1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Summary

The 1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the eleventh World Cup.[1]

1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
LeagueFINA Water Polo World Cup
SportWater polo
Duration28 September - 03 October
Super Final
Finals champions Hungary
  Runners-up Italy
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons

The 11th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup were held in Sydney, Australia from September 28 to October 3, 1999.

Teams edit

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

Teams Qualified as

  Australia
  Spain
  Hungary
  Yugoslavia
  Italy
  Russia
  United States
  Greece

Host (4th 1998 World Championship)
1st 1998 World Championship
2nd 1998 World Championship
3rd 1998 World Championship
5th 1998 World Championship
6th 1998 World Championship
7th 1998 World Championship
8th 1998 World Championship

Seeding edit

Following ranking of the 1998 World Championship

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Spain (1)
  Hungary (2)

  Yugoslavia (3)
  Australia (4) (H)

  Italy (5)
  Russia (6)

  United States (7)
  Greece (8)

Groups edit

Group A Group B

  Hungary
  Yugoslavia
  Italy
  Greece

  Spain
  Australia (H)
  United States
  Russia

Preliminary round edit

GROUP A edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff Qualification
1.   Hungary 4 3 2 0 1 31 17 +14 Semi-finals
2.   Italy 4 3 2 0 1 21 21 0 Semi-finals
3.   Yugoslavia 4 3 2 0 1 19 20 –1 5th–8th place
4.   Greece 0 3 0 0 3 13 26 –13 5th–8th place
  • Tuesday 28 September 1999
Italy   10 – 8   Hungary
Yugoslavia   8 – 4   Greece
  • Wednesday 29 September 1999
Hungary   11 – 3   Yugoslavia
Italy   6 – 5   Greece
  • Thursday 30 September 1999
Yugoslavia   8 – 5   Italy
Hungary   12 – 4   Greece

GROUP B edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff Qualification
1.   Russia 4 3 2 0 1 26 25 +1 Semi-finals
2.   Spain 4 3 2 0 1 23 22 +1 Semi-finals
3.   United States 4 3 2 0 1 22 20 +2 5th–8th place
4.   Australia (H) 0 3 0 0 3 18 22 –4 5th–8th place
  • Tuesday 28 September 1999
Spain   9 – 6   United States
Russia   10 – 9   Australia
  • Wednesday 29 September 1999
Russia   9 – 8   Spain
United States   6 – 4   Australia
  • Thursday 30 September 1999
United States   8 – 7   Russia
Spain   6 – 5   Australia

5th–8th place semifinals edit

  • Saturday 2 October 1999
Yugoslavia   7 – 5   Australia
United States   10 – 4   Greece

Semi-finals edit

  • Saturday 2 October 1999
Hungary   8 – 4   Spain
Italy   7 – 5   Russia

Seventh place edit

  • Sunday 3 october 1999
Greece   10 – 9   Australia

Fifth place edit

  • Sunday 3 october 1999
Yugoslavia   8 – 4   United States

Third place edit

  • Sunday 3 october 1999
Spain   9 – 8   Russia

Final edit

  • Sunday 3 october 1999
Hungary   5 – 3   Italy



Final ranking edit


*Hungary, Italy and Spain qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Croatia also qualified, although the team was not even at the World Cup, having finished ninth at last year's World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia, missing the eight-team cut-off for the World Cup. But by finishing second at the recent European Championship and the fact that Hungary downed Olympic and World Champion Spain 8-4 in the medal semi-final, Croatia claimed the European continental berth.

Individual awards edit

  • Most Valuable Player
    • ???
  • Best Goalkeeper
    • ???
  • Topscorer

Squads edit

  Hungary edit

  Italy edit

  Spain 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.