Japan men's national water polo team explained

Japan
Fina Code:	JPN
Nickname:	ポセイドン ジャパン(Poseidon Japan)^[1]
Association:	Japan Swimming Federation
Confederation:	AASF
Coach:	Yoshinori Shiota
Asst Coach:	Shota Hazui Atsushi Naganuma
Captain:	Toi Suzuki
Fina Ranking:	9
Fina Ranking Date:	9 August 2021
Fina Highest:	8
Fina Highest Year:	2016, 2017, 2018
Olympics Apps:	10
Olympics First:	1932
Olympics Best:	4th place (1932)
World Champ Apps:	11
World Champ First:	2001
World Champ Best:	9th place (2022)
World Cup Apps:	1
World Cup First:	2018
World Cup Best:	7th place (2018)
World League Apps:	15
World League First:	2006
World League Best:	4th place (2018)
Regional Cup Name:	Asian Games
Regional Cup Apps:	17
Regional Cup First:	1954
Regional Cup Best:	(1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 2023)
2Ndregional Cup Name:	Asian Swimming Championships
2Ndregional Cup Best:	(2016)
3Rdregional Cup Name:	Asian Water Polo Championship
3Rdregional Cup Best:	(2015)

The Japan men's national water polo team is the representative for Japan in international men's water polo.

Results

Olympic Games

See main article: Japan men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

• 1932 – 4th place^[2]
• 1936 – 14th place
• 1960 – 14th place
• 1964 – 11th place
• 1968 – 12th place
• 1972 – 15th place
• 1984 – 11th place
• 2016 – 12th place
• 2020 – 10th place
• 2024 – 11th place

World Championship

• 2001 – 16th place^[2]
• 2003 – 15th place
• 2005 – 14th place
• 2007 – 16th place
• 2011 – 11th place
• 2015 – 13th place
• 2017 – 10th place
• 2019 – 11th place
• 2022 – 9th place
• 2023 – 11th place
• 2024 – 13th place

World Cup

• 2018 – 7th place^[2]

World League

• 2006 – 15th place^[2]
• 2007 – 16th place
• 2008 – 11th place
• 2009 – 7th place
• 2010 – 11th place
• 2011 – 10th place
• 2012 – 11th place
• 2013 – 7th place
• 2014 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
• 2015 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
• 2016 – 6th place
• 2017 – 8th place
• 2018 – 4th place
• 2019 – 6th place
• 2020 – 5th place

Asian Games

• 1954 – Silver medal
• 1958 – Gold medal
• 1962 – Gold medal
• 1966 – Gold medal
• 1970 – Gold medal
• 1974 – Silver medal
• 1978 – Silver medal
• 1982 – Silver medal
• 1990 – Silver medal
• 1994 – Silver medal
• 1998 – 4th
• 2002 – Silver medal
• 2006 – Silver medal
• 2010 – Silver medal
• 2014 – Silver medal
• 2018 – Silver medal
• 2023 – Gold medal

Asian Swimming Championships

• 2012 – Silver medal^[3]
• 2016 – Gold medal

Asian Water Polo Championship

• 2009 – Bronze medal^[3]
• 2012 – Bronze medal
• 2015 – Gold medal

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

See also

• Japan men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

Notes and References

1. http://www.poseidonjapan.net/
2. mnt . dmy .
3. Web site: Competitions for Water polo . asiaswimmingfederation.org . . 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190626014215/http://www.asiaswimmingfederation.org/results/water-polo/ . 26 June 2019 .