1995 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Summary

The 1995 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the ninth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Atlanta, United States.[1] Eight teams participated to decide the winner of what would be a bi-annual event until 1999.

1995 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
LeagueFINA Water Polo World Cup
SportWater polo
Super Final
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons

Teams edit

The top eight teams from the previous World Aquatic Championship have qualified.

Teams Qualified as

  United States
  Italy
  Spain
  Russia
  Italy
  Hungary
  Greece
  Netherlands

Host (6th 1994 World Championship)
1st 1994 World Championship
2nd 1994 World Championship
3rd 1994 World Championship
4th 1994 World Championship
5th 1994 World Championship
7th 1994 World Championship
8th 1994 World Championship

Seeding edit

Following ranking of the 1994 World Championship

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Italy (1)
  Spain (2)

  Russia (3)
  Croatia (4)

  Hungary (5)
  United States (6) (H)

  Greece (7)
  Netherlands (8)

Groups edit

Group A Group B

  Italy
  Croatia
  United States (H)
  Greece

  Spain
  Russia
  Hungary
  Netherlands

Preliminary round edit

GROUP A edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff Qualification
1.   Italy 4 3 2 0 1 24 19 +5 Semi-finals
2.   United States 4 3 2 0 1 20 12 –1 Semi-finals
3.   Croatia 2 3 1 0 2 14 17 –3 5th–8th place
4.   Greece 2 3 1 0 2 16 17 –1 5th–8th place
Italy   6 – 7   Greece
Croatia   5 – 6   United States
Italy   11 – 8   United States
Croatia   5 – 4   Greece
Italy   7 – 4   Croatia
United States   6 – 5   Greece

GROUP B edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff Qualification
1.   Hungary 5 3 2 1 0 29 18 +11 Semi-finals
2.   Russia 4 3 2 0 1 22 22 0 Semi-finals
3.   Spain 3 3 1 1 1 22 21 +1 5th–8th place
4.   Netherlands 0 3 0 0 3 22 34 –12 5th–8th place
Spain   11 – 9   Netherlands
Russia   6 – 10   Hungary
Spain   7 – 7   Hungary
Russia   11 – 8   Netherlands
Spain   4 – 5   Russia
Hungary   12 – 5   Netherlands

5th–8th place semifinals edit

  • Saturday 16 September 1995
Croatia   9 – 7   Netherlands
Spain   5 – 3   Greece

Semi-finals edit

  • Saturday 16 September 1995
Italy   6 – 5   Russia
Hungary   11 – 6   United States

Seventh place edit

  • Sunday 17 september 1995
Netherlands   13 – 8   Greece

Fifth place edit

  • Sunday 17 september 1995
Croatia   2 – 7   Spain

Third place edit

  • Sunday 17 september 1995
Russia   10 – 8   United States

FINAL edit

  • Sunday 17 september 1995
Italy   10 – 11   Hungary

Final ranking edit

References edit

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