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]

For the women's tournament, see FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup.
FINA Water Polo World Cup
SportWater polo
Founded1979
Continentall (International)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Spain (1st title)
Most titles Hungary (4 titles)

From 2023 on, the tournament will be replacing the FINA Water Polo World League.[3][4]

Editions
Year[2]Host WinnerRunner-upThird place
1979 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Belgrade & Rijeka, Yugoslavia
Hungary
United States
Yugoslavia
1981 United States
Long Beach, USA
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Cuba
1983 United States
Malibu, USA
Soviet Union
West Germany
Italy
1985 Germany
Duisburg, West Germany
West Germany
United States
Spain
1987 Greece
Thessaloniki, Greece
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
West Germany
1989 Germany
West Berlin, West Germany
Yugoslavia
Italy
Hungary
1991 Spain
Barcelona, Spain
United States
Yugoslavia
Spain
1993 Greece
Athens, Greece
Italy
Hungary
Australia
1995 United States
Atlanta, USA
Hungary
Italy
Russia
1997 Greece
Athens, Greece
United States
Greece
Hungary
1999 Australia
Sydney, Australia
Hungary
Italy
Spain
2002 Serbia and Montenegro
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Russia
Hungary
FR Yugoslavia
2006 Hungary
Budapest, Hungary
Serbia and Montenegro
Hungary
Spain
2010 Romania
Oradea, Romania
Serbia
Croatia
Spain
2014 Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Serbia
Hungary
Croatia
2018 Germany
Berlin, Germany
Hungary
Australia
Serbia
2023 United States
Los Angeles, USA
Spain
Italy
United States

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary44210
2 Serbia[a]3025
3 United States2215
 Yugoslavia2215
5 Soviet Union2103
6 Italy1416
7 West Germany1113
8 Spain1056
9 Russia1012
10 Australia0112
 Croatia0112
12 Greece0101
13 Cuba0011
Totals (13 entries)17171751
Source:[2]
  • ^[a] FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro medals included in Serbia row.

Participation details
Legend
  •  1st  – Champions
  •  2nd  – Runners-up
  •  3rd  – Third place
  •  4th  – Fourth place
  •      – Disqualified
  •     – Hosts
  • = – More than one team tied for that rank
  • Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
  • † – Defunct team
Africa – CANA (1 team)
Men's team[2] 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 Years
 South Africa 8th8th2
Americas – ASUA (2 teams)
Men's team[2] 19791981198319851987198919911993199519971999200220062010201420182023Years
 Cuba 3rd8th7th8th4
 United States 2nd4th4th2nd4th8th1st4th4th1st6th7th4th4th6th3rd16
Asia – AASF (4 teams)
Men's team[2] 19791981198319851987198919911993199519971999200220062010201420182023Years
 China 7th1
 Iran 8th1
 Japan 7th1
 Kazakhstan Part of Soviet Union6th1
Europe – LEN (15 teams)
Men's team[2] 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 Years
 Bulgaria 8th8th2
 Croatia Part of Yugoslavia8th8th8th4th2nd3rd5th7
 Germany
 West Germany†		 5th2nd1st3rd5th8th6th4th8th9
 Greece 8th8th7th6th2nd7th5th7th5th9
 Hungary 1st6th7th3rd4th2nd1st3rd1st2nd2nd2nd1st4th14
 Italy 6th3rd5th5th2nd1st2nd5th2nd4th5th2nd12
 Montenegro Part of YugoslaviaPart of SCG / FRY7th1
 Netherlands 6th6th7th3
Men's team 19791981198319851987198919911993199519971999200220062010201420182023Years
 Romania 7th6th6th5th6th5
 Russia Part of Soviet Union5th3rd4th4th1st8th6
 Serbia Part of YugoslaviaPart of SCG / FRY1st1st3rd7th4
 Serbia and Montenegro†
 FR Yugoslavia†		 Part of Yugoslavia7th5th3rd1stDefunct4
 Soviet Union† 4th1st1st2nd6th5thDefunct6
 Spain 5th5th3rd6th4th3rd5th6th3rd6th3rd3rd1st13
 Yugoslavia† 3rd2nd4th1st1st2ndDefunct6
Oceania – OSA (1 team)
Men's team[2] 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 Years
 Australia 7th7th7th7th3rd8th6th5th2nd9
Total teams 88888888888888888

See also

References
  1. Water Polo World Cup page Archived 31 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine of the FINA website; retrieved 8 March 2012.
  2. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. "FINA Announces Dates for New 2023 Water Polo World Cup". fina.org. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. "New FINA competition: World Cup replaces World League". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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