FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Sports current event.svg 2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
Sport Water polo
Founded1979
Continentall (International)
Most recent
champion(s)		Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (1st title)
Most titlesFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (8 titles)

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]

Contents

Change Format

From 2023 on, the tournament replaced the FINA Water Polo World League and changed format. [2] [3]

Editions

#Year [1] HostWinnerRunner-upThird place
1 1979 Flag of the United States.svg
Merced,
United States 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
2 1980 Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Breda,
Netherlands 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
3 1981 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Brisbane,
Australia 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
4 1983 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Sainte-Foy, Québec,
Canada 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
5 1984 Flag of the United States.svg
Irvine,
United States 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
6 1988 Flag of New Zealand.svg
Christchurch,
New Zealand 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		Flag of Hungary.svg
Hungary 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
7 1989 Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Eindhoven,
Netherlands 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of Hungary.svg
Hungary
8 1991 Flag of the United States.svg
Long Beach,
United States 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States
9 1993 Flag of Italy.svg
Catania,
Italy 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		Flag of Italy.svg
Italy 		Flag of Hungary.svg
Hungary
10 1995 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Sydney,
Australia 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		Flag of Hungary.svg
Hungary
11 1997 Flag of France.svg
Nancy,
France 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		Flag of Russia.svg
Russia 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
12 1999 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Winnipeg,
Canada 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
13 2002 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Perth,
Australia 		Flag of Hungary.svg
Hungary 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
14 2006 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Tianjin,
PR China 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		Flag of Italy.svg
Italy 		Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
15 2010 Flag of New Zealand.svg
Christchurch,
New Zealand 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
16 2014 Flag of Russia.svg
Khanty-Mansiysk,
Russia 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia 		Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
17 2018 Flag of Russia.svg
Surgut,
Russia 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of Russia.svg
Russia 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
New Format (Division 1 + Division 2)
18 2023 Flag of the United States.svg
Long Beach,
United States 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
19 2025 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Chengdu,
China 		Flag of Greece.svg
Greece 		Flag of Hungary.svg
Hungary 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands

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. Gillian van den Berg (2008-08-25).jpg
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
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 84214
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55111
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 34512
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1236
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1034
6Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1001
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0213
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0213
9Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0022
10Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0011
Totals (10 entries)19191957
Karin Kuipers is one of the best players of the 90s: a 3 time best player of the world, 4 time World Cup winner (1x runner-up), World Champion (2x runner-up), European Champion (1x runner-up) and an ISHOF-member. Karin Kuipers 4 time WC-Winner.jpg
Karin Kuipers is one of the best players of the 90s: a 3 time best player of the world, 4 time World Cup winner (1x runner-up), World Champion (2x runner-up), European Champion (1x runner-up) and an ISHOF-member.

Participation details

Legend
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 2025 Years
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7th8th2
Americas – ASUA (4 teams)
Women's team [1] 1979198019811983198419881989199119931995199719992002200620102014201820232025Years
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 8th1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4th3rd1st4th3rd4th4th6th5th5th3rd7th5th6th14
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 7th1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1st2nd4th2nd2nd4th2nd3rd5th6th7th6th2nd4th1st1st1st1st18
Asia – AASF (4 teams)
Women's team [1] 1979198019811983198419881989199119931995199719992002200620102014201820232025Years
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8th3rd4th5th8th5
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6th7th7th3
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 8th8th2
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 7th1
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 2025 Years
Flag of France.svg  France 7th7th8th3
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany †		6th1
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6th8th7th6th7th5th1st7
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2nd3rd3rd3rd4th1st5th6th5th4th2nd11
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 7th1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8th5th2nd5th4th3rd5th2nd6th6th10
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2nd1st2nd1st3rd1st1st1st1st2nd1st1st2nd3rd14
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4th2nd7th4th3rd4th6th2nd8
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3rd4th3rd4th4
Oceania – OSA (2 teams)
Women's team [1] 1979198019811983198419881989199119931995199719992002200620102014201820232025Years
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3rd4th3rd3rd1st5th5th2nd4th1st3rd2nd6th1st2nd2nd3rd5th18
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5th4th6th7th8th8th7th8th8
Total teams544447888888888888

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "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.
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