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]
Current season, competition or edition: 2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup | |
| Sport | Water polo |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1979 |
| Continent | all (International) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  United States (5th title) |
| Most titles |  Netherlands (8 titles) |
From 2023 on, the tournament will be replacing the FINA Water Polo World League.[2][3]
Results
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Medal table
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Netherlands | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 |  Australia | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 |  Hungary | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |  Canada | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 |  Italy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Russia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 |  China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
Participation details
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- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- – Hosts
- Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
- † – Defunct team
| 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 |
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 South Africa
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7th | 8th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Americas – ASUA (4 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 |
 Brazil
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8th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Canada
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4th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 6th | 14 | |||||
 Puerto Rico
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7th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States
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1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 18 | |
| Asia – AASF (4 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 |
| China
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8th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 4 | |||||||||||||||
 Japan
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6th | 7th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 Kazakhstan
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8th | 8th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 Singapore
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7th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
 France
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7th | 7th | 8th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Germany West Germany†
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6th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Greece
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6th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary
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2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 10 | |||||||||
 Israel
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7th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Italy
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8th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 9 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands
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2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 13 | ||||||
| Russia
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4th | 2nd | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 2nd | 8 | |||||||||||
| Spain
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3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oceania – OSA (2 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 |
| Australia
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3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 17 | ||
 New Zealand
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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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "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.
- ^ "FINA Announces Dates for New 2023 Water Polo World Cup". fina.org. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "New FINA competition: World Cup replaces World League". total-waterpolo.com. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.