Water Polo - Men's World Championships - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1973

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  Hungary	4	1973	2023
  Italy	4	1978	2019
  Serbia	3	2005	2015
  Croatia	3	2007	2024
  Spain	3	1998	2022
  Yugoslavia	2	1986	1991
  U.S.S.R.	2	1975	1982

• Winners and finalists since 1973

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  Hungary	4	7
  Italy	4	4
  Spain	3	4
  Croatia	3	1
  Serbia	3	1
  Yugoslavia	2	1
  U.S.S.R.	2	1
  Greece		1
  Montenegro		1
  Russia
  West Germany

• Various statistics since 1973
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	Australia 2	21
  2	Hungary 2	21
  3	Italy 2	21
  4	United States 2	21
  5	Spain 2	20
  6	Canada 2	18
  7	Greece 2	18
  8	Croatia 2	15
  9	South Africa 2	13
  10	Kazakhstan 2	12

  Number of matches

  1	Italy 2	148
  2	Australia 2	146
  3	United States 2	142
  4	Hungary 2	141
  5	Spain 2	137
  6	Greece 2	126
  7	Canada 2	111
  8	Croatia 2	99
  9	Romania 2	81
  10	South Africa 2	71

  Games per appearance

  1	Mexico 2	8.3
  2	Columbia 2	8
  3	Bulgaria 2	7.7
  4	Netherlands 2	7.7
  5	Slovakia 2	7.7
  6	U.S.S.R. 2	7.7
  7	West Germany 2	7.6
  8	Yugoslavia 2	7.6
  9	Cuba 2	7.3
  10	Australia 2	7

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  Wins

  1	Hungary 2	104
  2	Italy 2	98
  3	Spain 2	94
  4	United States 2	74
  5	Croatia 2	72
  6	Greece 2	63
  7	Australia 2	60
  8	Serbia 2	46
  9	Yugoslavia 2	43
  10	Canada 2	37

  Number of wins in games played

  1	Serbia And Montenegro 2	85 %
  2	Hungary 2	74 %
  3	Croatia 2	73 %
  4	Serbia 2	73 %
  5	U.S.S.R. 2	70 %
  6	Yugoslavia 2	70 %
  7	Spain 2	69 %
  8	Italy 2	66 %
  9	West Germany 2	53 %
  10	Montenegro 2	52 %

  Drawn matches

  1	Hungary 2	12
  2	Italy 2	8
  3	United States 2	8
  4	Germany 2	7
  5	Greece 2	7
  6	Australia 2	6
  7	Cuba 2	5
  8	Montenegro 2	5
  9	U.S.S.R. 2	5
  10	Brazil 2	4

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  Losses

  1	Australia 2	80
  2	Canada 2	71
  3	South Africa 2	61
  4	United States 2	60
  5	Greece 2	56
  6	Kazakhstan 2	53
  7	China 2	47
  8	Romania 2	44
  9	Brazil 2	43
  10	Italy 2	42

  Number of losses in games played

  1	Columbia 2	100 %
  2	Israel 2	100 %
  3	New Zealand 2	90 %
  4	Egypt 2	86 %
  5	Iran 2	86 %
  6	South Africa 2	86 %
  7	Argentina 2	80 %
  8	North Macedonia 2	80 %
  9	Republic of Korea 2	80 %
  10	China 2	78 %

  Number of ties in games played

  1	Republic of Korea 2	20 %
  2	Great Britain 2	14 %
  3	Mexico 2	12 %
  4	U.S.S.R. 2	11 %
  5	West Germany 2	11 %
  6	France 2	10 %
  7	Germany 2	10 %
  8	Bulgaria 2	9 %
  9	Cuba 2	9 %
  10	Hungary 2	9 %

• All time table since 1973

  (Based on W=2 pts, D=1 pts and L=0 pts)

  	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
  1	Hungary	21	1973	1st	220	141	104	12	25	1539	996	+543
  2	Italy	21	1973	1st	204	148	98	8	42	1386	969	+417
  3	Spain	20	1973	1st	192	137	94	4	39	1373	922	+451
  4	United States	21	1973	4th	156	142	74	8	60	1309	1047	+262
  5	Croatia	15	1994	1st	148	99	72	4	23	1159	718	+441
  6	Greece	18	1973	2nd	133	126	63	7	56	1129	986	+143
  7	Australia	21	1973	2nd	126	146	60	6	80	1204	1150	+54
  8	Serbia	10	2007	1st	95	63	46	3	14	798	544	+254
  9	Yugoslavia	8	1973	1st	90	61	43	4	14	488	341	+147
  10	Canada	18	1975	1st	77	111	37	3	71	738	972	-234
  11	Germany	11	1991	1st	73	70	33	7	30	605	539	+66
  12	Romania	12	1973	1st	72	81	35	2	44	624	601	+23
  13	U.S.S.R.	6	1973	1st	69	46	32	5	9	354	221	+133
  14	Montenegro	9	2009	2nd	67	60	31	5	24	663	535	+128
  15	Russia	8	1994	3rd	57	54	28	1	25	481	460	+21
  16	Cuba	8	1973	4th	53	58	24	5	29	386	434	-48
  17	Netherlands	7	1973	4th	52	54	26	0	28	322	304	+18
  18	West Germany	5	1973	3rd	44	38	20	4	14	260	215	+45
  19	Japan	11	2001	-	37	61	18	1	42	562	730	-168
  20	Brazil	11	1986	-	36	63	16	4	43	444	628	-184
  21	France	6	1982	4th	34	40	15	4	21	373	417	-44
  22	Kazakhstan	12	1994	-	34	70	17	0	53	466	842	-376
  23	China	11	1982	2nd	25	60	12	1	47	444	742	-298
  24	Serbia And Montenegro	2	2003	1st	23	13	11	1	1	124	62	+62
  25	Mexico	3	1973	-	21	25	9	3	13	115	124	-9
  26	South Africa	13	1994	-	19	71	9	1	61	365	1056	-691
  27	Slovakia	3	1998	-	16	23	8	0	15	157	193	-36
  28	Bulgaria	3	1973	-	16	23	7	2	14	105	151	-46
  29	New Zealand	7	1982	-	5	42	1	3	38	186	657	-471
  30	Georgia	1	2022	-	4	6	2	0	4	79	74	+5
  31	Argentina	2	2015	-	4	10	2	0	8	85	154	-69
  32	Iran	2	1975	-	4	14	2	0	12	45	146	-101
  33	Egypt	2	1982	-	4	14	2	0	12	90	210	-120
  34	Great Britain	1	1973	-	3	7	1	1	5	21	50	-29
  35	North Macedonia	1	2009	-	2	5	1	0	4	41	51	-10
  36	Republic of Korea	1	2019	-	1	5	0	1	4	27	101	-74
  37	Columbia	1	1975	-	0	8	0	0	8	21	65	-44
  38	Israel	3	1973	-	0	21	0	0	21	48	209	-161

General Informations

• First edition : 1973
• Editions : 21 (including 2024)
• Official name : Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships
• Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_polo_at_the_World_Aquatics_Championships
• Organiser : Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)
• First winner : Hungary
• Most wins : Hungary, Italy (4)
• Most recent winner : Croatia