Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships is an international
water polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with th ...
tournament held every two years as part of the
FINA World Aquatics Championships.
The reigning champions are
Spain
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in men's and the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
in women's competition.
USA settles for world domination and all the trophies
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Events
Men's tournament
Results summary
Confederation statistics
Best performances by tournament
Team statistics
Participating teams
Finishes in the top four
Medal table
Champions (results and squads)
Player statistics
Multiple gold medalists
Multiple medalists
Women's tournament
Results summary
Confederation statistics
Best performances by tournament
Team statistics
Participating teams
Finishes in the top four
Medal table
Champions (results and squads)
Player statistics
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.
Hungary, Italy and Spain are the only three countries to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments at the World Aquatics Championships.
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* † – ''Former country''
See also
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* List of world champions in men's water polo
This is a list of world champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1973.
Abbreviations
History
The 1973 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquati ...
* List of world champions in women's water polo
This is a list of world champions in women's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1986.
Abbreviations
History
The 1986 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World ...
* List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
* Water polo at the Summer Olympics
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the Uni ...
* FINA Water Polo World Rankings
The FINA Water Polo World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in water polo. The teams of the member nations of FINA, water polo's world governing body, are ranked based on their competitions results with the most su ...
* List of water polo world medalists
* Major achievements in water polo by nation
This article contains lists of achievements in major senior-level international water polo tournaments according to first-place, second-place and third-place results obtained by teams representing different nations. The objective is not to create c ...
Notes
References
Sources
External links
FINA Water Polo website
{{Main world championships
Water polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with th ...
World Aquatics Championships