FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships

FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships

Sport	Water Polo
Founded	1981
Continent	all (International)
Most recent champion(s)	Men Hungary (3rd title) Women Hungary (1st title)
Most titles	Men Serbia(6 titles) Women United States (4 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 .

The 2009 championships were played with U18 teams each, but in 2011 the FINA switched to U20 teams again.

Editions

Men

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981	Milan, Italy	Soviet Union	Cuba	Hungary
1983	Barcelona, Spain	Spain	Yugoslavia	Cuba
1985	Istanbul, Turkey	Soviet Union	Hungary	Yugoslavia
1987	São Paulo, Brazil	Spain	Yugoslavia	Italy
1989	Narbonne, France	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	East Germany
1991	Irvine, United States	Spain	Cuba	Hungary
1993	Cairo, Egypt	Italy	Spain	Hungary
1995	Dunkirk, France	Hungary	Greece	Slovakia
1997	Havana, Cuba	Croatia	Hungary	Greece
1999	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Italy	Australia	Yugoslavia
2001	Istanbul, Turkey	Greece	Croatia	Hungary
2003	Naples, Italy	Serbia and Montenegro	Hungary	Italy
2005	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Serbia and Montenegro	Croatia	Spain
2007	Long Beach, United States	Hungary	Italy	Croatia
2009	Šibenik, Croatia	Croatia	Greece	Serbia
2011	Volos, Greece	Serbia	Spain	Greece
2013	Szombathely, Hungary	Italy	Croatia	Serbia
2015	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Serbia	Italy	Hungary
2017	Belgrade, Serbia	Greece	Croatia	Serbia
2019	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Greece	Serbia	Italy
2021	Prague, Czech Republic	Serbia	Italy	Montenegro
2023	Otopeni/Bucharest, Romania	Hungary	Serbia	United States

Women

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995	Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada	Netherlands	Australia	United States
1997	Prague, Czech Republic	Greece	Australia	United States
1999	Messina, Italy	Australia	Canada	Hungary
2001	Perth, Australia	United States	Australia	Russia
2003	Calgary, Canada	Canada	United States	Spain
2005	Perth, Australia	United States	Russia	Australia
2007	Porto, Portugal	Australia	China	Hungary
2009	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	Russia	Netherlands	United States
2011	Trieste, Italy	Spain	Hungary	Australia
2013	Volos, Greece	United States	Spain	Greece
2015	Volos, Greece	United States	Spain	Russia
2017	Volos, Greece	Russia	Greece	Netherlands
2019	Funchal, Portugal	Russia	Netherlands	Italy
2021	Netanya, Israel	Spain	Greece	Hungary
2023	Coimbra, Portugal	Hungary	Spain	Netherlands

Medals

Men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	3	3	5	11
2	Italy	3	3	3	9
3	Serbia	3	2	3	8
4	Greece	3	2	2	7
5	Spain	3	2	1	6
6	Croatia	2	4	1	7
7	Soviet Union	2	1	0	3
8	Serbia and Montenegro	2	0	1	3
9	Yugoslavia	1	2	1	4
10	Cuba	0	2	1	3
11	Australia	0	1	0	1
12	East Germany	0	0	1	1
	Montenegro	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		22	22	22	66

Women

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	1	3	8
2	Russia	3	1	2	6
3	Australia	2	3	2	7
4	Spain	2	3	1	6
5	Netherlands	1	2	2	5
6	Greece	1	2	1	4
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)		15	15	15	45

See also

• FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
• FINA World Junior Diving Championships
• FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships
• FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships

External links

• Fina archives
• https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2021-men-s-world-junior-championships-epr113991.html
• https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2021-women-s-world-junior-championships-epr113211.html
• https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2020-men-s-world-championships-u16-epr105260.html
• https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2020-women-s-world-championships-u16-epr105266.html
• https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2018-men-s-world-youth-championships-epr86181.html
• https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2018-women-s-world-youth-championships-epr86187.html