Water polo at the 2022 Asian Games – Men

The men's tournament of Water polo at the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China, was held from 2–7 October 2023 at the Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre.[1] The Asian Games will act as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Men`s Water Polo
at the 2022 Asian Games
VenueHuanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre
Date2–7 October 2023
Nations8
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
← 2018
2026 →

Squads edit

  China   Hong Kong   Iran   Japan
  Kazakhstan   South Korea   Singapore   Thailand

Preliminary Round edit

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   China (H) 3 3 0 0 0 57 23 +34 9 Quarterfinals
2   Iran 3 2 0 0 1 48 26 +22 6
3   South Korea 3 1 0 0 2 35 37 −2 3
4   Thailand 3 0 0 0 3 22 76 −54 0
Source: HAGOC
(H) Host
2 October
19:00
Report Thailand   8–27   China Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB)
Tigran Simonyan (HKG)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 4–9, 1–7, 2–5
three players 2 Goals Hu, Zhang C. 5
2 October
20:30
Report South Korea   4–15   Iran Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Kazuzo Moribayashi (JPN)
Cheng Beng Guan (SGP)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–4, 1–4, 0–3
Lee C. 2 Goals Yazdankhah 6

3 October
15:00
Report Thailand   7–26   Iran Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
David Gómez (ESP)
Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–8, 1–5, 1–6, 3–7
Pimpapak 3 Goals six players 3
3 October
19:00
Report South Korea   8–15   China Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Kazuzo Moribayashi (JPN)
Tigran Simonyan (HKG)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 3–4, 4–5
Jeon, Kwon 2 Goals Zhang C. 5

4 October
16:30
Report Thailand   7–23   South Korea Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–7, 3–3, 1–8
Kaewmanee, Pimpapak 2 Goals Gwon, Kang 4
4 October
19:00
Report China   15–7   Iran Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Score by quarters: 3–4, 6–2, 2–1, 4–0
Chen Z. 6 Goals Almasi 3

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 3 0 0 0 70 24 +46 9 Quarterfinals
2   Kazakhstan 3 2 0 0 1 60 23 +37 6
3   Singapore 3 1 0 0 2 20 58 −38 3
4   Hong Kong 3 0 0 0 3 18 63 −45 0
Source: HAGOC
2 October
15:00
Report Kazakhstan   25–4   Hong Kong Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Shahriar Assarzadegan (IRI)
Kanit Sonthipakdee (THA)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 7–0, 9–1, 3–1
Ruday 6 Goals four players 1
2 October
16:30
Report Singapore   5–28   Japan Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Zhang Liang (CHN)
Han Soo-chan (KOR)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–7, 3–8, 1–7
Chan 2 Goals three players 4

3 October
16:30
Report Kazakhstan   13–15   Japan Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Germán Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–4, 4–4, 4–3
Vuksanović 3 Goals Inaba 6
3 October
20:30
Report Singapore   11–8   Hong Kong Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB)
Shahriar Assazedegan (IRI)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–2, 5–2, 2–0
Koh 3 Goals Cheng HM 3

4 October
15:00
Report Kazakhstan   22–4   Singapore Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–1, 6–0, 5–2
three players 4 Goals four players 1
4 October
20:30
Report Hong Kong   6–27   Japan Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Score by quarters: 2–6, 1–8, 2–7, 1–6
Cheng, Fung 2 Goals Watanabe 7

Final round edit

Bracket edit

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
5 October
 
 
  Iran13
 
6 October
 
  Singapore6
 
  Iran11
 
5 October
 
  Japan18
 
  Thailand2
 
7 October
 
  Japan23
 
  Japan11
 
5 October
 
  China7
 
  South Korea8
 
6 October
 
  Kazakhstan15
 
  Kazakhstan13
 
5 October
 
  China (PSO)14 Bronze medal match
 
  China23
 
7 October
 
  Hong Kong3
 
  Iran9
 
 
  Kazakhstan (PSO)10
 
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place match
 
      
 
6 October
 
 
  Singapore9
 
7 October
 
  Thailand6
 
  Singapore10
 
6 October
 
  South Korea8
 
  South Korea15
 
 
  Hong Kong11
 
Seventh place match
 
 
7 October
 
 
  Thailand19
 
 
  Hong Kong (PSO)20

Quarterfinals edit

5 October
15:00
Report Iran   13–6   Singapore Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB)
Kazuzo Moribayashi (JPN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–1, 2–2, 5–1
Yazdankhah 5 Goals Koh 2

5 October
16:30
Report South Korea   8–15   Kazakhstan Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
David Gómez (ESP)
Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 3–4, 2–6
Han 3 Goals Ruday 4

5 October
19:00
Report China   23–3   Hong Kong Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG)
Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 6–0, 5–1, 5–2, 7–0
Chen R., Peng 4 Goals three players 1

5 October
20:30
Report Thailand   2–23   Japan Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Cheng Beng Guan (SGP)
Tigran Simonyan (HKG)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–7, 1–6, 0–4
Chompoosang, Pimpapak 1 Goals Takata 5

5–8th place semifinals edit

6 October
15:00
Report Singapore   9–6   Thailand Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Kazuzo Moribayashi (JPN)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 2–3, 1–1
three players 2 Goals Pimpapak 2

6 October
16:30
Report South Korea   15–11   Hong Kong Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Zhang Liang (CHN)
Shahriar Assazedegan (IRI)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–4, 6–0, 2–4
three players 3 Goals four players 2

Semifinals edit

6 October
19:00
Report Iran   11–18   Japan Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB)
David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–5, 4–5, 3–4
Rostamian 4 Goals Adachi, Inaba 3

6 October
20:30
Report Kazakhstan   13–14   China Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Germán Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–4, 3–2, 3–2  PSO: 3–4
Akhmetov, Tsoy 3 Goals Zhang C. 6

Seventh place match edit

7 October
15:00
Report Thailand   19–20   Hong Kong Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Kazuzo Moribayashi (JPN)
Cheng Beng Guan (SGP)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–3, 3–1, 3–4  PSO: 8–9
Pimpapak 5 Goals Cheng HM, Choi 6

Fifth place match edit

7 October
16:30
Report Singapore   10–8   South Korea Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 1–1, 3–1
Koh, Yu 2 Goals Gwon 3

Bronze medal match edit

7 October
19:00
Report Iran   9–10   Kazakhstan Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB)
Germán Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 2–0, 1–3  PSO: 2–3
Yazdankhah 3 Goals Marković, Ruday 3

Gold medal match edit

7 October
20:30
Report Japan   11–7   China Huanglong Sports Centre Swimming & Diving Centre, Hangzhou
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–1, 4–4, 2–2
Inaba 3 Goals Chen Z. 3

Final standing edit

Rank Country
    Japan
    China
    Kazakhstan
4   Iran
5   Singapore
6   South Korea
7   Hong Kong
8   Thailand
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics

References edit

  1. ^ "Water Polo". HAGOC. Retrieved 9 September 2023.