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

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Field	Value
dates	7 – 18 January
num_teams	16
confederations	5
venues	Australia
cities	Perth
champion_other
count	1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches	60
goals	923
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The 1998 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the eighth edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 7 to 18 January 1998 in the Challenge Stadium, and was incorporated into the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.

Participating teams

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania

Groups formed

;Group A

;Group B

;Group C

;Group D

Preliminary round

Group A

January 9, 1998

****	6 – 4

January 10, 1998

****	19 – 3

January 11, 1998

****	19 – 4

Group B

January 9, 1998

****	7 – 5

January 10, 1998

****	18 – 4

January 11, 1998

****	11 – 10

Group C

January 9, 1998

****	13 – 3

January 10, 1998

****	8 – 4

January 11, 1998

****	11 – 6

Group D

January 9, 1998

****	7 – 6

January 10, 1998

****	10 – 5

January 11, 1998

****	9 – 8

Second round

Group E

Preliminary round results apply.

January 13, 1998

****	6 – 6	****

January 14, 1998

****	9 – 7

January 15, 1998

****	12 – 11

Group F

Preliminary round results apply.

January 13, 1998

****	9 – 2

January 14, 1998

****	5 – 3

January 15, 1998

****	11 – 9

January 16, 1998

****	5 – 4

Group G

January 13, 1998

****	7 – 5

January 14, 1998

****	12 – 7

January 15, 1998

****	7 – 2

Final round

9th-12th place

| 1998-01-17 – Perth||'''8||7 | 1998-01-17 – Perth||'''17||6 | 1998-01-18 – Perth |****|12||3 | 1998-01-18 – Perth| ****|'''7||6

January 17, 1998

****	17 – 6

January 18, 1998 — 9th place

****	12 – 3

January 18, 1998 — 11th place

****	7 – 6

5th-8th place

| 1998-01-17 – Perth||'''10||8 | 1998-01-17 – Perth||'''12||8 | 1998-01-18 – Perth |****|'''14||3 | 1998-01-18 – Perth| ****|8||4

January 17, 1998

****	12 – 8

January 18, 1998 — 5th place
January 18, 1998 — 7th place

	8 – 4	****

1st-4th place

| January 18, 1998 – Perth||'''5||3 | January 18, 1998 – Perth||'''10||5 | January 19, 1998 – Perth||'''6||4 | January 19, 1998 – Perth||'''9||5

Semi finals

16 January 1998

****	10 – 5

Finals

18 January 1998 – [[File:Med 3.png]] Bronze Medal Match

****	9 – 5

18 January 1998 – [[File:Med 1.png]] Gold Medal Match

****	6 – 4

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
[[File:Med 1.png]]
[[File:Med 2.png]]
[[File:Med 3.png]]
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	Team roster

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
****{{br separated entries	Sergi Pedrerol	Pedro García

References

{{Cite HistoFINA wp
[https://www.fina.org/competitions/967/8th-fina-world-championships-1998/results?disciplines=WP&event=f02a4e44-63b7-437e-89a6-685445ca03b1 8th FINA World Championships 1998 - Perth Water polo Men] www.fina.org

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