FINA Water Polo World Cup

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The FINA Water Polo World Cup is a competition among the top nations in water polo, with men's and women's events held separately.

The men's event was established in 1979 and was held ever since every two years until 1999, and every four years since 2002. The women's event also started in 1979, with a more erratic schedule, sometimes annually, but with gaps of up to 4 years. It has also been a quadrennial tournament since 2002.

1 Men's Tournament
2 Women's Tournament
3 References
4 Notes

[edit] Men's Tournament

FINA MEN'S WATER POLO WORLD CUP
Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place
1979 Details	Rijeka, Yugoslavia	Hungary	United States	Yugoslavia
1981 Details	Long Beach, United States	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	Cuba
1983 Details	Malibu, United States	Soviet Union	West Germany	Italy
1985 Details	Duisburg, West Germany	West Germany	United States	Spain
1987 Details	Thessaloníki, Greece	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	West Germany
1989 Details	West-Berlin, West Germany	Yugoslavia	Italy	Hungary
1991 Details	Barcelona, Spain	United States	Yugoslavia	Spain
1993 Details	Athens, Greece	Italy	Hungary	Australia
1995 Details	Atlanta, United States	Hungary	Italy	Russia
1997 Details	Athens, Greece	United States	Greece	Hungary
1999 Details	Sydney, Australia	Hungary	Italy	Spain
2002 Details	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Russia	Hungary	Yugoslavia
2006 Details	Budapest, Hungary	Serbia and Montenegro	Hungary	Spain

[edit] Women's Tournament

FINA WOMEN'S WATER POLO WORLD CUP
Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place
1979 Details	Merced, United States	United States	Netherlands	Australia
1980 Details	Breda, Netherlands	Netherlands	United States	Canada
1981 Details	Brisbane, Australia	Canada	Netherlands	Australia
1983 Details	Sainte-Foy, Canada	Netherlands	United States	Australia
1984 Details	Irvine, United States	Australia	United States	Netherlands
1988 Details	Christchurch, New Zealand	Netherlands	Hungary	Canada
1989 Details	Eindhoven, Netherlands	Netherlands	United States	Hungary
1991 Details	Long Beach, United States	Netherlands	Australia	United States
1993 Details	Catania, Italy	Netherlands	Italy	Hungary
1995 Details	Sydney, Australia	Australia	Netherlands	Hungary
1997 Details	Nancy, France	Netherlands	Russia	Australia
1999 Details	Winnipeg, Canada	Netherlands	Australia	Italy
2002 Details	Perth, Australia	Hungary	United States	Canada
2006 Details	Tianjing, PR China	Australia	Italy	Russia