FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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]

Results[]

Year[1]	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place
1979 Details	Merced, United States	United States	Netherlands	Australia
1980 Details	Breda, Netherlands	Netherlands	United States	Canada
1981	Brisbane, Australia	Canada	Netherlands	Australia
1983 Details	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 Details	Winnipeg, Canada	Netherlands	Australia	Italy
2002 Details	Perth, Australia	Hungary	United States	Canada
2006 Details	Tianjin, PR China	Australia	Italy	Russia
2010 Details	Christchurch, New Zealand	United States	Australia	China
2014 Details	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	United States	Australia	Spain
2018 Details	Surgut, Russia	United States	Russia	Australia

Medal table[]

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.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	8	3	1	12
2	United States	4	5	1	10
3	Australia	3	4	5	12
4	Hungary	1	1	3	5
5	Canada	1	0	3	4
6	Italy	0	2	1	3
	Russia	0	2	1	3
8	China	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		17	17	17	51

Participation details[]

Legend

Africa – CANA (1 team)
Women's team[1]	1979	1980		1983								1999	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	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	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	17
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	Years
China														8th	3rd	4th	5th	4
Japan								6th	7th									2
Kazakhstan									8th				8th					2
																7th		1
Europe – LEN (8 teams)
Women's team[1]	1979	1980		1983								1999	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	Years
France							7th			7th	8th							3
Germany  West Germany†							6th											1
Greece											6th	8th	7th	6th	7th			5
Hungary						2nd	3rd		3rd	3rd		4th	1st	5th	6th	5th		9
Italy							8th	5th	2nd	5th	4th	3rd	5th	2nd				8
Netherlands	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st						12
Russia										4th	2nd	7th	4th	3rd	4th	6th	2nd	8
Spain																3rd	4th	2
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	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	7
Total teams	5	4	4	4	4	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

See also[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• FINA
• Sports123
• Australian Water Polo