Water polo world championship

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The Water Polo World Championship (official name: FINA World Championships) is an international water polo tournament, held every 2 to 4 years at the same time and in the host city with the FINA Swimming Championship.

1 Past and future World Championships - Men
2 The medal winners (The Eternal Table) - Men
3 Past and future World Championships - Women
4 The medal winners (The Eternal Table) - Women
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Past and future World Championships - Men

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2007.	Melbourne, Australia	(gold)	(silver)	(bronze)
2005.	Montreal, Canada	Serbia and Montenegro	Hungary	Greece
2003.	Barcelona, Spain	Hungary	Italy	Serbia and Montenegro
2001.	Fukuoka, Japan	Spain	FR Yugoslavia*	Russia
1998.	Perth, Australia	Spain	Hungary	FR Yugoslavia*
1994.	Rome, Italy	Italy	Spain	Russia
1991.	Perth, Australia	Yugoslavia	Spain	Hungary
1986.	Madrid, Spain	Yugoslavia	Italy	Soviet Union
1982.	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Soviet Union	Hungary	West Germany
1978.	Berlin, West Germany	Italy	Hungary	Yugoslavia
1975.	Cali, Colombia	Soviet Union	Hungary	Italy
1973.	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia	Hungary	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia

*1992-2003 Serbia and Montenegro played under the name as FR Yugoslavia

[edit] The medal winners (The Eternal Table) - Men

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1.	Hungary	2	5	1
2.	Italy	2	2	1
3.	Spain	2	2	0
4.	Soviet Union	2	1	1
5.	SFR Yugoslavia	2	0	2
6.	Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	2
6.	Russia	0	0	2
8.	Greece	0	0	1
8.	West Germany / Germany	0	0	1

[edit] Past and future World Championships - Women

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2007.	Melbourne, Australia
2005.	Montreal, Canada	Hungary	USA	Canada
2003.	Barcelona, Spain	USA	Italy	Russia
2001.	Fukuoka, Japan	Italy	Hungary	Canada
1998.	Perth, Australia	Italy	The Netherlands	Australia
1994.	Rome, Italy	Hungary	The Netherlands	Italy
1991.	Perth, Australia	The Netherlands	Canada	USA
1986.	Madrid, Spain	Australia	The Netherlands	USA