# 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.

## Participating teams

| 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
## 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. | 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

| | 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

| | 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

| | 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

* 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

| | 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

| | 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

| | 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

| | 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
### 13th – 16th places (Group K)

| | 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)

| | 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)

| | 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

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

## Finals

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

## Final ranking

| RANK | TEAM |
| | Italy |
| | Spain |
| | Russia |
| 4. | Croatia |
| 5. | Hungary |
| 6. | United States |
| 7. | Greece |
| 8. | Netherlands |
| 9. | Germany |
| 10. | Australia |
| 11. | Cuba |
| 12. | Kazakhstan |
| 13. | Romania |
| 14. | Canada |
| 15. | South Africa |
| 16. | New Zealand |
* 1994 FINA Men's World champions
* Italy Second title
* Team Roster
* Alesandro Bovo, Roberto Calcaterra, Alessandro Campagna, Marco D'Altrui, Massimiliano Ferretti, Mario Fiorillo, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Amedeo Pomillio, Franco Porzio, Giuseppe Porzio, Carlo Silipo. Head coach: Ratko Rudić

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Italy 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 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 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

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