Template:Infobox national water polo team
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India men's national water polo team is the representative for India in International Men's water polo. Water Polo in India is administered by the Swimming Federation of India (SFI).[1][2] India's Men's best performance was when they won gold 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.[3] The next time India won a medal was a bronze at the 1982 Asian Games.
India's Men's Team at the Olympics[edit | edit source]
Olympic Games[edit | edit source]
- 1948 United Kingdom — 12th place[4]
- 1952
— 21st place
India's Men's Team at the Asian Games[edit | edit source]
Asian Games[edit | edit source]
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India's Men's Team at the Asian Championships[edit | edit source]
- 2022
– 9th place
2018 Asian Games[edit | edit source]
As of July 2018, as per the Swimming Federation of India (SFI)'s announcement of the team[5] for the Asian Games, the team stood as follows:
Aneesh Babu (GK), Akshay Kumar Kunde, Ashwini Kumar Kunde, Adarsh VS, Uday Uttekar, Prithish Das, Sarang Vaidya, Aneesh Kumar, Karthik Ch Das, Shibin Lal, Manimaran D, S Ratheesh Kumar, Monjith Hasan, Lal Krishna, and J Shreejith.
However, later the Indian Olympic Association decided against sending the Men's National Water polo team to the 2018 Asian Games.[6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Swimming Federation of India pushes for water polo". Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ↑ "Swimming Federation of India to collaborate with Serbian federation to revive Water Polo". Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ↑ "When Indian won a silver in Asiad water polo - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ↑ Template:Cite HistoFINA wp
- ↑ "SFI announces Indian swimming squad for Asian Games - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ↑ "Asian Games 2018 Water Polo". Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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