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

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: • 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. Summary of qualified teams ==Final draw==

The Final draw was held at 17:00 CET on 7 May 2025 at the World Aquatics' interim headquarters in Budapest, Hungary. 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. 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. For the first time since 2019, a team from outside Europe has been placed in pot 1. Draw For the first time ever, one of the groups (group C) contained no European teams. ==Referees==

On 26 April 2025, the following referees were announced as officiating the championship. ==Preliminary round==

The schedule was announced on 26 May 2025. All times are local (UTC+8). Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==

Bracket ;Championship bracket ;5th place bracket ;9th place bracket ;13th place bracket Playoffs ---- ---- ---- Quarterfinals ---- ---- ---- 13th–16th place semifinals ---- 9th–12th place semifinals ---- 5th–8th place semifinals ---- Semifinals ---- 15th place game 13th place game Eleventh place game Ninth place game Seventh place game Fifth place game Third place game Final ==Final ranking==

Top goalscorers Awards The awards were announced on 24 July 2025. ==Notes==