for-world-championships-on-april-12-pots-for-mens-tournament-determined/|website=total-waterpolo.com|accessdate=4 March 2022}}

  • Pot 1: the 4 semifinalists of the 2020 Summer Olympics
  • Pot 2: the 2 finalists of the World League, Europe Qualifier 1 and America Qualifier 1
  • Pot 3: Europe Qualifier 2, Europe Qualifier 3, Oceania Qualifier 1, America Qualifier 2
  • Pot 4: Africa Qualifier 1, Asia Qualifier 1, Asia Qualifier 2, Europe Qualifier 4.

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Pot 1

!Pot 2

!Pot 3

!Pot 4

style="vertical-align: top;"|{{wp|SRB}}
{{wp|GRE}}
{{wp|HUN}}
{{wp|ESP}}

|style="vertical-align: top;"|{{wp|MNE}}
{{wp|USA}}
{{wp|CRO}}
{{wp|CAN}}

|style="vertical-align: top;"|{{wp|BRA}}
{{wp|ITA}}
{{wp|GER}}
{{wp|AUS}}

|style="vertical-align: top;"|{{wp|RSA}}
{{wp|KAZ}}
{{wp|JPN}}
{{wp|GEO}}

The draw resulted in the following groups:

class="wikitable"
width=120| Group A

!width=120| Group B

!width=120| Group C

!width=120| Group D

{{wp|HUN}}

|{{wp|GRE}}

|{{wp|ESP}}

|{{wp|SRB}}

{{wp|MNE}}

|{{wp|CRO}}

|{{wp|CAN}}

|{{wp|USA}}

{{wp|BRA}}

|{{wp|GER}}

|{{wp|ITA}}

|{{wp|AUS}}

{{wp|GEO}}

|{{wp|JAP}}

|{{wp|RSA}}

|{{wp|KAZ}}

Preliminary round

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220623080505/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/MSUMMARY.pdf Sportresult]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=HUN, MNE, GEO, BRA

|win_HUN=3 |draw_HUN=0 |loss_HUN=0 |gf_HUN=50|ga_HUN=28|status_HUN=H

|win_BRA=0 |draw_BRA=0 |loss_BRA=3 |gf_BRA=21|ga_BRA=54

|win_MNE=2 |draw_MNE=0 |loss_MNE=1 |gf_MNE=38|ga_MNE=26

|win_GEO=1 |draw_GEO=0 |loss_GEO=2 |gf_GEO=37|ga_GEO=38

|name_HUN={{wp|HUN}}

|name_BRA={{wp|BRA}}

|name_MNE={{wp|MNE}}

|name_GEO={{wp|GEO}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=Q |result3=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Quarterfinals

|col_Q=blue1 |text_Q=Playoffs

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=21 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220622061435/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M02.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|BRA}}

| score1=10

| team2={{wp|GEO}}

| score2=14

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Maro Savinović (CRO), Dion Willis (RSA)

| Q1=2–2

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=3–6

| Q4=2–3

| goals1=Freitas 4

| goals2=Sarić, Vapenski 4

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=21 June 2022

| time=21:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220622061435/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M01.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|MNE}}

| score1=8

| team2={{wp|HUN}}

| score2=12

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Michael Goldenberg (USA), Frank Ohme (GER)

| Q1=3–3

| Q2=1–3

| Q3=2–3

| Q4=2–3

| goals1=Petković 4

| goals2=Zalánki 4

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date=23 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220624235600/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M15.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GEO}}

| score1=9

| team2={{wp|MNE}}

| score2=10

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Maro Savinović (CRO)

| Q1=1–4

| Q2=3–0

| Q3=3–4

| Q4=2–2

| goals1=Vasić 5

| goals2=Đurđić 4

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=23 June 2022

| time=21:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220624071243/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M16.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1=20

| team2={{wp|BRA}}

| score2=6

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Andrew Carney (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)

| Q1=7–1

| Q2=4–2

| Q3=3–1

| Q4=6–2

| goals1=three players 3

| goals2=Real 2

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date=25 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220626081929/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M22.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|BRA}}

| score1=5

| team2={{wp|MNE}}

| score2=20

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Andrew Carney (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)

| Q1=0–4

| Q2=2–6

| Q3=0–7

| Q4=3–3

| goals1=five players 1

| goals2=three players 3

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=25 June 2022

| time=21:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220706005214/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M21.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1=18

| team2={{wp|GEO}}

| score2=14

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Dion Willis (RSA), Pascal Bouchez (FRA)

| Q1=3–3

| Q2=7–3

| Q3=4–5

| Q4=4–3

| goals1=Manhercz, Zalánki 4

| goals2=Shushiashvili, Vapenski 3

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220623080505/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/MSUMMARY.pdf Sportresult]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=GRE, CRO, JPN, GER

|win_GRE=2 |draw_GRE=1 |loss_GRE=0 |gf_GRE=42|ga_GRE=23

|win_CRO=2 |draw_CRO=1 |loss_CRO=0 |gf_CRO=42|ga_CRO=30

|win_GER=0 |draw_GER=0 |loss_GER=3 |gf_GER=28|ga_GER=41

|win_JPN=1 |draw_JPN=0 |loss_JPN=2 |gf_JPN=32|ga_JPN=50

|hth_GRE=Greece 8–8 Croatia

|hth_CRO=GRE

|name_GRE={{wp|GRE}}

|name_CRO={{wp|CRO}}

|name_GER={{wp|GER}}

|name_JPN={{wp|JPN}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=Q |result3=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Quarterfinals

|col_Q=blue1 |text_Q=Playoffs

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=21 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220622061452/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M03.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GER}}

| score1=11

| team2={{wp|JPN}}

| score2=12

| location=Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen

| attendance=

| referees=Ivan Raković (SRB), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)

| Q1=2–5

| Q2=2–3

| Q3=2–3

| Q4=5–1

| goals1=Schütze 3

| goals2=Inaba 5

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=21 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220622061451/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M04.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GRE}}

| score1=8

| team2={{wp|CRO}}

| score2=8

| location=Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen

| attendance=

| referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), David Gómez (ESP)

| Q1=4–1

| Q2=1–4

| Q3=2–1

| Q4=1–2

| goals1=Vlachopoulos 4

| goals2=Kharkov 3

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date=23 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220624235659/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M09.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1=13

| team2={{wp|GER}}

| score2=9

| location=Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen

| attendance=

| referees=Michiel Zwart (NED), Ivan Raković (SRB)

| Q1=4–1

| Q2=4–1

| Q3=2–2

| Q4=3–5

| goals1=Bašić, Krapić 3

| goals2=Küppers 3

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=23 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220626152239/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M10.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|JPN}}

| score1=7

| team2={{wp|GRE}}

| score2=18

| location=Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen

| attendance=

| referees=Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Michael Goldenberg (USA)

| Q1=1–3

| Q2=2–4

| Q3=2–5

| Q4=2–6

| goals1=three players 2

| goals2=Argyropoulos 6

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date=25 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220626081929/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M23.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|JPN}}

| score1=13

| team2={{wp|CRO}}

| score2=21

| location=Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen

| attendance=

| referees=Michael Goldenberg (USA), David Gómez (ESP)

| Q1=3–4

| Q2=6–3

| Q3=2–7

| Q4=2–7

| goals1=Inaba 5

| goals2=Kharkov, Krapić 5

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=25 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220706005038/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M24.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GRE}}

| score1=16

| team2={{wp|GER}}

| score2=8

| location=Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen

| attendance=

| referees=Harvey Hinds (CUR), Ivan Raković (SRB)

| Q1=4–1

| Q2=5–1

| Q3=4–2

| Q4=3–4

| goals1=Genidounias 5

| goals2=Božić 2

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220623080505/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/MSUMMARY.pdf Sportresult]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=ESP, ITA, RSA, CAN

|win_ITA=1 |draw_ITA=0 |loss_ITA=1 |gf_ITA=34|ga_ITA=18

|win_CAN=0 |draw_CAN=0 |loss_CAN=0 |gf_CAN=0 |ga_CAN=0

|win_RSA=0 |draw_RSA=0 |loss_RSA=2 |gf_RSA=6 |ga_RSA=50

|win_ESP=2 |draw_ESP=0 |loss_ESP=0 |gf_ESP=42|ga_ESP=14

|note_CAN=On 24 June, the Canadian team withdrew from the tournament after multiple positive COVID-19 cases amongst the team.{{cite web|date=24 June 2022|title=Canada Men's Team withdraws from 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022|url=https://waterpolo.ca/article/75996|publisher=Water Polo Canada|access-date=24 June 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/water-polo/aquatics-worlds-water-polo-covid-cancellation-1.6500206|title=Canadian men's water polo team withdraws from worlds due to COVID-19|date=24 June 2022|website=cbc.ca|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)|access-date=24 June 2022}}

|name_ITA={{wp|ITA}}

|name_CAN={{wp|CAN}}

|name_RSA={{wp|RSA}}

|name_ESP={{wp|ESP}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=Q |result3=Q |result4=WD

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Quarterfinals

|col_Q=blue1 |text_Q=Playoffs

|col_WD=black1|text_WD=Withdrew

}}

{{Waterpolobox

|date=21 June 2022

|time=18:00

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220622061434/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M05.pdf Report]

|team1={{wp-rt|RSA}}

|score1=4

|team2={{wp|ITA}}

|score2=22

|location=Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron

|attendance=

|referees=Radu Matache (ROU), Wallop Jirathornwattana (THA)

|Q1=1–3

|Q2=1–1

|Q3=0–7

|Q4=2–11

|goals1=four players 1

|goals2=Fondelli 4

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

|date=23 June 2022

|time=18:00

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220623200409/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M11.pdf Report]

|team1={{wp-rt|ESP}}

|score1=28

|team2={{wp|RSA}}

|score2=2

|location=Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron

|attendance=

|referees=Wallop Jirathornwattana (THA), Agustin Pinski (ARG)

|Q1=7–1

|Q2=7–0

|Q3=6–1

|Q4=8–0

|goals1=Granados 6

|goals2=Cronje, Howard 1

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

|date=25 June 2022

|time=18:00

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220625201934/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M17.pdf Report]

|team1={{wp-rt|ITA}}

|score1=12

|team2={{wp|ESP}}

|score2=14

|location=Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron

|attendance=

|referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)

|Q1=4–5

|Q2=6–3

|Q3=2–2

|Q4=0–4

|goals1=Di Somma 3

|goals2=Granados 3

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

|date=21 June 2022 (Annulled){{refn|group=note|The Canadian national team later withdrew, so the result of the match was canceled and annulled afterward.}}

|time=19:30

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220621203712/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M06.pdf Report]

|team1={{wp-rt|CAN}}

|score1=2

|team2={{wp|ESP}}

|score2=19

|location=Sopron Lover Pool, Sopron

|attendance=

|referees=György Kun (HUN), Agustin Pinski (ARG)

|Q1=0–2

|Q2=2–7

|Q3=0–6

|Q4=0–4

|goals1=Constantin-Bicari, D'Souza 1

|goals2=Perrone 5

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

|date=Cancelled{{refn|group=note|The match, originally scheduled for 23 June 2022, was postponed due to health concerns.{{cite web|title=Italy-Canada Men's Water Polo Match at the 19th FINA World Championships will not be played today|url=https://www.fina.org/news/2653962/canada-italy-mens-water-polo-match-at-the-19th-fina-world-championships-will-be-not-played-today|website=fina.org|accessdate=23 June 2022}}}}

|time=

|report=

|team1={{wp-rt|ITA}}

|score1=

|team2={{wp|CAN}}

|score2=

|location=

|attendance=

|referees=

|Q1=

|Q2=

|Q3=

|Q4=

|goals1=

|goals2=

}}

{{Waterpolobox

|date=Cancelled

|time=

|report=

|team1={{wp-rt|CAN}}

|score1=

|team2={{wp|RSA}}

|score2=

|location=

|attendance=

|referees=

|Q1=

|Q2=

|Q3=

|Q4=

|goals1=

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}}

=Group D=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220623080505/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/MSUMMARY.pdf Sportresult]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=SRB, USA, AUS, KAZ

|win_SRB=3 |draw_SRB=0 |loss_SRB=0 |gf_SRB=45|ga_SRB=21

|win_AUS=1 |draw_AUS=0 |loss_AUS=2 |gf_AUS=24|ga_AUS=24

|win_USA=2 |draw_USA=0 |loss_USA=1 |gf_USA=44|ga_USA=30

|win_KAZ=0 |draw_KAZ=0 |loss_KAZ=3 |gf_KAZ=11|ga_KAZ=49

|name_SRB={{wp|SRB}}

|name_AUS={{wp|AUS}}

|name_USA={{wp|USA}}

|name_KAZ={{wp|KAZ}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=Q |result3=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Quarterfinals

|col_Q=blue1 |text_Q=Playoffs

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=21 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220622061432/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M07.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|AUS}}

| score1=10

| team2={{wp|KAZ}}

| score2=4

| location=Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)

| Q1=1–0

| Q2=3–0

| Q3=3–2

| Q4=3–2

| goals1=Pavillard, Power 3

| goals2=Shmider 3

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=21 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220622061450/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M08.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1=13

| team2={{wp|SRB}}

| score2=17

| location=Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)

| Q1=5–5

| Q2=2–3

| Q3=3–3

| Q4=3–6

| goals1=Bowen 4

| goals2=Mandić 4

}}

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{{Waterpolobox

| date=23 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220626002653/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M13.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|SRB}}

| score1=6

| team2={{wp|AUS}}

| score2=5

| location=Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Raffaele Colombo (ITA), David Gómez (ESP)

| Q1=1–1

| Q2=2–2

| Q3=2–2

| Q4=1–0

| goals1=Lukić, Mandić 2

| goals2=Edwards, Power 2

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=23 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220626074400/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M14.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|KAZ}}

| score1=4

| team2={{wp|USA}}

| score2=17

| location=Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)

| Q1=1–7

| Q2=2–3

| Q3=1–2

| Q4=0–5

| goals1=Shakenov 2

| goals2=Irving 4

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=25 June 2022

| time=18:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220706021148/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M19.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|KAZ}}

| score1=3

| team2={{wp|SRB}}

| score2=22

| location=Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)

| Q1=0–4

| Q2=1–8

| Q3=0–5

| Q4=2–5

| goals1=Vuksanović 3

| goals2=S. Rašović 6

}}

{{Waterpolobox

| date=25 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220625231213/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M20.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1=14

| team2={{wp|AUS}}

| score2=9

| location=Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)

| Q1=4–2

| Q2=4–2

| Q3=4–3

| Q4=2–2

| goals1=Irving 4

| goals2=three players 2

}}

Knockout stage

=Bracket=

;Championship bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N16

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|skipmatch=1;3;5;7

|omit_blanks=yes

|RD1=Playoffs

|27 June|{{wp|ITA}}|17|{{wp|AUS}}|6

|27 June|{{wp|RSA}}|2|{{wp|USA}}|24

|27 June|{{wp|MNE}}|10|{{wp|JPN}}|9

|27 June|{{wp|GEO}}|7|{{wp|CRO}}|13

|29 June|{{wp|HUN}}|10|{{wp|ITA}}|11

|29 June|{{wp|GRE}}|16|{{wp|USA}}|11

|29 June|{{wp|ESP}}|7|{{wp|MNE}}|6

|29 June|{{wp|SRB}}|12|{{wp|CRO}}|14

|1 July|{{wp|ITA}}|11|{{wp|GRE}}|10

|1 July|{{wp|ESP}}|10|{{wp|CRO}}|5

|3 July|{{wp|ITA}}|9 (5)|{{wp|ESP}} (PSO)|9 (6)

|3 July|{{wp|GRE}}|9|{{wp|CRO}}|7

}}

;5th place bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=5th–8th place semifinals

|RD2=Fifth place game

|Consol=Seventh place game

|1 July|{{wp|HUN}}|11 (4)|{{wp|USA}} (PSO)|11 (5)

|1 July|{{wp|MNE}}|7|{{wp|SRB}}|10

|3 July|{{wp|USA}}|10|{{wp|SRB}}|13

|3 July|{{wp|HUN}}|8|{{wp|MNE}}|6

}}

;9th place bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=9th–12th place semifinals

|RD2=Ninth place game

|Consol=Eleventh place game

|29 June|{{wp|JPN}}|15|{{wp|AUS}}|7

|29 June|{{wp|GEO}}|20|{{wp|RSA}}|7

|1 July|{{wp|JPN}}|16|{{wp|GEO}}|15

|1 July|{{wp|AUS}}|19|{{wp|RSA}}|4

}}

;13th place bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|RD1=13th–15th place semifinals

|RD2=13th place game

|skipmatch=2

|omit_blanks=yes

|27 June|{{wp|BRA}}|9|{{wp|GER}}|10

|29 June|{{wp|GER}}|16|{{wp|KAZ}}|7

}}

=Playoffs=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=27 June 2022

| time=14:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220706042659/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M27.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|MNE}}

| score1=10

| team2={{wp|JPN}}

| score2=9

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Michael Goldenberg (USA), Michiel Zwart (NED)

| Q1=3–1

| Q2=2–5

| Q3=3–2

| Q4=2–1

| goals1=Perković 3

| goals2=Takata 2

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=27 June 2022

| time=15:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220707000609/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M28.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GEO}}

| score1=7

| team2={{wp|CRO}}

| score2=13

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), György Kun (HUN)

| Q1=2–3

| Q2=2–4

| Q3=0–3

| Q4=3–3

| goals1=Vapenski, Vasić 2

| goals2=Kharkov 4

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=27 June 2022

| time=17:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220706020550/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M29.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|ITA}}

| score1=17

| team2={{wp|AUS}}

| score2=6

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Frank Ohme (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)

| Q1=4–0

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=4–1

| Q4=6–2

| goals1=Cannella, Del Lungo 3

| goals2=Edwards 3

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=27 June 2022

| time=18:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220706010041/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M30.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|RSA}}

| score1=2

| team2={{wp|USA}}

| score2=24

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Andrew Carney (AUS)

| Q1=0–6

| Q2=0–6

| Q3=0–5

| Q4=2–7

| goals1=Stone, Swanepoel 1

| goals2=Dodd 6

}}

=Quarterfinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=29 June 2022

| time=13:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220706181510/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M36.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GRE}}

| score1=16

| team2={{wp|USA}}

| score2=11

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER)

| Q1=3–1

| Q2=4–6

| Q3=3–0

| Q4=6–4

| goals1=Argyropoulos 5

| goals2=three players 3

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=29 June 2022

| time=16:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220706010107/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M38.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|SRB}}

| score1=12

| team2={{wp|CRO}}

| score2=14

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Georgios Stavridis (GRE), György Kun (HUN)

| Q1=1–1

| Q2=3–4

| Q3=5–5

| Q4=3–4

| goals1=Mandić 4

| goals2=four players 2

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=29 June 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220701022622/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M37.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|ESP}}

| score1=7

| team2={{wp|MNE}}

| score2=6

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Michael Goldenberg (USA), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)

| Q1=2–1

| Q2=3–2

| Q3=1–2

| Q4=1–1

| goals1=Mallarach 2

| goals2=Đurđić 2

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=29 June 2022

| time=21:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220706010226/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M35.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1=10

| team2={{wp|ITA}}

| score2=11

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), David Gómez (ESP)

| Q1=3–2

| Q2=2–4

| Q3=1–2

| Q4=4–3

| goals1=Vámos 3

| goals2=Di Fulvio 4

}}

=13–15th place semifinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=27 June 2022

| time=17:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220628210317/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M25.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|BRA}}

| score1=9

| team2={{wp|GER}}

| score2=10

| location=Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Radu Matache (ROU), Levan Bertishvili (GEO)

| Q1=2–2

| Q2=3–2

| Q3=3–3

| Q4=1–3

| goals1=Coutinho 3

| goals2=Küppers, Strelezkij 3

}}

=9–12th place semifinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=29 June 2022

| time=17:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220704053252/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M33.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|JPN}}

| score1=15

| team2={{wp|AUS}}

| score2=7

| location=Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Ivan Raković (SRB), Veselin Mišković (MNE)

| Q1=2–2

| Q2=5–2

| Q3=5–2

| Q4=3–1

| goals1=Date 4

| goals2=seven players 1

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=29 June 2022

| time=18:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220630143703/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M34.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GEO}}

| score1=20

| team2={{wp|RSA}}

| score2=7

| location=Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Radu Matache (ROU), Anbar Anbar (KUW)

| Q1=3–1

| Q2=5–1

| Q3=7–2

| Q4=5–3

| goals1=three players 3

| goals2=Olver 2

}}

=5–8th place semifinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=1 July 2022

| time=14:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220702220700/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M42.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|MNE}}

| score1=7

| team2={{wp|SRB}}

| score2=10

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Georgios Stavridis (GRE), David Gómez (ESP)

| Q1=2–2

| Q2=2–3

| Q3=2–3

| Q4=1–2

| goals1=Đurđić 3

| goals2=Jakšić, S. Rašović 3

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=1 July 2022

| time=21:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20221003045211/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M41.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1=15

| team2={{wp|USA}}

| score2=16

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Maro Savinović (CRO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)

| Q1=4–3

| Q2=2–2

| Q3=2–3

| Q4=3–3

| PS=4–5

| goals1=Manhercz, Nagy 3

| goals2=Daube 3

}}

=Semifinals=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=1 July 2022

| time=16:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220706005038/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M43.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|ITA}}

| score1=11

| team2={{wp|GRE}}

| score2=10

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Michael Goldenberg (USA), Michiel Zwart (NED)

| Q1=4–2

| Q2=2–3

| Q3=1–1

| Q4=4–4

| goals1=Dolce 3

| goals2=Vlachopoulos 3

}}

----

{{Waterpolobox

| date=1 July 2022

| time=19:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220701204430/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M44.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|ESP}}

| score1=10

| team2={{wp|CRO}}

| score2=5

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)

| Q1=3–3

| Q2=4–2

| Q3=0–0

| Q4=3–0

| goals1=Granados 4

| goals2=Bukić 2

}}

=13th place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=29 June 2022

| time=15:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220702074539/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M32.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GER}}

| score1=16

| team2={{wp|KAZ}}

| score2=7

| location=Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Levan Berishvili (GEO), Agustin Pinski (ARG)

| Q1=4–2

| Q2=4–2

| Q3=3–1

| Q4=5–2

| goals1=Küppers 4

| goals2=Shakenov 3

}}

=Eleventh place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=1 July 2022

| time=17:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220702192056/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M39.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|AUS}}

| score1=19

| team2={{wp|RSA}}

| score2=4

| location=Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Levan Berishvili (GEO), Agustin Pinski (ARG)

| Q1=3–2

| Q2=6–0

| Q3=4–1

| Q4=6–1

| goals1=Pavillard 5

| goals2=Swanepoel 2

}}

=Ninth place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=1 July 2022

| time=18:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220701175843/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M40.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|JPN}}

| score1=16

| team2={{wp|GEO}}

| score2=15

| location=Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged

| attendance=

| referees=Veselin Mišković (MNE), Ivan Raković (SRB)

| Q1=3–5

| Q2=7–4

| Q3=2–2

| Q4=4–4

| goals1=Adachi 5

| goals2=Bitadze, Vapenski 4

}}

=Seventh place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=3 July 2022

| time=13:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220703210531/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M45.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1=8

| team2={{wp|MNE}}

| score2=6

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Levan Bertishvili (GEO), David Gómez (ESP)

| Q1=1–0

| Q2=4–2

| Q3=2–1

| Q4=1–3

| goals1=Nagy, Zalánki 2

| goals2=three players 2

}}

=Fifth place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=3 July 2022

| time=17:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220704031013/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M46.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1=10

| team2={{wp|SRB}}

| score2=13

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=György Kun (HUN), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)

| Q1=3–3

| Q2=3–5

| Q3=1–3

| Q4=3–2

| goals1=Bowen 4

| goals2=S. Rašović 4

}}

=Third place game=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=3 July 2022

| time=14:30

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220706020541/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M47.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GRE}}

| score1=9

| team2={{wp|CRO}}

| score2=7

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Frank Ohme (GER), Michiel Zwart (NED)

| Q1=1–0

| Q2=4–3

| Q3=3–2

| Q4=1–2

| goals1=Kakaris 3

| goals2=Bukić 2

}}

=Final=

{{Waterpolobox

| date=3 July 2022

| time=20:00

| report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220705065801/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/M48.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|ITA}}

| score1=14

| team2={{wp|ESP}}

| score2=15

| location=Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest

| attendance=

| referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)

| Q1=3–3

| Q2=0–3

| Q3=3–2

| Q4=3–1

| PS= 5–6

| goals1=Cannella 2

| goals2=Granados 4

}}

Final ranking

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
width=40|Rank

!width=180|Team

{{Gold1}}

|align=left|{{wp|ESP}}

{{Silver2}}

|align=left|{{wp|ITA}}

{{Bronze3}}

|align=left|{{wp|GRE}}

4

|align=left|{{wp|CRO}}

5

|align=left|{{wp|SRB}}

6

|align=left|{{wp|USA}}

7

|align=left|{{wp|HUN}}

8

|align=left|{{wp|MNE}}

9

|align=left|{{wp|JPN}}

10

|align=left|{{wp|GEO}}

11

|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}

12

|align=left|{{wp|RSA}}

13

|align=left|{{wp|GER}}

14

|align=left|{{wp|KAZ}}

15

|align=left|{{wp|BRA}}

16

|align=left|{{wp|CAN}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable" width=80%
align=center

|2022 Men's Water Polo World Champions

Image:Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
Third title

Team roster: Unai Aguirre, Alberto Munarriz, Álvaro Granados, Bernat Sanahuja, Miguel de Toro, Marc Larumbe, Martin Famera, Sergi Cabanas, Roger Tahull, Felipe Perrone (c), Blai Mallarach, Alejandro Bustos, Eduardo Lorrio[https://www.fina.org/competitions/2902/fina-world-championships-budapest-2022/results?disciplines=WP&event=b548c9eb-a01e-416e-b408-21072746bffc Spain's roster] at www.fina.org

Head coach: David Martin

{{col-end}}

Medalists

class="wikitable"
style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:gold;" | Gold

! style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:silver;" | Silver

! style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:#CC9966;" | Bronze

style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wp|ESP}} [https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/MESP-R.pdf 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Spain's team roster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927092917/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/MESP-R.pdf |date=2022-09-27 }} waterpolo.sportresult.com

Unai Aguirre
Alberto Munarriz
Álvaro Granados
Bernat Sanahuja
Miguel de Toro
Marc Larumbe
Martin Famera
Sergi Cabanas
Roger Tahull
Felipe Perrone (c)
Blai Mallarach
Alejandro Bustos
Eduardo Lorrio

Head coach:
David Martin

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wp|ITA}} [https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/MITA-R.pdf 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Italy's team roster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927092921/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/MITA-R.pdf |date=2022-09-27 }} waterpolo.sportresult.com


Marco Del Lungo (c)
Francesco Di Fulvio
Luca Damonte
Matteo Iocchi Gratta
Andrea Fondelli
Giacomo Cannella
Luca Marziali
Gonzalo Echenique
Nicholas Presciutti
Lorenzo Bruni
Edoardo Di Somma
Vincenzo Dolce
Gianmarco Nicosia

Head coach:
Alessandro Campagna

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wp|GRE}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20220623080424/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/MGRE-R.pdf 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Greece's team roster] waterpolo.sportresult.com


Manos Zerdevas
Dinos Genidounias
Dimitris Skoumpakis
Stathis Kalogeropoulos
Yiannis Fountoulis (c)
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Giorgos Dervisis
Stelios Argyropoulos
Costas Gouvis
Costas Kakaris
Dimitris Nikolaidis
Angelos Vlachopoulos
Panagiotis Tzortzatos

Head coach:
Thodoris Vlachos

Awards and statistics

=Top goalscorers=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

|+

!Rank

!Name

!Goals{{Cite web |url=https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/MTOPSCORER.pdf |title=Top scorers |access-date=2022-07-04 |archive-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703225627/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2022/MTOPSCORER.pdf |url-status=dead }}

!Shots

!{{abbr|%|Efficiency}}

1

| align="left"|{{wpicon|USA}} Alexander Bowen

| 21

| 43

| 49

2

| align="left"|{{wpicon|ESP}} Álvaro Granados

| 18

| 38

| 37

rowspan=2|3

| align="left"|{{wpicon|GEO}} Boris Vapenski

| rowspan=2|17

| 47

| 36

align="left"|{{wpicon|SRB}} Strahinja Rašović

| 36

| 47

rowspan=3|5

| align="left"|{{wpicon|CRO}} Konstantin Kharkov

| rowspan=3|16

| 42

| 38

align="left"|{{wpicon|HUN}} Gergő Zalánki

| 29

| 55

align="left"|{{wpicon|JPN}} Yusuke Inaba

| 47

| 34

rowspan=2|8

| align="left"|{{wpicon|GRE}} Stylianos Argyropoulos

| rowspan=2|15

| rowspan=2|30

| rowspan=2|50

align="left"|{{wpicon|GRE}} Angelos Vlachopoulos
rowspan=3|10

| align="left"|{{wpicon|ITA}} Francesco Di Fulvio

| rowspan=3|14

| 34

| 41

align="left"|{{wpicon|SRB}} Dušan Mandić

| 32

| 44

align="left"|{{wpicon|USA}} Ben Hallock

| 26

| 54

=Awards=

The awards were announced on 3 July 2022.

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PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper{{wpicon|ESP}} Unai Aguirre
rowspan=6|Field player{{wpwicon|CRO}} Konstantin Kharkov
{{wpicon|GRE}} Konstantinos Kakaris
{{wpicon|ITA}} Francesco Di Fulvio
{{wpicon|SRB}} Strahinja Rašović
{{wpicon|ESP}} Álvaro Granados
{{wpicon|USA}} Alex Bowen
Most Valuable Goalkeeper{{wpicon|ESP}} Unai Aguirre
Most Valuable Player in Final{{wpicon|ESP}} Felipe Perrone

Notes

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References

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