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 (FINA). The event took place in Rijeka and in the Tašmajdan Swimming Pool in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.[1]

Participating teams were the eight best teams from the last World Championships in Berlin, West Germany (1978). The teams played a round robin to decide the first ever winner of what would be a bi-annual event until 1999.

Results Matrix
 HUN  USA  YUG  URS  FRG  ITA  ROU  BUL

Hungary		4 – 37 – 84 – 34 – 45 – 25 – 48 – 4

United States		3 – 44 – 66 – 34 – 29 – 48 – 46 – 3

Yugoslavia		8 – 76 – 41 – 53 – 47 – 66 – 47 – 2

Soviet Union		4 – 53 – 65 – 19 – 46 – 63 – 25 – 1

West Germany		4 – 42 – 44 – 34 – 95 – 44 – 46 – 3

Italy		2 – 54 – 96 – 76 – 64 – 58 – 810 – 5

Romania		4 – 54 – 84 – 62 – 34 – 48 – 83 – 3

Bulgaria		4 – 83 – 62 – 71 – 53 – 65 – 103 – 3

Final standings
Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 1175113728+9
2.  United States 1075024026+14
3.  Yugoslavia 1075023832+6
4.  Soviet Union 974123525+10
5.  West Germany 873222931–2
6.  Italy 471244045–5
7.  Romania 370343038–8
8.  Bulgaria 170162145–24

Final ranking

References
  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.