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| FINA code | IND |
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| Nickname(s) | Bengal Tigers |
| Association | Swimming Federation of India |
| Confederation | AASF (Asia) |
| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in1948) |
| Best result | 12th place (1948) |
| Asian Games | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in1951) |
| Best result |  Gold medal (1951) |
| Asian Championships | |
| Best result | 9th place (2022) |
TheIndia men's national water polo team representsIndia in international men'swater polo.Water Polo in India is governed by theSwimming Federation of India (SFI).[1][2] India's men's best performance was when they won gold at the1951 Asian Games. The India men's national water polo team also won a silver medal at the1970 Asian Games, losing toJapan, 4 goals to 3 in the finals.[3] The next time India won a medal was a bronze at the1982 Asian Games.
As of July 2018, as per theSwimming Federation of India (SFI)'s announcement of the team[5] for theAsian 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 theIndian Olympic Association decided against sending the Men's National Water polo team to the2018 Asian Games.[6]
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