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

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.

Spain won their third title with a win over Italy, while Greece beat Croatia to win the bronze medal.

Qualification
Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Draw
The draw was held on 12 April 2022.

Seeding
The pots were determined as follow.


 * 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.

The draw resulted in the following groups:

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Group B


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Group C
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Group D
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Bracket

 * Championship bracket


 * 5th place bracket


 * 9th place bracket


 * 13th place bracket

Playoffs
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Quarterfinals
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13–15th place semifinals
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9–12th place semifinals
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5–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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13th place game
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Eleventh place game
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Ninth place game
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Seventh place game
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Fifth place game
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Third place game
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Final
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Awards
The awards were announced on 3 July 2022.