| Water polo at the 2010 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Tianhe Natatorium |
| Dates | 15–25 November 2010 |
| Competitors | 168 from 11 nations |
Water polo at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from November 13 to 25, 2010. In this tournament, 9 teams played in the men's competition, while the woman's tournament made their first participation with 4 teams.
| ● | Round | ● | Last round | P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 15th Mon | 16th Tue | 17th Wed | 18th Thu | 19th Fri | 20th Sat | 21st Sun | 22nd Mon | 23rd Tue | 24th Wed | 25th Thu |
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| Men | P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
| Women | ● | ● | ● |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
The draw ceremony for the team sports was held on 7 October 2010 at Guangzhou. The men were drawn into two groups of five teams, the women were played in round robin format. [1] The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2009 Asian Championships. [2]
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* Iran withdrew shortly after the draw.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  Kazakhstan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
 |  China | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
 |  Japan | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  South Korea | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 |  Athletes from Kuwait | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Singapore | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Saudi Arabia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 |  Hong Kong | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 |  Qatar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
|  Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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