FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships

FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships is an international water polo tournament held every two years for the players under the age of 20. It was launched by FINA in 1981 for men and in 1995 for women .[1]

FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships
SportWater Polo
Founded1981
Continentall (International)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Greece (Men)
 Russia (Women)
Most titles Spain,  Italy,  Greece (Men)
 United States (Women)

The 2009 championships were played with U18 teams each, but in 2011 the FINA switched to U20 teams again.

Men's tournament

History
Year Host Gold Silver Bronze
1981 Milan,
Italy
Soviet Union
Cuba
Hungary
1983 Barcelona,
Spain
Spain
Yugoslavia
Cuba
1985 Istanbul,
Turkey
Soviet Union
Hungary
Yugoslavia
1987 Sao Paulo,
Brazil
Spain
Yugoslavia
Italy
1989 Narbonne,
France
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
East Germany
1991 Irvine,
United States
Spain
Cuba
Hungary
1993 Cairo,
Egypt
Italy
Spain
Hungary
1995 Dunkirk,
France
Hungary
Greece
Slovakia
1997 Havana,
Cuba
Croatia
Hungary
Greece
1999 Kuwait City,
Kuwait
Italy
Australia
FR Yugoslavia
2001 Istanbul,
Turkey
Greece
Croatia
Hungary
2003 Naples,
Italy
Serbia and Montenegro
Hungary
Italy
2005 Mar del Plata,
Argentina
Serbia and Montenegro
Croatia
Spain
2007 Long Beach,
United States
Hungary
Italy
Croatia
2009 Šibenik,
Croatia
Croatia
Greece
Serbia
2011 Volos,
Greece
Serbia
Spain
Greece
2013 Szombathely,
Hungary
Italy
Croatia
Serbia
2015 Almaty,
Kazakhstan
Serbia
Italy
Hungary
2017 Belgrade,
Serbia
Greece
Croatia
Serbia
2019 Kuwait,
Kuwait
Greece
Serbia
Italy

Women's tournament

History
Year Host Gold Silver Bronze
1995 Sainte-Foy, Quebec,
Canada
Netherlands
Australia
United States
1997 Prague,
Czech Republic
Greece
Australia
United States
1999 Messina,
Italy
Australia
Canada
Hungary
2001 Perth,
Australia
United States
Australia
Russia
2003 Calgary,
Canada
Canada
United States
Spain
2005 Perth,
Australia
United States
Russia
Australia
2007 Porto,
Portugal
Australia
China
Hungary
2009 Khanty-Mansiysk,
Russia
Russia
Netherlands
United States
2011 Trieste,
Italy
Spain
Hungary
Australia
2013 Volos,
Greece
United States
Spain
Greece
2015 Volos,
Greece
United States
Spain
Russia
2017 Volos,
Greece
Russia
Greece
Netherlands
2019 Funchal,
Portugal
Russia
Netherlands
Italy

References
  1. History of Championship in FINA web site Archived 2011-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
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