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1991 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

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1991 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
LeagueFINA Water Polo World Cup
SportWater polo
Super Final
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons

The 1991 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the seventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Barcelona, Spain as test event to 1992 Summer Olympics.[1] Eight teams participated to decide the winner of what would be a bi-annual event until 1999.

Teams

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The top eight teams from the previous World Aquatic Championship have qualified.

Teams Qualified as

 Spain
 Yugoslavia
 Hungary
 United States
 Germany
( Italy)
 Soviet Union
 Australia
 Romania

Host (2nd 1991 World Championship)
1st 1991 World Championship
3rd 1991 World Championship
4th 1991 World Championship
5th 1991 World Championship
6th 1991 World Championship
7th 1991 World Championship
8th 1991 World Championship
9th 1991 World Championship - replace  Italy

Seeding

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Following ranking of the 1991 World Championship

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Yugoslavia (1)
 Spain (2) (H)

 Hungary (3)
 United States (4)

 Germany (5)
 Soviet Union (7)

 Australia (8)
 Romania (9)

Groups

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Group A Group B

 Yugoslavia
 United States
 Soviet Union
 Romania

 Spain (H)
 Hungary
 Germany
 Australia

Final ranking

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References

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  1. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.