# FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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.
From 2023 on, the tournament will be replacing the FINA Water Polo World League.

## Results

| Year | 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 | | | |

## Medal table

| 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 |
| 6 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |

## 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Q | 7 |
| Hungary | | | | | | 2nd | 3rd | | 3rd | 3rd | | 4th | 1st | 5th | 6th | 5th | | 4th | Q | 11 |
| Israel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7th | | 1 |
| Italy | | | | | | | 8th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | | | | 6th | Q | 10 |
| Netherlands | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | | | | | | 2nd | Q | 14 |
| Russia | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 2nd | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 2nd | | | 8 |
| Spain | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | Q | 4 |
| Oceania – OSA (2 teams) |||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's team | 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 | | Q | 18 |
| 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 | | |