Water Polo World Championships 1994

The 1998 World Aquatics Championships took place as part of the 1998 World Swimming Championships from September 2nd to 10th in the Italian capital, Rome .

Group draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Netherlands	Spain	Greece	Italy
United States	Croatia	Russia	Hungary
Germany	Australia	Cuba	Canada
Romania	New Zealand	South Africa	Kazakhstan

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	25:22	+3	4th
2	United States	3	2	0	1	25:22	+3	4th
3	Germany	3	2	0	1	24:23	+1	4th
4th	Romania	3	0	0	3	19:26	−7	0

September 2nd	United States	-	Romania	9: 7
	Germany	-	Netherlands	9: 8
September 3	Germany	-	Romania	8: 6
	Netherlands	-	United States	8: 7
September 4th		-	Germany	9: 7
	Netherlands	-	Romania	9: 6

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	47:13	+34	6th
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	49:18	+31	4th
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	39:22	+17	2
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	7:89	−82	0

September 2nd	Australia	-	New Zealand	28: 4
	Spain	-	Croatia	11: 6
September 3	Spain	-	Australia	10: 5
	Croatia	-	New Zealand	35: 1
September 4th	Croatia	-	Australia	8: 6
	Spain	-	New Zealand	26: 2

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Greece	3	2	1	0	27:14	+13	5
2	Russia	3	2	1	0	24:11	+13	5
3	Cuba	3	1	0	2	18:13	+5	2
4th	South Africa	3	0	0	3	6:37	−31	0

September 2nd	Greece	-	South Africa	15: 3
	Russia	-	Cuba	5: 4
September 3	Cuba	-	South Africa	8: 1
	Greece	-	Russia	5: 5
September 4th	Russia	-	South Africa	14: 2
	Greece	-	Cuba	7: 6

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	33:19	+14	6th
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	35:18	+17	4th
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	24:29	−5	2
4th	Canada	3	0	0	3	6:32	−26	0

September 2nd	Hungary	-	Canada	13: 0
	Italy	-	Kazakhstan	13: 7
September 3	Kazakhstan	-	Canada	10: 4
	Italy	-	Hungary	11:10
September 4th	Hungary	-	Kazakhstan	12: 7
	Italy	-	Canada	9: 2

Intermediate round

In the intermediate round, the first two places in groups A to D play. The games from the preliminary round are taken along. The game against the bottom two of the group is not counted for the table of the intermediate round.

Group E

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	36:23	+13	4th
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	26:28	−2	4th
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	25:34	−9	2
4th	United States	3	1	0	2	24:26	−2	2

September 6th	Spain	-	Netherlands	16: 7
	Croatia	-	United States	9: 7
7th of September	Croatia	-	Netherlands	11:10
	United States	-	Spain	10: 9

Group F.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	25:20	+5	6th
2	Russia	3	1	1	1	24:24	0	3
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	33:30	+3	2
4th	Greece	3	0	1	2	15:23	−8	1

September 6th	Hungary	-	Greece	11: 6
	Italy	-	Russia	7: 6
7th of September	Hungary	-	Hungary	13:12
	Italy	-	Greece	7: 4

Placement games

Placement games places 9–16

In the placement games 9–16, the last two places in groups A to D play. The games from the preliminary round are taken along. The game against the two group winners is not counted for the table of the intermediate round.

Group G

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	42:16	+26	5
2	Germany	3	2	1	0	30:15	+15	5
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	24:18	+6	2
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	9:56	−47	0

September 6th	Germany	-	New Zealand	11: 6
	Australia	-	Romania	7: 6
7th of September	Romania	-	New Zealand	13:12
	Australia	-	Germany	7: 4

Group H.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Cuba	3	3	0	0	24:15	+9	6th
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	33:15	+18	4th
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	24:26	−2	2
4th	South Africa	3	0	0	3	12:37	−25	0

September 6th	Cuba	-	Kazakhstan	5: 4
	Canada	-	South Africa	10: 5
7th of September	Kazakhstan	-	South Africa	19: 6
	Cuba	-	Canada	11:10

Game for 13-16th place

In the placement games 13–16, the last two places in groups G and H play. The games from the placement round are taken along. The game against the first two of the group is not counted for the table of the elimination games.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	34:17	+17	6th
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	26:17	+9	4th
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	14:23	−9	2
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	7:24	−17	0

the 9th of September	Canada	-	New Zealand	8: 2
	Romania	-	South Africa	11: 6
September 10	South Africa	-	New Zealand	3: 2
	Romania	-	Canada	10: 8

Game for 9-12 place

In the placement games 9–12, the first two places in groups G and H play. The games from the placement round are taken along. The game against the last two of the group is not counted for the table of the elimination games.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	33:21	+12	5
2	Australia	3	2	1	0	28:23	+5	5
3	Cuba	3	1	0	2	19:26	−7	2
4th	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	20:30	−10	0

the 9th of September	Germany	-	Kazakhstan	14: 8
	Australia	-	Cuba	10: 8
September 10	Australia	-	Kazakhstan	11: 8
	Germany	-	Cuba	12: 6

Game for places 5-8

In the placement games 5–8, the last two places in groups E and F play. The games from the intermediate round are taken along. The game against the first two of the group is not counted for the table of the elimination games.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	32:23	+9	5
2	United States	3	1	1	1	26:26	0	3
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	20:25	−5	2
4th	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	20:24	−4	2

the 9th of September	Greece	-	Netherlands	7: 6
	Hungary	-	United States	11:11
September 10	United States	-	Greece	8: 7
	Hungary	-	Netherlands	10: 6

Main round

Semifinals

For the semifinals, the group winners and runners-up in group E & F will qualify

Semifinals
the 9th of September	Italy	-	Croatia	8: 5
	Spain	-	Russia	9: 6

Game for third place

3rd place match
September 10	Russia	-	Croatia	14:13

final

final
September 10	Italy	-	Spain	10: 5

Bottom line

space	nation
1.	Italy
2.	Spain
3.	Russia
4th	Croatia
5.	Hungary
6th	United States
7th	Greece
8th.	Netherlands
9.	Germany
10.	Australia
11.	Cuba
12.	Kazakhstan
13.	Romania
14th	Canada
15th	South Africa
16.	New Zealand

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