1981 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Results matrix

	URS	YUG	CUB	USA	ESP	HUN	AUS	BUL
Soviet Union		10 – 6	8 – 3	6 – 5	5 – 5	7 – 5	15 – 6	15 – 5
Yugoslavia	6 – 10		11 – 6	7 – 7	10 – 9	11 – 10	6 – 4	15 – 4
Cuba	3 – 8	6 – 11		10 – 9	7 – 7	9 – 8	9 – 7	7 – 6
United States	5 – 6	7 – 7	9 – 10		4 – 4	12 – 7	9 – 5	11 – 3
Spain	5 – 5	9 – 10	7 – 7	4 – 4		6 – 11	7 – 3	13 – 7
Hungary	5 – 7	10 – 11	8 – 9	7 – 12	11 – 6		12 – 7	11 – 4
Australia	6 – 15	4 – 6	7 – 9	5 – 9	3 – 7	7 – 12		15 – 8
Bulgaria	5 – 15	4 – 15	6 – 7	3 – 11	7 – 13	4 – 11	8 – 15

Final standings

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Soviet Union	13	7	6	1	0	66	35	+31
2.	Yugoslavia	11	7	5	1	1	66	50	+16
3.	Cuba	9	7	4	1	2	51	56	–5
4.	United States	8	7	3	2	2	57	42	+15
5.	Spain	7	7	2	3	2	51	47	+4
6.	Hungary	6	7	3	0	4	64	56	+8
7.	Australia	2	7	1	0	6	47	66	–19
8.	Bulgaria	0	7	0	0	7	37	87	–50

Final ranking

RANK[1] TEAM  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia  Cuba 4.  United States 5.  Spain 6.  Hungary 7.  Australia 8.  Bulgaria

1981 Men's FINA World Cup winners  Soviet Union First title

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