1993 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

1993 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
1993 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
League	FINA Water Polo World Cup
Sport	Water polo
Super Final
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons
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The 1993 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the eighth 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

Host Greece and the top seven teams from the previous Olympic Games have qualified.

Teams	Qualified as
Greece Italy ( Spain) Russia United States Australia Hungary Germany Cuba	Host (10th 1992 Olympics Games) 1st 1992 Olympics Games 2nd 1992 Olympics Games 3rd 1992 Olympics Games 4th 1992 Olympics Games 5th 1992 Olympics Games 6th 1992 Olympics Games 7th 1996 Olympics Games 8th 1996 Olympics Games - replace Spain

Seeding

Following ranking of the 1992 Olympics Games

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Italy (1) Russia (3)	United States (4) Australia (5)	Hungary (6) Germany (7)	Cuba (8) Greece (10) (H)

Groups

Group A	Group B
Italy United States Germany Cuba	Russia Australia Hungary Greece (H)

Preliminary round

GROUP A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Qualification
1.	Italy	6	3	3	0	0	29	15	+14	Semi-finals
2.	United States	3	3	1	1	1	20	24	–4	Semi-finals
3.	Cuba	2	3	1	0	2	18	21	–3	5th–8th place
4.	Germany	1	3	0	1	2	19	26	–7	5th–8th place


Italy	11 – 5	Germany
United States	7 – 6	Cuba


Italy	11 – 6	United States
Germany	7 – 8	Cuba


Italy	7 – 4	Cuba
United States	7 – 7	Germany

GROUP B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Qualification
1.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	26	20	+6	Semi-finals
2.	Australia	4	3	2	1	23	22	+1	Semi-finals
3.	Greece	2	3	1	2	20	23	–3	5th–8th place
4.	Russia	0	3	0	3	23	27	–4	5th–8th place


Russia	8 – 10	Hungary
Australia	8 – 6	Greece


Russia	9 – 10	Australia
Hungary	9 – 7	Greece


Russia	6 – 7	Greece
Australia	5 – 7	Hungary

Final ranking

RANK^[1]	TEAM
	Italy
	Hungary
	Australia
4.	United States
5.	Russia
6.	Germany
7.	Greece
8.	Cuba

1993 Men's FINA World Cup winners
Italy First 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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[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "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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