1979 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

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	USA	YUG	URS	FRG	ITA	ROU	BUL
Hungary		4 – 3	7 – 8	4 – 3	4 – 4	5 – 2	5 – 4	8 – 4
United States	3 – 4		4 – 6	6 – 3	4 – 2	9 – 4	8 – 4	6 – 3
Yugoslavia	8 – 7	6 – 4		1 – 5	3 – 4	7 – 6	6 – 4	7 – 2
Soviet Union	4 – 5	3 – 6	5 – 1		9 – 4	6 – 6	3 – 2	5 – 1
West Germany	4 – 4	2 – 4	4 – 3	4 – 9		5 – 4	4 – 4	6 – 3
Italy	2 – 5	4 – 9	6 – 7	6 – 6	4 – 5		8 – 8	10 – 5
Romania	4 – 5	4 – 8	4 – 6	2 – 3	4 – 4	8 – 8		3 – 3
Bulgaria	4 – 8	3 – 6	2 – 7	1 – 5	3 – 6	5 – 10	3 – 3

Final standings

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	11	7	5	1	1	37	28	+9
2.	United States	10	7	5	0	2	40	26	+14
3.	Yugoslavia	10	7	5	0	2	38	32	+6
4.	Soviet Union	9	7	4	1	2	35	25	+10
5.	West Germany	8	7	3	2	2	29	31	–2
6.	Italy	4	7	1	2	4	40	45	–5
7.	Romania	3	7	0	3	4	30	38	–8
8.	Bulgaria	1	7	0	1	6	21	45	–24

Final ranking

RANK[1] TEAM  Hungary  United States  Yugoslavia 4.  Soviet Union 5.   West Germany 6.  Italy 7.  Romania 8.  Bulgaria

1979 Men's FINA World Cup winners  Hungary First title

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