FINA Water Polo World Cup
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]
Editions
Results
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hungary | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 |  Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 |  United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Serbia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Italy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 |  West Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Spain | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 14 |  Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
- Source:[3]
Participation details
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- × — Did not enter qualifications
- • — Did not qualify for the final tournament
- •• — Qualified but withdrew
- — Hosts
| Team | 1979 (8) |
1981 (8) |
1983 (8) |
1985 (8) |
1987 (8) |
1989 (8) |
1991 (8) |
1993 (8) |
1995 (8) |
1997 (8) |
1999 (8) |
2002 (8) |
2006 (8) |
2010 (8) |
2014 (8) |
2018 (8) |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia
|
• | 7th | • | 7th | • | 7th | 7th | 3rd | • | • | 8th | • | • | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 9 |
 Bulgaria
|
8th | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
 China
|
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | 1 |
| Croatia
|
Part of Yugoslavia
|
• | 8th | 8th | • | 8th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 7 | ||||||
| Cuba
|
• | 3rd | 8th | • | 7th | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 |
| Germany
|
5th | • | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | 8 |
| Greece
|
• | • | • | 8th | 8th | • | • | 7th | 6th | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 7th | • | • | • | 8 |
| Hungary
|
1st | 6th | 7th | • | • | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | • | 2nd | 1st | 13 |
 Iran
|
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | 1 |
| Italy
|
6th | • | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | • | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | • | • | • | 11 |
 Japan
|
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | 1 |
| Kazakhstan
|
Part of Soviet Union
|
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | 1 | ||||||
 Montenegro
|
Part of Yugoslavia
|
Part of Serbia and Montenegro/FR Yugoslavia
|
• | 7th | • | 1 | |||||||||||
 Netherlands
|
• | • | 6th | 6th | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Romania
|
7th | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 5th | • | • | 4 |
| Russia
|
Part of Soviet Union
|
5th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 8th | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||
| Serbia
|
Part of Yugoslavia
|
Part of Serbia and Montenegro/FR Yugoslavia
|
1st | 1st | 3rd | 3 | |||||||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro/ FR Yugoslavia |
Part of Yugoslavia
|
• | • | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 1st | defunct | 4 | ||||||||
 South Africa
|
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 8th | 2 |
| Soviet Union
|
4th | 1st | 1st | • | 2nd | 6th | 5th | defunct | 6 | ||||||||
| Spain
|
• | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 3rd | • | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | • | • | 12 |
| United States
|
2nd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 8th | 1st | 4th | 4th | 1st | 6th | 7th | • | 4th | 4th | 6th | 15 |
| Yugoslavia
|
3rd | 2nd | • | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | defunct | 6 | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Water Polo World Cup page Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine of the FINA website; retrieved 2012-03.08.
- ^ HistoFINA, Water Polo, published by FINA on 2011-07-01; retrieved 2012-03-08. ("HistoFINA" is FINA's self-history.)
- ^ "WATER POLO MEDALISTS AND STATISTICS" (PDF). FINA (PDF).
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