World Aquatics U20 Water Polo Championships

World Aquatics U20 Water Polo Championships

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

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 . ^[1]

Editions

Men

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

Women

Ed.	Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	1995	Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada	Netherlands	Australia	United States
2	1997	Prague, Czech Republic	Greece	Australia	United States
3	1999	Messina, Italy	Australia	Canada	Hungary
4	2001	Perth, Australia	United States	Australia	Russia
5	2003	Calgary, Canada	Canada	United States	Spain
6	2005	Perth, Australia	United States	Russia	Australia
7	2007	Porto, Portugal	Australia	China	Hungary
8	2009	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	Russia	Netherlands	United States
9	2011	Trieste, Italy	Spain	Hungary	Australia
10	2013	Volos, Greece	United States	Spain	Greece
11	2015	Volos, Greece	United States	Spain	Russia
12	2017	Volos, Greece	Russia	Greece	Netherlands
13	2019	Funchal, Portugal	Russia	Netherlands	Italy
14	2021	Netanya, Israel	Spain	Greece	Hungary
15	2023	Coimbra, Portugal	Hungary	Spain	Netherlands
16	2025	Salvador, Brazil	United States	Spain	Greece

• World Aquatics Men's Junior Water Polo Championships since 2023. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]}
• World Aquatics Women's Junior Water Polo Championships since 2023. ^{[24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]}

Medals

Men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Serbia	6	4	6	16
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	24	70

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 Cadet Water Polo Championships
• World Aquatics Youth Water Polo Championships
• FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
• FINA World Junior Synchronised 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.
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18. "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2021 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
19. "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2019 - 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 2015 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
22. "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2013 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
23. "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2011 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
24. "Women Junior Water Polo I World Championship 1995 Ste Foy (CAN) - Winner Netherlands". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
25. "Women Junior Water Polo III World Championship 1997 Praga (CZE) 08-16.07 - Winner Greece". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
26. "Women Junior Water Polo III World Championship 1999 Messina (ITA) 31.07-08.08 - Winner Australia". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
27. "Women Junior Water Polo IV World Championship 2001 Perth (AUS) 07-15.12 - Winner United States". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
28. "Women Junior Water Polo V World Championship 2003 Calgary (CAN) 23-31.08 - Winner Canada". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
29. "Women Junior Water Polo VI World Championship 2005 Perth (AUS) 24-30.01 - Winner United States". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
30. "Women Junior Water Polo VII World Championship 2007 Porto (POR) - Winner Australia". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
31. "Women Junior Water Polo VIII World Championship 2009 Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) - Winner Russia". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
32. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2023 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
33. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2021 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
34. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2019 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
35. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2017 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
36. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2015 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
37. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2013 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
38. "Water Polo - Women's World Junior Championships 2011 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

External links

• World Aquatics – Water Polo Competitions