European Water Polo Championship

European Water Polo Championship
Sport	Water polo
Founded	1926
Continent	Europe (LEN)
Most recent; champions	Serbia (men's, 9th title); Netherlands (women's, 7th title)
Most titles	Hungary (men's, 13 titles); Netherlands (women's, 7 titles)

The European Water Polo Championship is a sport competition for national water polo teams, currently held biannually and organized by the European Aquatics, the European governing body for aquatic sports. There are both men's and women's competitions.

SportWater polo

Founded1926

ContinentEurope (LEN)

Most recent
champions

Serbia (men's, 9th title)

Netherlands (women's, 7th title)

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The first European Water Polo Championship was held in 1926 in Budapest, Hungary, with just a men's competition. The women for the first time competed in 1985 (Oslo, Norway) for the European title. The water polo tournament was part of the European Aquatics Championships up to and including 1997, and from 1999 the event was separated and got its own independent tournament.

MEN'S EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP
#	Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Teams
Part of the European Aquatics Championships
1	1926 Details	Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	Sweden	Germany	4
2	1927 Details	Bologna, Italy	Hungary	France	Belgium	12
3	1931 Details	Paris, France	Hungary	Germany	Austria	7
4	1934 Details	Magdeburg, Germany	Hungary	Germany	Belgium	10
5	1938 Details	London, Great Britain	Hungary	Germany	Netherlands	7
6	1947 Details	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Italy	Sweden	Belgium	10
7	1950 Details	Vienna, Austria	Netherlands	Sweden	Yugoslavia	7
8	1954 Details	Turin, Italy	Hungary	Yugoslavia	Italy	12
9	1958 Details	Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	14
10	1962 Details	Leipzig, East Germany	Hungary	Soviet Union Yugoslavia	—	11
11	1966 Details	Utrecht, Netherlands	Soviet Union	East Germany	Yugoslavia	17
12	1970 Details	Barcelona, Spain	Soviet Union	Hungary	Yugoslavia	15
13	1974 Details	Vienna, Austria	Hungary	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	8
14	1977 Details	Jönköping, Sweden	Hungary	Yugoslavia	Italy	8
15	1981 Details	Split, Yugoslavia	West Germany	Soviet Union	Hungary	8
16	1983 Details	Rome, Italy	Soviet Union	Hungary	Spain	8
17	1985 Details	Sofia, Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	West Germany	8
18	1987 Details	Strasbourg, France	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	Italy	8
19	1989 Details	Bonn, West Germany	West Germany	Yugoslavia	Italy	16
20	1991 Details	Athens, Greece	Yugoslavia	Spain	Soviet Union	16
21	1993 Details	Sheffield, Great Britain	Italy	Hungary	Spain	12
22	1995 Details	Vienna, Austria	Italy	Hungary	Germany	12
23	1997 Details	Seville, Spain	Hungary	Yugoslavia	Russia	12
Separate from the European Aquatics Championships
24	1999 Details	Florence, Italy	Hungary	Croatia	Italy	12
25	2001 Details	Budapest, Hungary	Yugoslavia	Italy	Hungary	12
26	2003 Details	Kranj, Slovenia	Serbia and Montenegro	Croatia	Hungary	12
27	2006 Details	Belgrade, Serbia	Serbia	Hungary	Spain	12
28	2008 Details	Málaga, Spain	Montenegro	Serbia	Hungary	12
29	2010 Details	Zagreb, Croatia	Croatia	Italy	Serbia	12
30	2012 Details	Eindhoven, Netherlands	Serbia	Montenegro	Hungary	12
31	2014 Details	Budapest, Hungary	Serbia	Hungary	Italy	12
32	2016 Details	Belgrade, Serbia	Serbia	Montenegro	Hungary	16
33	2018 Details	Barcelona, Spain	Serbia	Spain	Croatia	16
34	2020 Details	Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	Spain	Montenegro	16
35	2022 Details	Split, Croatia	Croatia	Hungary	Spain	16
36	2024 Details	Dubrovnik and Zagreb, Croatia	Spain	Croatia	Italy	16
37	2026 Details	Belgrade, Serbia	Serbia	Hungary	Greece	16

Rk	Men's team^[1]	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
1	Hungary	30	13 (1926, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1977, 1997, 1999, 2020)	8 (1970, 1983, 1993, 1995, 2006, 2014, 2022, 2026)	6 (1981, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016)	3 (1947, 2010, 2024)	1926	2026
2	Italy	22	3 (1947, 1993, 1995)	2 (2001, 2010)	7 (1954, 1977, 1987, 1989, 1999, 2014, 2024)	10 (1950, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1985, 1991, 2012, 2018, 2022, 2026)	1947	2026
3	Yugoslavia^†	14	1 (1991)	7 (1954, 1958, 1962, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1989)	4 (1950, 1966, 1970, 1974)	2 (1981, 1983)	1950	1991
4	Soviet Union^†	12	5 (1966, 1970, 1983, 1985, 1987)	3 (1962, 1974, 1981)	2 (1958, 1991)	1 (1977, 1989)	1958	1991
5	Croatia	11	2 (2010, 2022)	3 (1999, 2003, 2024)	1 (2018)	5 (1995, 1997, 2001, 2008, 2020)	1995	2024
6	Serbia	8	6 (2006, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2026)	1 (2008)	1 (2010)	0	2006	2026
7	Spain	8	1 (2024)	3 (1991, 2018, 2020)	4 (1983, 1993, 2006, 2022)	0	1983	2024
8	Belgium	6	0	0	3 (1927, 1934, 1947)	3 (1926, 1931, 1938)	1926	1947
9	Montenegro	5	1 (2008)	2 (2012, 2016)	1 (2020)	1 (2014)	2008	2020
10	Germany	5	0	3 (1931, 1934, 1938)	2 (1926, 1995)	0	1926	1995
11	Sweden	5	0	3 (1926, 1947, 1950)	0	2 (1927, 1934)	1926	1950
12	West Germany^†	4	2 (1981, 1989)	0	1 (1985)	1 (1987)	1981	1989
13	Netherlands	4	1 (1950)	0	1 (1938)	2 (1954, 1974)	1938	1974
14	Yugoslavia^† / Serbia and Montenegro^†	3	2 (2001, 2003)	1 (1997)	0	0	1997	2003
15	Greece	3	0	0	1 (2026)	2 (1999, 2016)	1999	2026
16	East Germany^†	2	0	1 (1966)	0	1 (1962)	1962	1966
17	Russia	2	0	0	1 (1997)	1 (2003)	1997	2003
18	Romania	2	0	0	0	2 (1993, 2006)	1993	2006
19	France	1	0	1 (1927)	0	0	1927	1927
20	Austria	1	0	0	1 (1931)	0	1931	1931
Rk	Men's team	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	13	8	6	27
2	Serbia^[a]	9	9	5	23
3	Russia^[b]	5	3	3	11
4	Italy	3	2	7	12
5	Germany^[c]	2	3	3	8
6	Croatia	2	3	1	6
7	Spain	1	3	4	8
8	Montenegro	1	2	1	4
9	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
10	Sweden	0	3	0	3
11	East Germany	0	1	0	1
11	France	0	1	0	1
13	Belgium	0	0	3	3
14	Austria	0	0	1	1
14	Greece	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		37	38	36	111

Team	1926	1927	1931	1934	1938	1947	1950	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1977	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022	2024	2026	Years
Austria	•	6th	3rd	•	•	10th	5th	12th	11th	•	•	14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	14th	•	•	12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
Belgium	4th	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	3rd	•	11th	10th	7th	10th	12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	11
Bulgaria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14th	•	11th	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th	10th	13th	•	8th	11th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Croatia	Part of Yugoslavia																				5th	4th	4th	2nd	4th	2nd	7th	4th	1st	9th	5th	7th	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	6th	17
Czechoslovakia	•	7th	5th	8th	•	9th	•	•	•	•	14th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7th	10th	Defunct																	7
Denmark	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
France	•	2nd	6th	6th	6th	7th	6th	9th	8th	•	13th	11th	•	•	•	•	•	•	12th	11th	•	•	•	•	12th	•	•	•	•	•	10th	9th	12th	13th	6th	9th	9th	20
Georgia	Part of Soviet Union																				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	12th	14th	13th	10th	8th	10th	10th	7
Germany West Germany	3rd	5th	2nd	2nd	2nd	•	•	6th	7th	•	7th	7th	8th	6th	1st	5th	3rd	4th	1st	7th	9th	3rd	10th	8th	9th	6th	8th	6th	6th	5th	9th	11th	9th	9th	13th	12th	•	33
East Germany	Part of Germany							•	5th	4th	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Defunct																		3
Great Britain	•	8th	•	•	7th	6th	•	8th	13th	10th	17th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15th	14th	12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Greece	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10th	•	•	•	•	8th	•	11th	6th	7th	9th	7th	4th	7th	8th	6th	11th	9th	6th	6th	4th	5th	7th	5th	5th	3rd	21
Hungary	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	4th	•	1st	1st	1st	5th	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	5th	5th	9th	5th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	4th	3rd	2nd	3rd	8th	1st	2nd	4th	2nd	36
Ireland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15th	15th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Israel	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	12th	16th	16th	3
Italy	•	12th	•	10th	5th	1st	4th	3rd	4th	8th	4th	4th	5th	3rd	6th	7th	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	1st	1st	6th	3rd	2nd	9th	5th	5th	2nd	4th	3rd	6th	4th	6th	4th	3rd	4th	35
Malta	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15th	16th	16th	14th	15th	13th	6
Montenegro	Part of Yugoslavia																				Part of SCG / FR Yugoslavia						• ^{[N 1]}	1st	5th	2nd	4th	2nd	6th	3rd	7th	6th	7th	10
Netherlands	•	11th	•	9th	3rd	5th	1st	4th	6th	6th	8th	5th	4th	5th	8th	6th	7th	•	8th	9th	8th	10th	9th	12th	10th	11th	10th	•	•	10th	•	12th	10th	15th	11th	11th	11th	31
North Macedonia	Part of Yugoslavia																				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th	12th	11th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Poland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9th	11th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13th	12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
Romania	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10th	•	5th	6th	6th	6th	7th	7th	8th	•	7th	5th	8th	4th	11th	•	9th	11th	10th	4th	9th	7th	8th	8th	10th	11th	11th	10th	8th	8th	27
Russia	Part of Soviet Union																				6th	6th	3rd	5th	5th	4th	9th	10th	11th	•	11th	8th	7th	8th	DQ	DQ	DQ	13
Serbia	Part of Yugoslavia																				Part of SCG / FRY						1st	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	5th	9th	7th	1st	11
SCG / FRY	Part of Yugoslavia																				•	•	2nd	7th	1st	1st	Defunct											4
Slovakia	Part of Czechoslovakia																				10th	•	8th	10th	8th	7th	11th	12th	•	•	•	13th	14th	14th	15th	13th	14th	13
Slovenia	Part of Yugoslavia																				•	•	•	11th	•	12th	12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16th	14th	15th	6
Soviet Union	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5th	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	4th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	4th	3rd	Defunct																	13
Spain	•	10th	•	7th	•	•	•	7th	12th	•	12th	8th	7th	8th	5th	3rd	6th	6th	6th	2nd	3rd	5th	5th	6th	6th	5th	3rd	7th	8th	7th	7th	5th	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	5th	31
Sweden	2nd	4th	7th	4th	•	2nd	2nd	•	•	9th	9th	9th	•	•	•	•	•	•	16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	7th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Turkey	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10th	12th	•	16th	15th	12th	•	•	12th	8
Ukraine	Part of Soviet Union																				11th	7th	11th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Yugoslavia	•	9th	•	5th	•	8th	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	Defunct																	17
Total	4	12	7	10	7	10	7	12	14	11	17	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16

Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Filip Filipović	Serbia and Montenegro Serbia	2003	2018	6	1	1	8
2	Slobodan Nikić	Serbia and Montenegro Serbia	2003	2016	5	1	1	7
	Duško Pijetlović	Serbia	2006	2018	5	1	1	7
	Andrija Prlainović	Serbia	2006	2018	5	1	1	7
5	Živko Gocić	Serbia and Montenegro Serbia	2003	2016	5	–	1	6
6	Miloš Ćuk	Serbia	2012	2026	5	–	–	5
7	Milan Aleksić	Serbia	2010	2018	4	–	1	5
7	Stefan Mitrović	Serbia	2010	2018	4	–	1	5
9	Dušan Mandić	Serbia	2014	2026	4	–	–	4
	Márton Homonnai	Hungary	1926	1934	4	–	–	4
	Alajos Keserű	Hungary	1926	1934	4	–	–	4
	Branislav Mitrović	Serbia	2012	2018	4	–	–	4
	József Vértesy	Hungary	1926	1934	4	–	–	4

European Water Polo Championship

Men's tournament

Results

Finishes in the top four

Medal table

Participation details

Most successful players

Multiple gold medalists

Multiple medalists

Women's tournament

Results

Medal table

Participation details

Most successful players

Multiple gold medalists

Multiple medalists

Combined medal table

Overall

Men (1926-2024)

Women (1985-2024)

See also

Nations

Clubs

Men

Women

Notes

References

Sources

Results

External links

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Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Martina Miceli	Italy	1991	2006	4	2	1	7
2	Maddalena Musumeci	Italy	1995	2006	4	2	–	6
3	Carmela Allucci	Italy	1991	2003	4	1	1	6
	Francesca Conti	Italy	1991	2003	4	1	1	6
	Giusi Malato	Italy	1991	2003	4	1	1	6
	Hedda Verdam	Netherlands	1985	1995	4	1	1	6
7	Melania Grego	Italy	1995	2003	4	1	–	5
8	Tania Di Mario	Italy	1999	2016	3	2	1	6
	Laura Ester	Spain	2008	2024	3	2	1	6
	Maica García	Spain	2008	2024	3	2	1	6
	Pili Peña	Spain	2008	2024	3	2	1	6

Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mercédesz Stieber	Hungary	1989	2008	2	3	3	8
2	Martina Miceli	Italy	1991	2006	4	2	1	7
3	Sofia Konukh	Russia	1997	2010	3	1	3	7
4	Maddalena Musumeci	Italy	1995	2006	4	2	–	6
5	Carmela Allucci	Italy	1991	2003	4	1	1	6
	Francesca Conti	Italy	1991	2003	4	1	1	6
	Giusi Malato	Italy	1991	2003	4	1	1	6
	Hedda Verdam	Netherlands	1985	1995	4	1	1	6
9	Tania Di Mario	Italy	1999	2016	3	2	1	6
	Laura Ester	Spain	2008	2024	3	2	1	6
	Maica García	Spain	2008	2024	3	2	1	6
	Pili Peña	Spain	2008	2024	3	2	1	6
13	Elena Smurova	Russia	1997	2008	2	1	3	6

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Hungary	35	233	176	18	39	2184	1353	+831	546
2	Serbia	31	209	147	23	39	1823	1195	+628	464
4	Italy	34	225	128	18	79	1839	1436	+403	402
3	Russia	26	187	106	22	59	1600	1378	+222	340
5	Spain	30	208	102	22	84	1738	1511	+227	328
6	Germany	33	217	100	21	96	1580	1604	-24	321
7	Croatia	16	114	68	15	32	1174	888	+286	219
9	Netherlands	30	187	62	22	103	1324	1430	-106	208
8	Greece	20	143	60	13	70	1276	1205	+71	193
10	Romania	26	172	56	19	97	1322	1475	-153	187
11	Montenegro	9	64	39	8	18	708	536	+172	125
12	France	19	114	35	11	68	659	863	-204	116
13	Sweden	10	56	24	8	24	229	231	-2	80
14	Belgium	11	59	19	9	31	198	254	-56	66
15	Slovakia	12	78	20	5	53	583	814	-231	65
16	Czechoslovakia	7	38	12	1	25	203	246	-43	37
17	Bulgaria	7	46	10	4	32	275	419	-144	34
18	Austria	9	43	10	1	32	146	361	-215	31
19	East Germany	3	18	9	3	6	62	49	+13	30
20	Poland	4	23	8	2	13	152	181	-29	26
21	Georgia	6	38	8	1	29	317	486	-169	25
22	Great Britain	9	49	6	2	41	196	394	-198	20
23	North Macedonia	3	21	5	1	15	161	221	-60	16
24	Ukraine	3	20	4	0	16	137	209	-72	12
25	Turkey	7	46	3	3	40	250	686	-436	12
26	Slovenia	5	29	3	0	26	199	368	-169	9
27	Malta	5	27	2	3	22	191	423	-232	9
28	Israel	2	11	1	2	8	81	169	-88	5
29	Finland	1	6	1	1	4	19	51	-32	4
30	Ireland	2	13	1	1	11	37	104	-67	4
31	Denmark	1	6	0	1	5	50	105	-55	1
32	England	1	2	0	0	2	4	12	-8	0
33	Switzerland	1	6	0	0	6	17	77	-60	0

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Netherlands	20	125	92	9	24	1765	779	+986	285
2	Hungary	20	127	89	9	30	1615	862	+753	276
3	Italy	18	115	77	9	29	1275	834	+441	402
4	Russia	15	96	62	6	28	1193	707	+486	192
5	Spain	16	98	56	3	39	1149	768	+381	171
6	Greece	18	103	53	7	50	1019	820	+199	166
7	France	16	99	38	0	61	735	1093	-358	114
8	Germany	19	105	34	3	68	899	1216	-317	105
9	Great Britain	9	51	12	0	39	337	607	-270	36
10	Serbia	7	40	11	2	27	279	545	-266	35
11	Israel	4	26	8	2	16	200	339	-139	26
12	Norway	3	17	7	0	10	134	188	-54	21
13	Croatia	6	37	6	3	28	231	649	-418	21
14	Czechoslovakia	4	23	5	1	17	148	317	-169	16
15	Belgium	3	17	4	1	12	114	195	-81	13
16	Slovakia	4	25	4	0	21	144	418	-274	12
17	Romania	2	11	3	0	8	74	157	-83	9
18	Portugal	3	17	2	0	15	65	274	-209	6
19	Turkey	3	17	2	0	15	92	308	-216	6
20	Switzerland	2	11	1	1	9	45	159	-114	4
21	Bulgaria	1	5	0	0	5	39	107	-68	0
22	Slovenia	1	4	0	0	4	4	94	-90	0
23	Sweden	2	11	0	0	11	51	171	-120	0