FINA Youth Water Polo World Championships

FINA Youth Water Polo World Championships

Sport	Water Polo
Founded	2012
Continent	all (International)
Most recent champion(s)	Hungary (Men)  United States (Women)
Most titles	Hungary (2) (Men)  United States (2) (Women)

FINA Youth Water Polo World Championships is an international water polo tournament held every two years for the players under the age of 18. It was launched by FINA in 2012.^[1]

Ages

Euro: 19, 17, 15

World: 20, 18 , 16

LEN European U19 Water Polo Championship

LEN European U17 Water Polo Championship

LEN European U15 Water Polo Championship

FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships (U20)

FINA Youth Water Polo World Championships (U18)

FINA World U16 Water Polo Championships (U16)

Results

Men

1. 2012: ^[2]
2. 2014: ^[3]
3. 2016: ^[4]
4. 2018: ^[5]
5. 2022: ^[6]
6. 2024: ^[7]

Women

1. 2012: ^[8]
2. 2014: ^[9]
3. 2016: ^[10]
4. 2018: ^[11]
5. 2022: ^[12]
6. 2024:

Editions

Men

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012	Perth, Australia	Italy	Hungary	Serbia
2014	Istanbul, Turkey	Hungary	Spain	Russia
2016	Podgorica, Montenegro	Croatia	Montenegro	Hungary
2018	Szombathely, Hungary	Greece	Spain	Hungary
2022	Belgrade, Serbia	Hungary	Serbia	Spain
2024	Buenos Aires, Argentina

Women

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012	Perth, Australia	Greece	Hungary	Russia
2014	Madrid, Spain	United States	Canada	Hungary
2016	Auckland, New Zealand	Russia	Spain	Italy
2018	Belgrade, Serbia	Spain	Italy	Greece
2022	Belgrade, Serbia	United States	Greece	Hungary
2024	Chengdu, China

• 2020 FINA Men's Youth Water Polo World Championships in Volos, Greece was cancelled.

Medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	2	2	4	8
2	Greece	2	1	1	4
3	United States	2	0	0	2
4	Spain	1	3	1	5
5	Italy	1	1	1	3
6	Russia	1	0	2	3
7	Croatia	1	0	0	1
8	Serbia	0	1	1	2
9	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		10	10	10	30

U16

FINA World U16 Water Polo Championships

Men

1. 2020: ^[13]
2. 2022: ^[14]
3. 2024: ^[15]

Women

1. 2020: ^[16]
2. 2022: ^[17]
3. 2024: ^[18]

References

External links

• Fina archives
• https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2021-men-s-world-junior-championships-epr113991.html
• https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2021-women-s-world-junior-championships-epr113211.html
• https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2020-men-s-world-championships-u16-epr105260.html
• https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2020-women-s-world-championships-u16-epr105266.html
• https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2018-men-s-world-youth-championships-epr86181.html
• https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2018-women-s-world-youth-championships-epr86187.html