FINA Water Polo World Cup
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The FINA Water Polo World Cup is an international
International
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 water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

 competition among the top men's national water polo teams of the members of FINA
Fina
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. It was established in 1979 and was held every two years, but it has been contested every four years since 2002.

Results

FINA MEN'S WATER POLO WORLD CUP
Year Host Winner Runner-up 3rd Place
1979
1979 in sports
1979 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Peter Lüscher, Switzerland** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Austria-American football:...


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1979 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 1979 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the first edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Rijeka and in the Tašmajdan Swimming Pool in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.Participating teams were the eight best...

 
Rijeka
Rijeka
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Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

1981
1981 in sports
1981 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup –** Men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, USA** Women's overall season champion: Marie-Theres Nadig, Switzerland-American football:...


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1981 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 1981 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the second edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Long Beach, United States...

 
Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...

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United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

1983
1983 in sports
1983 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup:** Men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, United States** Women's overall season champion: Tamara McKinney, United States-American football:...


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1983 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 1983 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the third edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Malibu, United States...

 
Malibu,
United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

1985
1985 in sports
1985 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup:** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg** Women's overall season champion: Michela Figini, Switzerland-American football:...


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1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the fourth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Duisburg, West Germany...

 
Duisburg
Duisburg
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West Germany
West Germany
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1987
1987 in sports
1987 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland** Women's overall season champion: Maria Walliser, Switzerland-American football:...


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1987 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 1987 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the fifth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Thessalonica, Greece. Eight teams participated to decide the winner of what would be a bi-annual event...

 
Thessaloníki
Thessaloniki
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Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

1989
1989 in sports
1989 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg** Women's overall season champion: Vreni Schneider, Switzerland-American football:...


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1989 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 1989 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the sixth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Berlin, West Germany. Eight teams participated to decide the winner of what would be a bi-annual event...

 
West-Berlin,
West Germany
West Germany
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1991
1991 in sports
1991 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg** Women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger, Austria-American football:...


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1991 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 1991 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the seventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Barcelona, Spain. Eight teams participated to decide the winner of what would be a bi-annual event...

 
Barcelona
Barcelona
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Spain
Spain
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1993
1993 in sports
1993 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg** Women's overall season champion: Anita Wachter, Austria-American football:...


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1993 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 1993 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the eighth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Athens, Greece. Eight teams participated to decide the winner of what would be a bi-annual event until...

 
Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

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Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

1995
1995 in sports
1995 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Alberto Tomba, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Vreni Schneider, Switzerland-American football:...


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1995 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 1995 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the ninth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Atlanta, United States. Eight teams participated to decide the winner of what would be a bi-annual event...

 
Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

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United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

1997
1997 in sports
1997 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Luc Alphand, France** Women's overall season champion: Pernilla Wiberg, Sweden-American football:...


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1997 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 1997 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the tenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Athens, Greece. Eight teams participated to decide the winner of what would be a bi-annual event until...

 
Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

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Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

1999
1999 in sports
1999 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Lasse Kjus, Norway** Women's overall season champion: Alexandra Meissnitzer, Austria-American football:...


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1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the eleventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia from 28 September to 3 October 1999...

 
Sydney
Sydney
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Australia
Australia
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2002
2002 in sports
2002 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Stephan Eberharter, Austria** Women's overall season champion: Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria-American football:...


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2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the twelfth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in the Tašmajdan Swimming Pool in Belgrade, Serbia from August 20 to August 25, 2002...

 
Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

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Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

2006
2006 in sports
2006 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* January 2, Fiesta Bowl – Ohio State 34-20 Notre Dame* January 2, Sugar Bowl – West Virginia 38-35 Georgia...


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2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 13th edition of the FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was held in the Alfréd Hajós Swimming Pool on Margitsziget in Budapest, Hungary from June 13 to June 18, 2006.-Teams:-=*Goran Volarević*Damir Burić*Boris Pavlović...

 
Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

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Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

2010
2010 in sports
2010 in sports will describe the year's events in world sport.-January:* Alabama defeats Texas 37–21 in the 2010 BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, thereby claiming the 2009 National Championship in College Football....


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2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 14th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was held in Oradea, Romania from July 27 to August 1, 2010.-Format:8 teams qualified for the 2010 FINA World Cup. They were split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a Round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals...

 
Oradea
Oradea
Oradea is the capital city of Bihor County, in the Crișana region of north-western Romania. The city has a population of 204,477, according to the 2009 estimates. The wider Oradea metropolitan area has a total population of 245,832.-Geography:...

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Romania
Romania
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2 3 3 2 8
3 3 1 1 5
4 2 2 4
5 1 3 1 5
6 1 1 1 3
7 1 1
1 1
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10 1 1
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* Serbia includes matches played as Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia men's national water polo team
Yugoslavia men's national water polo team was the national water polo team that represented the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia , the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , and after the split of SFR Yugoslavia, the...

 and Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...

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