Water Polo - Women's World Championships - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1986

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  United States	8	2003	2024
  Italy	2	1998	2001
  Greece	2	2011	2025
  Hungary	2	1994	2005
  Netherlands	2	1991	2023
  Australia	1	1986	1986
  Spain	1	2013	2013

• Winners and finalists since 1986

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  United States	8	1
  Hungary	2	4
  Netherlands	2	4
  Italy	2	1
  Greece	2	0
  Spain	1	3
  Australia	1	2
  Canada		2
  China		1
  Russia

• Various statistics since 1986
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	Australia	18
  2	Hungary	18
  3	Netherlands	18
  4	United States	18
  5	Canada	17
  6	Italy	16
  7	New Zealand	16
  8	Greece	15
  9	Brazil	14
  10	Kazakhstan	14

  Number of matches

  1	Netherlands	118
  2	Australia	114
  3	Canada	113
  4	United States	111
  5	Hungary	109
  6	Italy	97
  7	Greece	95
  8	New Zealand	84
  9	Spain	83
  10	Russia	81

  Games per appearance

  1	West Germany	7
  2	Russia	6.8
  3	Canada	6.6
  4	Netherlands	6.6
  5	Australia	6.3
  6	Germany	6.3
  7	Greece	6.3
  8	United States	6.2
  9	Hungary	6.1
  10	Italy	6.1

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  Wins

  1	United States	84
  2	Netherlands	77
  3	Hungary	76
  4	Australia	75
  5	Canada	65
  6	Italy	64
  7	Russia	51
  8	Greece	50
  9	Spain	47
  10	China	24

  Number of wins in games played

  1	United States	76 %
  2	Hungary	70 %
  3	Australia	66 %
  4	Italy	66 %
  5	Netherlands	65 %
  6	Russia	63 %
  7	Canada	58 %
  8	Spain	57 %
  9	Greece	53 %
  10	China	42 %

  Drawn matches

  1	Italy	7
  2	Netherlands	7
  3	United States	6
  4	Canada	5
  5	Russia	5
  6	Brazil	4
  7	Greece	4
  8	Spain	4
  9	Australia	3
  10	Cuba	3

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  Losses

  1	New Zealand	66
  2	Kazakhstan	57
  3	Brazil	55
  4	Canada	43
  5	Greece	41
  6	South Africa	38
  7	Australia	36
  8	Netherlands	34
  9	Spain	32
  10	China	31

  Number of losses in games played

  1	Colombia	100 %
  2	Puerto Rico	100 %
  3	Republic of Korea	100 %
  4	Singapore	100 %
  5	Uzbekistan	94 %
  6	Argentina	91 %
  7	Great Britain	90 %
  8	South Africa	84 %
  9	Belgium	80 %
  10	Thailand	80 %

  Number of ties in games played

  1	Cuba	14 %
  2	Venezuela	10 %
  3	Germany	8 %
  4	Italy	7 %
  5	Netherlands	6 %
  6	Russia	6 %
  7	Brazil	5 %
  8	Spain	5 %
  9	United States	5 %
  10	Canada	4 %

• All time table since 1986

  (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	United States	18	1986	1st	174	111	84	6	21	1234	696	+538
  2	Netherlands	18	1986	1st	161	118	77	7	34	1316	821	+495
  3	Hungary	18	1986	1st	154	109	76	2	31	1297	845	+452
  4	Australia	18	1986	1st	153	114	75	3	36	1186	709	+477
  5	Italy	16	1994	1st	135	97	64	7	26	1080	700	+380
  6	Canada	17	1986	2nd	135	113	65	5	43	1104	841	+263
  7	Russia	12	1994	3rd	107	81	51	5	25	889	590	+299
  8	Greece	15	1998	1st	104	95	50	4	41	945	765	+180
  9	Spain	14	1998	1st	98	83	47	4	32	924	661	+263
  10	China	11	2005	2nd	50	57	24	2	31	586	600	-14
  11	Brazil	14	1991	-	36	75	16	4	55	473	763	-290
  12	Kazakhstan	14	1994	-	36	76	17	2	57	502	990	-488
  13	New Zealand	16	1991	-	34	84	16	2	66	639	1053	-414
  14	Germany	6	1991	-	27	38	12	3	23	299	359	-60
  15	France	9	1991	-	24	43	12	0	31	330	526	-196
  16	Japan	7	2001	-	19	34	9	1	24	297	363	-66
  17	Cuba	4	2005	-	13	22	5	3	14	166	276	-110
  18	South Africa	10	2009	-	13	45	6	1	38	239	752	-513
  19	Venezuela	2	2003	-	5	10	2	1	7	46	123	-77
  20	Norway	1	1986	-	4	5	2	0	3	40	54	-14
  21	Israel	1	2023	-	4	6	2	0	4	59	91	-32
  22	West Germany	1	1986	6th	4	7	2	0	5	44	85	-41
  23	Great Britain	5	1986	-	4	20	2	0	18	125	260	-135
  24	Belgium	1	1986	-	2	5	1	0	4	34	64	-30
  25	Thailand	1	2022	-	2	5	1	0	4	30	100	-70
  26	Argentina	3	2022	-	2	11	1	0	10	66	197	-131
  27	Uzbekistan	4	2005	-	2	18	1	0	17	90	328	-238
  28	Puerto Rico	1	2007	-	0	5	0	0	5	20	75	-55
  29	Colombia	1	2022	-	0	5	0	0	5	28	112	-84
  30	Singapore	2	2024	-	0	5	0	0	5	15	139	-124
  31	Republic of Korea	1	2019	-	0	5	0	0	5	6	171	-165

General Informations

• First edition : 1986
• Editions : 18 (including 2025)
• 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 : Australia
• Most wins : United States (8)
• Most recent winner : Greece