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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Last updated May 16, 2025

Participating teams

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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Preliminary round

	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

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
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	3	22	59	−37

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

	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

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Yugoslavia	4	3	2	1	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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Cuba	6	3	3	0	37	23	+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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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

13th – 16th places (Group L)

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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)

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Results of previous rounds apply.

12 January 1991


Greece	9 – 8	Cuba
Romania	9 – 8	France

13 January 1991


Greece	12 – 7	France
Romania	11 – 8	Cuba

5th – 8th places (Group J)

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Results of previous rounds apply.

12 January 1991


Soviet Union	9 – 7	Australia
Germany	8 – 7	Italy

13 January 1991


Italy	8 – 7	Australia
Germany	6 – 4	Soviet Union

Semi finals

12 January 1991


Hungary	8 – 9	Spain
United States	6 – 7	Yugoslavia

Finals

13 January 1991 – Bronze Medal Match


Hungary	13 – 12	United States

13 January 1991 – Gold Medal Match


Yugoslavia	8 – 7	Spain

Final ranking

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

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: János Konrád

References

1 2 3 "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.
1 2 3 6th FINA World Championships 1991, Perth - Water polo Men www.fina.org

External links

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

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[HistoFINA_PDF-1] 1 2 3 "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] 1 2 3 6th FINA World Championships 1991, Perth - Water polo Men www.fina.org

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

Participating teams

Groups formed

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Final round

13th – 16th places (Group L)

9th – 12th places (Group K)

5th – 8th places (Group J)

Semi finals

Finals

Final ranking

Contents

Medalists

References

External links