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, Western Australia.^[1]

Water polo at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Australia (in Perth host cities)
Dates	7 – 18 January
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	923 (15.38 per match)
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Participating teams

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
South Africa	Brazil  Canada  United States	Kazakhstan  Iran	Croatia  Greece  Hungary  Italy  Russia  Slovakia  Spain  Yugoslavia	Australia  New Zealand

Groups formed

Group A

•  Croatia
•  Kazakhstan
•  New Zealand
•  Russia

Group B

•  Hungary
•  Iran
•  Italy
•  Yugoslavia

Group C

•  Brazil
•  Greece
•  South Africa
•  Spain

Group D

•  Australia
•  Canada
•  Slovakia
•  United States

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Russia	6	3	3	0	0	38	12	+26
2	Croatia	4	3	2	0	1	42	13	+29
3	Kazakhstan	2	3	1	0	2	27	38	−11
4	New Zealand	0	3	0	0	3	9	53	−44

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• January 9, 1998

Kazakhstan	15 – 6	New Zealand
Russia	6 – 4	Croatia

• January 10, 1998

Russia	13 – 8	Kazakhstan
Croatia	19 – 3	New Zealand

• January 11, 1998

Russia	19 – 0	New Zealand
Croatia	19 – 4	Kazakhstan

Group B

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Hungary	6	3	3	0	0	34	14	+20
2	Yugoslavia	4	3	2	0	1	34	21	+13
3	Italy	2	3	1	0	2	32	23	+9
4	Iran	0	3	0	0	3	7	49	−42

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• January 9, 1998

Italy	15 – 1	Iran
Hungary	7 – 5	Yugoslavia

• January 10, 1998

Hungary	11 – 7	Italy
Yugoslavia	18 – 4	Iran

• January 11, 1998

Hungary	16 – 2	Iran
Yugoslavia	11 – 10	Italy

Group C

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Spain	6	3	3	0	0	29	12	+17
2	Greece	4	3	2	0	1	26	18	+8
3	Brazil	2	3	1	0	2	16	22	−6
4	South Africa	0	3	0	0	3	13	32	−19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• January 9, 1998

Greece	9 – 5	Brazil
Spain	13 – 3	South Africa

• January 10, 1998

Spain	7 – 6	Greece
Brazil	8 – 4	South Africa

• January 11, 1998

Spain	9 – 3	Brazil
Greece	11 – 6	South Africa

Group D

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Australia	6	3	3	0	0	26	19	+7
2	United States	4	3	2	0	1	24	13	+11
3	Slovakia	2	3	1	0	2	22	20	+2
4	Canada	0	3	0	0	3	9	29	−20

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• January 9, 1998

Slovakia	9 – 3	Canada
Australia	7 – 6	United States

• January 10, 1998

United States	8 – 5	Slovakia
Australia	10 – 5	Canada

• January 11, 1998

United States	10 – 1	Canada
Australia	9 – 8	Slovakia

Second round

Group E

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Preliminary round results apply.

• January 13, 1998

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

• January 14, 1998

Hungary	9 – 8	Croatia
Italy	13 – 3	Kazakhstan
Yugoslavia	9 – 7	Russia

• January 15, 1998

Yugoslavia	16 – 5	Kazakhstan
Croatia	9 – 9	Italy
Russia	12 – 11	Hungary

Group F

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Spain	10	5	5	0	0	41	25	+16
2	Australia	8	5	4	0	1	34	24	+10
3	United States	4	5	2	0	3	33	25	+8
4	Greece	4	5	2	0	3	30	30	0
5	Slovakia	4	5	2	0	3	41	49	−8
6	Brazil	0	5	0	0	5	23	49	−26

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Preliminary round results apply.

• January 13, 1998

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

• January 14, 1998

Slovakia	9 – 8	Brazil
Spain	5 – 4	United States
Australia	5 – 3	Greece

• January 15, 1998

United States	15 – 5	Brazil
Slovakia	11 – 9	Greece

• January 16, 1998

Spain	5 – 4	Australia

Group G

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Canada	6	3	3	0	0	29	18	+11
2	South Africa	4	3	2	0	1	20	17	+3
3	Iran	2	3	1	0	2	15	21	−6
4	New Zealand	0	3	0	0	3	12	20	−8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• January 13, 1998

South Africa	6 – 3	Iran
Canada	7 – 5	New Zealand

• January 14, 1998

Iran	6 – 5	New Zealand
Canada	12 – 7	South Africa

• January 15, 1998

Canada	10 – 6	Iran
South Africa	7 – 2	New Zealand

Final round

9th-12th place

	9th - 12th place				9th place
	1998-01-17 – Perth
	Slovakia	8
					1998-01-18 – Perth
	Kazakhstan	7
					Croatia	12
	1998-01-17 – Perth
					Slovakia	3
	Croatia	17
	Brazil	6
					11th place
					1998-01-18 – Perth
					Kazakhstan	7
					Brazil	6

• January 17, 1998

Slovakia	8 – 7	Kazakhstan
Croatia	17 – 6	Brazil

• January 18, 1998 — 9th place

Croatia	12 – 3	Slovakia

• January 18, 1998 — 11th place

Kazakhstan	7 – 6	Brazil

5th-8th place

	5th - 8th place				5th place
	1998-01-17 – Perth
	Italy	10
					1998-01-18 – Perth
	United States	8
					Italy	14
	1998-01-17 – Perth
					Russia	3
	Russia	12
	Greece	8
					7th place
					1998-01-18 – Perth
					United States	8
					Greece	4

• January 17, 1998

Italy	10 – 8 (aet)	United States
Russia	12 – 8	Greece

• January 18, 1998 — 5th place

Italy	14 – 3	Russia

• January 18, 1998 — 7th place

United States	8 – 4	Greece

1st-4th place

	Semi-finals				Final
	January 18, 1998 – Perth
	Spain	5
					January 19, 1998 – Perth
	Yugoslavia	3
					Spain	6
	January 18, 1998 – Perth
					Hungary	4
	Hungary	10
	Australia	5
					Third place
					January 19, 1998 – Perth
					Yugoslavia	9
					Australia	5

Semi finals

• 16 January 1998

Spain	5 – 3	Yugoslavia
Hungary	10 – 5	Australia

Finals

• 18 January 1998 – Bronze Medal Match

Yugoslavia	9 – 5	Australia

• 18 January 1998 – Gold Medal Match

Spain	6 – 4	Hungary

Final ranking

RANK[1] 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 Team roster[1] Daniel Ballart, Manuel Estiarte, Pedro García, Salvador Gómez, Miguel González, Gustavo Marcos, Rubén Michavila, Iván Moro, Sergi Pedrerol, Iván Pérez, Jesús Rollán, Jordi Sans, Carlos Sanz Head coach: Juan Jané

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Spain[2] Sergi Pedrerol Pedro García Carlos Sanz Miguel González Daniel Ballart Salvador Gómez Iván Moro Manuel Estiarte (c) Gustavo Marcos Iván Pérez Jesús Rollán Jordi Sans Rubén Michavila Head coach: Juan Jané	Hungary[2] Zoltán Kovacs Zoltán Kósz Tibor Benedek Gergely Kiss Frank Toth Rajmund Fodor Zsolt Varga Barnabás Steinmetz Balázs Vincze Tamás Molnár Tamás Kásás Attila Vári Tamás Marcz Head coach: Dénes Kemény	Yugoslavia[2] 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 Head coach: Nikola Stamenić