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1995 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

1995 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
LeagueFINA Water Polo World Cup
SportWater polo
Super Final
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons

The 1995 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the ninth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Atlanta, United States as test event for the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1] Eight teams participated to decide the winner of what would be a bi-annual event until 1999.

Teams

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

Teams Qualified as

 United States
 Italy
 Spain
 Russia
 Italy
 Hungary
 Greece
 Netherlands

Host (6th 1994 World Championship)
1st 1994 World Championship
2nd 1994 World Championship
3rd 1994 World Championship
4th 1994 World Championship
5th 1994 World Championship
7th 1994 World Championship
8th 1994 World Championship

Seeding

Following ranking of the 1994 World Championship

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Italy (1)
 Spain (2)

 Russia (3)
 Croatia (4)

 Hungary (5)
 United States (6) (H)

 Greece (7)
 Netherlands (8)

Groups

Group A Group B

 Italy
 Croatia
 United States (H)
 Greece

 Spain
 Russia
 Hungary
 Netherlands

Preliminary round

GROUP A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff Qualification
1.  Italy 4 3 2 0 1 24 19 +5 Semi-finals
2.  United States 4 3 2 0 1 20 12 –1 Semi-finals
3.  Croatia 2 3 1 0 2 14 17 –3 5th–8th place
4.  Greece 2 3 1 0 2 16 17 –1 5th–8th place
Italy  6 – 7  Greece
Croatia  5 – 6  United States
Italy  11 – 8  United States
Croatia  5 – 4  Greece
Italy  7 – 4  Croatia
United States  6 – 5  Greece

GROUP B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff Qualification
1.  Hungary 5 3 2 1 0 29 18 +11 Semi-finals
2.  Russia 4 3 2 0 1 22 22 0 Semi-finals
3.  Spain 3 3 1 1 1 22 21 +1 5th–8th place
4.  Netherlands 0 3 0 0 3 22 34 –12 5th–8th place
Spain  11 – 9  Netherlands
Russia  6 – 10  Hungary
Spain  7 – 7  Hungary
Russia  11 – 8  Netherlands
Spain  4 – 5  Russia
Hungary  12 – 5  Netherlands

5th–8th place semifinals

  • Saturday 16 September 1995
Croatia  9 – 7  Netherlands
Spain  5 – 3  Greece

Semi-finals

  • Saturday 16 September 1995
Italy  6 – 5  Russia
Hungary  11 – 6  United States

Seventh place

  • Sunday 17 september 1995
Netherlands  13 – 8  Greece

Fifth place

  • Sunday 17 september 1995
Croatia  2 – 7  Spain

Third place

  • Sunday 17 september 1995
Russia  10 – 8  United States

FINAL

  • Sunday 17 september 1995
Italy  10 – 11  Hungary

Final ranking

References

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