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    FINA Water Polo World Cup

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    For the women's tournament, see FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup.
    FINA Water Polo World Cup
    Current season, competition or edition:
    Current sports event 2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
    SportWater polo
    Founded1979
    Continentall (International)
    Most recent
    champion(s)    		 Spain (1st title)
    Most titles Hungary (4 titles)

    The FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup is an international water polo tournament, organized by FINA and featuring eight men's national teams.[1] It was established in 1979, initially taking place on odd years. Since 2002 it is held every four years, in the even-year between Olympics.[2]

    From 2023 on, the tournament will be replacing the FINA Water Polo World League.[3][4]

    Editions

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    Year[2] Host Winner Runner-up Third place
    1979 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
    Belgrade & Rijeka, Yugoslavia
    Hungary
    United States
    Yugoslavia
    1981 United States
    Long Beach, USA
    Soviet Union
    Yugoslavia
    Cuba
    1983 United States
    Malibu, USA
    Soviet Union
    West Germany
    Italy
    1985 Germany
    Duisburg, West Germany
    West Germany
    United States
    Spain
    1987 Greece
    Thessaloniki, Greece
    Yugoslavia
    Soviet Union
    West Germany
    1989 Germany
    West Berlin, West Germany
    Yugoslavia
    Italy
    Hungary
    1991 Spain
    Barcelona, Spain
    United States
    Yugoslavia
    Spain
    1993 Greece
    Athens, Greece
    Italy
    Hungary
    Australia
    1995 United States
    Atlanta, USA
    Hungary
    Italy
    Russia
    1997 Greece
    Athens, Greece
    United States
    Greece
    Hungary
    1999 Australia
    Sydney, Australia
    Hungary
    Italy
    Spain
    2002 Serbia and Montenegro
    Belgrade, Yugoslavia
    Russia
    Hungary
    Yugoslavia
    2006 Hungary
    Budapest, Hungary
    Serbia and Montenegro
    Hungary
    Spain
    2010 Romania
    Oradea, Romania
    Serbia
    Croatia
    Spain
    2014 Kazakhstan
    Almaty, Kazakhstan
    Serbia
    Hungary
    Croatia
    2018 Germany
    Berlin, Germany
    Hungary
    Australia
    Serbia
    2023 United States
    Los Angeles, USA
    Spain
    Italy
    United States
    2025 Montenegro
    Kotor & Budva, Montenegro

    Medal table

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    RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
    1 Hungary45211
    2 United States2215
     Yugoslavia2215
    4 Soviet Union2103
    5 Spain2057
    6 Serbia2013
    7 Italy1416
    8 West Germany1113
    9 Russia1012
     Yugoslavia /
     Serbia and Montenegro    		1012
    11 Australia0112
     Croatia0112
     Greece0112
    14 Cuba0011
    Totals (14 entries)18181854
    Source:[2]

    Participation details

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    Legend
    •  1st  – Champions
    •  2nd  – Runners-up
    •  3rd  – Third place
    •  4th  – Fourth place
    •      – Disqualified
    •     – Hosts
    • = – More than one team tied for that rank
    • Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
    • † – Defunct team
    Africa – CANA (1 team)
    Men's team[2] 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 2025 Years
     South Africa 8th 8th 2
    Americas – ASUA (2 teams)
    Men's team[2] 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 2025 Years
     Cuba 3rd 8th 7th 8th 4
     United States 2nd 4th 4th 2nd 4th 8th 1st 4th 4th 1st 6th 7th 4th 4th 6th 3rd 16
    Asia – AASF (4 teams)
    Men's team[2] 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 2025 Years
     China 7th 1
     Iran 8th 1
     Japan 7th Q 2
     Kazakhstan Part of Soviet Union 6th 1
    Europe – LEN (15 teams)
    Men's team[2] 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 2025 Years
     Bulgaria 8th 8th 2
     Croatia Part of Yugoslavia 8th 8th 8th 4th 2nd 3rd 5th Q 8
     Germany
     West Germany†     		5th 2nd 1st 3rd 5th 8th 6th 4th 8th Q 10
     Greece 8th 8th 7th 6th 2nd 7th 5th 7th 5th Q 10
     Hungary 1st 6th 7th 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 4th Q 15
     Italy 6th 3rd 5th 5th 2nd 1st 2nd 5th 2nd 4th 5th 2nd 12
     Montenegro Part of Yugoslavia Part of SCG / FRY 7th Q 2
     Netherlands 6th 6th 7th Q 4
    Men's team 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 2025 Years
     Romania 7th 6th 6th 5th 6th 5
     Russia Part of Soviet Union 5th 3rd 4th 4th 1st 8th 6
     Serbia Part of Yugoslavia Part of SCG / FRY 1st 1st 3rd 7th 4
     Serbia and Montenegro†
     Yugoslavia†     		Part of Yugoslavia 7th 5th 3rd 1st Defunct 4
     Soviet Union† 4th 1st 1st 2nd 6th 5th Defunct 6
     Spain 5th 5th 3rd 6th 4th 3rd 5th 6th 3rd 6th 3rd 3rd 1st Q 14
     Yugoslavia† 3rd 2nd 4th 1st 1st 2nd Defunct 6
    Oceania – OSA (1 team)
    Men's team[2] 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 2025 Years
     Australia 7th 7th 7th 7th 3rd 8th 6th 5th 2nd 9
    Total teams 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

    See also

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    • FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
    • List of water polo world medalists
    • Major achievements in water polo by nation

    References

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    1. ^ Water Polo World Cup page Archived 31 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine of the FINA website; retrieved 8 March 2012.
    2. ^ a b c d e f g h "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
    3. ^ "FINA Announces Dates for New 2023 Water Polo World Cup". fina.org. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
    4. ^ "New FINA competition: World Cup replaces World League". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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