Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The twelve teams were seeded into two groups for a preliminary round. The teams in each group played a round-robin. The top four teams in each group advanced to the knockout round while the fifth- and sixth- placed teams were eliminated. The fifth placed teams was ranked ninth and tenth based on win–loss record, then goal average; the sixth-placed teams was ranked eleventh and twelfth in the same way. The knockout round began with quarterfinals and the winners advanced to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played in the fifth- to eighth- place classification. The two semifinal winners played in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers played in the bronze medal match. ==Schedule==

The competition began on 28 July, and matches were held every other day. ==Draw==

The draw took place on 17 February 2024 in Doha, Qatar. Seeding The twelve teams in the men's tournament were drawn into two groups of six teams. The teams were seeded into six pots. ==Rosters==

The following 24 referees were selected for the tournament. • Nicholas Hodgers • Hélène Painchaud • Zhang Liang • Andrej Franulović • Yasser Mehalhel • Aurélie Blanchard • Sébastien Dervieux • Frank Ohme • Natalia Markopoulou • Georgios Stavridis • Nóra Debreceni • Tamás Kovács • Rafaele Colombo • Alessia Ferrari • Chisato Kurosaki • Veselin Mišković • Michiel Zwart • Adrian Alexandrescu • Boris Margeta • Vojin Putniković • Marta Cabañas • David Gómez • Jennifer McCall • Darren Spiritosanto ==Preliminary round==

All times are local (UTC+2). Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==

Bracket ;Fifth place bracket Quarterfinals ---- ---- ---- 5–8th place semifinals ---- Semifinals ---- Seventh place game Fifth place game Bronze medal game Gold medal game ==Final ranking==

The all-star team was announced on 11 August 2024. ==Medalists==