1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

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

Teams

Squads

 Hungary

 Italy

 Spain

Preliminary round

GROUP A
Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 432013117+14
2.  Italy 4320121210
3.  FR Yugoslavia 432011920–1
4.  Greece 030031326–13
  • Tuesday 28 September 1999
Italy  10 – 8  Hungary
FR Yugoslavia  8 – 4  Greece
  • Wednesday 29 September 1999
Hungary  11 – 3  FR Yugoslavia
Italy  6 – 5  Greece
  • Thursday 30 September 1999
FR Yugoslavia  8 – 5  Italy
Hungary  12 – 4  Greece

GROUP B
Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Russia 432012625+1
2.  Spain 432012322+1
3.  United States 432012220+2
4.  Australia 030031822–4
  • 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

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


Hungary  8 – 4  Spain
Italy  7 – 5  Russia

Finals
  • Sunday 3 October 1999 – Seventh place
Greece  10 – 9  Australia
  • Sunday 3 October 1999 – Fifth place
FR Yugoslavia  8 – 4  United States
  • Sunday 3 October 1999 – Bronze Medal
Spain  9 – 8  Russia
  • Sunday 3 October 1999 – Gold Medal
Hungary  5 – 3  Italy


Final ranking


*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 semifinal, Croatia claimed the European continental berth.

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

References
  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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