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India men's national water polo team

India men's national water polo team

Men's national water polo team representing India

The India men's national water polo team is the representative for India in international men's water polo. Water Polo in India is administered by the Swimming Federation of India (SFI).[1][2] India's men's best performance was when they won gold 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.[3] The next time India won a medal was a bronze at the 1982 Asian Games.

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Results

Olympic Games

Asian Games

Asian Championships

2018 Asian Games

As of July 2018, as per the Swimming Federation of India (SFI)'s announcement of the team[5] for the Asian Games, the team stood as follows:

Aneesh Babu (GK), Akshay Kumar Kunde, Ashwini Kumar Kunde, Adarsh VS, Uday Uttekar, Prithish Das, Sarang Vaidya, Aneesh Kumar, Karthik Ch Das, Shibin Lal, Manimaran D, S Ratheesh Kumar, Monjith Hasan, Lal Krishna, and J Shreejith.

However, later the Indian Olympic Association decided against sending the Men's National Water polo team to the 2018 Asian Games.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Swimming Federation of India pushes for water polo". Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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    "Swimming Federation of India to collaborate with Serbian federation to revive Water Polo". Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. [3]
    "When Indian won a silver in Asiad water polo - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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    "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48, 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. [5]
    "SFI announces Indian swimming squad for Asian Games - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Asian Games 2018 Water Polo". Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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