Sport | Water Polo |
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Founded | 2012 |
Continent | all (International) |
Most recent champion(s) | ![]() ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() ![]() |
FINA Youth Water Polo World Championships is an international water polo tournament held every two years for the players under the age of 18. It was launched by FINA in 2012. [1]
Year | Host | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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2012 | Perth, Australia | ![]() Italy | ![]() Hungary | ![]() Serbia |
2014 | Istanbul, Turkey | ![]() Hungary | ![]() Spain | ![]() Russia |
2016 | Podgorica, Montenegro | ![]() Croatia | ![]() Montenegro | ![]() Hungary |
2018 | Szombathely, Hungary | ![]() Greece | ![]() Spain | ![]() Hungary |
2022 | Belgrade, Serbia | ![]() Hungary | ![]() Serbia | ![]() Spain |
2024 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Year | Host | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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2012 | Perth, Australia | ![]() Greece | ![]() Hungary | ![]() Russia |
2014 | Madrid, Spain | ![]() United States | ![]() Canada | ![]() Hungary |
2016 | Auckland, New Zealand | ![]() Russia | ![]() Spain | ![]() Italy |
2018 | Belgrade, Serbia | ![]() Spain | ![]() Italy | ![]() Greece |
2022 | Belgrade, Serbia | ![]() United States | ![]() Greece | ![]() Hungary |
2024 | Chengdu, China |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
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