The FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup is an international, synchronized swimming event organized by FINA and currently held every 4 years. It is a top-level international 'synchro' competition.[1] It was first held in 1979, and 2010 saw its twelfth edition.[2]

The event features competition in four different synchro events (Solo, Duet, Team and Free Combination), and allows each entered nation to have 1 entrant per event. The winner of the event is determined by adding a nations points from the four events. (Note: Free Combination was added to the event beginning in 2006.)

As of 2012, Canada, Japan and the USA are the only nations to have swum at all editions of the Cup.[3]

Editions

EditionYearEventsLocationDatesNationsBest Nation
I1979 S, D, TJapan Tokyo8 United States
II1985 S, D, TUnited States Indianapolis3 Canada
III1987 S, D, TEgypt Cairo10 United States
IV1989 S, D, TFrance ParisSeptember 7-910 United States
V1991 S, D, TGermany BonnSeptember 12-1510 United States
VI1993 S, D, T Switzerland  LausanneJuly 7-1011 United States
VII1995 S, D, TUnited States AtlantaAugust 1-59 United States
VIII1997 S, D, TChina GuangdongJuly 16-1913 Russia
IX1999 S, D, TSouth Korea SeoulSeptember 8-1212 Russia
X2002 S, D, T Switzerland  ZurichSeptember 12-1512 Russia
XI2006 S, D, T, FCJapan YokohamaSeptember 14-1729 Russia
XII2010 S, D, T, FCChina ChangshuSeptember 16-1923 China
XIII2014 D, T, FC, THCanada QuebecOctober 2–517 China

Event codes: S= Solo, D= Duet, T= Team, FC= Free Combination, TH= Team Highlights

References

  1. ↑ Synchro World Cup page Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine from the FINA website; retrieved 2012-03-03.
  2. ↑ HistoFINA (2009 ed): volume 9 published by FINA on 2009-07-01; retrieved 2012-03-03.
  3. ↑ HistoFINA (2011 ed): Synchro Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine published by FINA on 2011-07-01; retrieved 2012-03-04.


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