FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

Summary

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]

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)

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  
Merced,
United States
 
United States
 
Netherlands
 
Australia
1980  
Breda,
Netherlands
 
Netherlands
 
United States
 
Canada
1981  
Brisbane,
Australia
 
Canada
 
Netherlands
 
Australia
1983  
Sainte-Foy, Québec,
Canada
 
Netherlands
 
United States
 
Australia
1984  
Irvine,
United States
 
Australia
 
United States
 
Netherlands
1988  
Christchurch,
New Zealand
 
Netherlands
 
Hungary
 
Canada
1989  
Eindhoven,
Netherlands
 
Netherlands
 
United States
 
Hungary
1991  
Long Beach,
United States
 
Netherlands
 
Australia
 
United States
1993  
Catania,
Italy
 
Netherlands
 
Italy
 
Hungary
1995  
Sydney,
Australia
 
Australia
 
Netherlands
 
Hungary
1997  
Nancy,
France
 
Netherlands
 
Russia
 
Australia
1999  
Winnipeg,
Canada
 
Netherlands
 
Australia
 
Italy
2002  
Perth,
Australia
 
Hungary
 
United States
 
Canada
2006  
Tianjin,
PR China
 
Australia
 
Italy
 
Russia
2010  
Christchurch,
New Zealand
 
United States
 
Australia
 
China
2014  
Khanty-Mansiysk,
Russia
 
United States
 
Australia
 
Spain
2018  
Surgut,
Russia
 
United States
 
Russia
 
Australia
2023  
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.