The 2012 Asian Water Polo Championship for men and women was held from 24 to 27 January 2012 at the Chiba International General Swimming Center near Tokyo, Japan.

The winners of this championship (both men and women) qualified directly for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The second- and third-placed teams (both men and women) were eligible to participate in the World Olympic qualification tournament, held 1–8 April 2012 for men in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and 15–22 April for women in Trieste, Italy.^[1] However, only the Kazakhstan women's team applied to take part.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	24	16	+8	9
China	3	2	0	1	37	18	+19	6
Japan	3	1	0	2	32	15	+17	3
Kuwait	3	0	0	3	11	55	−44	0

25 January 2012 17:30	Report	China	7–8	Kazakhstan	Chiba International General Swimming Center, Tokyo Referees: Flahive (AUS), Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–2, 1–1, 4–2
		Zhongxing, Ning 2	Goals	Zhilyayev 3

25 January 2012 19:30	Report	Japan	22–2	Kuwait	Chiba International General Swimming Center, Tokyo Referees: Shiwei (CHN), Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–1, 7–0, 8–1
		Kan 4	Goals	Abdulaziz, Mohammad 1

26 January 2012 17:30	Report	China	23–4	Kuwait	Chiba International General Swimming Center, Tokyo Referees: Fukumoto, Orikasa (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 7–2, 8–0, 2–1
		Zhongxing 9	Goals	Mohammad 2

26 January 2012 19:30	Report	Japan	4–6	Kazakhstan	Chiba International General Swimming Center, Tokyo Referees: Flahive (AUS), Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 1–2, 0–1
		Yusuke 2	Goals	Ushakov 3

27 January 2012 17:30	Report	Kuwait	5–10	Kazakhstan	Chiba International General Swimming Center, Tokyo Referees: Shiwei (CHN), Fukumoto (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–3, 1–3, 3–1
		Abdulaziz 3	Goals	Manafov 3

27 January 2012 19:30	Report	Japan	6–7	China	Chiba International General Swimming Center, Tokyo Referees: Flahive (AUS), Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–1, 2–1, 3–2
		Hiroki 2	Goals	Feihu 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	2	2	0	0	39	14	+25	6
Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	20	29	−9	3
Japan	2	0	0	2	14	30	−16	0

24 January 2012 11:30	Report	Kazakhstan	8–21	China	Chiba International General Swimming Center, Tokyo Referees: Flahive (AUS), Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 1–5, 4–4, 1–6
		Aizhan 3	Goals	Fei, Jin 5

25 January 2012 11:30	Report	Japan	8–12	Kazakhstan	Chiba International General Swimming Center, Tokyo Referees: Flahive (AUS), Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 2–1, 3–3, 0–2
		Yumi 3	Goals	Assel 3

26 January 2012 11:30	Report	Japan	6–18	China	Chiba International General Swimming Center, Tokyo Referees: Flahive (AUS), Anbar (KUW)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–6, 3–4, 1–3
		Yumi 3	Goals	Yujun 4

• Official website (Japan Swimming Federation)