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]

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

Summary
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
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
Team[1] Kuwait
2007		Kuwait
2009		Saudi Arabia
2011		Kuwait
2013		Iran
2015		Malta
2017		Singapore
2019		Colombia
2021		Years
 Algeria9th6th11th3
 Austria3rd3rd2nd3
 Azerbaijan5th1
 Chile8th4th2
 Chinese Taipei10th1
 Colombia1st1st2
 Egypt2nd1
 Guatemala10th10th9th3
 Hong Kong6th1
 Indonesia8th6th3rd3
 India7th1
 Iran3rd2nd1stDQ4
 Ireland4th1
 Jamaica9th1
 Kenya12th12th2
 Kuwait4th1st3rd5th7th3rd5
 Malta4thDQ2
 Malaysia8th1
 Morocco11th5th10th10th4
 Netherlands Antilles9th1
 Peru8th11th5th3
 Philippines4th5th2
 Puerto Rico2nd4th2nd2
 Saudi Arabia5th1st3rd2nd4
 Singapore2nd6th9th6th1st5
 South Africa7th1
 South Korea7th1
 Trinidad and Tobago3rd5th2
 Tunisia10th11th7th8th8th4th6
 Uruguay6th7th6th2nd1st5
 Uzbekistan1st1
 Venezuela4th1
 Zimbabwe9th1
Total12121111108104

References
  1. "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.
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