| Canoe polo at the 2018 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Jakabaring Aquatic Stadium |
| Date | 27–29 August 2018 |
| Competitors | 90 from 8 nations |
Canoe polo were featured at the 2018 Asian Games as a demonstration sport, meaning medals won in this sport would not be counted in the official overall medal tally. It was held from 27 to 29 August 2018. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men |  Japan Yuuki Horie Hiroki Horiuchi Takayuki Igawa Ryota Kimura Katsuyuki Shibata Takahiko Yanagi |  Malaysia Faizal Abdul Jalil Muhd Irfan Abu Amirul Azfar Azwan Amirudin Shuib Haikal Suliaman Naqiuddin Taha |  Chinese Taipei Chao Tzu-hsing Chien Shao-hung Hsiao Wei-chen Huang Teng-hui Li Yong-xu Wu Tung-yang |
| Women |  Iran Melika Boroun Taraneh Kamyab Delaram Marzabadi Shiva Molavinia Elaheh Pourabdian Saba Rahmati |  Singapore Gracie Chua Leow Fang Hui Kasxier Low Chad Ong Ong Shu Wen Tan Li Ling | Chinese Taipei Chien Chi-yun Fu Yu-ting Hung Yi-fang Lee Heng-yen Liao Wan-ru Tsai An-chi |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
27–28 August
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MAS | IRI | SGP | INA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 6 | — | 4–3 | 3–4 | 17–0 | |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 6 | 3–4 | — | 4–2 | 17–1 | |
| 3 | Singapore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 6 | 4–3 | 2–4 | — | 16–0 | |
| 4 |  Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 50 | −49 | 0 | 0–17 | 1–17 | 0–16 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | JPN | TPE | THA | HKG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 4 | +48 | 9 | — | 7–4 | 21–0 | 24–0 | |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 10 | +31 | 6 | 4–7 | — | 15–3 | 22–0 | |
| 3 |  Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 38 | −26 | 3 | 0–21 | 3–15 | — | 9–2 | |
| 4 |  Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 55 | −53 | 0 | 0–24 | 0–22 | 2–9 | — |
28 August
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | SGP | THA | INA | HKG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 3 | +53 | 9 | — | 13–2 | 20–1 | 23–0 | |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 6 | 2–13 | — | 5–3 | 8–1 | |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 3 | 1–20 | 3–5 | — | 11–1 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 42 | −40 | 0 | 0–23 | 1–8 | 1–11 | — |
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 28 August | ||||||
| Malaysia | 6 | |||||
| 29 August | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||||
| Malaysia | 2 | |||||
| 28 August | ||||||
| Japan | 8 | |||||
| Iran | 8 | |||||
| Japan | 9 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 29 August | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei (OT) | 4 | |||||
| Iran | 3 | |||||
27 August
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | TPE | JPN | THA | HKG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | +30 | 9 | — | 7–2 | 15–1 | 13–2 | |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 6 | 2–7 | — | 9–3 | 15–1 | |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 3 | 1–15 | 3–9 | — | 13–4 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 41 | −34 | 0 | 2–13 | 1–15 | 4–13 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | SGP | IRI | MAS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 6 | — | 3–2 | 17–1 | |
| 2 | Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 3 | 2–3 | — | 19–0 | |
| 3 | Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 0 | 1–17 | 0–19 | — |
28 August
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | THA | MAS | HKG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 6 | — | 6–1 | 11–3 | |
| 2 | Malaysia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 | 1–6 | — | 7–4 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 0 | 3–11 | 4–7 | — |
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 28 August | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||||
| 29 August | ||||||
| Iran | 6 | |||||
| Iran | 5 | |||||
| 28 August | ||||||
| Singapore | 2 | |||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||
| Singapore | 4 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 29 August | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 11 | |||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||
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