FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup

The FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup is an international, synchronised 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 the four synchro event (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

Edition	Year	Events	Location	Dates	Nations	Best Nation
1st	1979	S, D, T	Tokyo, Japan		8
2nd	1985	S, D, T	Indianapolis, USA		3
3rd	1987	S, D, T	Cairo, Egypt		10
4th	1989	S, D, T	Paris, France	September 7-9	10
5th	1991	S, D, T	Bonn, West Germany	September 12-15	10
6th	1993	S, D, T	Lausanne, Switzerland	July 7-10	11
7th	1995	S, D, T	Atlanta, USA	August 1-5	9
8th	1997	S, D, T	Guangdong, China	July 16-19	13
9th	1999	S, D, T	Seoul, South Korea	September 8-12	12
10th	2002	S, D, T	Zurich, Switzerland	September 12-15	12
11th	2006	S, D, T, FC	Yokohama, Japan	September 14-17	29
12th	2010	S, D, T, FC	Changshu, China	September 16-19	23
13th	2014	D, T, FC, TH	Quebec, Canada	October 2–5	17

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

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