The 1998 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship

Water polo world championship

The FINA World Water Polo Championship is an international water polo tournament, currently held every two years as part of the FINA World Aquatics Championships. Currently the reigning champions are Italy in men's and Greece in women's competition.-History:...

was the eighth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA

Fina

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. The tournament was held at the Challenge Stadium from 7 to 18 January 1998 and incorporated in the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

1998 World Aquatics Championships

The 1998 World Aquatics Championships or the 8th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia between 8 January and 17 January 1998....

, held in Perth, Australia

Perth, Western Australia

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Teams

GROUP A

GROUP B



GROUP C

GROUP D

• The majority of water polo players who played under the flag of Yugoslavia were in fact of Croatian nationality.

Group A

26

29

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		6	3	3	0	0	38	12
2.		4	3	2	0	1	42	13
3.		2	3	1	0	2	27	38	–11
4.		0	3	0	0	3	9	53	–44

	15 – 6
	6 – 4

	13 – 8
	19 – 3

	19 – 0
	19 – 4

Group B

20

13

9

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		6	3	3	0	0	34	14
2.		4	3	2	0	1	34	21
3.		2	3	1	0	2	32	23
4.		0	3	0	0	3	7	49	–42

	15 – 1
	7 – 5

	11 – 7
	18 – 4

	16 – 2
	11 – 10

Group C

17

8

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		6	3	3	0	0	29	12
2.		4	3	2	0	1	26	18
3.		2	3	1	0	2	16	22	–6
4.		0	3	0	0	3	13	32	–19

	9 – 5
	13 – 3

	7 – 6
	8 – 4

	9 – 3
	11 – 6

Group D

7

11

2

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		6	3	3	0	0	26	19
2.		4	3	2	0	1	24	13
3.		2	3	1	0	2	22	20
4.		0	3	0	0	3	9	29	–20

	9 – 3
	7 – 6

	8 – 5
	10 – 5

	10 – 1
	9 – 8

Group E

20

12

4

7

12

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		8	5	4	0	1	55	35
2.		7	5	3	1	1	47	35
3.		6	5	3	0	2	44	40
4.		5	5	2	1	2	47	40
5.		4	5	2	0	3	46	34
6.		0	5	0	0	5	23	78	–55

	5 – 6
	8 – 6
	17 – 3

Group F

16

10

8

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		10	5	5	0	0	41	25
2.		8	5	4	0	1	34	24
3.		4	5	2	0	3	33	25
4.		4	5	2	0	3	30	30	0
5.		4	5	2	0	3	41	49	–8
6.		0	5	0	0	5	23	49	–26

	15 – 8
	3 – 2
	9 – 2

Semi finals

• 16 January 1998

  	5 – 3
  	10 – 5

Finals

• 16 January 1998 — 15th place

  6 – 5

• 16 January 1998 — 13th place

  12 – 7

• 16 January 1998 — 11th place

  7 – 6

• 17 January 1998 — 9th place

  12 – 3

• 17 January 1998 — 7th place

  8 – 4

• 18 January 1998 — 5th place

  14 – 3

• 18 January 1998 — Bronze Medal Match

  9 – 5

• 18 January 1998 — Gold Medal Match

  6 – 4

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
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Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
• ???

• Best Goalkeeper
• ???

• Topscorer
• ???