The 1979 FINA Women'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 (FINA). The event took place in Merced, United States, from June 29 to July 1, 1979.[1] The five participating teams played a round robin to decide the first ever winner of the event.
| 1979 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup | |
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| Website | FINA event site |
1980 → | |
Results Matrix edit
 USA
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 NED
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 AUS
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 CAN
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 NZL
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States |
6 – 6 | 8 – 7 | 7 – 4 | 12 – 2 | |
 Netherlands |
6 – 6 | 5 – 3 | 3 – 7 | 13 – 2 | |
 Australia |
7 – 8 | 3 – 5 | 15 – 4 | 12 – 1 | |
 Canada |
4 – 7 | 7 – 3 | 4 – 15 | 6 – 1 | |
 New Zealand |
2 – 12 | 2 – 13 | 1 – 12 | 1 – 6 |
Final standings edit
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States
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7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 19 | +14 |
| 2. | Netherlands
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5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 18 | +9 |
| 3. | Australia
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4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18 | +19 |
| 4. | Canada
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4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 26 | -5 |
| 5. | New Zealand
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0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 43 | -37 |
Final ranking edit
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References edit
- ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 67. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.