Water polo at the 2021 Summer World University Games – Women's tournament

Women's water polo at the 2021 Summer World University Games was held in XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium andModern Pentathlon Centre Swimming 30 July to 7 August 2023.

Women's water polo at the Universiade
Venue	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
Dates	30 July–7 August 2023
Teams	6

Main article: Water polo at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Results

All times are local (UTC+08:00)

Preliminary round

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China	15	5	5	0	0	108	25	83
Italy	12	5	4	0	1	98	32	66
Japan	9	5	3	0	2	61	55	6
Australia	6	5	2	0	3	38	67	−29
South Africa	3	5	1	0	4	37	93	−56
Singapore	0	5	0	0	5	18	112	−94

30 July 2023 10:00	South Africa	4–7	Australia	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 2–3, 1–1

30 July 2023 11:45	Italy	18–6	Japan	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–0, 7–1, 5–4

30 July 2023 13:30	China	26–1	Singapore	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 8–0, 7–0, 7–1, 4–0

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31 July 2023 10:00	Japan	15–9	South Africa	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 6–2, 5–2, 2–2, 2–3

31 July 2023 11:45	Australia	17–6	Singapore	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–1, 4–1, 3–2

31 July 2023 13:30	Italy	8–17	China	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 4–7, 1–3, 0–4, 3–3

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2 August 2023 10:00	Japan	5–19	China	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 0–5, 2–5, 3–3, 0–6

2 August 2023 11:45	Australia	3–19	Italy	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–5, 0–5, 0–6

2 August 2023 13:30	Singapore	4–17	South Africa	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–3, 0–3, 1–7

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3 August 2023 10:00	Italy	33–2	Singapore	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 9–0, 8–1, 8–0, 8–1

3 August 2023 11:45	South Africa	4–24	China	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–5, 0–6, 1–9

3 August 2023 13:30	Japan	16–4	Australia	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 9–0, 2–2

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4 August 2023 10:00	South Africa	4–20	Italy	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 0-7, 0-6, 3-5, 1-2

4 August 2023 11:45	China	22–7	Australia	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 7-1, 6-2, 5-3, 4-1

4 August 2023 13:30	Singapore	5–19	Japan	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 2-6, 0-6, 0-3, 3-4

Knock-out stage

Brackets

• Main bracket

	Semifinals					Gold Medal final
	1	China	20
	4	Australia	6			China		12
	3	Japan	2			Italy		7
	2	Italy	21
						Bronze Medal final
						Australia		7
						Japan		6

Semifinals

6 August 2023 19:00	China	20–6	Australia	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 6-0, 3-0, 4-3, 7-3

6 August 2023 20:30	Italy	21–2	Japan	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 8-2, 3-0, 6-0, 4-0

Finals

• 5-6th Final

6 August 2023 10:00	Singapore	5–14	South Africa	XinduXiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
	Score by quarters: 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 1-4

• Bronze medal match

7 August 2023 16:30	Australia	7–6	Japan	Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
	Score by quarters: 3-1, 0-2, 2-1, 2-2

• Gold medal match

7 August 2023 18:30	China	12–7	Italy	Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming & Fencing Hall
	Score by quarters: 5-2, 3-2, 3-2, 1-1

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	Italy
	Australia
4	Japan
5	South Africa
6	Singapore