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.
FINA code | IND |
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Confederation | AASF (Asia) |
Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 1948) |
Best result | 12th place (1948) |
Asian Games | |
Appearances | 5 (first in 1951) |
Best result | Gold medal (1951) |
Medal record | ||
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Asian Games | ||
1951 New Delhi | Team | |
1970 Bangkok | Team | |
1982 New Delhi | Team |
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]