Water polo at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
| 1998 FINA World Championships | ||
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| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | ||
| 3 m | ||
| 10 m | ||
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 5 km | team rating | |
| 25 km | men | women |
| 25 km | team rating | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Duet | ||
| Team | ||
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
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.[1]
Teams[]
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Squads[]
Preliminary round[]
Group A[]
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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| 1. |  Canada
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8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 25 | +9 |
| 2. |  Russia
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7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 28 | +21 |
| 3. |  Australia
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7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 28 | +22 |
| 4. |  United States
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5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 31 | +5 |
| 5. |  Brazil
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3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 44 | –15 |
| 6. |  New Zealand
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0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 69 | –42 |
Group B[]
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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| 1. |  Netherlands
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10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 16 | +33 |
| 2. |  Hungary
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8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 30 | +18 |
| 3. |  Greece
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6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 31 | +1 |
| 4. |  Italy
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4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 33 | +15 |
| 5. |  Spain
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2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 35 | –20 |
| 6. |  Kazakhstan
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0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 66 | –47 |
Quarter finals[]
- Wednesday January 14, 1998
| Hungary
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5 – 8 | Australia
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| Canada
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9 – 12 | Italy
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| Netherlands
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9 – 5 | United States
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| Russia
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8 – 6 | Greece
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Semi finals[]
- Thursday January 15, 1998
| Italy
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10 – 9 | Australia
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| Netherlands
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7 – 5 | Russia
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Finals[]
Placing matches[]
- Thursday January 15, 1998 — 11th place
| New Zealand
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9 – 7 | Kazakhstan
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- Thursday January 15, 1998 — 9th place
| Spain
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8 – 4 | Brazil
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- Friday January 16, 1998 — 7th place
| Hungary
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10 – 7 | United States
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- Friday January 16, 1998 — 5th place
| Greece
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10 – 9 | Canada
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Bronze medal match[]
- Friday January 16, 1998
| Australia
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8 – 5 | Russia
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Final[]
- Friday January 16, 1998
| Italy
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7 – 6 | Netherlands
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Final ranking[]
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Medalists[]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Italy[1] Carmela Alluci Alexandra Araujo Francesca Conti Melania Grego Giusi Malato Martina Micelli Maddalena Musumeci |
Netherlands Karla van der Boon Ellen Bast Gillian van den Berg Daniëlle de Bruijn Edmée Hiemstra Karin Kuipers Ingrid Leijendekker Carla Quint Marjan op den Velde |
Australia |
Individual awards[]
- Most Valuable Player
- ???
- Best Goalkeeper
- ???
- Topscorer
- Karin Kuipers – Netherlands
References[]
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Categories:
- Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournaments
- Water polo at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships
- 1998 in women's water polo
- Women's water polo in Australia
- 1998 in Australian women's sport