Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1981

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  Hungary U-20	3	1995	2023
  Italy U-20	3	1993	2013
  Serbia U-20	3	2011	2021
  Spain U-20	3	1983	1991
  Greece U-20	3	2001	2019
  Croatia U-20	2	1997	2009
  Soviet Union U-20	2	1981	1985
  Serbia and Montenegro U-20	2	2003	2005
  Yugoslavia U-20	1	1989	1989

• Winners and finalists since 1981

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  Hungary U-20	3	3
  Italy U-20	3	3
  Serbia U-20	3	2
  Greece U-20	3	2
  Spain U-20	3	2
  Croatia U-20	2	4
  Soviet Union U-20	2	1
  Serbia and Montenegro U-20	2	0
  Yugoslavia U-20	1	2
  Cuba U-20		2
  Australia U-20		1
  United States U-20
  Slovakia U-20
  Montenegro U-20
  East Germany U-20

• Various statistics since 2011
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	Croatia U-20	7
  2	Hungary U-20	7
  3	Italy U-20	7
  4	Serbia U-20	7
  5	South Africa U-20	7
  6	Spain U-20	7
  7	Australia U-20	6
  8	Greece U-20	6
  9	Montenegro U-20	6
  10	United States U-20	6

  Number of matches

  1	Spain U-20	43
  2	Italy U-20	43
  3	Hungary U-20	42
  4	Serbia U-20	42
  5	Croatia U-20	41
  6	United States U-20	38
  7	Montenegro U-20	37
  8	South Africa U-20	36
  9	Australia U-20	36
  10	Greece U-20	36

  Games per appearance

  1	France U-20	7
  2	Russia U-20	6.8
  3	China U-20	6.7
  4	Kuwait U-20	6.5
  5	Puerto Rico U-20	6.5
  6	Canada U-20	6.4
  7	Egypt U-20	6.4
  8	Uzbekistan U-20	6.4
  9	United States U-20	6.3
  10	Montenegro U-20	6.2

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  Wins

  1	Serbia U-20	37
  2	Italy U-20	32
  3	Croatia U-20	31
  4	Spain U-20	30
  5	Hungary U-20	28
  6	Greece U-20	25
  7	Montenegro U-20	23
  8	United States U-20	22
  9	Australia U-20	19
  10	Russia U-20	13

  Number of wins in games played

  1	Serbia U-20	88 %
  2	Croatia U-20	76 %
  3	Italy U-20	74 %
  4	Spain U-20	70 %
  5	Greece U-20	69 %
  6	Germany U-20	67 %
  7	Hungary U-20	67 %
  8	Montenegro U-20	62 %
  9	United States U-20	58 %
  10	Australia U-20	53 %

  Drawn matches

  1	Greece U-20	3
  2	Italy U-20	3
  3	Russia U-20	3
  4	Spain U-20	2
  5	Australia U-20	1
  6	Hungary U-20	1
  7	Iran U-20	1
  8	Kazakhstan U-20	1
  9	Mexico U-20	1
  10	Montenegro U-20	1

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  Losses

  1	South Africa U-20	31
  2	Uzbekistan U-20	28
  3	Egypt U-20	21
  4	Canada U-20	20
  5	Iran U-20	18
  6	Australia U-20	16
  7	Brazil U-20	16
  8	United States U-20	16
  9	Japan U-20	15
  10	China U-20	14

  Number of losses in games played

  1	Colombia U-20	100 %
  2	Kuwait U-20	100 %
  3	Uzbekistan U-20	88 %
  4	South Africa U-20	86 %
  5	Czech Republic U-20	83 %
  6	New Zealand U-20	79 %
  7	Puerto Rico U-20	77 %
  8	Mexico U-20	75 %
  9	China U-20	70 %
  10	Iran U-20	69 %

  Number of ties in games played

  1	Russia U-20	11 %
  2	Greece U-20	8 %
  3	Mexico U-20	8 %
  4	Italy U-20	7 %
  5	Netherlands U-20	7 %
  6	Spain U-20	5 %
  7	Iran U-20	4 %
  8	Kazakhstan U-20	4 %
  9	Australia U-20	3 %
  10	Montenegro U-20	3 %

• All time table since 2011

  (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	Serbia U-20	7	2011	1st	75	42	37	1	4	592	257	+335
  2	Italy U-20	7	2011	1st	67	43	32	3	8	617	329	+288
  3	Croatia U-20	7	2011	2nd	62	41	31	0	10	515	305	+210
  4	Spain U-20	7	2011	2nd	62	43	30	2	11	552	345	+207
  5	Hungary U-20	7	2011	1st	57	42	28	1	13	619	334	+285
  6	Greece U-20	6	2011	1st	53	36	25	3	8	481	283	+198
  7	Montenegro U-20	6	2011	3rd	47	37	23	1	13	504	360	+144
  8	United States U-20	6	2011	-	44	38	22	0	16	448	341	+107
  9	Australia U-20	6	2011	4th	39	36	19	1	16	372	312	+60
  10	Russia U-20	4	2013	-	29	27	13	3	11	357	241	+116
  11	Japan U-20	5	2013	-	24	27	12	0	15	364	347	+17
  12	Canada U-20	5	2011	-	24	32	12	0	20	283	416	-133
  13	Brazil U-20	5	2011	-	22	27	11	0	16	273	276	-3
  14	Egypt U-20	5	2011	-	22	32	11	0	21	274	386	-112
  15	Kazakhstan U-20	4	2011	-	19	24	9	1	14	219	316	-97
  16	Iran U-20	5	2011	-	15	26	7	1	18	199	357	-158
  17	Netherlands U-20	3	2015	-	13	14	6	1	7	152	159	-7
  18	Argentina U-20	3	2017	-	12	13	6	0	7	125	156	-31
  19	China U-20	3	2015	-	12	20	6	0	14	189	343	-154
  20	South Africa U-20	7	2011	-	9	36	4	1	31	258	606	-348
  21	Germany U-20	2	2021	-	8	6	4	0	2	65	44	+21
  22	Slovakia U-20	2	2013	-	8	11	4	0	7	98	116	-18
  23	Uzbekistan U-20	5	2011	-	8	32	4	0	28	282	654	-372
  24	France U-20	1	2011	-	6	7	3	0	4	67	61	+6
  25	New Zealand U-20	3	2017	-	6	14	3	0	11	93	162	-69
  26	Puerto Rico U-20	2	2011	-	6	13	3	0	10	83	176	-93
  27	Mexico U-20	2	2011	-	5	12	2	1	9	105	202	-97
  28	Czech Republic U-20	1	2021	-	2	6	1	0	5	35	93	-58
  29	Colombia U-20	1	2013	-	0	5	0	0	5	30	83	-53
  30	Kuwait U-20	2	2011	-	0	13	0	0	13	61	241	-180

General Informations

• First edition : 1981
• Editions : 22 (including 2023)
• Official name : FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships
• Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FINA_Junior_Water_Polo_World_Championships
• Organiser : Fédération internationale de natation (FINA)
• First winner : Soviet Union U-20
• Most wins : Hungary U-20, Italy U-20, Serbia U-20, Spain U-20, Greece U-20 (3)
• Most recent winner : Hungary U-20