2012 Pan Pacific Water Polo Championships

none The 2012 Pan Pacific Water Polo Championships, also known as the Pan Pacs, was the inaugural 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 tournament was held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia from 8–14 January 2012. USA and Australia won the men's and women's tournaments respectively.2012-01-14 USA Men Win Gold; USA Women Take Silver At 2012 Pan Pacs https://usawaterpolo.org/news/2012/1/14/USA_Men_Win_Gold_USA_Women_Take_Silver_At_2012_Pan_Pacs 2025-12-18 USA Water Polo en 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. Australia also entered a B team, named the Australia Barbarians, into both tournaments. The men's Barbarians team was not eligible to play in the final round. The women's Barbarians team could only play in the 5th-place game in the final round. Men's tournament Source:Fixture for 2012 Men's Pan Pacs http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-3233-0-200203-0&a=FIXTURE https://web.archive.org/web/20120417101310/http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-3233-0-200203-0&a=FIXTURE 2012-04-17 2025-12-18 SportingPulse All times are local, AEDT (UTC+11) Preliminary round TeamGWDLGFGADiffPoints1.AUS65107826+52172.USA64207733+4416AUS Barbarians63126245+17133.CHN63034359-16124.BRA62136172-11115.JPN61145061−1196.NZL60062398−756 points: win = 3; draw = 2; loss = 1 Final round 5th-place game 14 January 2012 09:30 JPN 19 NZL 4 Bronze-medal game 14 January 2012 11:00 CHN 11 BRA 7 Gold-medal game 14 January 2012 15:45 AUS 10 USA 11 (ET) Final ranking RANKTEAMImage:Med 1.pngUSAImage:Med 2.pngAUSImage:Med 3.pngCHN4.BRA5.JPN6.NZL Women's tournament Source:Fixture for 2012 Women's Pan Pacs http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-3233-0-200204-0&a=FIXTURE https://web.archive.org/web/20120417113538/http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-3233-0-200204-0&a=FIXTURE 2012-04-17 2025-12-18 SportingPulse All times are local, AEDT (UTC+11) Preliminary round TeamGWDLGFGADiffPoints1.AUS55005126+25152.USA54015526+29133.CHN 52124534+11104.CAN52124832+1612AUS Barbarians51042741-1475.BRA50051683−675 points: win = 3; draw = 2; loss = 1 Final round 5th-place game 14 January 2012 08:00 AUS Barbarians 13 BRA 8 Bronze-medal game 14 January 2012 12:45 CHN 6 CAN 10 Gold-medal game 14 January 2012 14:15 AUS 7 USA 4 Final ranking RANKTEAMImage:Med 1.pngAUSImage:Med 2.pngUSAImage:Med 3.pngCAN4.CHN5.BRA References Pan Pacific Water Polo Championships Category:Sports competitions in Melbourne Category:2012 in water polo Category:2012 in Australian sport Category:International water polo competitions hosted by Australia