| Sport | Water Polo |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 |
| Continent | all (International) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Hungary (Men) United States (Women) |
| Most titles | Hungary (2) (Men) United States (2) (Women) |
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 |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | TBD, China |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 |  Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Spain | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 |  Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Russia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Serbia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA, is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for both the IOC and the international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Brenda Villa is an accomplished American water polo player. She is the most decorated athlete in the world of women’s water polo. Villa was named Female Water Polo Player of the Decade for 2000-2009 by the FINA Aquatics World Magazine. She is one of four female players who competed in water polo at four Olympics; and one of two female athletes who won four Olympic medals in water polo. She is a leading goalscorer in Olympic water polo history, with 31 goals. In 2018, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.
Sport in Serbia includes football, basketball, handball, tennis, volleyball, and water polo. Professional sports in Serbia are organized by sporting federations and leagues. Serbian professional sports includes multi-sport clubs, biggest and most successful of which are Crvena Zvezda, Partizan, Radnički and Beograd in Belgrade, Vojvodina in Novi Sad, Radnički in Kragujevac, Spartak in Subotica. Serbia had successes in basketball, winning the Olympic silver medal and Nikola Jokic winning 2 NBA MVPs, as well as the 2023 NBA Championship and Finals MVP, Novak Djokovic winning a record setting 24th Grand Slam, and in handball, volleyball and water polo as well.
Dénes Andor Varga is a Hungarian professional water polo player, currently playing for Ferencváros.
Brian Alexander is a former American water polo player who was a member of the United States men's national water polo team.
The Kazakhstan men's national water polo team is the representative for Kazakhstan in international men's water polo.
Zoe Arancini is an Australian water polo player who plays driver, counter-attacker, or outside shooter. She plays club water polo in the National Water Polo League for the Fremantle Marlins, where she has won the league championship in 2005, 2007 and 2008 and is coached by her mother. She has represented the country as a member of the Australia women's national water polo team on the junior and senior level, with over eighty appearances for national team between the two levels. She won a gold medal at the 2011 Canada Cup, silver medals at the 2010 FINA World League Super Finals and 2010 FINA World Cup, and bronze medals at the 2009 FINA World League Super Finals and 2011 FINA Junior World Championships. She represented Australia at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Margaret Ann Steffens is an American professional water polo player. She won the gold medal with the United States at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Steffens set a new Olympic record for the most goals scored by an individual player in women's water polo at the Olympic Games.
Eleftheria Plevritou is a Greek water polo player currently playing for Olympiacos Water Polo Club and the Greece women's national team. She was part of the Greece women's national water polo team that won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championship in Barcelona.
FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships is an international water polo tournament held every two years for the players under the age of 20. It was launched by FINA in 1981 for men and in 1995 for women.
Zhang Weiwei is a water polo player of China.
Marina Gritsenko was a female water polo player of Kazakhstan.
Oleksandra Andreyevna Karpovich is a Russian retired water polo player. She was a member of the Russia women's national water polo team, playing as a centre forward.
The Danube Arena is an aquatics complex located in Budapest, Hungary. It was designed by Marcell Ferenc and built between 2015 and 2017.
LEN European Junior Water Polo Championship is a continental water polo tournament held every two years for the players under the age of 17.
Stephania Haralabidis was born in Athens, Greece. Haralabidis is an American water polo player who played at USC and currently playing for Ethnikos and the U.S. national team. Haralabidis also has two sisters, her twin Ioanna and older sister Anastaia. Ioanna was also on the USC women's water polo team.
The FINA Water Polo World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in water polo. The teams of the member nations of FINA, water polo's world governing body, are ranked based on their competitions results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
This article lists the in the water and on the water forms of aquatic sports for 2020.
Alda Magyari is a Hungarian water polo goalkeeper.
Jordan Raney is an American water polo player who is a member of the United States women's national water polo team. She was part of the gold medal-winning American team at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.
International water polo | ||
|---|---|---|
| World |  | |
| Africa |
| |
| Americas | ||
| Asia | ||
| Europe | ||
| Oceania |
| |
| Others | ||