International water polo tournament
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
Results
MEN'S EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP
|
Year
|
Host
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Number of teams
|
1926 Details
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Budapest, Hungary
|
Hungary
|
Sweden
|
Germany
|
4
|
1927 Details
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Bologna, Italy
|
Hungary
|
France
|
Belgium
|
12
|
1931 Details
|
Paris, France
|
Hungary
|
Germany
|
Austria
|
7
|
1934 Details
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Magdeburg, Germany
|
Hungary
|
Germany
|
Belgium
|
10
|
1938 Details
|
London, Great Britain
|
Hungary
|
Germany
|
Netherlands
|
7
|
1947 Details
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Monte Carlo, Monaco
|
Italy
|
Sweden
|
Belgium
|
10
|
1950 Details
|
Vienna, Austria
|
Netherlands
|
Sweden
|
Yugoslavia
|
7
|
1954 Details
|
Turin, Italy
|
Hungary
|
Yugoslavia
|
Italy
|
12
|
1958 Details
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hungary
|
Yugoslavia
|
Soviet Union
|
14
|
1962 Details
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Leipzig, East Germany
|
Hungary
|
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
|
—
|
11
|
1966 Details
|
Utrecht, Netherlands
|
Soviet Union
|
East Germany
|
Yugoslavia
|
17
|
1970 Details
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Barcelona, Spain
|
Soviet Union
|
Hungary
|
Yugoslavia
|
15
|
1974 Details
|
Vienna, Austria
|
Hungary
|
Soviet Union
|
Yugoslavia
|
8
|
1977 Details
|
Jönköping, Sweden
|
Hungary
|
Yugoslavia
|
Italy
|
8
|
1981 Details
|
Split, Yugoslavia
|
West Germany
|
Soviet Union
|
Hungary
|
8
|
1983 Details
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Rome, Italy
|
Soviet Union
|
Hungary
|
Spain
|
8
|
1985 Details
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Sofia, Bulgaria
|
Soviet Union
|
Yugoslavia
|
West Germany
|
8
|
1987 Details
|
Strasbourg, France
|
Soviet Union
|
Yugoslavia
|
Italy
|
8
|
1989 Details
|
Bonn, West Germany
|
West Germany
|
Yugoslavia
|
Italy
|
16
|
1991 Details
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Athens, Greece
|
Yugoslavia
|
Spain
|
Soviet Union
|
16
|
1993 Details
|
Sheffield, Great Britain
|
Italy
|
Hungary
|
Spain
|
12
|
1995 Details
|
Vienna, Austria
|
Italy
|
Hungary
|
Germany
|
12
|
1997 Details
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Seville, Spain
|
Hungary
|
Yugoslavia
|
Russia
|
12
|
1999 Details
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Florence, Italy
|
Hungary
|
Croatia
|
Italy
|
12
|
2001 Details
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Yugoslavia
|
Italy
|
Hungary
|
12
|
2003 Details
|
Kranj, Slovenia
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
Croatia
|
Hungary
|
12
|
2006 Details
|
Belgrade, Serbia
|
Serbia
|
Hungary
|
Spain
|
12
|
2008 Details
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Málaga, Spain
|
Montenegro
|
Serbia
|
Hungary
|
12
|
2010 Details
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Zagreb, Croatia
|
Croatia
|
Italy
|
Serbia
|
12
|
2012 Details
|
Eindhoven, Netherlands
|
Serbia
|
Montenegro
|
Hungary
|
12
|
2014 Details
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Serbia
|
Hungary
|
Italy
|
12
|
2016 Details
|
Belgrade, Serbia
|
Serbia
|
Montenegro
|
Hungary
|
16
|
2018 Details
|
Barcelona, Spain
|
Serbia
|
Spain
|
Croatia
|
16
|
2020 Details
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hungary
|
Spain
|
Montenegro
|
16
|
2022 Details
|
Split, Croatia
|
Croatia
|
Hungary
|
Spain
|
16
|
2024 Details
|
Dubrovnik and Zagreb, Croatia
|
Spain
|
Croatia
|
Italy
|
16
|
2026 Details
|
Belgrade, Serbia
|
|
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Medal table
Participation details