FINA Water Polo World Cup

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For the women's tournament, see FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup.
FINA Water Polo World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
SportWater polo
Founded1979
Continentall (International)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Spain (2nd title)
Most titles Hungary (4 titles)

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]

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

Editions

Year[2] Host Winner Runner-up Third 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
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
2025 Montenegro
Podgorica, Montenegro
Spain
Greece
Hungary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary44311
2 Serbia3025
3 United States2215
 Yugoslavia2215
5 Soviet Union2103
6 Spain2057
7 Italy1416
8 West Germany1113
9 Russia1012
10 Greece0202
11 Australia0112
 Croatia0112
13 Cuba0011
Totals (13 entries)18181854
Source:[2]
  • ^ 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 2025 Years
 South Africa 8th 8th 2
Americas – ASUA (2 teams)
Men's team[2] 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 2025 Years
 Cuba 3rd 8th 7th 8th 4
 United States 2nd 4th 4th 2nd 4th 8th 1st 4th 4th 1st 6th 7th 4th 4th 6th 3rd 16
Asia – AASF (4 teams)
Men's team[2] 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 2025 Years
 China 7th 1
 Iran 8th 1
 Japan 7th 8th 2
 Kazakhstan Part of Soviet Union 6th 1
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 2025 Years
 Bulgaria 8th 8th 2
 Croatia Part of Yugoslavia 8th 8th 8th 4th 2nd 3rd 5th 4th 8
 Germany
 West Germany† 		5th 2nd 1st 3rd 5th 8th 6th 4th 8th 7th 10
 Greece 8th 8th 7th 6th 2nd 7th 5th 7th 5th 2nd 10
 Hungary 1st 6th 7th 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 3rd 15
 Italy 6th 3rd 5th 5th 2nd 1st 2nd 5th 2nd 4th 5th 2nd 12
 Montenegro Part of Yugoslavia Part of SCG / FRY 7th 5th 2
 Netherlands 6th 6th 7th 6th 4
Men's team 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2023 2025 Years
 Romania 7th 6th 6th 5th 6th 5
 Russia Part of Soviet Union 5th 3rd 4th 4th 1st 8th 6
 Serbia Part of Yugoslavia Part of SCG / FRY 1st 1st 3rd 7th 4
 Serbia and Montenegro†
 Yugoslavia† 		Part of Yugoslavia 7th 5th 3rd 1st Defunct 4
 Soviet Union† 4th 1st 1st 2nd 6th 5th Defunct 6
 Spain 5th 5th 3rd 6th 4th 3rd 5th 6th 3rd 6th 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 14
 Yugoslavia† 3rd 2nd 4th 1st 1st 2nd Defunct 6
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 2025 Years
 Australia 7th 7th 7th 7th 3rd 8th 6th 5th 2nd 9
Total teams 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

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. ^ a b c d e f g h "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.