# Water polo at the 2010 Asian Games – Men

Men's water polo at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from 18 to 25 November 2010. In this tournament, 9 teams played.
It also served as the Asian qualification for the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.

## Squads

| Athletes from Kuwait | China | Hong Kong | Japan |
| Mohammad Al-Mulla Nawaf Al-Otaibi Marzouq Al-Ajmi Mohammad Mandani Ahmad Mandani Mohammad Ashour Jasem Al-Rumaidheen Jasem Al-Salem Yousef Bosakhar Adnan Khan Rashid Al-Shatti Mohammad Al-Otaibi Talal Al-Otaibi | Ge Weiqing Tan Feihu Liang Zhongxing Yu Lijun Guo Junliang Pan Ning Li Bin Wang Yang Xie Junmin Wang Beiming Han Zhidong Jiang Bin Huang Meicai | Michael Cheung Zhao Jinwen Koo Yu Fat Lee Kwan Shing Chan Sze Ho Toby To Fong Ho Cheung Ku Yat Wa Chung Kwok Leung Cheung Hok Him Po Yue Kai Kelvin Cheng Cheng Ka Long | Katsuyuki Tanamura Mitsuaki Shiga Kan Irei Koji Takei Kan Aoyagi Hiroki Wakamatsu Yusuke Shimizu Akira Yanase Koji Kobayashi Yoshinori Shiota Atsushi Naganuma Satoshi Nagata Shota Hazui |
| Kazakhstan | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Singapore |
| Alexandr Shvedov Sergey Gubarev Alexandr Gaidukov Murat Shakenov Alexey Panfili Roman Pilipenko Alexandr Axenov Rustam Ukumanov Yevgeniy Zhilyayev Mikhail Ruday Ravil Manafov Azamat Zhulumbetov Nikolay Maximov | Abdulaziz Al-Mutawaa Mohammed Al-Malki Abdulaziz Al-Hammadi Omar Al-Malki Saleh Al-Nabet Abdulla Al-Shahrani Ali Al-Lanjawi Morshid Al-Rabaan Abdulrahman Al-Sulaiti Ali Abdin Zaid Al-Abidi Mohammed Al-Ibrahim Salem Al-Marri | Bandar Al-Zahrani Yasser Al-Zahrani Mohammed Gahal Yousef Al-Mansour Saleh Al-Zahrani Malik Mokhtar Adel Al-Malki Khaled Al-Harbi Hamed Al-Nefaiei Bader Al-Dughather Hattan Al-Olayan Yousri Al-Laili Yasser Barnawi | Nigel Tay Foo Chuan Yu Ng Li Ming Loh Zhi Zhi Kelvin Ong Lin Diyan Lin Diyang Luo Nan Ang Song Loo Paul Louis Tan Teo Zhen Wei Lim Yaoxiang Alvin Poh |
| South Korea | | | |
| Maeng Sung-hoon Park Jun-jong Kang Jun-won Kim Hyun-jong Park Bong-soo Kim Ki-woo Yoo Byeong-jin Gwon Yeong-gyun Lee Min-soo Lee Hyun-kyu Lee Duk-jae Song Won-ho Song Geun-ho | | | |

## Results

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

### Preliminary
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 16 | +56 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 16 | +56 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 73 | −40 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Qatar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 98 | −93 | 0 | |
| 18 November 14:30 | South Korea | 18–5 | Hong Kong | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Tan (SIN), Al-Saad (KUW) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Tan (SIN), Al-Saad (KUW) |||
| 18 November 14:30 | Kang J.W. 4 | Goals | Zhao J.W. 2 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Tan (SIN), Al-Saad (KUW) |
| 18 November 15:55 | China | 9–3 | Japan | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bock (GER) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bock (GER) |||
| 18 November 15:55 | Liang Z.X. 3 | Goals | Aoyagi 3 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bock (GER) |
| 19 November 14:30 | Qatar | 1–26 | South Korea | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Salnichenko (KAZ), Al-Sheaifi (KSA) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Salnichenko (KAZ), Al-Sheaifi (KSA) |||
| 19 November 14:30 | Abdin 1 | Goals | Lee M.S. 6 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Salnichenko (KAZ), Al-Sheaifi (KSA) |
| 19 November 15:55 | Hong Kong | 6–24 | China | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Tan (SIN), Al-Saad (KUW) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Tan (SIN), Al-Saad (KUW) |||
| 19 November 15:55 | K. Cheng 2 | Goals | Jiang B. 5 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Tan (SIN), Al-Saad (KUW) |
| 20 November 9:00 | Japan | 30–1 | Hong Kong | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Salnichenko (KAZ), Bock (GER) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Salnichenko (KAZ), Bock (GER) |||
| 20 November 9:00 | Aoyagi 5 | Goals | Chung K.L. 1 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Salnichenko (KAZ), Bock (GER) |
| 20 November 15:55 | China | 26–1 | Qatar | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Al-Sheaifi (KSA), Koganov (AZE) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Al-Sheaifi (KSA), Koganov (AZE) |||
| 20 November 15:55 | Xie J.M. 5 | Goals | Al-Sulaiti 1 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Al-Sheaifi (KSA), Koganov (AZE) |
| 21 November 14:30 | Qatar | 2–25 | Japan | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Tan (SIN) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Tan (SIN) |||
| 21 November 14:30 | Al-Lanjawi 2 | Goals | Irei, Takei 5 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Tan (SIN) |
| 21 November 15:55 | South Korea | 6–13 | China | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Margeta (SLO), Makihashi (JPN) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Margeta (SLO), Makihashi (JPN) |||
| 21 November 15:55 | Gwon Y.G., Lee D.J. 2 | Goals | Tan F.H. 3 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Margeta (SLO), Makihashi (JPN) |
| 22 November 9:00 | Japan | 14–4 | South Korea | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Ni (CHN), Stavridis (GRE) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Ni (CHN), Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 22 November 9:00 | Shimizu, Yanase 3 | Goals | Park J.J. 2 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Ni (CHN), Stavridis (GRE) |
| 22 November 14:30 | Qatar | 1–21 | Hong Kong | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bock (GER) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bock (GER) |||
| 22 November 14:30 | Al-Sulaiti 1 | Goals | Zhao J.W. 6 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bock (GER) |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 9 | +49 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Athletes from Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 44 | −24 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: IOC 7–7 SIN. Goal difference against the highest placed team (KAZ): IOC −13, SIN −16.
| 18 November 9:00 | Saudi Arabia | 3–23 | Kazakhstan | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Lee (KOR), Makihashi (JPN) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Lee (KOR), Makihashi (JPN) |||
| 18 November 9:00 | Al-Malki, Al-Dughather, Al-Olayan 1 | Goals | Gubarev 5 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Lee (KOR), Makihashi (JPN) |
| 18 November 10:25 | Singapore | 7–7 | Athletes from Kuwait | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Koganov (AZE) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Koganov (AZE) |||
| 18 November 10:25 | Teo Z.W. 3 | Goals | N. Al-Otaibi, A. Mandani, Al-Salem 2 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Koganov (AZE) |
| 20 November 10:25 | Athletes from Kuwait | 1–14 | Kazakhstan | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Shi (CHN), Chung (HKG) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Shi (CHN), Chung (HKG) |||
| 20 November 10:25 | Khan 1 | Goals | Axenov 4 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Shi (CHN), Chung (HKG) |
| 20 November 14:30 | Singapore | 11–9 | Saudi Arabia | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Ni (CHN), Stavridis (GRE) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Ni (CHN), Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 20 November 14:30 | Luo N., Teo Z.W. 3 | Goals | Al-Nefaiei, Al-Dughather 2 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Ni (CHN), Stavridis (GRE) |
| 22 November 10:25 | Athletes from Kuwait | 10–8 | Saudi Arabia | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Koganov (AZE), Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Koganov (AZE), Salnichenko (KAZ) |||
| 22 November 10:25 | A. Mandani 4 | Goals | Al-Nefaiei 2 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Koganov (AZE), Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| 22 November 15:55 | Singapore | 5–21 | Kazakhstan | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Chung (HKG), Lee (KOR) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Chung (HKG), Lee (KOR) |||
| 22 November 15:55 | five players 1 | Goals | Axenov 6 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Chung (HKG), Lee (KOR) |

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 23 November | 23 November | | | |
| China | 22 | | | |
| China | 22 | 24 November | 24 November | | |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 24 November | 24 November | |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | China | 22 | |
| 23 November | 23 November | | China | 22 | |
| 23 November | 23 November | South Korea | 9 | |
| South Korea | 4 | South Korea | 9 | |
| South Korea | 4 | | | | 25 November | 25 November |
| Athletes from Kuwait | 3 | | | | 25 November | 25 November |
| Athletes from Kuwait | 3 | | | | China | 6 |
| 23 November | 23 November | | | | | China | 6 |
| 23 November | 23 November | | | | Kazakhstan | 7 |
| Japan | 25 | | | | Kazakhstan | 7 |
| Japan | 25 | 24 November | 24 November | | | |
| Singapore | 3 | 24 November | 24 November | | | |
| Singapore | 3 | Japan | 8 | | | |
| 23 November | 23 November | | Japan | 8 | | | |
| 23 November | 23 November | Kazakhstan | 10 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Hong Kong | 1 | Kazakhstan | 10 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Hong Kong | 1 | | | | 25 November | 25 November |
| Kazakhstan | 25 | | | | 25 November | 25 November |
| Kazakhstan | 25 | | | | South Korea | 5 |
| | | | | | Japan | 19 |
| Classification 5th–8th | Classification 5th–8th | Classification 5th–6th | Classification 5th–6th |
| 24 November | 24 November |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 | 25 November | 25 November |
| Athletes from Kuwait | 9 | 25 November | 25 November |
| Athletes from Kuwait | 9 | Athletes from Kuwait | 5 |
| 24 November | 24 November | | Athletes from Kuwait | 5 |
| 24 November | 24 November | Singapore | 4 |
| Singapore | 14 | Singapore | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | | |
| Hong Kong | 6 | Classification 7th–8th | Classification 7th–8th |
| | | 25 November | 25 November |
| | | Saudi Arabia | 20 |
| | | Hong Kong | 11 |

#### Quarterfinals

| 23 November 14:30 | Japan | 25–3 | Singapore | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Shi (CHN), Chung (HKG) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Shi (CHN), Chung (HKG) |||
| 23 November 14:30 | Shiota 5 | Goals | Loh Z.Z., Lin Diyan, Lin Diyang 1 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Shi (CHN), Chung (HKG) |
| 23 November 15:55 | China | 22–2 | Saudi Arabia | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Lee (KOR), Tan (SIN) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Lee (KOR), Tan (SIN) |||
| 23 November 15:55 | four players 3 | Goals | Al-Dughather, Al-Laili 1 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Lee (KOR), Tan (SIN) |
| 23 November 19:30 | South Korea | 4–3 | Athletes from Kuwait | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Salnichenko (KAZ), Stavridis (GRE) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Salnichenko (KAZ), Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 23 November 19:30 | four players 1 | Goals | N. Al-Otaibi, A. Mandani, Khan 1 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Salnichenko (KAZ), Stavridis (GRE) |
| 23 November 20:55 | Hong Kong | 1–25 | Kazakhstan | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Al-Saad (KUW), Al-Sheaifi (KSA) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Al-Saad (KUW), Al-Sheaifi (KSA) |||
| 23 November 20:55 | To 1 | Goals | Ruday 6 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Al-Saad (KUW), Al-Sheaifi (KSA) |

#### Classification 5th–8th

| 24 November 14:30 | Saudi Arabia | 7–9 | Athletes from Kuwait | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Margeta (SLO), Koganov (AZE) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Margeta (SLO), Koganov (AZE) |||
| 24 November 14:30 | Gahal 4 | Goals | Ashour, Khan 2 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Margeta (SLO), Koganov (AZE) |
| 24 November 15:55 | Singapore | 14–6 | Hong Kong | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Ni (CHN), Lee (KOR) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Ni (CHN), Lee (KOR) |||
| 24 November 15:55 | Teo Z.W. 4 | Goals | Ku Y.W. 3 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Ni (CHN), Lee (KOR) |

#### Semifinals

| 24 November 19:30 | China | 22–9 | South Korea | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Makihashi (JPN), Tan (SIN) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Makihashi (JPN), Tan (SIN) |||
| 24 November 19:30 | Tan F.H., Pan N. 4 | Goals | Kim H.J., Park B.S. 2 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Makihashi (JPN), Tan (SIN) |
| 24 November 20:55 | Japan | 8–10 | Kazakhstan | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Bock (GER), Stavridis (GRE) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Bock (GER), Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 24 November 20:55 | Hazui 3 | Goals | Gubarev 3 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Bock (GER), Stavridis (GRE) |

#### Classification 7th–8th

| 25 November 14:30 | Saudi Arabia | 20–11 | Hong Kong | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Tan (SIN), Al-Saad (KUW) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Tan (SIN), Al-Saad (KUW) |||
| 25 November 14:30 | Al-Dughather 6 | Goals | Zhao J.W. 4 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Tan (SIN), Al-Saad (KUW) |

#### Classification 5th–6th

| 25 November 15:55 | Athletes from Kuwait | 5–4 | Singapore | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Makihashi (JPN), Bock (GER) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Makihashi (JPN), Bock (GER) |||
| 25 November 15:55 | N. Al-Otaibi, Bosakhar 2 | Goals | Teo Z.W. 3 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Makihashi (JPN), Bock (GER) |

#### Bronze medal match

| 25 November 19:45 | South Korea | 5–19 | Japan | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Ni (CHN), Margeta (SLO) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Ni (CHN), Margeta (SLO) |||
| 25 November 19:45 | Kang J.W., Lee D.J. 2 | Goals | Shimizu 5 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Ni (CHN), Margeta (SLO) |

#### Gold medal match

| 25 November 21:10 | China | 6–7 | Kazakhstan | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Koganov (AZE) |
| Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Koganov (AZE) |||
| 25 November 21:10 | Pan N. 4 | Goals | Zhilyayev 2 | Tianhe Natatorium, Guangzhou Referees: Stavridis (GRE), Koganov (AZE) |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| | Kazakhstan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| | China | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| | Japan | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | South Korea | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Athletes from Kuwait | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Singapore | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Qatar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |