| Sport | Water polo |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1979 |
| Continent | all (International) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  United States (5th title) |
| Most titles |  Netherlands (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
Medal table
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Gillian van den Berg won the competition in 1999 as part of the Dutch team. In the photo she is seen celebrating her gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Netherlands | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 |  Hungary | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | |
Karin Kuipers is the 90s GOAT. a 3 times best player of the world, 4 times World Cup winner (1x runner-up), World Champion (2x runner-up), European Champion (1x runner-up) and ISHOF-member.
Participation details
- Legend
- 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 | Years |
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 South Africa |
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 | Years |
 Brazil |
8th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada |
4th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 6th | 14 | ||||
 Puerto Rico |
7th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| United States |
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 | Years |
| China |
8th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 4 | ||||||||||||||
 Japan |
6th | 7th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Kazakhstan |
8th | 8th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Singapore |
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 | Years |
 France |
7th | 7th | 8th | 3 | |||||||||||||||
 Germany West Germany† |
6th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Greece |
6th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Hungary |
2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 10 | ||||||||
 Israel |
7th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy |
8th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 9 | |||||||||
| Netherlands |
2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 13 | |||||
| Russia |
4th | 2nd | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 2nd | 8 | ||||||||||
| Spain |
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 | Years |
| Australia |
3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 17 | |
 New Zealand |
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
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "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. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ↑ "New FINA competition: World Cup replaces World League". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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