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.

Water polo at the 2006 Asian Games

Venue	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre
Dates	6–14 December 2006
Competitors	112 from 10 nations
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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.

Group A

Qatar
Iran
Philippines
South Korea
Kazakhstan

Group B

Japan
China
Hong Kong
Saudi Arabia
Uzbekistan

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Ukumanov Alexandr Gaidukov Ravil Manafov Adil Temyrkhanov Dmitriy Axyonkin	The water polo team of the Philippines had withdrawn from the Asian Games, but the withdrawal was not properly relayed to the event organizers.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

Source: Results
Notes:

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
	Walkover

6 December 18:30	Iran	10–10	Kazakhstan	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Stampalija (CRO), Brguljan (MNE)
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 4–2, 3–3
	Mirmehdi, Soltani 4	Goals	five players 2

7 December 10:00	Kazakhstan	5–0	Philippines	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
	Walkover

7 December 11:30	Qatar	3–17	Iran	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Ni (CHN), Al-Sheaifi (KSA)
	Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–4, 2–2, 0–8
	Hamad, A. Al-Shahrani, H. Al-Hammadi 1	Goals	Mirmehdi 5

8 December 17:00	South Korea	5–13	Kazakhstan	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Vuletić (CRO), Brguljan (MNE)
	Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–5, 0–2, 4–1
	Baek 2	Goals	Zaitsev 4

8 December 18:30	Philippines	0–5	Qatar	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
	Walkover

9 December 10:00	Qatar	5–31	South Korea	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Kazuhito (JPN), Fung (HKG)
	Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–4, 0–11, 5–9
	Hamad 2	Goals	Lee S., Kim W. 6

9 December 11:30	Iran	5–0	Philippines	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha
	Walkover

10 December 17:00	South Korea	9–14	Iran	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO)
	Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–4, 3–4, 2–3
	Baek, Park B. 3	Goals	Mirmehdi 4

10 December 18:30	Qatar	4–18	Kazakhstan	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Al-Sheaifi (KSA), Ni (CHN)
	Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–5, 1–2, 2–5
	Hamad 3	Goals	Medvedev 4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	59	25	+34	8	Semifinals
2	Japan	4	3	1	88	34	+54	6	Semifinals
3	Uzbekistan	4	2	2	43	44	−1	4	Classification 5th–8th
4	Saudi Arabia	4	1	3	31	53	−22	2	Classification 5th–8th
5	Hong Kong	4	0	4	21	86	−65	0

Source: Results

6 December 10:00	Hong Kong	9–19	Saudi Arabia	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Stampalija (CRO), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–8, 3–3, 3–4
	H. Wong 3	Goals	B. Al-Harbi 6

6 December 11:30	China	12–6	Uzbekistan	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO)
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–3, 4–1, 1–1
	Han 4	Goals	Kovyazin 3

7 December 17:00	Uzbekistan	14–5	Hong Kong	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Hafezi (IRI), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 5–0, 5–0, 1–1, 3–4
	Kovyazin 4	Goals	H. Wong 3

7 December 18:30	Japan	13–16	China	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Margeta (SLO)
	Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–4, 4–3, 3–4
	Shiota 4	Goals	Tan, Li J., Han 3

8 December 10:00	Saudi Arabia	4–14	Uzbekistan	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Stampalija (CRO)
	Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–4, 1–3, 2–2
	four players 1	Goals	Yashnov 4

8 December 11:30	Hong Kong	3–36	Japan	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Hafezi (IRI), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 1–9, 2–7, 0–9, 0–11
	H. Wong, Ku, Chung 1	Goals	Aoyagi 7

9 December 17:00	Japan	16–6	Saudi Arabia	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Vuletić (CRO)
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–2, 2–2, 6–1
	Tanaka, Naganuma 3	Goals	B. Al-Harbi 3

9 December 18:30	China	17–4	Hong Kong	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Hafezi (IRI), Kurbanbaev (UZB)
	Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–2, 2–0, 5–1
	Liu 8	Goals	four players 1

10 December 10:00	Saudi Arabia	2–14	China	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Kurbanbaev (UZB), Kazuhito (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–2, 2–0, 5–1
	Al-Ghamdi, A. Al-Malki 1	Goals	Liu 4

10 December 11:30	Japan	23–9	Uzbekistan	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Stampalija (CRO)
	Score by quarters: 3–3, 8–2, 5–2, 7–2
	Shiota 5	Goals	Mormul 4

Final 9th–10th

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

Classification 5th–8th

Classification 5th–8th		Final 5th–6th

12 December

Qatar	2
		13 December
Uzbekistan	13
		Uzbekistan	14
12 December
		Saudi Arabia	11
Saudi Arabia	14

South Korea	11
		Final 7th–8th

		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)
	Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–1, 2–2, 0–3
	Hamad, A. Al-Shahrani 1	Goals	Valishev 5

12 December 17:00	Saudi Arabia	14–11	South Korea	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Hafezi (IRI)
	Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 2–4, 4–3
	Al-Ghamdi 4	Goals	Kim H. 4

Final 7th–8th

13 December 17:00	Qatar	13–22	South Korea	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Kurbanbaev (UZB), Kazuhito (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 4–7, 4–5, 2–5, 3–5
	A. Al-Shahrani 4	Goals	Park B. 6

Final 5th–6th

13 December 18:30	Uzbekistan	14–11	Saudi Arabia	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Ni (CHN), Hafezi (IRI)
	Score by quarters: 5–4, 2–2, 5–3, 2–2
	Spiridonov 5	Goals	K. Al-Harbi, Al-Ghamdi 3

Final round

Semifinals		Gold medal match

12 December

Iran	7
		14 December
China	12
		China	9
12 December
		Japan	8
Japan (p)	5 (5)

Kazakhstan	5 (4)
		Bronze medal match

		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)
	Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 2–3, 4–3
	Mouchehkiani 3	Goals	Li B. 3

12 December 20:00	Japan	10–9 (OT, PSO)	Kazakhstan	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Vuletić (CRO), Margeta (SLO)
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–0, 2–2, 0–1 OT: 0–0, 0–0 PSO: 5–4
	Aoyagi 4	Goals	Gorovoy, Medvedev, Manafov 2

Bronze medal match

14 December 17:00	Iran	8–12	Kazakhstan	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Margeta (SLO), Vuletić (CRO)
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 0–2, 2–3, 3–3
	Rezvani 3	Goals	R. Orazalinov, Zaitsev 3

Gold medal match

14 December 18:30	China	9–8	Japan	Al-Sadd Aquatic Centre, Doha Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Stampalija (CRO)
	Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–2, 5–3, 1–0
	Li B. 3	Goals	Aoyagi 2

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

[table_hth_KAZ0.88111721765302-2] Head-to-head result: KAZ 10–10 IRI. Goal difference against the highest placed team (KOR): KAZ +8, IRI +5.