Water polo in India

Water polo in India
CountryIndia
Governing bodySwimming Federation of India
National team(s)Men
Women
International competitions
List
  • Asian Games:
    • Champions 1951
    • Runners up 1970
    • 3rd place 1982
    • Women 4th place 2010

Water polo in India is administered by the Swimming Federation of India. India's best performance was gold medal at the 1951 Asian Games. The India men's national water polo team also won a silver medal at the 1970 Asian Games, losing to Japan 4 goals to 3 in the finals.[1] The next time India won a medal was a bronze at the 1982 Asian Games.

India's men's team at the Olympics

India has participated twice at the Olympics.

Year Rank Venue Eliminating rounds Round One Results Round Two Results
1948 12th London, United Kingdom - India  1–12  Netherlands
India  7–4  Chile 		India  1–12  Netherlands
India  1–11  Spain
1952 21st Helsinki, Finland India  1–16  Italy
India  0–12  Soviet Union 		- -

India's men's team at the Asian Games

India has participated 5 times at the Asian Games.

Year Rank Venue
1951 1st place, gold medalist(s) New Delhi, India
1970 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bangkok, Thailand
1974 6th Tehran, Iran
1982 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) New Delhi, India
1986 6th Seoul, South Korea

India's women's team at the Asian Games

Year Rank Venue
2010 4th Guangzhou, China

References

  1. ^ Vijaykar, Pradeep (30 November 2010). "When Indian won a silver in Asiad water polo". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2012.


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