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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  United States |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | United States (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Netherlands |
| Third place |  Australia |
| Fourth place |  Canada |
| Official website | |
| FINA event site | |
Results Matrix
edit| 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
edit| 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
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References
edit- 1 2 "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.