Water polo at the 1954 Asian Games

Water polo was contested for men only at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Singapore (SIN) Gan Eng Teck Ho Kian Bin Kee Soon Bee Keith Mitchell Oh Chwee Hock Tan Eng Bock Tan Hwee Hock Wiebe Wolters	Japan (JPN) Hachiro Arakawa Hirobumi Chige Shunichi Hiroshiga Teruyoshi Kanda Shinichiro Koga Takayoshi Matsufuji Osamu Miyabe Takanao Sado Haosue Tajina Nisei Tashiro	Indonesia (INA) Gashmir Daud Benjamin Idris Margono Sing Lok Lien Siong Lien Lie Otman Siragar Soen Kion Djie Soen Kwah Djie Bunasir Surachnad Teng Pie Oen Yjoe Hong Tio

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Singapore	2	2	0	0	29	4	+25	4
Hong Kong	2	1	0	1	13	17	−4	2
Philippines	2	0	0	2	3	24	−21	0

5 May	Philippines	2–10	Hong Kong	Manila
	Scoring by half: 1–5, 1–5

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6 May	Singapore	14–1	Philippines	Manila
	Scoring by half: 8–0, 6–1

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7 May	Hong Kong	3–15	Singapore	Manila
	Scoring by half: 2–5, 1–10

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	0	20	3	+17	4
Indonesia	2	1	0	1	11	14	−3	2
Republic of China	2	0	0	2	3	17	−14	0

5 May	Republic of China	0–9	Japan	Manila
	Scoring by half: 0–4, 0–5

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6 May

Japan

11–3

Indonesia

Manila

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7 May	Indonesia	8–3	Republic of China	Manila
	Scoring by half: 2–4, 1–4

Final round

5th medal match

7 May	Philippines	0–4	Republic of China	Manila
	Scoring by half: 0–2, 0–2

Bronze medal match

8 May	Hong Kong	5–8	Indonesia	Manila
	Scoring by half: 3–5, 2–3

Final

8 May	Singapore	4–2	Japan	Manila
	Scoring by half: 2–0, 2–2

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	Singapore	3	3	0	0
	Japan	3	2	0	1
	Indonesia	3	2	0	1
4	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2
5	Republic of China	3	1	0	2
6	Philippines	3	0	0	3

References

• Asian Games water polo medalists