Water polo events were contested at the 1977 Summer Universiade in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's | Romania (ROU) | Hungary (HUN) | Italy (ITA) |
The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina, close to Belgrade. It was the largest sporting event ever to be organised by the city. At this Universiade the biggest star was the Russian rhythmic gymnast Evgeniya Kanaeva, who won 5 gold medals. Russia was the leading nation in the medal table, with the most gold medals (27) and most medals (76).
The 2005 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXIII Summer Universiade, took place in İzmir, Turkey, in August.
The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea.
The 1999 Summer Universiade, also known as the XX Summer Universiade, took place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
The 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, took place in the island of Sicily, Italy.
The 1995 Summer Universiade, also known as the XVIII Summer Universiade, took place in Fukuoka, Japan.
The 1993 Summer Universiade, also known as XVII Summer Universiade or World University Games Buffalo '93, took place in Buffalo, New York, United States.
The 1977 Summer Universiade, also known as the IX Summer Universiade, took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The 1967 Summer Universiade, also known as the V Summer Universiade, took place in Tokyo, Japan.
The 1961 Summer Universiade, also known as the II Summer Universiade, was an international sporting event for university students that took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Water polo has been part of the Universiade program since the first games, in 1959. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2009 Summer Universiade. Water polo was not included in 1975 and 1989.
The water polo event was contested at the 1959 Summer Universiade in Turin, Italy. Seven teams competed in the event with Yugoslavia winning the gold medal after winning all three of their matches in the final group.
Water polo events were contested at the 1961 Summer Universiade in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Water polo events were contested at the 1993 Summer Universiade in Buffalo, New York, USA.
Ekaterina Valeryevna Prokofyeva is a Russian water polo player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the Russian national team in the Women's event winning the bronze medal. She had previously competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Water polo was contested at the 2013 Summer Universiade from July 5 to 17 in Kazan, Russia.
The Hungarian Water Polo Federation is the governing body of water polo in Hungary. It was founded in 1989, and is the successor to the Magyar Úszó Szövetség, with the swimmers.
Water polo was contested at the 2017 Summer Universiade from August 18 to 31 in Taipei, Taiwan.
The water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples has been played between 2 and 14 July. 20 water polo teams participated in the tournament.
Hungary competed at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy held from 3 to 14 July 2019. The country won one gold medal and two bronze medals.