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.^[1] The five participating teams played a round robin to decide the first ever winner of the event.

1979 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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
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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[1] TEAM  United States  Netherlands  Australia 4.  Canada 5.  New Zealand

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