Water polo at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

The 1998 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the fourth edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 8 to 16 January 1998 in the Challenge Stadium, and was incorporated into the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[1]

Teams

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Canada 8 5 4 0 1 34 25 +9
2.  Russia 7 5 3 1 1 49 28 +21
3.  Australia 7 5 3 1 1 50 28 +22
4.  United States 5 5 2 1 2 36 31 +5
5.  Brazil 3 5 1 1 3 29 44 –15
6.  New Zealand 0 5 0 0 5 27 69 –42

Group B

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Netherlands 10 5 5 0 0 49 16 +33
2.  Hungary 8 5 4 0 1 48 30 +18
3.  Greece 6 5 3 0 2 32 31 +1
4.  Italy 4 5 2 0 3 48 33 +15
5.  Spain 2 5 1 0 4 15 35 –20
6.  Kazakhstan 0 5 0 0 5 19 66 –47

Quarter finals

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  • Wednesday January 14, 1998
Hungary  5 – 8  Australia
Canada  9 – 12  Italy
Netherlands  9 – 5  United States
Russia  8 – 6  Greece

Semi finals

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  • Thursday January 15, 1998
Italy  10 – 9  Australia
Netherlands  7 – 5  Russia

Finals

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Placing matches

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  • Thursday January 15, 1998 — 11th place
New Zealand  9 – 7  Kazakhstan
  • Thursday January 15, 1998 — 9th place
Spain  8 – 4  Brazil
  • Friday January 16, 1998 — 7th place
Hungary  10 – 7  United States
  • Friday January 16, 1998 — 5th place
Greece  10 – 9  Canada

Bronze medal match

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  • Friday January 16, 1998
Australia  8 – 5  Russia

Final

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  • Friday January 16, 1998
Italy  7 – 6  Netherlands

Final ranking

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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
 Italy[1]
Carmela Alluci
Alexandra Araujo
Cristina Consoli
Francesca Conti
Antonella Di Giacinto
Eleonora Gay
Melania Grego
Stefania Larucci
Giusi Malato
Martina Micelli
Maddalena Musumeci
Monica Vaillant
Milena Virzi
 Netherlands
Karla van der Boon
Carla van Usen
Ellen Bast
Gillian van den Berg
Daniëlle de Bruijn
Edmée Hiemstra
Karin Kuipers
Ingrid Leijendekker
Petra Meerdink
Carla Quint
Sandra Scherrenburg
Mariëlle Schothans
Marjan op den Velde
 Australia

Individual awards

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  • Most Valuable Player
  • ???
  • Best Goalkeeper
  • ???
  • Topscorer

References

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  1. ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.