Underwater Rugby World Championships

The Underwater Rugby World Championships is the peak international event for the underwater sport of underwater rugby. The event is conducted on behalf of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) by an affiliated national federation. The championships was first held in 1980.

Championships
Year Date Championship Location event [1] Men Teams Women Teams Nations Gold (M) [2] Silver (M) [3] Bronze (M) [4] Gold (W) [5] Silver (W) [6] Bronze (W) [7]
1980 Jan. 1 - 2 1st World Championships Mülheim, Germany 7 Not held 7 DEN GER SWE Not held Not held Not held
1983 May 12 - 14 2nd World Championships Malmö, Sweden 6 Not held 6 DEN GER SWE Not held Not held Not held
1987 May 28 - 30 3rd World Championships Zürich, Switzerland 7 Not held 7 SWE DEN GER Not held Not held Not held
1991 May 8 - 11 4th World Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 9 6 9 SWE NOR GER SWE NOR GER
1995 Apr. 11 - 15 5th World Championships Cali, Colombia 10 7 10 SWE DEN NOR NOR GER SWE
1999 May 25 - 30 6th World Championships Essen, Germany 8 5 8 SWE DEN GER SWE NOR GER
2003 May 27 - 31 7th World Championships Fredericia, Denmark 11 7 11 SWE NOR FIN GER SWE COL
2007 Jul. 31 - Aug. 4 8th World Championships Bari, Italy 13 9 13 FIN SWE NOR GER SWE NOR
2011 Aug. 15 - 21 9th World Championships Helsinki, Finland 14 7 14 NOR[8] GER SWE NOR SWE GER
2015 Jul. 26 - Aug. 1 10th World Championships Cali, Colombia 12[9] 9 13 NOR GER COL GER NOR COL
2019 Jul. 25 - Aug. 3 11th World Championships Graz, Austria 17[10] 14[11] 18 COL NOR GER NOR GER COL

As of 2017, the next world championship is proposed to be held at a venue within Graz in Austria in 2019 from 25 July to 3 August.[12]

References
  1. "Championships Archive". CMAS. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. "WC Results - Men". World of UW-Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. "WC Results - Men". World of UW-Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  4. "WC Results - Men". World of UW-Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  5. "WC Results - Women". World of UW-Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  6. "WC Results - Men". World of UW-Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  7. "WC Results - Men". World of UW-Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  8. "Two Norwegian World Cup gold in underwater rugby". Allvoices, Inc. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  9. "10th CMAS Underwater Rugby World Championship- Santiago De Cali, Colombia". CMAS. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  10. "UWR WC Graz 2019". UWR WC Graz 2019 (in French). Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  11. "UWR WC Graz 2019". UWR WC Graz 2019 (in French). Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  12. "the next Underwater Rugby World Championship". CMAS. Retrieved 3 December 2017.


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