1999 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

The 1999 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the twelfth edition of the event, organised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Winnipeg, Canada from May 24 to May 29, 1999. Participating teams were the eight leading teams from the World Championships. The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Automatically the first ranked teams from Europe and the Americas, plus one team from the host country, qualified. Other teams could qualify at the 2000 Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament, held from April 22 to April 30 in Palermo, Italy.

Teams

Preliminary round

GROUP A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Italy 43120177+10
2.  Hungary 431201312+1
3.  Russia 331111917+2
4.  Greece 1301292213
Hungary  1 1  Italy
Greece  4 7  Russia
Hungary  8 7  Russia
Greece  1 11  Italy
Italy  5 5  Russia
Hungary  4 4  Greece

GROUP B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Australia 532102117+4
2.  Netherlands 432012922+7
3.  United States 3311118202
4.  Canada 0300318279
United States  4 4  Australia
Netherlands  12 6  Canada
Netherlands  6 8  Australia
United States  6 5  Canada
United States  8 11  Netherlands
Australia  9 7  Canada

Semifinals

Russia  6 8  Canada
United States  9 7  Greece


Italy  4 7  Netherlands
Australia  6 3  Hungary

Finals

Russia  13 4  Greece
Canada  6 4  United States
Italy  6 5 [aet]  Hungary
Netherlands  7 6  Australia



Final ranking

RANK TEAM
 Netherlands
 Australia
 Italy
4.  Hungary
5.  Canada
6.  United States
7.  Russia
8.  Greece

 1999 Women's FINA World Cup Winners 

Netherlands
Eighth title


*The Netherlands and Canada qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia

Individual awards


RANK TOPSCORERS GOALS
1.  Marjan op den Velde (NED) 10
2.  Yuliya Petrova (RUS) 9
3.  Ingrid Leijendekker (NED) 8
4.  Karin Kuipers (NED) 6
 Gillian van den Berg (NED)

References



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