1997 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Sports season

1997 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
League	FINA Water Polo World Cup
Sport	Water polo
Duration	27 april - 01 may
Super Final
Finals champions	United States
Runners-up	Greece
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons
← 1995 1999 →

The 1997 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the tenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Athens, Greece.^[1] Eight teams participated to decide the winner of what would be a bi-annual event until 1999.

Teams

The top eight teams from the previous Olympic Games have qualified.

Teams	Qualified as
Greece Spain Croatia Italy Hungary Russia United States Yugoslavia	Host (6th 1996 Olympics Games) 1st 1996 Olympics Games 2nd 1996 Olympics Games 3rd 1996 Olympics Games 4th 1996 Olympics Games 5th 1996 Olympics Games 7th 1996 Olympics Games 8th 1996 Olympics Games

Seeding

Following ranking of the 1996 Olympics Games

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Spain (1) Croatia (2)	Italy (3) Hungary (4)	Russia (5) Greece (6) (H)	United States (7) Yugoslavia (8)

Groups

Group A	Group B
Croatia Hungary Russia Yugoslavia	Spain Italy Greece (H) United States

Preliminary round

GROUP A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Qualification
1.	Hungary	5	3	2	1	0	24	14	+10	Semi-finals
2.	Russia	3	3	1	1	1	20	17	+3	Semi-finals
3.	Croatia	2	3	1	0	2	16	24	–8	5th–8th place
4.	Yugoslavia	2	3	1	0	2	17	22	–5	5th–8th place

Tuesday 27 May 1997


Hungary	11 – 6	Croatia
Yugoslavia	9 – 7	Russia

Wednesday 28 May 1997


Hungary	10 – 5	Yugoslavia
Russia	10 – 5	Croatia

Thursday 29 May 1997


Croatia	5 – 3	Yugoslavia
Hungary	3 – 3	Russia

GROUP B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Qualification
1.	United States	5	3	2	1	0	25	21	+4	Semi-finals
2.	Greece	5	3	2	1	0	21	18	+3	Semi-finals
3.	Italy	1	3	0	1	2	18	21	–3	5th–8th place
4.	Spain	1	3	0	1	2	21	25	–4	5th–8th place

Tuesday 27 May 1997


United States	10 – 7	Spain
Greece	6 – 4	Italy

Wednesday 28 May 1997


United States	7 – 6	Italy
Greece	7 – 6	Spain

Thursday 29 May 1997


Italy	8 – 8	Spain
United States	8 – 8	Spain

5th–8th place semifinals

Saturday 31 May 1997


Croatia	9 – 10	Spain
Italy	10 – 9	Yugoslavia

Semi-finals

Saturday 31 May 1997


Hungary	4 – 8	Greece
United States	9 – 8	Russia

Seventh place

Sunday 1 june 1997


Croatia	5 – 6	Yugoslavia

Fifth place

Sunday 1 june 1997


Spain	5 – 9	Italy

Third place

Sunday 1 june 1997


Hungary	10 – 7	Russia

FINAL

Sunday 1 june 1997


Greece	5 – 8	United States

Final ranking

RANK^[1]	TEAM
	United States
	Greece
	Hungary
4.	Russia
5.	Italy
6.	Spain
7.	Yugoslavia
8.	Croatia

1997 Men's FINA World Cup winners
United States Second title

References

^ ^a ^b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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