Men Water Polo World Championship 1998 Perth, Australia - 9th to 18th January - Gold Medal: Spain

Men Water Polo World Championship 1998 Perth, Australia - 9th to 18th January - Gold Medal: Spain

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Finals
Game	date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Final	18.01	Spain	6-4	Hungary	3-1	3-1	3-2
ESP: Estiarte 2, Pedrerol 2, Sans, Gomez --- HUN: Benedek 2, Fodor, Molnar
3-4	18.01	Yugoslavia	9-5	Australia	5-1	6-2	6-4	Goals
5-6	18.01	Italy	14-3	Russia	Goals
7-8	18.01	United States	8-4	Greece	2-0	3-2	3-4	Goals
9-10	18.01	Croatia	12-3	Slovakia	4-2	8-2	12-2	Goals
11-12	18.01	Kazakhstan	7-6	Brazil	3-3	5-3	6-4	Goals
1/2	17.01	Spain	5-3	Yugoslavia	1-1	2-3	4-3	Goals
1/2	17.01	Hungary	10-5	Australia	3-1	5-2	8-2	Goals
5-8	17.01	Italy	10-8	United States	3-1	4-3	5-7	Goals
After Over Time. FT: 8-8 ; 1OT 10-8
5-8	17.01	Russia	12-8	Greece	2-1	3-4	7-6	Goals
9-12	17.01	Slovakia	8-7	Kazakhstan	1-1	4-2	6-5	Goals
9-12	17.01	Croatia	17-6	Brazil	4-1	9-2	14-5	Goals

Final Ranking		pts	w	d	l	gf	ga
1.	Spain	16	8	0	0	65:	35
2.	Hungary	12	6	0	2	85:	48
3.	Yugoslavia	11	5	1	2	77:	49
4.	Australia	10	5	0	3	54:	48
eliminated in Second Groups Round.
5.	Italy	11	5	1	2	86:	52
6.	Russia	10	5	0	3	78:	62
7.	United States	8	4	0	4	59:	40
8.	Greece	6	3	0	5	53:	56
9.	Croatia	10	4	2	2	94:	46
10.	Slovakia	8	4	0	4	61:	71
11.	Kazakhstan	4	2	0	6	52:	98
12.	Brazil	2	1	0	7	43:	77
Group 13-16
13.	Canada	6	3	0	3	38:	47
14.	South Africa	4	2	0	4	33:	49
15.	Iran	2	1	0	5	22:	70
16.	New Zealand	0	0	0	6	21:	73

Qualification

Host - Australia

_ World Cup Men 1997 (5) - United Stats (1.), Greece (2.), Hungary (3.), Russia (4.), Italy (5.).

_ Europe Men 1997 (4) - Yugoslavia (2.), Croatia (4.), Spain (5.), Slovakia (8.).

_ America Men WQ 1997 (2) - Brazil (1.), Canada (2.).

_ Asia Men WQ 1997 (2) - Kazakhstan, Iran

Africa (1) - South Africa

Oceania (1) - New Zealand

Group 13-16	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
13.Canada	6	3	0	0	29:	18
14.South Africa	4	2	0	1	20:	17
15.Iran	2	1	0	2	15:	21
16.New Zealand	0	0	0	3	12:	20

Team	Cana	SoAf	Iran	NeZe
Canada	---	12:7	10:6	7:5
South Africa		---	6:3	7:2
Iran			---	6:5
New Zealand				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
13.01	South Africa	6-3	Iran	2-1	4-2	5-2	Goals
13.01	Canada	7-5	New Zealand	1-1	1-2	3-3	Goals
14.01	Iran	6-5	New Zealand	1-0	3-1	5-3	Goals
14.01	Canada	12-7	South Africa	3-2	4-3	6-7	Goals
15.01	Canada	10-6	Iran	3-1	5-1	8-4	Goals
15.01	South Africa	7-2	New Zealand	0-0	3-0	5-2	Goals

Second Groups Round.

First 2 to Semi-Finals. Rest to Classification.

Group E	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Hungary	8	4	0	1	55:	35
2. Yugoslavia	7	3	1	1	47:	35
3. Russia	6	3	0	2	44:	40
4. Italy	5	2	1	2	47:	40
5. Croatia	4	1	2	2	46:	34
6. Kazakhstan	0	0	0	5	23:	78

Team	Hung	Yugo	Russ	Ital	Croa	Kaza
Hungary	----	7:5		11:7	9:8	17:3
Yugoslavia		----	9:7	11:10	6:6	16:5
Russia	12:11		----		6:4	13:8
Italy			8:6	----	9:9	13:3
Croatia					----	19:4
Kazakhstan						----

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
13.01	Italy	8-6	Russia	3-1	5-2	8-3	Goals
13.01	Hungary	17-3	Kazakhstan	3-0	7-0	13-1	Goals
13.01	Yugoslavia	6-6	Croatia	2-1	3-2	5-4	Goals
14.01	Hungary	9-8	Croatia	2-2	3-4	5-5	Goals
14.01	Yugoslavia	9-7	Russia	3-2	5-4	8-5	Goals
14.01	Italy	13-3	Kazakhstan	3-1	5-1	8-2	Goals
15.01	Yugoslavia	16-5	Kazakhstan	5-1	8-3	12-4	Goals
15.01	Italy	9-9	Croatia	3-3	5-6	6-7	Goals
15.01	Russia	12-11	Hungary	2-3	5-7	8-8	Goals

Group F	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Spain	10	5	0	0	41:	25
2. Australia	8	4	0	1	34:	24
3. United States	4	2	0	3	33:	25
4. Greece	4	2	0	3	30:	30
5. Slovakia	4	2	0	3	41:	49
6. Brazil	0	0	0	5	23:	49

Team	Spai	Aust	Unga	Gree	Slov	Braz
Spain	---	5:4	5:4	7:6	15:8	9:3
Australia		---	7:6	5:3	9:8	9:2
United States			---		8:5	13:5
Greece			3:2	---		9:5
Slovakia				11:9	---	9:8
Brazil						---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
13.01	Spain	15-8	Slovakia	5-2	9-4	12-5	Goals
13.01	Greece	3-2	United States	1-1	1-1	2-2	Goals
13.01	Australia	9-2	Brazil	1-0	4-0	7-0	Goals
14.01	Spain	5-4	United States	2-1	3-1	5-2	Goals
14.01	Slovakia	9-8	Brazil	4-1	4-3	8-6	Goals
14.01	Australia	5-3	Greece	0-2	1-3	4-3	Goals
15.01	United States	13-5	Brazil	5-0	7-1	11-3	Goals
15.01	Slovakia	11-9	Greece	3-3	5-5	8-8	Goals
15.01	Spain	5-4	Australia	2-1	4-2	5-3	Goals

<2>First Groups Round.

First 3 to Second Groups Round, the rest to Group 13-16. The scores are transferred.

Group A	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	to
1. Russia	6	3	0	0	38:	12	Group E
2. Croatia	4	2	0	1	42:	13	Group E
3. Kazakhstan	2	1	0	2	27:	38	Group E
4. New Zealand	0	0	0	3	9:	53	Group 13-16

Team	Russ	Croa	Kaza	NeZe
Russia	---	6:4	13:8	19:0
Croatia		---	19:4	19:3
Kazakhstan			---	15:6
New Zealand				---

date

team 1

score

team 2

1T

2T

3T

15-6

NZL

New Zealand

4-1

10-3

11-5

KAZ: Konon 5, Zhilyayev 4, Prokhin 2, Zaitsev, Mukhamedya, Zagorouiko, Orazalinov

NZL: Varouhas 2, Smith 2, Ansell, Hadfield

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09.01

RUS

Russia

6-4

CRO

Croatia

1-1

2-2

4-4

transferred to Group E

10.01

RUS

Russia

13-8

KAZ

Kazakhstan

3-3

8-3

9-6

transferred to Group E

10.01

CRO

Croatia

19-3

NZL

New Zealand

2-1

6-1

12-1

11.01

RUS

Russia

19-0

NZL

New Zealand

6-0

10-0

15-0

11.01

CRO

Croatia

19-4

KAZ

Kazakhstan

4-2

10-3

14-4

transferred to Group E

Group B	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	to
1. Hungary	6	3	0	0	34:	14	Group E
2. Yugoslavia	4	2	0	1	34:	21	Group E
3. Italy	2	1	0	2	32:	23	Group E
4. Iran	0	0	0	3	7:	49	Group 13-16

Team	Hung	Yugo	Ital	Iran
Hungary	----	7:5	11:7	16:2
Yugoslavia		----	11:10	18:4
Italy			----	15:1
Iran				----

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
09.01	Hungary	7-5	Yugoslavia	2-2	4-4	4-5	Goals
transferred to Group E
09.01	Italy	15-1	Iran	4-0	9-0	12-0	Goals
10.01	Hungary	11-7	Italy	3-1	5-2	8-5	Goals
transferred to Group E
10.01	Yugoslavia	18-4	Iran	4-2	9-3	12-3	Goals
11.01	Hungary	16-2	Iran	3-0	10-1	15-2	Goals
11.01	Yugoslavia	11-10	Italy	3-3	4-4	7-8	Goals
transferred to Group E

Group C	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	to
1. Spain	6	3	0	0	29:	12	Group F
2. Greece	4	2	0	1	26:	18	Group F
3. Brazil	2	1	0	2	16:	22	Group F
4. South Africa	0	0	0	3	13:	32	Group 13-16

Team	Spai	Gree	Braz	SoAf
Spain	---	7:6	9:3	13:3
Greece		---	9:5	11:6
Brazil			---	8:4
South Africa				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
09.01	Spain	13-3	South Africa	3-0	6-0	8-1	Goals
09.01	Greece	9-5	Brazil	2-3	2-4	6-4	Goals
transferred to Group F
10.01	Spain	7-6	Greece	0-1	3-2	5-3	Goals
transferred to Group F
10.01	Brazil	8-4	South Africa	3-0	5-1	6-3	Goals
11.01	Spain	9-3	Brazil	2-1	5-1	7-2	Goals
transferred to Group F
11.01	Greece	11-6	South Africa	3-0	7-3	10-4	Goals

Group D	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	to
1. Australia	6	3	0	0	26:	19	Group F
2. United States	4	2	0	1	24:	13	Group F
3. Slovakia	2	1	0	2	22:	20	Group F
4. Canada	0	0	0	3	9:	29	Group 13-16

Team	Aust	Unga	Slov	Cana
Australia	---	7:6	9:8	10:5
United States		---	8:5	10:1
Slovakia			---	9:3
Canada				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
09.01	Australia	7-6	United States	2-1	5-3	6-3	Goals
transferred to Group F
09.01	Slovakia	9-3	Canada	2-2	4-2	7-3	Goals
10.01	Australia	10-5	Canada	1-1	2-1	8-4	Goals
10.01	United States	8-5	Slovakia	2-0	2-1	6-4	Goals
transferred to Group F
11.01	Australia	9-8	Slovakia	2-2	5-3	7-6	Goals
transferred to Group F
11.01	United States	10-1	Canada	3-0	5-1	8-1	Goals

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