Water polo at the 1970 Asian Games

Water polo was only contested for men at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

Water polo
at the 1970 Asian Games
VenueVisutdrarom Swimming Pool
Dates12–16 December 1970
Nations7
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Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details
  Japan
Hiroshi Hashimoto
Tatsuo Jihira
Shigeharu Kuwabara
Hirokatsu Kuwayama
Kaoru Matsunaga
Naoto Minegishi
Koji Nakano
Hideo Nishida
Yukiharu Oshita
Toshio Takahashi
Yoshihiro Yasumi
  India
Ashok Biswas
Tarun Goswami
Samir Kapadia
Bharat Merchant
Piyush Mitra
Abdul Mutlib
Pattabi Raman
Chandram Rana
Avinash Sarang
Deep Narayan Singh
Umad Singh
  Indonesia
Tengku Achmadsjah
Doddy Agussalim
Johanes Bambang Budihardja
Tengku Kamrol
Pandapotan Nasution
Zakaria Nasution
Gunawan Santoso
Rudy Sastranegara
Valentinus Sutandio
Ade Sutargi
Cebjar Hernowo Triono

Results edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   India 3 2 1 0 20 16 +4 5 Semifinals
2   Indonesia 3 2 0 1 20 14 +6 4
3   Singapore 3 1 1 1 22 13 +9 3
4   Thailand 3 0 0 3 4 23 −19 0
Source: Results
12 December Singapore   7–7   India Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok

12 December Indonesia   8–1   Thailand Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok

13 December Singapore   4–6   Indonesia Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok

13 December Thailand   3–4   India Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok

14 December Indonesia   6–9   India Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok

14 December Singapore   11–0   Thailand Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 2 2 0 0 14 6 +8 4 Semifinals
2   Iran 2 0 1 1 5 8 −3 1[a]
3   Malaysia 2 0 1 1 5 10 −5 1[a]
Source: Results
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: IRN 2–2 MAL. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
12 December Japan   6–3   Iran Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok

13 December Malaysia   2–2   Iran Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok

14 December Japan   8–3   Malaysia Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok

Final round edit

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
15 December
 
 
  Japan14
 
16 December
 
  Indonesia6
 
  Japan4
 
15 December
 
  India2
 
  India6
 
 
  Iran3
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
16 December
 
 
  Indonesia5
 
 
  Iran2

Semifinals edit

15 December Japan   14–6   Indonesia Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok

15 December India   6–3   Iran Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok

Bronze medal match edit

16 December Indonesia   5–2   Iran Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok

Gold medal match edit

16 December Japan   4–2   India Visutdrarom Swimming Pool, Bangkok

References edit