International women's water polo tournament
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[1]
Host
Winner
Runner-up
Third place
1979
Merced , United States
United States
Netherlands
Australia
1980
Breda , Netherlands
Netherlands
United States
Canada
1981
Brisbane , Australia
Canada
Netherlands
Australia
1983
Sainte-Foy , Québec , Canada
Netherlands
United States
Australia
1984
Irvine , United States
Australia
United States
Netherlands
1988
Christchurch , New Zealand
Netherlands
Hungary
Canada
1989
Eindhoven , Netherlands
Netherlands
United States
Hungary
1991
Long Beach , United States
Netherlands
Australia
United States
1993
Catania , Italy
Netherlands
Italy
Hungary
1995
Sydney , Australia
Australia
Netherlands
Hungary
1997
Nancy , France
Netherlands
Russia
Australia
1999
Winnipeg , Canada
Netherlands
Australia
Italy
2002
Perth , Australia
Hungary
United States
Canada
2006
Tianjin , PR China
Australia
Italy
Russia
2010
Christchurch , New Zealand
United States
Australia
China
2014
Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia
United States
Australia
Spain
2018
Surgut , Russia
United States
Russia
Australia
2023
Long Beach , United States
United States
Netherlands
Spain
Medal table
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 .
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
See also
References
World Africa
CANA – African Championship
Americas Asia Europe Oceania
OSA – Oceanian Championship
Others
Team Individual Winter sports