1979 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

1979 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup FINA Water Polo World Cup Water polo Super Final HUN USA FINA Water Polo World Cup FINA Water Polo World Cup 1981 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup 1981 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.mwcp dmy 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 HUNUSA USAYUG YUGURS URSFRG FRGITA ITAROU 1965 ROUBUL 1971 BULHUN 4 – 3 7 – 8 4 – 3 4 – 4 5 – 2 5 – 4 8 – 4USA3 – 4 4 – 6 6 – 3 4 – 2 9 – 4 8 – 4 6 – 3YUG8 – 7 6 – 4 1 – 5 3 – 4 7 – 6 6 – 4 7 – 2URS4 – 5 3 – 6 5 – 1 9 – 4 6 – 6 3 – 2 5 – 1FRG4 – 4 2 – 4 4 – 3 4 – 9 5 – 4 4 – 4 6 – 3ITA2 – 5 4 – 9 6 – 7 6 – 6 4 – 5 8 – 8 10 – 5ROU 19654 – 5 4 – 8 4 – 6 2 – 3 4 – 4 8 – 8 3 – 3BUL 19714 – 8 3 – 6 2 – 7 1 – 5 3 – 6 5 – 10 3 – 3 Final standings TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.HUN1175113728+92.USA1075024026+143.YUG1075023832+64.URS974123525+105.FRG873222931–26.ITA471244045–57.ROU 1965370343038–88.BUL 1971170162145–24 Final ranking RANKTEAMImage:Med 1.pngHUN Image:Med 2.pngUSAImage:Med 3.pngYUG4.URS5.FRG6.ITA7.ROU 19658.BUL 1971 wp 1979 Men's FINA World Cup winners HUN 1957 First References Category:World Aquatics Water Polo World Cup F W Category:International water polo competitions hosted by Yugoslavia