The 2014

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was a series of seven, two-day,

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meets in seven different cities between August and November 2014. Mastbank was again the title sponsor for the series, with

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serving as official timer.

Meets

The 2014 World Cup consists of the following seven meets:

World Cup standings

* Composition of points: ** Best performances (by meets): 1st place: 24 points, 2nd place: 18 points and 3rd place: 12 points; ** Points for medals (in individual events): Gold medal: 12 points, Silver medal: 9 points and Bronze medal: 6 points; ** Bonus for World Record (WR): 20 points.

Men

Official Top-20 Overall Scoring:

Women

Official Top-20 Overall Scoring:

Event winners

50 m freestyle

100 m freestyle

200 m freestyle

400 m freestyle

1500 m (men)/800 m (women) freestyle

50 m backstroke

100 m backstroke

200 m backstroke

50 m breaststroke

100 m breaststroke

200 m breaststroke

50 m butterfly

100 m butterfly

200 m butterfly

100 m individual medley

* Katinka Hosszú set a new

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of 57.25 seconds in the heats of this event in Doha, and another world record of 56.86 s in the heats in Dubai.