1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

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

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

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

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

Group A Group B

 Hungary
 Yugoslavia
 Italy
 Greece

 Spain
 Australia (H)
 United States
 Russia

Preliminary round

GROUP A

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

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

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

Semi-finals

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

Seventh place

  • Sunday 3 october 1999
Greece  10 – 9  Australia

Fifth place

  • Sunday 3 october 1999
Yugoslavia  8 – 4  United States

Third place

  • Sunday 3 october 1999
Spain  9 – 8  Russia

Final

  • Sunday 3 october 1999
Hungary  5 – 3  Italy


Final ranking

RANK[1] TEAM
 Hungary
 Italy
 Spain
4.  Russia
5.  Yugoslavia
6.  United States
7.  Greece
8.  Australia
 1999 Men's FINA World Cup winners 

Hungary
Third title


*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

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

Squads

 Hungary

 Italy

 Spain

Head coach:

  • Juan Jané

References

  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.
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