2012 Pan Pacific Water Polo Championships
The Water Polo Pan Pacs is a tournament featuring senior teams from nations along the Pacific Rim. The tournament took its inspiration from the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships as an additional major championship for nations without strong continental championships. This was the first edition of the tournament, held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia from 8–14 January 2012.
The participants were Australia, USA, Canada, China, Japan, Brazil, New Zealand (men only), and an Australian "B" team called the Barbarians.
The Pan Pacs was held in two rounds: A preliminary round where each team played all the other teams once, and a final round where the 1st and 2nd placed teams in the preliminary round play for the gold medal, 3rd and 4th for the bronze medal, and 5th and 6th for 5th place. The men's Barbarians team was not eligible to play in the final round. The women's Barbarbians team could only play in the 5th-place game in the final round.
Points in the preliminary round were earned as follows:
- Win: 3 pts
- Draw: 2 pts
- Loss: 1 pt
Men's tournament
All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11)
Preliminary round
Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | |
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1. | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 26 | +52 | 17 |
2. | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 33 | +44 | 16 |
![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 13 | |
3. | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 59 | -16 | 12 |
4. | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 72 | -11 | 11 |
5. | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 61 | −11 | 9 |
6. | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 98 | −75 | 6 |
Final round
5th-place game
14 January 2012 09:30 | Match Sheet | Japan ![]() | 19–4 | ![]() |
Bronze-medal game
14 January 2012 11:00 | Match Sheet | China ![]() | 11–7 | ![]() |
Gold-medal game
14 January 2012 15:45 | Match Sheet | Australia ![]() | 10–11 (ET) | ![]() |
Final ranking
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Women's tournament
All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11)
Preliminary round
Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | |
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1. | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 15 |
2. | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 13 |
3. | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 10 |
4. | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 12 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 41 | -14 | 7 | |
5. | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 83 | −67 | 5 |
Final round
5th-place game
14 January 2012 08:00 | Match Sheet | Australia ![]() | 13–8 | ![]() |
Bronze-medal game
14 January 2012 12:45 | Match Sheet | China ![]() | 6–10 | ![]() |
Gold-medal game
14 January 2012 14:15 | Match Sheet | Australia ![]() | 7–4 | ![]() |
Final ranking
RANK | TEAM |
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References
Tournament website
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- t
- e
- Four Nations (women)
GBR
- Women's European Championship Qualifiers: Matchday 5
- Men's World League: Europe Matchday 2
- Canada Cup (women)
CAN
- Tom Hoad Cup (men)
AUS
- Men's World League: Europe Matchday 3
- Mithat Hantal Trophy (men)
TUR
- Volvo Cup (men)
HUN
- Samartzidis Cup (men)
GRE
- Thetis Cup (women)
GRE
- Pan-Pacific Championships
AUS
- European Championships (men)
NED
- European Championships (women)
NED
- Asian Championship
JPN
- Holiday Cup (women)
USA
- Men's World League: Europe Matchday 4
- Women's World League: Americas
USA
- Men's World League: Europe Matchdays 5 and 6
- South American Championships
BRA
- Four Nations (men)
USA
- Six Nations (men)
CZE
- Kirishi Cup (women)
RUS