European Water Polo Championship

The European Water Polo Championship is a sport competition for national water polo teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), the governing European aquatics federation. There are both men's and women's competitions.

European Water Polo Championship
SportWater Polo
Founded1927
ContinentEurope (LEN)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Hungary (men's, 13th title)
 Spain (women's, 2nd title)
Most titles Hungary (men's, 13 titles)
 Italy and  Netherlands (women's, 5 titles each)

The first European Water Polo Championship was held in 1926 in Budapest, Hungary, with just a men's competition. The women for the first time competed in 1985 (Oslo, Norway) for the European title. The water polo tournament was part of the European Aquatics Championships up to and including 1997, and from 1999 the event was separated and got its own independent tournament.

Men's tournament

Results

MEN'S EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP
Year Host Gold Silver Bronze Number of teams
1926
Details

Budapest,
Hungary

Hungary

Sweden

Germany
4
1927
Details

Bologna,
Italy

Hungary

France

Belgium
12
1931
Details

Paris,
France

Hungary

Germany

Austria
7
1934
Details

Magdeburg,
Germany

Hungary

Germany

Belgium
10
1938
Details

London,
United Kingdom

Hungary

Germany

Netherlands
7
1947
Details

Monte Carlo,
Monaco

Italy

Sweden

Belgium
10
1950
Details

Vienna,
Austria

Netherlands

Sweden

Yugoslavia
7
1954
Details

Turin,
Italy

Hungary

Yugoslavia

Italy
12
1958
Details

Budapest,
Hungary

Hungary

Yugoslavia

Soviet Union
14
1962
Details

Leipzig,
East Germany

Hungary

Yugoslavia

Soviet Union
11
1966
Details

Utrecht,
Netherlands

Soviet Union

East Germany

Yugoslavia
17
1970
Details

Barcelona,
Spain

Soviet Union

Hungary

Yugoslavia
15
1974
Details

Vienna,
Austria

Hungary

Soviet Union

Yugoslavia
8
1977
Details

Jönköping,
Sweden

Hungary

Yugoslavia

Italy
8
1981
Details

Split,
Yugoslavia

West Germany

Soviet Union

Hungary
8
1983
Details

Rome,
Italy

Soviet Union

Hungary

Spain
8
1985
Details

Sofia,
Bulgaria

Soviet Union

Yugoslavia

West Germany
8
1987
Details

Strasbourg,
France

Soviet Union

Yugoslavia

Italy
8
1989
Details

Bonn,
West Germany

West Germany

Yugoslavia

Italy
16
1991
Details

Athens,
Greece

Yugoslavia

Spain

Soviet Union
16
1993
Details

Sheffield,
United Kingdom

Italy

Hungary

Spain
12
1995
Details

Vienna,
Austria

Italy

Hungary

Germany
12
1997
Details

Seville,
Spain

Hungary

FR Yugoslavia

Russia
12
1999
Details

Florence,
Italy

Hungary

Croatia

Italy
12
2001
Details

Budapest,
Hungary

FR Yugoslavia

Italy

Hungary
12
2003
Details

Kranj,
Slovenia

Serbia and Montenegro

Croatia

Hungary
12
2006
Details

Belgrade,
Serbia

Serbia

Hungary

Spain
12
2008
Details

Málaga,
Spain

Montenegro

Serbia

Hungary
12
2010
Details

Zagreb,
Croatia

Croatia

Italy

Serbia
12
2012
Details

Eindhoven,
Netherlands

Serbia

Montenegro

Hungary
12
2014
Details

Budapest,
Hungary

Serbia

Hungary

Italy
12
2016
Details

Belgrade,
Serbia

Serbia

Montenegro

Hungary
16
2018
Details

Barcelona,
Spain

Serbia

Spain

Croatia
16
2020
Details

Budapest,
Hungary

Hungary

Spain

Montenegro
16
2022
Details

Split, Croatia

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary136625
2 Soviet Union53210
3 Serbia5117
4 Italy32611
5 FR Yugoslavia /
 Serbia and Montenegro
2103
6 West Germany2013
7 Yugoslavia17412
8 Croatia1214
 Montenegro1214
10 Netherlands1012
11 Spain0336
12 Germany0325
13 Sweden0303
14 East Germany0101
 France0101
16 Belgium0033
17 Austria0011
 Russia0011
Totals (18 nations)343533102
Source:

Participation details

Team 1926

(4)
1927

(12)
1931

(7)
1934

(10)
1938

(7)
1947

(10)
1950

(7)
1954

(12)
1958

(14)
1962

(11)
1966

(17)
1970

(15)
1974

(8)
1977

(8)
1981

(8)
1983

(8)
1985

(8)
1987

(8)
1989

(16)
1991

(16)
1993

(12)
1995

(12)
1997

(12)
1999

(12)
2001

(12)
2003

(12)
2006

(12)
2008

(12)
2010

(12)
2012

(12)
2014

(12)
2016

(16)
2018

(16)
2020

(16)
Years
 Austria 6th 3rd 10th 5th 12th 11th 14th 14th 12th 9
 Belgium 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 11th 10th 7th 10th 12th 11
 Bulgaria 14th 11th 8th 10th 13th 8th 11th 7
 Croatia Part of  Yugoslavia 5th 4th 4th 2nd 4th 2nd 7th 4th 1st 9th 5th 7th 3rd 4th 15
Czechoslovakia 7th 5th 8th 9th 14th 7th 10th doesn't exist 7
 Denmark 16th 1
 Finland 13th 1
 France 2nd 6th 6th 6th 7th 6th 9th 8th 13th 11th 12th 11th 12th 10th 9th 12th 13th 17
 Georgia Part of  Soviet Union 12th 14th 13th 10th 4
 Germany
 West Germany
3rd 5th 2nd 2nd 2nd 6th 7th 7th 7th 8th 6th 1st 5th 3rd 4th 1st 7th 9th 3rd 10th 8th 9th 6th 8th 6th 6th 5th 9th 11th 9th 9th 31
 East Germany Part of  Germany 5th 4th 2nd doesn't exist 3
 Great Britain 8th 7th 6th 8th 13th 10th 17th 15th 14th 12th 10
 Greece 10th 8th 11th 6th 7th 9th 7th 4th 7th 8th 6th 11th 9th 6th 6th 4th 5th 7th 18
 Hungary 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 5th 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 5th 5th 9th 5th 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 8th 1st 33
 Ireland 15th 15th 2
 Italy 12th 10th 5th 1st 4th 3rd 4th 8th 4th 4th 5th 3rd 6th 7th 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 1st 1st 6th 3rd 2nd 9th 5th 5th 2nd 4th 3rd 6th 4th 6th 32
 Malta 15th 16th 16th 3
 Montenegro Part of  Yugoslavia Part of SCG / FR Yugoslavia [N 1] 1st 5th 2nd 4th 2nd 6th 3rd 7
 Netherlands 11th 9th 3rd 5th 1st 4th 6th 6th 8th 5th 4th 5th 8th 6th 7th 8th 9th 8th 10th 9th 12th 10th 11th 10th 10th 12th 10 15th 28
 North Macedonia Part of  Yugoslavia 8th 12th 11th 3
 Poland 9th 11th 13th 12th 4
 Romania 10th 5th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 8th 7th 5th 8th 4th 11th 9th 11th 10th 4th 9th 7th 8th 8th 10th 11th 11th 24
 Russia Part of  Soviet Union 6th 6th 3rd 5th 5th 4th 9th 10th 11th 11th 8th 7th 8th 13
 Serbia Part of  Yugoslavia Part of SCG / FRY 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 5th 8
SCG / FRY Part of  Yugoslavia 2nd 7th 1st 1st doesn't exist 4
 Slovakia Part of Czechoslovakia 10th 8th 10th 8th 7th 11th 12th 13th 14th 14th 10
 Slovenia Part of  Yugoslavia 11th 12th 12th 3
 Soviet Union 5th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 4th 3rd doesn't exist 13
 Spain 10th 7th 7th 12th 12th 8th 7th 8th 5th 3rd 6th 6th 6th 2nd 3rd 5th 5th 6th 6th 5th 3rd 7th 8th 7th 7th 5th 2nd 2nd 28
 Sweden 2nd 4th 7th 4th 2nd 2nd 9th 9th 9th 16th 10
  Switzerland 7th 1
 Turkey 16th 15th 10th 12th 16th 15th 12th 7
 Ukraine Part of  Soviet Union 11th 7th 11th 3
 Yugoslavia 9th 5th 8th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st doesn't exist 17

Notes

  1. Won European B Waterpolo Championship

Women's tournament

History

WOMEN'S EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP
Year Host Gold Silver Bronze
1985
Details

Oslo,
Norway

Netherlands

Hungary

West Germany
1987
Details

Strasbourg,
France

Netherlands

Hungary

France
1989
Details

Bonn,
West Germany

Netherlands

Hungary

France
1991
Details

Athens,
Greece

Hungary

Netherlands

Italy
1993
Details

Leeds,
United Kingdom

Netherlands

Russia

Hungary
1995
Details

Vienna,
Austria

Italy

Hungary

Netherlands
1997
Details

Sevilla,
Spain

Italy

Russia

Netherlands
1999
Details

Prato,
Italy

Italy

Netherlands

Russia
2001
Details

Budapest,
Hungary

Hungary

Italy

Russia
2003
Details

Ljubljana,
Slovenia

Italy

Hungary

Russia
2006
Details

Belgrade,
Serbia

Russia

Italy

Hungary
2008
Details

Málaga,
Spain

Russia

Spain

Hungary
2010
Details

Zagreb,
Croatia

Russia

Greece

Netherlands
2012
Details

Eindhoven,
Netherlands

Italy

Greece

Hungary
2014
Details

Budapest,
Hungary

Spain

Netherlands

Hungary
2016
Details

Belgrade,
Serbia

Hungary

Netherlands

Italy
2018
Details

Barcelona,
Spain

Netherlands

Greece

Spain
2020
Details

Budapest,
Hungary

Spain

Russia

Hungary
2022
Details

Split, Croatia

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands54312
2 Italy5229
3 Hungary35614
4 Russia3339
5 Spain2114
6 Greece0303
7 France0022
8 West Germany0011
Totals (8 nations)18181854

Participation details

Team 1985

(8)
1987

(7)
1989

(9)
1991

(8)
1993

(12)
1995

(12)
1997

(12)
1999

(8)
2001

(8)
2003

(8)
2006

(8)
2008

(8)
2010

(8)
2012

(8)
2014

(8)
2016

(12)
2018

(12)
2020

(12)
Years
 Belgium 5th 6th 9th 3
 Croatia Part of  Yugoslavia 8th 11th 11th 10th 4
 Czech Republic Part of Czechoslovakia 11th 10th 12th 3
 France 7th 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 5th 8th 8th 8th 8th 7th 7th 7th 7th 14
 Germany West Germany 3rd 4th 5th 6th 6th 7th 6th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 8th 8th 8th 11th 17
 Great Britain 6th 7th 8th 8th 8th 10th 7th 8th 8
 Greece 7th 7th 7th 4th 7th 5th 4th 5th 6th 6th 2nd 2nd 6th 5th 2nd 6th 16
 Hungary 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 5th 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 5th 3rd 3rd 1st 4th 3rd 18
 Israel 10th 9th 2
 Italy 4th 3rd 4th 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 4th 1st 4th 3rd 6th 5th 16
 Netherlands 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 5th 4th 5th 5th 3rd 6th 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 18
 Norway 4th 5th 6th 3
 Portugal 11th 11th 10th 3
 Russia Part of  Soviet Union 2nd 6th 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 4th 5th 6th 5th 2nd 14
 Serbia Part of  Yugoslavia 9th 8th 9th 9th 12th 5
 Slovakia Part of Czechoslovakia 12th 8th 2
 Slovenia Part of  Yugoslavia 8th 1
 Soviet Union 5th 1
 Spain 9th 9th 4th 6th 6th 6th 4th 2nd 6th 5th 1st 4th 3rd 1st 14
 Sweden 8th 8th 2
  Switzerland 10th 12th 2
 Turkey 12th 12th 2

Combined medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary16111239
2 Italy84820
3 Netherlands64414
4 Soviet Union53210
5 Serbia5117
6 Russia33410
7 Spain24410
8 FR Yugoslavia /
 Serbia and Montenegro
2103
9 West Germany2024
10 Yugoslavia17412
11 Croatia1214
 Montenegro1214
13 Germany0325
14 Greece0303
 Sweden0303
16 France0123
17 East Germany0101
18 Belgium0033
19 Austria0011
Totals (19 nations)525351156

References

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