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| Venue | Baku Water Polo Arena | ||||||
| Dates | 13–17 May 2017 | ||||||
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Water polo at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games was held from 13 to 17 May 2017 at the Water Polo Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan.
| Water polo at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Baku Water Polo Arena | ||||||
| Dates | 13–17 May 2017 | ||||||
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Water polo at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games was held from 13 to 17 May 2017 at the Water Polo Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 |  Turkey | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 20 | +44 | 10 |
 |  Iran | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 10 |
 |  Saudi Arabia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 6 |
| 4 |  Azerbaijan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 52 | −24 | 3 |
| 5 |  Indonesia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 57 | −33 | 0 |
| 13 May 16:30 | Turkey | 21–4 | Indonesia | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Voevodin (RUS), Rezvani (IRI) |
| Score by quarters: 5–1, 7–2, 5–0, 4–1 | ||||
| Albayrak 4 | Goals | Harahap 2 | ||
| 13 May 18:00 | Azerbaijan | 10–16 | Iran | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Rovida (ITA), Süngü (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 5–4, 1–3, 2–4, 2–5 | ||||
| Mammadov, Kuznetsov 4 | Goals | Keyhani 4 | ||
| 14 May 16:30 | Saudi Arabia | 6–11 | Iran | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Süngü (TUR), Rovida (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–3, 2–3, 1–0 | ||||
| Al-Hilal 2 | Goals | Rostamian 3 | ||
| 14 May 18:00 | Indonesia | 7–9 | Azerbaijan | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Willis (RSA), Al-Mualem (KSA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–2, 1–4, 4–2 | ||||
| Harahap 4 | Goals | Kuznetsov 3 | ||
| 15 May 16:30 | Saudi Arabia | 12–6 | Indonesia | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Willis (RSA), Medjidov (AZE) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–1, 5–2, 3–1 | ||||
| Al-Dughather 5 | Goals | Harahap 4 | ||
| 15 May 18:00 | Azerbaijan | 2–18 | Turkey | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Voevodin (RUS), Rezvani (IRI) |
| Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–6, 1–7, 1–1 | ||||
| Marković, E. Ibrahimov 1 | Goals | Bıyık 4 | ||
| 16 May 16:30 | Indonesia | 7–15 | Iran | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Al-Mualem (KSA), Süngü (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–2, 1–3, 2–5 | ||||
| Harahap 3 | Goals | Malek-Khanbanan, Almasi, Abbasi 3 | ||
| 16 May 18:30 | Turkey | 16–5 | Saudi Arabia | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Rovida (ITA), Rezvani (IRI) |
| Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–2, 3–2, 5–1 | ||||
| Albayrak, Özbek 4 | Goals | Al-Harbi 2 | ||
| 17 May 16:30 | Iran | 9–9 | Turkey | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Rovida (ITA), Willis (RSA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 2–1, 3–2 | ||||
| Malek-Khanbanan 5 | Goals | Senemoğlu 3 | ||
| 17 May 18:00 | Azerbaijan | 7–11 | Saudi Arabia | Water Polo Arena, Baku Referees: Süngü (TUR), Voevodin (RUS) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–1, 3–3, 1–4 | ||||
| Ismaylov, Kuznetsov 2 | Goals | Al-Dughather 5 | ||
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