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

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

Qualification

Teams

Squads

Preliminary round

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

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

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

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

Second round

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

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

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 rosters

 Italy

Alesandro Bovo, Roberto Calcaterra, Alessandro Campagna, Marco D'Altrui, Massimiliano Ferretti, Mario Fiorillo, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Amedeo Pomillio, Franco Porzio, Giuseppe Porzio, Carlo Silipo ^[1]

References

1. ↑ "HistoFINA, Volume III: Medallists & Statistics, Special Water Polo, Before 2008 Season" (PDF). FINA.org (2007/2008 ed.). 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2014. 

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