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Water polo at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The 1998 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the eighth edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 7 to 18 January 1998 in the Challenge Stadium, and was incorporated into the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[1]

Water polo at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s) Australia (in Perth host cities)
Dates7 – 18 January
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runner-up Hungary
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played60
Goals scored923 (15.38 per match)
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Participating teams edit

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
  South Africa   Brazil
  Canada
  United States 		  Kazakhstan
  Iran 		  Croatia
  Greece
  Hungary
  Italy
  Russia
  Slovakia
  Spain
  Yugoslavia 		  Australia
  New Zealand

Groups formed edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Russia 6 3 3 0 0 38 12 +26
2.   Croatia 4 3 2 0 1 42 13 +29
3.   Kazakhstan 2 3 1 0 2 27 38 –11
4.   New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 9 53 –44
  • January 9, 1998
Kazakhstan   15 – 6   New Zealand
Russia   6 – 4   Croatia
  • January 10, 1998
Russia   13 – 8   Kazakhstan
Croatia   19 – 3   New Zealand
  • January 11, 1998
Russia   19 – 0   New Zealand
Croatia   19 – 4   Kazakhstan

Group B edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Hungary 6 3 3 0 0 34 14 +20
2.   Yugoslavia 4 3 2 0 1 34 21 +13
3.   Italy 2 3 1 0 2 32 23 +9
4.   Iran 0 3 0 0 3 7 49 –42
  • January 9, 1998
Italy   15 – 1   Iran
Hungary   7 – 5   Yugoslavia
  • January 10, 1998
Hungary   11 – 7   Italy
Yugoslavia   18 – 4   Iran
  • January 11, 1998
Hungary   16 – 2   Iran
Yugoslavia   11 – 10   Italy

Group C edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Spain 6 3 3 0 0 29 12 +17
2.   Greece 4 3 2 0 1 26 18 +8
3.   Brazil 2 3 1 0 2 16 22 –6
4.   South Africa 0 3 0 0 3 13 32 –19
  • January 9, 1998
Greece   9 – 5   Brazil
Spain   13 – 3   South Africa
  • January 10, 1998
Spain   7 – 6   Greece
Brazil   8 – 4   South Africa
  • January 11, 1998
Spain   9 – 3   Brazil
Greece   11 – 6   South Africa

Group D edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Australia 6 3 3 0 0 26 19 +7
2.   United States 4 3 2 0 1 24 13 +11
3.   Slovakia 2 3 1 0 2 22 20 +2
4.   Canada 0 3 0 0 3 9 29 –20
  • January 9, 1998
Slovakia   9 – 3   Canada
Australia   7 – 6   United States
  • January 10, 1998
United States   8 – 5   Slovakia
Australia   10 – 5   Canada
  • January 11, 1998
United States   10 – 1   Canada
Australia   9 – 8   Slovakia

Second round edit

Group E edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Hungary 8 5 4 0 1 55 35 +20
2.   Yugoslavia 7 5 3 1 1 47 35 +12
3.   Russia 6 5 3 0 2 44 40 +4
4.   Italy 5 5 2 1 2 47 40 +7
5.   Croatia 4 5 1 2 2 46 34 +12
6.   Kazakhstan 0 5 0 0 5 23 78 –55

Preliminary round results apply.

  • January 13, 1998
Italy   8 – 6   Russia
Hungary   17 – 3   Kazakhstan
Croatia   6 – 6   Yugoslavia
  • January 14, 1998
Hungary   9 – 8   Croatia
Italy   13 – 3   Kazakhstan
Yugoslavia   9 – 7   Russia
  • January 15, 1998
Yugoslavia   16 – 5   Kazakhstan
Croatia   9 – 9   Italy
Russia   12 – 11   Hungary

Group F edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Spain 10 5 5 0 0 41 25 +16
2.   Australia 8 5 4 0 1 34 24 +10
3.   United States 4 5 2 0 3 33 25 +8
4.   Greece 4 5 2 0 3 30 30 0
5.   Slovakia 4 5 2 0 3 41 49 –8
6.   Brazil 0 5 0 0 5 23 49 –26

Preliminary round results apply.

  • January 13, 1998
Spain   15 – 8   Slovakia
Greece   3 – 2   United States
Australia   9 – 2   Brazil
  • January 14, 1998
Slovakia   9 – 8   Brazil
Spain   5 – 4   United States
  • January 15, 1998
United States   15 – 5   Brazil
Slovakia   11 – 9   Greece
Australia   5 – 3   Greece
  • January 16, 1998
Spain   5 – 4   Australia

Group G edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Canada 6 3 3 0 0 29 18 +11
2.   South Africa 4 3 2 0 1 20 17 +3
3.   Iran 2 3 1 0 2 15 21 –6
4.   New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 12 20 –8
  • January 13, 1998
South Africa   6 – 3   Iran
Canada   7 – 5   New Zealand
  • January 14, 1998
Iran   6 – 5   New Zealand
Canada   12 – 7   South Africa
  • January 15, 1998
Canada   10 – 6   Iran
South Africa   7 – 2   New Zealand

Final round edit

9th-12th place edit

 
9th - 12th place9th place
 
      
 
 1998-01-17 – Perth
 
 
  Slovakia8
 
 1998-01-18 – Perth
 
  Kazakhstan7
 
  Croatia12
 
 1998-01-17 – Perth
 
  Slovakia3
 
  Croatia17
 
 
  Brazil6
 
11th place
 
 
 1998-01-18 – Perth
 
 
   Kazakhstan7
 
 
  Brazil6
  • January 17, 1998
Slovakia   8 – 7   Kazakhstan
Croatia   17 – 6   Brazil
  • January 18, 1998 — 9th place
  Croatia 12 – 3 Slovakia  
  • January 18, 1998 — 11th place
Kazakhstan   7 – 6   Brazil


5th-8th place edit

 
5th - 8th place5th place
 
      
 
 1998-01-17 – Perth
 
 
  Italy10
 
 1998-01-18 – Perth
 
  United States8
 
  Italy14
 
 1998-01-17 – Perth
 
  Russia3
 
  Russia12
 
 
  Greece8
 
7th place
 
 
 1998-01-18 – Perth
 
 
   United States8
 
 
  Greece4
  • January 17, 1998
Italy   10 – 8 (aet)   United States
Russia   12 – 8   Greece
  • January 18, 1998 — 5th place
Italy   14 – 3   Russia
  • January 18, 1998 — 7th place
United States   8 – 4   Greece


1st-4th place edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 January 18, 1998 – Perth
 
 
  Spain5
 
 January 19, 1998 – Perth
 
  Yugoslavia3
 
  Spain6
 
 January 18, 1998 – Perth
 
  Hungary4
 
  Hungary10
 
 
  Australia5
 
Third place
 
 
 January 19, 1998 – Perth
 
 
  Yugoslavia9
 
 
  Australia5

Semi finals edit

  • 16 January 1998
Spain   5 – 3   Yugoslavia
Hungary   10 – 5   Australia

Finals edit

  • 18 January 1998 –   Bronze Medal Match
  Yugoslavia 9 – 5   Australia
  • 18 January 1998 –   Gold Medal Match
Spain   6 – 4   Hungary

Final ranking edit

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Spain[2]
Sergi Pedrerol
Pedro García
Carlos Sanz
Miguel González
Daniel Ballart
Salvador Gómez
Iván Moro
Manuel Estiarte (c)
Gustavo Marcos
Iván Pérez
Jesús Rollán
Jordi Sans
Rubén Michavila

Head coach:
Juan Jané 		  Hungary[2]

Zoltán Kovacs
Zoltán Kósz
Tibor Benedek
Gergely Kiss
Frank Toth
Rajmund Fodor
Zsolt Varga
Barnabás Steinmetz
Balázs Vincze
Tamás Molnár
Tamás Kásás
Attila Vári
Tamás Marcz

Head coach:
Dénes Kemény

  Yugoslavia[2]

Aleksandar Ćirić
Danilo Ikodinović
Dragan Jovanović
Nikola Kuljača
Aleksandar Nikolić
Dušan Popović
Dejan Savić
Aleksandar Šapić
Petar Trbojević
Veljko Uskoković
Željko Vičević
Vladimir Vujasinović
Nenad Vukanić

Head coach:
Nikola Stamenić

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 8th FINA World Championships 1998 - Perth Water polo Men www.fina.org

External links edit


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