FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
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]

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
2025	TBA

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	8	4	1	13
2	United States	5	5	1	11
3	Australia	3	4	5	12
4	Hungary	1	1	3	5
5	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

Legend

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	2025	Years
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	2025	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	2025	Years
China														8th	3rd	4th	5th		Q	5
Japan								6th	7th										Q	3
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	2025	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	2025	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

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