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

1998 FINA
World Championships

Perth, Australia
Diving
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
5 km men women
25 km men women
Team 5 km 25 km
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Solo women
Duet women
Team women
Water polo

The 1998 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship was the fourth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from January 8 to January 16, 1998 and incorporated in the 1998 World Aquatics Championships, held in Perth, Australia.

Teams

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

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

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

Hungary  5 – 8  Australia
Canada  9 – 12  Italy
Netherlands  9 – 5  United States
Russia  8 – 6  Greece

Semi finals

Italy  10 – 9  Australia
Netherlands  7 – 5  Russia

Finals

Placing Matches

New Zealand  9 – 7  Kazakhstan
Spain  8 – 4  Brazil
Hungary  10 – 7  United States
Greece  10 – 9  Canada

Bronze medal match

Australia  8 – 5  Russia

Final

Italy  7 – 6  Netherlands

Final ranking

RANK TEAM
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Australia
4.  Russia
5.  Greece
6.  Canada
7.  Hungary
8.  United States
9.  Spain
10.  Brazil
11.  New Zealand
12.  Kazakhstan

 1998 FINA Women's World Champion 

Italy
First title

Medalists

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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References

  1. "HistoFINA, Volume III: Medallists & Statistics, Women's Water Polo, Before 2008 Season" (PDF). FINA.org (2007/2008 ed.). 2007. Retrieved 2015-07-07.


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