The World Aquatics Swimming World Cup is an international series of swimming meets organized by World Aquatics. Launched in 1988, the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup is staged between August and November every year and attracts a high level of athletes due to the considerable prize money on offer. The event is traditionally held in short course format, with a switch to long course format in pre-Olympics years.
The 2007 FINA Swimming World Cup occurred in autumn 2007. It was an international series of short course (25m) swimming competitions organised by FINA.
The 2008 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup was held in October and November 2008. The meet scheduling matched that of the 2007 series, with all meets held short course metres (25 m) format.
Matija "Matt" Jaukovic is an Australian and former Montenegrin competitive swimmer. He is a former world record-holder in the short course 50 metre butterfly. Over the course of his career he has also held Commonwealth, Oceanian, Australian national, and Australian All Comers records in the short course 50 metre butterfly as well as an Australian All Comers record in the 100 metre butterfly. He won a total of 10 medals in international competitions, all at the FINA Swimming World Cup, seven of which were gold medals and three of which were silver medals. Before competing representing Australia, he set a Montenegrin national record in the 100 metre backstroke.
The 2009 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of five short course (25 m) swimming meets, held in October and November 2009.
The 2009 Duel in the Pool was a swimming competition between a team from the United States and a combined British, German and Italian "E-Stars" team held on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 December 2009 at the Manchester Aquatics Centre, United Kingdom. The naming rights are held by Mutual of Omaha and British Gas in the United States and Europe respectively – the event was therefore promoted as the 2009 Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool and 2009 British Gas Duel in the Pool.
The 2011 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of seven, two-day, short course meets in seven different cities in October and November 2011. Arena was again the title sponsor for the series, with Omega serving as official timer.
The 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of eight, two-day, short course meets in eight different cities in October and November 2012. Arena was again the title sponsor for the series, with Omega serving as official timer.
The 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of eight, two-day, short course meets in eight different cities between August and November 2013. Arena was again the title sponsor for the series, with Omega serving as official timer.
Emma Jennifer McKeon, is a retired Australian competitive swimmer. She is an eight-time world record holder, three current and five former, in relays. Her total career haul of 14 Olympic medals following the 2024 Olympic Games made her the most decorated Australian, the third-most decorated swimmer, and the seventh-most decorated athlete in Olympic history and included one gold medal from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, four gold medals from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and one gold medal from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. With four gold and three bronze medals she was the most decorated athlete across all sports at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and tied for the most medals won by a woman in a single Olympic Games. She also won 20 medals, including five gold medals, at the World Aquatics Championships; and a record 20 medals, including 14 gold, at the Commonwealth Games.
The 2014 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of seven, two-day, short course meets in seven different cities between August and November 2014. Mastbank was again the title sponsor for the series, with Omega serving as official timer.
The 2015 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of eight, two-day, long course swimming meets in eight different cities between August and November 2015. Airweave was the title sponsor for the series, with Omega serving as official timer. This was the first World Cup edition held in a long-course pool, allowing swimmers to prepare for next year's Olympics, which are also held in long course.
Kyle Chalmers, is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian and Australian record holder in the short course 50 metre butterfly and 50 metre freestyle.
The 2016 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of nine two-day meets in nine different cities between August and October 2016. After switching to long-course pools in the previous year's pre-Olympic season, this edition returned to the usual short-course format. Like the previous short course World Cup in 2014, 36 events were scheduled. The total amount of prize money was US$ 2,178,000. The first meet started 13 days after the final day of the Olympic pool swimming program.
The 2017 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of eight two-day meets in eight different cities between August and November 2017. This edition was held in the usual short-course format. Like the previous short course World Cup in 2016, 36 events were scheduled.
The 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of seven three-day meets in seven different cities between September and November 2018. This edition integrated meets held in 25m-pool as well as meets in 50m-pool.
The 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of seven three-day meets in seven different cities between August and November 2019. This edition was held in the long course format.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
Beijing, China 
Singapore 
Tokyo, Japan 
Berlin, Germany 
Moscow, Russia 
Stockholm, Sweden 
