Water polo at the 2002 Asian Games

Water polo at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue
Dates	30 September – 6 October
Competitors	78 from 6 nations
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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.

Schedule[]

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[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Kazakhstan Alexandr Shvedov Sergey Drozdov Alexandr Gaidukov Sergey Gorovoy Askar Orazalinov Ivan Zaitsev Alexandr Shidlovskiy Yevgeniy Zhilyayev Artemiy Sevostyanov Yuriy Smoloviy Alexandr Polukhin	Japan	China Ge Weiqing Yu Lijun Li Jun Wang Yong Han Zhidong

Draw[]

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

* Withdrew.

Squads[]

Results[]

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

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	17	14	+3	4
2	China	2	1	0	1	16	13	+3	2
3	South Korea	2	0	0	2	12	18	−6	0

30 September 17:30	South Korea	7–9	Japan	, Changwon
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–2, 0–2

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

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

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	29	10	+19	4
2	Iran	2	1	0	1	17	15	+2	2
3	Singapore	2	0	0	2	9	30	−21	0

30 September 16:00	Kazakhstan	17–6	Singapore	, Changwon
	Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–1, 3–2, 5–1

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

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

5th place match[]

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

Final round[]

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	4 October
	Japan	12
					6 October
	Iran	9
					Japan	10 (4)
	4 October
					Kazakhstan (p)	10 (5)
	China	2
	Kazakhstan	9
					Bronze medal match
					6 October
					Iran	6
					China	10

Semifinals[]

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

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

Bronze medal match[]

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

Gold medal match[]

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

Final standing[]

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[]

• All Asian Games Results

External links[]

• Official Website