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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 26 | +52 | 17 |
| 2. | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 33 | +44 | 16 |
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Barbarians | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 13 | |
| 3. | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 59 | -16 | 12 |
| 4. | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 72 | -11 | 11 |
| 5. | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 61 | −11 | 9 |
| 6. | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 98 | −75 | 6 |
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Final round
5th-place game
| 14 January 2012 09:30 |
Match Sheet | Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 19–4 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand |
Bronze-medal game
| 14 January 2012 11:00 |
Match Sheet | China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg | 11–7 | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil |
Gold-medal game
| 14 January 2012 15:45 |
Match Sheet | Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg | 10–11 (ET) | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
Final ranking
Women's tournament
All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11)
Preliminary round
| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 15 |
| 2. | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 13 |
| 3. | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 10 |
| 4. | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 12 |
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Barbarians | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 41 | -14 | 7 | |
| 5. | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 83 | −67 | 5 |
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Final round
5th-place game
| 14 January 2012 08:00 |
Match Sheet | Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barbarians | 13–8 | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil |
Bronze-medal game
| 14 January 2012 12:45 |
Match Sheet | China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg | 6–10 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
Gold-medal game
| 14 January 2012 14:15 |
Match Sheet | Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg | 7–4 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
