Water Polo World Championships 1998

The 1998 World Aquatics Championships took place as part of the 1998 World Swimming Championships from January 8th to 17th in the Western Australian capital of Perth .

Group draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Croatia	Hungary	Brazil	Australia
Kazakhstan	Iran	Greece	Canada
New Zealand	Italy	South Africa	Slovakia
Russia	Yugoslavia	Spain	United States

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Russia	3	2	0	0	38:12	+26	6th
2	Croatia	3	2	0	0	42:13	+29	4th
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	27:38	−11	2
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	9:53	−44	0

??. July	Kazakhstan	-	New Zealand	15: 6
	Russia	-	Croatia	6: 4
??. July	Russia	-	Kazakhstan	13: 8
	Croatia	-	New Zealand	19: 3
??. July	Russia	-	New Zealand	19: 0
	Croatia	-	Kazakhstan	19: 4

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	34:14	+20	6th
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	34:21	+13	4th
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	32:23	+9	2
4th	Iran	3	0	0	3	7:49	−42	0

July 19	Italy	-	Iran	15: 1
	Hungary	-	Yugoslavia	7: 5
21 July	Hungary	-	Italy	11: 7
	Yugoslavia	-	Iran	18: 4
22nd of July	Hungary	-	Iran	16: 2
	Yugoslavia	-	Italy	11:10

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	29:12	+17	6th
2	Greece	3	2	0	1	26:18	+8	4th
3	Brazil	3	1	0	2	16:22	−6	2
4th	South Africa	3	0	0	3	13:32	−19	0

July 14th	Greece	-	Brazil	9: 5
	Spain	-	South Africa	13: 3
16th of July	Spain	-	Greece	7: 6
	Brazil	-	South Africa	8: 4
July 18th	Spain	-	Brazil	9: 3
	Greece	-	South Africa	11: 6

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	26:19	+7	6th
2	United States	3	2	0	1	24:13	+11	4th
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	22:20	+2	2
4th	Canada	3	0	0	3	9:29	−20	0

July 19	Slovakia	-	Canada	9: 3
	Australia	-	United States	7: 6
21 July	United States	-	Slovakia	8: 5
	Australia	-	Canada	10: 5
22nd of July	United States	-	Canada	10: 1
	Australia	-	Slovakia	9: 8

Intermediate round

Group E

	team	Points	Games	G	U	V	Gates	Diff
1.	Hungary	8th	5	4th	0	1	55:35	+20
2.	Yugoslavia	7th	5	3	1	1	47:35	+12
3.	Russia	6th	5	3	0	2	44:40	+4
4th	Italy	5	5	2	1	2	47:40	+7
5.	Croatia	4th	5	1	2	2	46:34	+12
6th	Kazakhstan	0	5	0	0	5	23:78	-55

Croatia	05 - 6	Yugoslavia
Italy	08 - 6	Russia
Hungary	17-3	Kazakhstan

Group F.

	team	Points	Games	G	U	V	Gates	Diff
1.	Spain	10	5	5	0	0	41:25	+16
2.	Australia	8th	5	4th	0	1	34:24	+10
3.	United States	4th	5	2	0	3	33:25	+8
4th	Greece	4th	5	2	0	3	30:30	0
5.	Slovakia	4th	5	2	0	3	41:49	-8th
6th	Brazil	0	5	0	0	5	23:49	-26

Spain	15 - 8	Slovakia
Greece	03 - 2	United States
Australia	09-2	Brazil

Placement games

Play for 15th place

Play for 15th place
January 16	Iran	-	New Zealand	6: 5

Game for 13th place

Game for 13th place
January 16	Canada	-	South Africa	12: 7

Game for 11th place

Game for 11th place
January 16	Kazakhstan	-	Brazil	7: 6

Play for 9th place

Play for 9th place
January 17th	Croatia	-	Slovakia	12: 3

Game for 7th place

Game for 7th place
January 17th	United States	-	Greece	8: 4

Play for 5th place

Play for 5th place
January 18th	Italy	-	Russia	14: 3

Main round

Semifinals

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

Semifinals
January 16	Spain	-	Yugoslavia	5: 3
	Hungary	-	Australia	10: 5

Game for third place

3rd place match
January 18th	Yugoslavia	-	Australia	9: 5

final

final
January 18th	Spain	-	Hungary	6: 4

Bottom line

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

Web links

• www.fina.org