Template:World Aquatics Championships men's water polo tournament statistics – finishes in top four
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The following table is pre-sorted by total finishes in the top four (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively.
- Legend
- * – Host team
- † – Defunct team
| Rk | Men's team[1] | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hungary |
14 | 4 (1973, 2003, 2013, 2023) | 7 (1975, 1978, 1982, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2017*) | 1 (1991) | 2 (2011, 2019) | 1973 | 2023 |
| 2 |  Italy |
13 | 4 (1978, 1994*, 2011, 2019) | 4 (1986, 2003, 2022, 2024) | 1 (1975) | 4 (1973, 2001, 2013, 2015) | 1973 | 2024 |
| 3 |  Croatia |
11 | 3 (2007, 2017, 2024) | 1 (2015) | 4 (2009, 2011, 2013, 2019) | 3 (1994, 2005, 2022) | 1994 | 2024 |
| 4 |  Spain |
10 | 3 (1998, 2001, 2022) | 4 (1991, 1994, 2009, 2019) | 2 (2007, 2023, 2024) | 1991 | 2024 | |
| 5 |  Serbia |
6 | 2 (2009, 2015) | 1 (2011) | 1 (2017) | 2 (2007, 2023) | 2007 | 2023 |
| 6 |  Greece |
6 | 1 (2023) | 3 (2005, 2015, 2022) | 2 (2003, 2017) | 2003 | 2023 | |
| 7 |  Soviet Union† |
5 | 2 (1975, 1982) | 1 (1973) | 1 (1986) | 1 (1978) | 1973 | 1986 |
| 8 |  Yugoslavia† |
4 | 2 (1986, 1991) | 2 (1973*, 1978) | 1973 | 1991 | ||
| 9 |  Yugoslavia†[a] / Serbia and Montenegro† |
4 | 1 (2005) | 1 (2001) | 2 (1998, 2003) | 1998 | 2005 | |
| 10 |  United States |
3 | 3 (1986, 1991, 2009) | 1986 | 2009 | |||
| 11 |  Russia |
2 | 2 (1994, 2001) | 1994 | 2001 | |||
| 12 |  Montenegro |
1 | 1 (2013) | 2013 | 2013 | |||
| 13 |  West Germany† |
1 | 1 (1982) | 1982 | 1982 | |||
| 14 |  Australia |
1 | 1 (1998*) | 1998 | 1998 | |||
 Cuba |
1 (1975) | 1975 | 1975 | |||||
 France |
1 (2024) | 2024 | 2024 | |||||
 Netherlands |
1 (1982) | 1982 | 1982 | |||||
| Rk | Men's team | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last |
See also edit
- Template:World Aquatics Championships men's water polo tournament statistics – best performances of confederations
- Template:World Aquatics Championships men's water polo tournament statistics – participating teams
- Template:World Aquatics Championships men's water polo tournament statistics – medal table
- Template:World Aquatics Championships men's water polo tournament statistics – champions (results)
- Template:Men's Olympic water polo tournament statistics – Olympic and world champions (teams)
- Template:World Aquatics Championships men's water polo tournament statistics – multiple medalists
- Template:World Aquatics Championships men's water polo tournament statistics – multiple gold medalists
- Template:Men's Olympic water polo tournament statistics – Olympic and world champions (players)
- Template:Men's Olympic water polo tournament statistics – Olympic and world champions (coaches)
- Template:World Aquatics Championships water polo tournament statistics – sources
Notes edit
- ^ After the breakup of Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team participated at the 1998 and 2001 World Aquatics Championships.
References edit
- ^ "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.