FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup explained

Sport:	Water polo
Founded:	1979
Continent:	all (International)
Champion:	(5th title)
Most Champs:	(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]

From 2023 on, the tournament will be replacing the FINA Water Polo World League.^{[2] [3]}

Results

Year	Host	width=25%	Winner !	width=25%	Runner-up !	width=25%	Third place
1979	Merced, United States
1980	Breda, Netherlands
1981	Brisbane, Australia
1983	Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
1984	Irvine, United States
1988	Christchurch, New Zealand
1989	Eindhoven, Netherlands
1991	Long Beach, United States
1993	Catania, Italy
1995	Sydney, Australia
1997	Nancy, France
1999	Winnipeg, Canada
2002	Perth, Australia
2006	Tianjin, PR China
2010	Christchurch, New Zealand
2014	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
2018	Surgut, Russia
2023	Long Beach, United States

Participation details

Legend

• – Champions
• – Runners-up
• – Third place
• – Fourth place
• – Hosts
• Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
• ^† – Defunct team

Africa – CANA (1 team)
Women's team	1979	1980	1981	1983	1984	1988	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2023	Years
																7th	8th		2
Americas – ASUA (4 teams)
Women's team	1979	1980	1981	1983	1984	1988	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2023	Years
								8th											1
	4th	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	4th		3rd	4th	4th	6th		5th	5th	3rd	7th	5th		6th		14
						7th													1
	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2nd	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	5th	6th	7th	6th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	18
Asia – AASF (4 teams)
Women's team	1979	1980	1981	1983	1984	1988	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2023	Years
														8th	3rd	4th	5th		4
								6th	7th										2
									8th				8th						2
																7th			1
Europe – LEN (9 teams)
Women's team	1979	1980	1981	1983	1984	1988	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2023	Years
							7th			7th	8th								3
^†							6th												1
											6th	8th	7th	6th	7th			5th	6
						bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd		3rd	3rd		4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	5th	6th	5th		4th	10
																		7th	1
							8th	5th	2nd	5th	4th	3rd	5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd				6th	9
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st						bgcolor=silver	2nd	13
										4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	7th	4th	3rd	4th	6th	2nd		8
																3rd	4th	3rd	3
Oceania – OSA (2 teams)
Women's team	1979	1980	1981	1983	1984	1988	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2023	Years
	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	5th	5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	1st	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	6th	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd		17
	5th				4th	6th		7th		8th					8th		7th	8th	8
Total teams	5	4	4	4	4	7	8	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

See main article: world cups.

Notes and References

1. wwcp. dmy .
2. Web site: FINA Announces Dates for New 2023 Water Polo World Cup. fina.org. 7 October 2022 . 7 October 2022.
3. Web site: New FINA competition: World Cup replaces World League. total-waterpolo.com. 7 October 2022 . 7 October 2022.