Water Polo - Men's World Cup - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1979

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  Hungary	4	1979	2018
  Serbia	2	2010	2014
  United States	2	1991	1997
  Yugoslavia	2	1987	1989
  U.S.S.R.	2	1981	1983
  Russia	1	2002	2002
  Italy	1	1993	1993
  West Germany	1	1985	1985
  Serbia And Montenegro	1	2006	2006

• Winners and finalists since 1979

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  Hungary	4	4
  Yugoslavia	2	2
  United States	2	2
  U.S.S.R.	2	1
  Serbia	2	0
  Italy	1	3
  West Germany	1	1
  Russia	1	0
  Serbia And Montenegro	1	0
  Croatia		1
  Australia		1
  Greece		1
  Spain
  Cuba

• Various statistics since 1979
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	United States	15
  2	Hungary	13
  3	Spain	12
  4	Italy	11
  5	Australia	9
  6	Yugoslavia	9
  7	Greece	8
  8	Croatia	7
  9	Russia	6
  10	U.S.S.R.	6

  Number of matches

  1	United States	87
  2	Hungary	74
  3	Spain	70
  4	Italy	63
  5	Yugoslavia	53
  6	Australia	51
  7	Greece	43
  8	U.S.S.R.	38
  9	Croatia	38
  10	West Germany	33

  Games per appearance

  1	Bulgaria	7
  2	West Germany	6.6
  3	Cuba	6.5
  4	Netherlands	6.3
  5	U.S.S.R.	6.3
  6	China	6
  7	Iran	6
  8	Japan	6
  9	Kazakhstan	6
  10	Montenegro	6

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  Wins

  1	Hungary	44
  2	United States	39
  3	Yugoslavia	36
  4	Italy	33
  5	Spain	31
  6	U.S.S.R.	25
  7	West Germany	20
  8	Serbia	19
  9	Croatia	18
  10	Australia	17

  Number of wins in games played

  1	Serbia	83 %
  2	Yugoslavia	68 %
  3	U.S.S.R.	66 %
  4	West Germany	61 %
  5	Hungary	59 %
  6	Italy	52 %
  7	Croatia	47 %
  8	United States	45 %
  9	Spain	44 %
  10	Russia	43 %

  Drawn matches

  1	Spain	11
  2	United States	11
  3	Hungary	10
  4	Italy	7
  5	U.S.S.R.	7
  6	West Germany	7
  7	Yugoslavia	6
  8	Greece	5
  9	Netherlands	5
  10	Australia	3

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  Losses

  1	United States	37
  2	Australia	31
  3	Greece	29
  4	Spain	28
  5	Italy	23
  6	Hungary	20
  7	Croatia	17
  8	Cuba	16
  9	Russia	16
  10	Romania	14

  Number of losses in games played

  1	Iran	100 %
  2	South Africa	100 %
  3	Bulgaria	93 %
  4	China	83 %
  5	Japan	83 %
  6	Kazakhstan	83 %
  7	Germany	69 %
  8	Greece	67 %
  9	Montenegro	67 %
  10	Romania	64 %

  Number of ties in games played

  1	Netherlands	26 %
  2	West Germany	21 %
  3	U.S.S.R.	18 %
  4	Spain	16 %
  5	Hungary	14 %
  6	Romania	14 %
  7	United States	13 %
  8	Cuba	12 %
  9	Greece	12 %
  10	Italy	11 %

• All time table since 1979

  (Based on W=2 pts, D=1 pts and L=0 pts)

  	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
  1	Hungary	13	1979	1st	98	74	44	10	20	654	510	+144
  2	United States	15	1979	1st	89	87	39	11	37	664	629	+35
  3	Yugoslavia	9	1979	1st	78	53	36	6	11	423	342	+81
  4	Spain	12	1981	3rd	73	70	31	11	28	584	525	+59
  5	Italy	11	1979	1st	73	63	33	7	23	458	428	+30
  6	U.S.S.R.	6	1979	1st	57	38	25	7	6	322	229	+93
  7	West Germany	5	1979	1st	47	33	20	7	6	259	219	+40
  8	Serbia	4	2006	1st	40	23	19	2	2	279	174	+105
  9	Croatia	7	1995	2nd	39	38	18	3	17	338	280	+58
  10	Australia	9	1981	2nd	37	51	17	3	31	402	423	-21
  11	Russia	6	1993	1st	27	30	13	1	16	225	236	-11
  12	Greece	8	1985	2nd	23	43	9	5	29	257	363	-106
  13	Cuba	4	1981	3rd	17	26	7	3	16	202	240	-38
  14	Romania	4	1979	7th	13	22	5	3	14	166	181	-15
  15	Netherlands	3	1983	6th	11	19	3	5	11	152	176	-24
  16	Germany	3	1991	4th	9	16	4	1	11	152	162	-10
  17	Montenegro	1	2014	-	4	6	2	0	4	48	49	-1
  18	Japan	1	2018	-	2	6	1	0	5	67	79	-12
  19	China	1	2010	-	2	6	1	0	5	49	65	-16
  20	Kazakhstan	1	2014	-	2	6	1	0	5	49	76	-27
  21	Bulgaria	2	1979	8th	1	14	0	1	13	58	132	-74
  22	Iran	1	2010	-	0	6	0	0	6	19	145	-126
  23	South Africa	2	2014	-	0	12	0	0	12	47	211	-164

General Informations

• First edition : 1979
• Editions : 16 (including 2018)
• Official name : FINA Water Polo World Cup
• Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FINA_Water_Polo_World_Cup
• Organiser : Fédération internationale de natation
• First winner : Hungary
• Most wins : Hungary (4)
• Most recent winner : Hungary