The 1980 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 second 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 Breda

Breda

Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...

, Netherlands

Netherlands

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, from July 11 to July 13, 1980. The five participating teams, including the Dutch youth team (out-of-competition), played a round robin to decide the winner of the event.

Results Matrix

		8 – 7	4 – 4	7 – 6	18 – 0
	7 – 8		5 – 3	6 – 6	13 – 3
	4 – 4	3 – 5		6 – 5	12 – 9
	6 – 7	6 – 6	5 – 6		7 – 1
II	0 – 18	3 – 13	9 – 12	1 – 7

Final standings

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12

2

5

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		7	4	3	1	0	37	17
2.		5	4	2	1	1	32	20
3.		5	4	2	1	1	25	23
4.		3	4	1	1	2	19	14
5.	II	0	4	0	0	4	13	50	–37

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Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
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5.	II