Asian Water Polo Championship

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 Aquatic Championships

Men

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1984 details	Seoul		South Korea	10–8	Japan		Iran	24–1	Thailand		7
1988 details	Guangzhou		China	No playoffs	Japan		South Korea	No playoffs	Singapore		6[2]
1991 details	Fukuoka		China	14–10	Japan		South Korea	12–11	Singapore		10[3]
1995 details	Bangkok		Kazakhstan		China		Iran	9–5	South Korea		13[4]
2000 details	Busan		Kazakhstan	12–4	China		Uzbekistan	11–4	South Korea		7
2005 details	Shunde		China	6–5	Japan		Kazakhstan	9–3	Uzbekistan		8[5]
2009 details	Changshu		China	No playoffs	Kazakhstan		Japan	No playoffs	Kuwait		6[6]
2012 details	Tokyo		Kazakhstan	No playoffs	China		Japan	No playoffs	Kuwait		4
2012 details	Dubai		China	9–9 OT (4–2) pen	Kazakhstan		Japan	18–5	Singapore		9[7]
2015 details	Foshan		Japan	No playoffs	China		Kazakhstan	No playoffs	Iran		5[8]
2016 details	Tokyo		Japan	7–6	Kazakhstan		China	7–7 (4–1) pen	Iran		8[9]
2022 details	Samut Prakan		Japan	10–7	China		Kazakhstan	8–5	Iran		10
2023 details	Singapore		China	11–8	Iran		Kazakhstan	18–7	Thailand		8
2025 details	Zhaoqing		Japan	14–11	China		Kazakhstan	12–12 (4–2) pen	Iran		9
2025 details	Ahmedabad		China	11–11 (5–4) pen	Iran		Kazakhstan	16–14	Japan		9

Women

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2009 details	Changshu		China	No playoffs	Kazakhstan		Uzbekistan	No playoffs	Singapore		4[10]
2012 details	Tokyo		China	No playoffs	Kazakhstan		Japan	Only three teams participated			3
2012 details	Dubai		China	No playoffs	Kazakhstan		Uzbekistan	No playoffs	Singapore		7[7]
2015 details	Foshan		China	14–8 9–6	Japan		Only two teams participated				2[8]
2016 details	Tokyo		China	No playoffs	Japan		Kazakhstan	No playoffs	Uzbekistan		7[11]
2022 details	Samut Prakan		China	17–5	Japan		Kazakhstan	14–5	Thailand		6
2023 details	Singapore		Kazakhstan	No playoffs	Thailand		Uzbekistan	No playoffs	Singapore		4
2025 details	Zhaoqing		China	No playoffs	Japan		Kazakhstan	No playoffs	Singapore		6
2025 details	Ahmedabad		China	22–17	Japan		Kazakhstan	6–6 (3–2) pen	Thailand		8

See also

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

References

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