Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships explained

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Sport:	Water polo
Founded:	1973 (men) 1986 (women)
Teams:	16 (finals)
Continent:	International (FINA)
Most Champs:	and (men; 4 titles each) (women; 8 titles)

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.^[1]

Events

Event																						Editions
Men's tournament	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	21
Women's tournament					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	17
Total	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Men's tournament

Results summary

width=5%	Year	width=10%	Host	width=10%	Gold	width=10%	Score	width=10%	Silver	width=10%	Bronze	width=10%	Score	width=10%	4th place
1973 Details	Belgrade, Yugoslavia		Round-robin (5–4)			Round-robin (4–5)
1975 Details	Cali, Colombia		Round-robin (5–4)			Round-robin (4–4)
1978 Details	West Berlin, West Germany		Round-robin (4–4)			Round-robin (6–4)
1982 Details	Guayaquil, Ecuador		Round-robin (7–7)			Round-robin (5–3)
1986 Details	Madrid, Spain		12–11 (4 OT)			8–6 (2 OT)
1991 Details	Perth, Australia		8–7			13–12
1994 Details	Rome, Italy		10–5			14–13 (OT)
1998 Details	Perth, Australia		6–4			9–5
2001 Details	Fukuoka, Japan		4–2			7–6
2003 Details	Barcelona, Spain		11–9 (OT)			5–3
2005 Details	Montreal, Canada		8–7			11–10 (OT)
2007 Details	Melbourne, Australia		9–8 (OT)			9–9 (OT) (9–8 pen.)
2009 Details	Rome, Italy		7–7 (OT) (7–6 pen.)			8–6
2011 Details	Shanghai, China		8–7 (OT)			12–11
2013 Details	Barcelona, Spain		8–7			10–8
2015 Details	Kazan, Russia		11–4			7–7 (4–2 pen.)
2017 Details	Budapest, Hungary		8–6			11–8
2019 Details	Gwangju, South Korea		10–5			10–7
2022 Details	Budapest, Hungary		9–9 (6–5 pen.)			9–7
2023 Details	Fukuoka, Japan		10–10 (4–3 pen.)			9–6
2024 Details	Doha, Qatar		11–11 (4–2 pen.)			14–10
2025 Details	Kallang, Singapore
2027 Details	Budapest, Hungary
2029 Details	Beijing, China

Confederation statistics

Best performances by tournament

Team statistics

Champions (results and squads)

See main article: List of world champions in men's water polo.

Player statistics

(C)	Captain	Apps	Appearances	Ref	Reference	Rk	Rank
L/R	Handedness	Pos	Playing position	FP	Field player	GK	Goalkeeper

Multiple gold medalists

See main article: List of world champions in men's water polo and List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo.

Multiple medalists

See main article: List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo.

Women's tournament

Results summary

width=5%	Year	width=10%	Host	width=10%	Gold	width=10%	Score	width=10%	Silver	width=10%	Bronze	width=10%	Score	width=10%	4th place
1986 Details	Madrid, Spain		Round-robin (8–7)			Round-robin (7–7)
1991 Details	Perth, Australia		13–6			11–9
1994 Details	Rome, Italy		7–5			14–9
1998 Details	Perth, Australia		7–6			8–5
2001 Details	Fukuoka, Japan		7–3			6–5
2003 Details	Barcelona, Spain		8–6			9–7
2005 Details	Montreal, Canada		10–7 (OT)			8–3
2007 Details	Melbourne, Australia		6–5			9–8
2009 Details	Rome, Italy		7–6			10–9
2011 Details	Shanghai, China		9–8			8–7
2013 Details	Barcelona, Spain		8–6			10–8
2015 Details	Kazan, Russia		5–4			7–7 (5–3 pen.)
2017 Details	Budapest, Hungary		13–6			11–9
2019 Details	Gwangju, South Korea		11–6			10–9
2022 Details	Budapest, Hungary		9–7			7–5
2023 Details	Fukuoka, Japan		12–12 (5–4 pen.)			16–14
2024 Details	Doha, Qatar		8–7			10–9
2025 Details	Kallang, Singapore
2027 Details	Budapest, Hungary

Confederation statistics

Best performances by tournament

Team statistics

Champions (results and squads)

See main article: List of world champions in women's water polo.

Player statistics

(C)	Captain	Apps	Appearances	Ref	Reference	Rk	Rank
L/R	Handedness	Pos	Playing position	FP	Field player	GK	Goalkeeper

Multiple gold medalists

See main article: List of world champions in women's water polo and List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo.

Multiple medalists

See main article: List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo.

Combined medal table

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 country (in ascending order), respectively.

Italy, Hungary and Spain are the only three countries to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments at the World Aquatics Championships.

Legend

• ^† – Former country

See also

• List of World Aquatics Championships men's water polo tournament records and statistics
• List of World Aquatics Championships women's water polo tournament records and statistics
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of world champions in women's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
• Water polo at the Summer Olympics
• FINA Water Polo World Rankings
• List of water polo world medalists
• Major achievements in water polo by nation

External links

• FINA Water Polo website

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/2969/world-aquatics-championships-doha-2024/results?disciplines=WP&event=34b5b78f-a3a8-460d-b237-8e52ef04400c