Water polo at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The 1994 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the seventh edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 1 to 11 September 1994, and was incorporated into the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy.[1]

Water polo at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s) Italy (in Rome host cities)
Dates1 – 11 September
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Italy (2nd title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Russia
Fourth place Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored945 (16.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Manuel Estiarte
(25 goals)
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Participating teams

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Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
  South Africa   Canada
  Cuba
  United States
  Kazakhstan
  Croatia
  Germany
  Greece
  Hungary
  Italy
  Netherlands
  Romania
  Russia
  Spain
  Australia
  New Zealand

Groups formed

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Preliminary round

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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

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Netherlands 4 3 2 0 1 25 22 +3
2.   United States 4 3 2 0 1 25 22 +3
3.   Germany 4 3 2 0 1 24 23 +1
4.   Romania 0 3 0 0 3 19 26 –7
  • September 2, 1994
United States   9 – 7   Romania
Germany   9 – 8   Netherlands
  • September 3, 1994
Germany   8 – 6   Romania
Netherlands   8 – 7   United States
  • September 4, 1994
United States   9 – 7   Germany
Netherlands   9 – 6   Romania

Group B

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Spain 6 3 3 0 0 47 13 +34
2.   Croatia 4 3 2 0 1 49 18 +31
3.   Australia 2 3 1 0 2 39 22 +17
4.   New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 7 89 –82
  • September 2, 1994
Australia   28 – 4   New Zealand
Spain   11 – 6   Croatia
  • September 3, 1994
Spain   10 – 5   Australia
Croatia   38 – 1   New Zealand
  • September 4, 1994
Croatia   8 – 6   Australia
Spain   26 – 2   New Zealand

Group C

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Greece 5 3 2 1 0 27 14 +13
2.   Russia 5 3 2 1 0 24 11 +13
3.   Cuba 2 3 1 0 2 18 13 +5
4.   South Africa 0 3 0 0 3 6 37 –31
  • September 2, 1994
Greece   15 – 3   South Africa
Russia   5 – 4   Cuba
  • September 3, 1994
Cuba   8 – 1   South Africa
Greece   5 – 5   Russia
  • September 4, 1994
Russia   14 – 2   South Africa
Greece   7 – 6   Cuba

Group D

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Italy 6 3 3 0 0 33 19 +14
2.   Hungary 4 3 2 0 1 35 18 +17
3.   Kazakhstan 2 3 1 0 2 24 29 –5
4.   Canada 0 3 0 0 3 6 32 –26
  • September 2, 1994
Hungary   13 – 0   Canada
Italy   13 – 7   Kazakhstan
  • September 3, 1994
Kazakhstan   10 – 4   Canada
Italy   11 – 10   Hungary
  • September 4, 1994
Hungary   12 – 7   Kazakhstan
Italy   9 – 2   Canada

Second round

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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 I)
Will play for places 9–12 in a round robin group. (Group J)
Will play for places 13–16 in a round robin group (Group K)

Group E

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Spain 4 3 2 0 1 36 23 +13
2.   Croatia 4 3 2 0 1 26 28 –2
3.   Netherlands 2 3 1 0 2 25 34 –9
4.   United States 2 3 1 0 2 24 26 –2

Preliminary round results apply.

  • September 6, 1994
Spain   16 – 7   Netherlands
Croatia   9 – 7   United States
  • September 7, 1994
Croatia   11 – 10   Netherlands
United States   10 – 9   Spain

Group F

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Italy 6 3 3 0 0 25 20 +5
2.   Russia 3 3 1 1 1 24 24 0
3.   Hungary 2 3 1 0 2 33 30 +3
4.   Greece 1 3 0 1 2 15 23 –8

Preliminary round results apply.

  • September 6, 1994
Hungary   11 – 6   Greece
Italy   7 – 6   Russia
  • September 7, 1994
Russia   13 – 12   Hungary
Italy   7 – 4   Greece

Group G

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Australia 5 3 2 1 0 42 16 +26
2.   Germany 5 3 2 1 0 30 15 +15
3.   Romania 2 3 1 0 2 24 18 +6
4.   New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 9 56 –47

Preliminary round results apply.

  • September 6, 1994
Germany   15 – 2   New Zealand
Australia   7 – 5   Romania
  • September 7, 1994
Romania   13 – 3   New Zealand
Australia   7 – 7   Germany

Group H

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Cuba 6 3 3 0 0 24 15 +9
2.   Kazakhstan 4 3 2 0 1 33 15 +18
3.   Canada 2 3 1 0 2 24 26 –2
4.   South Africa 0 3 0 0 3 12 37 –25

Preliminary round results apply.

  • September 6, 1994
Cuba   5 – 4   Kazakhstan
Canada   10 – 5   South Africa
  • September 7, 1994
Kazakhstan   19 – 6   South Africa
Cuba   11 – 10   Canada

Final round

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13th – 16th places (Group K)

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
13.   Romania 6 3 3 0 0 34 17 +17
14.   Canada 4 3 2 0 1 16 17 +9
15.   South Africa 2 3 1 0 2 14 23 –9
16.   New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 7 24 –17

Results of previous rounds apply.

  • September 9, 1994
Canada   8 – 2   New Zealand
Romania   11 – 6   South Africa
  • September 10, 1994
South Africa   3 – 2   New Zealand
Romania   10 – 8   Canada

9th – 12th places (Group J)

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
9.   Germany 5 3 2 1 0 33 21 +12
10.   Australia 5 3 2 1 0 28 23 +5
11.   Cuba 2 3 1 0 2 19 26 –7
12.   Kazakhstan 0 3 0 0 3 20 30 –10

Results of previous rounds apply.

  • September 9, 1994
Germany   14 – 8   Kazakhstan
Australia   10 – 8   Cuba
  • September 10, 1994
Australia   11 – 8   Kazakhstan
Germany   12 – 6   Cuba

5th – 8th places (Group I)

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
5.   Hungary 5 3 2 1 0 32 23 +9
6.   United States 3 3 1 1 1 26 26 0
7.   Greece 2 3 1 0 2 20 25 –5
8.   Netherlands 2 3 1 0 2 20 24 –4

Results of previous rounds apply.

  • September 9, 1994
Greece   7 – 6   Netherlands
Hungary   11 – 11   United States
  • September 10, 1994
United States   8 – 7   Greece
Hungary   10 – 6   Netherlands

Semi finals

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  • September 10, 1994
Italy   8 – 5   Croatia
Spain   9 – 6   Russia

Finals

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  • September 11, 1994 —   Bronze Medal Match
Russia   14 – 13   Croatia
  • September 11, 1994 —   Gold Medal Match
Italy   10 – 5   Spain

Final ranking

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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Italy [2]

Carlo Silipo
Amedeo Pomilio
Roberto Calcaterra
Gianni Averaimo
Alessandro Bovo
Mario Fiorillo
Francesco Porzio
Ferdinando Gandolfi
Massimiliano Ferretti
Sandro Campagna
Pino Porzio
Marco D'Altrui
Francesco Attolico

Head coach:
Ratko Rudić

  Spain [2]

Jorge Payá
Manuel Silvestre
Gabriel Hernández
Sergi Pedrerol
Jesús Rollán
Manuel Estiarte (c)
Pedro García
Jordi Sans
Salvador Gómez
Miki Oca
Gustavo Marcos
Daniel Ballart
Josep Picó

Head coach:
Juan Jané

  Russia [2]

Aleksandr Ogorodnikov
Sergey Yevstigneyev
Dmitri Dugin
Nikolay Maksimov
Aleksandr Yeryshov
Dmitry Apanasenko
Serghei Marcoci
Nikolay Kozlov
Sergey Ivlev
Dmitry Gorshkov
Yuriy Smoloviy
Maxim Apanasenko
Sergey Garbuzov

Head coach:
Aleksandr Kabanov

Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Goals
1   Manuel Estiarte 25
2   Vlad Hagiu 21
3   Dubravko Šimenc 19
4   Rod Owen-Jones 15
  Juan Hernández Silveira
  Askar Orazalinov
  Chris Humbert
  Tibor Benedek

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "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 7th FINA World Championships 1994 - Roma Water polo Men www.fina.org
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