The 1998 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the eighth edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 7 to 18 January 1998 in the Challenge Stadium, and was incorporated into the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.
Participating teams Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
Groups formed
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Preliminary round
Group A
January 9, 1998 15 – 6 6 – 4
January 10, 1998 13 – 8 19 – 3
January 11, 1998 19 – 0 19 – 4
Group B
January 9, 1998 15 – 1 7 – 5
January 10, 1998 11 – 7 18 – 4
January 11, 1998 16 – 2 11 – 10
Group C
January 9, 1998 9 – 5 13 – 3
January 10, 1998 7 – 6 8 – 4
January 11, 1998 9 – 3 11 – 6
Group D
January 9, 1998 9 – 3 7 – 6
January 10, 1998 8 – 5 10 – 5
January 11, 1998 10 – 1 9 – 8
Second round
Group E
Preliminary round results apply.
January 13, 1998 8 – 6 17 – 3 6 – 6
January 14, 1998 9 – 8 13 – 3 9 – 7
January 15, 1998 16 – 5 9 – 9 12 – 11
Group F
Preliminary round results apply. January 13, 1998 15 – 8 3 – 2 9 – 2
January 14, 1998 9 – 8 5 – 4 5 – 3
January 15, 1998 15 – 5 11 – 9
January 16, 1998 5 – 4
Group G
January 13, 1998 6 – 3 7 – 5
January 14, 1998 6 – 5 12 – 7
January 15, 1998 10 – 6 7 – 2
Final round
9th-12th place
January 17, 1998 10 – 8 (aet) 12 – 8
January 18, 1998 — 5th place 14 – 3 January 18, 1998 — 7th place 8 – 4
1st-4th place
Semi finals 16 January 1998 5 – 3 10 – 5
Finals 18 January 1998 – Bronze Medal Match 9 – 5
18 January 1998 – Gold Medal Match 6 – 4
Final ranking
RANKTEAM 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Team roster Daniel Ballart, Manuel Estiarte, Pedro García, Salvador Gómez, Miguel González, Gustavo Marcos, Rubén Michavila, Iván Moro, Sergi Pedrerol, Iván Pérez, Jesús Rollán, Jordi Sans, Carlos Sanz Head coach: Juan Jané
Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze 8th FINA World Championships 1998 - Perth Water polo Men www.fina.org Zoltán Kovacs Zoltán Kósz Tibor Benedek Gergely Kiss Frank Toth Rajmund Fodor Zsolt Varga Barnabás Steinmetz Balázs Vincze Tamás Molnár Tamás Kásás Attila Vári Tamás MarczHead coach: Dénes Kemény Aleksandar ĆirićDanilo IkodinovićDragan JovanovićNikola KuljačaAleksandar NikolićDušan PopovićDejan SavićAleksandar ŠapićPetar TrbojevićVeljko UskokovićŽeljko VičevićVladimir VujasinovićNenad VukanićHead coach: Nikola Stamenić
References
External links 8th FINA World Championships 1998, Perth - Water polo Men's Tournament www.fina.org Results Men Water Polo World Championship 1998 Perth www.todor66.com