Water polo at the 2006 Asian Games

Water polo was contested by men's teams at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar from December 6 to December 14, 2006. Ten teams competed in two round robin groups. All games were staged at the Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre.

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China (CHN) 1 0 0 1
2  Japan (JPN) 0 1 0 1
3  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 1 3

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men  China (CHN)
Ge Weiqing
Wu Zhiyu
Tan Feihu
Yu Lijun
Li Jun
Liang Zhongxing
Li Bin
Wang Yong
Guo Junliang
Xie Junmin
Han Zhidong
Liu Siwei
 Japan (JPN)
Tomonaga Eguchi
Kan Aoyagi
Yasuhiro Haraguchi
Naofumi Nishikakoi
Koji Tanaka
Shoichi Sakamoto
Koji Kobayashi
Atsushi Naganuma
Taichi Sato
Yoshinori Shiota
Hiroshi Hoshiai
Satoshi Nagata
Hitoshi Oshima
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Alexandr Shvedov
Sergey Gorovoy
Azamat Zhulumbetov
Yevgeniy Medvedev
Alan Orazalinov
Ruslan Orazalinov
Damir Temyrkhanov
Ivan Zaitsev
Rustam Ukumanov
Alexandr Gaidukov
Ravil Manafov
Adil Temrkhanov
Dmitriy Axyonkin

Results

Preliminaries

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kazakhstan 4 3 1 0 46 19 +27 7
 Iran 4 3 1 0 46 22 +24 7
 South Korea 4 2 0 2 50 32 +18 4
 Qatar 4 1 0 3 17 66 −49 2
 Philippines 4 0 0 4 0 20 −20 0
December 6
17:00
Philippines  0 – 5  South Korea Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
Walkover

December 6
18:30
Iran  10 – 10  Kazakhstan Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

December 7
10:00
Kazakhstan  5 – 0  Philippines Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
Walkover

December 7
11:30
Qatar  3 – 17  Iran Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

December 8
17:00
South Korea  5 – 13  Kazakhstan Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

December 8
18:30
Philippines  0 – 5  Qatar Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
Walkover

December 9
10:00
Qatar  5 – 31  South Korea Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

December 9
11:30
Iran  5 – 0  Philippines Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
Walkover

December 10
17:00
South Korea  9 – 14  Iran Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

December 10
18:30
Qatar  4 – 18  Kazakhstan Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 China 4 4 0 0 59 25 +34 8
 Japan 4 3 0 1 88 34 +54 6
 Uzbekistan 4 2 0 2 43 44 −1 4
 Saudi Arabia 4 1 0 3 31 53 −22 2
 Hong Kong 4 0 0 4 21 86 −65 0
December 6
10:00
Hong Kong  9 – 19  Saudi Arabia Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

December 6
11:30
China  12 – 6  Uzbekistan Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

December 7
17:00
Uzbekistan  14 – 5  Hong Kong Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

December 7
18:30
Japan  13 – 16  China Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–4, 4–3, 3–4

December 8
10:00
Saudi Arabia  4 – 14  Uzbekistan Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

December 8
11:30
Hong Kong  3 – 36  Japan Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
Referees:
Balfanbayev (KAZ), Hafezi (IRI)
Score by quarters: 1–9, 2–7, 0–9, 0–11
H. Wong, Ku Y.W., Chung C.N. 1 Goals Aoyagi 7

December 9
17:00
Japan  16 – 6  Saudi Arabia Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–2, 2–2, 6–1

December 9
18:30
China  17 – 4  Hong Kong Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

December 10
10:00
Saudi Arabia  2 – 14  China Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

December 10
11:30
Japan  23 – 9  Uzbekistan Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
Referees:
Brguljan (SCG), Stampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 8–2, 5–2, 7–2
Shiota 5 Goals Mormul 4

Final 9th–10th

December 12
10:00
Philippines  0 – 5  Hong Kong Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
Walkover

Classification 5th–8th

  Classification 5th–8th Final 5th–6th
December 12
  Qatar  2  
  Uzbekistan  13  
 
December 13
      Uzbekistan  14
    Saudi Arabia  11
Final 7th–8th
December 12 December 13
  South Korea  11   Qatar  13
  Saudi Arabia  14     South Korea  22

Semifinals

December 12
11:30
Qatar  2 – 13  Uzbekistan Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

December 12
17:00
Saudi Arabia  14 – 11  South Korea Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

Final 7th–8th

December 13
17:00
Qatar  13 – 22  South Korea Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

Final 5th–6th

December 13
18:30
Uzbekistan  14 – 11  Saudi Arabia Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha

Final round

  Semifinals Gold medal match
December 12
  Iran  7  
  China  12  
 
December 14
      China  9
    Japan  8
Bronze medal match
December 12 December 14
  Japan (pen)  5 (5)   Iran  8
  Kazakhstan  5 (4)     Kazakhstan  12

Semifinals

December 12
18:30
Iran  7 – 12  China Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
Referees:
Brguljan (SCG), Stampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 2–3, 4–3
Mouchehkiani 3 Goals Li B. 3

December 12
20:00
Japan  10 – 9  Kazakhstan Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–0, 2–2, 0–1  OT: 0–0, 0–0  PSO: 5–4
Aoyagi 3 Goals

Bronze medal match

December 14
17:00
Iran  8 – 12  Kazakhstan Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 0–2, 2–3, 3–3
Rezvani 3 Goals R. Orazalinov, Zaytsev 3

Gold medal match

December 14
18:30
China  9 – 8  Japan Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
Referees:
Brguljan (SCG), Stampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–2, 5–3, 1–0
Li B. 3 Goals Aoyagi 2

Final standing

Rank Team
 China
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
4  Iran
5  Uzbekistan
6  Saudi Arabia
7  South Korea
8  Qatar
9  Hong Kong
10  Philippines

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