Water Polo, Men

Competition 2018 Asian Games
Venue Jakarta-Palembang INA
Held 25 August – 1 September 2018
Status Medal
Competitors 117
Countries 9

As the 2020 Asian Water Polo Championships, which should have been the Asian continental qualifiers for the Olympic tournament, could not be held due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided that the results from the 2018 Asian Games applied.

KAZ qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Kazakhstan KAZ 6 0 0
Pavel Lipilin / Yevgeny Medvedev / Ruslan Akhmetov / Roman Pilipenko / Miras Aubakirov / Aleksey Shmider / Murat Shakenov / Altay Altayev / Rustam Ukumanov / Mikhail Ruday / Ravil Manafov / Yulian Verdesh / Valery Shlemov
🥈 Japan JPN 6 0 1
Katsuyuki Tanamura / Seiya Adachi / Harukiirario Koppu / Mitsuaki Shiga / Takuma Yoshida / Atsuto Iida / Takumu Miyazawa / Mitsuru Takata / Atsushi Arai / Yusuke Inaba / Keigo Okawa / Kenta Araki / Tomoyoshi Fukushima
🥉 Iran IRI 4 0 2
Omid Lotfpour Kiavari / Peiman Asadi / Amirhossein Rahbarjedi / Hamed Malek / Amirhossein Keihany / Ali Pirouzkhah / Amir Ata Danaii / Mehdi Yazdankhah / Soheil Rostamian / Mohammad Javad Abbasi / Arshia Almasi / Hosein Khaledi / Shayan Ghasemidaryan
4 China CHN 4 0 3
Wu Honghui / Liu Xiao / Peng Jiahao / Chu Chenghao / Sha Shi / Xie Zekai / Chen Zhongxian / Chen Rui / Chen Yimin / Chen Jinghao / Zhang Chufeng / Zhu Gelin / Liang Zhiwei
5 South Korea KOR 3 0 3
Lee Seung-Hun / Park Jeong-Min / Yoo Byeong-Jin / Lee Seon-Uk / Youn Young-Gwan / Choi Jin-Jae / Kim Dong-Hyeok / Kim Moon-Soo / Chu Min-Jong / Han Hyo-Min / Gwon Dae-Yong / Lee Seong-Gyu / Jung Byeong-Young
6 Singapore SGP 1 0 5
Darren Lee / Loh Zhi Zhi / Ooi Yee Jia / Chow Jing Lun / Glen Lim / Samuel Moses Yu / Chiam Kunyang / Ang An Jun / Yu Junjie / Sean Ang / Lee Cheng Kang / Koh Jian Ying / Lee Kai Yang
7 Saudi Arabia KSA 2 1 4
Hussain Jaizany / Mohammed Alhilal / Mohammed Gahal / Saeed Taleb / Naif Almuntashiri / Ayman Alariani / Ahmed Alshamary / Khaled Al-Harbi / Hamed Al-Nefaiei / Nasser Al-Dughather / Adel Almalki / Mohammed Alkhawfi / Omar Sharahili
8 Indonesia INA 1 1 5
Mochammad Alfariz / Beby Willy Tarigan / Muhammad Hamid Firdaus / Silvester Manik / Erlangga Rinaldi / Andi Uwayzulqarni / Yusuf Budiman / Rezza Putra / Delvin Felliciano / Ridjkie Mulia / Rian Rinaldo / Zaenal Arifin / Novian Dwi Putra
9 Hong Kong HKG 0 0 4
Yim Wai Ho / Wong Siu Hei / Fung Kong Chun / Fung Kong Ching / Kevin Lo / Ip Chun Hong / Gilman Choi / Cheng Hei Man / Pin Tak Hei / Cheung Tsun Yu / Chan Chun Leung / Cheng Hei Chun / Kong Cheuk Kiu

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Kazakhstan KAZ 3 0 0 6
2 Iran IRI 2 0 1 4
3 South Korea KOR 1 0 2 2
4 Singapore SGP 0 0 3 0

Matches

South Korea KOR 9-16 Kazakhstan KAZ
Singapore SGP 5-11 Iran IRI
South Korea KOR 11-16 Iran IRI
Singapore SGP 4-15 Kazakhstan KAZ
South Korea KOR 10-7 Singapore SGP
Kazakhstan KAZ 9-5 Iran IRI

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Japan JPN 4 0 0 8
2 China CHN 3 0 1 6
3 Saudi Arabia KSA 1 1 2 3
4 Indonesia INA 1 1 2 3
5 Hong Kong HKG 0 0 4 0

Matches

China CHN 4-12 Japan JPN
Saudi Arabia KSA 12-12 Indonesia INA
China CHN 19-2 Indonesia INA
Saudi Arabia KSA 12-6 Hong Kong HKG
China CHN 23-3 Hong Kong HKG
Indonesia INA 7-24 Japan JPN
China CHN 17-5 Saudi Arabia KSA
Hong Kong HKG 0-23 Japan JPN
Saudi Arabia KSA 4-20 Japan JPN
Indonesia INA 11-8 Hong Kong HKG

Quarter-Finals

China CHN 12-4 South Korea KOR
Singapore SGP 6-28 Japan JPN
Saudi Arabia KSA 7-15 Iran IRI
Indonesia INA 4-20 Kazakhstan KAZ

Semi-Finals

China CHN 8-9 Kazakhstan KAZ
South Korea KOR 15-7 Indonesia INA
Singapore SGP 6-5 Saudi Arabia KSA
Japan JPN 18-7 Iran IRI

Finals

China CHN 8-8 (7-8)
Penalty Shoot Out 		Iran IRI
South Korea KOR 8-8 (4-2)
Penalty Shoot Out 		Singapore SGP
Saudi Arabia KSA 12-8 Indonesia INA
Kazakhstan KAZ 8-7 Japan JPN