| 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, nine teams played in the men's competition, while the women's tournament made their first participation with four 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 |
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| 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, and the women 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 |
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 | 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 |
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| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
