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

Water polo at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s)	Australia (in Perth host cities)
Dates	7 – 18 January
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	923 (15.38 per match)
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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]

Participating teams

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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Russia	6	3	3	0	38	12	+26
2.	Croatia	4	3	2	1	42	13	+29
3.	Kazakhstan	2	3	1	2	27	38	–11
4.	New Zealand	0	3	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

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	34	14	+20
2.	Yugoslavia	4	3	2	1	34	21	+13
3.	Italy	2	3	1	2	32	23	+9
4.	Iran	0	3	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

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Spain	6	3	3	0	29	12	+17
2.	Greece	4	3	2	1	26	18	+8
3.	Brazil	2	3	1	2	16	22	–6
4.	South Africa	0	3	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

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Australia	6	3	3	0	26	19	+7
2.	United States	4	3	2	1	24	13	+11
3.	Slovakia	2	3	1	2	22	20	+2
4.	Canada	0	3	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

Group E

	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

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

January 15, 1998


United States	15 – 5	Brazil
Slovakia	11 – 9	Greece

January 16, 1998


Spain	5 – 4	Australia

Group G

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Canada	6	3	3	0	29	18	+11
2.	South Africa	4	3	2	1	20	17	+3
3.	Iran	2	3	1	2	15	21	–6
4.	New Zealand	0	3	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

9th-12th place

9th - 12th place		9th place

1998-01-17 – Perth

Slovakia	8
		1998-01-18 – Perth
Kazakhstan	7
		Croatia	12
1998-01-17 – Perth
		Slovakia	3
Croatia	17

Brazil	6
		11th place

		1998-01-18 – Perth

		Kazakhstan	7

		Brazil	6

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

5th - 8th place		5th place

1998-01-17 – Perth

Italy	10
		1998-01-18 – Perth
United States	8
		Italy	14
1998-01-17 – Perth
		Russia	3
Russia	12

Greece	8
		7th place

		1998-01-18 – Perth

		United States	8

		Greece	4

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

Semi-finals		Final

January 18, 1998 – Perth

Spain	5
		January 19, 1998 – Perth
Yugoslavia	3
		Spain	6
January 18, 1998 – Perth
		Hungary	4
Hungary	10

Australia	5
		Third place

		January 19, 1998 – Perth

		Yugoslavia	9

		Australia	5

Semi finals

16 January 1998


Spain	5 – 3	Yugoslavia
Hungary	10 – 5	Australia

Finals

18 January 1998 – Bronze Medal Match


Yugoslavia	9 – 5	Australia

18 January 1998 – Gold Medal Match


Spain	6 – 4	Hungary

Final ranking

RANK^[1]	TEAM
	Spain
	Hungary
	Yugoslavia
4.	Australia
5.	Italy
6.	Russia
7.	United States
8.	Greece
9.	Croatia
10.	Slovakia
11.	Kazakhstan
12.	Brazil
13.	Canada
14.	South Africa
15.	Iran
16.	New Zealand

1998 FINA Men's World champions
Spain First title

Team roster^[1]

Daniel Ballart, Manuel Estiarte, Pedro García, Salvador Gómez, Miguel González, Gustavo Marcos, Rubén Michavila, Iván Moro, Sergi Pedrerol, Iván Pérez, Jesús Rollán, Jordi Sans, Carlos Sanz
Head coach: Juan Jané

Medalists

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

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 8th FINA World Championships 1998 - Perth Water polo Men www.fina.org

External links

8th FINA World Championships 1998, Perth - Water polo Men's Tournament www.fina.org
Results^{[dead link‍]}
Men Water Polo World Championship 1998 Perth www.todor66.com

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "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.

[Perth1998-2] 8th FINA World Championships 1998 - Perth Water polo Men www.fina.org

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