Template:Infobox national water polo team
Template:MedalTableTop Template:MedalCompetition Template:MedalGold Template:MedalSilver Template:MedalBronze Template:MedalBottom
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.
India's Men's Team at the Olympics
- 1948 Template:Flagicon — 12th place[4]
- 1952 Template:Flagicon — 21st place
India's Men's Team at the Asian Games
- 1951 Template:Flagicon – Template:Gold1 Gold Medal
- 1970 Template:Flagicon – Template:Silver2 Silver Medal
- 1974 Template:Flagicon – 6th place
- 1982 Template:Flagicon – Template:Bronze3 Bronze Medal
- 1986 Template:Flagicon – 6th place
India's Men's Team at the Asian Championships
- 2022 Template:Flagicon – 9th place
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
- ↑ Swimming Federation of India pushes for water polo. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ↑ Swimming Federation of India to collaborate with Serbian federation to revive Water Polo. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ↑ When Indian won a silver in Asiad water polo - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
- ↑ Template:Cite HistoFINA wp
- ↑ SFI announces Indian swimming squad for Asian Games - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
- ↑ Asian Games 2018 Water Polo. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
Template:National sports teams of India Template:Asian Games men's water polo tournament winners