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 Spain in men's and Greece in women's competition.
Events Event 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1991 1994 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024 2025 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 X 22 Women's tournament X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 18 Total 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Men's tournament Results summary #YearHostGoldScoreSilverBronzeScore4th place11973DetailsBelgrade,YugoslaviaRound-robin(5–4)Round-robin(4–5)21975DetailsCali,ColombiaRound-robin(5–4)Round-robin(4–4)31978DetailsWest Berlin,West GermanyRound-robin(4–4)Round-robin(6–4)41982DetailsGuayaquil,EcuadorRound-robin(7–7)Round-robin(5–3)51986DetailsMadrid,Spain12–11 (4 OT)8–6 (2 OT)61991DetailsPerth,Australia8–713–1271994DetailsRome,Italy10–514–13 (OT)81998DetailsPerth,Australia6–49–592001DetailsFukuoka,Japan4–27–6102003DetailsBarcelona,Spain11–9 (OT)5–3112005DetailsMontreal,Canada8–711–10 (OT)122007DetailsMelbourne,Australia9–8 (OT)9–9 (OT) (9–8 pen.)132009DetailsRome,Italy7–7 (OT) (7–6 pen.)8–6142011DetailsShanghai,China8–7 (OT)12–11152013DetailsBarcelona,Spain8–710–8162015DetailsKazan,Russia11–47–7 (4–2 pen.)172017DetailsBudapest,Hungary8–611–8182019DetailsGwangju,South Korea10–510–7192022DetailsBudapest,Hungary9–9 (6–5 pen.)9–7202023DetailsFukuoka,Japan10–10 (4–3 pen.)9–6212024DetailsDoha,Qatar11–11 (4–2 pen.)14–10222025DetailsSingapore,Singapore15–1316–7232027DetailsBudapest,Hungary242029DetailsBeijing,China
Confederation statistics
Best performances by tournament
Team statistics
Participating teams
Finishes in the top four
Medal table
Champions (results and squads)
Player statistics
(C) Captain Apps Appearances Ref Reference Rk Rank L/R Handedness Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper
Multiple gold medalists
Multiple medalists
Women's tournament Results summary #YearHostGoldScoreSilverBronzeScore4th place11986DetailsMadrid,SpainRound-robin(8–7)Round-robin(7–7)21991DetailsPerth,Australia13–611–931994DetailsRome,Italy7–514–941998DetailsPerth,Australia7–68–552001DetailsFukuoka,Japan7–36–562003DetailsBarcelona,Spain8–69–772005DetailsMontreal,Canada10–7 (OT)8–382007DetailsMelbourne,Australia6–59–892009DetailsRome,Italy7–610–9102011DetailsShanghai,China9–88–7112013DetailsBarcelona,Spain8–610–8122015DetailsKazan,Russia5–47–7 (5–3 pen.)132017DetailsBudapest,Hungary13–611–9142019DetailsGwangju,South Korea11–610–9152022DetailsBudapest,Hungary9–77–5162023DetailsFukuoka,Japan12–12 (5–4 pen.)16–14172024DetailsDoha,Qatar8–710–9182025DetailsSingapore,Singapore12–913–12192027DetailsBudapest,Hungary202029DetailsBeijing,China
Confederation statistics
Best performances by tournament
Team statistics
Participating teams
Finishes in the top four
Medal table
Champions (results and squads)
Player statistics
(C) Captain Apps Appearances Ref Reference Rk Rank L/R Handedness Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper
Multiple gold medalists
Multiple medalists
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
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References
Sources
External links FINA Water Polo website