This is a list of records and statistics of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships since the inaugural official edition in 1973.
This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament. [1]
Confederation | 1973 | 1975 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Africa – CANA | — | — | — | 15th | — | 15th | 15th | 14th | — | — | 15th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 15th | 12th | 16th | 12th | 12th | 16th | 15th |
Americas – ASUA | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 11th | 9th | 4th | 6th | 9th | 7th | 12th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 9th |
Asia – AASF | — | 15th | — | 10th | — | 14th | 12th | 11th | 12th | 15th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 11th | 12th | 11th | 10th | 11th | 9th | 11th | 12th |
Europe – LEN | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
Oceania – OSA | 14th | 11th | 9th | 11th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 4th | 10th | 7th | 10th | 10th | 10th | 9th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 11th | 10th | 11th |
Nations | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation at the World Aquatics Championships. [1]
Confederation | Best performance | Men's team |
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Africa – CANA | 12th | South Africa (2015, 2019, 2022) |
Americas – ASUA | 4th | Cuba (1975), United States (1986, 1991, 2009) |
Asia – AASF | 9th | Japan (2022) |
Europe – LEN | 1st | Croatia (2007, 2017, 2024), Hungary (1973, 2003, 2013, 2023), Italy (1978, 1994*, 2011, 2019), Serbia (2009, 2015), Serbia and Montenegro † (2005), Soviet Union † (1975, 1982), Spain (1998, 2001), Yugoslavia † (1986, 1991) |
Oceania – OSA | 4th | Australia (1998*) |
# | Year [1] | Debuting teams | Number | Cumulative total | ||||
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Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | ||||
1 | 1973 | – | Cuba , Mexico , United States | – | Bulgaria , Great Britain , Greece , Hungary , Israel , Italy , Netherlands , Romania , Soviet Union †, Spain , West Germany †, Yugoslavia *† | Australia | 16 | 16 |
2 | 1975 | – | Canada , Colombia * | Iran | – | – | 3 | 19 |
3 | 1978 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 19 |
4 | 1982 | Egypt | – | China | France | New Zealand | 4 | 23 |
5 | 1986 | – | Brazil | – | – | – | 1 | 24 |
6 | 1991 | – | – | – | Germany | – | 1 | 25 |
7 | 1994 | South Africa | – | Kazakhstan | Croatia , Russia | – | 4 | 29 |
8 | 1998 | – | – | – | Yugoslavia † [lower-alpha 1] , Slovakia | – | 2 | 31 |
9 | 2001 | – | – | Japan * | – | – | 1 | 32 |
10 | 2003 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 32 |
# | Year | Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Number | Cumulative total |
11 | 2005 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 32 |
12 | 2007 | – | – | – | Serbia | – | 1 | 33 |
13 | 2009 | – | – | – | Macedonia , Montenegro | – | 2 | 35 |
14 | 2011 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 35 |
15 | 2013 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 35 |
16 | 2015 | – | Argentina | – | – | – | 1 | 36 |
17 | 2017 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 36 |
18 | 2019 | – | – | South Korea * | – | – | 1 | 37 |
19 | 2022 | – | – | – | Georgia | – | 1 | 38 |
20 | 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 38 |
21 | 2024 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 38 |
Total | 2 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 2 |
# | Year [1] | Host team | Finish | Defending champions | Finish | Defending runners-up | Finish | ||
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1 | 1973 | Yugoslavia † | 3rd of 16 teams | ||||||
2 | 1975 | Colombia | 16th of 16 teams | Hungary | 2nd of 16 teams | Soviet Union † | 1st of 16 teams | ||
3 | 1978 | West Germany † | 7th of 16 teams | Soviet Union † | 4th of 16 teams | Hungary | 2nd of 16 teams | ||
4 | 1982 | Ecuador | Did not participate | Italy | 9th of 16 teams | Hungary | 2nd of 16 teams | ||
5 | 1986 | Spain | 5th of 15 teams | Soviet Union † | 3rd of 15 teams | Hungary | 9th of 15 teams | ||
6 | 1991 | Australia | 8th of 16 teams | Yugoslavia † | 1st of 16 teams | Italy | 6th of 16 teams | ||
7 | 1994 | Italy | 1st of 16 teams | Yugoslavia † | Defunct | Spain | 2nd of 16 teams | ||
8 | 1998 | Australia | 4th of 16 teams | Italy | 5th of 16 teams | Spain | 1st of 16 teams | ||
9 | 2001 | Japan | 16th of 16 teams | Spain | 1st of 16 teams | Hungary | 5th of 16 teams | ||
10 | 2003 | Spain | 5th of 16 teams | Spain | 5th of 16 teams | Yugoslavia † [lower-alpha 1] | 3rd of 16 teams | ||
11 | 2005 | Canada | 13th of 16 teams | Hungary | 2nd of 16 teams | Italy | 8th of 16 teams | ||
# | Year | Host team | Finish | Defending champions | Finish | Defending runners-up | Finish | ||
12 | 2007 | Australia | 10th of 16 teams | Serbia and Montenegro † | Defunct | Hungary | 2nd of 16 teams | ||
13 | 2009 | Italy | 11th of 16 teams | Croatia | 3rd of 16 teams | Hungary | 5th of 16 teams | ||
14 | 2011 | China | 15th of 16 teams | Serbia | 2nd of 16 teams | Spain | 5th of 16 teams | ||
15 | 2013 | Spain | 5th of 16 teams | Italy | 4th of 16 teams | Serbia | 7th of 16 teams | ||
16 | 2015 | Russia | 14th of 16 teams | Hungary | 6th of 16 teams | Montenegro | 5th of 16 teams | ||
17 | 2017 | Hungary | 2nd of 16 teams | Serbia | 3rd of 16 teams | Croatia | 1st of 16 teams | ||
18 | 2019 | South Korea | 15th of 16 teams | Croatia | 3rd of 16 teams | Hungary | 4th of 16 teams | ||
19 | 2022 | Hungary | 7th of 16 teams | Italy | 2nd of 16 teams | Spain | 1st of 16 teams | ||
20 | 2023 | Japan | 11th of 16 teams | Spain | 3rd of 16 teams | Italy | 5th of 16 teams | ||
21 | 2024 | Qatar | Did not participate | Hungary | 7th of 16 teams | Greece | 5th of 16 teams | ||
# | Year | Host team | Finish | Defending champions | Finish | Defending runners-up | Finish |
Note: Results of qualification tournaments are not included.
Africa – CANA (2 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's team [1] | 1973 | 1975 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
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Egypt | 15th | 15th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
South Africa | 15th | 14th | 15th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 15th | 12th | 16th | 12th | 12th | 16th | 15th | 13 | ||||||||
Americas – ASUA (7 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's team [1] | 1973 | 1975 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
Argentina | 16th | 13th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Brazil | 12th | 12th | 13th | 13th | 13th | 14th | 10th | 12th | 13th | 15th | WD | 14th | 11 | |||||||||
Canada | 14th | 14th | 14th | 13th | 13th | 14th | 13th | 15th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 8th | 10th | 11th | 9th | 15th | 16th | 12th | 18 | |||
Colombia | 16th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cuba | 6th | 4th | 10th | 5th | 7th | 11th | 11th | 12th | 8 | |||||||||||||
Mexico | 9th | 9th | 15th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States | 5th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 11th | 9th | 4th | 6th | 9th | 7th | 13th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 9th | 21 |
Asia – AASF (5 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's team [1] | 1973 | 1975 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
China | 10th | 14th | 16th | 16th | 13th | 12th | 15th | 14th | 15th | 15th | 12th | 11 | ||||||||||
Iran | 15th | 15th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Japan | 16th | 15th | 14th | 16th | 11th | 13th | 10th | 11th | 9th | 11th | 13th | 11 | ||||||||||
Kazakhstan | Part of Soviet Union | 12th | 11th | 12th | 16th | 13th | 12th | 11th | 11th | 14th | 14th | 14th | 16th | 12 | ||||||||
South Korea | 15th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Europe – LEN (22 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's team [1] | 1973 | 1975 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
Bulgaria | 13th | 12th | 8th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia | 4th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 9th | 1st | 15 | |||||
France | 13th | 8th | 12th | 14th | 6th | 4th | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Georgia | Part of Soviet Union | 10th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Germany | See West Germany | 5th | 9th | 14th | 11th | 9th | 8th | 6th | 8th | 10th | 8th | 13th | 11 | |||||||||
Great Britain | 15th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Greece | 12th | 12th | 12th | 11th | 10th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 18 | |||
Hungary | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 1st | 7th | 21 |
Israel | 16th | 16th | 15th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Italy | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 9th | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 8th | 5th | 11th | 1st | 4th | 4th | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 21 |
Montenegro | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of FRY / SCG | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 10th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 9 | ||||||||||
Men's team | 1973 | 1975 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
Netherlands | 8th | 7th | 13th | 4th | 14th | 8th | 9th | 7 | ||||||||||||||
North Macedonia | Part of Yugoslavia | 14th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Romania | 7th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 13th | 12th | 6th | 11th | 7th | 12th | 13th | 10th | 12 | |||||||||
Russia | Part of Soviet Union | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 10th | 7th | 7th | 14th | 8th | DQ | DQ | DQ | 8 | |||||||||
Serbia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of FRY / SCG | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 10 | |||||||||
Serbia and Montenegro † [lower-alpha 1] | Part of Yugoslavia | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | Defunct | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Slovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | 10th | 11th | 8th | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Soviet Union † | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 7th | Defunct | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 10th | 10th | 11th | 8th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 20 | |
West Germany † | 11th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 6th | See Germany | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia † | 3rd | 13th | 3rd | 7th | 1st | 1st | Defunct | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Oceania – OSA (2 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's team [1] | 1973 | 1975 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
Australia | 14th | 11th | 9th | 11th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 4th | 10th | 7th | 10th | 10th | 10th | 9th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 11th | 10th | 11th | 21 |
New Zealand | 16th | 16th | 16th | 16th | 15th | 16th | 16th | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Total teams | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
The following table is pre-sorted by total finishes in the top four (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively.
Rk | Men's team [1] | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last |
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1 | Hungary | 14 | 4 (1973, 2003, 2013, 2023) | 7 (1975, 1978, 1982, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2017*) | 1 (1991) | 2 (2011, 2019) | 1973 | 2023 |
2 | Italy | 13 | 4 (1978, 1994*, 2011, 2019) | 4 (1986, 2003, 2022, 2024) | 1 (1975) | 4 (1973, 2001, 2013, 2015) | 1973 | 2024 |
3 | Croatia | 11 | 3 (2007, 2017, 2024) | 1 (2015) | 4 (2009, 2011, 2013, 2019) | 3 (1994, 2005, 2022) | 1994 | 2024 |
4 | Spain | 10 | 3 (1998, 2001, 2022) | 4 (1991, 1994, 2009, 2019) | 2 (2007, 2023, 2024) | 1991 | 2024 | |
5 | Serbia | 6 | 2 (2009, 2015) | 1 (2011) | 1 (2017) | 2 (2007, 2023) | 2007 | 2023 |
6 | Greece | 6 | 1 (2023) | 3 (2005, 2015, 2022) | 2 (2003, 2017) | 2003 | 2023 | |
7 | Soviet Union † | 5 | 2 (1975, 1982) | 1 (1973) | 1 (1986) | 1 (1978) | 1973 | 1986 |
8 | Yugoslavia † | 4 | 2 (1986, 1991) | 2 (1973*, 1978) | 1973 | 1991 | ||
9 | Yugoslavia † [lower-alpha 1] / Serbia and Montenegro † | 4 | 1 (2005) | 1 (2001) | 2 (1998, 2003) | 1998 | 2005 | |
10 | United States | 3 | 3 (1986, 1991, 2009) | 1986 | 2009 | |||
11 | Russia | 2 | 2 (1994, 2001) | 1994 | 2001 | |||
12 | Montenegro | 1 | 1 (2013) | 2013 | 2013 | |||
13 | West Germany † | 1 | 1 (1982) | 1982 | 1982 | |||
14 | Australia | 1 | 1 (1998*) | 1998 | 1998 | |||
Cuba | 1 (1975) | 1975 | 1975 | |||||
France | 1 (2024) | 2024 | 2024 | |||||
Netherlands | 1 (1982) | 1982 | 1982 | |||||
Rk | Men's team | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last |
The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively.
Rank | Men's team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Hungary | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
2 | Italy | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
3 | Spain | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
4 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
5 | Serbia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Soviet Union † | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
7 | Yugoslavia † | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Yugoslavia † [lower-alpha 1] / Serbia and Montenegro † | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
9 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
10 | Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | West Germany † | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (12 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |
The following table shows results of world champions in men's water polo by tournament.
# | Men's tournament | Champion | MP | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | GF/MP | GA/MP | GD/MP |
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1 | Belgrade 1973 | Hungary (1st title) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% | 58 | 24 | 34 | 7.250 | 3.000 | 4.250 |
2 | Cali 1975 | Soviet Union † (1st title) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | 49 | 26 | 23 | 6.125 | 3.250 | 2.875 |
3 | West Berlin 1978 | Italy (1st title) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | 41 | 31 | 10 | 5.125 | 3.875 | 1.250 |
4 | Guayaquil 1982 | Soviet Union † (2nd title) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% | 68 | 41 | 27 | 9.714 | 5.857 | 3.857 |
5 | Madrid 1986 | Yugoslavia † (1st title) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.3% | 61 | 43 | 18 | 10.167 | 7.167 | 3.000 |
6 | Perth 1991 | Yugoslavia † (2nd title) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.7% | 81 | 46 | 35 | 11.571 | 6.571 | 5.000 |
7 | Rome 1994 | Italy (2nd title) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 65 | 39 | 26 | 9.286 | 5.571 | 3.714 |
8 | Perth 1998 | Spain (1st title) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 65 | 35 | 30 | 8.125 | 4.375 | 3.750 |
9 | Fukuoka 2001 | Spain (2nd title) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 63 | 27 | 36 | 7.875 | 3.375 | 4.500 |
10 | Barcelona 2003 | Hungary (2nd title) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.3% | 62 | 37 | 25 | 10.333 | 6.167 | 4.167 |
11 | Montreal 2005 | Serbia and Montenegro † (1st title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 69 | 29 | 40 | 11.500 | 4.833 | 6.667 |
12 | Melbourne 2007 | Croatia (1st title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 65 | 40 | 25 | 10.833 | 6.667 | 4.167 |
13 | Rome 2009 | Serbia (1st title) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 71.4% | 80 | 60 | 20 | 11.429 | 8.571 | 2.857 |
14 | Shanghai 2011 | Italy (3rd title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 59 | 33 | 26 | 9.833 | 5.500 | 4.333 |
15 | Barcelona 2013 | Hungary (3rd title) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 71.4% | 76 | 54 | 22 | 10.857 | 7.714 | 3.143 |
16 | Kazan 2015 | Serbia (2nd title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 73 | 43 | 30 | 12.167 | 7.167 | 5.000 |
17 | Budapest 2017 | Croatia (2nd title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 70 | 47 | 23 | 11.667 | 7.833 | 3.833 |
18 | Gwangju 2019 | Italy (4th title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 60 | 40 | 20 | 10.000 | 6.667 | 3.333 |
19 | Budapest 2022 | Spain (3rd title) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 74 | 39 | 35 | 14.800 | 7.800 | 7.000 |
20 | Fukuoka 2023 | Hungary (4th title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 88 | 67 | 21 | 14.667 | 11.167 | 3.500 |
21 | Doha 2024 | Croatia (3rd title) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.7% | 117 | 70 | 47 | 16.174 | 10.000 | 6.174 |
# | Men's tournament | Total | 141 | 126 | 11 | 4 | 89.4% | 1444 | 871 | 573 | 10.241 | 6.177 | 4.064 |
Champion | MP | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | GF/MP | GA/MP | GD/MP |
Sources:
The following table shows men's teams that won all matches during the tournament.
# | Year | Champion | MP | W | D | L | Win % |
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1 | 1994 | Italy (2nd title) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
2 | 1998 | Spain (1st title) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
3 | 2001 | Spain (2nd title) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
4 | 2005 | Serbia and Montenegro † (1st title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
5 | 2007 | Croatia (1st title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
6 | 2011 | Italy (3rd title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
7 | 2015 | Serbia (2nd title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
8 | 2017 | Croatia (2nd title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
9 | 2019 | Italy (4th title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
10 | 2022 | Spain (3rd title) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
11 | 2023 | Hungary (4th title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
# | Year | Champion | MP | W | D | L | Win % |
The following tables show records of goals for per match.
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Goals for per match | Achievement | Year | Champion | Date of winning gold | Duration of record |
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7.250 | Set record | 1973 | Hungary (1st title) | 9 September 1973 | 8 years, 332 days |
9.714 | Broke record | 1982 | Soviet Union † (2nd title) | 7 August 1982 | 4 years, 15 days |
10.167 | Broke record | 1986 | Yugoslavia † (1st title) | 22 August 1986 | 4 years, 144 days |
11.571 | Broke record | 1991 | Yugoslavia † (2nd title) | 13 January 1991 | 24 years, 207 days |
12.167 | Broke record | 2015 | Serbia (2nd title) | 8 August 2015 | 6 years, 329 days |
14.800 | Broke record | 2022 | Spain (3rd title) | 3 July 2022 | 1 year, 229 days |
16.174 | Broke record | 2024 | Croatia (3rd title) | 17 February 2024 | 9 days |
The following tables show records of goals against per match.
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The following tables show records of goals difference per match.
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Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.
Tournament positions
Consecutive
Gaps
Host team
Other
(C) | Captain | Apps | Appearances | Ref | Reference | Rk | Rank |
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L/R | Handedness | Pos | Playing position | FP | Field player | GK | Goalkeeper |
The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), date of receiving the last gold medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Serbian player Slobodan Nikić is the first and only male athlete to win three gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships. [2]
There are thirty five male athletes who won two gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||||
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G | S | B | T | |||||||||||||||
1 | Slobodan Nikić | 1983 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | Serbia and Montenegro | FP | 2003 | 2005 | 12 years (20/32) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | [2] | |||||
Serbia | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 |
The following table is pre-sorted by total number of medals (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), date of receiving the last medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Nine male athletes won five or more medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships. Aside from Brazilian-born Spanish player Felipe Perrone [3] (who won six medals), Serbian player Slobodan Nikić [2] and Spanish player Blai Mallarach [4] (who won five medals each), all others were members of the Croatia men's national water polo team. Andro Bušlje is the first and only athlete (man or woman) to win seven medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships (two gold, one silver and four bronze). [5]
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||||||||||
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G | S | B | T | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Andro Bušlje | 1986 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | Croatia | FP | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 14 years (19/33) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | [5] | |||||
2 | Maro Joković | 1987 | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | Croatia | FP | 2007 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 12 years (19/31) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | [6] | |||||||
3 | Felipe Perrone | 1986 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Spain | FP | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 22 years (15/37) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | [3] | ||||
Brazil | 2001 | 2003 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Slobodan Nikić | 1983 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | Serbia and Montenegro | FP | 2003 | 2005 | 12 years (20/32) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | [2] | |||||||||||
Serbia | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Marko Bijač | 1991 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | Croatia | GK | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 11 years (22/33) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | [7] | ||||||
Luka Lončar | 1987 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | Croatia | FP | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 | 10 years (26/36) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | [8] | |||||||||
7 | Blai Mallarach | 1987 | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | Spain | FP | 2009 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 15 years (21/36) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | [4] | ||||||||
8 | Josip Pavić | 1982 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | Croatia | GK | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 14 years (19/33) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | [9] | ||||||
Sandro Sukno | 1990 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | Croatia | FP | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 8 years (19/27) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | [10] | |||||||||
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | G | S | B | T | Ref | ||||||||||||
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Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships is an international water polo tournament held every two years as part of the World Aquatics Championships. The reigning champions are Croatia in men's and the United States in women's competition.
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy is the first and only country to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
This article presents the national team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 1900.
This article presents the national team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 2000.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Yugoslavia men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Australia women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Italy women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Soviet Union men's national water polo team and the Unified Team men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team and the Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Greece women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
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