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  Croatia Women  United States
Most titles	Men  Serbia Women  United States

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 Serbia in men's^[1] and United States in women's competition.^[2]

Men's tournament

History

Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1973 Details	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Hungary	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia
1975 Details	Cali, Colombia	Soviet Union	Hungary	Italy
1978 Details	West Berlin	Italy	Hungary	Yugoslavia
1982 Details	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Soviet Union	Hungary	West Germany
1986 Details	Madrid, Spain	Yugoslavia	Italy	Soviet Union
1991 Details	Perth, Australia	Yugoslavia	Spain	Hungary
1994 Details	Rome, Italy	Italy	Spain	Russia
1998 Details	Perth, Australia	Spain	Hungary	Yugoslavia
2001 Details	Fukuoka, Japan	Spain	Yugoslavia	Russia
2003 Details	Barcelona, Spain	Hungary	Italy	Serbia and Montenegro
2005 Details	Montreal, Canada	Serbia and Montenegro	Hungary	Greece
2007 Details	Melbourne, Australia	Croatia	Hungary	Spain
2009 Details	Rome, Italy	Serbia	Spain	Croatia
2011 Details	Shanghai, China	Italy	Serbia	Croatia
2013 Details	Barcelona, Spain	Hungary	Montenegro	Croatia
2015 Details	Kazan, Russia	Serbia	Croatia	Greece
2017 Details	Budapest, Hungary	Croatia	Hungary	Serbia
2019 Details	Gwangju, South Korea

Medal table

Place	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Yugoslavia  Yugoslavia  Serbia and Montenegro  Serbia Total	2 0 1 2 5	0 1 0 1 2	2 1 1 1 5	12
2	Hungary	3	7	1	11
3	Italy	3	2	1	6
4	Spain	2	3	1	6
5	Croatia	2	1	3	6
	Soviet Union  Russia Total	2 0 2	1 0 1	1 2 3	6
7	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
8	Greece	0	0	2	2
9	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Total		17	17	17	51

^[3]

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	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	2017	2	1	3	6
7	Maro Joković	Croatia	2007	2017	2	1	2	5
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	Years
Argentina																16th		1
Australia	14th	11th	9th	11th	10th	8th	10th	4th	10th	7th	10th	10th	10th	9th	8th	8th	7th	17
Brazil					12th			12th	13th	13th			13th	14th		10th	12th	8
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	11
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			14
Great Britain	15th																	1
Greece	12th		12th	12th	11th	10th	7th	8th	6th	4th	3rd	6th			6th	3rd	4th	14
Hungary	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	9th	3rd	5th	2nd	5th	1st	2nd	2nd	5th	4th	1st	6th	2nd	17
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	17
Japan									16th	15th	14th	16th		11th		13th	10th	7
Kazakhstan	Part of Soviet Union						12th	11th	12th				16th	13th	12th	11th	11th	8
Macedonia	Part of Yugoslavia												14th					1
Mexico	9th	9th	15th															3
Montenegro	Part of Yugoslavia												9th	7th	2nd	5th	5th	5
Netherlands	8th	7th	13th	4th	14th		8th		9th									7
New Zealand				16th		16th	16th	16th				15th			16th			6
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							3rd	2nd	3rd	1st	4th	1st	2nd	7th	1st	3rd	10
Slovakia	Part of Czechoslovakia							10th	11th	8th								3
South Africa							15th	14th			15th	14th	15th	16th	15th	12th	16th	9
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	16
United States	5th	8th	5th	6th	4th	4th	6th	7th	7th	6th	11th	9th	4th	6th	9th	7th	13th	17
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

Women's tournament

History

Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1986 Details	Madrid, Spain	Australia	Netherlands	United States
1991 Details	Perth, Australia	Netherlands	Canada	United States
1994 Details	Rome, Italy	Hungary	Netherlands	Italy
1998 Details	Perth, Australia	Italy	Netherlands	Australia
2001 Details	Fukuoka, Japan	Italy	Hungary	Canada
2003 Details	Barcelona, Spain	United States	Italy	Russia
2005 Details	Montreal, Canada	Hungary	United States	Canada
2007 Details	Melbourne, Australia	United States	Australia	Russia
2009 Details	Rome, Italy	United States	Canada	Russia
2011 Details	Shanghai, China	Greece	China	Russia
2013 Details	Barcelona, Spain	Spain	Australia	Hungary
2015 Details	Kazan, Russia	United States	Netherlands	Italy
2017 Details	Budapest, Hungary	United States	Spain	Russia
2019 Details	Gwangju, South Korea

Medal table

Place	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	5	1	2	8
2	Italy	2	1	2	5
3	Hungary	2	1	1	4
4	Netherlands	1	4	0	5
5	Australia	1	2	1	4
6	Spain	1	1	0	2
7	Greece	1	0	0	1
8	Canada	0	2	2	4
9	China	0	1	0	1
10	Russia	0	0	5	5
Total		13	13	13	39

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
4	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
9	Alexandra Araújo	Italy	1998	2003	2	1	-	3
	Natalie Golda	United States	2003	2007	2	1	-	3
	Ericka Lorenz	United States	2003	2007	2	1	-	3
	Maddalena Musumeci	Italy	1998	2003	2	1	-	3
	Mercédesz Stieber	Hungary	1994	2005	2	1	-	3
	Moriah van Norman	United States	2005	2009	2	1	-	3
	Lauren Wenger	United States	2005	2009	2	1	-	3

Participating nations

Team	1986	1991	1994	1998	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Years
Australia	1st	5th	6th	3rd	5th	7th	6th	2nd	6th	5th	2nd	4th	8th	13
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	13
China							16th	14th	11th	2nd	9th	5th	10th	7
Cuba							9th	15th		10th				3
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	10
Hungary	5th	4th	1st	7th	2nd	5th	1st	4th	7th	9th	3rd	9th	5th	13
Italy			3rd	1st	1st	2nd	7th	5th	9th	4th	10th	3rd	6th	11
Japan					11th	11th						15th	13th	4
Kazakhstan			12th	12th	8th	12th		13th	14th	13th	11th	12th	15th	10
Netherlands	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	9th	6th	10th	9th	5th	7th	7th	2nd	9th	13
New Zealand		7th	10th	11th	12th		12th	12th	12th	12th	12th	13th	12th	11
Norway	8th													1
Puerto Rico								16th						1
Russia			7th	4th	6th	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	8th	3rd	11
South Africa									16th	15th	15th	16th	16th	5
Spain				9th		8th	11th	7th	8th	11th	1st	7th	2nd	9
United States	3rd	3rd	4th	8th	4th	1st	2nd	1st	1st	6th	5th	1st	1st	13
Uzbekistan							15th		15th	16th	16th			4
Venezuela						14th	14th							2
Total	9	9	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Combined medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	5	8	2	15
2	Italy	5	3	3	11
3	SFR Yugoslavia  FR Yugoslavia  Serbia and Montenegro  Serbia Total	2 0 1 2 5	0 1 0 1 2	2 1 1 1 5	4 2 2 4 12
4	United States	5	1	2	8
5	Spain	3	4	1	8
6	Soviet Union Russia Total	2 0 2	1 0 1	1 7 8	4 7 11
7	Croatia	2	1	3	6
8	Netherlands	1	4	0	5
9	Australia	1	2	1	4
10	Greece	1	0	2	3
11	Canada	0	2	2	4
12	China	0	1	0	1
	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
14	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Total		30	30	30	90

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
5	Daniel Ballart	Spain	M	1991	2001	2	2	-	4
	Salvador Gómez	Spain	M	1991	2001	2	2	-	4
	Norbert Madaras	Hungary	M	2003	2013	2	2	-	4
	Jesús Rollán	Spain	M	1991	2001	2	2	-	4
9	Andro Bušlje	Croatia	M	2007	2017	2	1	3	6
10	Maro Joković	Croatia	M	2007	2017	2	1	2	5

See also

• FINA Water Polo World Cup
• FINA
• Water Polo

References

External links

• FINA Water Polo website