Qualification Summary

Each National Olympic Committee can enter a maximum of one team in each event (13 men and 13 women). As hosts, Japan will be given a spot to compete in each event. The remaining quotas will be decided through various events, specifically, the 2019 World League, the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, the Continental Championships and the Olympic Qualification Tournament. Australia and South Africa were selected to represent Oceania and Africa respectively as no tournament was held.

Qualified Nations

Qualification events are listed in hierarchical order.

Men’s Tournament

Qualification Event	Places	Qualified Nations
Host Nation	1	Japan
2019 World League	1	Serbia
2019 World Aquatics Championships	2	Italy Spain
2019 Pan American Games	1	United States
2020 European Championships	1	Hungary
2020 Asian Championships	1	Kazakhstan
African Selection	1	South Africa
Oceania Selection	1	Australia
Olympic Qualification Tournament	3	Croatia Greece Montenegro

Women’s Tournament

Qualification Event	Places	Qualified Nations
Host Nation	1	Japan
2019 World League	1	United States
2019 World Aquatics Championships	1	Spain
2019 Pan American Games	1	Canada
2020 European Championships	1	Russia
2020 Asian Championships	1	China
African Selection	1	South Africa
Oceania Selection	1	Australia
Olympic Qualification Tournament	2	Hungary Netherlands