Water polo at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Water polo at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s) Australia (in Perth host cities)
Dates3 – 13 January
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (2nd title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Hungary
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored1,023 (18.27 per match)
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Participating teams

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
 Egypt  Canada
 Cuba
 United States 		 China
  France
 Germany
 Greece
 Hungary
 Italy
 Romania
 Soviet Union
 Spain
 Yugoslavia 		 Australia
 New Zealand

Groups formed

Preliminary round

Qualified for places 1–8, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group E and F)
Qualified for places 9–16, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group G and H)

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Italy 6 3 3 0 0 38 16 +22
2.  Soviet Union 4 3 2 0 1 37 16 +21
3.  Greece 2 3 1 0 2 31 29 +2
4.  New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 5 50 –45
  • 5 January 1991
Greece  14 – 2  New Zealand
Italy  7 – 5  Soviet Union
  • 6 January 1991
Italy  19 – 1  New Zealand
Soviet Union  15 – 7  Greece
  • 7 January 1991
Soviet Union  17 – 2  New Zealand
Italy  12 – 10  Greece

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Yugoslavia 6 3 3 0 0 49 18 +31
2.  Spain 4 3 2 0 1 36 27 +9
3.  Romania 2 3 1 0 2 29 32 –3
4.  China 0 3 0 0 0 22 59 –37
  • 5 January 1991
Yugoslavia  8 – 3  Spain
Romania  13 – 4  China
  • 6 January 1991
Yugoslavia  16 – 6  Romania
Spain  21 – 9  China
  • 7 January 1991
Yugoslavia  25 – 9  China
Spain  12 – 10  Romania

Group C

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  United States 6 3 3 0 0 30 13 +17
2.  Australia 4 3 2 0 1 27 19 +8
3.  France 2 3 1 0 2 16 29 –13
4.  Canada 0 3 0 0 3 21 33 –12
  • 5 January 1991
United States  11 – 5  Canada
Australia  9 – 4  France
  • 6 January 1991
United States  13 – 3  France
Australia  13 – 9  Canada
  • 7 January 1991
France  9 – 7  Canada
United States  6 – 5  Australia

Group D

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 6 3 3 0 0 41 21 +20
2.  Germany 4 3 2 0 1 39 23 +16
3.  Cuba 2 3 1 0 2 33 31 +2
4.  Egypt 0 3 0 0 3 21 59 –38
  • 5 January 1991
Hungary  12 – 9  Cuba
Germany  22 – 7  Egypt
  • 6 January 1991
Hungary  20 – 4  Egypt
Germany  9 – 7  Cuba
  • 7 January 1991
Cuba  17 – 10  Egypt
Hungary  9 – 8  Germany

Second round

Qualified for places 1–4 in a Knockout system with 3rd place game
Will play for places 5–8 in a round robin group. (Group J)
Will play for places 9–12 in a round robin group. (Group K)
Will play for places 13–16 in a round robin group (Group L)

Group E

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Yugoslavia 4 3 2 0 0 25 18 +7
2.  Spain 4 3 2 0 1 18 19 –1
3.  Italy 2 3 1 0 2 20 22 –2
4.  Soviet Union 2 3 1 0 2 18 22 –4

Preliminary round results apply.

  • 9 January 1991
Soviet Union  9 – 8  Yugoslavia
Spain  8 – 7  Italy
  • 10 January 1991
Spain  7 – 4  Soviet Union
Yugoslavia  9 – 6  Italy

Group F

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 5 3 2 1 0 30 28 +2
2.  United States 3 3 1 1 1 22 23 –1
3.  Australia 2 3 1 0 2 25 25 0
4.  Germany 2 3 1 0 2 24 25 –1

Preliminary round results apply.

  • 9 January 1991
Hungary  12 – 11  Australia
Germany  9 – 7  United States
  • 10 January 1991
Australia  9 – 7  Germany
Hungary  9 – 9  United States

Group G

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Romania 6 3 3 0 0 35 14 +21
2.  Greece 4 3 2 0 1 30 15 +15
3.  China 2 3 1 0 2 25 31 –6
4.  New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 14 44 –30

Preliminary round results apply.

  • 9 January 1991
Romania  15 – 5  New Zealand
Greece  11 – 6  China
  • 10 January 1991
China  15 – 7  New Zealand
Romania  7 – 5  Greece

Group H

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Cuba 6 3 3 0 0 27 33 +14
2.  France 4 3 2 0 1 30 27 +3
3.  Canada 2 3 1 0 2 20 25 –5
4.  Egypt 0 3 0 0 3 26 38 –12

Preliminary round results apply.

  • January 9, 1991
Canada  6 – 5  Egypt
Cuba  9 – 6  France
  • January 10, 1991
Cuba  11 – 7  Canada
France  15 – 11  Egypt

Final round

13th – 16th places (Group L)

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
13.  Canada 6 3 3 0 0 33 18 +15
14.  China 4 3 2 0 1 34 31 +3
15.  Egypt 2 3 1 0 2 30 19 +11
16.  New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 14 43 –29

Results of previous rounds apply.

  • 12 January 1991
Canada  14 – 6  New Zealand
China  12 – 11  Egypt
  • 13 January 1991
Egypt  14 – 1  New Zealand
Canada  13 – 7  China

9th – 12th places (Group K)

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
9.  Romania 6 3 3 0 0 27 21 +6
10.  Greece 4 3 2 0 1 26 22 +4
11.  Cuba 2 3 1 0 2 25 26 –1
12.  France 0 3 0 0 3 21 30 –9

Results of previous rounds apply.

  • 12 January 1991
Greece  9 – 8  Cuba
Romania  9 – 8  France
  • 13 January 1991
Greece  12 – 7  France
Romania  11 – 8  Cuba

5th – 8th places (Group J)

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
5.  Germany 4 3 2 0 1 21 20 +1
6.  Italy 4 3 2 0 1 22 20 +2
7.  Soviet Union 2 3 1 0 2 18 20 –2
8.  Australia 2 3 1 0 2 23 24 –1

Results of previous rounds apply.

  • 12 January 1991
Soviet Union  9 – 7  Australia
Germany  8 – 7  Italy
  • 13 January 1991
Italy  8 – 7  Australia
Germany  6 – 4  Soviet Union

Semi finals

  • 12 January 1991
Hungary  8 – 9  Spain
United States  6 – 7  Yugoslavia

Finals

  • 13 January 1991 – Bronze Medal Match
Hungary  13 – 12  United States
  • 13 January 1991 – Gold Medal Match
Yugoslavia  8 – 7  Spain

Final ranking

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Yugoslavia[2]

Mislav Bezmalinović
Perica Bukić
Viktor Jelenić
Igor Milanović
Vitomir Padovan
Dušan Popović
Renco Posinković
Goran Rađenović
Dubravko Šimenc
Aleksandar Šoštar
Vaso Subotić
Anto Vasović
Mirko Vičević

Head coach:
Nikola Stamenić

 Spain[2]

Daniel Ballart
Manuel Estiarte (c)
Pedro García
Salvador Gómez
Marco Antonio González
Rubén Michavila
Miki Oca
Josep Picó
Jesús Rollán
Ricardo Sánchez
Jordi Sans
Manuel Silvestre
Juan Valls

Head coach:
Dragan Matutinović

 Hungary[2]

Tibor Benedek
István Dóczi
Péter Kuna
Csaba Mészáros
Gábor Nemes
Imre Péter
Zsolt Petőváry
Gábor Schmiedt
Tibor Sprok
Frank Tóth
Imre Tóth
László Tóth
Balázs Vincze

Head coach:
János Konrád

References

  1. ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c 6th FINA World Championships 1991, Perth - Water polo Men www.fina.org