Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The men's water polo tournament at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Budapest, Hungary from 17 to 29 July 2017.

Croatia captured their second title by defeating host Hungary 8–6 in the final match. Bronze was secured by Serbia who beat Greece 11–8.

Qualification

 * Hungary qualified as host.
 * Serbia and United States qualified as 2016 FINA World League finalists.
 * Croatia, Italy, Montenegro and Greece qualified at the 2016 Olympic tournament
 * Spain, Russia and France qualified at the 2016 European Championship.
 * Brazil and Canada qualified at the 2017 UANA Cup.
 * Japan and Kazakhstan qualified at the Asia tournament.
 * South Africa qualified at the African tournament.
 * Australia qualified at the Oceanian tournament.

Groups formed
The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A


 

 

 

Group B


Group C
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Group D
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Bracket

 * Championship bracket


 * 5th place bracket


 * 9th place bracket


 * 13th place bracket

Top goalscorers
Source: SportResult

Awards

 * Most Valuable Player
 * 🇭🇺 Márton Vámos


 * Best Goalscorer
 * Ioannis Fountoulis – 23 goals


 * Media All-Star Team
 * 🇭🇺 Viktor Nagy – Goalkeeper
 * Luka Lončar – Centre forward
 * 🇮🇹 Francesco Di Fulvio
 * Ioannis Fountoulis
 * 🇷🇸 Andrija Prlainović
 * Sandro Sukno
 * 🇭🇺 Márton Vámos