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 (8) 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]

Editions

FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place
1979	Belgrade & Rijeka, Yugoslavia	Hungary	United States	Yugoslavia
1981	Long Beach, USA	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	Cuba
1983	Malibu, USA	Soviet Union	West Germany	Italy
1985	Duisburg, West Germany	West Germany	United States	Spain
1987	Thessaloniki, Greece	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	West Germany
1989	West Berlin, West Germany	Yugoslavia	Italy	Hungary
1991	Barcelona, Spain	United States	Yugoslavia	Spain
1993	Athens, Greece	Italy	Hungary	Australia
1995	Atlanta, USA	Hungary	Italy	Russia
1997	Athens, Greece	United States	Greece	Hungary
1999	Sydney, Australia	Hungary	Italy	Spain
2002	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Russia	Hungary	Yugoslavia
2006	Budapest, Hungary	Serbia and Montenegro	Hungary	Spain
2010	Oradea, Romania	Serbia	Croatia	Spain
2014	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Serbia	Hungary	Croatia

Ranking

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Serbia^1	5	2	2	9
2	Hungary	3	4	2	9
3	Russia^2	3	1	1	5
4	United States	2	2	–	4
5	Italy	1	3	1	5
6	Germany	1	1	1	3
7	Croatia	–	1	1	2
	Greece	–	1	–	1
9	Spain	–	–	5	5
10	Australia	–	–	1	1
	Cuba	–	–	1	1

1.^ Serbia is official successor of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro teams.

2.^ Russia is official successor of the Soviet Union team.^[3]

Participation details

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
•  ×  — Did not enter qualifications
•  •  — Did not qualify for the final tournament
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
•    — Hosts

Team	1979 (8)	1981 (8)	1983 (8)	1985 (8)	1987 (8)	1989 (8)	1991 (8)	1993 (8)	1995 (8)	1997 (8)	1999 (8)	2002 (8)	2006 (8)	2010 (8)	2014 (8)	Years
Australia	•	7th	•	7th	•	7th	7th	3rd	•	•	8th	•	•	6th	5th	8
Bulgaria	8th	8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
China	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7th	•	1
Croatia	Part of  Yugoslavia							•	8th	8th	•	8th	4th	2nd	3rd	6
Cuba	•	3rd	8th	•	7th	•	•	8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
West Germany	5th	•	2nd	1st	3rd	5th	8th	6th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Greece	•	•	•	8th	8th	•	•	7th	6th	2nd	7th	5th	7th	•	•	8
Hungary	1st	6th	7th	•	•	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	•	2nd	12
Iran	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th	•	1
Italy	6th	•	3rd	5th	5th	2nd	•	1st	2nd	5th	2nd	4th	5th	•	•	11
Kazakhstan	Part of  Soviet Union							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	1
Montenegro	Part of  Yugoslavia							Part of  Serbia and Montenegro/FR Yugoslavia						•	7th	1
Netherlands	•	•	6th	6th	•	•	•	•	7th	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Romania	7th	•	•	•	•	•	6th	•	•	•	•	•	6th	5th	•	4
Russia	Part of  Soviet Union							5th	3rd	4th	4th	1st	8th	•	•	6
Serbia	Part of  Yugoslavia							Part of  Serbia and Montenegro/FR Yugoslavia						1st	1st	2
Serbia and Montenegro/ FR Yugoslavia	Part of  Yugoslavia							•	•	7th	5th	3rd	1st			4
South Africa	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th	1
Soviet Union	4th	1st	1st	•	2nd	6th	5th									6
Spain	•	5th	5th	3rd	6th	4th	3rd	•	5th	6th	3rd	6th	3rd	3rd	•	12
United States	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	4th	8th	1st	4th	4th	1st	6th	7th	•	4th	4th	14
Yugoslavia	3rd	2nd	•	4th	1st	1st	2nd									6

References

1. Water Polo World Cup page of the FINA website; retrieved 2012-03.08.
2. HistoFINA, Water Polo, published by FINA on 2011-07-01; retrieved 2012-03-08. ("HistoFINA" is FINA's self-history.)
3. "WATER POLO MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS" (PDF). FINA.