Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Main article: 2025 World Aquatics Championships

The men's water polo tournament at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 12 to 24 July 2025. This was the 22nd time that the men's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1973.^[1] Croatia were the defending champions, having beaten Italy in Doha 2024.

Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Singapore
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–24 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (4th title)
Runners-up	Hungary
Third place	Greece
Fourth place	Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	1,280 (26.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Reuel D'Souza (26 goals)
Awards
Best player	Álvaro Granados
Best goalkeeper	Panagiotis Tzortzatos
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Spain won their fourth title by defeating Hungary in the final.^[2]

Qualification

Qualification took place between January 2024 and April 2025, with a mix of international competitions organised by World Aquatics and continental championships held by the regional bodies acting as qualification. Overall, 42 countries took part in qualification. The slot allocation was as follows:^[3]

• Host nation: 1 slot
• 2024 Summer Olympics: 3 slots
• 2025 World Cup: 3 slots
• 2025 Asian Championship: 3 slots
• 2024 Pan American Championship: 2 slots
• 2024 European Championship: 3 slots
• African selection: 1 slot
• Oceanian qualification: 1 slot

Of the 16 countries that qualified, 14 took part in 2024, with one change coming from Asia where hosts, Singapore, replaced Kazakhstan, marking Singapore's debut in the tournament. Kazakhstan's non-qualification results in them missing out for the first time since 2007. Canada qualified having missed out on the previous edition, while 2024 fourth place finishers, France, failed to qualify for the first time since 2022.

The highest ranked team that failed to qualify was France, ranked 10th, while hosts Singapore are the lowest ranked team participating, ranked 38th.

Event	Dates	Hosts	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation	—	—	1	Singapore
2024 Summer Olympics	28 July – 11 August 2024	Paris	3	Croatia  Serbia  United States
2025 World Cup	18 December 2024 – 13 April 2025	Podgorica	3	Hungary  Greece  Spain
2025 Asian Championship	25 February – 2 March 2025	Zhaoqing	2	China  Japan
2024 Pan American Championship	20–26 November 2024	Ibagué	2	Brazil  Canada
2024 European Championship	4–16 January 2024	Dubrovnik/Zagreb	3	Italy  Montenegro  Romania
African selection	—	—	1	South Africa
Oceanian qualification	17–22 April 2025	Perth	1	Australia
Total			16

Summary of qualified teams

Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	App	First	Last	Streak	Best placement in tournament	WR[4]
Singapore	Hosts	9 February 2023	1st	Debut				38
Croatia	2024 Olympics	9 August 2024	15th	1994	2024	15	Champions (2007, 2017, 2024)	1
Serbia			11th	2007		11	Champions (2009, 2015)	5
United States		11 August 2024	22nd	1973		22	Fourth place (1986, 1991, 2009)	6
Brazil	2024 Pan American Championship	23 November 2024	12th	1986		2	Tenth place (2015)	10
Canada		25 November 2024	19th	1973	2023	1	Eighth place (2009)	13
China	2025 Asian Championship	1 March 2025	12th	1982	2024	3	Tenth place (1982)	19
Japan				2001		7	Ninth place (2022)	12
Greece	2025 World Cup	11 April 2025	19th	1973		8	Runners-up (2023)	4
Hungary			22nd			22	Champions (1973, 2003, 2013, 2023)	3
Spain			21st			6	Champions (1998, 2001, 2022)	2
Italy	2024 European Championship[a]		22nd			22	Champions (1978, 1994, 2011, 2019)	7
Montenegro			10th	2009		10	Runners-up (2013)	8
Romania			13th	1973		2	Fifth place (1975)	14
Australia	Winner of Oceanian qualification	19 April 2025	22nd			22	Fourth place (1998)	11
South Africa	African selection	6 May 2025	14th	1994		12	Twelfth place (2005, 2019, 2022)	25

Final draw

The Final draw was held at 17:00 CET on 7 May 2025 at the World Aquatics' interim headquarters in Budapest, Hungary.^[5][6][7] The draw was hosted by sports presenter Edit Szalay. Water polo players, Laura Ester and Filip Filipović, alongside World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam and Singaporean Olympian Mark Chay, were the guests who assisted with the draw.^[6] The draw started with, in order, pots 4, 3, 2 and 1 being drawn, with each team selected then allocated into the first available group alphabetically. The position for the team within the group would then be drawn (for the purpose of the schedule). There were no draw restrictions.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 6 May 2025, a day before the draw.^[5] For the first time since 2019, a team from outside Europe has been placed in pot 1.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Serbia  Croatia  United States  Spain	Greece  Hungary  Italy  Brazil	Montenegro  Australia  Romania  Canada	Japan  China  South Africa  Singapore

Draw

For the first time ever, one of the groups (group C) contained no European teams.^[7]

Group A

Pos	Team
A1	Italy
A2	Serbia
A3	Romania
A4	South Africa

Group B

Pos	Team
B1	Australia
B2	Spain
B3	Hungary
B4	Japan

Group C

Pos	Team
C1	Singapore
C2	Canada
C3	Brazil
C4	United States

Group D

Pos	Team
D1	Greece
D2	China
D3	Montenegro
D4	Croatia

Referees

On 26 April 2025, the following referees were announced as officiating the championship.^[8]

Region Country Referees Africa  Egypt Yasser Mehalhel  South Africa Dasch Barber Americas  Argentina Germán Moller  Brazil Marcella Braga  Canada Evan Andrews  United States Jennifer McCall Scott Voltz Asia  China Zhang Liang  Japan Chisato Kurosaki

Region Country Referees Asia  Singapore Wu Zhekang Europe  Croatia Andrej Franulović  France Aurély Blanchard  Germany Frank Ohme  Great Britain Maxim Gerasimov  Greece Georgios Stavridis  Hungary Tamás Kovács-Csatlós  Italy Alessia Ferrari  Montenegro Stanko Ivanovski

Region Country Referees Europe  Netherlands Michiel Zwart  Romania Mihai Balanescu  Serbia Ivan Raković  Slovenia Boris Margeta  Spain David Gómez Marta Cabanas Oceania  Australia Fiona Haigh Nicholas Hodgers  New Zealand Megan Perry

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 26 May 2025.^[9]

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	0	58	22	+36	8	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	0	59	25	+34	7	Playoffs
3	Romania	3	1	0	0	2	38	41	−3	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	12	79	−67	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Omegatiming
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.

12 July 2025 09:00	Report	Serbia	27–3	South Africa	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Yasser Mehalhel (EGY), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 8–0, 6–3, 4–0, 9–0
		Mandić 6	Goals	three players 1

12 July 2025 20:45	Report	Romania	5–17	Italy	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–5, 2–6, 1–5
		Neamtu 3	Goals	Condemi 4

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14 July 2025 10:35	Report	South Africa	5–24	Romania	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Evan Andrews (CAN), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–3, 3–7, 1–6
		D. Sneddon 2	Goals	Georgescu, Iudean 4

14 July 2025 20:45	Report	Italy	17–16	Serbia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Scott Voltz (USA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 4–4, 3–4  PSO: 4–3
		Cannella 3	Goals	Mandić 5

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16 July 2025 13:45	Report	Italy	28–4	South Africa	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Evan Andrews (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 9–0, 8–1, 5–2
		Cassia, Ferrero 4	Goals	four players 1

16 July 2025 16:00	Report	Serbia	19–9	Romania	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MKD), Jennifer McCall (USA)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–1, 5–3, 5–4
		Ranđelović 4	Goals	three players 2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	42	32	+10	9	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	0	0	1	50	34	+16	6	Playoffs
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	46	56	−10	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	0	3	24	40	−16	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Omegatiming
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.

12 July 2025 16:00	Report	Spain	22–16	Japan	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Scott Voltz (USA), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 6–2, 5–4, 6–7
		Granados 5	Goals	Inaba 5

12 July 2025 17:35	Report	Hungary	18–6	Australia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–0, 3–2, 6–3
		Vámos 3	Goals	Grgurevic 3

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14 July 2025 13:45	Report	Japan	18–23	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–5, 3–5, 7–8
		Adachi, Watanabe 4	Goals	Vismeg 4

14 July 2025 16:00	Report	Australia	7–10	Spain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–5, 2–0, 3–1
		Pavillard 2	Goals	three players 2

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16 July 2025 10:35	Report	Australia	11–12	Japan	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 2–0, 4–6
		Power 5	Goals	four players 2

16 July 2025 20:45	Report	Spain	10–9	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 2–3, 5–1
		Granados 4	Goals	Angyal, Vigvári 2

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	60	22	+38	9	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	3	1	1	0	1	37	35	+2	5	Playoffs
3	Canada	3	1	0	1	1	42	39	+3	4
4	Singapore (H)	3	0	0	0	3	24	67	−43	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Omegatiming
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.
(H) Host

12 July 2025 10:35	Report	Canada	9–18	United States	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dasch Barber (RSA), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–4, 2–5, 5–6
		Oussadou 3	Goals	Irving 4

12 July 2025 13:45	Report	Brazil	19–8	Singapore	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 5–1, 6–3, 4–4
		three players 3	Goals	Rajandra 3

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14 July 2025 09:00	Report	United States	16–7	Brazil	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Nicholas Hodgers (AUS), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 2–0, 4–3, 4–3
		R. Dodd, Irving 4	Goals	Farias 3

14 July 2025 19:10	Report	Singapore	10–22	Canada	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Tamás Kovács (HUN), Mihai Balanescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 5–7, 2–5, 2–4, 1–6
		Goh 4	Goals	D'Souza 7

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16 July 2025 09:00	Report	Canada	18–19	Brazil	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Mihai Balanescu (ROU), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 1–3, 3–4, 1–2  PSO: 7–8
		Côté, D'Souza 3	Goals	Andrade 8

16 July 2025 19:10	Report	Singapore	6–26	United States	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Yasser Mehalhel (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–4, 2–10, 2–8
		See 2	Goals	R. Dodd, Irving 4

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	0	48	26	+22	9	Quarterfinals
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	0	1	34	30	+4	6	Playoffs
3	Greece	3	1	0	0	2	44	25	+19	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	19	64	−45	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Omegatiming
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.

12 July 2025 12:10	Report	China	6–25	Croatia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Mihai Balanescu (ROU), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 0–5, 4–7, 1–6
		Xie 2	Goals	Bukić 6

12 July 2025 19:10	Report	Montenegro	10–9	Greece	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–3, 1–1, 2–2
		Gardašević, Radović 3	Goals	Gkillas 3

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14 July 2025 12:10	Report	Greece	26–5	China	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 10–0, 6–3, 8–2
		Nikolaidis 5	Goals	five players 1

14 July 2025 17:35	Report	Croatia	13–11	Montenegro	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 3–2, 5–4
		Bukić, Fatović 3	Goals	Banićević, Radović 3

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16 July 2025 12:10	Report	China	8–13	Montenegro	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dasch Barber (RSA), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–2, 3–3, 3–5
		Chen Z. 3	Goals	four players 2

16 July 2025 17:35	Report	Greece	9–10	Croatia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Nicholas Hodgers (AUS), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–4, 1–4, 2–1
		Alafragkis, Kalogeropoulos 2	Goals	Fatović 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

20 July

Italy

11

18 July

Greece

17

Brazil

5

22 July

Greece

17

Greece

7 (2)

Spain (PSO)

7 (4)

20 July

Spain

14

18 July

Montenegro

5

Canada

10

24 July

Montenegro

22

Spain

15

Hungary

13

20 July

United States

9

18 July

Serbia

14

Serbia

21

22 July

Japan

14

Serbia

18

Hungary

19

Third place

20 July

24 July

Croatia

12

Greece

16

18 July

Hungary

18

Serbia

7

Romania

11

Hungary

15

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	22 July
	Italy	8
					24 July
	Montenegro	12
					Montenegro	13
	22 July
					Croatia	19
	United States	9
	Croatia	14
					Seventh place game
					24 July
					Italy	9
					United States	8

9th place bracket

	9th–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	20 July
	Japan	22
					22 July
	Brazil	11
					Japan (PSO)	16 (4)
	20 July
					Romania	16 (3)
	Romania	18
	Canada	12
					Eleventh place game
					22 July
					Brazil	11
					Canada	16

13th place bracket

	13th–16th place semifinals				13th place game
	18 July
	South Africa	4
					20 July
	Australia	27
					Australia	16
	18 July
					China	9
	Singapore	8
	China	21
					15th place game
					20 July
					South Africa	13
					Singapore	14

Playoffs

18 July 2025 16:00	Report	Serbia	21–14	Japan	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: David Gómez (ESP), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–3, 9–3, 3–6
		Vapenski 4	Goals	three players 3

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18 July 2025 17:35	Report	Romania	11–15	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–2, 3–3, 2–4
		Georgescu 4	Goals	Burián 3

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18 July 2025 19:10	Report	Brazil	5–17	Greece	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Dasch Barber (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–5, 2–5, 3–5
		Real 2	Goals	Chalyvopoulos, Genidounias 3

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18 July 2025 20:45	Report	Canada	10–22	Montenegro	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Nicholas Hodgers (AUS), Scott Voltz (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–7, 0–5, 4–5, 3–5
		D'Souza, O'Donnell 3	Goals	Ćetković 5

Quarterfinals

20 July 2025 16:00	Report	Italy	11–17	Greece	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–3, 4–4, 5–4
		Bruni 3	Goals	Argyropoulos 4

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20 July 2025 17:35	Report	Spain	14–5	Montenegro	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–1, 3–0, 3–1
		Sanahuja 6	Goals	five players 1

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20 July 2025 19:10	Report	United States	9–14	Serbia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 2–4, 4–4
		three players 2	Goals	four players 2

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20 July 2025 20:45	Report	Croatia	12–18	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 6–6, 1–5, 2–2, 3–5
		Butić 4	Goals	Manhercz 4

13th–16th place semifinals

18 July 2025 09:00	Report	South Africa	4–27	Australia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Yasser Mehalhel (EGY), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–10, 2–9, 0–3
		four players 1	Goals	three players 4

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18 July 2025 10:35	Report	Singapore	8–21	China	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Mihai Balanescu (ROU), Evan Andrews (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 3–6, 1–5, 3–4
		Lok 2	Goals	Chen Z. 6

9th–12th place semifinals

20 July 2025 12:10	Report	Japan	22–11	Brazil	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Scott Voltz (USA)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 7–4, 4–3, 4–3
		Inaba 5	Goals	Real 3

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20 July 2025 13:45	Report	Romania	18–12	Canada	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–3, 5–4, 5–4
		Iudean 5	Goals	D'Souza 4

5th–8th place semifinals

22 July 2025 16:00	Report	Italy	8–12	Montenegro	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–4, 1–2, 4–3
		Di Fulvio, Di Somma 2	Goals	Vukotić 4

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22 July 2025 20:00	Report	United States	9–14	Croatia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–5, 5–3, 2–4
		C. Dodd, Vavic 2	Goals	Burić 3

Semifinals

22 July 2025 17:35	Report	Greece	9–11	Spain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 1–0, 3–1  PSO: 2–4
		Genidounias, Gkillas 2	Goals	Sanahuja 3

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22 July 2025 21:35	Report	Serbia	18–19	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 5–2, 4–8, 6–3
		Mandić 6	Goals	Fekete, Manhercz 4

15th place game

20 July 2025 09:00	Report	South Africa	13–14	Singapore	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Mihai Balanescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 4–3, 3–3, 4–1
		Sneddon 3	Goals	Goh 3

13th place game

20 July 2025 10:35	Report	Australia	16–9	China	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dasch Barber (RSA), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–1, 5–3, 3–3
		Power 5	Goals	Chen Z. 3

Eleventh place game

22 July 2025 09:00	Report	Brazil	11–16	Canada	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: David Gómez (ESP), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–4, 1–5, 5–6
		Guimarães 5	Goals	D'Souza 7

Ninth place game

22 July 2025 10:35	Report	Japan	20–19	Romania	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Scott Voltz (USA)
		Score by quarters: 8–1, 4–3, 2–8, 2–4  PSO: 4–3
		Inaba 5	Goals	Georgescu, Neamțu 3

Seventh place game

24 July 2025 16:00	Report	Italy	9–8	United States	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–2, 2–2
		Di Somma, Ferrero 2	Goals	R. Dodd 3

Fifth place game

24 July 2025 20:00	Report	Montenegro	13–19	Croatia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Scott Volz (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 2–8, 5–6
		Gardašević 3	Goals	Zuvela 5

Third place game

24 July 2025 17:35	Report	Greece	16–7	Serbia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: David Gómez (ESP), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 6–0, 3–3, 5–2
		Kalogeropoulos, Papanikolaou 2	Goals	Martinović 4

Final

24 July 2025 21:35	Report	Spain	15–13	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 2–1, 2–4, 6–3
		Sanahuja, Granados 5	Goals	Burián 3

Final ranking

Rank[10][11] Team  Spain  Hungary  Greece 4  Serbia 5  Croatia 6  Montenegro 7  Italy 8  United States 9  Japan 10  Romania 11  Canada 12  Brazil 13  Australia 14  China 15  Singapore 16  South Africa

2025 Men's Water Polo World Champions Spain Fourth title

Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals[12]	Shots	%
1	Reuel D'Souza	26	45	58
2	Yusuke Inaba	23	49	47
	Dušan Banićević		40	58
4	Álvaro Granados	21	52	40
5	Bernat Sanahuja	20	42	48
6	Vlad-Luca Georgescu	17	35	49
	Taiyo Watanabe		37	46
8	Luka Bukić	16	26	62
	Andrei Neamțu		27	59
10	Lucas Andrade	15	38	39
	Ryder Dodd		33	45
	Filip Gardašević		36	42
	Nathan Power		26	58

Awards

The awards were announced on 24 July 2025.^[2]

All-star team
Goalkeeper	Panagiotis Tzortzatos
Field player	Reuel D’Souza
	Álvaro Granados
	Yusuke Inaba
	Dušan Mandić
	Krisztián Manhercz
	Stylianos Argyropoulos
Other awards
Most Valuable Player	Álvaro Granados
Best Goalkeeper	Panagiotis Tzortzatos

Notes

1. Due to time constraints, no European qualification took place so the results from the 2024 European Championship were used to decide the three teams who qualified from Europe.