Asian Water Polo Championship Explained

The Asian Water Polo Championship is an international water polo tournament, organized by Asia Swimming Federation (AASF).^[1] It has been the Asian continental qualification for the Olympic water polo tournament since 2012.

Results

Part of the Asian Swimming Championships

Men

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=15		Final			width=1% rowspan=15		Third place match			width=1% rowspan=15		Teams
width=15%	Winner	width=8%	Score	width=15%	Runner-up	width=15%	3rd place	width=8%	Score	width=15%	4th place
1984	Seoul		10–8			24–1		7
1988	Guangzhou							6[2]
1991	Fukuoka		14–10			12–11		10[3]
1995	Bangkok					9–5		13[4]
2000	Busan		12–4			11–4		7
2005	Shunde		6–5			9–3		8[5]
2009	Changshu							6[6]
2012	Tokyo							4
2012	Dubai		9–9 OT (4–2) pen			18–5		9[7]
2015	Foshan							5[8]
2016	Tokyo		7–6			7–7 (4–1) pen		8[9]
2022	Samut Prakan		10–7			8–5		10
2023	Singapore		11–8			18–7		8

Women

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=9		Final			width=1% rowspan=9		Third place match			width=1% rowspan=9		Teams
width=15%	Winner	width=8%	Score	width=15%	Runner-up	width=15%	3rd place	width=8%	Score	width=15%	4th place
2009	Changshu							4[10]
2012	Tokyo					Only three teams participated		3
2012	Dubai							7
2015	Foshan		14–8 9–6		Only two teams participated			2
2016	Tokyo							7[11]
2022	Samut Prakan		17–5			14–5		6
2023	Singapore							4

See also

• Water polo at the Asian Games
• Asian Swimming Championships
• Asian Water Polo Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competitions for Water polo . asiaswimmingfederation.org . . 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190626014215/http://www.asiaswimmingfederation.org/results/water-polo/ . 26 June 2019 .
2. News: Chinese girl in world 50m free record . 18 March 2023 . The Straits Times.
3. News: Fourth Place . 18 March 2023 . The Straits Times.
4. News: تیم ملی واترپلو ایران به مرحله نیمه نهایی قهرمانی آسیا راه یافت . 18 March 2023 . IRNA.
5. News: 第7回水球アジア選手権（第11回モントリオール世界水泳アジア予選 . 18 March 2023 . Japan Swimming Federation.
6. Web site: Results – Men's . asiaswimmingfederation.org . . 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190607212802/http://www.asiaswimmingfederation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/4cedbee900bc52dcce9d8967c09d698f.pdf . 7 June 2019 .
7. News: Water Polo Final Ranking (M&W) . 18 March 2023 . Asia Swimming Federation. https://web.archive.org/web/20160420123713/http://asiaswimmingfederation.org/assets/uploads/images/89bfd976585ae93ff4e4800547b15980.pdf . 2016-04-20 .
8. News: 2015アジア選手権 . 18 March 2023 . Japan Swimming Federation. https://web.archive.org/web/20160804073150/https://swim.or.jp/upfiles/1450935842-2015AsiaWP_roadtoRio2016.pdf . 2016-08-04 .
9. News: Men's Result . 18 March 2023 . ASC2016 Tokyo official website.
10. Web site: Results – Women's . asiaswimmingfederation.org . . 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190607212805/http://www.asiaswimmingfederation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/d1c796d51fad92a54c87d683661a87c7.pdf . 7 June 2019 .
11. News: Women's Result . 18 March 2023 . ASC2016 Tokyo official website.