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The 1986 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organized by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. As of 2024, women's water polo teams from seven countries won all 17 tournaments. [1]
Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships is an international water polo tournament held every two years as part of the World Aquatics Championships. [1] The reigning champions are Croatia in men's and the United States in women's competition.
Fourteen female athletes won three or more gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships. They were all members of the United States women's national water polo team . Rachel Fattal , Maddie Musselman and Maggie Steffens are the only athletes (men or women) to win five gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.
The women's water polo tournament at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held from 4 to 16 February 2024 in Doha. This was the 17th time that the women's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1986. [1] The United States won their eighth overall title. [2]
The U.S. has been the dominant force in women’s water polo for more than a decade, winning gold medals in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympics (postponed a year due to COVID).
This article contains lists of those nations that have won a water polo world medal, referring to any of the men's and women's tournament at the Olympic Games, men's and women's tournament at the FINA World Aquatics Championships, men's and women's FINA Water Polo World Cup, and men's and women's FINA Water Polo World League.
The 2023 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 18th edition of the tournament. It ran from 11 April to 25 June 2023. [1] The Super final took place between 23 and 25 June 2023 in Long Beach, United States. [2] From this year on, the tournament was replacing the FINA Water Polo World League. [3]
Nine male athletes won five or more medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships. Aside from Brazilian-born Spanish player Felipe Perrone [ 3 ] (who won six medals), Serbian player Slobodan Nikić [ 2 ] and Spanish player Blai Mallarach [ 4 ] (who won five medals each), all others were members of the Croatia men's national water ...