FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup

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

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Edition Year Events Location Dates Nations Best Nation
I 1979 S, D, T   Tokyo 8   United States
II 1985 S, D, T   Indianapolis 3   Canada
III 1987 S, D, T   Cairo 10   United States
IV 1989 S, D, T   Paris September 7-9 10   United States
V 1991 S, D, T   Bonn September 12-15 10   United States
VI 1993 S, D, T     Lausanne July 7-10 11   United States
VII 1995 S, D, T   Atlanta August 1-5 9   United States
VIII 1997 S, D, T   Guangdong July 16-19 13   Russia
IX 1999 S, D, T   Seoul September 8-12 12   Russia
X 2002 S, D, T     Zurich September 12-15 12   Russia
XI 2006 S, D, T, FC   Yokohama September 14-17 29   Russia
XII 2010 S, D, T, FC   Changshu September 16-19 23   China
XIII 2014 D, T, FC, TH   Quebec October 2–5 17   China

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

References

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  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.