Paris 2024 Olympics: discover France's opponents for the water polo event

Published by Graziella de Sortiraparis · Published on February 26th, 2024 at 12:25 p.m.
We know France's opponents for the water polo events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games! For both men and women, they will take place from July 27, at the Olympic Aquatic Center and Paris La Défense Arena.

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are getting closer, and the draws are starting to take place. Water polo is the first in a long series of draws for all team sports, ahead of basketball, soccer, handball, rugby and volleyball in the coming months. For this team water sport, the 22 teams qualified for the Games (12 men's and 10 women's) now know their qualifying pools and future opponents, whom they will face from July 27 to August 11, 2024, between the Olympic Aquatic Center and Paris La Défense Arena.

Curious fans and fans of this discipline will now be able to buy their tickets for the session of their choice where their national team will be playing on the official ticketing site, with tickets still available for as little as 70 euros! For both men and women, France is in Group B!

France's adversaries

  • Men's table: France, Hungary, Spain, Serbia, Australia, Japan
  • Women's: France, USA, Italy, Greece, Spain

France matches at the Olympic Aquatic Center and Paris La Défense Arena

Women
  • Saturday, July 27: Spain - France (6:30pm)
  • Monday, July 29: France - Italy (2pm)
  • Friday, August 2: United States - France (6:30pm)
  • Sunday, August 4: France - Greece (8:05pm)
Men
  • Sunday, July 28: France - Hungary (7:30pm)
  • Tuesday, July 30: Japan - France (3pm)
  • Thursday, August 1: France - Australia (3pm)
  • Saturday, August 3: Serbia - France (7:30pm)
  • Monday, August 5: France - Spain (8:05pm)

While the French men's team, recent semi-finalists at the world championships, will face Hungary and its 9 Olympic titles, the French women find themselves in the group of the Americans, three-time defending Olympic champions. The Centre Aquatique will host almost all the group matches, but the final day will take place in Nanterre on August 5, before the finals.

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Practical information

Dates and Opening Time
From July 27th, 2024 to August 5th, 2024

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    Official website
    www.paris2024.org

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