FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup

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FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2021 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup
FormerlyFINA World Water Polo Development Trophy
SportWater polo
Founded2007
No. of teams4 (2021)
ConfederationFINA (Worldwide)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Colombia (2nd title)
Official websitefina.org

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]

Summary[edit]

Year[1] Host Final Third-place game
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2007 Kuwait
Kuwait City
Colombia 		16–4
Puerto Rico
Iran 		9–5
Kuwait
2009 Kuwait
Kuwait City
Kuwait 		13–6
Singapore
Trinidad and Tobago 		8–7
Philippines
2011 Saudi Arabia
Dammam
Saudi Arabia 		7–6
Iran
Kuwait 		13–5
Chile
2013 Kuwait
Kuwait City
Uzbekistan 		8–5
Egypt
Saudi Arabia 		10–8
Puerto Rico
2015 Iran
Tehran
Iran 		13–5
Uruguay
Austria 		9–7
Malta
2017 Malta
Gżira
Uruguay 		awd
Saudi Arabia
Austria 		awd
Tunisia
2019 Singapore
Singapore
Singapore 		8–5
Austria
Indonesia 		14–9
Ireland
2021 Colombia
Barranquilla
Colombia 		13–4
Puerto Rico
Kuwait 		11–7
Venezuela

Medal table[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Colombia2002
2 Iran1113
 Saudi Arabia1113
4 Singapore1102
 Uruguay1102
6 Kuwait1023
7 Uzbekistan1001
8 Puerto Rico0202
9 Austria0123
10 Egypt0101
11 Indonesia0011
 Trinidad and Tobago0011
Totals (12 entries)88824

Participating nations[edit]

Team[1] Kuwait
2007		 Kuwait
2009		 Saudi Arabia
2011		 Kuwait
2013		 Iran
2015		 Malta
2017		 Singapore
2019		 Colombia
2021		 Years
 Algeria 9th 6th 11th 3
 Austria 3rd 3rd 2nd 3
 Azerbaijan 5th 1
 Chile 8th 4th 2
 Chinese Taipei 10th 1
 Colombia 1st 1st 2
 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 3rd 5
 Malta 4th DQ 2
 Malaysia 8th 1
 Morocco 11th 5th 10th 10th 4
 Netherlands Antilles 9th 1
 Peru 8th 11th 5th 3
 Philippines 4th 5th 2
 Puerto Rico 2nd 4th 2nd 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
 Venezuela 4th 1
 Zimbabwe 9th 1
Total 12 12 11 11 10 8 10 4

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "FINA Water Polo Challengers". Singapore Sports Hub. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Challengers' Cup water polo set for Singapore debut". FINA. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

External links[edit]

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