World Aquatics U20 Water Polo Championships

World Aquatics U20 Water Polo Championships

Sport	Water Polo
Founded	1981
Continent	All (International)
Most recent champions	Men   Spain (4th title) Women   United States (5th title)
Most titles	Men   Serbia (6 titles) Women   United States (5 titles)

The World Aquatics U20 Water Polo Championships, formerly known as the FINA World Junior Water Polo 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. ^[1]

Editions

Men

Ed.	Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	1981 [2]	Milan, Italy	Soviet Union	Cuba	Hungary
2	1983 [3]	Barcelona, Spain	Spain	Yugoslavia	Cuba
3	1985 [4]	Istanbul, Turkey	Soviet Union	Hungary	Yugoslavia
4	1987 [5]	São Paulo, Brazil	Spain	Yugoslavia	Italy
5	1989 [6]	Narbonne, France	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	West Germany
6	1991 [7]	Irvine, United States	Spain	Cuba	Hungary
7	1993 [8]	Cairo, Egypt	Italy	Spain	Hungary
8	1995 [9]	Dunkirk, France	Hungary	Greece	Slovakia
9	1997 [10]	Havana, Cuba	Croatia	Hungary	Greece
10	1999 [11]	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Italy	Australia	Yugoslavia
11	2001 [12]	Istanbul, Turkey	Greece	Croatia	Hungary
12	2003 [13]	Naples, Italy	Serbia and Montenegro	Hungary	Italy
13	2005 [14]	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Serbia and Montenegro	Croatia	Spain
14	2007 [15]	Long Beach, United States	Hungary	Italy	Croatia
15	2009 [16]	Šibenik, Croatia	Croatia	Greece	Serbia
16	2011 [17]	Volos, Greece	Serbia	Spain	Greece
17	2013 [18]	Szombathely, Hungary	Italy	Croatia	Serbia
18	2015 [19]	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Serbia	Italy	Hungary
19	2017 [20]	Belgrade, Serbia	Greece	Croatia	Serbia
20	2019 [21]	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Greece	Serbia	Italy
21	2021 [22]	Prague, Czech Republic	Serbia	Italy	Montenegro
22	2023 [23]	Otopeni/Bucharest, Romania	Hungary	Serbia	United States
23	2025 [24]	Zagreb, Croatia	Spain	United States	Croatia

Women

Ed.	Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	1995 [25]	Sainte-Foy, Canada	Netherlands	Australia	United States
2	1997 [26]	Prague, Czech Republic	Greece	Australia	United States
3	1999 [27]	Messina, Italy	Australia	Canada	Hungary
4	2001 [28]	Perth, Australia	United States	Australia	Russia
5	2003 [29]	Calgary, Canada	Canada	United States	Spain
6	2005 [30]	Perth, Australia	United States	Russia	Australia
7	2007 [31]	Porto, Portugal	Australia	China	Hungary
8	2009 [32]	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	Russia	Netherlands	United States
9	2011 [33]	Trieste, Italy	Spain	Hungary	Australia
10	2013 [34]	Volos, Greece	United States	Spain	Greece
11	2015 [35]	Volos, Greece	United States	Spain	Russia
12	2017 [36]	Volos, Greece	Russia	Greece	Netherlands
13	2019 [37]	Funchal, Portugal	Russia	Netherlands	Italy
14	2021 [38]	Netanya, Israel	Spain	Greece	Hungary
15	2023 [39]	Coimbra, Portugal	Hungary	Spain	Netherlands
16	2025 [40]	Salvador, Brazil	United States	Spain	Greece

Medals

Men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Serbia	6	4	5	15
2	Spain	4	2	1	7
3	Hungary	3	3	5	11
4	Italy	3	3	3	9
5	Greece	3	2	2	7
6	Croatia	2	4	2	8
7	Soviet Union	2	1	0	3
8	Cuba	0	2	1	3
9	United States	0	1	1	2
10	Australia	0	1	0	1
11	Montenegro	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		23	23	23	69

Women

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	5	1	3	9
2	Russia	3	1	2	6
3	Spain	2	4	1	7
4	Australia	2	3	2	7
5	Greece	1	2	2	5
	Netherlands	1	2	2	5
7	Hungary	1	1	3	5
8	Canada	1	1	0	2
9	China	0	1	0	1
10	Italy	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		16	16	16	48

See also

• World Aquatics U16 Water Polo Championships
• World Aquatics U18 Water Polo Championships
• World Aquatics Artistic Swimming Junior Championships
• World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships

References

1. History of Championship in FINA web site Archived 2011-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Men Junior under 20 Water Polo I World Championship 1981 Como, Bergamo and Milano (ITA) 14-21.09 - Winner Soviet Union". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
3. "Water Polo Men Junior II World Championship 1983 Barcelona, Spain - 29.07-07.08 - Winner Spain". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
4. "Water Polo Men Junior III World Championship 1985 Istanbul, Turkey - Winner Soviet Union". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
5. "Water Polo Men Junior IV World Championship 1987 Sao Paulo, Brazil 06-13.09 - Winner Spain (2nd)". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
6. "Men Junior Water Polo V World Championship 1989 Cannes, Narbonne (FRA) 08 - Winner Yugoslavia". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
7. "Men Junior Water Polo VI World Championship 1991 Irvine/Long Beach/Newport (USA) - Winner Spain". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
8. "Men Junior Water Polo VII World Championship 1993 Cairo, Egypt 21st to 29th August - Winner Italy". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
9. "Men Junior Water Polo VIII World Championship 1995 Dunkerk (FRA) - Winner Hungary". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
10. "Men Junior Water Polo IX World Championship 1997 Havana (CUB) 15-24.07 - Winner Croatia". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
11. "Men Junior Water Polo X World Championship 1999 Kuwait City (KUW) 09-18.10 - Winner Italy". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
12. "Men Junior Water Polo XI World Championship 2001 Istanbul (TUR) 10-19.08 - Winner Greece". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
13. "Men Junior Water Polo XII World Championship 2003 Napoli (ITA) 09-17.08 - Winner Serbia Montenegro". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
14. "Men Junior Water Polo XIII World Championship 2005 Mar del Plata (ARG) - Winner Serbia Mont". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
15. "Men Junior Water Polo XIV World Championship 2007 Los Alamitos (USA) 18-26.08 - Winner Hungary". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
16. "Men Junior Water Polo XV World Championship 2009 Sibenik (CRO) - Winner Croatia". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
17. "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2011 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
18. "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2013 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
19. "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2015 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
20. "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2017 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
21. "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2019 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
22. "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2021 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
23. "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2023 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
24. "2025 World Aquatics Men's U20 Water Polo Championships official website". www.worldaquatics.com.
25. "Women Junior Water Polo I World Championship 1995 Ste Foy (CAN) - Winner Netherlands". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
26. "Women Junior Water Polo III World Championship 1997 Praga (CZE) 08-16.07 - Winner Greece". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
27. "Women Junior Water Polo III World Championship 1999 Messina (ITA) 31.07-08.08 - Winner Australia". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
28. "Women Junior Water Polo IV World Championship 2001 Perth (AUS) 07-15.12 - Winner United States". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
29. "Women Junior Water Polo V World Championship 2003 Calgary (CAN) 23-31.08 - Winner Canada". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
30. "Women Junior Water Polo VI World Championship 2005 Perth (AUS) 24-30.01 - Winner United States". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
31. "Women Junior Water Polo VII World Championship 2007 Porto (POR) - Winner Australia". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
32. "Women Junior Water Polo VIII World Championship 2009 Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) - Winner Russia". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
33. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2011 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
34. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2013 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
35. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2015 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
36. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2017 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
37. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2019 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
38. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2021 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
39. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2023 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
40. "2025 World Aquatics Women's U20 Water Polo Championships official website". www.worldaquatics.com.

External links

• World Aquatics – Water Polo Competitions