1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Summary

The 1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the fourth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Duisburg, West Germany and was contested at the Schwimmstadion pool.[1] The eight participating teams, the first eight of the 1984 Summer Olympics, played a round robin to decide the winner of what would be a bi-annual event until 1999.

1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
LeagueFINA Water Polo World Cup
SportWater polo
Super Final
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons

Results Matrix edit

  FRG   USA   ESP   YUG   ITA   NED   AUS   GRE
 
West Germany
8 – 8 5 – 4 7 – 6 10 – 3 10 – 8 5 – 4 12 – 7
 
United States
8 – 8 8 – 9 7 – 7 9 – 7 8 – 5 8 – 7 9 – 4
 
Spain
4 – 5 9 – 8 11 – 10 6 – 7 7 – 7 10 – 6 11 – 5
 
Yugoslavia
6 – 7 7 – 7 10 – 11 10 – 7 7 – 7 6 – 3 8 – 7
 
Italy
3 – 10 7 – 9 7 – 6 7 – 10 10 – 7 6 – 3 11 – 5
 
Netherlands
8 – 10 5 – 8 7 – 7 7 – 7 7 – 10 6 – 8 12 – 11
 
Australia
4 – 5 7 – 8 6 – 10 3 – 6 3 – 6 8 – 6 8 – 8
 
Greece
7 – 12 4 – 9 5 – 11 7 – 8 5 – 11 11 – 12 8 – 8

Final standings edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   West Germany 13 7 6 1 0 57 40 +17
2.   United States 10 7 4 2 1 57 47 +10
3.   Spain 9 7 4 1 2 58 48 +10
4.   Yugoslavia 8 7 3 2 2 54 49 +5
5.   Italy 8 7 4 0 3 51 50 +1
6.   Netherlands 4 7 1 2 4 52 61 –9
7.   Australia 3 7 1 1 5 39 49 –10
8.   Greece 1 7 0 1 6 47 71 –24

Final ranking edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.