FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
SportWater polo
Founded1979
Continentall (International)
Most recent
champion(s)
 United States (5th title)
Most titles Netherlands (8 titles)

The FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup is an international water polo competition contested by women's national water polo teams of the members of FINA, the aquatic sports' global governing body. The tournament was established in 1979 with an erratic schedule, was contested every two years from 1989 - 1999, and has been contested every four years since 2002.[1]

From 2023 on, the tournament will be replacing the FINA Water Polo World League.[2][3]

Results[edit]

Year[1] Host Winner Runner-up Third place
1979 United States
Merced,
United States

United States

Netherlands

Australia
1980 Netherlands
Breda,
Netherlands

Netherlands

United States

Canada
1981 Australia
Brisbane,
Australia

Canada

Netherlands

Australia
1983 Canada
Sainte-Foy, Québec,
Canada

Netherlands

United States

Australia
1984 United States
Irvine,
United States

Australia

United States

Netherlands
1988 New Zealand
Christchurch,
New Zealand

Netherlands

Hungary

Canada
1989 Netherlands
Eindhoven,
Netherlands

Netherlands

United States

Hungary
1991 United States
Long Beach,
United States

Netherlands

Australia

United States
1993 Italy
Catania,
Italy

Netherlands

Italy

Hungary
1995 Australia
Sydney,
Australia

Australia

Netherlands

Hungary
1997 France
Nancy,
France

Netherlands

Russia

Australia
1999 Canada
Winnipeg,
Canada

Netherlands

Australia

Italy
2002 Australia
Perth,
Australia

Hungary

United States

Canada
2006 China
Tianjin,
PR China

Australia

Italy

Russia
2010 New Zealand
Christchurch,
New Zealand

United States

Australia

China
2014 Russia
Khanty-Mansiysk,
Russia

United States

Australia

Spain
2018 Russia
Surgut,
Russia

United States

Russia

Australia
2023 United States
Long Beach,
United States

United States

Netherlands

Spain

Medal table[edit]

Gillian van den Berg won the competition in 1999 as part of the Dutch team. In the photo she is seen celebrating her gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands84113
2 United States55111
3 Australia34512
4 Hungary1135
5 Canada1034
6 Italy0213
 Russia0213
8 Spain0022
9 China0011
Totals (9 entries)18181854
Karin Kuipers is the 90s GOAT. a 3 times best player of the world, 4 times World Cup winner (1x runner-up), World Champion (2x runner-up), European Champion (1x runner-up) and ISHOF-member.

Participation details[edit]

Legend
  •  1st  – Champions
  •  2nd  – Runners-up
  •  3rd  – Third place
  •  4th  – Fourth place
  •     – Hosts
  • Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
  • Defunct team
Africa – CANA (1 team)
Women's team[1] 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1988 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 Years
 South Africa 7th 8th 2
Americas – ASUA (4 teams)
Women's team[1] 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1988 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 Years
 Brazil 8th 1
 Canada 4th 3rd 1st 4th 3rd 4th 4th 6th 5th 5th 3rd 7th 5th 6th 14
 Puerto Rico 7th 1
 United States 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 3rd 5th 6th 7th 6th 2nd 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st 18
Asia – AASF (4 teams)
Women's team[1] 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1988 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 Years
 China 8th 3rd 4th 5th 4
 Japan 6th 7th 2
 Kazakhstan 8th 8th 2
 Singapore 7th 1
Europe – LEN (9 teams)
Women's team[1] 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1988 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 Years
 France 7th 7th 8th 3
 Germany
 West Germany
6th 1
 Greece 6th 8th 7th 6th 7th 5th 6
 Hungary 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 1st 5th 6th 5th 4th 10
 Israel 7th 1
 Italy 8th 5th 2nd 5th 4th 3rd 5th 2nd 6th 9
 Netherlands 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 13
 Russia 4th 2nd 7th 4th 3rd 4th 6th 2nd 8
 Spain 3rd 4th 3rd 3
Oceania – OSA (2 teams)
Women's team[1] 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1988 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 Years
 Australia 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 1st 5th 5th 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 2nd 6th 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 17
 New Zealand 5th 4th 6th 7th 8th 8th 7th 8th 8
Total teams 5 4 4 4 4 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 67. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "FINA Announces Dates for New 2023 Water Polo World Cup". fina.org. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. ^ "New FINA competition: World Cup replaces World League". total-waterpolo.com. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.