Water Polo, Men

Competition 1988 Olympic Qualification Tournaments for Water Polo
Venue Perth AUS
Held 13 – 22 May 1988
Status Consolation
Competitors 89
Countries 12

HUN, AUS, FRA, GRE, and CHN qualified for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
1 Hungary HUN 7 0 0
Zsolt Petőváry / Gábor Bujka / Imre Tóth / Csaba Mészáros / László Tóth / András Gyöngyösi / Tibor Keszthelyi / Tibor Pardi / István Pintér / Gábor Schmiedt
2 Australia AUS 5 0 2
Andrew Kerr / Chris Wybrow / Richard Pengelley / Chris Harrison / Geoff Clark / John Fox / Ian McInnes / Troy Stockwell / Simon Asher / A. Taylor / Ray Mayers / Don Cameron
3 France FRA 6 0 1
Arnaud Bouet / Marc Brisfer / Marc Crousillat / Pierre Garsau / Bruno Boyadjian / Philippe Hervé / Michel Idoux / Thierry Alimondo / Michel Crousillat / Nicolas Marischael / Nicolas Jeleff / Pascal Pérot / Christian Volpi / Erick Lefert
4 Greece GRE 3 0 4
Epameinondas Samartzidis / Kyriakos Giannopoulos / Antonis Aronis / Aristidis Kefalogiannis / Dimitrios Seletopoulos
5 China CHN 5 0 2
Yang Yong / Zhao Bilong / Yu Xiang / Huang Long / Ge Jianqing / Wem Pan / Wang Minhui / Cai Shengliu / Zheng Qing
6 Canada CAN 3 0 4
John Anderson / Greg Bidinosti / Rod McDonald / Scott Burt / Gordon Van Tol / Geoff Brown / Alex Juhasz / Bryan Robertson
7 Brazil BRA 4 0 3
Fernando Carsalade / L. Prates / Paulo Abreu / Eric Borges / Duda / Sérgio Figueiredo
8 Bulgaria BUL 2 1 4
9 Mexico MEX 3 1 3
Roberto Aguilar / Raúl de la Peña / Francisco Contreras / Luis Guzmán / Marco Yrizar / Jorge Díaz / Antonio Iñiguez / Pablo Yrizar / Raúl Aranzábal
10 Japan JPN 2 0 5
Yoji Omoto / Toru Inagaki / Narihito Taima / Kenichi Sato / Keiichi Matuo
11 New Zealand NZL 1 0 6
Mark Harding / Lacie Marshall / Paul Dyson / Iain Ansell / B. Horan / Svein Sandoy / Benjamin Simperingham / Gerald Wilkinson
12 Guam GUM 0 0 7
Scott Bretall / Joe Bourland / Geoff Burke

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 France FRA 5 0 0 10
2 Greece GRE 3 0 2 6
3 Brazil BRA 3 0 2 6
4 Bulgaria BUL 2 1 2 5
5 Mexico MEX 1 1 3 3
6 Guam GUM 0 0 5 0

Matches

France FRA 9-7 Mexico MEX
Greece GRE 12-8 Brazil BRA
Bulgaria BUL 27-2 Guam GUM
France FRA 7-5 Brazil BRA
Greece GRE 7-8 Bulgaria BUL
Mexico MEX 34-4 Guam GUM
France FRA 33-1 Guam GUM
Greece GRE 7-5 Mexico MEX
Brazil BRA 7-5 Bulgaria BUL
France FRA 10-8 Bulgaria BUL
Greece GRE 44-1 Guam GUM
Brazil BRA 6-5 Mexico MEX
France FRA 7-6 Greece GRE
Brazil BRA 52-0 Guam GUM
Bulgaria BUL 8-8 Mexico MEX

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 5 0 0 10
2 Australia AUS 4 0 1 8
3 China CHN 3 0 2 6
4 Canada CAN 2 0 3 4
5 Japan JPN 1 0 4 2
6 New Zealand NZL 0 0 5 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 28-5 Japan JPN
Australia AUS 9-8 Canada CAN
China CHN 10-4 New Zealand NZL
Hungary HUN 11-6 Australia AUS
China CHN 8-5 Japan JPN
Canada CAN 11-3 New Zealand NZL
Hungary HUN 20-9 China CHN
Australia AUS 14-5 New Zealand NZL
Canada CAN 9-3 Japan JPN
Hungary HUN 20-5 New Zealand NZL
Australia AUS 14-8 Japan JPN
China CHN 9-7 Canada CAN
Hungary HUN 15-5 Canada CAN
Australia AUS 14-8 China CHN
Japan JPN 9-5 New Zealand NZL

Semi-Finals

Hungary HUN 11-9
After Extra Time
Greece GRE
Australia AUS 11-9
After Extra Time
France FRA
China CHN 11-10 Bulgaria BUL
Canada CAN 8-7
After Extra Time
Brazil BRA
Mexico MEX 16-8 New Zealand NZL
Japan JPN 25-3 Guam GUM

Final

Hungary HUN 11-9 Australia AUS
France FRA 8-5 Greece GRE
China CHN 4-3 Canada CAN
Brazil BRA 10-6 Bulgaria BUL
Mexico MEX 13-9 Japan JPN
New Zealand NZL 18-7 Guam GUM