1993 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

The 1993 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the eighth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Athens, Greece.[1] Eight teams participated to decide the winner of what would be a bi-annual event until 1999.

1993 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
LeagueFINA Water Polo World Cup
SportWater polo
Super Final
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons

Teams

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Host Greece and the top seven teams from the previous Olympic Games have qualified.

Teams Qualified as

  Greece
  Italy
(  Spain)
  Russia
  United States
  Australia
  Hungary
  Germany
  Cuba

Host (10th 1992 Olympics Games)
1st 1992 Olympics Games
2nd 1992 Olympics Games
3rd 1992 Olympics Games
4th 1992 Olympics Games
5th 1992 Olympics Games
6th 1992 Olympics Games
7th 1996 Olympics Games
8th 1996 Olympics Games - replace   Spain

Seeding

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Following ranking of the 1992 Olympics Games

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Italy (1)
  Russia (3)

  United States (4)
  Australia (5)

  Hungary (6)
  Germany (7)

  Cuba (8)
  Greece (10) (H)

Groups

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Group A Group B

  Italy
  United States
  Germany
  Cuba

  Russia
  Australia
  Hungary
  Greece (H)

Preliminary round

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GROUP A

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff Qualification
1.   Italy 6 3 3 0 0 29 15 +14 Semi-finals
2.   United States 3 3 1 1 1 20 24 –4 Semi-finals
3.   Cuba 2 3 1 0 2 18 21 –3 5th–8th place
4.   Germany 1 3 0 1 2 19 26 –7 5th–8th place
Italy   11 – 5   Germany
United States   7 – 6   Cuba
Italy   11 – 6   United States
Germany   7 – 8   Cuba
Italy   7 – 4   Cuba
United States   7 – 7   Germany

GROUP B

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff Qualification
1.   Hungary 6 3 3 0 0 26 20 +6 Semi-finals
2.   Australia 4 3 2 0 1 23 22 +1 Semi-finals
3.   Greece 2 3 1 0 2 20 23 –3 5th–8th place
4.   Russia 0 3 0 0 3 23 27 –4 5th–8th place
Russia   8 – 10   Hungary
Australia   8 – 6   Greece
Russia   9 – 10   Australia
Hungary   9 – 7   Greece
Russia   6 – 7   Greece
Australia   5 – 7   Hungary

Final ranking

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References

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  1. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.