The national Iranian men's water polo team started Asian Water Polo Championship on Tuesday with a decisive victory against India.
Iran defeated the Indian team 19-4. Iran showed its decisive superiority over the opponent with results 2-5, 1-3, 0-6, 1-5 in four quarters.
Iran is pitted against India, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Thailand, South Korea in Group A of the competitions which are held in Thailand's Samut Prakan.
Hong Kong beat Singapore 11-19 while defending champion Japan defeated China 14-9 on the first day of the competition.
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