Water polo at the 2006 Asian Games
# Water polo at the 2006 Asian Games

Water polo was contested by men's teams at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar from December 6 to December 14, 2006. Ten teams competed in two round robin groups. All games were staged at the Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary round | C | Classification | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event↓/Date → | 6th Wed | 7th Thu | 8th Fri | 9th Sat | 10th Sun | 11th Mon | 12th Tue | 13th Wed | 14th Thu |
| Men | P | P | P | P | P | | ½ | C | F |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men details | China Ge Weiqing Wu Zhiyu Tan Feihu Yu Lijun Li Jun Liang Zhongxing Li Bin Wang Yong Guo Junliang Xie Junmin Han Zhidong Liu Siwei | Japan Tomonaga Eguchi Kan Aoyagi Yasuhiro Haraguchi Naofumi Nishikakoi Koji Tanaka Shoichi Sakamoto Koji Kobayashi Atsushi Naganuma Taichi Sato Yoshinori Shiota Hiroshi Hoshiai Satoshi Nagata Hitoshi Oshima | Kazakhstan Alexandr Shvedov Sergey Gorovoy Azamat Zhulumbetov Yevgeniy Medvedev Alan Orazalinov Ruslan Orazalinov Damir Temyrkhanov Ivan Zaitsev Rustam Ukumanov Alexandr Gaidukov Ravil Manafov Adil Temyrkhanov Dmitriy Axyonkin |

## Draw

The draw ceremony for the team sports was held on 7 September 2006 at Doha.

## Squads

| China | Hong Kong | Iran | Japan |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ge Weiqing Wu Zhiyu Tan Feihu Yu Lijun Li Jun Liang Zhongxing Li Bin Wang Yong Guo Junliang Xie Junmin Han Zhidong Liu Siwei | Cheung Man Bun Jonathan Lo Koo Yu Fat Miguel Antonio Wong Klint Fung Fu Yiu Howard Wong Ku Yat Wa Tam Hin Wing Chung Ching Nam Albert Chan John Wong Douglas Woo | Alireza Shahidipour Bahman Mouchehkiani Saeid Mirmehdi Milad Mohammadi Mohammad Mehdi Tayyeran Mehdi Karami Amir Abbas Akbarnejad Soheil Khadempir Kambiz Rakhshanimehr Yashar Soltani Arameh Aghazarian Mohsen Rezvani Meisam Jafari | Tomonaga Eguchi Kan Aoyagi Yasuhiro Haraguchi Naofumi Nishikakoi Koji Tanaka Shoichi Sakamoto Koji Kobayashi Atsushi Naganuma Taichi Sato Yoshinori Shiota Hiroshi Hoshiai Satoshi Nagata Hitoshi Oshima |
| Kazakhstan | Philippines | Qatar | Saudi Arabia |
| Alexandr Shvedov Sergey Gorovoy Azamat Zhulumbetov Yevgeniy Medvedev Alan Orazalinov Ruslan Orazalinov Damir Temyrkhanov Ivan Zaitsev Rustam Ukumanov Alexandr Gaidukov Ravil Manafov Adil Temyrkhanov Dmitriy Axyonkin | The water polo team of the Philippines had withdrawn from the Asian Games, but the withdrawal was not properly relayed to the event organizers. Thus, the Philippine water polo team remained in the 10-team roster of the competition. | Saad Al-Oulan Mohammed Hamad Ali Abdin Mohammed Al-Shahrani Abdulla Al-Obaidli Abdulla Al-Hammadi Ali Al-Lingawi Morshid Al-Robaan Mohammed Al-Kuwari Nayef Al-Shahrani Abdulla Al-Shahrani Hassan Al-Hammadi Ahmed Al-Hammadi | Bandar Al-Zahrani Baseem Al-Harbi Adel Al-Najjar Yasser Al-Zahrani Saleh Al-Zahrani Khaled Al-Malki Ahmed Al-Shammari Khaled Al-Harbi Waleed Al-Ghamdi Adel Al-Malki Hussain Jazani Yousri Al-Laili Nasser Al-Dughather |
| South Korea | Uzbekistan | | |
| Maeng Sung-hoon Park Jun-jong Kim Hyun-jong Lee Sang-young Kim Won-min Jung Ju-hwa Lee Myung-woo Baek Won-ki Park Bong-soo Kim Jong-whan | Nikita Manakov Ivan Spiridonov Ravil Valishev Andrey Gorodchanin Vangelis Divin Rais Kovyazin Aleksandr Yashnov Artyom Mormul Vyacheslav Gorshkov Stepan Palchikov Maksim Pashkanov Timur Kayumov | | |

## Results

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

### Preliminaries

**Group A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 19 | +27 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Iran | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 4 | Classification 5th–8th |
| 4 | Qatar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 66 | −49 | 2 | Classification 5th–8th |
| 5 | Philippines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 0 | |

* 1 2 Head-to-head result: KAZ 10–10 IRI. Goal difference against the highest placed team (KOR): KAZ +8, IRI +5.

| 6 December 17:00 | Philippines | 0–5 | South Korea | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha |||
| 6 December 18:30 | Iran | 10–10 | Kazakhstan | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Stampalija (CRO), Brguljan (MNE) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Stampalija (CRO), Brguljan (MNE) |||
| 6 December 18:30 | Mirmehdi, Soltani 4 | Goals | five players 2 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Stampalija (CRO), Brguljan (MNE) |
| 7 December 10:00 | Kazakhstan | 5–0 | Philippines | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha |||
| 7 December 11:30 | Qatar | 3–17 | Iran | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Ni (CHN), Al-Sheaifi (KSA) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Ni (CHN), Al-Sheaifi (KSA) |||
| 7 December 11:30 | Hamad, A. Al-Shahrani, H. Al-Hammadi 1 | Goals | Mirmehdi 5 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Ni (CHN), Al-Sheaifi (KSA) |
| 8 December 17:00 | South Korea | 5–13 | Kazakhstan | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Vuletić (CRO), Brguljan (MNE) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Vuletić (CRO), Brguljan (MNE) |||
| 8 December 17:00 | Baek W.K. 2 | Goals | Zaitsev 4 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Vuletić (CRO), Brguljan (MNE) |
| 8 December 18:30 | Philippines | 0–5 | Qatar | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha |||
| 9 December 10:00 | Qatar | 5–31 | South Korea | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Kazuhito (JPN), Fung (HKG) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Kazuhito (JPN), Fung (HKG) |||
| 9 December 10:00 | Hamad 2 | Goals | Lee S.Y., Kim W.M. 6 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Kazuhito (JPN), Fung (HKG) |
| 9 December 11:30 | Iran | 5–0 | Philippines | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha |||
| 10 December 17:00 | South Korea | 9–14 | Iran | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO) |||
| 10 December 17:00 | Baek W.K., Park B.S. 3 | Goals | Mirmehdi 4 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO) |
| 10 December 18:30 | Qatar | 4–18 | Kazakhstan | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Al-Sheaifi (KSA), Ni (CHN) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Al-Sheaifi (KSA), Ni (CHN) |||
| 10 December 18:30 | Hamad 3 | Goals | Medvedev 4 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Al-Sheaifi (KSA), Ni (CHN) |

**Group B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 34 | +54 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 4 | Classification 5th–8th |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 2 | Classification 5th–8th |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 86 | −65 | 0 | |
| 6 December 10:00 | Hong Kong | 9–19 | Saudi Arabia | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Stampalija (CRO), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Stampalija (CRO), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |||
| 6 December 10:00 | H. Wong 3 | Goals | B. Al-Harbi 6 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Stampalija (CRO), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| 6 December 11:30 | China | 12–6 | Uzbekistan | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO) |||
| 6 December 11:30 | Han Z.D. 4 | Goals | Kovyazin 3 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO) |
| 7 December 17:00 | Uzbekistan | 14–5 | Hong Kong | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Hafezi (IRI), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Hafezi (IRI), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |||
| 7 December 17:00 | Kovyazin 4 | Goals | H. Wong 3 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Hafezi (IRI), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| 7 December 18:30 | Japan | 13–16 | China | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Margeta (SLO) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Margeta (SLO) |||
| 7 December 18:30 | Shiota 4 | Goals | Tan F.H., Li J., Han Z.D. 3 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Margeta (SLO) |
| 8 December 10:00 | Saudi Arabia | 4–14 | Uzbekistan | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Stampalija (CRO) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Stampalija (CRO) |||
| 8 December 10:00 | four players 1 | Goals | Yashnov 4 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Stampalija (CRO) |
| 8 December 11:30 | Hong Kong | 3–36 | Japan | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Hafezi (IRI), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Hafezi (IRI), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |||
| 8 December 11:30 | H. Wong, Ku Y.W., Chung C.N. 1 | Goals | Aoyagi 7 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Hafezi (IRI), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| 9 December 17:00 | Japan | 16–6 | Saudi Arabia | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Vuletić (CRO) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Vuletić (CRO) |||
| 9 December 17:00 | Tanaka, Naganuma 3 | Goals | B. Al-Harbi 3 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Vuletić (CRO) |
| 9 December 18:30 | China | 17–4 | Hong Kong | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Hafezi (IRI), Kurbanbaev (UZB) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Hafezi (IRI), Kurbanbaev (UZB) |||
| 9 December 18:30 | Liu S.W. 8 | Goals | four players 1 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Hafezi (IRI), Kurbanbaev (UZB) |
| 10 December 10:00 | Saudi Arabia | 2–14 | China | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Kurbanbaev (UZB), Kazuhito (JPN) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Kurbanbaev (UZB), Kazuhito (JPN) |||
| 10 December 10:00 | Al-Ghamdi, A. Al-Malki 1 | Goals | Liu S.W. 4 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Kurbanbaev (UZB), Kazuhito (JPN) |
| 10 December 11:30 | Japan | 23–9 | Uzbekistan | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Stampalija (CRO) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Stampalija (CRO) |||
| 10 December 11:30 | Shiota 5 | Goals | Mormul 4 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Stampalija (CRO) |

### Final 9th–10th

| 12 December 10:00 | Philippines | 0–5 | Hong Kong | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha |||

### Classification 5th–8th

| Classification 5th–8th | Classification 5th–8th | Final 5th–6th | Final 5th–6th |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 December | 12 December |
| Qatar | 2 |
| Qatar | 2 | 13 December | 13 December |
| Uzbekistan | 13 | 13 December | 13 December |
| Uzbekistan | 13 | Uzbekistan | 14 |
| 12 December | 12 December | | Uzbekistan | 14 |
| 12 December | 12 December | Saudi Arabia | 11 |
| Saudi Arabia | 14 | Saudi Arabia | 11 |
| South Korea | 11 | | |
| South Korea | 11 | Final 7th–8th | Final 7th–8th |
| | | 13 December | 13 December |
| | | Qatar | 13 |
| | | South Korea | 22 |

**Semifinals**

| 12 December 11:30 | Qatar | 2–13 | Uzbekistan | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Fung (HKG), Ni (CHN) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Fung (HKG), Ni (CHN) |||
| 12 December 11:30 | Hamad, A. Al-Shahrani 1 | Goals | Valishev 5 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Fung (HKG), Ni (CHN) |
| 12 December 17:00 | Saudi Arabia | 14–11 | South Korea | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Hafezi (IRI) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Hafezi (IRI) |||
| 12 December 17:00 | Al-Ghamdi 4 | Goals | Kim H.J. 4 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Hafezi (IRI) |

**Final 7th–8th**

| 13 December 17:00 | Qatar | 13–22 | South Korea | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Kurbanbaev (UZB), Kazuhito (JPN) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Kurbanbaev (UZB), Kazuhito (JPN) |||
| 13 December 17:00 | A. Al-Shahrani 4 | Goals | Park B.S. 6 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Kurbanbaev (UZB), Kazuhito (JPN) |

**Final 5th–6th**

| 13 December 18:30 | Uzbekistan | 14–11 | Saudi Arabia | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Ni (CHN), Hafezi (IRI) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Ni (CHN), Hafezi (IRI) |||
| 13 December 18:30 | Spiridonov 5 | Goals | K. Al-Harbi, Al-Ghamdi 3 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Ni (CHN), Hafezi (IRI) |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 December | 12 December |
| Iran | 7 |
| Iran | 7 | 14 December | 14 December |
| China | 12 | 14 December | 14 December |
| China | 12 | China | 9 |
| 12 December | 12 December | | China | 9 |
| 12 December | 12 December | Japan | 8 |
| Japan (p) | 5 (5) | Japan | 8 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 (4) | | |
| Kazakhstan | 5 (4) | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 14 December | 14 December |
| | | Iran | 8 |
| | | Kazakhstan | 12 |

**Semifinals**

| 12 December 18:30 | Iran | 7–12 | China | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Stampalija (CRO) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Stampalija (CRO) |||
| 12 December 18:30 | Mouchehkiani 3 | Goals | Li B. 3 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Stampalija (CRO) |
| 12 December 20:00 | Japan | 10–9 | Kazakhstan | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Vuletić (CRO), Margeta (SLO) |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Vuletić (CRO), Margeta (SLO) |||
| 12 December 20:00 | Aoyagi 4 | Goals | Gorovoy, Medvedev, Manafov 2 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Vuletić (CRO), Margeta (SLO) |

**Bronze medal match**

| 14 December 17:00 | Iran | 8–12 | Kazakhstan | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO) |||
| 14 December 17:00 | Rezvani 3 | Goals | R. Orazalinov, Zaitsev 3 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO) |

**Gold medal match**

| 14 December 18:30 | China | 9–8 | Japan | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Stampalija (CRO) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Stampalija (CRO) |||
| 14 December 18:30 | Li B. 3 | Goals | Aoyagi 2 | Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Stampalija (CRO) |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | China | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| | Japan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| | Kazakhstan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Iran | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Qatar | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Philippines | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
