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.
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Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
was contested by men's teams at the 2002 Asian Games
2002 Asian Games
The 2002 Asian Games, also known as XIV Asiad is a multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Busan is the second city, after Seoul in 1986 to host the Games. A total of 419 events in 38 sports were contested by 7,711 athletes from 44 countries...
in Busan
Busan
Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
from September 30 to October 6, 2002. Six teams competed in two round robin groups. All games were staged at the Changwon Swimming Pool.
Medal table
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medalists
| Men | Alexandr Shvedov Sergey Drozdov Alexandr Gaidukov Sergey Gorovoy Askar Orazalinov Ivan Zaitsev Alexandr Shidlovskiy Alexandr Kuzov Yevgeniy Zhilyayev Artemiy Sevostyanov Yuriy Smolovy Damir Temyrkhanov Alexandr Polukhin |
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 |
Ge Weiqing Ge Weiqing Ge Weiqing is a male Chinese water polo player who was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2006 Asian Games. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*... Zhang Weiteng Bai Jun Yu Lijun Yu Lijun Yu Lijun is a male Chinese water polo player who was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2006 Asian Games. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*... Xu Guanghao Li Jun Li Jun (water polo) Li Jun is a male Chinese water polo player who was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2006 Asian Games. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*... Li Wenhua Wang Yong Zhu Junyi Han Zhidong Han Zhidong Han Zhidong is a male Chinese water polo player who was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2006 Asian Games. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*... Gui Jiye Zhao Jinwen Liao Qiuliang |
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 0 |
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 30 | −21 | 0 |
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5th place match
Final round
Semi-finals
----Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
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| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 |