The
1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the eleventh World Cup.
The 11th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup were held in Sydney, Australia from September 28 to October 03, 1999.
Teams
The top eight teams from the previous World Aquatic Championship have qualified.
Seeding
Following ranking of the
1998 World Championship
Groups
Preliminary round
GROUP A
*Tuesday 28 September 1999
*Wednesday 29 September 1999
*Thursday 30 September 1999
GROUP B
*Tuesday 28 September 1999
*Wednesday 29 September 1999
*Thursday 30 September 1999
5th–8th place semifinals
*Saturday 2 October 1999
Semi-finals
*Saturday 2 October 1999
Seventh place
*Sunday 3 october 1999
Fifth place
*Sunday 3 october 1999
Third place
*Sunday 3 october 1999
Final
*Sunday 3 october 1999
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Final ranking
*''Hungary, Italy and Spain qualified for the
2000 Summer Olympics
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Sydney, Australia. Croatia also qualified, although the team was not even at the World Cup, having finished ninth at last year's World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia, missing the eight-team cut-off for the World Cup. But by finishing second at the recent
European Championship and the fact that Hungary downed Olympic and World Champion Spain 8-4 in the medal semi-final, Croatia claimed the European continental berth.''
Individual awards
*Most Valuable Player
**???
*Best Goalkeeper
**???
*Topscorer
** – 11 goals
Squads
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Péter Biros
Péter Biros (born 5 April 1976) is a Hungarian former water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, which makes him one of six male athletes who won three ...
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Rajmund Fodor
Rajmund Fodor (born 21 February 1976 in Szeged) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed ''Rajmi'', and made his debut for the national team in 1 ...
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Tamás Kásás
Tamás Kásás (; born 20 July 1976) is a retired Hungarian water polo player.
Kásás is often described as the best defensive player of his era, if not the best overall. He is known for his ability to spring out of the water and block shots, ...
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Gergely Kiss
Dr. Gergely "Gergő" Kiss (born 21 September 1977) is a Hungarian former water polo player. He was considered to be one of the best left-handed water polo players of his time. Kiss is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold meda ...
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Zoltán Kósz
Zoltán Kósz (born 26 November 1967 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kosz also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed 4th.
He is nickna ...
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Tamás Marcz
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Tamás Molnár
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Barnabás Steinmetz
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Zoltán Szécsi
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Frank Tóth
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Zsolt Varga
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Attila Vári
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Balázs Vincze
Head coach:
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Dénes Kemény
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Alberto Angelini
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Alessandro Calcaterra
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Roberto Calcaterra
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Leonardo Binchi
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Marco Gerini
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Alberto Ghibellini
Alberto Marco Giovanni Ghibellini (born 12 June 1973) is an Italian water polo player. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the team won bronze, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where the team placed 5th. Ghibellini was born in Genoa.
...
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Enrico Mammarella
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Andrea Mangiante
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Francesco Postiglione
Francesco Postiglione (born 29 April 1972 in Naples) is a former swimmer and water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at four Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. At his Olympic debut he competed as a breas ...
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Stefano Tempesti
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Carlo Silipo
Carlo Silipo (born September 10, 1971 in Naples) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2004. After having won the gold medal in Barcelona, Spain, he won bronze wit ...
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Leonardo Sottani
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Antonio Vittorioso
Head coach:
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Ratko Rudić
Ratko Rudić (born 7 June 1948 in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. , he has won 38 medals as a coach at major events, making him the most successful water polo coach in ...
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Daniel Ballart
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Manuel Estiarte
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Carlos García
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Pedro Francisco García
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Salvador Gómez
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Miguel Ángel González
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Gabriel Hernández Paz
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Gustavo Marcos
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Iván Moro
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Sergi Pedrerol
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Iván Pérez
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Jesús Rollán
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Jordi Sans
Head coach:
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Juan Jané
References
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