World Aquatics U20 Water Polo Championships

World Aquatics U20 Water Polo Championships
Sport	Water Polo
Founded	1981
Continent	All (International)
Most recent; champions	Men; Spain (4th title); Women; United States (5th title)
Most titles	Men; Serbia (6 titles); Women; United States (5 titles)

The World Aquatics U20 Water Polo Championships, formerly known as the FINA World Junior Water Polo 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.^[1]

SportWater Polo

Founded1981

ContinentAll (International)

Most recent
champions

Men

Spain (4th title)
Women

United States (5th title)

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Ed.	Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	1981^[2]	Milan, Italy	Soviet Union	Cuba	Hungary
2	1983^[3]	Barcelona, Spain	Spain	Yugoslavia	Cuba
3	1985^[4]	Istanbul, Turkey	Soviet Union	Hungary	Yugoslavia
4	1987^[5]	São Paulo, Brazil	Spain	Yugoslavia	Italy
5	1989^[6]	Narbonne, France	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	West Germany
6	1991^[7]	Irvine, United States	Spain	Cuba	Hungary
7	1993^[8]	Cairo, Egypt	Italy	Spain	Hungary
8	1995^[9]	Dunkirk, France	Hungary	Greece	Slovakia
9	1997^[10]	Havana, Cuba	Croatia	Hungary	Greece
10	1999^[11]	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Italy	Australia	FR Yugoslavia
11	2001^[12]	Istanbul, Turkey	Greece	Croatia	Hungary
12	2003^[13]	Naples, Italy	Serbia and Montenegro	Hungary	Italy
13	2005^[14]	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Serbia and Montenegro	Croatia	Spain
14	2007^[15]	Long Beach, United States	Hungary	Italy	Croatia
15	2009^[16]	Šibenik, Croatia	Croatia	Greece	Serbia
16	2011^[17]	Volos, Greece	Serbia	Spain	Greece
17	2013^[18]	Szombathely, Hungary	Italy	Croatia	Serbia
18	2015^[19]	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Serbia	Italy	Hungary
19	2017^[20]	Belgrade, Serbia	Greece	Croatia	Serbia
20	2019^[21]	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Greece	Serbia	Italy
21	2021^[22]	Prague, Czech Republic	Serbia	Italy	Montenegro
22	2023^[23]	Otopeni/Bucharest, Romania	Hungary	Serbia	United States
23	2025^[24]	Zagreb, Croatia	Spain	United States	Croatia

Ed.	Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	1995^[25]	Sainte-Foy, Canada	Netherlands	Australia	United States
2	1997^[26]	Prague, Czech Republic	Greece	Australia	United States
3	1999^[27]	Messina, Italy	Australia	Canada	Hungary
4	2001^[28]	Perth, Australia	United States	Australia	Russia
5	2003^[29]	Calgary, Canada	Canada	United States	Spain
6	2005^[30]	Perth, Australia	United States	Russia	Australia
7	2007^[31]	Porto, Portugal	Australia	China	Hungary
8	2009^[32]	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	Russia	Netherlands	United States
9	2011^[33]	Trieste, Italy	Spain	Hungary	Australia
10	2013^[34]	Volos, Greece	United States	Spain	Greece
11	2015^[35]	Volos, Greece	United States	Spain	Russia
12	2017^[36]	Volos, Greece	Russia	Greece	Netherlands
13	2019^[37]	Funchal, Portugal	Russia	Netherlands	Italy
14	2021^[38]	Netanya, Israel	Spain	Greece	Hungary
15	2023^[39]	Coimbra, Portugal	Hungary	Spain	Netherlands
16	2025^[40]	Salvador, Brazil	United States	Spain	Greece

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Serbia	6	4	5	15
2	Spain	4	2	1	7
3	Hungary	3	3	5	11
4	Italy	3	3	3	9
5	Greece	3	2	2	7
6	Croatia	2	4	2	8
7	Soviet Union	2	1	0	3
8	Cuba	0	2	1	3
9	United States	0	1	1	2
10	Australia	0	1	0	1
11	Montenegro	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		23	23	23	69

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	5	1	3	9
2	Russia	3	1	2	6
3	Spain	2	4	1	7
4	Australia	2	3	2	7
5	Greece	1	2	2	5
5	Netherlands	1	2	2	5
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)		16	16	16	48

World Aquatics U20 Water Polo Championships

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