Water polo at the 1990 Asian Games

Water polo was contested for men only at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, China.

Water polo at the 1990 Asian Games
Venue	Ying Tung Natatorium
Dates	24–30 September 1990
Nations	7
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Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	China Cai Shengliu Cui Shiping Deng Zhaorong Ge Jianqing Gong Dali Huang Long Huang Qijiang Jiang Yihua Lin Jun Ni Shiwei Wang Minhui Xie Bin Zheng Yong	Japan Makihiro Motomiya	South Korea Ahn Sang-hoon Chang Si-young Jeong Bo-keun Jeong Dong-seob Jeong Yeong-sik Kwon Oh-kil Lee Jung-suk Lee Sang-hyun Lee Sang-won Park Jong-gil Park Moon-seon Park Seok-beom Yoo Seung-hoon

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	0	45	12	+33	6	Semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	32	23	+9	4
3	Iran	3	1	0	2	27	24	+3	2	Classification 5th–7th
4	Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	11	56	−45	0

Source: Results

24 September	China	20–5	Hong Kong	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

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24 September	South Korea	9–7	Iran	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

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26 September	China	12–1	Iran	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

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26 September	South Korea	17–3	Hong Kong	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

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27 September	China	13–6	South Korea	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

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27 September	Iran	19–3	Hong Kong	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	39	14	+25	4	Semifinals
2	Singapore	2	1	0	1	21	31	−10	2
3	North Korea	2	0	0	2	14	29	−15	0	Classification 5th–7th

Source: Results

24 September	Singapore	12–9	North Korea	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

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26 September	Japan	17–5	North Korea	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

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27 September	Japan	22–9	Singapore	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

Classification 5th–7th

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North Korea	2	1	1	0	33	12	+21	3[a]
2	Iran	2	1	1	0	28	12	+16	3[a]
3	Hong Kong	2	0	0	2	6	43	−37	0

Source: Results
Notes:

1. Head-to-head result: PRK 9–9 IRN. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

29 September	North Korea	24–3	Hong Kong	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

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30 September	Iran	9–9	North Korea	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	29 September
	China	17
					30 September
	Singapore	4
					China	10
	29 September
					Japan	7
	Japan	13
	South Korea	7
					Bronze medal match
					30 September
					Singapore	8
					South Korea	9

Semifinals

29 September	China	17–4	Singapore	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

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29 September	Japan	13–7	South Korea	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

Bronze medal match

30 September	Singapore	8–9	South Korea	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

Final

30 September	China	10–7	Japan	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	China	5	5	0	0
	Japan	4	3	0	1
	South Korea	5	3	0	2
4	Singapore	4	1	0	3
5	North Korea	4	1	1	2
6	Iran	4	1	1	2
7	Hong Kong	4	0	0	4

References

• Results
• Asian Games water polo medalists^[usurped]