Water polo at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Water polo at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s) Australia (in Perth host cities)
Dates3 – 13 January
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (2nd title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Hungary
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored1,023 (18.27 per match)
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Participating teams edit

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
  Egypt   Canada
  Cuba
  United States
  China
  France
  Germany
  Greece
  Hungary
  Italy
  Romania
  Soviet Union
  Spain
  Yugoslavia
  Australia
  New Zealand

Groups formed edit

Preliminary round edit

Qualified for places 1–8, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group E and F)
Qualified for places 9–16, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group G and H)

Group A edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Italy 6 3 3 0 0 38 16 +22
2.   Soviet Union 4 3 2 0 1 37 16 +21
3.   Greece 2 3 1 0 2 31 29 +2
4.   New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 5 50 –45
  • 5 January 1991
Greece   14 – 2   New Zealand
Italy   7 – 5   Soviet Union
  • 6 January 1991
Italy   19 – 1   New Zealand
Soviet Union   15 – 7   Greece
  • 7 January 1991
Soviet Union   17 – 2   New Zealand
Italy   12 – 10   Greece

Group B edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Yugoslavia 6 3 3 0 0 49 18 +31
2.   Spain 4 3 2 0 1 36 27 +9
3.   Romania 2 3 1 0 2 29 32 –3
4.   China 0 3 0 0 0 22 59 –37
  • 5 January 1991
Yugoslavia   8 – 3   Spain
Romania   13 – 4   China
  • 6 January 1991
Yugoslavia   16 – 6   Romania
Spain   21 – 9   China
  • 7 January 1991
Yugoslavia   25 – 9   China
Spain   12 – 10   Romania

Group C edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   United States 6 3 3 0 0 30 13 +17
2.   Australia 4 3 2 0 1 27 19 +8
3.   France 2 3 1 0 2 16 29 –13
4.   Canada 0 3 0 0 3 21 33 –12
  • 5 January 1991
United States   11 – 5   Canada
Australia   9 – 4   France
  • 6 January 1991
United States   13 – 3   France
Australia   13 – 9   Canada
  • 7 January 1991
France   9 – 7   Canada
United States   6 – 5   Australia

Group D edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Hungary 6 3 3 0 0 41 21 +20
2.   Germany 4 3 2 0 1 39 23 +16
3.   Cuba 2 3 1 0 2 33 31 +2
4.   Egypt 0 3 0 0 3 21 59 –38
  • 5 January 1991
Hungary   12 – 9   Cuba
Germany   22 – 7   Egypt
  • 6 January 1991
Hungary   20 – 4   Egypt
Germany   9 – 7   Cuba
  • 7 January 1991
Cuba   17 – 10   Egypt
Hungary   9 – 8   Germany

Second round edit

Qualified for places 1–4 in a Knockout system with 3rd place game
Will play for places 5–8 in a round robin group. (Group J)
Will play for places 9–12 in a round robin group. (Group K)
Will play for places 13–16 in a round robin group (Group L)

Group E edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Yugoslavia 4 3 2 0 0 25 18 +7
2.   Spain 4 3 2 0 1 18 19 –1
3.   Italy 2 3 1 0 2 20 22 –2
4.   Soviet Union 2 3 1 0 2 18 22 –4

Preliminary round results apply.

  • 9 January 1991
Soviet Union   9 – 8   Yugoslavia
Spain   8 – 7   Italy
  • 10 January 1991
Spain   7 – 4   Soviet Union
Yugoslavia   9 – 6   Italy

Group F edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Hungary 5 3 2 1 0 30 28 +2
2.   United States 3 3 1 1 1 22 23 –1
3.   Australia 2 3 1 0 2 25 25 0
4.   Germany 2 3 1 0 2 24 25 –1

Preliminary round results apply.

  • 9 January 1991
Hungary   12 – 11   Australia
Germany   9 – 7   United States
  • 10 January 1991
Australia   9 – 7   Germany
Hungary   9 – 9   United States

Group G edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Romania 6 3 3 0 0 35 14 +21
2.   Greece 4 3 2 0 1 30 15 +15
3.   China 2 3 1 0 2 25 31 –6
4.   New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 14 44 –30

Preliminary round results apply.

  • 9 January 1991
Romania   15 – 5   New Zealand
Greece   11 – 6   China
  • 10 January 1991
China   15 – 7   New Zealand
Romania   7 – 5   Greece

Group H edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Cuba 6 3 3 0 0 27 33 +14
2.   France 4 3 2 0 1 30 27 +3
3.   Canada 2 3 1 0 2 20 25 –5
4.   Egypt 0 3 0 0 3 26 38 –12

Preliminary round results apply.

  • January 9, 1991
Canada   6 – 5   Egypt
Cuba   9 – 6   France
  • January 10, 1991
Cuba   11 – 7   Canada
France   15 – 11   Egypt

Final round edit

13th – 16th places (Group L) edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
13.   Canada 6 3 3 0 0 33 18 +15
14.   China 4 3 2 0 1 34 31 +3
15.   Egypt 2 3 1 0 2 30 19 +11
16.   New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 14 43 –29

Results of previous rounds apply.

  • 12 January 1991
Canada   14 – 6   New Zealand
China   12 – 11   Egypt
  • 13 January 1991
Egypt   14 – 1   New Zealand
Canada   13 – 7   China

9th – 12th places (Group K) edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
9.   Romania 6 3 3 0 0 27 21 +6
10.   Greece 4 3 2 0 1 26 22 +4
11.   Cuba 2 3 1 0 2 25 26 –1
12.   France 0 3 0 0 3 21 30 –9

Results of previous rounds apply.

  • 12 September 1991
Greece   9 – 8   Cuba
Romania   9 – 8   France
  • 13 September 1991
Greece   12 – 7   France
Romania   11 – 8   Cuba

5th – 8th places (Group J) edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
5.   Germany 4 3 2 0 1 21 20 +1
6.   Italy 4 3 2 0 1 22 20 +2
7.   Soviet Union 2 3 1 0 2 18 20 –2
8.   Australia 2 3 1 0 2 23 24 –1

Results of previous rounds apply.

  • 12 September 1991
Soviet Union   9 – 7   Australia
Germany   8 – 7   Italy
  • 13 September 1991
Italy   8 – 7   Australia
Germany   6 – 4   Soviet Union

Semi finals edit

  • 12 January 1991
Hungary   8 – 9   Spain
United States   6 – 7   Yugoslavia

Finals edit

  • 13 January 1991 –   Bronze Medal Match
Hungary   13 – 12   United States
  • 13 January 1991 –   Gold Medal Match
Yugoslavia   8 – 7   Spain

Final ranking edit

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Yugoslavia[2]

Mislav Bezmalinović
Perica Bukić
Viktor Jelenić
Igor Milanović
Vitomir Padovan
Dušan Popović
Renco Posinković
Goran Rađenović
Dubravko Šimenc
Aleksandar Šoštar
Vaso Subotić
Anto Vasović
Mirko Vičević

Head coach:
Nikola Stamenić

  Spain[2]

Daniel Ballart
Manuel Estiarte (c)
Pedro García
Salvador Gómez
Marco Antonio González
Rubén Michavila
Miki Oca
Josep Picó
Jesús Rollán
Ricardo Sánchez
Jordi Sans
Manuel Silvestre
Juan Valls

Head coach:
Dragan Matutinović

  Hungary[2]

Tibor Benedek
István Dóczi
Péter Kuna
Csaba Mészáros
Gábor Nemes
Imre Péter
Zsolt Petőváry
Gábor Schmiedt
Tibor Sprok
Frank Tóth
Imre Tóth
László Tóth
Balázs Vincze

Head coach:
Tibor Benedek

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c 6th FINA World Championships 1991, Perth - Water polo Men www.fina.org

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