1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup - Final Ranking

Final Ranking

RANK TEAM
Hungary
Italy
Spain
4. Russia
5. Yugoslavia
6. United States
7. Greece
8. Australia
1999 Men's FINA World Cup Winners

Hungary
Third title


*Hungary, Italy and Spain qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Croatia also qualified, although the team was not even at the World Cup, having finished ninth at last year's World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia, missing the eight-team cut-off for the World Cup. But by finishing second at the recent European Championship and the fact that Hungary downed Olympic and World Champion Spain 8-4 in the medal semifinal, Croatia claimed the European continental berth.

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