Water polo in India

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Water polo in India
CountryIndia
Governing bodySwimming Federation of India
National team(s)India
International competitions

Water polo in India is administered by the Swimming Federation of India. India'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.[1] The next time India won a medal was a bronze at the 1982 Asian Games.

Management[edit | edit source]

Water Polo in India is administered by the Swimming Federation of India (SFI).

India's Men's Team at the Olympics[edit | edit source]

India has participated twice at the Olympics.

Year Rank Venue Round One Results Round Two Results
1948 12 London, United Kingdom IND 1:12 NED

IND 7:4 CHI

IND 1:12 NED

IND 1:11 ESP

1952 21 Helsinki, Finland - -

India's Men's Team at the Asian Games[edit | edit source]

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 6 Tehran, Iran
1982 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) New Delhi, India
1986 6 Seoul, South Korea

India's Women's Team at the Asian Games[edit | edit source]

Year Rank Venue
2010 4th Guangzhou, China

References[edit | edit source]

  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.

External links[edit | edit source]

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