1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

December 2019 May 2011 1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup FINA Water Polo World Cup Water polo 28 September - 03 October Super Final HUN ITA FINA Water Polo World Cup FINA Water Polo World Cup 1997 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup 1997 2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup 2002 The 1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the eleventh World Cup.mwcp dmy 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 asAUSESPHUNFR YugoslaviaITARUSUSAGREHost (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 4ESP (1) HUN (2)FR Yugoslavia (3) AUS (4) (H)ITA (5) RUS (6)USA (7) GRE (8) Groups Group A Group BHUNFR YugoslaviaITAGREESPAUS (H)USARUS Preliminary round GROUP A TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiffQualification1.HUN432013117+14Semi-finals2.ITA4320121210Semi-finals3.FR Yugoslavia432011920–15th–8th place4.GRE030031326–135th–8th place Tuesday 28 September 1999 ITA10 – 8HUNFR Yugoslavia8 – 4GRE Wednesday 29 September 1999 HUN11 – 3FR YugoslaviaITA6 – 5GRE Thursday 30 September 1999 FR Yugoslavia8 – 5ITAHUN12 – 4GRE GROUP B TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiffQualification1.RUS432012625+1Semi-finals2.ESP432012322+1Semi-finals3.USA432012220+25th–8th place4.AUS (H)030031822–45th–8th place Tuesday 28 September 1999 ESP9 – 6USARUS10 – 9AUS Wednesday 29 September 1999 RUS9 – 8ESPUSA6 – 4AUS Thursday 30 September 1999 USA8 – 7RUSESP6 – 5AUS 5th–8th place semifinals Saturday 2 October 1999 FR Yugoslavia7 – 5AUSUSA10 – 4GRE Semi-finals Saturday 2 October 1999 HUN8 – 4ESPITA7 – 5RUS Seventh place Sunday 3 october 1999 GRE10 – 9AUS Fifth place Sunday 3 october 1999 FR Yugoslavia8 – 4USA Third place Sunday 3 october 1999 ESP9 – 8RUS Final Sunday 3 october 1999 HUN5 – 3ITA Final ranking RANKTEAMImage:Med 1.pngHUN Image:Med 2.pngITAImage:Med 3.pngESP4.RUS5.FR Yugoslavia6.USA7.GRE8.AUS wp 1999 Men's FINA World Cup winners HUN Third *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 Manuel Estiarte ESP – 11 goals Squads HUN 35em yes 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 ITA 35em yes 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 ESP 35em yes 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 References Category:World Aquatics Water Polo World Cup F W Category:International water polo competitions hosted by Australia Category:October 1999 sports events in Australia Category:International sports competitions in Sydney Category:1999 in sport in Sydney