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

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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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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

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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

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Group E

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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

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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
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

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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

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9th-12th place

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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

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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

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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

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

Finals

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

Final ranking

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Medalists

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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

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  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
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