FINA Swimming World Cup

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. For the 2015 edition, the series have been held in long course pools instead of short course.

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 the northern hemisphere's 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. "2004–05 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 "2015 World Cup").

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

Events

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 800 m and 1500 m 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

Season		Name	Nationality
1988–89
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1989–90
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1991
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1991–92
	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
1998–99
	men	Winners in six events
	women	Winners in six events
1999–2000
	men	Winners in 17 events
	women	Winners in 17 events
2000–01
	men	Winners in 13 events
	women	Winners in 11 events
2001–02
	men	Ed Moses	United States
	women	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia
2002–03
	men	Thomas Rupprath	Germany
	women	Alison Sheppard	Great Britain
2003–04
	men	Ed Moses	United States
	women	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia
2004–05
	men	Ryk Neethling	South Africa
	women	Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden
2005–06
	men	Ryk Neethling	South Africa
	women	Therese Alshammar	Sweden
2007
	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
2012
	men	Kenneth To	Australia
	women	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary
2013
	men	Chad le Clos	South Africa
	women	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary
2014
	men	Chad le Clos	South Africa
	women	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary
2015
	men	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa
	women	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary
2016
	men
	women

Venues

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	12	13	14	15	16	Total
Australia	Hobart											●	●																	2
	Melbourne													●	●	●	●	●												5
	Sydney										●	●	●						●	●	●									6
Brazil	Belo Horizonte																●	●	●	●	●									5
	Rio de Janeiro										●	●	●	●	●	●						●	●							7
Canada	Edmonton											●	●	●	●															4
	Montreal		●		●																									2
	Toronto	●																												1
	Victoria			●																										1
China	Beijing					●	●		●	●	●	●											●	●	●	●	●	●	●	13
	Shanghai					●							●	●	●	●														5
Finland	Espoo							●	●	●																				3
France	Chartres-Paris																											●	●	2
	Paris	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●														14
Germany	Berlin	●	●										●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●			●*	17
	Bonn	●	●	●	●																									5
	Gelsenkirchen					●	●	●	●	●	●	●																		7
	Rostock			●																										1
Great Britain	Glasgow									●																				1
	Leicester		●		●																									2
	London	●																												1
	Sheffield			●		●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●																9
Hong Kong	Hong Kong						●	●	●	●	●	●	●														●	●	●	10
Italy	Desenzano		●				●																							2
	Imperia								●	●	●	●	●	●	●															7
	Milan			●	●	●																								3
	Saint-Vincent							●																						1
	Venice	●																												1
Japan	Tokyo																						●	●	●	●	●	●	●	7
Netherlands	Eindhoven																									●				1
Qatar	Doha																								●	●	●	●	●	5
Russia	Moscow																●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	13
	Saint Petersburg			●	●																									2
Singapore	Singapore																			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	10
South Africa	Durban																●	●	●	●	●	●								6
South Korea	Daejon																●	●	●											3
Spain	Palma de Mallorca				●																									1
Sweden	Gothenburg	●	●																				●							3
	Malmö			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●																	10
	Stockholm													●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●					12
USA	College Station, TX											●																		1
	Indianapolis, IN	●																												1
	New York, NY (East Meadow)														●	●	●	●	●											5
	Orlando, FL		●																											1
	Washington, D.C.												●	●																2
United Arab Emirates	Dubai																						●		●	●	●	●	●	6
Total		8	8	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	12	12	10	9	7	8	8	8	7	7	5	7	7	8	8	7	8	9

* to be confirmed

External links

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