FINA Water Polo World Cup

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International water polo competition

For the women's tournament, see FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup.

FINA Water Polo World CupSport| Water polo

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Founded| 1979
Continent| all (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

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1979 |
Belgrade & Rijeka, Yugoslavia |
Hungary |
United States |
Yugoslavia
1981 |
Long Beach, USA |
Soviet Union |
Yugoslavia |
Cuba
1983 |
Malibu, USA |
Soviet Union |
West Germany |
Italy
1985 |
Duisburg, West Germany |
West Germany |
United States |
Spain
1987 |
Thessaloniki, Greece |
Yugoslavia |
Soviet Union |
West Germany
1989 |
West Berlin, West Germany |
Yugoslavia |
Italy |
Hungary
1991 |
Barcelona, Spain |
United States |
Yugoslavia |
Spain
1993 |
Athens, Greece |
Italy |
Hungary |
Australia
1995 |
Atlanta, USA |
Hungary |
Italy |
Russia
1997 |
Athens, Greece |
United States |
Greece |
Hungary
1999 |
Sydney, Australia |
Hungary |
Italy |
Spain
2002 |
Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
Russia |
Hungary |
Yugoslavia
2006 |
Budapest, Hungary |
Serbia and Montenegro |
Hungary |
Spain
2010 |
Oradea, Romania |
Serbia |
Croatia |
Spain
2014 |
Almaty, Kazakhstan |
Serbia |
Hungary |
Croatia
2018 |
Berlin, Germany |
Hungary |
Australia |
Serbia
2023 |
Los Angeles, USA |
Spain |
Italy |
United States

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Hungary| 4| 4| 2| 10
2|  Serbia[a]| 3| 0| 2| 5
3|  United States| 2| 2| 1| 5
Yugoslavia| 2| 2| 1| 5
5|  Soviet Union| 2| 1| 0| 3
6|  Italy| 1| 4| 1| 6
7|  West Germany| 1| 1| 1| 3
8|  Spain| 1| 0| 5| 6
9|  Russia| 1| 0| 1| 2
10|  Australia| 0| 1| 1| 2
Croatia| 0| 1| 1| 2
12|  Greece| 0| 1| 0| 1
13|  Cuba| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (13 entries)| 17| 17| 17| 51

Source:[2]

* ^[a] FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro medals included in Serbia row.

## 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 | 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 | 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 | Years
China |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7th |  |  |  | 1
Iran |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8th |  |  |  | 1
Japan |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7th |  | 1
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 | Years
Bulgaria | 8th | 8th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia |  | 8th | 8th |  | 8th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th |  | 7
Germany
West Germany† | 5th |  | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 6th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4th | 8th | 9
Greece |  |  |  | 8th | 8th |  |  | 7th | 6th | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 7th |  |  |  | 5th | 9
Hungary | 1st | 6th | 7th |  |  | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd |  | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 14
Italy | 6th |  | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 2nd |  | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 5th |  |  |  | 2nd | 12
Montenegro | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of SCG / FRY |  | 7th |  |  | 1
Netherlands |  |  | 6th | 6th |  |  |  |  | 7th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Men's team  | 1979 | 1981 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2023 | 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 | 13
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 | 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 |

## 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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FINA Water Polo World Cup / FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

Men's|

* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1983
* 1985
* 1987
* 1989
* 1991
* 1993
* 1995
* 1997
* 1999
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2023

Women's|

* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1983
* 1984
* 1988
* 1989
* 1991
* 1993
* 1995
* 1997
* 1999
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
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