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 Chengdu, China. Games were in the Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium and Modern Pentathlon Centre Swimming from 30 July to 7 August 2023. The dates for all events at the Games were changed due to the COVID pandemic.

Women's water polo at the Universiade
Venue	Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium
Dates	30 July–7 August 2023
Teams	6
Medalists
China Italy Australia

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