China competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.^[1]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

• Zhang Ziyang was compete in both open water swimming and indoor swimming.

Women

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Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Wang Liuyi Wang Qianyi	Duet technical routine	280.3334	1 Q	249.4099	4
	Duet free routine	184.7208	9 Q	255.2480

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Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cheng Wentao Shi Haoyu	Duet technical routine	188.7334	7 Q	247.3033
	Duet free routine	221.1023	1 Q	225.1020
Chang Hao Cheng Wentao Feng Yu Shi Haoyu Wang Ciyue Xiang Binxuan Xiao Yanning Zhang Yayi	Team acrobatic routine	236.0733	1 Q	238.0033
Chang Hao Feng Yu Wang Ciyue Wang Liuyi Wang Qianyi Xiang Binxuan Xiao Yanning Zhang Yayi	Team technical routine	304.3992	1 Q	253.4558	7
	Team free routine	322.2731	1 Q	329.1687

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China entered 18 divers.^[2]

Men

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Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lian Junjie	10 m platform	466.90	1 Q	505.50	1 Q	512.35
Long Daoyi	3 m springboard	452.75	3 Q	495.80	2 Q	499.75
Peng Jianfeng	1 m springboard	403.75	1 Q	—		440.45
Wang Zongyuan	3 m springboard	500.95	1 Q	546.25	1 Q	538.10
Yang Hao	10 m platform	465.95	2 Q	484.90	3 Q	504.00
Zheng Jiuyuan	1 m springboard	371.65	5 Q	—		418.30
Long Daoyi Wang Zongyuan	3 m synchronized springboard	451.44	1 Q	—		456.33
Lian Junjie Yang Hao	10 m synchronized platform	463.65	1 Q	—		477.75

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Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chang Yani	3 m springboard	303.60	4 Q	354.75	2 Q	341.50
Chen Yuxi	10 m platform	393.00	2 Q	430.05	2 Q	457.85
Chen Yiwen	3 m springboard	355.00	1 Q	363.70	1 Q	359.50
Quan Hongchan	10 m platform	435.60	1 Q	451.40	1 Q	445.60
Li Yajie	1 m springboard	283.35	2 Q	—		306.35
Lin Shan	1 m springboard	291.25	1 Q	—		318.60
Chang Yani Chen Yiwen	3 m synchronized springboard	327.42	1 Q	—		341.94
Chen Yuxi Quan Hongchan	10 m synchronized platform	365.40	1 Q	—		369.84

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Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Wang Feilong Zhang Jiaqi	10 m synchronized platform	339.54
Lin Shan Zhu Zifeng	3 m synchronized springboard	326.10
Bai Yuming Zheng Jiuyuan Si Yajie Zhang Minjie	Team event	489.65

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China entered 7 open water swimmers.^[3][4]

Men

Women

Mixed

China entered 41 swimmers.^[5]

Men

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chen Juner	50 m butterfly	23.79	35	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:56.87	19	Did not advance
Dong Zhihao	200 m breaststroke	2:10.06	7 Q	2:08.47 WJ	4 Q	2:08.04 WJ	4
Fei Liwei	800 m freestyle	7:56.69	24	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	14:57.50	12	—		Did not advance
Hong Jinquan	200 m freestyle	1:48.93	32	Did not advance
Niu Guangsheng	200 m butterfly	1:55.69	9 Q	1:57.51	15	Did not advance
Pan Zhanle	100 m freestyle	47.84	5 Q	47.61	3 Q	47.43 AS	4
	200 m freestyle	1:46.49	11 Q	1:46.05	10	Did not advance
Sun Jiajun	50 m breaststroke	26.76	3 Q	26.78	3 Q	26.79
	100 m butterfly	52.16	25	Did not advance
Qin Haiyang	50 m breaststroke	26.34 AS	1 Q	26.20 AS	1 Q	26.29
	100 m breaststroke	58.26 AS	1 Q	57.82 AS	1 Q	57.69 AS
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.86	5 Q	2:07.70	2 Q	2:05.48 WR
Tao Guannan	200 m backstroke	1:59.74	21	Did not advance
Wang Changhao	50 m freestyle	22.50	38	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	23.83	37	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	51.78	18	Did not advance
Wang Gukailai	50 m backstroke	25.29	23	Did not advance
Wang Haoyu	100 m freestyle	48.64	22	Did not advance
Wang Shun	200 m individual medley	1:59.05	16 Q	1:57.97	11	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	DSQ		—		Did not advance
Xu Jiayu	50 m backstroke	24.73	6 Q	24.41 NR	2 Q	24.50
	100 m backstroke	52.87	1 Q	52.42	2 Q	52.64	4
Yan Zibei	100 m breaststroke	59.73	9 Q	59.02	4 Q	59.23	6
Zhang Ziyang	400 m freestyle	3:55.76	33	—		Did not advance
Pan Zhanle Chen Juner Wang Changhao Wang Haoyu Yang Jintong	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:13.54	5 Q	—		3:11.38 AS	4
Ji Xinjie Hong Jinquan Zhang Ziyang Wang Haoyu	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:09.99	11	—		Did not advance
Xu Jiayu Qin Haiyang Wang Changhao Pan Zhanle Yan Zibei Sun Jiajun Wang Haoyu	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:31.89	4 Q	—		3:29.00 AS

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cheng Yujie	50 m freestyle	24.86	15 Q	24.56	5 Q	24.45	6
	100 m freestyle	54.11	8 Q	53.92	10	Did not advance
Gao Weizhong	1500 m freestyle	16:12.94	11	—		Did not advance
Ge Chutong	400 m individual medley	4:41.87	12	—		Did not advance
Li Bingjie	400 m freestyle	4:04.98	8 Q	—		4:01.65	5
	800 m freestyle	8:20.51	2 Q	—		8:13.31 AS
	1500 m freestyle	15:58.81	4 Q	—		15:45.71
Li Jiaping	200 m freestyle	1:58.26	17	Did not advance
Liu Yaxin	200 m freestyle	1:56.93	6 Q	1:56.34	7 Q	1:56.97	8
	200 m backstroke	2:13.42	21	Did not advance
Ma Yonghui	400 m freestyle	4:10.64	17	—		Did not advance
Peng Xuwei	200 m backstroke	2:08.68	2 Q	2:07.40	1 Q	2:06.74
Tang Qianting	50 m breaststroke	30.08 AS	4 Q	30.12	5	30.22	6
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.15	20	Did not advance
Wan Letian	50 m backstroke	27.84	7 Q	27.74 27.90	8 S/off 2	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	59.52	5 Q	59.49	7 Q	1:00.39	8
Wang Xueer	50 m backstroke	27.89	9 Q	27.74 27.78	8 S/off 1 Q	27.99	7
	100 m backstroke	59.93	8 Q	59.96	13	Did not advance
Wang Yichun	100 m butterfly	57.72	7 Q	57.74	11	Did not advance
Yang Chang	50 m breaststroke	30.85	18	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.28	21	Did not advance
Yang Peiqi	800 m freestyle	8:37.16	20	—		Did not advance
Yang Junxuan	100 m freestyle	54.45	12 Q	53.67	8 Q	54.09	8
Ye Shiwen	200 m breaststroke	2:25.93	11 Q	2:24.76	10	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:09.81	7 Q	2:10.57	7 Q	2:14.27	8
Yu Liyan	200 m butterfly	2:09.29	10 Q	2:08.78	11	Did not advance
Yu Yiting	50 m butterfly	26.21	14 Q	26.27	16	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:09.66	5 Q	2:09.04	2 Q	2:08.74
	400 m individual medley	4:41.84	11	—		Did not advance
Zhang Yufei	50 m freestyle	24.44	4 Q	24.20	3 Q	24.15
	50 m butterfly	25.33	2 Q	25.17 NR	2 Q	25.05 AS
	100 m butterfly	56.89	1 Q	56.40	1 Q	56.12
	200 m butterfly	Did not start
Cheng Yujie Yang Junxuan Wu Qingfeng Zhang Yufei Ai Yanhan Zhu Menghui	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:36.26	5 Q	—		3:32.40 AS
Li Bingjie Li Jiaping Ai Yanhan Liu Yaxin Yang Peiqi Ge Chutong	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:51.55	4 Q	—		7:44.40
Wan Letian Tang Qianting Zhang Yufei Cheng Yujie Wang Xueer Yang Chang Wang Yichun Wu Qingfeng	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:58.13	6 Q	—		3:54.57	4

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yang Jintong Ji Yicun Yang Junxuan Wu Qingfeng	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:27.08	9	Did not advance
Xu Jiayu Qin Haiyang Zhang Yufei Cheng Yujie Yan Zibei Wang Yichun Wu Qingfeng	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:42.49	4 Q	3:38.57

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Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
China	Men's tournament	Canada L 10–13	France L 8–17	Italy L 5–18	4	—	—	Kazakhstan L 5–12	South Africa W 16–8	15
China	Women's tournament	United States L 6–15	France L 11–12	Australia L 7–11	4	—	—	Kazakhstan W 16–6	Japan W 18–10	13

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Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Chinese roster.^[6]

Head coach: Petar Porobić

• 1 Wu Honghui GK
• 2 Hu Zhangxin FP
• 3 Chu Chenghao FP
• 4 Peng Jiahao FP
• 5 Zhang Jinpeng FP
• 6 Xie Zekai FP
• 7 Chen Zhongxian FP
• 8 Chen Rui FP
• 9 Chen Yimin FP
• 10 Liu Yu FP
• 11 Zhang Chufeng FP
• 12 Shen Dingsong FP
• 13 Liang Zhiwei GK
• Li Lun FP

Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	0	55	17	+38	9	Quarterfinals
2	France	3	2	0	0	1	38	32	+6	6	Playoffs
3	Canada	3	1	0	0	2	30	49	−19	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	23	48	−25	0

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Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

17 July 2023 12:00	Report	Canada	13–10	China	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–6, 4–4, 2–0
		Constantin-Bicari, Gardijan 3	Goals	Peng 4

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19 July 2023 10:30	Report	China	8–17	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–6, 0–4, 3–3
		Chen R., Xie 2	Goals	Marzouki 4

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21 July 2023 17:30	Report	China	5–18	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–7, 2–6, 0–3
		Chen Z. 2	Goals	Condemi, Di Fulvio 4

13–16th place semifinals

23 July 2023 09:00	Report	Kazakhstan	12–5	China	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–0, 3–1, 4–3
		Markovich 4	Goals	Xie Z. 3

15th place game

25 July 2023 09:00	Report	China	16–8	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 4–1, 5–3
		Chen Z. 7	Goals	Badenhorst, Howard 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Chinese roster.^[7]

Head coach: Theocharis Pavlidis

• 1 Zhang Jiaqi GK
• 2 Yan Siya FP
• 3 Yan Jing FP
• 4 Xiong Dunhan FP
• 5 Zhai Ying FP
• 6 Wang Shiyun FP
• 7 Lu Yiwen FP
• 8 Wang Huan FP
• 9 Deng Zewen FP
• 10 Nong Sanfeng FP
• 11 Chen Xiao FP
• 12 Zhang Jing FP
• 13 Dong Wenxin GK
• Wang Xuan FP
• Zhong Qiyun FP

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	40	16	+24	9	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	0	0	1	26	24	+2	6	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	0	0	2	25	37	−12	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	24	38	−14	0

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Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

16 July 2023 09:00	Report	United States	15–6	China	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 6–2, 3–1, 5–3
		Musselman 4	Goals	Zhang Jin. 3

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18 July 2023 20:30	Report	China	11–12	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–3, 4–1, 2–5
		Wang H. 3	Goals	Dhalluin 4

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20 July 2023 13:00	Report	China	7–11	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–2, 1–3, 2–2
		Lu, Zhang Jin. 2	Goals	five players 2

13–16th place semifinals

22 July 2023 09:00	Report	China	16–6	Kazakhstan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 6–2, 3–2, 4–1
		Yan S., Zhang J. 4	Goals	Kaplun 3

13th place game

24 July 2023 10:30	Report	China	18–10	Japan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–3, 4–3, 5–1
		Lu, Yan J. 3	Goals	Ura 3