Water polo at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
The 1998 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the eighth edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 7 to 18 January 1998 in the Challenge Stadium, and was incorporated into the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.
Qualification
Teams
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Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Second round
Group E
Group F
Semi finals
- 16 January 1998
Finals
- 16 January 1998 – 15th place
- 16 January 1998 – 13th place
- 16 January 1998 – 11th place
- 17 January 1998 – 9th place
- 17 January 1998 – 7th place
- 18 January 1998 – 5th place
- 18 January 1998 – Bronze Medal Match
- 18 January 1998 – Gold Medal Match
Final ranking
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Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| ' | ' | Aleksandar Ćirić Danilo Ikodinović Dragan Jovanović Nikola Kuljača Aleksandar Nikolić Dušan Popović Dejan Savić Aleksandar Šapić Petar Trbojević Veljko Uskoković Željko Vičević Vladimir Vujasinović Nenad Vukanić |