Water polo at the 2022 South American Games – Men's tournament

2022 South American Games Men's Water polo tournament

Tournament details
Country	Paraguay
City	Asunción
No. of venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–15 October 2022
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	422 (21.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Exequiel Camnasio (27 goals)
Official website
Tournament website

The men's tournament of the water polo at the 2022 South American Games was held from 11 to 15 October 2022 at the Centro Acuático Nacional in Asunción, Paraguay.[1] It was the third appearance of the water polo men's tournament since the first edition in Medellín 2010.

The tournament served as qualifier for the 2023 Pan American Games, with the top two teams qualifying to the men's water polo tournament.[2]

Brazil won the gold medal and their first South American Games men's water polo title after beating the defending champions Argentina 13–12 (3–2 on penalties) in the final.[3] Both teams, Brazil and Argentina, qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games as the CONSANAT representatives, besides Chile who qualified automatically as hosts.

Colombia beat Chile 18–6 to win the bronze medal.

Schedule

The tournament was held over a 5-day period, from 11 to 15 October.

PR

Preliminary round

SF

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Gold medal match

Tue 11	Wed 12	Thu 13	Fri 14	Sat 15
PR	PR	PR	SF	B	F
6 M	3 M	6 M	3 M	2 M

Teams

A total of six ODESUR NOCs entered teams for the men's tournament. Originally, the tournament was going to be contested by seven teams including Peru, however, the Peruvian team decided to withdraw due to logistical reasons.[4][5]

Teams	App	Previous best performance
Argentina	3rd	Gold medal (2010, 2018)
Brazil	2nd	Bronze medal (2010)
Chile	1st	Debut
Colombia	3rd	Silver medal (2010, 2018)
Paraguay	1st	Debut
Peru	3rd	Fourth place (2018)
Uruguay	1st	Debut

Rosters

Each participating NOC had to enter a roster of 13 players, including at least 2 goalkeepers (Technical manual Article 10.2).[1]

Results

All match times are in PYST (UTC−3).

Preliminary round

The preliminary round consisted of a single group of 6 teams in which each team played once against the other 5 teams in the group on a round-robin format. The top four teams advanced to the semi-finals and the two bottom teams played for the fifth place.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	5	5	0	0	87	18	+69	10	Semi-finals
2	Brazil	5	4	0	1	76	21	+55	8
3	Colombia	5	3	0	2	66	34	+32	6
4	Chile	5	2	0	3	34	50	−16	4
5	Uruguay	5	1	0	4	43	61	−18	2	Fifth place match
6	Paraguay	5	0	0	5	5	127	−122	0

Source: ASU2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11) 9:00	Report	Uruguay	32–2	Paraguay	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: García, Carlos Paipilla (COL)[6]
		Score by quarters: 10–0, 10–2, 5–0, 7–0
		Domínguez 8	Goals	Taboada, Cameron 1

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11) 10:20	Report	Brazil	15–0	Chile	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Daners, Rincón[7]
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 6–0, 2–0, 3–0
		three players 3	Goals

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11) 11:40	Report	Colombia	6–11	Argentina	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Teixido, Fernandes[8]
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–2, 1–3, 0–3
		Muñoz 2	Goals	Camnasio, Veich 3

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11) 18:00	Report	Colombia	12–1	Chile	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Monteiro, Teixido[9]
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–0, 1–0, 5–0
		Lizarazo 4	Goals	Otayza 1

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11) 19:20	Report	Uruguay	2–25	Brazil	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Perré, Alejos[10]
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–8, 0–4, 1–5
		Martinez Bon 2	Goals	Freitas 5

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11) 20:40	Report	Argentina	25–0	Paraguay	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Alfaro, Rincón[11]
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 6–0, 7–0, 7–0
		Setti 6	Goals

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12 October 2022 (2022-10-12) 13:30	Report	Chile	3–2	Uruguay	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Di Biasio, Teixido[12]
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–1, 0–0, 1–0
		three players 1	Goals	Domínguez, Upery 2

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12) 14:50	Report	Paraguay	0–31	Colombia	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Alejos, Queipo[13]
		Score by quarters: 0–10, 0–9, 0–5, 0–7
			Goals	Guapacha 12

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12) 16:10	Report	Argentina	10–8	Brazil	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Daners, Alfaro[14]
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–3, 0–3, 3–1
		Camnasio 5	Goals	Freitas 3

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13 October 2022 (2022-10-13) 9:00	Report	Chile	27–1	Paraguay	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Perré, Queipo[15]
		Score by quarters: 8–1, 4–0, 7–0, 8–0
		four players 4	Goals	Pucciarelli 1

13 October 2022 (2022-10-13) 10:20	Report	Argentina	21–1	Uruguay	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Villanueva, Rincón[16]
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 7–0, 7–1, 5–0
		Camnasio 5	Goals	Rieppi 1

13 October 2022 (2022-10-13) 11:40	Report	Brazil	16–7	Colombia	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: García, Di Biasio[17]
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–3, 4–2, 6–2
		Chiappini, Coutinho 4	Goals	Mora 2

13 October 2022 (2022-10-13) 18:00	Report	Argentina	20–3	Chile	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Queipo, Carlos Paipilla (COL)[18]
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–1, 6–1, 4–0
		Camnasio 5	Goals	Castro 2

13 October 2022 (2022-10-13) 19:20	Report	Colombia	10–6	Uruguay	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Fernandes, Villanueva[19]
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–0, 1–3, 3–1
		Muñoz 3	Goals	Domínguez 3

13 October 2022 (2022-10-13) 20:40	Report	Brazil	12–2	Paraguay	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Rincón, Perré[20]
		Score by quarters: 8–0, 2–0, 2–1, 0–1
		Pedroso, Vizacre 3	Goals	Taboada, Núñez 1

Knockout stage

The knockout stage consisted of the fifth place match (between the fifth and sixth placed teams of the preliminary stage), the semi-finals and the bronze and gold medal matches. The semi-finals match-ups were:

• Semifinal 1: Preliminary stage 1st placed team v Preliminary stage 4th placed team
• Semifinal 2: Preliminary stage 2nd placed team v Preliminary stage 3rd placed team

Winners of semi-finals played the gold medal match, while losers played the bronze medal match.

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	14 October
	Argentina	20
					15 October
	Chile	2
					Argentina	10 (2)
	14 October
					Brazil (pso)	10 (3)
	Brazil	17
	Colombia	6
					Bronze medal match
					15 October
					Chile	6
					Colombia	18

	Fifth place match
	14 October
	Uruguay	15
	Paraguay	2

Semi-finals

14 October 2022 (2022-10-14) 14:50	Report	Argentina	20–2	Chile	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Monteiro, Daners[21]
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–0, 4–0, 5–1
		Camnasio 5	Goals	Vera, Joaquín Díaz 1

14 October 2022 (2022-10-14) 16:10	Report	Brazil	17–6	Colombia	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Perré, Queipo[22]
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–0, 4–1, 6–2
		Guimarães 4	Goals	Lizarazo 4

Fifth place match

14 October 2022 (2022-10-14) 13:30	Report	Uruguay	15–2	Paraguay	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Carlos Paipilla (COL), Villanueva[23]
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–1, 2–0, 5–0
		Domínguez 6	Goals	Cameron, Adorno 1

Bronze medal match

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 11:20	Report	Chile	6–18	Colombia	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: Perré, Monteiro[24]
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–5, 0–4, 2–6
		Sarmiento, Castro 2	Goals	Saldarriaga 5

Gold medal match

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 12:40	Report	Argentina	12–13	Brazil	Centro Acuático Nacional Referees: García, Teixido[25]
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 2–3, 3–1  PSO: 2–3
		Camnasio 4	Goals	Guimarães 7

Final ranking

Rank Team  Brazil  Argentina  Colombia 4  Chile 5  Uruguay 6  Paraguay

2022 Men's South American Water Polo Champions Brazil First title Team roster: Guilherme Barella, Bruno Chiappini, Felipe Henrique Gomes, Gustavo Coutinho, Beto Freitas, Marcos Pedroso, Luiz Octavio Scarabelim, Eduardo Cintra, Bernardo Rocha, Italo Vizacre, Gustavo Guimarães, Luis Ricardo Silva, Alexandre Souza Mendes Head coach: Bárbaro Díaz

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Brazil Guilherme Barella (GK) Bruno Chiappini Felipe Henrique Gomes Gustavo Coutinho Beto Freitas Marcos Pedroso Luiz Octavio Scarabelim Eduardo Cintra Bernardo Rocha Italo Vizacre Gustavo Guimarães Luis Ricardo Silva Alexandre Souza Mendes (GK) Head coach: Bárbaro Díaz	Argentina Octavio Salas (GK) Ramiro Veich Tomás Galimberti Tomás Tilatti Emanuel López Tomás Echenique Guido Martino Eduardo Bonomo Exequiel Camnasio Esteban Corsi Augusto Antunes Ignacio Setti Nicolás Fernández (GK) Head coach: Juan Pablo Giri	Colombia Camilo Camacho (GK) Nelson Bejarano José Manuel Rengifo Juan Pablo Guapacha Santiago Cuervo Sebastián Muñoz Santiago Aramburo Jairo Lizarazo Alejandro Saldarriaga Felipe Mora Enzo Salinas Juan Felipe Echeverry Tomás Gil (GK) Head coach: Ricardo Canal

Qualified teams for Pan American Games

The following three teams from CONSANAT qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games men's water polo tournament, including Chile which qualified as hosts.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Pan American Games^1
Chile	4 November 2017	1 (1951)
Argentina	14 October 2022	13 (1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1971, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
Brazil	14 October 2022	17 (1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)

^1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

1. "DEPORTES ACUÁTICOS MANUAL TÉCNICO" (PDF). www.asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASU2022. 11 September 2022.
2. "Santiago 2023 Qualification Systems Manual – Aquatics" (PDF). www.santiago2023.org. Santiago 2023. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
3. Gentile, Gabriel (15 October 2022). "Brasil leva os dois ouros do polo aquático em Assunção" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Olimpiada Todo Dia.
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8. "Partido 3" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 11 October 2022.
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15. "Partido 10" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 13 October 2022.
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17. "Partido 12" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 13 October 2022.
18. "Partido 13" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 13 October 2022.
19. "Partido 14" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 13 October 2022.
20. "Partido 15" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 13 October 2022.
21. "Partido 17" (PDF) (in Spanish). XII Juegos Surámericanos ASUNCION 2022. 14 October 2022.
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External links

• ASU2022 Water polo Teams Male at ASU2022 official website.