Water polo at the 1954 Asian Games

Water polo at the 1954 Asian Games
Dates	5–8 May
Nations	6
← 1951 1958 →

Water polo was contested for men only at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Gan Eng Teck Oh Chwee Hock Tan Eng Bock Wiebe Wolters	Japan Hachiro Arakawa	Indonesia

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Singapore	2	2	0	0	29	4	+25	4
2		2	1	0	1	13	17	−4	2
3	Philippines	2	0	0	2	3	24	−21	0

5 May	Philippines	2–10		Manila
	Scoring by half: 1–5, 1–5

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6 May	Singapore	14–1	Philippines	Manila
	Scoring by half: 8–0, 6–1

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7 May		3–15	Singapore	Manila
	Scoring by half: 2–5, 1–10

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	20	3	+17	4
2		2	1	0	1	11	14	−3	2
3		2	0	0	2	3	17	−14	0

5 May		0–9	Japan	Manila
	Scoring by half: 0–4, 0–5

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6 May

Japan

11–3

Manila

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7 May		8–3		Manila
	Scoring by half: 2–4, 1–4

Final round[]

5th medal match[]

7 May	Philippines	0–4		Manila
	Scoring by half: 0–2, 0–2

Bronze medal match[]

8 May		5–8		Manila
	Scoring by half: 3–5, 2–3

Final[]

8 May	Singapore	4–2	Japan	Manila
	Scoring by half: 2–0, 2–2

Final standing[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	Singapore	3	3	0	0
	Japan	3	2	0	1
		3	2	0	1
4		3	1	0	2
5		3	1	0	2
6	Philippines	3	0	0	3

References[]

• Asian Games water polo medalists