Water polo at the 2002 Asian Games
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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.
Contents
Medalists
Draw
The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1998 Asian Games.
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* Withdrew.
Squads
 China |
 Iran |
 Japan |
 Kazakhstan |
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 Singapore |
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Results
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Japan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 4 |
 China |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 2 |
 South Korea |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 0 |
| 30 September 17:30 |
South Korea |
7–9 | Japan |
Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–2, 0–2 | ||||
| 1 October 16:00 |
China |
7–8 | Japan |
Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 3–1, 2–2 | ||||
| 2 October 17:30 |
South Korea |
5–9 | China |
Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 0–0, 2–3 | ||||
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kazakhstan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 4 |
 Iran |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 2 |
 Singapore |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 30 | −21 | 0 |
| 30 September 16:00 |
Kazakhstan |
17–6 | Singapore |
Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–1, 3–2, 5–1 | ||||
| 1 October 17:30 |
Iran |
13–3 | Singapore |
Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–1, 1–2, 5–0 | ||||
| 2 October 16:00 |
Kazakhstan |
12–4 | Iran |
Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–1, 4–0, 2–2 | ||||
5th place match
| 4 October 14:30 |
South Korea |
11–4 | Singapore |
Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–3, 2–0, 3–1 | ||||
Final round
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||
| 4 October | |||||||
| Japan |
12 | ||||||
| Iran |
9 | ||||||
| 6 October | |||||||
| Japan |
10 (4) | ||||||
| Kazakhstan (p) |
10 (5) | ||||||
| Bronze medal match | |||||||
| 4 October | 6 October | ||||||
| China |
2 | Iran |
6 | ||||
| Kazakhstan |
9 | China |
10 | ||||
Semifinals
| 4 October 16:00 |
Japan |
12–9 | Iran |
Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 4–3, 4–2 | ||||
| 4 October 17:30 |
China |
2–9 | Kazakhstan |
Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 0–2, 0–2 | ||||
Bronze medal match
| 6 October 16:00 |
Iran |
6–10 | China |
Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–1, 3–3, 2–2 | ||||
Gold medal match
| 6 October 17:30 |
Japan |
14–15 | Kazakhstan |
Swimming Pool, 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 |
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Kazakhstan |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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Japan |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
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China |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Iran |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | South Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Singapore |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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