| Water polo at the 2002 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Changwon Swimming Pool |
| Dates | 30 September – 6 October 2002 |
| Competitors | 78 from 6 nations |
Water polo was contested by men's teams at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea from September 30 to October 6, 2002. Six teams competed in two round robin groups. All games were staged at the Changwon Swimming Pool.
| P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 30th Mon | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | P | P | P | ½ | F |
The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1998 Asian Games.
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* Withdrew.
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 2 | |
| 3 |  South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 0 | 5th place match |
| 30 September 17:30 | South Korea | 7–9 | Japan | Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–2, 0–2 | ||||
| 1 October 16:00 | China | 7–8 | Japan | Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 3–1, 2–2 | ||||
| 2 October 17:30 | South Korea | 5–9 | China | Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 0–0, 2–3 | ||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Singapore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 30 | −21 | 0 | 5th place match |
| 30 September 16:00 | Kazakhstan | 17–6 | Singapore | Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–1, 3–2, 5–1 | ||||
| 1 October 17:30 | Iran | 13–3 | Singapore | Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–1, 1–2, 5–0 | ||||
| 2 October 16:00 | Kazakhstan | 12–4 | Iran | Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–1, 4–0, 2–2 | ||||
| 4 October 14:30 | South Korea | 11–4 | Singapore | Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–3, 2–0, 3–1 | ||||
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 4 October | ||||||
| Japan | 12 | |||||
| 6 October | ||||||
| Iran | 9 | |||||
| Japan | 10 (4) | |||||
| 4 October | ||||||
| Kazakhstan (p) | 10 (5) | |||||
| China | 2 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 9 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 6 October | ||||||
| Iran | 6 | |||||
| China | 10 | |||||
| 4 October 16:00 | Japan | 12–9 | Iran | Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 4–3, 4–2 | ||||
| 4 October 17:30 | China | 2–9 | Kazakhstan | Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 0–2, 0–2 | ||||
| 6 October 16:00 | Iran | 6–10 | China | Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–1, 3–3, 2–2 | ||||
| 6 October 17:30 | Japan | 14–15 | Kazakhstan | Changwon Swimming Pool, Changwon |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–3, 1–2, 3–2 OT: 2–2 PSO: 4–5 | ||||
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
 | Japan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 | China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Iran | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Singapore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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