Water polo at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Water polo at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s)	Australia (in Perth host cities)
Dates	3 – 13 January
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	1,023 (18.27 per match)
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Participating teams[edit]

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
Egypt	Canada Cuba United States	China	France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Romania Soviet Union Spain Yugoslavia	Australia New Zealand

Groups formed[edit]

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Preliminary round[edit]

	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[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	6	3	3	0	38	16	+22
2.	Soviet Union	4	3	2	1	37	16	+21
3.	Greece	2	3	1	2	31	29	+2
4.	New Zealand	0	3	0	3	5	50	–45

5 January 1991


Greece	14 – 2	New Zealand
Italy	7 – 5	Soviet Union

6 January 1991


Italy	19 – 1	New Zealand
Soviet Union	15 – 7	Greece

7 January 1991


Soviet Union	17 – 2	New Zealand
Italy	12 – 10	Greece

Group B[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Yugoslavia	6	3	3	0	49	18	+31
2.	Spain	4	3	2	1	36	27	+9
3.	Romania	2	3	1	2	29	32	–3
4.	China	0	3	0	0	22	59	–37

5 January 1991


Yugoslavia	8 – 3	Spain
Romania	13 – 4	China

6 January 1991


Yugoslavia	16 – 6	Romania
Spain	21 – 9	China

7 January 1991


Yugoslavia	25 – 9	China
Spain	12 – 10	Romania

Group C[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	United States	6	3	3	0	30	13	+17
2.	Australia	4	3	2	1	27	19	+8
3.	France	2	3	1	2	16	29	–13
4.	Canada	0	3	0	3	21	33	–12

5 January 1991


United States	11 – 5	Canada
Australia	9 – 4	France

6 January 1991


United States	13 – 3	France
Australia	13 – 9	Canada

7 January 1991


France	9 – 7	Canada
United States	6 – 5	Australia

Group D[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	41	21	+20
2.	Germany	4	3	2	1	39	23	+16
3.	Cuba	2	3	1	2	33	31	+2
4.	Egypt	0	3	0	3	21	59	–38

5 January 1991


Hungary	12 – 9	Cuba
Germany	22 – 7	Egypt

6 January 1991


Hungary	20 – 4	Egypt
Germany	9 – 7	Cuba

7 January 1991


Cuba	17 – 10	Egypt
Hungary	9 – 8	Germany

Second round[edit]

	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 J)
	Will play for places 9–12 in a round robin group. (Group K)
	Will play for places 13–16 in a round robin group (Group L)

Group E[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Yugoslavia	4	3	2	0	25	18	+7
2.	Spain	4	3	2	1	18	19	–1
3.	Italy	2	3	1	2	20	22	–2
4.	Soviet Union	2	3	1	2	18	22	–4

Preliminary round results apply.

9 January 1991


Soviet Union	9 – 8	Yugoslavia
Spain	8 – 7	Italy

10 January 1991


Spain	7 – 4	Soviet Union
Yugoslavia	9 – 6	Italy

Group F[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	5	3	2	1	0	30	28	+2
2.	United States	3	3	1	1	1	22	23	–1
3.	Australia	2	3	1	0	2	25	25	0
4.	Germany	2	3	1	0	2	24	25	–1

Preliminary round results apply.

9 January 1991


Hungary	12 – 11	Australia
Germany	9 – 7	United States

10 January 1991


Australia	9 – 7	Germany
Hungary	9 – 9	United States

Group G[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Romania	6	3	3	0	35	14	+21
2.	Greece	4	3	2	1	30	15	+15
3.	China	2	3	1	2	25	31	–6
4.	New Zealand	0	3	0	3	14	44	–30

Preliminary round results apply.

9 January 1991


Romania	15 – 5	New Zealand
Greece	11 – 6	China

10 January 1991


China	15 – 7	New Zealand
Romania	7 – 5	Greece

Group H[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Cuba	6	3	3	0	27	33	+14
2.	France	4	3	2	1	30	27	+3
3.	Canada	2	3	1	2	20	25	–5
4.	Egypt	0	3	0	3	26	38	–12

Preliminary round results apply.

January 9, 1991


Canada	6 – 5	Egypt
Cuba	9 – 6	France

January 10, 1991


Cuba	11 – 7	Canada
France	15 – 11	Egypt

Final round[edit]

13th – 16th places (Group L)[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
13.	Canada	6	3	3	0	33	18	+15
14.	China	4	3	2	1	34	31	+3
15.	Egypt	2	3	1	2	30	19	+11
16.	New Zealand	0	3	0	3	14	43	–29

Results of previous rounds apply.

12 January 1991


Canada	14 – 6	New Zealand
China	12 – 11	Egypt

13 January 1991


Egypt	14 – 1	New Zealand
Canada	13 – 7	China

9th – 12th places (Group K)[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
9.	Romania	6	3	3	0	27	21	+6
10.	Greece	4	3	2	1	26	22	+4
11.	Cuba	2	3	1	2	25	26	–1
12.	France	0	3	0	3	21	30	–9

Results of previous rounds apply.

12 September 1991


Greece	9 – 8	Cuba
Romania	9 – 8	France

13 September 1991


Greece	12 – 7	France
Romania	11 – 8	Cuba

5th – 8th places (Group J)[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
5.	Germany	4	3	2	1	21	20	+1
6.	Italy	4	3	2	1	22	20	+2
7.	Soviet Union	2	3	1	2	18	20	–2
8.	Australia	2	3	1	2	23	24	–1

Results of previous rounds apply.

12 September 1991


Soviet Union	9 – 7	Australia
Germany	8 – 7	Italy

13 September 1991


Italy	8 – 7	Australia
Germany	6 – 4	Soviet Union

Semi finals[edit]

12 January 1991


Hungary	8 – 9	Spain
United States	6 – 7	Yugoslavia

Finals[edit]

13 January 1991 – Bronze Medal Match


Hungary	13 – 12	United States

13 January 1991 – Gold Medal Match


Yugoslavia	8 – 7	Spain

Final ranking[edit]

RANK^[1]	TEAM
	Yugoslavia
	Spain
	Hungary
4.	United States
5.	Germany
6.	Italy
7.	Soviet Union
8.	Australia
9.	Romania
10.	Greece
11.	Cuba
12.	France
13.	Canada
14.	China
15.	Egypt
16.	New Zealand

1991 FINA Men's World champions
Yugoslavia Second title

Team Roster^[1]

Mislav Bezmalinović, Perica Bukić, Viktor Jelenić, Igor Milanović, Vitomir Padovan, Dušan Popović, Renco Posinković, Goran Rađenović, Dubravko Šimenc, Aleksandar Šoštar, Vaso Subotić, Anto Vasović, Mirko Vičević.^[1]
Head coach: Nikola Stamenić

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yugoslavia^[2] Mislav Bezmalinović Perica Bukić Viktor Jelenić Igor Milanović Vitomir Padovan Dušan Popović Renco Posinković Goran Rađenović Dubravko Šimenc Aleksandar Šoštar Vaso Subotić Anto Vasović Mirko Vičević Head coach: Nikola Stamenić	Spain^[2] Daniel Ballart Manuel Estiarte (c) Pedro García Salvador Gómez Marco Antonio González Rubén Michavila Miki Oca Josep Picó Jesús Rollán Ricardo Sánchez Jordi Sans Manuel Silvestre Juan Valls Head coach: Dragan Matutinović	Hungary^[2] Tibor Benedek István Dóczi Péter Kuna Csaba Mészáros Gábor Nemes Imre Péter Zsolt Petőváry Gábor Schmiedt Tibor Sprok Frank Tóth Imre Tóth László Tóth Balázs Vincze Head coach: Tibor Benedek

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c 6th FINA World Championships 1991, Perth - Water polo Men www.fina.org

External links[edit]

6th FINA World Championships 1991, Perth - Water polo Men's Tournament www.fina.org
Men Water Polo World Championship 1991 Perth www.todor66.com

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[Perth1991-2] 6th FINA World Championships 1991, Perth - Water polo Men www.fina.org

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