Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships

Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships
Sport	Water Polo
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

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	Yugoslavia	9–5	Australia
2001 Details	Fukuoka, Japan	Spain	4–2	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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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
5	Soviet Union	2	1	1	4
7	Yugoslavia	2	0	2	4
8	Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	2	4
9	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
10	Greece	0	0	2	2
10	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
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

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
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

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
1	Andro Bušlje	Croatia	2007	2019	2	1	4	7
2	Maro Joković	Croatia	2007	2019	2	1	3	6
3	Slobodan Nikić	Serbia and Montenegro Serbia	2003	2015	3	1	1	5
4	Josip Pavić	Croatia	2007	2015	1	1	3	5
4	Sandro Sukno	Croatia	2009	2017	1	1	3	5

Participating nations

Team	1973	1975	1978	1982	1986	1991	1994	1998	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	Years
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

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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

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
1	Heather Petri	United States	2003	2009	3	1	–	4
1	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

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
1	Heather Petri	United States	2003	2009	3	1	–	4
1	Brenda Villa	United States	2003	2009	3	1	–	4
3	Carmela Allucci	Italy	1994	2003	2	1	1	4
	Francesca Conti	Italy	1994	2003	2	1	1	4
	Melania Grego	Italy	1994	2003	2	1	1	4
	Giusi Malato	Italy	1994	2003	2	1	1	4
	Martina Miceli	Italy	1994	2003	2	1	1	4
8	Sofia Konukh	Russia	2003	2011	–	–	4	4

Participating nations

Team	1986	1991	1994	1998	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	Years
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
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
6	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
14	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 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
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
2	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

References

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External links

FINA Water Polo website

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Men's tournament

History

Medal table

All-time table for Champions

Most successful players

Multiple gold medalists

Multiple medalists

Participating nations

Women's tournament

History

Medal table

Most successful players

Multiple gold medalists

Multiple medalists

Participating nations

Combined medal table

Multiple gold medalists

See also

References

External links