The 1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the eleventh World Cup.
The 11th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup were held in Sydney, Australia from September 28 to October 3, 1999.
Teams The top eight teams from the previous World Aquatic Championship have qualified.
Teams Qualified asHost (4th 1998 World Championship)1st 1998 World Championship2nd 1998 World Championship3rd 1998 World Championship5th 1998 World Championship6th 1998 World Championship7th 1998 World Championship8th 1998 World Championship
Seeding Following ranking of the 1998 World Championship Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 (1) (2) (3) (4) (H) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Groups Group A Group B (H)
Preliminary round
GROUP A TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiffQualification1.432013117+14Semi-finals2.4320121210Semi-finals3.432011920–15th–8th place4.030031326–135th–8th place
Tuesday 28 September 1999 10 – 88 – 4
Wednesday 29 September 1999 11 – 36 – 5
Thursday 30 September 1999 8 – 512 – 4
GROUP B TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiffQualification1.432012625+1Semi-finals2.432012322+1Semi-finals3.432012220+25th–8th place4. (H)030031822–45th–8th place
Tuesday 28 September 1999 9 – 610 – 9
Wednesday 29 September 1999 9 – 86 – 4
Thursday 30 September 1999 8 – 76 – 5
5th–8th place semifinals Saturday 2 October 1999 7 – 510 – 4
Semi-finals Saturday 2 October 1999 8 – 47 – 5
Seventh place Sunday 3 october 1999 10 – 9
Fifth place Sunday 3 october 1999 8 – 4
Third place Sunday 3 october 1999 9 – 8
Final Sunday 3 october 1999 5 – 3
Final ranking
RANKTEAM 4.5.6.7.8.
*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 semi-final, Croatia claimed the European continental berth.
Individual awards Most Valuable Player ??? Best Goalkeeper ??? Topscorer – 11 goals
Squads
Péter Biros Rajmund Fodor Tamás Kásás Gergely Kiss Zoltán Kósz Tamás Marcz Tamás Molnár Barnabás Steinmetz Zoltán Szécsi Frank Tóth Zsolt Varga Attila Vári Balázs Vincze Head coach: Dénes Kemény
Alberto Angelini Alessandro Calcaterra Roberto Calcaterra Leonardo Binchi Marco Gerini Alberto Ghibellini Enrico Mammarella Andrea Mangiante Francesco Postiglione Stefano Tempesti Carlo Silipo Leonardo Sottani Antonio Vittorioso Head coach: Ratko Rudić
Daniel Ballart Manuel Estiarte Carlos García Pedro Francisco García Salvador Gómez Miguel Ángel González Gabriel Hernández Paz Gustavo Marcos Iván Moro Sergi Pedrerol Iván Pérez Jesús Rollán Jordi Sans Head coach: Juan Jané
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