2012 Pan Pacific Water Polo Championships

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The Water Polo Pan Pacs is a tournament featuring senior teams from nations along the Pacific Rim. The tournament took its inspiration from the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships as an additional major championship for nations without strong continental championships. This was the first edition of the tournament, held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia from 8–14 January 2012.

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The participants were Australia, USA, Canada, China, Japan, Brazil, New Zealand (men only), and an Australian "B" team called the Barbarians.

The Pan Pacs was held in two rounds: A preliminary round where each team played all the other teams once, and a final round where the 1st and 2nd placed teams in the preliminary round play for the gold medal, 3rd and 4th for the bronze medal, and 5th and 6th for 5th place. The men's Barbarians team was not eligible to play in the final round. The women's Barbarbians team could only play in the 5th-place game in the final round.

Points in the preliminary round were earned as follows:

Men's tournament

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11)

Preliminary round

TeamGWDLGFGADiffPoints
1.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 65107826+5217
2.Flag of the United States.svg  United States 64207733+4416
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Barbarians63126245+1713
3.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 63034359-1612
4.Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 62136172-1111
5.Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 61145061−119
6.Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 60062398−756

Final round

5th-place game

14 January 2012
09:30
Match Sheet Japan  Flag of Japan.svg194Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Bronze-medal game

14 January 2012
11:00
Match Sheet China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg117Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Gold-medal game

14 January 2012
15:45
Match Sheet Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1011 (ET)Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Final ranking

RANKTEAM
Med 1.png Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Med 2.png Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Med 3.png Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
4.Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
5.Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
6.Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Women's tournament

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11)

Preliminary round

TeamGWDLGFGADiffPoints
1.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 55005126+2515
2.Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54015526+2913
3.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 52124534+1110
4.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52124832+1612
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Barbarians51042741-147
5.Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 50051683−675

Final round

5th-place game

14 January 2012
08:00
Match Sheet Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barbarians138Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Bronze-medal game

14 January 2012
12:45
Match Sheet China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg610Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Gold-medal game

14 January 2012
14:15
Match Sheet Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg74Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Final ranking

RANKTEAM
Med 1.png Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Med 2.png Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Med 3.png Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
4.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
5.Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

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Tournament website