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]

Qualification

Teams


Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Russia 633003812+26
2.  Croatia 432014213+29
3.  Kazakhstan 231022738–11
4.  New Zealand 03003953–44


Kazakhstan  15 – 6  New Zealand
Russia  6 – 4  Croatia


Russia  13 – 8  Kazakhstan
Croatia  19 – 3  New Zealand


Russia  19 – 0  New Zealand
Croatia  19 – 4  Kazakhstan

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 633003414+20
2.  FR Yugoslavia 432013421+13
3.  Italy 231023223+9
4.  Iran 03003749–42


Italy  15 – 1  Iran
Hungary  7 – 5  FR Yugoslavia


Hungary  11 – 7  Italy
FR Yugoslavia  18 – 4  Iran


Hungary  16 – 2  Iran
FR Yugoslavia  11 – 10  Italy

Group C

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Spain 633002912+17
2.  Greece 432012618+8
3.  Brazil 231021622–6
4.  South Africa 030031332–19


Greece  9 – 5  Brazil
Spain  13 – 3  South Africa


Spain  7 – 6  Greece
Brazil  8 – 4  South Africa


Spain  9 – 3  Brazil
Greece  11 – 6  South Africa

Group D

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Australia 633002619+7
2.  United States 432012413+11
3.  Slovakia 231022220+2
4.  Canada 03003929–20


Slovakia  9 – 3  Canada
Australia  7 – 6  United States


United States  8 – 5  Slovakia
Australia  10 – 5  Canada


United States  10 – 1  Canada
Australia  9 – 8  Slovakia

Second round

Group E

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 854015535+20
2.  FR Yugoslavia 753114735+12
3.  Russia 653024440+4
4.  Italy 552124740+7
5.  Croatia 451224634+12
6.  Kazakhstan 050052378–55


Croatia  5 – 6  FR Yugoslavia
Italy  8 – 6  Russia
Hungary  17 – 3  Kazakhstan

Group F

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Spain 1055004125+16
2.  Australia 854013424+10
3.  United States 452033325+8
4.  Greece 4520330300
5.  Slovakia 452034149–8
6.  Brazil 050052349–26


Spain  15 – 8  Slovakia
Greece  3 – 2  United States
Australia  9 – 2  Brazil

Semi finals

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

Finals

  • 16 January 1998 – 15th place
Iran  6 – 5  New Zealand
  • 16 January 1998 – 13th place
Canada  12 – 7  South Africa
  • 16 January 1998 – 11th place
Kazakhstan  7 – 6  Brazil
  • 17 January 1998 – 9th place
Croatia  12 – 3  Slovakia
  • 17 January 1998 – 7th place
United States  8 – 4  Greece
  • 18 January 1998 – 5th place
Italy  14 – 3  Russia
  • 18 January 1998 – Bronze Medal Match
FR Yugoslavia  9 – 5  Australia
  • 18 January 1998 – Gold Medal Match
Spain  6 – 4  Hungary

Final ranking

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Spain[1]
Daniel Ballart
Manuel Estiarte
Pedro Garcia
Salvador Gomez
Miguel Gonzales
Gustavo Marcos
Ruben Michavilla
Ivan Moro
Sergi Pedrerol
Ivan Perez
Jesus Rollan
Jordi Sans
Carlos Sanz
 Hungary
 FR Yugoslavia
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

References

  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.


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