1979 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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. The five participating teams played a round robin to decide the first ever winner of the event.

Results Matrix

	USA	NED	AUS	CAN	NZL
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

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	United States	7	4	3	1	0	33	19	+14
2.	Netherlands	5	4	2	1	1	27	18	+9
3.	Australia	4	4	2	0	2	37	18	+19
4.	Canada	4	4	2	0	2	21	26	-5
5.	New Zealand	0	4	0	0	4	6	43	-37

Final ranking

RANK TEAM  United States  Netherlands  Australia 4.  Canada 5.  New Zealand

1979 Women's FINA World Cup Winners  United States First title

References

• HistoFINA 1908-2001 Medallists & Statistics (Volume 2)