FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup

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The FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup is an international, synchronized swimming event organized by FINA and currently held every 4 years. It is a top-level international 'synchro' competition. [1] It was first held in 1979, and 2010 saw its twelfth edition. [2]

Synchronised swimming hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics

Synchronised swimming, referred to by international governing body FINA as artistic swimming since 2017, is a hybrid form of swimming, dance, and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronised routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music. Artistic swimming is governed internationally by FINA, and has been part of the Summer Olympics programme since 1984.

FINA international sport governing body

FINA or Fédération internationale de natation is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competition in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for the IOC and international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The event features competition in four different synchro events (Solo, Duet, Team and Free Combination), and allows each entered nation to have 1 entrant per event. The winner of the event is determined by adding a nations points from the four events. (Note: Free Combination was added to the event beginning in 2006.)

As of 2012, Canada, Japan and the USA are the only nations to have swum at all editions of the Cup. [3]

Editions

EditionYearEventsLocationDatesNationsBest Nation
I 1979 S, D, T Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo 8Flag of the United States.svg  United States
II 1985 S, D, T Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis 3Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
III 1987 S, D, T Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo 10Flag of the United States.svg  United States
IV 1989 S, D, T Flag of France.svg Paris September 7-910Flag of the United States.svg  United States
V 1991 S, D, T Flag of Germany.svg Bonn September 12-1510Flag of the United States.svg  United States
VI 1993 S, D, T  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Lausanne July 7-1011Flag of the United States.svg  United States
VII 1995 S, D, T Flag of the United States.svg Atlanta August 1-59Flag of the United States.svg  United States
VIII 1997 S, D, T Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangdong July 16-1913Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
IX 1999 S, D, T Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul September 8-1212Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
X 2002 S, D, T  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Zurich September 12-1512Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
XI 2006 S, D, T, FC Flag of Japan.svg Yokohama September 14-1729Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
XII 2010 S, D, T, FC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Changshu September 16-1923Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
XIII 2014 D, T, FC, TH Flag of Canada.svg Quebec October 2–517Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Event codes: S= Solo, D= Duet, T= Team, FC= Free Combination, TH= Team Highlights

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The 11th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held September 14–17, 2006 in Yokohama, Japan. It featured swimmers from 29 nations, swimming in four events: Solo, Duet, Team and Free Combination.

The 10th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held September 12–15, 2002 in Zurich, Switzerland. It featured swimmers from 12 nations, swimming in three events: Solo, Duet and Team.

The 12th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held September 16–19, 2010 in Changshu, China. It featured swimmers from 23 nations, swimming in four events: Solo, Duet, Team and Free Combination.

The 9th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held September 8–12, 1999 in Seoul, Korea. It featured swimmers from 12 nations, swimming in three events: Solo, Duet and Team.

The 8th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held July 16–19, 1997 in Guangzhou, China. It featured swimmers from 13 nations, swimming in three events: Solo, Duet and Team.

The 7th FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup was held August 1–5, 1995 in Atlanta, USA. It featured swimmers from 9 nations, swimming in three events: Solo, Duet and Team.

The 4th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held September 7–9, 1989 in Paris, France. It featured swimmers from 10 nations, swimming in three events: Solo, Duet and Team.

The 6th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held July 7–10, 1993 in Lausanne, Switzerland. It featured swimmers from 11 nations, swimming in three events: Solo, Duet and Team.

The 5th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held September 12–15, 1991 in Bonn, Germany. It featured swimmers from 10 nations, swimming in three events: Solo, Duet and Team.

The 2nd FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup was held 1985 in Indianapolis, USA. It featured swimmers from 3 nations, swimming in three events: Solo, Duet and Team.

The 3rd FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held 1987 in Cairo, Egypt. It featured swimmers from 10 nations, swimming in three events: Solo, Duet and Team.

The 1st FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held 1979 in Tokyo, Japan. It had swimmers from eight nations, swimming in three events: solo, duet and team.

The 3rd FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy was held December 5–7, 2008 in Madrid, Spain. It featured swimmers from 8 nations, swimming in four events: Duet Free, Duet Thematic, Team Free and Free Combination.

The 1st FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy was held 2006 in Moscow, Russia. It featured swimmers from 8 nations, swimming in three events: Duet, Team and Free Combination.

The 2nd FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy was held 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It featured swimmers from 8 nations, swimming in three events: Duet, Team and Free Combination.

The FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships is an international, synchronized swimming event organized by FINA held every 2 years. It was first held in 1989, and 2012 saw its thirteenth edition.

The 13th FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships was held September 12–16, 2012 in Volos, Greece. The synchronised swimmers are aged between 15 and 18 years old, from 33 nations, swimming in four events: Solo, Duet, Team and Free combination.

Anna Vyacheslavivna Voloshyna is a Ukrainian synchro swimmer. She has won fifteen medals at the European Championships – including gold in the combination routine (2014) and team free routine (2016) – and a silver as well as nine World bronze medals.

The 13th FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup was held October 2–5, 2014 in Quebec City, Canada. It featured swimmers from 17 nations, swimming in four events: Duet, Team, Free Combination, and Team Highlights.

References

  1. ↑ Synchro World Cup page Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine . from the FINA website; retrieved 2012-03-03.
  2. ↑ HistoFINA (2009 ed): volume 9 published by FINA on 2009-07-01; retrieved 2012-03-03.
  3. ↑ HistoFINA (2011 ed): Synchro Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine . published by FINA on 2011-07-01; retrieved 2012-03-04.


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