1979 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

The 1979 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
FINA Water Polo World Cup
The FINA Water Polo World Cup is an international water polo competition among the top men's national water polo teams of the members of FINA. It was established in 1979 and was held every two years, but it has been contested every four years since 2002....

was the first edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation

International Swimming Federation

Fédération Internationale de Natation is the International Federation recognized by the International Olympic Committee for administering international competition in the aquatic sports...

(FINA). The event took place in Merced, United States

Merced, California

Merced is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California in the San Joaquin Valley of Northern California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 78,958. Incorporated in 1889, Merced is a charter city that operates under a council-manager government...

, from June 29 to July 1, 1979. The five participating teams played a round robin to decide the first ever winner of the event.

Results Matrix


	6 – 6	8 – 7	7 – 4	12 – 2
6 – 6		5 – 3	3 – 7	13 – 2
7 – 8	3 – 5		15 – 4	12 – 1
4 – 7	7 – 3	4 – 15		6 – 1
2 – 12	2 – 13	1 – 12	1 – 6

Final standings

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Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	7	4	3	1	0	33	19
2.	5	4	2	1	1	24	11
3.	4	4	2	0	2	27	18
4.	4	4	2	0	2	21	16
5.	0	4	0	0	4	6	43	–37

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM



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