# Water polo at the 1974 Asian Games

Water polo was contested by men's teams at the 1974 Asian Games in Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran, Iran from September 2 to September 7, 1974.
The host team Iran won the gold medal in the round robin competition by having a better goal difference than China and Japan. The winner also qualified for the 1975 World Championships and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Iran Firouz Abdolmohammadian Reza Kamrani Abdolreza Majdpour Dariush Movahedi Hossein Nasim Ahmad Peidayesh Morteza Shariat Heidar Shonjani Bahram Tavakkoli Jahangir Tavakkoli Ahmad Yaghouti | China Bao Xianliang Li Derong Li Jinkun Lin Li Lin Zhiquan Peng Shaorong Xiang Liande Xie Runchen Xu Lisan Zhao Yinghua Zhong Shenggen | Japan |

## Results

All times are Iran Standard Time (UTC+03:30)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Iran | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 24 | +55 | 10 |
| 2 | China | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 20 | +47 | 10 |
| 3 | Japan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 24 | +39 | 10 |
| 4 | North Korea | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 6 |
| 5 | Singapore | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | India | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 72 | −43 | 2 |
| 7 | Kuwait | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 129 | −116 | 0 |
* 1 2 3 Tied on head-to-head points (2) and goal difference (0). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
| 2 September 11:00 | North Korea | 7–8 | Japan | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 2 September 12:00 | Singapore | 3–10 | China | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 2 September 13:00 | Iran | 18–6 | India | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 2 September 17:30 | Singapore | 21–1 | Kuwait | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 2 September 18:30 | Iran | 6–6 | Japan | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 2 September 19:30 | China | 17–2 | India | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 3 September 11:00 | Iran | 9–5 | North Korea | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 3 September 17:30 | India | 12–4 | Kuwait | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 3 September 18:30 | China | 4–4 | Japan | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 4 September 12:00 | India | 7–12 | Singapore | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 4 September 18:30 | China | 6–2 | North Korea | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 4 September 19:30 | Japan | 22–1 | Kuwait | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 5 September 12:00 | China | 5–5 | Iran | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 5 September 18:30 | Japan | 9–4 | Singapore | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 5 September 19:30 | Kuwait | 2–17 | North Korea | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 6 September 12:00 | Japan | 14–2 | India | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 6 September 18:30 | Kuwait | 1–32 | Iran | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 6 September 19:30 | Singapore | 3–8 | North Korea | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 7 September 12:00 | Kuwait | 4–25 | China | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 7 September 18:30 | North Korea | 7–0 | India | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |
| 7 September 19:30 | Singapore | 1–9 | Iran | Aryamehr Swimming Pool, Tehran |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| | Iran | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| | China | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| | Japan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | North Korea | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Singapore | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | India | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Kuwait | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |