Water polo in India

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Water polo in India
CountryIndia
Governing body Swimming Federation of India
National team(s) Men
Women
International competitions
List
  • Asian Games:
    • Champions 1951
    • Runners up 1970
    • 3rd place 1982
    • Women 4th place 2010

Water polo in India is administered by the Swimming Federation of India. India's best performance was gold medal at the 1951 Asian Games. The India men's national water polo team also won a silver medal at the 1970 Asian Games, losing to Japan 4 goals to 3 in the finals. [1] The next time India won a medal was a bronze at the 1982 Asian Games.

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India men's team at the Olympics

India has participated twice at the Olympics.

YearRankVenueEliminating roundsRound One ResultsRound Two Results
1948 12th London, United Kingdom - India  Flag of India.svg 1–12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
India  Flag of India.svg 7–4 Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
India  Flag of India.svg 1–12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
India  Flag of India.svg 1–11 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1952 21st Helsinki, Finland India  Flag of India.svg 1–16 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
India  Flag of India.svg 0–12 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
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India men's team at the Asian Games

India has participated 5 times at the Asian Games.

YearRankVenue
1951 Gold medal icon.svgNew Delhi, India
1970 Silver medal icon.svgBangkok, Thailand
1974 6thTehran, Iran
1982 Bronze medal icon.svgNew Delhi, India
1986 6thSeoul, South Korea

India women's team at the Asian Games

YearRankVenue
2010 4thGuangzhou, China

References

  1. Vijaykar, Pradeep (30 November 2010). "When Indian won a silver in Asiad water polo". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2012.