1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

The 1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the eleventh World Cup.

The 11th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup were held in Sydney, Australia from September 28 to October 3, 1999.

Teams
The top eight teams from the previous World Aquatic Championship have qualified.

Seeding
Following ranking of the 1998 World Championship

GROUP A

 * Tuesday 28 September 1999


 * Wednesday 29 September 1999


 * Thursday 30 September 1999

GROUP B

 * Tuesday 28 September 1999


 * Wednesday 29 September 1999


 * Thursday 30 September 1999

5th–8th place semifinals

 * Saturday 2 October 1999

Semi-finals

 * Saturday 2 October 1999

Seventh place

 * Sunday 3 october 1999

Fifth place

 * Sunday 3 october 1999

Third place

 * Sunday 3 october 1999

Final

 * Sunday 3 october 1999

Final ranking

 * 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 semi-final, Croatia claimed the European continental berth.

Individual awards

 * Most Valuable Player
 * Best Goalkeeper
 * Topscorer
 * 🇪🇸 Manuel Estiarte (ESP) – 11 goals
 * Topscorer
 * 🇪🇸 Manuel Estiarte (ESP) – 11 goals

Head coach:
 * Péter Biros
 * Rajmund Fodor
 * Tamás Kásás
 * Gergely Kiss
 * Zoltán Kósz
 * Tamás Marcz
 * Tamás Molnár
 * Barnabás Steinmetz
 * Zoltán Szécsi
 * Frank Tóth
 * Zsolt Varga
 * Attila Vári
 * Balázs Vincze
 * Dénes Kemény

Head coach:
 * Alberto Angelini
 * Alessandro Calcaterra
 * Roberto Calcaterra
 * Leonardo Binchi
 * Marco Gerini
 * Alberto Ghibellini
 * Enrico Mammarella
 * Andrea Mangiante
 * Francesco Postiglione
 * Stefano Tempesti
 * Carlo Silipo
 * Leonardo Sottani
 * Antonio Vittorioso
 * Ratko Rudić

Head coach:
 * Daniel Ballart
 * Manuel Estiarte
 * Carlos García
 * Pedro Francisco García
 * Salvador Gómez
 * Miguel Ángel González
 * Gabriel Hernández Paz
 * Gustavo Marcos
 * Iván Moro
 * Sergi Pedrerol
 * Iván Pérez
 * Jesús Rollán
 * Jordi Sans
 * Juan Jané