# Water polo at the 1998 Asian Games

Water Polo was contested by men's teams at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from December 11 to December 19, 1998. All games were staged at the Thammasat Aquatic Center.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary round | ● | Final round | ● | Last round |
| Event↓/Date → | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | 14th Mon | 15th Tue | 16th Wed | 17th Thu | 18th Fri | 19th Sat |
| Men | P | P | P | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Kazakhstan Konstantin Chernov Roman Chentsov Sergey Drozdov Alexandr Elke Mikhail Klochkov Askar Orazalinov Yevgeniy Prokhin Artemiy Sevostyanov Sergey Sevostyanov Alexandr Shvedov Igor Zagoruyko Ivan Zaitsev Yevgeniy Zhilyayev | Uzbekistan Evgeniy Belov Rinat Galeev Denis Galkin Evgeniy Kochergin Aleksandr Komarov Oleg Kornienko Oleg Koryakov Rais Kovyazin Sergey Maximov Ruslan Nasirov Sergey Voronin Aleksandr Yashnov Aleksandr Yugai | China Bai Jun Cai Shuli Chen Yaohua Feng Zewen Han Zhidong He Qingzu Hong Xicheng Huang Yunquan Li Wenhua Shen Jie Xu Guanghao Yu Lijun Zhou Hao |

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | +31 | 4 | Final round |
| 2 | Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 2 | Final round |
| 3 | Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 46 | −38 | 0 | Classification 7th–9th |
| 11 December | Japan | 31–1 | Kuwait | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 12 December | Iran | 7–8 | Japan | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 13 December | Kuwait | 7–15 | Iran | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 10 | +27 | 4 | Final round |
| 2 | China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 2 | Final round |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 49 | −44 | 0 | Classification 7th–9th |
| 11 December | Uzbekistan | 27–3 | Hong Kong | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 12 December | China | 7–10 | Uzbekistan | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 13 December | Hong Kong | 2–22 | China | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | +24 | 4 | Final round |
| 2 | Singapore | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 2 | Final round |
| 3 | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 0 | Classification 7th–9th |
| 11 December | Singapore | 8–4 | Thailand | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 12 December | Kazakhstan | 16–1 | Singapore | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 13 December | Thailand | 3–12 | Kazakhstan | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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### Classification 7th–9th

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 4 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 2 |
| 3 | Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 0 |
| 15 December | Kuwait | 7–8 | Hong Kong | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 16 December | Thailand | 13–10 | Kuwait | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 17 December | Hong Kong | 4–6 | Thailand | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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### Final round

* The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 20 | +42 | 10 |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 7 |
| 3 | China | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 6 |
| 4 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 5 |
| 5 | Iran | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 2 |
| 6 | Singapore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 88 | −75 | 0 |
| 15 December | Singapore | 6–13 | Iran | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 15 December | Japan | 8–8 | Uzbekistan | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 16 December | Kazakhstan | 12–3 | China | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 16 December | Singapore | 2–15 | Japan | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 17 December | Kazakhstan | 9–7 | Uzbekistan | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 17 December | China | 12–5 | Iran | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 18 December | Singapore | 3–24 | Uzbekistan | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 18 December | Japan | 5–6 | China | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 18 December | Kazakhstan | 13–5 | Iran | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 19 December | China | 20–1 | Singapore | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 19 December | Uzbekistan | 11–7 | Iran | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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| 19 December | Kazakhstan | 12–4 | Japan | Thammasat Aquatic Center, Bangkok |
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## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| | Kazakhstan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| | Uzbekistan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| | China | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Japan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Iran | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Singapore | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Thailand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Kuwait | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |