2012 Pan Pacific Water Polo Championships

The 2012 Pan Pacific Water Polo Championships, also known as the Pan Pacs, was the inaugural 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 tournament was held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia from 8–14 January 2012. USA and Australia won the men's and women's tournaments respectively. ^[1]

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. Australia also entered a B team, named the Australia Barbarians, into both tournaments. The men's Barbarians team was not eligible to play in the final round. The women's Barbarians team could only play in the 5th-place game in the final round.

Men's tournament ^[2]

All times are local, AEDT (UTC+11)

Preliminary round

	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Australia	6	5	1	0	78	26	+52	17
2.	United States	6	4	2	0	77	33	+44	16
	Australia Barbarians	6	3	1	2	62	45	+17	13
3.	China	6	3	0	3	43	59	-16	12
4.	Brazil	6	2	1	3	61	72	-11	11
5.	Japan	6	1	1	4	50	61	−11	9
6.	New Zealand	6	0	0	6	23	98	−75	6

points: win = 3; draw = 2; loss = 1

Final round

5th-place game

14 January 2012 09:30	Japan	19–4	New Zealand

Bronze-medal game

14 January 2012 11:00	China	11–7	Brazil

Gold-medal game

14 January 2012 15:45	Australia	10–11 (ET)	United States

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
	United States
	Australia
	China
4.	Brazil
5.	Japan
6.	New Zealand

Women's tournament ^[3]

All times are local, AEDT (UTC+11)

Preliminary round

	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Australia	5	5	0	0	51	26	+25	15
2.	United States	5	4	0	1	55	26	+29	13
3.	China	5	2	1	2	45	34	+11	10
4.	Canada	5	2	1	2	48	32	+16	12
	Australia Barbarians	5	1	0	4	27	41	-14	7
5.	Brazil	5	0	0	5	16	83	−67	5

points: win = 3; draw = 2; loss = 1

Final round

5th-place game

14 January 2012 08:00	Australia   Barbarians	13–8	Brazil

Bronze-medal game

14 January 2012 12:45	China	6–10	Canada

Gold-medal game

14 January 2012 14:15	Australia	7–4	United States

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
	Australia
	United States
	Canada
4.	China
5.	Brazil

References

1. "USA Men Win Gold; USA Women Take Silver At 2012 Pan Pacs". USA Water Polo. 2012-01-14. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
2. "Fixture for 2012 Men's Pan Pacs". SportingPulse. Archived from the original on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
3. "Fixture for 2012 Women's Pan Pacs". SportingPulse. Archived from the original on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2025-12-18.