FINA Water Polo World Cup
Current season, competition or edition: 2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup | |
| Sport | Water polo |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1979 |
| Continent | all (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]
Change Format
From 2023 on, the tournament replacing the FINA Water Polo World League and change format.[3][4]
Editions
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 |  Serbia[a] | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 |  United States | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5 |  Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 |  Italy | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 |  West Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Greece | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
- Source:[2]
- ^[a] 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 | ||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 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
- FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
- List of water polo world medalists
- Major achievements in water polo by nation
References
- ^ Water Polo World Cup page Archived 31 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine of the FINA website; retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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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