The 1998 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the fourth edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 8 to 16 January 1998 in the Challenge Stadium, and was incorporated into the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[1]
Teams
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Preliminary round
Group A
Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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1. | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 25 | +9 |
2. | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 28 | +21 |
3. | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 28 | +22 |
4. | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 31 | +5 |
5. | ![]() |
3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 44 | –15 |
6. | ![]() |
0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 69 | –42 |
Group B
Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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1. | ![]() |
10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 16 | +33 |
2. | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 30 | +18 |
3. | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 31 | +1 |
4. | ![]() |
4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 33 | +15 |
5. | ![]() |
2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 35 | –20 |
6. | ![]() |
0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 66 | –47 |
Quarter finals
- Wednesday January 14, 1998
Hungary ![]() |
5 – 8 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() |
9 – 12 | ![]() |
Netherlands ![]() |
9 – 5 | ![]() |
Russia ![]() |
8 – 6 | ![]() |
Semi finals
- Thursday January 15, 1998
Italy ![]() |
10 – 9 | ![]() |
Netherlands ![]() |
7 – 5 | ![]() |
Finals
Placing matches
- Thursday January 15, 1998 — 11th place
New Zealand ![]() |
9 – 7 | ![]() |
- Thursday January 15, 1998 — 9th place
Spain ![]() |
8 – 4 | ![]() |
- Friday January 16, 1998 — 7th place
Hungary ![]() |
10 – 7 | ![]() |
- Friday January 16, 1998 — 5th place
Greece ![]() |
10 – 9 | ![]() |
Bronze medal match
- Friday January 16, 1998
Australia ![]() |
8 – 5 | ![]() |
Final
- Friday January 16, 1998
Italy ![]() |
7 – 6 | ![]() |
Final ranking
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Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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![]() Carmela Alluci Alexandra Araujo Cristina Consoli Francesca Conti Antonella Di Giacinto Eleonora Gay Melania Grego Stefania Larucci Giusi Malato Martina Micelli Maddalena Musumeci Monica Vaillant Milena Virzi |
![]() Karla van der Boon Carla van Usen Ellen Bast Gillian van den Berg Daniëlle de Bruijn Edmée Hiemstra Karin Kuipers Ingrid Leijendekker Petra Meerdink Carla Quint Sandra Scherrenburg Mariëlle Schothans Marjan op den Velde |
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Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player
- ???
- Best Goalkeeper
- ???
- Topscorer
- Karin Kuipers – Netherlands
References
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