Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships

Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships is an international water polo tournament held every two years as part of the FINA World Aquatics Championships. The reigning champions are Italy in men's and the United States in women's competition.[1]

Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships
SportWater Polo
Founded1973
Continentall (International)
Most recent
champion(s)
Men
 Italy (4th title)
Women
 United States (6th title)
Most titlesMen
 Italy (4 titles)
Women
 United States (6 titles)

Men's tournament

History

Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Year Host Gold Score Silver Bronze Score 4th place
1973
Details
Belgrade,
Yugoslavia

Hungary
Round-robin
(5–4)

Soviet Union

Yugoslavia
Round-robin
(4–5)

Italy
1975
Details
Cali,
Colombia

Soviet Union
Round-robin
(5–4)

Hungary

Italy
Round-robin
(4–4)

Cuba
1978
Details
West Berlin,
West Germany

Italy
Round-robin
(4–4)

Hungary

Yugoslavia
Round-robin
(6–4)

Soviet Union
1982
Details
Guayaquil,
Ecuador

Soviet Union
Round-robin
(7–7)

Hungary

West Germany
Round-robin
(5–3)

Netherlands
1986
Details
Madrid,
Spain

Yugoslavia
12–11 (4 OT)
Italy

Soviet Union
8–6 (2 OT)
United States
1991
Details
Perth,
Australia

Yugoslavia
8–7
Spain

Hungary
13–12
United States
1994
Details
Rome,
Italy

Italy
10–5
Spain

Russia
14–13 (OT)
Croatia
1998
Details
Perth,
Australia

Spain
6–4
Hungary

FR Yugoslavia
9–5
Australia
2001
Details
Fukuoka,
Japan

Spain
4–2
FR Yugoslavia

Russia
7–6
Italy
2003
Details
Barcelona,
Spain

Hungary
11–9 (OT)
Italy

Serbia and Montenegro
5–3
Greece
2005
Details
Montreal,
Canada

Serbia and Montenegro
8–7
Hungary

Greece
11–10 (OT)
Croatia
2007
Details
Melbourne,
Australia

Croatia
9–8 (OT)
Hungary

Spain
9–9 (OT)
(9–8 pen.)

Serbia
2009
Details
Rome,
Italy

Serbia
7–7 (OT)
(7–6 pen.)

Spain

Croatia
8–6
United States
2011
Details
Shanghai,
China

Italy
8–7 (OT)
Serbia

Croatia
12–11
Hungary
2013
Details
Barcelona,
Spain

Hungary
8–7
Montenegro

Croatia
10–8
Italy
2015
Details
Kazan,
Russia

Serbia
11–4
Croatia

Greece
7–7
(4–2 pen.)

Italy
2017
Details
Budapest,
Hungary

Croatia
8–6
Hungary

Serbia
11–8
Greece
2019
Details
Gwangju,
South Korea

Italy
10–5
Spain

Croatia
10–7
Hungary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy4217
2 Hungary37111
3 Spain2417
4 Croatia2147
5 Serbia2114
 Soviet Union2114
7 Yugoslavia2024
8 FR Yugoslavia /
 Serbia and Montenegro
1124
9 Montenegro0101
10 Greece0022
 Russia0022
12 West Germany0011
Totals (12 nations)18181854

All-time table for Champions

As of 2017

TeamParticipations PldWDL TitlesTop 4
 Croatia11 7352318 28
 Hungary17 117861219 312
 Italy17 12277837 310
 Russia
(including  Soviet Union)
14 10060634 27
 Serbia6 383017 25
 Serbia
(including  Serbia and Montenegro)
10 514128 39
 Spain16 11273435 26
 Yugoslavia6 6143414 24

Most successful players

Boldface denotes active water polo players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Multiple gold medalists

Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Slobodan Nikić Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
200320153115
2Daniel Ballart Spain19912001224
Salvador Gómez Spain19912001224
Norbert Madaras Hungary20032013224
Jesús Rollán Spain19912001224
6Andro Bušlje Croatia200720192147
7Maro Joković Croatia200720192136
8Milan Aleksić Serbia200920172114
Filip Filipović Serbia200920172114
Stefan Mitrović Serbia200920172114
Iván Pérez Spain199820092114
Duško Pijetlović Serbia200920172114
Gojko Pijetlović Serbia200920172114
Andrija Prlainović Serbia200920172114
Vanja Udovičić Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
200320112114

Multiple medalists

The table shows those who have won at least 5 medals in total at the World Championships.

Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Andro Bušlje Croatia200720192147
2Maro Joković Croatia200720192136
3Slobodan Nikić Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
200320153115
4Josip Pavić Croatia200720151135
Sandro Sukno Croatia200920171135

Participating nations

Team197319751978198219861991199419982001200320052007200920112013201520172019Years
 Argentina16th1
 Australia14th11th9th11th10th8th10th4th10th7th10th10th10th9th8th8th7th6th18
 Brazil12th12th13th13th13th14th10th12th13th9
 Bulgaria13th12th8th3
 Canada14th14th14th13th13th14th13th15th14th13th12th8th10th11th9th15th16
 Colombia16th1
 China10th14th16th16th13th12th15th14th15th9
 CroatiaPart of Yugoslavia4th9th8th9th4th1st3rd3rd3rd2nd1st3rd12
 Cuba6th4th10th5th7th11th11th12th8
 Egypt15th15th2
 France13th8th12th14th4
 Germany11th6th7th3rd6th5th9th14th11th9th8th6th8th10th8th15
 Great Britain15th1
 Greece12th12th12th11th10th7th8th6th4th3rd6th6th3rd4th7th15
 Hungary1st2nd2nd2nd9th3rd5th2nd5th1st2nd2nd5th4th1st6th2nd4th18
 Iran15th15th2
 Israel16th16th15th3
 Italy4th3rd1st9th2nd6th1st5th4th2nd8th5th11th1st4th4th6th1st18
 Japan16th15th14th16th11th13th10th11th8
 KazakhstanPart of Soviet Union12th11th12th16th13th12th11th11th14th9
 North MacedoniaPart of Yugoslavia14th1
 Mexico9th9th15th3
 MontenegroPart of Yugoslavia9th7th2nd5th5th10th6
 Netherlands8th7th13th4th14th8th9th7
 New Zealand16th16th16th16th15th16th16th7
 Romania7th5th6th9th13th12th6th11th7th12th13th11
 RussiaPart of Soviet Union3rd6th3rd10th7th7th14th8th8
 SerbiaPart of Yugoslavia4th1st2nd7th1st3rd5th7
 Serbia and MontenegroPart of Yugoslavia3rd2nd3rd1stdefunct4
 SlovakiaPart of Czechoslovakia10th11th8th3
 South Africa15th14th15th14th15th16th15th12th16th12th10
 South Korea15th1
 Soviet Union2nd1st4th1st3rd7th6
 Spain10th10th11th8th5th2nd2nd1st1st5th5th3rd2nd5th5th9th2nd17
 United States5th8th5th6th4th4th6th7th7th6th11th9th4th6th9th7th13th9th18
 Yugoslavia3rd13th3rd7th1st1st6
Total161616161516161616161616161616161616

Women's tournament

History

Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Year Host Gold Score Silver Bronze Score 4th place
1986
Details
Madrid,
Spain

Australia
Round-robin
(8–7)

Netherlands

United States
Round-robin
(7–7)

Canada
1991
Details
Perth,
Australia

Netherlands
13–6
Canada

United States
11–9
Hungary
1994
Details
Rome,
Italy

Hungary
7–5
Netherlands

Italy
14–9
United States
1998
Details
Perth,
Australia

Italy
7–6
Netherlands

Australia
8–5
Russia
2001
Details
Fukuoka,
Japan

Italy
7–3
Hungary

Canada
6–5
United States
2003
Details
Barcelona,
Spain

United States
8–6
Italy

Russia
9–7
Canada
2005
Details
Montreal,
Canada

Hungary
10–7 (OT)
United States

Canada
8–3
Russia
2007
Details
Melbourne,
Australia

United States
6–5
Australia

Russia
9–8
Hungary
2009
Details
Rome,
Italy

United States
7–6
Canada

Russia
10–9
Greece
2011
Details
Shanghai,
China

Greece
9–8
China

Russia
8–7
Italy
2013
Details
Barcelona,
Spain

Spain
8–6
Australia

Hungary
10–8
Russia
2015
Details
Kazan,
Russia

United States
5–4
Netherlands

Italy
7–7
(5–3 pen.)

Australia
2017
Details
Budapest,
Hungary

United States
13–6
Spain

Russia
11–9
Canada
2019
Details
Gwangju,
South Korea

United States
11–6
Spain

Australia
10–9
Hungary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States6129
2 Italy2125
3 Hungary2114
4 Netherlands1405
5 Australia1225
6 Spain1203
7 Greece1001
8 Canada0224
9 China0101
10 Russia0055
Totals (10 nations)14141442

Most successful players

Boldface denotes active water polo players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Multiple gold medalists

Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Heather Petri United States20032009314
Brenda Villa United States20032009314
3Kami Craig United States2007201533
Rachel Fattal United States2015201933
Makenzie Fischer United States2015201933
Maddie Musselman United States2015201933
Kiley Neushul United States2015201933
Melissa Seidemann United States2015201933
Maggie Steffens United States2015201933
Alys Williams United States2015201933

Multiple medalists

The table shows those who have won at least 4 medals in total at the World Championships.

Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Heather Petri United States20032009314
Brenda Villa United States20032009314
3Carmela Allucci Italy199420032114
Francesca Conti Italy199420032114
Melania Grego Italy199420032114
Giusi Malato Italy199420032114
Martina Miceli Italy199420032114
8Sofia Konukh Russia2003201144

Participating nations

Team19861991199419982001200320052007200920112013201520172019Years
 Australia1st5th6th3rd5th7th6th2nd6th5th2nd4th8th3rd14
 Belgium7th1
 Brazil8th11th10th10th13th13th10th13th14th14th10th14th12
 Canada4th2nd5th6th3rd4th3rd6th2nd8th8th11th4th9th14
 China16th14th11th2nd9th5th10th11th8
 Cuba9th15th10th15th4
 France9th9th15th14th11th5
 Germany6th6th8th10th8th11th10th7
 Great Britain9th16th13th3
 Greece5th7th9th5th8th4th1st6th6th7th8th11
 Hungary5th4th1st7th2nd5th1st4th7th9th3rd9th5th4th14
 Italy3rd1st1st2nd7th5th9th4th10th3rd6th6th12
 Japan11th11th15th13th13th5
 Kazakhstan12th12th8th12th13th14th13th11th12th15th10th11
 Netherlands2nd1st2nd2nd9th6th10th9th5th7th7th2nd9th7th14
 New Zealand7th10th11th12th12th12th12th12th12th13th12th12th12
 Norway8th1
 Puerto Rico16th1
 Russia7th4th6th3rd4th3rd3rd3rd4th8th3rd5th12
 South Africa16th15th15th16th16th14th6
 South Korea16th1
 Spain9th8th11th7th8th11th1st7th2nd2nd10
 United States3rd3rd4th8th4th1st2nd1st1st6th5th1st1st1st14
 Uzbekistan15th15th16th16th4
 Venezuela14th14th2
Total99121212161616161616161616

Combined medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy63312
2 United States6129
3 Hungary58215
4 Spain36110
5 Croatia2147
6 Serbia2114
 Soviet Union2114
8 Yugoslavia2024
9 Netherlands1405
10 Australia1225
11 FR Yugoslavia /
 Serbia and Montenegro
1124
12 Greece1023
13 Canada0224
14 China0101
 Montenegro0101
16 Russia0077
17 West Germany0011
Totals (17 nations)32323296

Multiple gold medalists

Boldface denotes active water polo players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Rank Player Country Gender From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Slobodan Nikić Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
M200320153115
2Heather Petri United StatesF20032009314
Brenda Villa United StatesF20032009314
4Kami Craig United StatesF2007201533
Rachel Fattal United StatesF2015201933
Makenzie Fischer United StatesF2015201933
Maddie Musselman United StatesF2015201933
Kiley Neushul United StatesF2015201933
Melissa Seidemann United StatesF2015201933
Maggie Steffens United StatesF2015201933
Alys Williams United StatesF2015201933

See also

References

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