Water polo at the 2006 Asian Games

Water polo
at the 2006 Asian Games
VenueAl-Sadd Aquatic Centre
Dates6–14 December 2006
Competitors112 from 10 nations
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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.[1]

Group A
Group B
  •  Japan
  •  China
  •  Hong Kong
  •  Saudi Arabia
  •  Uzbekistan

Squads

Squads
 China  Hong Kong  Iran  Japan
  • 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

The water polo team of the Philippines had withdrawn from the Asian Games, but the withdrawal was not properly relayed to the event organizers.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[a] Semifinals
2  Iran 4 3 1 0 46 22 +24 7[a]
3  South Korea 4 2 0 2 50 32 +18 4 Classification 5th–8th
4  Qatar 4 1 0 3 17 66 −49 2
5  Philippines 4 0 0 4 0 20 −20 0
Source: Results
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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 W.K. 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.Y., Kim W.M. 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 W.K., Park B.S. 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 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
3  Uzbekistan 4 2 0 2 43 44 −1 4 Classification 5th–8th
4  Saudi Arabia 4 1 0 3 31 53 −22 2
5  Hong Kong 4 0 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 Z.D. 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 F.H., Li J., Han Z.D. 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 Y.W., Chung C.N. 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 S.W. 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 S.W. 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–8thFinal 5th–6th
 
      
 
12 December
 
 
 Qatar2
 
13 December
 
 Uzbekistan13
 
 Uzbekistan14
 
12 December
 
 Saudi Arabia11
 
 Saudi Arabia14
 
 
 South Korea11
 
Final 7th–8th
 
 
13 December
 
 
 Qatar13
 
 
 South Korea22

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.J. 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.S. 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

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
12 December
 
 
 Iran7
 
14 December
 
 China12
 
 China9
 
12 December
 
 Japan8
 
 Japan (p)5 (5)
 
 
 Kazakhstan5 (4)
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
14 December
 
 
 Iran8
 
 
 Kazakhstan12

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  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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China 6 6 0 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan 6 4 0 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

References

  1. ^ "Asian Games waterpolo draw". People's Daily. 24 November 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  • All Asian Games Results

External links

  • Water Polo Competition Schedule