# 1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

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 | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Qualification |
| 1. | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 17 | +14 | Semi-finals |
| 2. | Italy | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | Semi-finals |
| 3. | Yugoslavia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 20 | –1 | 5th–8th place |
| 4. | Greece | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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 | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Qualification |
| 1. | Russia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 25 | +1 | Semi-finals |
| 2. | Spain | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 22 | +1 | Semi-finals |
| 3. | United States | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 5th–8th place |
| 4. | Australia (H) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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

* 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

### Italy

* 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

### Spain

* 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