# Water polo at the 1982 Asian Games

Water polo was contested for men only at the 1982 Asian Games in Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi, India.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | China Cai Shengliu Cai Tianxiong Chen Zhixiong Deng Jun Li Jianming Li Jianxiong Pan Shenghua Qu Baowei Song Weigang Wang Minhui Wang Xiaotian Weng Tong Zhao Bilong | Japan Etsuji Fujita Toshio Fukumoto Akira Hara Daisuke Houki Shingo Kai Go Kimura Kunihiro Makihashi Mamoru Matsui Masahiro Miyahara Toshiyuki Miyahara Yoshifumi Saito Toshinao Shimizu Narihito Taima | India Hanumant Barge Arul Charles Ramen Das Sanjay Karandikar Sushil Kohli Joseph Kuok Mahesh Mangani Rahul Mitra Utpal Mitra Prabhakaran Nair Ramgopal Narayanan Kanai Roy Gyan Singh |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 8 | +57 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 2 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 47 | −36 | 0 | |
| 20 November | China | 25–2 | Kuwait | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |
| 20 November | India | 14–4 | Hong Kong | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |
| 21 November | Kuwait | 13–3 | Hong Kong | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |
| 21 November | India | 2–20 | China | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |
| 22 November | China | 20–4 | Hong Kong | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |
| 23 November | India | 24–8 | Kuwait | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 7 | +63 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Singapore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 23 | +34 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 60 | −43 | 2 | |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 69 | −54 | 0 | |
| 20 November | Singapore | 27–4 | Saudi Arabia | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |
| 20 November | Japan | 33–0 | Bangladesh | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |
| 21 November | Japan | 15–6 | Singapore | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |
| 21 November | Saudi Arabia | 12–11 | Bangladesh | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |
| 23 November | Singapore | 24–4 | Bangladesh | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |
| 23 November | Japan | 22–1 | Saudi Arabia | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |

### Classification round

| 27 November | Hong Kong | 16–10 | Bangladesh | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 24 November | 24 November |
| China | 25 |
| China | 25 | 28 November | 28 November |
| Singapore | 5 | 28 November | 28 November |
| Singapore | 5 | China | 11 |
| 25 November | 25 November | | China | 11 |
| 25 November | 25 November | Japan | 10 |
| Japan | 22 | Japan | 10 |
| India | 11 | | |
| India | 11 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 28 November | 28 November |
| | | Singapore | 7 |
| | | India | 8 |

#### Semifinals

| 24 November | China | 25–5 | Singapore | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |
| 25 November | Japan | 22–11 | India | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |

#### Bronze medal match

| 28 November | Singapore | 7–8 | India | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |

#### Final

| 28 November | China | 11–10 | Japan | Talkatora Swimming Pool, New Delhi |