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, Australia.

Qualification

Teams

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Squads

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


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	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


Italy	15 – 1	Iran
Hungary	7 – 5	Yugoslavia


Hungary	11 – 7	Italy
Yugoslavia	18 – 4	Iran


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


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	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


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	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


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

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


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

Semi finals

16 January 1998


Spain	5 – 3	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


Yugoslavia	9 – 5	Australia

18 January 1998 — Gold Medal Match


Spain	6 – 4	Hungary

Final ranking

RANK	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

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	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

↑ "HistoFINA, Volume III: Medallists & Statistics, Special Water Polo, Before 2008 Season" (PDF). FINA.org (2007/2008 ed.). 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

Results

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1998 FINA World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Open water swimming
5 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Team	5 km	25 km
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Synchronised swimming
Solo	women
Duet	women
Team	women
Water polo
Tournament	men	women