1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Sports season

1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
League	FINA Water Polo World Cup
Sport	Water polo
Duration	28 September - 03 October
Super Final
Finals champions	Hungary
Runners-up	Italy
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons
← 1997 2002 →

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 as
Australia Spain Hungary Yugoslavia Italy Russia United States Greece	Host (4th 1998 World Championship) 1st 1998 World Championship 2nd 1998 World Championship 3rd 1998 World Championship 5th 1998 World Championship 6th 1998 World Championship 7th 1998 World Championship 8th 1998 World Championship

Seeding

Following ranking of the 1998 World Championship

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Spain (1) Hungary (2)	FR Yugoslavia (3) Australia (4) (H)	Italy (5) Russia (6)	United States (7) Greece (8)

Groups

Group A	Group B
Hungary Yugoslavia Italy Greece	Spain Australia (H) United States Russia

Preliminary round

GROUP A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Qualification
1.	Hungary	4	3	2	1	31	17	+14	Semi-finals
2.	Italy	4	3	2	1	21	21	0	Semi-finals
3.	Yugoslavia	4	3	2	1	19	20	–1	5th–8th place
4.	Greece	0	3	0	3	13	26	–13	5th–8th place

Tuesday 28 September 1999


Italy	10 – 8	Hungary
Yugoslavia	8 – 4	Greece

Wednesday 29 September 1999


Hungary	11 – 3	Yugoslavia
Italy	6 – 5	Greece

Thursday 30 September 1999


Yugoslavia	8 – 5	Italy
Hungary	12 – 4	Greece

GROUP B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Qualification
1.	Russia	4	3	2	1	26	25	+1	Semi-finals
2.	Spain	4	3	2	1	23	22	+1	Semi-finals
3.	United States	4	3	2	1	22	20	+2	5th–8th place
4.	Australia (H)	0	3	0	3	18	22	–4	5th–8th place

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

5th–8th place semifinals

Saturday 2 October 1999


Yugoslavia	7 – 5	Australia
United States	10 – 4	Greece

Semi-finals

Saturday 2 October 1999


Hungary	8 – 4	Spain
Italy	7 – 5	Russia

Seventh place

Sunday 3 october 1999


Greece	10 – 9	Australia

Fifth place

Sunday 3 october 1999


Yugoslavia	8 – 4	United States

Third place

Sunday 3 october 1999


Spain	9 – 8	Russia

Final

Sunday 3 october 1999


Hungary	5 – 3	Italy

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
	Hungary
	Italy
	Spain
4.	Russia
5.	Yugoslavia
6.	United States
7.	Greece
8.	Australia

1999 Men's FINA World Cup winners
Hungary Third title

*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

Hungary

Head coach:

Dénes Kemény

Italy

Head coach:

Ratko Rudić

Spain

Head coach:

Juan Jané

References

^ "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

World Aquatics competitions

Excludes the World Aquatics Championships

Swimming

World Championships (25m)	1993 1995 1997 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024 Men's medalists Women's medalists
World Cup	1988–89 1989–90 1991 1991–92 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
World Junior Championships	2006 2008 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023

Diving

Grand Prix

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Super Finals	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

World Cup

World Series

World Junior
Championships

High diving

World Cup	2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Synchronised
swimming

World Series	2017 2018 2019
World Junior Championships	1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022
World Cup (Defunct)	1979 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014
World Trophy (Defunct)	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Open water
swimming

World Series	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
World Junior Championships	2012 2014 2016 2018 2022 2024
World Championships (Defunct)	2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Water polo

World Cup

Men	1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 2025
Women	1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1988 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 2025

World League

Men	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022
Women	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022

World Junior
Championships

Men	1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Women	1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Masters

World Championships	1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024

v t e FINA Water Polo World Cup / FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
Men's	1979 1980 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 2025
Women's	1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1988 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 2025

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