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

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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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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]

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 Spain Manuel Estiarte 25
2 Romania Vlad Hagiu 21
3 Croatia Dubravko Šimenc 19
4 Australia Rod Owen-Jones 15
Cuba Juan Hernández Silveira
Kazakhstan Askar Orazalinov
United States Chris Humbert
Hungary 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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