European Water Polo Championship

The European Water Polo Championship is a sport competition for national water polo teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), the governing European aquatics federation. There are both men's and women's competitions.

European Water Polo Championship
SportWater Polo
Founded1926
ContinentEurope (LEN)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Spain (men's, 1st title)
 Netherlands (women's, 6th title)
Most titles Hungary (men's, 13 titles)
 Netherlands (women's, 6 titles)

The first European Water Polo Championship was held in 1926 in Budapest, Hungary, with just a men's competition. The women for the first time competed in 1985 (Oslo, Norway) for the European title. The water polo tournament was part of the European Aquatics Championships up to and including 1997, and from 1999 the event was separated and got its own independent tournament.

Men's tournament

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Results

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MEN'S EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP
Year Host Gold Silver Bronze Number of teams
1926
Details
 
Budapest,
Hungary
 
Hungary
 
Sweden
 
Germany
4
1927
Details
 
Bologna,
Italy
 
Hungary
 
France
 
Belgium
12
1931
Details
 
Paris,
France
 
Hungary
 
Germany
 
Austria
7
1934
Details
 
Magdeburg,
Germany
 
Hungary
 
Germany
 
Belgium
10
1938
Details
 
London,
Great Britain
 
Hungary
 
Germany
 
Netherlands
7
1947
Details
 
Monte Carlo,
Monaco
 
Italy
 
Sweden
 
Belgium
10
1950
Details
 
Vienna,
Austria
 
Netherlands
 
Sweden
 
Yugoslavia
7
1954
Details
 
Turin,
Italy
 
Hungary
 
Yugoslavia
 
Italy
12
1958
Details
 
Budapest,
Hungary
 
Hungary
 
Yugoslavia
 
Soviet Union
14
1962
Details
 
Leipzig,
East Germany
 
Hungary
 
Soviet Union
 
Yugoslavia
11
1966
Details
 
Utrecht,
Netherlands
 
Soviet Union
 
East Germany
 
Yugoslavia
17
1970
Details
 
Barcelona,
Spain
 
Soviet Union
 
Hungary
 
Yugoslavia
15
1974
Details
 
Vienna,
Austria
 
Hungary
 
Soviet Union
 
Yugoslavia
8
1977
Details
 
Jönköping,
Sweden
 
Hungary
 
Yugoslavia
 
Italy
8
1981
Details
 
Split,
Yugoslavia
 
West Germany
 
Soviet Union
 
Hungary
8
1983
Details
 
Rome,
Italy
 
Soviet Union
 
Hungary
 
Spain
8
1985
Details
 
Sofia,
Bulgaria
 
Soviet Union
 
Yugoslavia
 
West Germany
8
1987
Details
 
Strasbourg,
France
 
Soviet Union
 
Yugoslavia
 
Italy
8
1989
Details
 
Bonn,
West Germany
 
West Germany
 
Yugoslavia
 
Italy
16
1991
Details
 
Athens,
Greece
 
Yugoslavia
 
Spain
 
Soviet Union
16
1993
Details
 
Sheffield,
Great Britain
 
Italy
 
Hungary
 
Spain
12
1995
Details
 
Vienna,
Austria
 
Italy
 
Hungary
 
Germany
12
1997
Details
 
Seville,
Spain
 
Hungary
 
Yugoslavia
 
Russia
12
1999
Details
 
Florence,
Italy
 
Hungary
 
Croatia
 
Italy
12
2001
Details
 
Budapest,
Hungary
 
Yugoslavia
 
Italy
 
Hungary
12
2003
Details
 
Kranj,
Slovenia
 
Serbia and Montenegro
 
Croatia
 
Hungary
12
2006
Details
 
Belgrade,
Serbia
 
Serbia
 
Hungary
 
Spain
12
2008
Details
 
Málaga,
Spain
 
Montenegro
 
Serbia
 
Hungary
12
2010
Details
 
Zagreb,
Croatia
 
Croatia
 
Italy
 
Serbia
12
2012
Details
 
Eindhoven,
Netherlands
 
Serbia
 
Montenegro
 
Hungary
12
2014
Details
 
Budapest,
Hungary
 
Serbia
 
Hungary
 
Italy
12
2016
Details
 
Belgrade,
Serbia
 
Serbia
 
Montenegro
 
Hungary
16
2018
Details
 
Barcelona,
Spain
 
Serbia
 
Spain
 
Croatia
16
2020
Details
 
Budapest,
Hungary
 
Hungary
 
Spain
 
Montenegro
16
2022
Details
 
Split,
Croatia
 
Croatia
 
Hungary
 
Spain
16
2024
Details
 
Dubrovnik and Zagreb,
Croatia
 
Spain
 
Croatia
 
Italy
16
2026
Details
 
Belgrade,
Serbia

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Hungary137626
2  Soviet Union53210
3  Serbia5117
4  Italy32712
5  Croatia2316
6  Yugoslavia /
  Serbia and Montenegro
2103
7  West Germany2013
8  Yugoslavia17412
9  Spain1348
10  Montenegro1214
11  Netherlands1012
12  Germany0325
13  Sweden0303
14  East Germany0101
  France0101
16  Belgium0033
17  Austria0011
  Russia0011
Totals (18 entries)363735108

Participation details

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Team 1926
 
(4)
1927
 
(12)
1931
 
(7)
1934
 
(10)
1938
 
(7)
1947
 
(10)
1950
 
(7)
1954
 
(12)
1958
 
(14)
1962
 
(11)
1966
 
(17)
1970
 
(15)
1974
 
(8)
1977
 
(8)
1981
 
(8)
1983
 
(8)
1985
 
(8)
1987
 
(8)
1989
 
(16)
1991
 
(16)
1993
 
(12)
1995
 
(12)
1997
 
(12)
1999
 
(12)
2001
 
(12)
2003
 
(12)
2006
 
(12)
2008
 
(12)
2010
 
(12)
2012
 
(12)
2014
 
(12)
2016
 
(16)
2018
 
(16)
2020
 
(16)
2022
 
(16)
2024
 
(16)
Years
  Austria 6th 3rd 10th 5th 12th 11th 14th 14th 12th 9
  Belgium 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 11th 10th 7th 10th 12th 11
  Bulgaria 14th 11th 8th 10th 13th 8th 11th 7
  Croatia Part of   Yugoslavia 5th 4th 4th 2nd 4th 2nd 7th 4th 1st 9th 5th 7th 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 16
  Czechoslovakia 7th 5th 8th 9th 14th 7th 10th Defunct 7
  Denmark 16th 1
  Finland 13th 1
  France 2nd 6th 6th 6th 7th 6th 9th 8th 13th 11th 12th 11th 12th 10th 9th 12th 13th 6th 9th 19
  Georgia Part of   Soviet Union 12th 14th 13th 10th 8th 10th 6
  Germany
  West Germany
3rd 5th 2nd 2nd 2nd 6th 7th 7th 7th 8th 6th 1st 5th 3rd 4th 1st 7th 9th 3rd 10th 8th 9th 6th 8th 6th 6th 5th 9th 11th 9th 9th 13th 12th 33
  East Germany Part of   Germany 5th 4th 2nd Defunct 3
  Great Britain 8th 7th 6th 8th 13th 10th 17th 15th 14th 12th 10
  Greece 10th 8th 11th 6th 7th 9th 7th 4th 7th 8th 6th 11th 9th 6th 6th 4th 5th 7th 5th 5th 20
  Hungary 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 5th 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 5th 5th 9th 5th 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 8th 1st 2nd 4th 35
  Ireland 15th 15th 2
  Israel 12th 16th 2
  Italy 12th 10th 5th 1st 4th 3rd 4th 8th 4th 4th 5th 3rd 6th 7th 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 1st 1st 6th 3rd 2nd 9th 5th 5th 2nd 4th 3rd 6th 4th 6th 4th 3rd 34
  Malta 15th 16th 16th 14th 15th 5
  Montenegro Part of   Yugoslavia Part of   SCG / FR Yugoslavia [N 1] 1st 5th 2nd 4th 2nd 6th 3rd 7th 6th 9
  Netherlands 11th 9th 3rd 5th 1st 4th 6th 6th 8th 5th 4th 5th 8th 6th 7th 8th 9th 8th 10th 9th 12th 10th 11th 10th 10th 12th 10th 15th 11th 11th 30
  North Macedonia Part of   Yugoslavia 8th 12th 11th 3
  Poland 9th 11th 13th 12th 4
  Romania 10th 5th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 8th 7th 5th 8th 4th 11th 9th 11th 10th 4th 9th 7th 8th 8th 10th 11th 11th 10th 8th 26
  Russia Part of   Soviet Union 6th 6th 3rd 5th 5th 4th 9th 10th 11th 11th 8th 7th 8th DQ DQ 13
  Serbia Part of   Yugoslavia Part of   SCG / FRY 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 5th 9th 7th 10
  SCG / FRY Part of   Yugoslavia 2nd 7th 1st 1st Defunct 4
  Slovakia Part of   Czechoslovakia 10th 8th 10th 8th 7th 11th 12th 13th 14th 14th 15th 13th 12
  Slovenia Part of   Yugoslavia 11th 12th 12th 16th 14th 5
  Soviet Union 5th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 4th 3rd Defunct 13
  Spain 10th 7th 7th 12th 12th 8th 7th 8th 5th 3rd 6th 6th 6th 2nd 3rd 5th 5th 6th 6th 5th 3rd 7th 8th 7th 7th 5th 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 30
  Sweden 2nd 4th 7th 4th 2nd 2nd 9th 9th 9th 16th 10
   Switzerland 7th 1
  Turkey 16th 15th 10th 12th 16th 15th 12th 7
  Ukraine Part of   Soviet Union 11th 7th 11th 3
  Yugoslavia 9th 5th 8th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st Defunct 17

Notes

  1. ^ Won European B Waterpolo Championship

Most successful players

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Boldface denotes active water polo players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Multiple gold medalists

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Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Filip Filipović   Serbia and Montenegro
  Serbia
2003 2018 6 1 1 8
2 Slobodan Nikić   Serbia and Montenegro
  Serbia
2003 2016 5 1 1 7
Duško Pijetlović   Serbia 2006 2018 5 1 1 7
Andrija Prlainović   Serbia 2006 2018 5 1 1 7
5 Živko Gocić   Serbia and Montenegro
  Serbia
2003 2016 5 1 6
6 Milan Aleksić   Serbia 2010 2018 4 1 5
Stefan Mitrović   Serbia 2010 2018 4 1 5
8 Miloš Ćuk   Serbia 2012 2018 4 4
Márton Homonnai   Hungary 1926 1934 4 4
Alajos Keserű   Hungary 1926 1934 4 4
Branislav Mitrović   Serbia 2012 2018 4 4
József Vértesy   Hungary 1926 1934 4 4

Multiple medalists

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The table shows players who have won at least 6 medals in total at the European Championships.

Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Filip Filipović   Serbia and Montenegro
  Serbia
2003 2018 6 1 1 8
2 Tamás Kásás   Hungary 1995 2012 2 2 4 8
3 Slobodan Nikić   Serbia and Montenegro
  Serbia
2003 2016 5 1 1 7
Duško Pijetlović   Serbia 2006 2018 5 1 1 7
Andrija Prlainović   Serbia 2006 2018 5 1 1 7
6 Rajmund Fodor   Hungary 1993 2006 2 3 2 7
7 Gergely Kiss   Hungary 1997 2012 2 1 4 7
8 Živko Gocić   Serbia and Montenegro
  Serbia
2003 2016 5 1 6
9 Tamás Molnár   Hungary 1997 2008 2 1 3 6
10 Tibor Benedek   Hungary 1993 2008 1 2 3 6
Norbert Hosnyánszky   Hungary 2006 2020 1 2 3 6
Dénes Varga   Hungary 2006 2020 1 2 3 6
13 Péter Biros   Hungary 1999 2012 1 1 4 6

Women's tournament

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Results

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WOMEN'S EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP
Year Host Gold Silver Bronze Number of teams
1985
Details
 
Oslo,
Norway
 
Netherlands
 
Hungary
 
West Germany
8
1987
Details
 
Strasbourg,
France
 
Netherlands
 
Hungary
 
France
7
1989
Details
 
Bonn,
West Germany
 
Netherlands
 
Hungary
 
France
9
1991
Details
 
Athens,
Greece
 
Hungary
 
Netherlands
 
Italy
8
1993
Details
 
Leeds,
Great Britain
 
Netherlands
 
Russia
 
Hungary
12
1995
Details
 
Vienna,
Austria
 
Italy
 
Hungary
 
Netherlands
12
1997
Details
 
Sevilla,
Spain
 
Italy
 
Russia
 
Netherlands
12
1999
Details
 
Prato,
Italy
 
Italy
 
Netherlands
 
Russia
8
2001
Details
 
Budapest,
Hungary
 
Hungary
 
Italy
 
Russia
8
2003
Details
 
Ljubljana,
Slovenia
 
Italy
 
Hungary
 
Russia
8
2006
Details
 
Belgrade,
Serbia
 
Russia
 
Italy
 
Hungary
8
2008
Details
 
Málaga,
Spain
 
Russia
 
Spain
 
Hungary
8
2010
Details
 
Zagreb,
Croatia
 
Russia
 
Greece
 
Netherlands
8
2012
Details
 
Eindhoven,
Netherlands
 
Italy
 
Greece
 
Hungary
8
2014
Details
 
Budapest,
Hungary
 
Spain
 
Netherlands
 
Hungary
8
2016
Details
 
Belgrade,
Serbia
 
Hungary
 
Netherlands
 
Italy
12
2018
Details
 
Barcelona,
Spain
 
Netherlands
 
Greece
 
Spain
12
2020
Details
 
Budapest,
Hungary
 
Spain
 
Russia
 
Hungary
12
2022
Details
 
Split,
Croatia
 
Spain
 
Greece
 
Italy
12
2024
Details
 
Eindhoven,
Netherlands
 
Netherlands
 
Spain
 
Greece
16
2026
Details
 
Belgrade,
Serbia

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Netherlands64313
2  Italy52310
3  Hungary35614
4  Russia3339
5  Spain3216
6  Greece0415
7  France0022
8  West Germany0011
Totals (8 entries)20202060

Participation details

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Team 1985
 
(8)
1987
 
(7)
1989
 
(9)
1991
 
(8)
1993
 
(12)
1995
 
(12)
1997
 
(12)
1999
 
(8)
2001
 
(8)
2003
 
(8)
2006
 
(8)
2008
 
(8)
2010
 
(8)
2012
 
(8)
2014
 
(8)
2016
 
(12)
2018
 
(12)
2020
 
(12)
2022
 
(12)
2024
 
(16)
Years
  Belgium 5th 6th 9th 3
  Bulgaria 16th 1
  Croatia Part of   Yugoslavia 8th 11th 11th 10th 8th 8th 6
  Czech Republic Part of   Czechoslovakia 11th 10th 12th 12th 4
  France 7th 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 5th 8th 8th 8th 8th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 6th 16
  Germany
  West Germany
3rd 4th 5th 6th 6th 7th 6th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 8th 8th 8th 11th 10th 11th 19
  Great Britain 6th 7th 8th 8th 8th 10th 7th 8th 7th 9
  Greece 7th 7th 7th 4th 7th 5th 4th 5th 6th 6th 2nd 2nd 6th 5th 2nd 6th 2nd 3rd 18
  Hungary 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 5th 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 5th 3rd 3rd 1st 4th 3rd 5th 5th 20
  Israel 10th 9th 6th 9th 4
  Italy 4th 3rd 4th 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 4th 1st 4th 3rd 6th 5th 3rd 4th 18
  Netherlands 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 5th 4th 5th 5th 3rd 6th 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 4th 1st 20
  Norway 4th 5th 6th 3
  Portugal 11th 11th 10th 3
  Romania 11th 14th 2
  Russia Part of   Soviet Union 2nd 6th 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 4th 5th 6th 5th 2nd DQ DQ 14
  Serbia Part of   Yugoslavia Part of   SCG / FRY 8th 9th 9th 12th 9th 10th 6
  SCG / FRY Part of   Yugoslavia 9th Defunct 1
  Slovakia Part of   Czechoslovakia 12th 8th 12th 15th 4
  Slovenia Part of   Yugoslavia 8th 1
  Soviet Union 5th Defunct 1
  Spain 9th 9th 4th 6th 6th 6th 4th 2nd 6th 5th 1st 4th 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 16
  Sweden 8th 8th 2
   Switzerland 10th 12th 2
  Turkey 12th 12th 13th 3

Most successful players

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Boldface denotes active water polo players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Multiple gold medalists

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Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Martina Miceli   Italy 1991 2006 4 2 1 7
2 Maddalena Musumeci   Italy 1995 2006 4 2 6
3 Carmela Allucci   Italy 1991 2003 4 1 1 6
Francesca Conti   Italy 1991 2003 4 1 1 6
Giusi Malato   Italy 1991 2003 4 1 1 6
Hedda Verdam   Netherlands 1985 1995 4 1 1 6
7 Melania Grego   Italy 1995 2003 4 1 5
8 Tania Di Mario   Italy 1999 2016 3 2 1 6
Laura Ester   Spain 2008 2024 3 2 1 6
Maica García   Spain 2008 2024 3 2 1 6
Pili Peña   Spain 2008 2024 3 2 1 6

Multiple medalists

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The table shows players who have won at least 6 medals in total at the European Championships.

Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Mercédesz Stieber   Hungary 1989 2008 2 3 3 8
2 Martina Miceli   Italy 1991 2006 4 2 1 7
3 Sofia Konukh   Russia 1997 2010 3 1 3 7
4 Maddalena Musumeci   Italy 1995 2006 4 2 6
5 Carmela Allucci   Italy 1991 2003 4 1 1 6
Francesca Conti   Italy 1991 2003 4 1 1 6
Giusi Malato   Italy 1991 2003 4 1 1 6
Hedda Verdam   Netherlands 1985 1995 4 1 1 6
9 Tania Di Mario   Italy 1999 2016 3 2 1 6
Laura Ester   Spain 2008 2024 3 2 1 6
Maica García   Spain 2008 2024 3 2 1 6
Pili Peña   Spain 2008 2024 3 2 1 6
13 Elena Smurova   Russia 1997 2008 2 1 3 6

Combined medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Hungary16121240
2  Italy841022
3  Netherlands74415
4  Soviet Union53210
5  Serbia5117
6  Spain45514
7  Russia33410
8  Croatia2316
9  Yugoslavia /
  Serbia and Montenegro
2103
10  West Germany2024
11  Yugoslavia17412
12  Montenegro1214
13  Greece0415
14  Germany0325
15  Sweden0303
16  France0123
17  East Germany0101
18  Belgium0033
19  Austria0011
Totals (19 entries)565755168

See also

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Sources

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  • Juba, Kelvin (June 2020). "2020 LEN European Water Polo Championships (past and present results)" (PDF). len.eu. LEN. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

Results

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