Login
Login

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

{{Short description|none}}

{{1998 World Aquatics Championships}}

The 1998 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the fourth edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 8 to 16 January 1998 in the Challenge Stadium, and was incorporated into the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.{{Cite HistoFINA wp |page=wwch|format=dmy }}

Teams

{{col-begin-small | width=60% }}

{{col-2}}

;Group A

  • {{wpw|AUS}}
  • {{wpw|BRA}}
  • {{wpw|CAN}}
  • {{wpw|NZL}}
  • {{wpw|RUS}}
  • {{wpw|USA}}

{{col-2}}

;Group B

  • {{wpw|GRE}}
  • {{wpw|HUN}}
  • {{wpw|ITA}}
  • {{wpw|KAZ}}
  • {{wpw|NED}}
  • {{wpw|ESP}}

{{col-end}}

Preliminary round

=Group A=

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

! width="25" |

! width="200" | Team

! width="60" | Points

! width="60" | G

! width="60" | W

! width="60" | D

! width="60" | L

! width="60" | GF

! width="60" | GA

! width="60" | Diff

bgcolor=#AAFFAA

| 1.

| align=left | {{wpw|CAN}}

| 8

54013425+9
bgcolor=#AAFFAA

| 2.

| align=left | {{wpw|RUS}}

| 7

53114928+21
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 3.

| align=left | {{wpw|AUS}}

| 7

53115028+22
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 4.

| align=left | {{wpw|USA}}

| 5

52123631+5
bgcolor=#EEFFEE

| 5.

| align=left | {{wpw|BRA}}

| 3

51132944–15
bgcolor=#EEFFEE

| 6.

| align=left | {{wpw|NZL}}

| 0

50052769–42

=Group B=

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

! width="25" |

! width="200" | Team

! width="60" | Points

! width="60" | G

! width="60" | W

! width="60" | D

! width="60" | L

! width="60" | GF

! width="60" | GA

! width="60" | Diff

bgcolor=#AAFFAA

| 1.

| align=left | {{wpw|NED}}

| 10

55004916+33
bgcolor=#AAFFAA

| 2.

| align=left | {{wpw|HUN}}

| 8

54014830+18
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 3.

| align=left | {{wpw|GRE}}

| 6

53023231+1
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 4.

| align=left | {{wpw|ITA}}

| 4

52034833+15
bgcolor=#EEFFEE

| 5.

| align=left | {{wpw|ESP}}

| 2

51041535–20
bgcolor=#EEFFEE

| 6.

| align=left | {{wpw|KAZ}}

| 0

50051966–47

Quarter finals

  • Wednesday January 14, 1998

style="text-align:center"

! width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

align=right | {{wpw-rt|HUN}}

| 5 – 8

| align=left | {{wpw|AUS}}

align=right | {{wpw-rt|CAN}}

| 9 – 12

| align=left | {{wpw|ITA}}

align=right | {{wpw-rt|NED}}

| 9 – 5

| align=left | {{wpw|USA}}

align=right | {{wpw-rt|RUS}}

| 8 – 6

| align=left | {{wpw|GRE}}

Semi finals

  • Thursday January 15, 1998

style="text-align:center"

! width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

align=right | {{wpw-rt|ITA}}

| 10 – 9

| align=left | {{wpw|AUS}}

align=right | {{wpw-rt|NED}}

| 7 – 5

| align=left | {{wpw|RUS}}

Finals

=Placing matches=

  • Thursday January 15, 1998 — 11th place

style="text-align:center"

! width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

align=right | {{wpw-rt|NZL}}

| 9 – 7

| align=left | {{wpw|KAZ}}

  • Thursday January 15, 1998 — 9th place

style="text-align:center"

! width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

align=right | {{wpw-rt|ESP}}

| 8 – 4

| align=left | {{wpw|BRA}}

  • Friday January 16, 1998 — 7th place

style="text-align:center"

! width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

align=right | {{wpw-rt|HUN}}

| 10 – 7

| align=left | {{wpw|USA}}

  • Friday January 16, 1998 — 5th place

style="text-align:center"

! width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

align=right | {{wpw-rt|GRE}}

| 10 – 9

| align=left | {{wpw|CAN}}

=Bronze medal match=

  • Friday January 16, 1998

style="text-align:center"

! width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

align=right | {{wpw-rt|AUS}}

| 8 – 5

| align=left | {{wpw|RUS}}

=Final=

  • Friday January 16, 1998

style="text-align:center"

! width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

align=right | {{wpw-rt|ITA}}

| 7 – 6

| align=left | {{wpw|NED}}

Final ranking

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"

! RANK

! align="left" style="width: 17em"|TEAM

bgcolor=gold

| align="center" | File:Med 1.png

| {{wpw|ITA}}

bgcolor=silver

| align="center" | File:Med 2.png

| {{wpw|NED}}

bgcolor=cc9966

| align="center" | File:Med 3.png

| {{wpw|AUS}}

align="center" | 4.

| {{wpw|RUS}}

align="center" | 5.

| {{wpw|GRE}}

align="center" | 6.

| {{wpw|CAN}}

align="center" | 7.

| {{wpw|HUN}}

align="center" | 8.

| {{wpw|USA}}

align="center" | 9.

| {{wpw|ESP}}

align="center" | 10.

| {{wpw|BRA}}

align="center" | 11.

| {{wpw|NZL}}

align="center" | 12.

| {{wpw|KAZ}}

{{col-2}}

{{winners|wpw|1998 FINA Women's World champion|ITA|First}}

{{col-end}}

Medalists

class="wikitable"
style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:gold;" | Gold

! style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:silver;" | Silver

! style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:#CC9966;" | Bronze

style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wpw|ITA}}
{{br separated entries

| 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

}}

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wpw|NED}}

{{br separated entries

| 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

}}

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wpw|AUS}}

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player

:* ???

  • Best Goalkeeper

:* ???

  • Topscorer

:* Karin Kuipers – Netherlands

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [https://archive.today/20070701144018/http://sports123.com/wpo/results/ww-1998.html Results]


{{Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Water Polo At The 1998 World Aquatics Championships - Women's Tournament}}

1998

Women's tournament

Category:1998 in women's water polo

Category:Women's water polo in Australia

Category:1998 in Australian women's sport