European Water Polo Championship

International water polo tournament

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European Water Polo ChampionshipSport| Water polo

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Founded| 1926
Continent| Europe (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 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.

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
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Budapest,
Hungary |
Hungary |
Sweden |
Germany | 4
1927
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Bologna,
Italy |
Hungary |
France |
Belgium | 12
1931
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Paris,
France |
Hungary |
Germany |
Austria | 7
1934
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Magdeburg,
Germany |
Hungary |
Germany |
Belgium | 10
1938
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London,
Great Britain |
Hungary |
Germany |
Netherlands | 7
1947
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Monte Carlo,
Monaco |
Italy |
Sweden |
Belgium | 10
1950
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Vienna,
Austria |
Netherlands |
Sweden |
Yugoslavia | 7
1954
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Turin,
Italy |
Hungary |
Yugoslavia |
Italy | 12
1958
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Budapest,
Hungary |
Hungary |
Yugoslavia |
Soviet Union | 14
1962
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Leipzig,
East Germany |
Hungary |
Soviet Union

Yugoslavia | —  | 11
1966
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Utrecht,
Netherlands |
Soviet Union |
East Germany |
Yugoslavia | 17
1970
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Barcelona,
Spain |
Soviet Union |
Hungary |
Yugoslavia | 15
1974
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Vienna,
Austria |
Hungary |
Soviet Union |
Yugoslavia | 8
1977
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Jönköping,
Sweden |
Hungary |
Yugoslavia |
Italy | 8
1981
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Split,
Yugoslavia |
West Germany |
Soviet Union |
Hungary | 8
1983
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Rome,
Italy |
Soviet Union |
Hungary |
Spain | 8
1985
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Sofia,
Bulgaria |
Soviet Union |
Yugoslavia |
West Germany | 8
1987
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Strasbourg,
France |
Soviet Union |
Yugoslavia |
Italy | 8
1989
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Bonn,
West Germany |
West Germany |
Yugoslavia |
Italy | 16
1991
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Athens,
Greece |
Yugoslavia |
Spain |
Soviet Union | 16
1993
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Sheffield,
Great Britain |
Italy |
Hungary |
Spain | 12
1995
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Vienna,
Austria |
Italy |
Hungary |
Germany | 12
1997
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Seville,
Spain |
Hungary |
Yugoslavia |
Russia | 12
1999
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Florence,
Italy |
Hungary |
Croatia |
Italy | 12
2001
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Budapest,
Hungary |
Yugoslavia |
Italy |
Hungary | 12
2003
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Kranj,
Slovenia |
Serbia and Montenegro |
Croatia |
Hungary | 12
2006
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Belgrade,
Serbia |
Serbia |
Hungary |
Spain | 12
2008
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Málaga,
Spain |
Montenegro |
Serbia |
Hungary | 12
2010
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Zagreb,
Croatia |
Croatia |
Italy |
Serbia | 12
2012
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Eindhoven,
Netherlands |
Serbia |
Montenegro |
Hungary | 12
2014
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Budapest,
Hungary |
Serbia |
Hungary |
Italy | 12
2016
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Belgrade,
Serbia |
Serbia |
Montenegro |
Hungary | 16
2018
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Barcelona,
Spain |
Serbia |
Spain |
Croatia | 16
2020
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Budapest,
Hungary |
Hungary |
Spain |
Montenegro | 16
2022
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Split,
Croatia |
Croatia |
Hungary |
Spain | 16
2024
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Dubrovnik and Zagreb,
Croatia |
Spain |
Croatia |
Italy | 16
2026
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Belgrade,
Serbia |  |  |  |

### Finishes in the 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

* † – Defunct team

Rk | Men's team[1] | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last

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1 |  Hungary | 29 | 13 (1926, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1977, 1997, 1999, 2020) | 7 (1970, 1983, 1993, 1995, 2006, 2014, 2022) | 6 (1981, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016) | 3 (1947, 2010, 2024) | 1926 | 2024
2 |  Italy | 21 | 3 (1947, 1993, 1995) | 2 (2001, 2010) | 7 (1954, 1977, 1987, 1989, 1999, 2014, 2024) | 9 (1950, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1985, 1991, 2012, 2018, 2022) | 1947 | 2024
3 |  Yugoslavia† | 14 | 1 (1991) | 7 (1954, 1958, 1962, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1989) | 4 (1950, 1966, 1970, 1974) | 2 (1981, 1983) | 1950 | 1991
4 |  Soviet Union† | 12 | 5 (1966, 1970, 1983, 1985, 1987) | 3 (1962, 1974, 1981) | 2 (1958, 1991) | 1 (1977, 1989) | 1958 | 1991
5 |  Croatia | 11 | 2 (2010, 2022) | 3 (1999, 2003, 2024) | 1 (2018) | 5 (1995, 1997, 2001, 2008, 2020) | 1995 | 2024
6 |  Spain | 8 | 1 (2024) | 3 (1991, 2018, 2020) | 4 (1983, 1993, 2006, 2022) | 0 | 1983 | 2024
7 |  Serbia | 7 | 5 (2006, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) | 1 (2008) | 1 (2010) | 0 | 2006 | 2018
8 |  Belgium | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1927, 1934, 1947) | 3 (1926, 1931, 1938) | 1926 | 1947
9 |  Montenegro | 5 | 1 (2008) | 2 (2012, 2016) | 1 (2020) | 1 (2014) | 2008 | 2020
10 |  Germany | 5 | 0 | 3 (1931, 1934, 1938) | 2 (1926, 1995) | 0 | 1926 | 1995
11 |  Sweden | 5 | 0 | 3 (1926, 1947, 1950) | 0 | 2 (1927, 1934) | 1926 | 1950
12 |  West Germany† | 4 | 2 (1981, 1989) | 0 | 1 (1985) | 1 (1987) | 1981 | 1989
13 |  Netherlands | 4 | 1 (1950) | 0 | 1 (1938) | 2 (1954, 1974) | 1938 | 1974
14 |  Yugoslavia†[a] /
Serbia and Montenegro† | 3 | 2 (2001, 2003) | 1 (1997) | 0 | 0 | 1997 | 2003
15 |  East Germany† | 2 | 0 | 1 (1966) | 0 | 1 (1962) | 1962 | 1966
16 |  Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1997) | 1 (2003) | 1997 | 2003
17 |  Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1999, 2016) | 1999 | 2016
18 |  Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1993, 2006) | 1993 | 2006
19 |  France | 1 | 0 | 1 (1927) | 0 | 0 | 1927 | 1927
20 |  Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1931) | 0 | 1931 | 1931
Rk | Men's team | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last

### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Hungary| 13| 7| 6| 26
2|  Soviet Union| 5| 3| 2| 10
3|  Serbia| 5| 1| 1| 7
4|  Italy| 3| 2| 7| 12
5|  Croatia| 2| 3| 1| 6
6|  Yugoslavia /
Serbia and Montenegro| 2| 1| 0| 3
7|  West Germany| 2| 0| 1| 3
8|  Yugoslavia| 1| 7| 4| 12
9|  Spain| 1| 3| 4| 8
10|  Montenegro| 1| 2| 1| 4
11|  Netherlands| 1| 0| 1| 2
12|  Germany| 0| 3| 2| 5
13|  Sweden| 0| 3| 0| 3
14|  East Germany| 0| 1| 0| 1
France| 0| 1| 0| 1
16|  Belgium| 0| 0| 3| 3
17|  Austria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Russia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (18 entries)| 36| 37| 35| 108

### 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

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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

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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.

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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
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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
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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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2|  Italy| 5| 2| 3| 10
3|  Hungary| 3| 5| 6| 14
4|  Russia| 3| 3| 3| 9
5|  Spain| 3| 2| 1| 6
6|  Greece| 0| 4| 1| 5
7|  France| 0| 0| 2| 2
8|  West Germany| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (8 entries)| 20| 20| 20| 60

### 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

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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

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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

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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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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Hungary| 16| 12| 12| 40
2|  Italy| 8| 4| 10| 22
3|  Netherlands| 7| 4| 4| 15
4|  Soviet Union| 5| 3| 2| 10
5|  Serbia| 5| 1| 1| 7
6|  Spain| 4| 5| 5| 14
7|  Russia| 3| 3| 4| 10
8|  Croatia| 2| 3| 1| 6
9|  Yugoslavia /
Serbia and Montenegro| 2| 1| 0| 3
10|  West Germany| 2| 0| 2| 4
11|  Yugoslavia| 1| 7| 4| 12
12|  Montenegro| 1| 2| 1| 4
13|  Greece| 0| 4| 1| 5
14|  Germany| 0| 3| 2| 5
15|  Sweden| 0| 3| 0| 3
16|  France| 0| 1| 2| 3
17|  East Germany| 0| 1| 0| 1
18|  Belgium| 0| 0| 3| 3
19|  Austria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (19 entries)| 56| 57| 55| 168

## See also

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* LEN European U19 Water Polo Championship
* LEN European U17 Water Polo Championship
* LEN European U15 Water Polo Championship

## Notes

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## References

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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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* Men Water Polo Europe Championships Archive
* Women Water Polo Europe Championships Archive

## External links

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