BREAKING NEWS
Cloud Server Hosting For Online Businesses
Inexpensive SEO Services
Benefits of Wanting to play Free Online Slot machines
1997 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Summary

The 1997 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the tenth 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.

1997 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
LeagueFINA Water Polo World Cup
SportWater polo
Duration27 april - 01 may
Super Final
Finals champions United States
  Runners-up Greece
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons

Teams edit

The top eight teams from the previous Olympic Games have qualified.

Teams Qualified as

  Greece
  Spain
  Croatia
  Italy
  Hungary
  Russia
  United States
  Yugoslavia

Host (6th 1996 Olympics Games)
1st 1996 Olympics Games
2nd 1996 Olympics Games
3rd 1996 Olympics Games
4th 1996 Olympics Games
5th 1996 Olympics Games
7th 1996 Olympics Games
8th 1996 Olympics Games

Seeding edit

Following ranking of the 1996 Olympics Games

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Spain (1)
  Croatia (2)

  Italy (3)
  Hungary (4)

  Russia (5)
  Greece (6) (H)

  United States (7)
  Yugoslavia (8)

Groups edit

Group A Group B

  Croatia
  Hungary
  Russia
  Yugoslavia

  Spain
  Italy
  Greece (H)
  United States

Preliminary round edit

GROUP A edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff Qualification
1.   Hungary 5 3 2 1 0 24 14 +10 Semi-finals
2.   Russia 3 3 1 1 1 20 17 +3 Semi-finals
3.   Croatia 2 3 1 0 2 16 24 –8 5th–8th place
4.   Yugoslavia 2 3 1 0 2 17 22 –5 5th–8th place
  • Tuesday 27 May 1997
Hungary   11 – 6   Croatia
Yugoslavia   9 – 7   Russia
  • Wednesday 28 May 1997
Hungary   10 – 5   Yugoslavia
Russia   10 – 5   Croatia
  • Thursday 29 May 1997
Croatia   5 – 3   Yugoslavia
Hungary   3 – 3   Russia

GROUP B edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff Qualification
1.   United States 5 3 2 1 0 25 21 +4 Semi-finals
2.   Greece 5 3 2 1 0 21 18 +3 Semi-finals
3.   Italy 1 3 0 1 2 18 21 –3 5th–8th place
4.   Spain 1 3 0 1 2 21 25 –4 5th–8th place
  • Tuesday 27 May 1997
United States   10 – 7   Spain
Greece   6 – 4   Italy
  • Wednesday 28 May 1997
United States   7 – 6   Italy
Greece   7 – 6   Spain
  • Thursday 29 May 1997
Italy   8 – 8   Spain
United States   8 – 8   Spain

5th–8th place semifinals edit

  • Saturday 31 May 1997
Croatia   9 – 10   Spain
Italy   10 – 9   Yugoslavia

Semi-finals edit

  • Saturday 31 May 1997
Hungary   4 – 8   Greece
United States   9 – 8   Russia

Seventh place edit

  • Sunday 1 june 1997
Croatia   5 – 6   Yugoslavia

Fifth place edit

  • Sunday 1 june 1997
Spain   5 – 9   Italy

Third place edit

  • Sunday 1 june 1997
Hungary   10 – 7   Russia

FINAL edit

  • Sunday 1 june 1997
Greece   5 – 8   United States

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 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.