FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup
The FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup is an international water polo tournament, organized by FINA. Intended for developing national water polo teams, the biennial tournament was first organized as the FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy in 2007.[1] The tournament is known as the FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup since the 2019 edition.[2][3]
| Most recent season or competition: 2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup | |
| Formerly | FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy |
|---|---|
| Sport | Water polo |
| Founded | 2007 |
| No. of teams | 10 (2019) |
| Confederation | FINA (Worldwide) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Singapore (1st title) |
| Official website | fina.org |
Summary
| Year[1] | Host | Final | Third Place Game | ||||||
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| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2007 |  Kuwait City |
 Colombia |
16–4 |  Puerto Rico |
 Iran |
9–5 | Kuwait | ||
| 2009 | Kuwait City |
Kuwait |
13–6 | Singapore |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
8–7 |  Philippines | ||
| 2011 |  Dammam |
Saudi Arabia |
7–6 | Iran |
Kuwait |
13–5 |  Chile | ||
| 2013 | Kuwait City |
 Uzbekistan |
8–5 |  Egypt |
Saudi Arabia |
10–8 | Puerto Rico | ||
| 2015 | Tehran |
Iran |
13–5 |  Uruguay |
 Austria |
9–7 |  Malta | ||
| 2017 | Gżira |
Uruguay |
awd | Saudi Arabia |
Austria |
awd |  Tunisia | ||
| 2019 | Singapore |
Singapore |
8–5 | Austria |
 Indonesia |
14–9 |  Ireland | ||
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Singapore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Participating nations
| Team[1] | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | Years |
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 Algeria | 9th | 6th | 11th | 3 | ||||
| Austria | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3 | ||||
 Azerbaijan | 5th | 1 | ||||||
| Chile | 8th | 4th | 2 | |||||
 Chinese Taipei | 10th | 1 | ||||||
| Colombia | 1st | 1 | ||||||
| Egypt | 2nd | 1 | ||||||
 Guatemala | 10th | 10th | 9th | 3 | ||||
 Hong Kong | 6th | 1 | ||||||
| Indonesia | 8th | 6th | 3rd | 3 | ||||
 India | 7th | 1 | ||||||
| Iran | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | DQ | 4 | |||
| Ireland | 4th | 1 | ||||||
 Jamaica | 9th | 1 | ||||||
 Kenya | 12th | 12th | 2 | |||||
| Kuwait | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 5 | ||
| Malta | 4th | DQ | 2 | |||||
 Malaysia | 8th | 1 | ||||||
 Morocco | 11th | 5th | 10th | 10th | 4 | |||
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 Peru | 8th | 11th | 5th | 3 | ||||
| Philippines | 4th | 5th | 2 | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 2nd | 4th | 2 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 4 | |||
| Singapore | 2nd | 6th | 9th | 6th | 1st | 5 | ||
 South Africa | 7th | 1 | ||||||
 South Korea | 7th | 1 | ||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3rd | 5th | 2 | |||||
| Tunisia | 10th | 11th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 4th | 6 | |
| Uruguay | 6th | 7th | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 5 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 1st | 1 | ||||||
 Zimbabwe | 9th | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
References
- "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- "FINA Water Polo Challengers". Singapore Sports Hub. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "Challengers' Cup water polo set for Singapore debut". FINA. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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