Water polo at the 2002 Asian Games

Water polo was contested by men's teams at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea from September 30 to October 6, 2002. Six teams competed in two round robin groups. All games were staged at the Changwon Swimming Pool.

Water polo
at the 2002 Asian Games
VenueChangwon Swimming Pool
Dates30 September – 6 October 2002
Competitors78 from 6 nations
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Schedule edit

P Preliminary round ½ Semifinals F Finals
Event↓/Date → 30th
Mon
1st
Tue
2nd
Wed
3rd
Thu
4th
Fri
5th
Sat
6th
Sun
Men P P P ½ F

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details
  Kazakhstan
Alexandr Shvedov
Sergey Drozdov
Alexandr Gaidukov
Sergey Gorovoy
Askar Orazalinov
Ivan Zaitsev
Alexandr Shidlovskiy
Alexandr Kuzov
Yevgeniy Zhilyayev
Artemiy Sevostyanov
Yuriy Smoloviy
Damir Temyrkhanov
Alexandr Polukhin
  Japan
Fumikazu Kubota
Daisuke Nakagawa
Satoshi Nagata
Takuya Endo
Koji Tanaka
Masakazu Yamamoto
Hiroyuki Matsubara
Atsushi Naganuma
Hiroshi Hoshiai
Taichi Sato
Yoshinori Shiota
Kan Aoyagi
Kenichi Sato
  China
Ge Weiqing
Zhang Weiteng
Bai Jun
Yu Lijun
Xu Guanghao
Li Jun
Li Wenhua
Wang Yong
Zhu Junyi
Han Zhidong
Gui Jiye
Zhao Jinwen
Liao Qiuliang

Draw edit

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1998 Asian Games.

* Withdrew.

Squads edit

Results edit

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 2 2 0 0 17 14 +3 4 Semifinals
2   China 2 1 0 1 16 13 +3 2
3   South Korea 2 0 0 2 12 18 −6 0 5th place match
Source: Results
30 September
17:30
South Korea   7–9   Japan Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–2, 0–2

1 October
16:00
China   7–8   Japan Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 3–1, 2–2

2 October
17:30
South Korea   5–9   China Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 0–0, 2–3

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Kazakhstan 2 2 0 0 29 10 +19 4 Semifinals
2   Iran 2 1 0 1 17 15 +2 2
3   Singapore 2 0 0 2 9 30 −21 0 5th place match
Source: Results
30 September
16:00
Kazakhstan   17–6   Singapore Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–1, 3–2, 5–1

1 October
17:30
Iran   13–3   Singapore Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–1, 1–2, 5–0

2 October
16:00
Kazakhstan   12–4   Iran Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–1, 4–0, 2–2

5th place match edit

4 October
14:30
South Korea   11–4   Singapore Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–3, 2–0, 3–1

Final round edit

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
4 October
 
 
  Japan12
 
6 October
 
  Iran9
 
  Japan10 (4)
 
4 October
 
  Kazakhstan (p)10 (5)
 
  China2
 
 
  Kazakhstan9
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
6 October
 
 
  Iran6
 
 
  China10

Semifinals edit

4 October
16:00
Japan   12–9   Iran Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 4–3, 4–2

4 October
17:30
China   2–9   Kazakhstan Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 0–2, 0–2

Bronze medal match edit

6 October
16:00
Iran   6–10   China Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon
Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–1, 3–3, 2–2

Gold medal match edit

6 October
17:30
Japan   14–15   Kazakhstan Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–3, 1–2, 3–2  OT: 2–2  PSO: 4–5

Final standing edit

Rank Team Pld W D L
    Kazakhstan 4 4 0 0
    Japan 4 3 0 1
    China 4 2 0 2
4   Iran 4 1 0 3
5   South Korea 3 1 0 2
6   Singapore 3 0 0 3

References edit

External links edit