Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships
Appearance
Sport | Water Polo |
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Founded | 1973 |
Continent | all (International) |
Most recent champion(s) | Men Italy (4th title) Women United States (6th title) |
Most titles | Men Italy (4 titles) Women United States (6 titles) |
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]
Men's tournament
History
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
2 | Hungary | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
3 | Spain | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
4 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
5 | Serbia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
7 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
9 | Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
12 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (12 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |
All-time table for Champions
As of 2017
Team | Participations | Pld | W | D | L | Titles | Top 4 |
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Croatia | 11 | 73 | 52 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 8 |
Hungary | 17 | 117 | 86 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 12 |
Italy | 17 | 122 | 77 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 10 |
Russia (including Soviet Union) |
14 | 100 | 60 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 7 |
Serbia | 6 | 38 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
Serbia (including Serbia and Montenegro) |
10 | 51 | 41 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
Spain | 16 | 112 | 73 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 6 |
Yugoslavia | 6 | 61 | 43 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
Multiple medalists
Boldface denotes active players and highest medal count (among all players) per type.
Rank | Player | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Slobodan Nikić | Serbia and Montenegro Serbia |
2003 | 2015 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Daniel Ballart | Spain | 1991 | 2001 | 2 | 2 | – | 4 |
Salvador Gómez | Spain | 1991 | 2001 | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | |
Norbert Madaras | Hungary | 2003 | 2013 | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | |
Jesús Rollán | Spain | 1991 | 2001 | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | |
6 | Andro Bušlje | Croatia | 2007 | 2019 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
7 | Maro Joković | Croatia | 2007 | 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
8 | Milan Aleksić | Serbia | 2009 | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Filip Filipović | Serbia | 2009 | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Stefan Mitrović | Serbia | 2009 | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Iván Pérez | Spain | 1998 | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Duško Pijetlović | Serbia | 2009 | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Gojko Pijetlović | Serbia | 2009 | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Andrija Prlainović | Serbia | 2009 | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Vanja Udovičić | Serbia and Montenegro Serbia |
2003 | 2011 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Participating nations
Team | 1973 | 1975 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | Years |
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Argentina | 16th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Australia | 14th | 11th | 9th | 11th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 4th | 10th | 7th | 10th | 10th | 10th | 9th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 18 |
Brazil | 12th | 12th | 13th | 13th | 13th | 14th | 10th | 12th | 13th | 9 | |||||||||
Bulgaria | 13th | 12th | 8th | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Canada | 14th | 14th | 14th | 13th | 13th | 14th | 13th | 15th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 8th | 10th | 11th | 9th | 15th | 16 | ||
Colombia | 16th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
China | 10th | 14th | 16th | 16th | 13th | 12th | 15th | 14th | 15th | 9 | |||||||||
Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia | 4th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 12 | |||||
Cuba | 6th | 4th | 10th | 5th | 7th | 11th | 11th | 12th | 8 | ||||||||||
Egypt | 15th | 15th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
France | 13th | 8th | 12th | 14th | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Germany | 11th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 9th | 14th | 11th | 9th | 8th | 6th | 8th | 10th | 8th | 15 | |||
Great Britain | 15th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Greece | 12th | 12th | 12th | 11th | 10th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 15 | |||
Hungary | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 4th | 18 |
Iran | 15th | 15th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Israel | 16th | 16th | 15th | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Italy | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 9th | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 8th | 5th | 11th | 1st | 4th | 4th | 6th | 1st | 18 |
Japan | 16th | 15th | 14th | 16th | 11th | 13th | 10th | 11th | 8 | ||||||||||
Kazakhstan | Part of Soviet Union | 12th | 11th | 12th | 16th | 13th | 12th | 11th | 11th | 14th | 9 | ||||||||
North Macedonia | Part of Yugoslavia | 14th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | 9th | 9th | 15th | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Montenegro | Part of Yugoslavia | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 10th | 6 | |||||||||||
Netherlands | 8th | 7th | 13th | 4th | 14th | 8th | 9th | 7 | |||||||||||
New Zealand | 16th | 16th | 16th | 16th | 15th | 16th | 16th | 7 | |||||||||||
Romania | 7th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 13th | 12th | 6th | 11th | 7th | 12th | 13th | 11 | |||||||
Russia | Part of Soviet Union | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 10th | 7th | 7th | 14th | 8th | 8 | |||||||||
Serbia | Part of Yugoslavia | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 7 | ||||||||||
Serbia and Montenegro | Part of Yugoslavia | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | defunct | 4 | ||||||||||||
Slovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | 10th | 11th | 8th | 3 | ||||||||||||||
South Africa | 15th | 14th | 15th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 15th | 12th | 16th | 12th | 10 | ||||||||
South Korea | 15th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Soviet Union | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 7th | 6 | ||||||||||||
Spain | 10th | 10th | 11th | 8th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 9th | 2nd | 17 | |
United States | 5th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 11th | 9th | 4th | 6th | 9th | 7th | 13th | 9th | 18 |
Yugoslavia | 3rd | 13th | 3rd | 7th | 1st | 1st | 6 | ||||||||||||
Total | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Women's tournament
History
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
2 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Netherlands | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
5 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
6 | Spain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
9 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Multiple medalists
Boldface denotes active players and highest medal count (among all players) per type.
Rank | Player | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Heather Petri | United States | 2003 | 2009 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
Brenda Villa | United States | 2003 | 2009 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | |
3 | Kami Craig | United States | 2007 | 2015 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
Rachel Fattal | United States | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Makenzie Fischer | United States | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Maddie Musselman | United States | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Kiley Neushul | United States | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Melissa Seidemann | United States | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Maggie Steffens | United States | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Alys Williams | United States | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
Participating nations
Team | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | Years |
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Australia | 1st | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 6th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 8th | 3rd | 14 |
Belgium | 7th | 1 | |||||||||||||
Brazil | 8th | 11th | 10th | 10th | 13th | 13th | 10th | 13th | 14th | 14th | 10th | 14th | 12 | ||
Canada | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 8th | 8th | 11th | 4th | 9th | 14 |
China | 16th | 14th | 11th | 2nd | 9th | 5th | 10th | 11th | 8 | ||||||
Cuba | 9th | 15th | 10th | 15th | 4 | ||||||||||
France | 9th | 9th | 15th | 14th | 11th | 5 | |||||||||
Germany | 6th | 6th | 8th | 10th | 8th | 11th | 10th | 7 | |||||||
Great Britain | 9th | 16th | 13th | 3 | |||||||||||
Greece | 5th | 7th | 9th | 5th | 8th | 4th | 1st | 6th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 11 | |||
Hungary | 5th | 4th | 1st | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 4th | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 9th | 5th | 4th | 14 |
Italy | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 9th | 4th | 10th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 12 | ||
Japan | 11th | 11th | 15th | 13th | 13th | 5 | |||||||||
Kazakhstan | 12th | 12th | 8th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 13th | 11th | 12th | 15th | 10th | 11 | |||
Netherlands | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | 6th | 10th | 9th | 5th | 7th | 7th | 2nd | 9th | 7th | 14 |
New Zealand | 7th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 13th | 12th | 12th | 12 | ||
Norway | 8th | 1 | |||||||||||||
Puerto Rico | 16th | 1 | |||||||||||||
Russia | 7th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 8th | 3rd | 5th | 12 | ||
South Africa | 16th | 15th | 15th | 16th | 16th | 14th | 6 | ||||||||
South Korea | 16th | 1 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 9th | 8th | 11th | 7th | 8th | 11th | 1st | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 10 | ||||
United States | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 8th | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 6th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 14 |
Uzbekistan | 15th | 15th | 16th | 16th | 4 | ||||||||||
Venezuela | 14th | 14th | 2 | ||||||||||||
Total | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Combined medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
2 | United States | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
3 | Hungary | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
4 | Spain | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
5 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
6 | Serbia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
8 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
9 | Netherlands | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
10 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
11 | Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
12 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
13 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
14 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
17 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (17 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |
Multiple medalists
Boldface denotes active players and highest medal count (among all players) per type.
Rank | Player | Country | Gender | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Slobodan Nikić | Serbia and Montenegro Serbia |
M | 2003 | 2015 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Heather Petri | United States | F | 2003 | 2009 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
Brenda Villa | United States | F | 2003 | 2009 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | |
4 | Kami Craig | United States | F | 2007 | 2015 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
Rachel Fattal | United States | F | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Makenzie Fischer | United States | F | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Maddie Musselman | United States | F | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Kiley Neushul | United States | F | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Melissa Seidemann | United States | F | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Maggie Steffens | United States | F | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Alys Williams | United States | F | 2015 | 2019 | 3 | – | – | 3 |