The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international series of short course (25 m) swimming meets organized by FINA, the International Federation for swimming. The series was started in the 1988/1989, and is open to swimmers from FINA member countries.

The series has traditionally been held in the northern hemisphere's winter-time (October-February range), placing it within the normal short course competition times for many countries (with long course competition predominating in summer months). In some years, the World Cup has been held across a New Year's, leading to dual-year designations for a given series (e.g. "2004-2005 World Cup"), and in other years, the series has been held entirely on one side of a New Year's Day, leading to a single year description. This latter is the current format in place (e.g. the "2010 World Cup").

The next edition of the World Cup will be the 2011 World Cup, held in October and November 2011.

Currently, the overall 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers are awarded prize money.^[1]

Events[link]

The events are the same for all meets, but the competition order may vary. All events are swum prelims/finals, with the exception of the 800m and 1500m freestyle which are swum as timed finals (all swimmers swim just once). The meets are held over two days, with preliminary heats in the morning, and finals in the evening. A noted exception to this style are the meets held in Brazil, where prelims have been in the evening with finals the following morning (and hence a 3-day format).

Series events (all in short course pools):

• Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women only) and 1500 (men only);
• Backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
• Breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200
• Butterfly: 50, 100 and 200
• Individual Medley: 100, 200, and 400.

Winners[link]

Season		Name	Nationality
1988/1989
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1989/1990
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1991
	men	Winners in six events[2]
	women	Winners in six events[2]
1991/1992
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1993
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1994
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1995
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1996
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1997
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1998
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1998/1999
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1999/2000
	men	Winners in 17 events
	women	Winners in 17 events
2000/2001
	men	Winners in 13 events
	women	Winners in 11 events
2001/2002
	men	Ed Moses	United States
	women	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia
2002/2003
	men	Thomas Rupprath	Germany
	women	Alison Sheppard	Great Britain
2003/2004
	men	Ed Moses	United States
	women	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia
2004/2005
	men	Ryk Neethling	South Africa
	women	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden
2005/2006
	men	Ryk Neethling	South Africa
	women	Therese Alshammar	Sweden
2007[3]
	men	Randall Bal	United States
	women	Therese Alshammar	Sweden
2008
	men	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa
	women	Marieke Guehrer	Australia
2009
	men	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa
	women	Jessica Hardy	United States
2010
	men	Thiago Pereira	Brazil
	women	Therese Alshammar	Sweden
2011
	men	Chad le Clos	South Africa
	women	Therese Alshammar	Sweden

Venues[link]

Country	City	88 89	89 90	91	91 92	93	94	95	96	97	98	98 99	99 00	00 01	01 02	02 03	03 04	04 05	05 06	07	08	09	10	11	Total
Australia	Hobart (2)											X	X												2
	Melbourne (5)													X	X	X	X	X							5
	Sydney (6)										X	X	X						X	X	X				6
Brazil	Belo Horizonte (5)																X	X	X	X	X				5
	Rio de Janeiro (7)										X	X	X	X	X	X						X	X		7
Canada	Edmonton (4)											X	X	X	X										4
	Montreal (2)		X		X																				2
	Toronto (1)	X																							1
	Victoria (1)			X																					1
China	Beijing (8)					X	X		X	X	X	X											X	X	8
	Shanghai (5)					X							X	X	X	X									5
Finland	Espoo (3)							X	X	X															3
France	Paris (14)	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X									14
Germany	Berlin (14)	X[4]	X[4]										X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
	Bonn (5)	X	X	X	X																				5
	Gelsenkirchen (7)					X	X	X	X	X	X	X													7
	Rostock (1)			X																					1
Great Britain	Glasgow (1)									X															1
	Leicester (2)		X		X																				2
	London (1)	X																							1
	Sheffield (9)			X		X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X											9
Hong Kong	Hong Kong (7)						X	X	X	X	X	X	X												7
Japan	Tokyo (2)																						X	X	2
Italy	Desenzano (2)		X				X																		2
	Imperia (7)								X	X	X	X	X	X	X										7
	Milan (3)			X	X	X																			3
	Saint-Vincent (1)							X																	1
	Venice (1)	X																							1
Russia	Moscow (8)																X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
	Saint Petersburg (2)			X[5]	X																				2
Singapore	Singapore (5)																			X	X	X	X	X	5
Spain	Palma de Mallorca (1)				X																				1
South Africa	Durban (6)																X	X	X	X	X	X			6
South Korea	Daejon (3)																X	X	X						3
Sweden	Gothenburg (3)	X	X																				X		3
	Malmö (10)			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X												10
	Stockholm (11)													X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
USA	College Station, TX (1)											X													1
	Indianapolis, IN (1)	X																							1
	New York, NY (East Meadow) (5)														X	X	X	X	X						5
	Orlando, FL (1)		X																						1
	Washington, D.C. (2)												X	X											2
United Arab Emirates	Dubai (1)																						X		1
Total		8	8	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	12	12	10	9	7	8	8	8	7	7	5	7	7

External links[link]

• World Cup sponsor Arena's webpage for the circuit.
• Swim Rankings Results

References[link]

1. ^ FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008 - Scoring
2. ^ ^{a b} Moravcova Tops Final FINA World Cup Rankings; Balcerzak is Top American -- January 29, 2001. Swimming World Magazine: published 2001-01-29; retrieved 2009-06-13.
3. ^ Bal and Alshammar get the world cup. Published 2007-12-11; retrieve from FINA website on 2008-06-25.
4. ^ ^{a b} as East Berlin
5. ^ as Leningrad

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World Cup commonly refers to:

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Australian Rules football[link]

• Australian Football International Cup

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• IFAF World Cup

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• Rugby World Cup Sevens (rugby union)
• Touch Football World Cup
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Tennis[link]

• Davis Cup (tennis)
• Fed Cup (women's tennis)
• World Team Cup (tennis)

Water sports[link]

• Canoe Slalom World Cup
• FINA Diving World Cup
• FINA Swimming World Cup
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• Alpine Skiing World Cup
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• World championship
• World Cup trophy (disambiguation)

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