Sport | Canoe polo |
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Founded | 1994 |
Founder | International Canoe Federation |
Most recent champion(s) | Germany (men) New Zealand (women) |
Most titles | France Australia Netherlands Germany (men; 3 titles each) Germany (women; 6 titles) |
The ICF Canoe Polo World Championships are international competitions in the sport of canoe polo. They have taken place every two years since 1994 (U21 since 2002), in a different venue each time. Medals are awarded by national team; the German team has won the most medals in total.
Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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1994 Details | Sheffield, United Kingdom | Australia | Germany | United Kingdom | |
1996 Details | Adelaide, Australia | Australia | Italy | Germany | |
1998 Details | Aveiro, Portugal | Australia | United Kingdom | Italy | |
2000 Details | São Paulo, Brazil | United Kingdom | Netherlands | Germany | |
2002 Details | Essen, Germany | United Kingdom | Netherlands | Germany | |
2004 Details | Miyoshi, Japan | Netherlands | Germany | United Kingdom | |
2006 Details | Amsterdam, Netherlands | France | Italy | Netherlands | |
2008 Details | Edmonton, Canada | Netherlands | France | Italy | |
2010 Details | Milan, Italy | France | Germany | Italy | |
2012 [1] Details | Poznań, Poland | Netherlands | Germany | France | |
2014 [2] Details | Thury-Harcourt, France | France | Germany | Spain | |
2016 [3] Details | Syracuse, Italy | Italy | France | Spain | |
2018 Details | Welland, Canada | Germany | Italy | Spain | |
2020 | Rome, Italy | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. | |||
2022 Details | Saint-Omer, France | Germany | Spain | Italy | |
2024 Details | Deqing, China | Germany | France | Denmark |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
2 | France | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
3 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
6 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
7 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
8 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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1994 Details | Sheffield, United Kingdom | Australia | Germany | France | |
1996 Details | Adelaide, Australia | United Kingdom | Australia | Germany | |
1998 Details | Aveiro, Portugal | Australia | United Kingdom | France | |
2000 Details | São Paulo, Brazil | Germany | United Kingdom | France | |
2002 Details | Essen, Germany | Germany | France | Australia | |
2004 Details | Miyoshi, Japan | United Kingdom | Germany | France | |
2006 Details | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Germany | New Zealand | Netherlands | |
2008 Details | Edmonton, Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | |
2010 Details | Milan, Italy | Great Britain | Germany | France | |
2012 [1] Details | Poznań Poland | Germany | Great Britain | Australia | |
2014 [2] Details | Thury-Harcourt, France | Germany | Great Britain | France | |
2016 [3] Details | Syracuse, Italy | New Zealand | Germany | France | |
2018 Details | Welland, Canada | Germany | Great Britain | Italy | |
2020 | Rome, Italy | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. | |||
2022 Details | Saint-Omer, France | Germany | France | Italy | |
2024 Details | Deqing, China | New Zealand | Italy | Netherlands |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
2 | Great Britain | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
3 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
4 | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
5 | France | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
6 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (7 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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2002 | Essen, Germany | Germany | Netherlands | Italy | |
2004 | Miyoshi, Japan | Spain | Italy | Japan | |
2006 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | France | Netherlands | Spain | |
2008 | Edmonton, Canada | Great Britain | France | Italy | |
2010 | Milan, Italy | Germany | France | Great Britain | |
2012 [1] Details | Poznań, Poland | France | Great Britain | Germany | |
2014 [2] Details | Thury-Harcourt, France | France | Denmark | Germany | |
2016 [3] Details | Syracuse, Italy | Great Britain | Germany | Italy | |
2018 Details | Welland, Canada | Great Britain | Germany | Italy | |
2020 | Rome, Italy | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. | |||
2022 Details | Saint-Omer, France | Spain | Germany | Italy | |
2024 Details | Deqing, China | Spain | Germany | Italy |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Spain | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
2 | France | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
3 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Germany | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
5 | Denmark | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
8 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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2002 | Essen, Germany | Germany | Poland | Japan | |
2010 | Milan, Italy | France | Germany | Great Britain | |
2012 [1] Details | Poznań, Poland | Germany | France | New Zealand | |
2014 [2] Details | Thury-Harcourt, France | Germany | France | New Zealand | |
2016 [3] Details | Syracuse, Italy | Germany | Poland | New Zealand | |
2018 Details | Welland, Canada | Germany | Poland | New Zealand | |
2020 | Rome, Italy | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. | |||
2022 Details | Saint-Omer, France | New Zealand | Germany | Spain | |
2024 Details | Deqing, China | France | Spain | New Zealand |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
2 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
3 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
4 | Poland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
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