Water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade

The water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples has been played between 2 and 14 July. 20 water polo teams participated in the tournament.

Qualification
Following the FISU regulations, the maximum of 12 teams in water polo events where the number of entries is larger than the authorised participation level were selected by:
 * The entry and the payment of guarantee.
 * Those 5 teams finishing top rankings of the previous edition will be automatically qualified.
 * Those 3 teams finishing bottom rankings of the previous edition will be replaced by new applying teams.
 * The host is automatically qualified
 * The remaining teams will be selected by wild card system according to geographical, continental representation, FISU ranking and FINA ranking.

Venues
Five swimming pools have been selected to host the Universiade (three for the competitions and two as training facilities): Training pools:
 * Stadio del Nuoto, Caserta: men's preliminary round and quarterfinals.
 * Piscina comunale Alba Oriens, Casoria: women's preliminary round and quarterfinals.
 * Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples: semifinals and finals.
 * PalaDennerlein, Naples (men).
 * Piscina Comunale, Santa Maria Capua Vetere (women).

Draw
Draws for team sports competitions were held on 5 April 2019 in Naples. According to FISU regulations, draw of pools was based on the following criteria:
 * Previous Summer Universiade results
 * Participation in previous Summer Universiades
 * Continental representation
 * FINA rankings