The World Aquatics Diving World Cup is an international annual (formerly biennial) diving competition that was first contested in The Woodlands, Texas in 1979. The 2012 edition served as Diving's test event for the 2012 Olympics, as well as the final qualifying event for Diving at those Games.

In 2022, at the FINA Extraordinary Congress, FINA rebranded to World Aquatics and adopted a new structure for international diving competitions, including the World Cup. The FINA World Series and FINA Diving World Cup were merged into an annual multi-stop competition culminating in a Super Final.

Format The standard World Aquatics Diving World Cup consists of 3 stops across various locations around the world, with the third and final stop being designated as the Super Final.

Stop 1 & 2

Qualification Each National Federation is permitted to enter 2 athletes into each Individual Event (Men & Women, 3m Springboard & 10m Platform), provided that they have met qualification scores at a recent recognised international championship as outlined by World Aquatics. Host federations of any stop on the Diving World Cup may enter 3 athletes, although only the top two ranking athletes entered by the federation will be eligible to proceed to the Super Final.

National Federations can only enter 1 team into the Synchronised & Team Event. A team from the National Federation (not the individual divers) must have met the qualifying score at a recent, recognised international championship as outlined by World Aquatics.

Competition & Progression All individual divers participate in a split-preliminary round of diving at each stop, with the combined top 12 highest scoring divers proceeding to the stop Final. Athletes then receive ranking points depending on their rank at the Finals of each stop. After the completion of Stop 1 and Stop 2, the top 12 divers by total ranking points are invited to the Diving World Cup Super Final (Stop 3).

Synchronised events do not have a preliminary round and receive ranking points depending on their performance at the Direct Final. The top 8 teams are invited to the Super Final.

Super Final (Stop 3) The Super Final of the Diving World Cup uses a separate format to standard diving competitions in individual competitions, with a head-to-head format replacing the standard preliminary round of the competition. The Team and Synchronised diving competitions utilise the standard diving competition format.

Head-to-head Divers will be seeded and paired based on their scores at Stop 1 and Stop 2 of the World Cup for a head-to-head competition. The two divers will each complete 3 dives from their full list, with the higher scoring diver proceeding to the semifinals, and the lower scoring diver being eliminated.

Semifinal The divers who won their respective head-to-heads are arranged into two groups of 3 for the semifinals, with scores from the head-to-head carrying over. Athletes then complete the remainder of their dive list, with the 2 highest scoring athletes across both their head-to-head and semifinal rounds from each group qualifying for the final.

Final Results from the head-to-head and semifinal are wiped for the final. Divers will complete their full list of 5 (women) or 6 (men) dives, with medals being awarded in accordance with their total scores.

Editions (2023-) Number YearStop 1Stop 2Super Final (Stop 3) 24 2023 Xi'an, China Montreal, Canada Berlin, Germany 25 2024 Montreal, Canada Berlin, Germany Xi'an, China 26 2025 Guadalajara, Mexico Windsor, Canada Beijing, China 27 2026 Montreal, Canada Zapopan, Mexico1 Beijing, China282027 Montreal, Canada TBD, Mexico Beijing, China 1 - Stop 2 of the 2026 World Cup was cancelled due to concerns about unrest in the Jalisco region

Editions (1979–2022) Number YearHost cityHost countryEvents 1 1979 The Woodlands 4 2 1981 Mexico City 4 3 1983 The Woodlands 4 4 1985 Shanghai 4 5 1987 Amersfoort 4 6 1989 Indianapolis 6 7 1991 Winnipeg 6 8 1993 Beijing 6 9 1995 Atlanta 10 10 1997 Mexico City 10 11 1999 Wellington 10 12 2000 Sydney 10 13 2002 Seville 10 14 2004 Athens 8 15 2006 Changshu 10NumberYearHost cityHost countryEvents 16 2008 Beijing 8 17 2010 Changzhou 8 18 2012 London 8 19 2014 Shanghai 9 20 2016 Rio de Janeiro 8 21 2018 Wuhan 11 22 2021 Tokyo 8 23 2022 Berlin 9

Medals (1979–2022)

See also FINA Diving Grand Prix FINA Diving World Series World Diving Championships FINA World Junior Diving Championships

References

External links FINA Diving World Cup By Season at TheSports.org