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HistoFINA
WATER POLO
MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS
Last updated on December 3, 2015
Copyright FINA, Lausanne 2015
In memory of Jean-Louis Meuret
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CONTENTS
Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 4
2. MEN’S WATER POLO ............................................................................................................................. 5
2.2 OLYMPIC GAMES ............................................................................................................................ 5
2.2.1 ROLL OF HONOUR BY COUNTRY ........................................................................................ 7
2.2.2 OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS – TEAM LINE-UP ........................................................................... 7
2.2.3 OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY ........................................................................ 9
3. FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (1973-2015) .................................................................................. 13
ROLL OF HONOUR BY COUNTRY .................................................................................................... 14
3.1 WORLD CHAMPIONS – TEAM LINE-UP .................................................................................... 16
3.2 OLYMPIC & WORLD CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY .......................................................... 18
4. WATER POLO WORLD CUP ............................................................................................................... 24
ROLL OF HONOUR BY COUNTRY .................................................................................................... 25
4.1 OLYMPIC GAMES, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS & WORLD CUPS ......................................... 25
4.2 WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS – TEAM LINE-UP ........................................................................... 26
4.3 WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY ........................................................................ 27
4.4 OLYMPIC, WORLD & WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY ................................ 31
5. MEN’S WATER POLO WORLD LEAGUE .......................................................................................... 39
5.1 WORLD LEAGUE PARTICIPATION AND STANDINGS (2002-2015) ...................................... 43
5.2 WINNERS IN WATER POLO BY COUNTRY .............................................................................. 44
5.3 PARTICIPATION & STANDING BY COUNTRY ........................................................................ 45
6. FINA WORLD WATER POLO DEVELOPMENT TROPHY .............................................................. 51
7. WOMEN’S WATER POLO .................................................................................................................... 52
8. OLYMPIC GAMES................................................................................................................................. 52
8.1 OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS – TEAM LINE-UP ................................................................................ 52
8.2 WOMEN’S OLYMPIC YEAR TOURNAMENT ............................................................................ 52
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ROLL OF HONOUR BY COUNTRY .................................................................................................... 53
8.3 WORLD CHAMPIONS – TEAM LINE-UP .................................................................................... 54
8.4 WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY ............................................................. 55
8.5 OLYMPIC & WORLD CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY .......................................................... 58
9. WATER POLO WORLD CUP (1979-2014) .......................................................................................... 62
WORLD CUP ROLL OF HONOUR BY COUNTRY ........................................................................... 62
9.1 WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS – TEAM LINE-UP ........................................................................... 63
9.2 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY .................................................... 64
9.3 OLYMPIC, WORLD AND WORLD CUP WINNERS BY NATIONALITY ................................ 67
10 WOMEN’S WATER POLO WORLD LEAGUE .................................................................................... 72
11 FINA MEMBERS and country codes...................................................................................................... 79
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1. Introduction
In this study you will find all the dates, sites and standings of the the water polo events of the Olympic
Games since 1900 (under the umbrella of the FINA since 1912), the FINA World Championships, organised
since 1973, the World Cups organised since 1979, the Men’s World League created in 2002 and the
Women’s World League created in 2004, and finally, the Men’s Water Polo Development Trophy, created
in 2007. Also contained in this guide are several classifications, which are listed either by the number of
titles or medals by player or National Federation.
It should be made clear that these standings serve only historical aims and do not hold any sporting
significance, as the comparison between the achievements of players from different generations is always
unbalanced.
This edition may manifest certain errors; we hope that this will be remedied for the next edition with the
assistance of our readers.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS – The abbreviations used for each National Federation are included at the end
of this volume. However, with regard to Germany, for the period of 1968-1991 the abbreviations FRG for
the Federal Republic and GDR for the Democratic Republic have been used. Russia and Kazakhstan were
part of USSR (URS) until 1991. The acronym TCH was used for Czechoslovakia (CZE + SVK). CRO /
Croatia (until 1992) and Serbia & Montenegro / SCG (until 2002) were part of Yugoslavia (YUG). In 2006,
Serbia (SRB) and Montenegro (MNE) split and are now two separate National Federations of FINA.
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2. MEN’S WATER POLO
2.2 OLYMPIC GAMES
Since 1896, the Olympic Games have been organised 27 times. The next edition will take place in Rio de Janeiro
(BRA) in 2016 (August 5 – 21).
A men’s water polo tournament has been included on the Olympic programme since 1900 and a women’s tournament
since 2000.
Dates Sites Number of Teams
Men Women
1 1896 Athens, GRE (April 6 – 15) 0* 0*
2 1900 Paris, FRA (May 14 – October 28) 3 0
3 1904 Saint-Louis, USA (July 1 – November 23) 3** 0
4 1908 London, GBR (April 17 – October 31) 5 0
5 1912 Stockholm, SWE (May 5 – July 27) 6 0
6 1920 Antwerp, BEL (April 20 – September 12) 12 0
7 1924 Paris, FRA (May 4 – July 27) 13 0
8 1928 Amsterdam, NED (May 17 – August 12) 14 0
9 1932 Los Angeles, USA (July 30 – August 14) 5 0
10 1936 Berlin, GER (August 1 – 16) 16 0
11 1948 London, GBR (July 29 – August 14) 18 0
12 1952 Helsinki, FIN (July 19 – August 3) 21 0
13 1956 Melbourne, AUS (November 22 – December 8) 10 0
14 1960 Rome, ITA (August 25 – September 11) 16 0
15 1964 Tokyo, JPN (October 10 – 24) 13 0
16 1968 Mexico, MEX (October 12 – 27) 15 0
17 1972 Munich, GER (August 26 – September 11) 16 0
18 1976 Montreal, CAN (July 17 – August 1) 12 0
19 1980 Moscow, URS (July 19 – August 3) 12 0
20 1984 Los Angeles, USA (July 28 – August 12) 12 0
21 1988 Seoul, KOR (September 17 – October) 12 0
22 1992 Barcelona, ESP (July 25 – August 9) 12 0
23 1996 Atlanta, USA (July 19 – August 4) 12 0
24 2000 Sydney, AUS (September – October 1) 12 6
25 2004 Athens, GRE (August 13 – 29) 12 8
26 2008 Beijing, CHN, (August 8 – 24) 12 8
27 2012 London, GBR (July 27 – August 12) 12 8
* Not on the programme
** 1904, only USA teams
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Dates & Sites ROLL OF HONOUR 1896, Athens (GRE) Not on the programme
1900, Paris (FRA) 1. GBR (Osborne Club of Manchester), 2. BEL (Club de Natation de Bruxelles), 3. FRA
(Libellule de Paris), and other French Clubs
1904, St Louis (USA)* 1. USA (New York AC), 2. USA (Chicago AC), 3. USA (Missouri AC St Louis)
1908, London (GBR) 1. GBR, 2. BEL, 3. SWE, 4. NED (Forfeit AUT & HUN)
1912, Stockholm (SWE) 1. GBR, 2. SWE, 3. BEL, 4. AUT, 5. HUN, 6. FRA
1920, Antwerp (BEL) 1. GBR, 2. BEL, 3. SWE, 4. USA, 5. NED, 6. BRA, 7. ESP, 8. GRE, 9. FRA, 10. ITA,
11. SUI, 12. TCH
1924, Paris (FRA) 1. FRA, 2. BEL, 3. USA, 4. SWE, 5. HUN, 6. TCH, 7. NED, 8. GBR, 9. IRL, 10. ESP,
11. ITA, 12. SUI, 13. GRE
1928, Amsterdam (NED) 1. GER, 2. HUN, 3. FRA, 4. GBR, 5. NED, 6. BEL, 7. USA, 8. MLT, 9. ESP, 10. TCH,
11. LUX, 12. SUI, 13. ARG, 14. IRL
1932, Los Angeles (USA) 1. HUN, 2. GER, 3. USA, 4. JPN, 5. BRA
1936, Berlin (GER) 1. HUN, 2. GER, 3. BEL, 4. FRA, 5. NED, 6. SWE, 7. AUT, 8. GBR, 9. USA, 10.
YUG, 11. TCH, 12. SUI, 13. URU, 14. JPN, 15. ISL, 16. MLT
1948, London (GBR) 1. ITA, 2. HUN, 3. NED, 4. BEL, 5. SWE, 6. FRA, 7. EGY, 8. ESP, 9. YUG, 10. ARG,
11. USA, 12. IND, 13. GBR, 14. SUI, 15. GRE, 16. URU, 17. CHI, 18. AUS
1952, Helsinki (FIN) 1. HUN, 2. YUG, 3. ITA, 4. USA, 5. NED, 6. BEL, 7. URS, 8. ESP, 9. BRA, 10. EGY,
11. SWE, 12. GBR, 13. AUT, 14. RSA, 15. FRG, 16. ARG, 17. ROU, 18. MEX, 19.
AUS, 20. POR, 21. IND.
1956, Melbourne (AUS) 1. HUN, 2. YUG, 3. URS, 4. ITA, 5. USA, 6. FRG, 7. GBR, 8. ROU, 9. AUS, 10. SIN
1960, Rome (ITA) 1. ITA, 2. URS, 3. HUN, 4. YUG, 5. ROU, 6. FRG, 7. USA, 8. NED, 9. RSA, 10. FRA,
11. ARG, 12. BRA, 13. UAR / EGY, 14. JPN, 15. AUS, 16. BEL
1964, Tokyo (JPN) 1. HUN, 2. YUG, 3. URS, 4. ITA, 5. ROU, 6. GDR, 7.BEL, 8. NED, 9. USA, 10. AUS,
11. JPN, 12. UAE/EGY, 13. BRA
1968, Mexico (MEX) 1. YUG, 2. URS, 3. HUN, 4. ITA, 5. USA, 6. GDR, 7. NED, 8. CUB, 9. ESP, 10. FRG,
11. MEX, 12. JPN, 13. BRA, 14. GRE, 15. UAR / EGY
1972, Munich (FRG) 1. URS, 2. HUN, 3. USA (1st medal for a non-European team), 4. FRG, 5. YUG, 6. ITA,
7. NED, 8. ROU, 9. CUB, 10. ESP, 11. BUL, 12. AUS, 13. MEX, 14. GRE, 15. JPN, 16.
CAN
1976, Montreal (CAN) 1. HUN, 2. ITA, 3. NED, 4. ROU, 5. YUG, 6. FRG, 7. CUB, 8. URS, 9. CAN, 10.
MEX, 11. AUS, 12. IRI
1980, Moscow (URS) 1. URS, 2. YUG, 3. HUN, 4. ESP, 5. CUB, 6. NED, 7. AUS, 8. ITA, 9. ROU, 10. GRE,
11. SWE, 12. BUL
1984, Los Angeles (USA) 1. YUG, 2. USA, 3. FRG, 4. ESP, 5. AUS, 6. NED, 7. ITA, 8. GRE, 9. CHN, 10. CAN,
11. JPN, 12. BRA
1988, Seoul (KOR) 1. YUG, 2. USA, 3. URS, 4. FRG, 5. HUN, 6. ESP, 7. ITA, 8. AUS, 9. GRE, 10. FRA,
11. CHN, 12. KOR
1992, Barcelona (ESP) 1. ITA, 2. ESP, 3. EUN (Unified Team) 4. USA, 5. AUS, 6. HUN, 7. GER, 8. CUB, 9.
NED, 10. GRE, 11. FRA, 12. TCH
1996, Atlanta (USA) 1. ESP, 2. CRO, 3. ITA, 4. HUN, 5. RUS, 6. GRE, 7. USA, 8. YUG, 9. GER, 10. NED,
11. ROU, 12. UKR
2000, Sydney (AUS) 1. HUN, 2. RUS, 3. YUG, 4. ESP, 5. ITA ,6. USA, 7. CRO, 8. AUS, 9. KAZ 10. GRE,
11. NED, 12. SVK
2004, Athens (GRE) 1. HUN, 2. SCG, 3. RUS, 4. GRE, 5. GER, 6. ESP, 7. USA, 8. ITA, 9. AUS, 10. CRO,
11. KAZ, 12. EGY
2008, Beijing (CHN) 1. HUN, 2. USA, 3. SRB, 4. MNE, 5. ESP, 6. CRO, 7. GRE, 8. AUS, 9. ITA, 10. GER,
11. CAN, 12. CHN
2012, London (GBR) 1. CRO, 2. ITA, 3. SRB, 4. MNE, 5. HUN, 6. ESP, 7. AUS, 8. USA, 9. GRE, 10. ROU,
11. KAZ, 12. GBR
* 1904 – Only USA clubs were present. These results will not appear in statistics.
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2.2.1 ROLL OF HONOUR BY COUNTRY
All titles – 25, without 1904 – have been won by European teams:
9 titles HUN (1932, 1936, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1976, 2000, 2004, 2008)
4 titles GBR (1900, 1908, 1912, 1920)
3 titles YUG (1968, 1984, 1988)
ITA (1948, 1960, 1992)
2 titles URS (1972, 1980)
1 title FRA (1924)
GER (1928)
ESP (1996)
CRO (2012)
2.2.2 OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS – TEAM LINE-UP
1900 – GBR (Osborne Swimming Club, Manchester): Thomas COE, John DERBYSHIRE, Peter KEMP, William H.
LISTER, Arthur G. ROBERTSON, Eric ROBINSON, Georges WILKINSON
1904 – USA (only American teams)
1908 – GBR: Georges CORNET, Charles FORSYTH, George NEVINSON, Paul RADMILOVIC, Charles SMITH,
Thomas THOULD, George WILKINSON
1912 – GBR: Isaac BENTHAM, Charles BUGBEE, George CORNET, Arthur HILL, Paul RADMILOVIC, Charles
SMITH, George WILKINSON
1920 – GBR: Charles BUGBEE, William DEAN, Christopher JONES, William PEACOCK, Noel PURCELL, Paul
RADMILOVIC, Charles SMITH
1924 – FRA: Albert DEBORGIES, Noel DELBERGHE, Robert DESMETTRE, Paul DUJARDIN, Albert
MAYAUD, Henri PADOU, Georges RIGAL
1928 – GER: Max AMANN, Karl BAHRE, Emil BENECKE, Johannes BLANK, Otto CORDES, Fritz “Itze”
GUNST, Erich RADEMACHER, Joachim RADEMACHER
1932 – HUN: Istvan BARTA, Gyorgy BRODY, Oliver HALASY, Marton HOMONNAI, Sandor IVADY, Ferenc
KERESU I, Alajos KERESU II, Janos NEMETH, Miklos SARKANY, Jozsef VERTESY
1936 – HUN: Mihaly BOZSI, Jeno BRANDY, Gyorgy BRODY, Oliver HALASSY, Kalman HAZAI, Marton
HOMMONAI, Gyorgy KUTASI, Istvan MOLNAR, Janos NEMETH, Miklos SARKANY, Sandor TARICS
1948 – ITA: Ermenegildo ARENA, Emilio BULGARELLI, Pasquale BUONOCORE, Aldo GHIRA, Mario
MAJONI, Geminio OGNO, Gianfranco PANDOLFINI, Tullio PANDOLFINI, Cesare RUBINI
1952 – HUN: Robert ANTAL, Antal BOLVARI, Deszo FABIAN, Deszo GYAMARTI, Istvan HASZNOS, Laszlo
JENEY, Gyorgy KARPATI, Deszo LEMHENY, Kalman MARKOVITZ, Miklos MARTIN, Karoly SZITTYA, Istvan
SZIVOS, Gyorgy VIZVARI
1956 – HUN: Antal BOLVARI, Otto BOROS, Deszo GYAMARTI, Istvan HEVESI, Laszlo JENEY,Tivadar
KANIZSA, Gyorgy KARPATI, Kalman MARKOVITZ, Mihaly MAYER, Istvan SZIVOS, Ervin ZADOR
1960 – ITA: Amedeo AMBRON, Danio BARDI, Guiseppe D’ALTRUI, Salvatore GIONTA, Giancarlo GUERRINI,
Franco LAVORATORI, Gianni LONZI, Luigi MANELLI, Rosario PARMEGIANI, Eraldo PIZZO, Dante ROSSI,
Brunello SPINELLI
1964 – HUN: Miklos AMBRUS, Andras BODNAR, Otto BOROS, Zoltan DOMOTOR, Laszlo FELKAI, Deszo
GYAMARTI, Tivadar KANIZSA, Gyorgy KARPATI, Janos KONRAD, Mihaly MAYER, Denes POCZIK, Peter
RUSORAN
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1968 – YUG: Ozren BONACIC, Dejan DABOVIC, Zdravko HEBEL, Zoran JANKOVIC, Ronald LOPATNY, Uros
MAROVIC, Djordje PERISIC, Miroslav POLJAK, Ratko RUDIC, Mirko SANDIC, Karlo STIPANIC, Ivo
TRUMBIC
1972 – URS: Anatoli AKIMOV, Alexei BARKALOV, Alexander DOLGUSHIN, Alexandr DREVAL, Vadim
GULYAEV, Alexander KABANOV, Nikolai MELNIKOV, Leonid OSSIPOV, Alexander SHIDOVSKI, Vladimir
SHMUDSKI, Vyacheslav SOBCHENKO
1976 – HUN: Gabor CSAPO, Tibor CSERVENYAK, Tamas FARAGO, Gyorgy GERENDAS, Gyorgy HORKAI,
Gyorgy KENEZ, Ferenc KONRAD, Endre MOLNAR, Laszlo SAROSI, Attila SUDAR, Itsvan SZIVOS
1980 – URS: Vladimir AKIMOV, Alexei BARKALOV, Yevgueni GRISHIN, Mikhail IVANOV, Alexander
KABANOV, Sergei KOTENKO, Georgy MSHVENIERADZE, Mait RIYSMAN, Erkin SHAGAYEV, Yevgueny
SHARANOV, Vyatcheslav SOBCHENKO
1984 – YUG: Dragan ANDRIC, Milivoj BEBIC, Perica BUKIC, Veselin DJUHO, Milorad KRIVOKAPIC, Deni
LUSIC, Igor MILANOVIC, Tomislav PASKVALIN, Zoran PETROVIC, Andrija POPOVIC, Zoran ROJE, Goran
SUKNO, Bozo VULETIC
1988 – YUG: Dragan ANDRIC, Mislav BEZMALINOVIC, Perica BUKIC, Veselin DJUHO, Igor GOCANIN, Deni
LUSIC, Igor MILANOVIC, Tomislav PASKVALIN, Renco POSINKOVIC, Goran RADJENOVIC, Dubravko
SIMENC, Alexander SOSTAR, Mirko VICEVIC
1992 – ITA: Francesco ATTOLICO, Gianni AVERAIMO, Alessandro BOVO, Paolo CALDARELLA, Alessandro
CAMPAGNA, Marco D’ALTRUI, Massimiliano FERRETTI, Mario FIORILLO, Ferdinando GANDOLFI, Francesco
PORZIO, Amedeo POMILIO, Giuseppe PORZIO, Carlo SILIPO
1996 – ESP: Jose Maria ABARCA, Angel ANDREO, Daniel BALLART, Manuel ESTIARTE, Pedro GARCIA,
Salvador GOMEZ, Ivan MORO, Miguel OCA, Jorge PAYA, Sergi PEDREROL, Jesus ROLLAN, Jordi SANZ,
Carlos SANZ
2000 – HUN: Tibor BENEDEK, Peter BIROS, Rajmund FODOR, Tamas KASAS, Gergely KISS, Zoltan KOCZ,
Tamas MARCZ, Tamas MOLNAR, Barnabas STEINMETZ, Zoltan SZECZI, Bulcsu SZEKELY, Zsolt VARGA,
Attila VARI
2004 – HUN: Tibor BENEDEK, Peter BIROS, Rajmund FODOR, Istvan GERGERLY, Tamas KASAS, Gergely
KISS, Norbert MADARAS, Tamas MOLNAR, Adam STEINMETZ, Barnabas STEINMETZ, Zoltan SZECSI, Tamas
VARGA, Attila VARI
2008 – HUN: Zoltan SZECSI, Tamas VARGA, Norbert MADARAS, Denes VARGA, Tamas KASAS, Norbert
HOSNYANSZKY, Gergely KISS, Tibor BENEDEK, Daniel VARGA, Peter BIROS, Gabor KIS, Tamas MOLNAR,
Istvan GERGELY
2012 – CRO: Andro BUSLJE, Damir BURIC, Frano VICAN, Igor HINIC, Ivan BULJUBASIC, Josip PAVIC, Maro
JOKOVIC, Miho BOSKOVIC, Niksa DOBUD, Paulo OBRADOVIC, Petar MUSLIM, Samir BARAC, Sandro
SUKNO
The following players are three-time title holders:
Deszo GYARMATI (HUN, 1952, 1956, 1964), Gyorgy KARPATI (HUN, 1952, 1956, 1964), Paul RADMILOVIC
(GBR, 1908, 1912, 1920), Charles SMITH (GBR, 1908, 1912, 1920), George WILKINSON (GBR, 1900, 1908,
1912), Tibor BENEDEK (HUN, 2000, 2004, 2008), Peter BIROS (HUN, 2000, 2004, 2008), Tamas KASAS (HUN,
2000, 2004, 2008), Gergely KISS (HUN, 2000, 2004, 2008), Tamas MOLNAR (HUN, 2000, 2004, 2008) and Zoltan
SZECSI (HUN, 2000, 2004, 2008).
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2.2.3 OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY
CRO / CROATIA Samir BARAC – 2012
Miho BOSKOVIC – 2012
Ivan BULJUBASIC – 2012
Damir BURIC – 2012
Andro BUSLJE – 2012
Niksa DOBUD – 2012
Igor HINIC – 2012
Maro JOKOVIC – 2012
Petar MUSLIM – 2012
Paulo OBRADOVIC – 2012
Josip PAVIC – 2012
Sandro SUKNO – 2012 Frano VICAN – 2012
ESP / SPAIN Jose Maria ABARCA – 1996
Angel ANDREO – 1996
Daniel BALLART – 1996
Manuel ESTIARTE – 1996
Pedro GARCIA – 1996
Salvador GOMEZ – 1996
Ivan MORO – 1996
Miguel OCA – 1996
Jorge PAYA – 1996
Sergi PEDREROL – 1996
Jesus ROLLAN – 1996
Carlos SANZ – 1996
Jordi SANZ – 1996
FRA / FRANCE Albert DEBORGIES – 1924
Noel DELBERGHE – 1924
Robert DESMETTRE – 1924
Paul DUJARDIN – 1924
Albert MAYAUD – 1924
Henri PADOU – 1924
Georges RIGAL – 1924
GBR / GREAT BRITAIN Isaac BENTHAM – 1912
Charles BUGBEE – 1912, 1920
Thomas COE – 1900
George CORNET – 1908, 1912
William DEAN – 1920
John DERBYSHIRE – 1900
Charles FORSYTH – 1908
Arthur HILL – 1912
Christopher JONES – 1920
Peter KEMP – 1900
William H. LISTER – 1900
George NEVINSON – 1908
William PEACOCK – 1920
Noel PURCELL – 1920
Paul RADMILOVIC – 1908, 1912, 1920
Arthur G. ROBERTSON – 1900
Eric ROBINSON – 1900
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Charles SMITH – 1908, 1912, 1920
Thomas THOULD – 1908
Georges WILKINSON – 1900, 1908, 1912
GER / GERMANY Max AMANN – 1928
Karl BAHRE – 1928
Emil BENECKE – 1928
Johannes BLANK – 1928
Otto CORDES – 1928
Fritz GUNST – 1928
Erich RADEMACHER – 1928
Joachim RADEMACHER – 1928
HUN / HUNGARY Miklos AMBRUS – 1964
Robert ANTAL – 1952
Istvan BARTA – 1932
Tibor BENEDEK – 2000, 2004, 2008
Peter BIROS – 2000, 2004, 2008
Andras BODNAR – 1964
Antal BOLVARI – 1952, 1956
Otto BOROS – 1956, 1964
Mihaly BOZSI – 1936
Jeno BRANDY – 1936
Gyorgy BRODY – 1932, 1936
Gabor CSAPO – 1976
Tibor CSERVENYAK – 1976
Zoltan DOMOTOR – 1964
Deszo FABIAN – 1952
Tamas FARAGO – 1976
Laszlo FELKAI – 1964
Rajmund FODOR – 2000, 2004
Gyorgy GERENDAS – 1976
Istvan GERGELY – 2004, 2008 Deszo GYAMARTI – 1952, 1956, 1964
Oliver HALASY – 1932, 1936
Istvan HASZNOS – 1952
Kalman HAZAI – 1936
Istvan HEVESI – 1956
Marton HOMONNAI – 1932, 1936
Gyorgy HORKAI – 1976
Norbert HOSNYANSZKY – 2008
Sandor IVADY – 1932
Laszlo JENEY – 1952, 1956
Tivadar KANIZSA – 1956, 1964
Gyorgy KARPATI – 1952, 1956, 1964
Tamas KASAS – 2000, 2004, 2008
Gyorgy KENEZ – 1976
Ferenc KESERU I – 1932
Alajos KESERU II – 1932
Gabor KIS – 2008
Gergely KISS – 2000, 2004, 2008
Zoltan KOCZ – 2000
Ferenc KONRAD – 1976
Janos KONRAD – 1964
Gyorgy KUTASI – 1936
Deszo LEMHENY – 1952
Norbert MADARAS – 2004, 2008 Tamas MARCZ – 2000
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Kalman MARKOVITZ – 1952, 1956
Miklos MARTIN – 1952
Mihaly MAYER – 1956, 1964
Endre MOLNAR – 1976
Istvan MOLNAR – 1936
Tamas MOLNAR – 2000, 2004, 2008
Janos NEMETH – 1932, 1936
Denes POCSIK – 1964
Peter RUSORAN – 1964
Miklos SARKANY – 1932, 1936
Laszlo SAROSI – 1976
Adam STEINMETZ – 2004
Barnabas STEINMETZ – 2000, 2004
Attila SUDAR – 1976
Zoltan SZECZI – 2000, 2004, 2008
Bulcsu SZEKELY – 2000
Karoly SZITTYA – 1952
Istvan SZIVOS Jr. – 1976
Istvan SZIVOS Sr. – 1952, 1956
Sandor TARICS – 1936
Daniel VARGA – 2008
Denes VARGA – 2008
Tamas VARGA – 2004, 2008
Zsolt VARGA – 2000
Attila VARI – 2000, 2004
Jozsef VERTESY – 1932
Gyorgy VIZVARI – 1952
Ervin ZADOR – 1956
ITA / ITALY Amedeo AMBRON – 1960
Ermenegildo ARENA – 1948
Francesco ATTOLICO – 1992
Gianni AVERAIMO – 1992
Danio BARDI – 1960
Alessandro BOVO – 1992
Emilio BULGARELLI – 1948
Pasquale BUONOCORE – 1948
Paolo CALDARELLA – 1992
Alessandro CAMPAGNA – 1992
Guiseppe D’ALTRUI – 1960
Marco D’ALTRUI – 1992
Massimiliano FERRETTI – 1992
Mario FIORILLO – 1992
Ferdinando GANDOLFI – 1992
Aldo GHIRA – 1948
Salvatore GIONTA – 1960
Giancarlo GUERRINI – 1960
Franco LAVORATORI – 1960
Gianni LONZI – 1960
Mario MAJONI – 1948
Luigi MANELLI – 1960
Geminio OGNO – 1948
Gianfranco PANDOLFINI – 1948
Tullio PANDOLFINI – 1948
Rosario PARMEGIANI – 1960
Eraldo PIZZO – 1960
Amedeo POMILIO – 1992
Francesco PORZIO – 1992
Giuseppe PORZIO – 1992
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Dante ROSSI – 1960
Cesare RUBINI – 1948
Brunello SPINELLI – 1960
URS Anatoli AKIMOV (RUS) – 1972
Vladimir AKIMOV (RUS) – 1980
Alexei BARKALOV (UKR) – 1972, 1980
Alexander DOLGUSHIN (RUS) – 1972
Alexandr DREVAL (RUS) – 1972
Yevgueni GRISHIN (RUS) – 1980
Vadim GULYAEV (RUS) – 1972
Mikhail IVANOV (RUS) – 1980
Alexander KABANOV (RUS) – 1972, 1980
Sergei KOTENKO (KAZ) – 1980
Nikolai MELNIKOV (RUS) – 1972
Georgy MSHVENIERADZE (RUS) – 1980
Leonid OSSIPOV (RUS) – 1972
Mait RIYSMAN (EST) – 1980
Erkin SHAGAYEV UZB) – 1980
Yevgueny SHARANOV (RUS) – 1980
Alexander SHIDOVSKI (RUS) – 1972
Vladimir SHMUDSKI (RUS) – 1972
Vyacheslav SOBCHENKO (RUS) – 1972, 1980
YUG / YUGOSLAVIA Dragan ANDRIC – 1984, 1988
Milivoj BEBIC (CRO) – 1984
Mislav BEZMALINOVIC (CRO) – 1988
Ozren BONACIC (CRO) – 1968
Perica BUKIC (CRO) – 1984, 1988
Dejan DABOVIC (CRO) – 1968
Veselin DJUHO (CRO) – 1984, 1988
Igor GOCANIN – 1988
Zdravko HEBEL (CRO) – 1968
Zoran JANKOVIC – 1968
Milorad KRIVOKAPIC – 1984
Ronald LOPATNY (CRO) – 1968
Deni LUSIC (CRO) – 1984, 1988
Uros MAROVIC – 1968
Igor MILANOVIC – 1984, 1988
Tomislav PASKVALIN (CRO) – 1984, 1988
Djordje PERISIC – 1968
Zoran PETROVIC – 1984
Miroslav POLJAK (CRO) – 1968
Andrija POPOVIC – 1984
Renco POSINKOVIC (CRO) – 1988
Goran RADJENOVIC – 1988
Zoran ROJE (CRO) – 1984
Ratko RUDIC – 1968
Mirko SANDIC – 1968
Dubravko SIMENC (CRO) – 1988
Alexander SOSTAR – 1988
Karlo STIPANIC (CRO) – 1968
Goran SUKNO (CRO) – 1984
Ivo TRUMBIC (CRO) – 1968
Mirko VICEVIC – 1988
Bozo VULETIC (CRO) – 1984
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3. FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (1973-2015)
Since 1973, the FINA World Championships have been organised 16 times. The next edition will take place in
Budapest (HUN) from July 15-30, 2015. Men’s Water Polo has been on the programme since the first edition and
Women’s Water Polo since the fifth edition in 1986.
Dates Sites Number of Teams
M W
1 1973 Belgrade, YUG (August 31 – September 9) 16 -
2 1975 Cali, COL (September 19 – July 27) 16 -
3 1978 Berlin, FRG (August 18 – 23) 16 -
4 1982 Guayaquil, EQU (July 29 – August 8) 16 -
5 1986 Madrid, ESP (August 13 – 23) 15 9
6 1991 Perth, AUS (January 3 – 13) 16 9
7 1994 Rome, ITA (September 1 – 11) 16 12
8 1998 Perth, AUS (January 7 – 18) 16 12
9 2001 Fukuoka, JPN (July 16 – 29) 16 12
10 2003 Barcelona, ESP (July 13 – 27) 16 16
11 2005 Montreal, CAN (July 17 – 31) 16 16
12 2007 Melbourne, AUS (March 18 – April 1) 16 16
13 2009 Rome, ITA (July 19 – August 2) 16 16
14 2011 Shanghai, CHN (July 16 – 31) 16 16
15 2013 Barcelona, ESP (July 19 – August 4) 16 16
16 2015 Kazan, RUS (July 24 – August 9) 16 16
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Dates & Sites ROLL OF HONOUR
1973, Belgrade (YUG) 1. HUN, 2. URS, 3. YUG, 4. ITA, 5. USA, 6. CUB, 7. ROU, 8. NED, 9. MEX, 10. ESP,
11. FRG, 12. GRE, 13. BUL, 14. AUS, 15. GBR, 16. ISR
1975, Cali (COL) 1. URS, 2. HUN, 3. ITA, 4. CUB, 5. ROU, 6. FRG, 7. NED, 8. USA, 9. MEX, 10. ESP,
11. AUS, 12. BUL, 13. YUG, 14. CAN, 15. IRI, 16. COL
1978, Berlin (FRG) 1. ITA, 2. HUN, 3. YUG, 4. URS, 5. USA, 6. ROU, 7. FRG, 8. BUL, 9. AUS, 10. CUB,
11. ESP, 12. GRE, 13. NED, 14. CAN, 15. MEX, 16. ISR
1982, Guayaquil (ECU) 1. URS, 2. HUN, 3. FRG, 4. NED, 5. CUB, 6. USA, 7. YUG, 8. ESP, 9. ITA, 10. CHN,
11. AUS, 12. GRE, 13. FRA, 14. CAN, 15. EGY, 16. NZL
1986, Madrid (ESP) 1. YUG, 2. ITA, 3. URS, 4. USA, 5. ESP, 6. FRG, 7. CUB, 8. FRA, 9. HUN, 10. AUS,
11. GRE, 12. BRA, 13. CAN, 14. NED, 15. ISR
1991, Perth (AUS) 1. YUG, 2. ESP, 3. HUN, 4.USA, 5. GER, 6. ITA, 7. URS, 8. AUS, 9. ROU, 10. GRE,
11. CUB, 12. FRA, 13. CAN, 14. CHN, 15. EGY, 16. NZL
1994, Rome (ITA) 1. ITA, 2. ESP, 3. RUS, 4. CRO, 5. HUN, 6. USA, 7. GRE, 8. NED, 9. GER, 10. AUS,
11. CUB, 12. KAZ, 13. ROU, 14. CAN, 15. RSA, 16. NZL
1998, Perth (AUS) 1. ESP, 2. HUN, 3. YUG, 4. AUS, 5. ITA, 6. RUS, 7. USA, 8. GRE, 9. CRO, 10. SVK,
11. KAZ, 12. BRA, 13. CAN, 14. RSA, 15. IRI, 16. NZL
2001, Fukuoka (JPN) 1. ESP, 2. YUG, 3. RUS, 4. ITA, 5. HUN, 6. GRE, 7. USA, 8. CRO, 9. NED, 10. AUS,
11. SVK, 12. KAZ, 13. BRA, 14. GER, 15. CAN, 16. JPN
2003, Barcelona (ESP) 1. HUN, 2. ITA, 3. SCG, 4. GRE, 5. ESP, 6. USA, 7. AUS, 8. SVK, 9. CRO, 10. RUS,
11. GER, 12. ROU, 13. BRA, 14. CAN, 15. JPN, 16. CHN
2005, Montreal (CAN) 1. SCG, 2. HUN, 3. GRE, 4. CRO, 5. ESP, 6. ROU, 7. RUS, 8. ITA, 9. GER, 10. AUS,
11. USA, 12. CUB, 13. CAN, 14. JPN, 15. RSA, 16. CHN
2007, Melbourne (AUS) 1. CRO, 2. HUN, 3. ESP, 4. SRB, 5. ITA, 6. GRE, 7. RUS, 8. GER, 9. USA, 10. AUS,
11. ROU, 12. CAN, 13. CHN, 14. RSA, 15. NZL, 16. JPN
2009, Rome (ITA) 1. SRB, 2. ESP, 3. CRO, 4. USA, 5. HUN, 6. GER, 7. ROU, 8. CAN, 9. MNE, 10. AUS,
11. ITA, 12. CHN, 13. BRA, 14. MKD, 15. RSA, 16. KAZ
2011, Shanghai (CHN) 1. ITA, 2. SRB, 3. CRO, 4. HUN, 5. ESP, 6. USA, 7. MNE, 8. GER, 9. AUS, 10. CAN,
11. JPN, 12. ROU, 13. KAZ, 14. BRA, 15. CHN, 16. RSA
2013, Barcelona (ESP) 1. HUN, 2. MNE, 3. CRO, 4. ITA, 5. ESP, 6. GRE, 7. SRB, 8. AUS, 9. USA, 10. GER,
11. CAN, 12. KAZ, 13. ROU, 14. CHN, 15. RSA, 16. NZL
2015, Kazan (RUS) 1. SRB 2. CRO 3. GRE 4. ITA 5. MNE 6. HUN 7. USA 8. AUS 9. CAN 10. BRA 11.
KAZ 12. RSA 13. JPN 14. RUS 15. CHN 16. ARG
ROLL OF HONOUR BY COUNTRY
All titles (16) have been won by European teams:
5 titles YUG / SCG / SRB (1986, 1991, 2005, 2009, 2015)
3 titles ITA (1978, 1994, 2011)
HUN (1973, 2003, 2013)
2 titles URS (1975, 1982)
ESP (1998, 2002)
1 title CRO (2007)
OLYMPIC AND WORLD ROLL OF HONOUR
All titles (42) have been won by European teams:
12 titles HUN (OG 1932, OG 1936, OG 1952, OG 1956, OG 1964, WCH 1973, OG 1976, OG
2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008, WCH 2013)
9 titles YUG/SCG/SRB: YUG (OG 1968, WCH 1973, OG 1984, WCH 1986, OG 1988, WCH
1991), SCG (WCH 2005), SRB (WCH 2009, WCH 2015)
6 titles ITA (OG 1948, OG 1960, WCH 1978, OG 1992, WCH 1994, WCH 2011)
4 titles GBR (OG 1900, OG 1908, OG 1912, OG 1920)
URS (OG 1972, WCH 1975, OG 1980, WCH 1982)
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3 titles ESP (OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001)
2 titles CRO (WCH 2007, OG 2012)
1 title FRA (OG 1924)
GER (OG 1928)
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3.2 WORLD CHAMPIONS – TEAM LINE-UP
1973 – HUN: Balazs BALLA, Andra BODNER, Gabor CSAPO, Tibor CZERVENGAK, Tamas FARAGO, Istvan
GORGENYI, Zoltan KASAS, Ferenc KONRAD, Endre MOLNAR, Laszlo SAROSI, Istvan SZIVOS
1975 – URS: Alexei BARKALOV, Alexander DRAVAL, Alexander DOLGUSHIN, Sergei GORSHOV, Alexander
KABANOV, Anatoli KLEBANOV, Nicolai MELNIKOV, Alexander RODIONOV, Vitali ROMANCHUK, Vitali
ROZKOV, Alexander ZAKHAROV
1978 – ITA: Alberto ALBERANI, Silvio BARACCHINI, Romeo COLLINA, Gianni DE MAGISTRIS, Massimo
FONDELLI, Marco GALLI, Sante MARSILI, Alessandro GHIBELLINI, Paolo RAGOSA, Mario SCOTTI-GALLETTA,
Rolando SIMEONI
1982 – URS: Vladimir AKIMOV, Mikhail IVANOV, Alexander KABANOV, Alexander KLEIMENOV, Sergei
KOTENKO, Nurlan MENDIGALIEV, Georgy MSHEVENIERADZE, Erkin SHAGAEV, Yevgeni SHARONOV, Nicola
SMIRNOV, Aleksei VDOVIN
1986 – YUG: Dragan ANDRIC, Perica BUKIC, Veselin DJUHO, Milorad KRIVOKAPIC, Deni LUSIC, Igor
MILANOVIC, Tomislav PASKVALIN, Zoran PETROVIC, Andrija POPOVIC, Dubravko SIMENC, Aleksander
SOSTAR, Ante VASOVIC, Mirko VICEVIC
1991 – YUG: Mislav BEZMALINOVIC, Perica BUKIC, Viktor JELENIC, Igor MILANOVIC, Vitomor PADOVAN,
Dusan POPOVIC, Renco POSINKOVIC, Goran RADJENOVIC, Dubravko SIMENC, Aleksander SOSTAR, Vaso
SUBOTIC, Ante VASOVIC, Mirko VICEVIC
1994 – ITA: Alesandro BOVO, Roberto CALCATERRA, Alessandro CAMPAGNA, Marco D’ALTRUI, Massimiliano
FERRETTI, Mario FIORILLO, Ferdinando GANDOLFI, Amedeo POMILLIO, Franco PORZIO, Giuseppe PORZIO, Carlo
SILIPO
1998 – ESP: Daniel BALLART, Manuel ESTIARTE, Pedro GARCIA, Salvador GOMEZ, Miguel GONZALES, Gustavo
MARCOS, Ruben MICHAVILLA, Ivan MORO, Sergi PEDRESOL, Ivan PEREZ, Jesus ROLLAN, Jordi SANS, Carlos
SANZ,
2001 – ESP: Angel ANDREO, Daneil BALLART, Salvador GOMEZ, Gabriel HERNANDEZ, Gustavo MARCOS,
Guillermo MOLINA, Daniel MORO, Ivan MORO, Serdi PEDREROL, Ivan PEREZ, Jesus ROLLAN, Javier SANCHEZ-
TORIL, Carlos SANZ
2003 – HUN: Tibor BENEDEK, Peter BIROS, Rajmund FODOR, Istvan GERGELY, Tamas KASAS, Gergely KISS,
Norbert MADARAS, Tamas MOLNAR, Zoltan SCZECI, Barbabas STEINMETZ, Tamas VARGA, Zsolt VARGA, Attila
VARI
2005 – SCG: Vladimir GOJKOVIC, Danilo IKODINOVIC, Nikola JANOVIC, Predrag JOKIC, Slobodan NIKIC,
Zdravsko RADIC, Aleksandar SAPIC, Dejan SAVIC, Denes SEFIK, Petar TRBOJEVIC, Vanja UDOVICIC, Vladimir
VUJASINOVIC, Boris ZLOKOVIC
2007 – CRO: Samir BARAC, Miho BOSKOVIC, Damir BURIC, Andro BUSLJE, Teo DOGAS, Igor HINIC, Maro
JOKOVIC, Aljosa KUNAC, Pavo MARKOVIC, Josip PAVIC, Mile SMODLAKA, Frano VICAN, Zdeslav VRDOLJAK
2009 – SRB: Slobodan SORO, Marko AVRAMOVIC, Zivko GOCIC, Vanja UDOVICIC, Slavko GAK, Dusko
PIJETLOVIC, Slobodan NIKIC, Milan ALEKSIC, Nikola RADJEN, Filip FILIPOVIC, Andrija PRLAINOVIC, Stefan
MITROVIC, Gojko PIJETLOVIC
2011 – ITA: Stefano TEMPESTI, Amaurys PEREZ, Niccolo GITTO, Pietro FIGLIOLI, Alex GIORGETTI, Maurizio
FELUGO, Niccoloi FIGARI, Valentino GALLO, Christian PRESCIUTTI, Deni FIORENTINI, Matteo AICARDI, Arnaldo
DESERTI, Giacomo PASTORINO
2013 – HUN: Viktor NAGY, Miklos GOR-NAGY, Norbert MADARAS, Bence BATORI, Marton VAMOS, Norbert
HOSNYANSZKY, Adam DECKER, Marton SZIVOS, Daniel VARGA, Denes VARGA, Krisztian BEDO, Balazs HARAI,
Attila DECKER
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2015 – SRB: Gojko PIJETLOVIC, Dusan MANDIC, Zivko GOCIC, Sava RANDELOVIC, Milos CUK, Dusko
PIJETLOVIC, Slobodan NIKIC, Milan ALEKSIC, Nikola JAKSIC, Filip FILIPOVIC, Andrija PRLAINOVIC, Stefan
MITROVIC, Branislav MITROVIC
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3.3 OLYMPIC & WORLD CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY
CRO / CROATIA
Samir BARAC – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Miho BOSKOVIC – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Damir BURIC – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Ivan BULJUBASIC – OG 2012
Andro BUSLJE – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Niksa DOBUD – OG 2012
Teo DOGAS – WCH 2007
Igor HINIC – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Maro JOKOVIC – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Aljosa KUNAC – WCH 2007
Pavo MARKOVIC – WCH 2007
Petar MUSLIM – OG 2012
Paulo OBRADOVIC – OG 2012
Josip PAVIC – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Mile SMODLAKA – WCH 2007
Sandro SUKNO – OG 2012 Frano VICAN – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Zdeslav VRDOLJAK – WCH 2007
ESP / SPAIN
Jose Maria ABARCA – OG 1996
Angel ANDREO – OG 1996, WCH 2001
Daniel BALLART – OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Manuel ESTIARTE – OG 1996, WCH 1998
Pedro GARCIA – OG 1996, WCH 1998
Salvador GOMEZ – OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Miguel GONZALES – WCH 1998
Gabriel HERNANDEZ – WCH 2001
Gustavo MARCOS – WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Ruben MICHAVILLA – WCH 1998
Guillermo MOLINA – WCH 2001
Daniel MORO – WCH 2001
Ivan MORO – OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Miguel OCA – OG 1996
Jorge PAYA – OG 1996
Sergi PEDREROL – OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Ivan PEREZ – WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Jesus ROLLAN – OG 1996, WCH 1998
Javier SANCHEZ-TORIL – WCH 2001
Carlos SANZ – OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Jordi SANZ – OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001
FRA / FRANCE Albert DEBORGIES – OG 1924
Noel DELBERGHE – OG 1924
Robert DESMETTRE – OG 1924
Paul DUJARDIN – OG 1924
Albert MAYAUD – OG 1924
Henri PADOU – OG 1924
Georges RIGAL – OG 1924
GBR / GREAT-BRITAIN Isaac BENTHAM – OG 1912
Charles BUGBEE – OG 1912, OG 1920
Thomas COE – OG 1900
George CORNET – OG 1908, OG 1912
William DEAN – OG 1920
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John DERBYSHIRE – OG 1900
Charles FORSYTH – OG 1908
Arthur HILL – OG 1912
Christopher JONES – OG 1920
Peter KEMP – OG 1900
William H. LISTER – OG 1900
George NEVINSON – OG 1908
William PEACOCK – OG 1920
Noel PURCELL – OG 1920
Paul RADMILOVIC – OG 1908, OG 1912, OG 1920
Arthur G. ROBERTSON – OG 1900
Eric ROBINSON – OG 1900
Charles SMITH – OG 1908, OG 1912, OG 1920
Thomas THOULD – OG 1908
Georges WILKINSON – OG 1900, OG 1908, OG 1912
GER / GERMANY Max AMANN – OG 1928
Karl BAHRE – OG 1928
Emil BENECKE – OG 1928
Johannes BLANK – OG 1928
Otto CORDES – OG 1928
Fritz GUNST – OG 1928
Erich RADEMACHER – OG 1928
Joachim RADEMACHER – OG 1928
HUN / HUNGARY
Miklos AMBRUS – OG 1964
Robert ANTAL – OG 1952
Balazs BALLA – WCH 1973
Istvan BARTA – OG 1932
Bence BATORI – WCH 2013
Krisztian BEDO – WCH 2013
Tibor BENEDEK – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Peter BIROS – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Andras BODNAR – OG 1964, WCH 1973
Antal BOLVARI – OG 1952, OG 1956
Otto BOROS – OG 1956, OG 1964
Mihaly BOZSI – OG 1936
Jeno BRANDY – OG 1936
Gyorgy BRODY – OG 1932, OG 1936
Gabor CSAPO –WCH 1973, OG 1976
Tibor CSERVENYAK – WCH 1973, OG 1976
Adam DECKER – WCH 2013
Attila DECKER – WCH 2013
Zoltan DOMOTOR – OG 1964
Deszo FABIAN – OG 1952
Tamas FARAGO – WCH 1973, OG 1976
Laszlo FELKAI – OG 1964
Rajmund FODOR – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004
Istvan GERGELY – WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Gyorgy GERENDAS – OG 1976
Istvan GORGENYI – WCH 1973
Miklos GOR-NAGY – WCH 2013
Deszo GYAMARTI – OG 1952, OG 1956, OG 1964
Oliver HALASY – OG 1932, OG 1936
Balazs HARAI – WCH 2013
Istvan HASZNOS – OG 1952
Kalman HAZAI – OG 1936
Istvan HEVESI – OG 1956
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Marton HOMONNAI – OG 1932, OG 1936
Gyorgy HORKAI – OG 1976
Norbert HOSNYANSZKY – OG 2008, WCH 2013
Sandor IVADY – OG 1932
Laszlo JENEY – OG 1952, OG 1956
Tivadar KANIZSA – OG 1956, OG 1964
Gyorgy KARPATI – OG 1952, OG 1956, OG 1964
Zoltan KASAS – WCH 1973
Tamas KASAS – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Gyorgy KENEZ – OG 1976
Ferenc KESERU I – OG 1932
Alajos KESERU II – OG 1932
Gabor KIS – OG 2008
Gergely KISS – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Zoltan KOCZ – OG 2000
Ferenc KONRAD – WCH 1973, OG 1976
Janos KONRAD – OG 1964
Gyorgy KUTASI – OG 1936
Deszo LEMHENY – OG 1952
Norbert MADARAS – WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008, WCH 2013
Tamas MARCZ – OG 2000
Kalman MARKOVITZ – OG 1952, OG 1956
Miklos MARTIN – OG 1952
Mihaly MAYER – OG 1956, OG 1964
Endre MOLNAR – WCH 1973, OG 1976
Istvn MOLNAR – OG 1936
Tamas MOLNAR – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Viktor NAGY – WCH 2013
Janos NEMETH – OG 1932, OG 1936
Denes POCSIK – OG 1964
Peter RUSORAN – OG 1964
Miklos SARKANY – OG 1932, OG 1936
Laszlo SAROSI – WCH 1973, OG 1976
Adam STEINMETZ – OG 2004
Barnabas STEINMETZ – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004
Attila SUDAR – OG 1976
Zoltan SZECZI – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Bulcsu SZEKELY – OG 2000
Karoly SZITTYA – OG 1952
Itsvan SZIVOS Jr. – WCH 1973, OG 1976
Itsvan SZIVOS Sr. – OG 1952, OG 1956
Marton SZIVOS – WCH 2013
Sandor TARICS – OG 1936
Marton VAMOS – WCH 2013
Daniel VARGA – OG 2008, WCH 2013
Denes VARGA – OG 2008, WCH 2013
Tamas VARGA – WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Zsolt VARGA – OG 2000, WCH 2003
Attila VARI – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004
Jozsef VERTESY – OG 1932
Gyorgy VIZVARI – OG 1952
Ervin ZADOR – OG 1956
ITA / ITALY
Matteo AICARDI – WCH 2011
Alberto ALBERANI – WCH 1978
Amedeo AMBRON – OG 1960
Ermenegildo ARENA – OG 1948
Francesco ATTOLICO – OG 1992
Gianni AVERAIMO – OG 1992
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Silvio BARACCHINI – WCH 1978
Danio BARDI – OG 1960
Alessandro BOVO – OG 1992, WCH 1994
Emilio BULGARELLI – OG 1948
Pasquale BUONOCORE – OG 1948
Roberto CALCATERRA – WCH 1994
Paolo CALDARELLA – OG 1992
Alessandro CAMPAGNA – OG 1992, WCH 1994
Romeo COLLINA – WCH 1978
Guiseppe D’ALTRUI – OG 1960
Marco D’ALTRUI – OG 1992, WCH 1994
Gianni DE MAGISTRIS – WCH 1978
Arnaldo DESERTI – WCH 2011
Maurizio FELUGO – WCH 2011
Massimiliano FERRETTI – OG 1992, WCH 1994
Niccoloi FIGARI – WCH 2011
Pietro FIGLIOLI – WCH 2011
Deni FIORENTINI – WCH 2011
Mario FIORILLO – OG 1992, WCH 1994
Massimo FONDELLI – WCH 1978
Marco GALLI – WCH 1978
Valentino GALLO – WCH 2011
Ferdinando GANDOLFI – OG 1992, WCH 1994
Alessandro GHIBELLINI – WCH 1978
Aldo GHIRA – OG 1948
Salvatore GIONTA – OG 1960
Alex GIORGETTI – WCH 2011
Niccolo GITTO – WCH 2011
Giancarlo GUERRINI – OG 1960
Franco LAVORATORI – OG 1960
Gianni LONZI – OG 1960
Mario MAJONI – OG 1948
Luigi MANELLI – OG 1960
Sante MARSILI – WCH 1978
Geminio OGNO – OG 1948
Gianfranco PANDOLFINI – OG 1948
Tullio PANDOLFINI – OG 1948
Rosario PARMEGIANI – OG 1960
Giacomo PASTORINO – WCH 2011
Amaurys PEREZ – WCH 2011
Eraldo PIZZO – OG 1960
Amedeo POMILIO – OG 1992, WCH 1994
Francesco PORZIO – OG 1992
Franco PORZIO – WCH 1994
Giuseppe PORZIO – OG 1992, WCH 1994
Christian PRESCIUTTI – WCH 2011
Paolo RAGOSA – WCH 1978
Dante ROSSI – OG 1960
Cesare RUBINI – OG 1948
Mario SCOTTI-GALLETTA – WCH 1978
Carlo SILIPO – WCH 1994
Rolando SIMEONI – WCH 1978
Brunello SPINELLI – OG 1960
Stefano TEMPESTI – WCH 2011
SCG / SERBIA MONTENEGRO Vladimir GOJKOVIC – WCH 2005
Danilo IKODINOVIC – WCH 2005
Nikola JANOVIC – WCH 2005
Predrag JOKIC – WCH 2005
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Slobodan NIKIC – WCH 2005
Zdravsko RADIC – WCH 2005
Aleksandar SAPIC – WCH 2005
Dejan SAVIC – WCH 2005
Dene SEFIK – WCH 2005
Petar TRBOJEVIC – WCH 2005
Vanja UDOVICIC – WCH 2005
Vladimir VUJASINOVIC – WCH 2005
Boris ZLOKOVIC – WCH 2005
SRB / SERBIA
Milan ALEKSIC – WCH 2009, WCH 2015
Marko AVRAMOVIC – WCH 2009
Milos CUK - WCH 2015
Filip FILIPOVIC – WCH 2009, WCH 2015
Slavko GAK – WCH 2009
Zivko GOCIC – WCH 2009, WCH 2015
Nikola JAKSIC, WCH 2015
Dusan MANDIC - WCH 2015
Branislav MITROVIC - WCH 2015
Stefan MITROVIC – WCH 2009, WCH 2015
Slobodan NIKIC – WCH 2009, WCH 2015
Dusko PIJETLOVIC – WCH 2009, WCH 2015
Gojko PIJETLOVIC – WCH 2009, WCH 2015
Andrija PRLAINOVIC – WCH 2009, WCH 2015
Nikola RADJEN – WCH 2009
Sava RANDERLOVIC - WCH 2015
Slobodan SORO – WCH 2009
Vanja UDOVICIC – WCH 2009
URS / USSR Anatoli AKIMOV – OG 1972
Vladimir AKIMOV – OG 1980, WCH 1982
Alexei BARKALOV – OG 1972, WCH 1975, OG 1980
Alexander DOLGUSHIN – OG 1972, WCH 1975
Alexandr DREVAL – OG 1972
Sergei GORSHOV – WCH 1975
Yevgueni GRISHIN – OG 1980
Vadim GULYAEV – OG 1972
Mikhail IVANOV – OG 1980, WCH 1982
Alexander KABANOV – OG 1972, WCH 1975, OG 1980, WCH 1982
Anatoli KLEBANOV – WCH 1975
Alexander KLEIMENOV – WCH 1982
Sergei KOTENKO – OG 1980, WCH 1982
Nikolai MELNIKOV – OG 1972, WCH 1975
Nurlan MENDIGALIEV – WCH 1982
Georgy MSHVENIERADZE – OG 1980, WCH 1982
Leonid OSSIPOV – OG 1972
Alexander RODIONOV – WCH 1975
Vitali ROMANCHUK – WCH 1975
Vitali ROZKOV – WCH 1975
Mait RIYSMAN – OG 1980
Erkin SHAGAYEV – OG 1980, WCH 1982
Yevgueny SHARANOV – OG 1980, WCH 1982
Alexander SHIDOVSKI – OG 1972
Vladimir SHMUDSKI – OG 1972
Nicolai SMIRNOV – WCH 1982
Vyacheslav SOBCHENKO – OG 1972, OG 1980
Aleksei VDOVIN – WCH 1982
Alexander ZAKHAROV – WCH 1975
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YUG / YUGOSLAVIA Dragan ANDRIC – OG 1984, WCH 1986, OG 1988
Milivoj BEBIC – OG 1984
Mislav BEZMALINOVIC – OG 1988, WCH 1991
Ozren BONACIC – OG 1968
Perica BUKIC – OG 1984, OG 1988, WCH 1991
Dejan DABOVIC – OG 1968
Veselin DJUHO – OG 1984, WCH 1986, OG 1988
Igor GOCANIN – OG 1988
Zdravko HEBEL – OG 1968
Zoran JANKOVIC – OG 1968
Viktor JELENIC – WCH 1991
Milorad KRIVOKAPIC – WCH 1986, OG 1984
Ronald LOPATNY – OG 1968
Deni LUSIC – OG 1984, WCH 1986, OG 1988
Uros MAROVIC – OG 1968
Igor MILANOVIC – OG 1984, WCH 1986, OG 1988, WCH 1991
Vitomir PADOVAN – WCH 1991
Tomislav PASKVALIN – OG 1984, WCH 1986, OG 1988
Djordje PERISIC – OG 1968
Zoran PETROVIC – OG 1984, WCH 1986
Miroslav POLJAK – OG 1968
Andrija POPOVIC – OG 1984, WCH 1986
Dusan POPOVIC – WCH 1991
Renco POSINKOVIC – OG 1988, WCH 1991
Goran RADJENOVIC – OG 1988, WCH 1991
Zoran ROJE – OG 1984
Ratko RUDIC – OG 1968
Mirko SANDIC – OG 1968
Dubrako SIMENC – WCH 1986, OG 1988, WCH 1991
Alexander SOSTAR – OG 1988, WCH 1991
Karlo STIPANIC – OG 1968
Vaso SUBOTIC – WCH 1991
Goran SUKNO – OG 1984, WCH 1986
Ivo TRUMBIC – OG 1968
Ante VASOVIC – WCH 1986, WCH 1991
Mirko VICEVIC – WCH 1986, OG 1988, WCH 1991
Bozo VULETIC – OG 1984
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4. WATER POLO WORLD CUP
1979-2014
Since 1979, the FINA Water Polo World Cup is held every four years. The next edition will be organised in
2018.
Dates & Sites Number of Men’s Teams
1 1979, Belgrade / Rijeka (YUG) 8
2 1981, Long Beach (USA) 8
3 1983, Malibu (USA) 8
4 1985, Duisburg (FRG) 8
5 1987, Thessalonica (GRE) 8
6 1989, Berlin (GER/FRG) 8
7 1991, Barcelona (ESP) 8
8 1993, Athens (GRE) 8
9 1995, Atlanta (USA) 8
10 1997, Athens (GRE) 8
11 1999, Sydney (AUS) 8
12 2002, Belgrade (YUG) 8
13 2006, Budapest (HUN) 8
14 2010, Oradea (ROU) 8
15 2014, Almaty (KAZ) 8
Dates & Sites ROLL OF HONOUR
1979, Belgrade / Rijeka
(YUG)
1. HUN, 2. USA, 3. YUG, 4. URS, 5. FRG, 6. ITA, 7. ROU, 8. BUL
1981, Long Beach (USA) 1. URS, 2.YUG, 3. CUB, 4. USA, 5.ESP, 6. HUN, 7. AUS, 8. BUL
1983, Malibu (USA) 1. URS, 2. FRG, 3. ITA, 4.USA, 5. ESP, 6. NED, 7. HUN, 8. CUB
1985, Duisburg (FRG) 1. FRG, 2. USA, 3. ESP, 4. YUG, 5. ITA, 6. NED, 7. AUS, 8. GRE
1987, Thessalonica (GRE) 1. YUG, 2. URS, 3. FRG, 4. USA, 5. ITA, 6. ESP, 7.CUB, 8. GRE
1989, Berlin (GER/FRG) 1. YUG, 2. ITA, 3. HUN, 4. ESP, 5. FRG, 6. URS, 7. AUS, 8. USA
1991, Barcelona (ESP) 1. USA (1st non-European victory), 2. YUG, 3. ESP, 4. HUN, 5. URS, 6.
ROU, 7. AUS, 8. GER
1993, Athens (GRE) 1. ITA, 2. HUN, 3. AUS (1st medal for Oceania), 4. USA, 5. RUS, 6.
GER, 7. GRE, 8. CUB
1995, Atlanta (USA) 1. HUN, 2. ITA, 3. RUS, 4. USA, 5. ESP, 6. GRE, 7. NED, 8. CRO
1997, Athens (GRE) 1. USA, 2. GRE, 3. HUN, 4. RUS, 5. ITA, 6. ESP, 7. YUG, 8. CRO
1999, Sydney (AUS) 1. HUN, 2. ITA, 3. ESP, 4. RUS, 5. YUG, 6. USA, 7. GRE, 8. AUS
2002, Belgrade (YUG) 1. RUS, 2. HUN, 3. YUG, 4. ITA, 5. GRE, 6. ESP, 7. USA, 8. CRO
2006, Budapest (HUN) 1. SCG, 2. HUN, 3. ESP, 4. CRO, 5. ITA, 6. ROU, 7. GRE, 8. RUS
2010, Oradea (ROU) 1. SRB, 2. CRO, 3. ESP, 4. USA, 5. ROU, 6. AUS, 7. CHN, 8. IRI
2014, Almaty (KAZ) 1. SRB, 2. HUN, 3. CRO, 4. USA, 5. AUS, 6. KAZ, 7. MNE, 8. RSA
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ROLL OF HONOUR BY COUNTRY
5 titles YUG/SCG/SRB (1987, 1989, 2006, 2010, 2014)
3 titles HUN (1979, 1995, 1999)
URS (1981, 1983) + RUS (2002)
2 titles USA (1991, 1997)
1 title FRG (1985)
1 title ITA (1993)
4.2 OLYMPIC GAMES, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS & WORLD CUPS
55 out of 57 titles have been won by European teams; USA was the winner in 1991 and 1997 (two World
Cups):
15 titles HUN (OG 1932, OG 1936, OG 1952, OG 1956, OG 1964, WCH 1973, OG 1976,
WCp 1979, WCp 1995, WCp 1999, OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008,
WCH 2013)
13 titles YUG (8 titles – OG 1968, WCH 1973, OG 1984, WCH 1986, WCp 1987, OG 1988,
WCp 1989, WCH 1991) + SCG (2 titles – WCH 2005, WCp 2006) + SRB (4 titles –
WCH 2009, WCp 2010, WCp 2014, WCH 2015)
7 titles URS (6 titles – OG 1972, WCH 1975, OG 1980, WCp 1981, WCH 1982, WCp 1983) +
RUS (1 title – WCp 2002)
ITA (OG 1948, OG 1960, WCH 1978, OG 1992, WCp 1993, WCH 1994, WCH 2011)
4 titles GBR (OG 1900, OG 1908, OG 1912, OG 1920)
3 titles ESP (OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001)
2 titles CRO (WCH 2007, OG 2012)
USA (WCp 1991, WCp 1997)
1 title FRA (OG 1924)
GER (OG 1928)
FRG (WCp 1985)
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4.3 WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS – TEAM LINE-UP
1979 – HUN: Imre BUDAVARI, Gabor CSAPO, Gyorgy GERENDAS, Karoly HAUSLER, Gyorgy HORKAI,
Laszlo KUNCZ, Endre MOLNAR, Jozsef SOMOSSY, Attila SUDAR, Istvan SZIVOS Jr., Tamas WIESNER
1981 – URS: Erlan AJABERGENOV, Vladimir AKIMOV, Mikhail GEORGADZE, Yevgeni GRISHIN, Mikhail
IVANOV, Alexander KABANOV, Sergei KOTENKO, Nurlan MANDIGALIEV, Georgy MSHVENIERADZE,
Sergei NIKIFOROV, Ergin SHAGAYEV, Yevgueny SHARONOV, Alexander TREJTIAKOV
1983 – URS: Yevgeni GRISHIN, Mikhail IVANOV, Alexander KABANOV, Sergei KOTENKO, Nurlan
MANDIGALIEV, Georgy MSHVENIERADZE, Sergei NAUMOV, Pavel PROKOPTCHUK, Ergin SHAGAYEV,
Yevgueny SHARONOV, Nikolai SMIRNOV, Viatcheslav SOBTCHENKO, Alexei VDOVIN
1985 – FRG: Santiago CHAMOLVSKY, Roland FREUND, Thomas HUBER, Frank KISSON, Thomas LOEBB,
Werner OBSCHERNIKAT, Rainer OSSELMANN, Peter ROHLE, Jürgen SCHRODER, Hagen STAMM, Dirk
THEISMANN
1987 – YUG: Dragan ANDRIC, Perica BUKIC, Veselin DJUHO, Igor GOCANIN, Deny LUSIK, Zoran MIKCEVIC,
Igor MILANOVIC, Renco POSINKOVIC, Goran RADJENOVIC, Marinko ROJE, Alexandar SOSTAR, Ante
VASOVIC, Tino VEGAR
1989 – YUG: Mislav BEZMALINOVIC, Perica BUKIC, Milan DELIC, Igor GOCANIN, Viktor JELENIC, Igor
MILANOVIC, Dusan POPOVIC, Dubravko SIMENC, Alexandar SOSTAR, Ante VASOVIC, Mirko VICEVIC
1991 – USA: Jeff CAMPBELL, Mike EVANS, Eric FISCHER, Charles HARRIS, Chris HUMBERT, David
IMBERNINO, Doug KIMBELL, Craig KLASS, Ronbert LYNN, Kames MAKSHANOFF, Terry SCHROEDER,
John VARGAS, Craig WILSON
1993 – ITA: Francesco ATTOLICO, Gianni AVERAIMO, Paolo CALDARELLA, Alessandro CAMPAGNA, Marco
D’ALTRUI, Masssimiliano FERRETTI, Mario FIORILLO, Ferdinando GANDOLFI, Andras GYONGYOSI, Paolo
PETRONELLI, Amedeo POMILIO, Francesco PORZIO, Giuseppe PORZIO, Carlo SILIPO
1995 – HUN: Tibor BENEDEK, Tamas DALA, Rajmund FODOR, Andras GYONGYOSI, Tamas KASAS, Zoltan
KOSZ, Peter KUNA, Attila MONOSTORI, Zsolt NEMETH, Frank TOTH, Laszlo TOTH, Zsolt VARGA, Balasz
VINCZE
1997 – USA: Gavin ARROYO, Ryan BAILEY, Chris DUPLANTY, Dan HACKETT, Chris HUMBERT, Kyle
KOPP, Chi KREDELL, Jeremy LASTER, Drew NETHERTON, Chris OEDING, Brad SCHUMACHER, Peter
STERN, Wolf WIGO
1999 – HUN: Peter BIROS, Rajmund FODOR, Tamas KASAS, Gergely KISS, Zoltan KOSZ, Tamas MARTZ,
Tamas MOLNAR, Barbabas STEINMETZ, Zoltan SZECSI, Frank TOTH, Zsotz VARGA, Attila VARI, Balaz
VINCZE
2002 – RUS: Revaz CHOMAHIDZE, Denis DENISOV, Alexander ERUSHOV, Alexander FEDOROV, Sergei
GARBUZOV, Dimitri GORSHKOV, Iuri IATSEV, Nikolai KOZLOV, Nikolai MAXIMOV, Andrei
REKECHINSKY, Dimitri STRATAN, Marat ZAKIROV, Irek ZINNUROV
2006 – SCG: Alexandar CIRIC, Filip FILIPOVIC, Zivko GOCIC, Vladimir GOJKOVIC, Danilo IKODINOVIC,
Nikola JANOVIC, Predrag JOKIC, Slobodan NIKIC, Dusko PIJETLOVIC, Zdravso RADIC, Aleksandar SAPIC,
Dejan SAVIC, Denes SEFIK
2010 – SRB: Slobodan SORO, Marko AVRAMOVIC, Zivko GOCIC, Vanja UDOVICIC, Boris VAPENSKI, Dusko
PIJETLOVIC, Slobodan NIKIC, Milan ALEKSIC, Milos MILICIC, Filip FILIPOVIC, Andrija PRLAINOVIC, Stefan
MITROVIC, Gojko PIJETLOVIC
2014 – SRB: Stefan ZIVODINOVIC, Strahinja RASOVIC, Dimitrije OBRADOVIC, Dusan MARKOVIC, Gavril
SUBOTIC, Nikola ESKERT, Dusan MANDIC, Viktor RASOVIC, Sava RANDELOVIC, Nemanda UBOVIC, Dusan
VASIC, Srdan VUKSANOVIC, Dimitrije RISTICEVIC
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4.4 WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY
FRG / FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Santiago CHAMOLVSKY – 1985
Roland FREUND – 1985
Thomas HUBER – 1985
Frank KISSON – 1985
Thomas LOEBB – 1985
Werner OBSCHERNIKAT – 1985
Rainer OSSELMANN – 1985
Peter ROHLE – 1985
Jurgen SCHRODER – 1985
Hagen STAMM – 1985
Dirk THEISMANN – 1985
HUN / HUNGARY Tibor BENEDEK – 1995
Peter BIROS – 1999
Imre BUDAVARI – 1979
Gabor CSAPO – 1979
Tamas DALA – 1995
Rajmund FODOR – 1995, 1999
Gyorgy GERENDAS – 1979
Andras GYONGYOSI – 1995
Karoly HAUSLER – 1979
Gyorgy HORKAI – 1979
Tamas KASAS – 1995, 1999
Gergely KISS – 1999
Zoltan KOSZ – 1995, 1999
Peter KUNA – 1995
Laszlo KUNCZ – 1979
Tamas MARTZ – 1999
Endre MOLNAR – 1979
Tamas MOLNAR – 1999
Attila MONOSTORI – 1995
Zsolt NEMETH – 1995
Jozsef SOMOSSY – 1979
Barbabas STEINMETZ – 1999
Zoltan SZECSI – 1999
Attila SUDAR – 1979
Istvan SZIVOS Jr. – 1979
Frank TOTH – 1995, 1999
Laszlo TOTH – 1995
Zsolt VARGA – 1995, 1999
Balasz VINCZE – 1995, 1999
Tamas WIESNER – 1979
ITA / ITALY Francesco ATTOLICO – 1993
Gianni AVERAIMO – 1993
Paolo CALDARELLA – 1993
Alessandro CAMPAGNA – 1993
Marco D’ALTRUI – 1993
Massimiliano FERRETTI – 1993
Mario FIORILLO – 1993
Ferdinando GANDOLFI – 1993
Andras GYONGYOSI – 1993
Paolo PETRONELLI – 1993
Amedeo POMILIO – 1993
Francesco PORZIO – 1993
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Giuseppe PORZIO – 1993
Carlo SILIPO – 1993
RUS / RUSSIA
Revaz CHOMAHIDZE – 2002
Denis DENISOV – 2002
Alexander ERUSHOV – 2002
Alexander FEDOROV – 2002
Sergei GARBUZOV – 2002
Dimitri GORSHKOV – 2002
Iuri IATSEV – 2002
Nikolai KOZLOV – 2002
Nikolai MAXIMOV – 2002
Andrei REKECHINSKY – 2002
Dimitri STRATAN – 2002
Marat ZAKIROV – 2002
Irek ZINNUROV – 2002
SCG / SERBIA & MONTENEGRO
Alexandar CIRIC – 2006
Filip FILIPOVIC – 2006
Zivko GOCIC – 2006
Vladimir GOJKOVIC – 2006
Danilo IKODINOVIC – 2006
Nikola JANOVIC – 2006
Predrag JOKIC – 2006
Slobodan NIKIC – 2006
Dusko PIJETLOVIC – 2006
Zdravso RADIC – 2006
Aleksandar SAPIC – 2006
Dejan SAVIC – 2006
Denes SEFIK – 2006
SRB / SERBIA Milan ALEKSIC – 2010
Marko AVRAMOVIC – 2010
Nikola ESKERT – 2014
Filip FILIPOVIC – 2010
Zivko GOCIC – 2010
Dusan MANDIC – 2014
Dusan MARKOVIC – 2014
Milos MILICIC – 2010
Stefan MITROVIC – 2010
Slobodan NIKIC – 2010
Dimitrije OBRADOVIC – 2014
Dusko PIJETLOVIC – 2010
Gojko PIJETLOVIC – 2010
Andrija PRLAINOVIC – 2010
Sava RANDELOVIC – 2014
Strahinja RASOVIC – 2014
Viktor RASOVIC – 2014
Dimitrije RISTICEVIC – 2014
Slobodan SORO – 2010
Gavril SUBOTIC – 2014
Nemanda UBOVIC – 2014
Vanja UDOVICIC – 2010
Boris VAPENSKI – 2010
Dusan VASIC – 2014
Srdan VUKSANOVIC – 2014
Stefan ZIVODINOVIC – 2014
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URS Erlan AJABERGENOV – 1981
Vladimir AKIMOV – 1981
Mikhail GEORGADZE – 1981
Yevgeni GRISHIN – 1981, 1983
Mikhail IVANOV – 1981, 1983
Alexander KABANOV – 1981, 1983
Sergei KOTENKO – 1981, 1983
Nurlan MANDIGALIEV – 1981, 1983
Georgy MSHVENIERADZE – 1981, 1983
Sergei NAUMOV – 1983
Sergei NIKIFOROV – 1981
Pavel PROKOPTCHUK – 1983
Ergin SHAGAYEV – 1981, 1983
Yevgueny SHARONOV – 1981, 1983
Nikolai SMIRNOV – 1983
Viatcheslav SOBTCHENKO – 1983
Alexander TREJTIAKOV – 1981
Alexei VDOVIN – 1983
USA / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gavin ARROYO – 1997
Ryan BAILEY – 1997
Jeff CAMPBELL – 1991
Chris DUPLANTY – 1997
Mike EVANS – 1991
Eric FISCHER – 1991
Dan HACKETT – 1997
Charles HARRIS – 1991
Chris HUMBERT – 1991, 1997
David IMBERNINO – 1991
Doug KIMBELL – 1991
Craig KLASS – 1991
Kyle KOPP – 1997
Chi KREDELL – 1997
Jeremy LASTER – 1997
Ronbert LYNN – 1991
Kames MAKSHANOFF – 1991
Drew NETHERTON – 1997
Chris OEDING – 1997
Terry SCHROEDER – 1991
Brad SCHUMACHER – 1997
Peter STERN – 1997
John VARGAS – 1991
Craig WILSON – 1991
Wolf WIGO – 1997
YUG / YUGOSLAVIA Dragan ANDRIC – 1987
Mislav BEZMALINOVIC – 1989
Perica BUKIC – 1987, 1989
Milan DELIC – 1989
Veselin DJUHO – 1987
Igor GOCANIN – 1987, 1989
Viktor JELENIC – 1989
Deny LUSIK – 1987
Zoran MIKCEVIC – 1987
Igor MILANOVIC – 1987, 1989
Dusan POPOVIC – 1989
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Renco POSINKOVIC – 1987
Goran RADJENOVIC – 1987
Marinko ROJE – 1987
Dubranko SIMENC – 1989
Alexandar SOSTAR – 1987, 1989
Ante VASOVIC – 1987, 1989
Tino VEGAR – 1987
Mirko VICEVIC – 1989
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4.5 OLYMPIC, WORLD & WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY
CRO / CROATIA Samir BARAC – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Miho BOSKOVIC – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Damir BURIC – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Ivan BULJUBASIC – OG 2012
Andro BUSLJE – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Niksa DOBUD – OG 2012
Teo DOGAS – WCH 2007
Igor HINIC – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Maro JOKOVIC – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Aljosa KUNAC – WCH 2007
Pavo MARKOVIC – WCH 2007
Petar MUSLIM – OG 2012
Paulo OBRADOVIC – OG 2012
Josip PAVIC – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Mile SMODLAKA – WCH 2007
Sandro SUKNO – OG 2012 Frano VICAN – WCH 2007, OG 2012
Zdeslav VRDOLJAK – WCH 2007
ESP / SPAIN Jose Maria ABARCA – OG 1996
Angel ANDREO – OG 1996, WCH 2001
Daniel BALLART – OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Manuel ESTIARTE – OG 1996, WCH 1998
Pedro GARCIA – OG 1996, WCH 1998
Salvador GOMEZ – OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Miguel GONZALES – WCH 1998
Gabriel HERNANDEZ – WCH 2001
Gustavo MARCOS – WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Ruben MICHAVILLA – WCH 1998
Guillermo MOLINA – WCH 2001
Daniel MORO – WCH 2001
Ivan MORO – OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Miguel OCA – OG 1996
Jorge PAYA – OG 1996
Sergi PEDREROL – OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Ivan PEREZ – WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Jesus ROLLAN – OG 1996, WCH 1998
Javier SANCHEZ-TORIL – WCH 2001
Jordi SANZ – OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Carlos SANZ – OG 1996, WCH 1998, WCH 2001
FRA / FRANCE Albert DEBORGIES – OG 1924
Noel DELBERGHE – OG 1924
Robert DESMETTRE – OG 1924
Paul DUJARDIN – OG 1924
Albert MAYAUD – OG 1924
Henri PADOU – OG 1924
Georges RIGAL – OG 1924
GBR / GREAT BRITAIN
Isaac BENTHAM – OG 1912
Charles BUGBEE – OG 1912, OG 1920
Thomas COE – OG 1900
George CORNET – OG 1908, OG 1912
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William DEAN – OG 1920
John DERBYSHIRE – OG 1900
Charles FORSYTH – OG 1908
Arthur HILL – OG 1912
Christopher JONES – OG 1920
Peter KEMP – OG 1900
William H. LISTER – OG 1900
George NEVINSON – OG 1908
William PEACOCK – OG 1920
Noel PURCELL – OG 1920
Paul RADMILOVIC – OG 1908, OG 1912, OG 1920
Arthur G. ROBERTSON – OG 1900
Eric ROBINSON – OG 1900
Charles SMITH – OG 1908, OG 1912, OG 1920
Thomas THOULD – OG 1908
Georges WILKINSON – OG 1900, OG 1908, OG 1912
GER / GERMANY Max AMANN – OG 1928
Karl BAHRE – OG 1928
Emil BENECKE – OG 1928
Johannes BLANK – OG 1928
Santiago CHAMOLVSKY – WCp 1985
Otto CORDES – OG 1928
Roland FREUND – WCp 1985
Fritz GUNST – OG 1928
Thomas HUBER – WCp 1985
Frank KISSON – WCp 1985
Thomas LOEBB – WCp 1985
Werner OBSCHERNIKAT – WCp 1985
Rainer OSSELMANN – WCp 1985
Erich RADEMACHER – OG 1928
Joachim RADEMACHER – OG 1928
Peter ROHLE – WCp 1985
Jürgen SCHRODER – WCp 1985
Hagen STAMM – WCp 1985
Dirk THEISMANN – WCp 1985
HUN / HUNGARY Miklos AMBRUS – OG 1964
Robert ANTAL – OG 1952
Balazs BALLA – WCH 1973
Istvan BARTA – OG 1932
Bence BATORI – WCH 2013
Krisztian BEDO – WCH 2013
Tibor BENEDEK – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Peter BIROS – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Andras BODNAR – OG 1964, WCH 1973
Antal BOLVARI – OG 1952, OG 1956
Otto BOROS – OG 1956, OG 1964
Mihaly BOZSI – OG 1936
Jeno BRANDY – OG 1936
Gyorgy BRODY – OG 1932, OG 1936
Gabor CSAPO –WCH 1973, OG 1976
Tibor CSERVENYAK – WCH 1973, OG 1976
Adam DECKER – WCH 2013
Attila DECKER – WCH 2013
Zoltan DOMOTOR – OG 1964
Deszo FABIAN – OG 1952
Tamas FARAGO – WCH 1973, OG 1976
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Laszlo FELKAI – OG 1964
Rajmund FODOR – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004
Istvan GERGELY – WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Gyorgy GERENDAS – OG 1976
Istvan GORGENYI – WCH 1973
Niklos GOR-NAGY – WCH 2013
Deszo GYAMARTI – OG 1952, OG 1956, OG 1964
Oliver HALASY – OG 1932, OG 1936
Balazs HARAI – WCH 2013
Istvan HASZNOS – OG 1952
Kalman HAZAI – OG 1936
Istvan HEVESI – OG 1956
Marton HOMONNAI – OG 1932, OG 1936
Gyorgy HORKAI – OG 1976
Norbert HOSNYANSZKY – OG 2008, WCH 2013
Sandor IVADY – OG 1932
Laszlo JENEY – OG 1952, OG 1956
Tivadar KANIZSA – OG 1956, OG 1964
Gyorgy KARPATI – OG 1952, OG 1956, OG 1964
Zoltan KASAS – WCH 1973
Tamas KASAS – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Gyorgy KENEZ – OG 1976
Ferenc KESERU I – OG 1932
Alajos KESERU II – OG 1932
Gabor KIS – OG 2008
Gergely KISS – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Zoltan KOCZ – OG 2000
Ferenc KONRAD – WCH 1973, OG 1976
Janos KONRAD – OG 1964
Gyorgy KUTASI – OG 1936
Deszo LEMHENY – OG 1952
Norbert MADARAS – WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008, WCH 2013
Tamas MARCZ – OG 2000
Kalman MARKOVITZ – OG 1952, OG 1956
Miklos MARTIN – OG 1952
Mihaly MAYER – OG 1956, OG 1964
Endre MOLNAR – WCH 1973, OG 1976
Istvan MOLNAR – OG 1936
Tamas MOLNAR – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Viktor NAGY – WCH 2013
Janos NEMETH – OG 1932, OG 1936
Denes POCSIK – OG 1964
Peter RUSORAN – OG 1964
Miklos SARKANY – OG 1932, OG 1936
Laszlo SAROSI – WCH 1973, OG 1976
Adam STEINMETZ – OG 2004
Barnabas STEINMETZ – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004
Attila SUDAR – OG 1976
Zoltan SZECZI – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Bulcsu SZEKELY – OG 2000
Karoly SZITTYA – OG 1952
Itsvan SZIVOS Jr. – WCH 1973, OG 1976
Itsvan SZIVOS Sr. – OG 1952, OG 1956
Marton SZIVOS – WCH 2013
Sandor TARICS – OG 1936
Marton VAMOS – WCH 2013
Daniel VARGA – OG 2008, WCH 2013
Denes VARGA – OG 2008, WCH 2013
Tamas VARGA – WCH 2003, OG 2004, OG 2008
Zsolt VARGA – OG 2000, WCH 2003
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Attila VARI – OG 2000, WCH 2003, OG 2004
Jozsef VERTESY – OG 1932
Gyorgy VIZVARI – OG 1952
Ervin ZADOR – OG 1956
ITA / ITALY Matteo AICARDI – WCH 2011
Alberto ALBERANI – WCH 1978
Amedeo AMBRON – OG 1960
Ermenegildo ARENA – OG 1948
Francesco ATTOLICO – OG 1992, WCp 1993
Gianni AVERAIMO – OG 1992, WCp 1993
Silvio BARACCHINI – WCH 1978
Danio BARDI – OG 1960
Alessandro BOVO – OG 1992, W CH 1994
Emilio BULGARELLI – OG 1948
Pasquale BUONOCORE – OG 1948
Roberto CALCATERRA – WCH 1994
Paolo CALDARELLA – OG 1992, WCp 1993
Alessandro CAMPAGNA – OG 1992, WCp 1993, WCH 1994
Romeo COLLINA – WCH 1978
Guiseppe D’ALTRUI – OG 1960
Marco D’ALTRUI – OG 1992, WCp 1993, WCH 1994
Gianni DE MAGISTRIS – WCH 1978
Arnaldo DESERTI – WCH 2011
Maurizio FELUGO – WCH 2011
Massimiliano FERRETTI – OG 1992, WCp 1993, WCH 1994
Niccoloi FIGARI – WCH 2011
Pietro FIGLIOLI – WCH 2011
Deni FIORENTINI – WCH 2011
Mario FIORILLO – OG 1992, WCp 1993, WCH 1994
Massimo FONDELLI – WCH 1978
Marco GALLI – WCH 1978
Valentino GALLO – WCH 2011
Ferdinando GANDOLFI – OG 1992, WCp 1993, WCH 1994
Alessandro GHIBELLINI – WCH 1978
Aldo GHIRA – OG 1948
Salvatore GIONTA – OG 1960
Alex GIORGETTI – WCH 2011
Niccolo GITTO – WCH 2011
Giancarlo GUERRINI – OG 1960
Andras GYONGYOSI – WCp 1993
Franco LAVORATORI – OG 1960
Gianni LONZI – OG 1960
Mario MAJONI – OG 1948
Luigi MANELLI – OG 1960
Sante MARSILI – WCH 1978
Geminio OGNO – OG 1948
Gianfranco PANDOLFINI – OG 1948
Tullio PANDOLFINI – OG 1948
Rosario PARMEGIANI – OG 1960
Giacomo PASTORINO – WCH 2011
Amaurys PEREZ – WCH 2011
Paolo PETRONELLI – WCp 1993
Eraldo PIZZO – OG 1960
Amedeo POMILIO – OG 1992, WCp 1993, WCH 1994
Francesco PORZIO – OG 1992, WCp 1993
Franco PORZIO – WCH 1994
Giuseppe PORZIO – OG 1992, WCp 1993, WCH 1994
Christian PRESCIUTTI – WCH 2011
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Paolo RAGOSA – WCH 1978
Dante ROSSI – OG 1960
Cesare RUBINI – OG 1948
Mario SCOTTI-GALLETTA – WCH 1978
Carlo SILIPO – WCp 1993, WCH 1994
Rolando SIMEONI – WCH 1978
Brunello SPINELLI – OG 1960
Stefano TEMPESTI – WCH 2011
RUS / RUSSIA Revaz CHOMAHIDZE – WCp 2002
Denis DENISOV – WCp 2002
Alexander ERUSHOV – WCp 2002
Alexander FEDOROV – WCp 2002
Sergei GARBUZOV – WCp 2002
Dimitri GORSHKOV – WCp 2002
Iuri IATSEV – WCp 2002
Nikolai KOZLOV – WCp 2002
Nikolai MAXIMOV – WCp 2002
Andrei REKECHINSKY – WCp 2002
Dimitri STRATAN – WCp 2002
Marat ZAKIROV – WCp 2002
Irek ZINNUROV – WCp 2002
SCG / SERBIA & MONTENEGRO Alexandar CIRIC – WCp 2006
Filip FILIPOVIC – WCp 2006
Zivko GOCIC – WCp 2006
Vladimir GOJKOVIC – WCH 2005, WCp 2006
Danilo IKODINOVIC – WCH 2005, WCp 2006
Nikola JANOVIC – WCH 2005, WCp 2006
Predrag JOKIC – WCH 2005, WCp 2006
Slobodan NIKIC – WCH 2005, WCp 2006
Dusko PIJETLOVIC – WCp 2006
Zdravsko RADIC – WCH 2005, WCp 2006
Aleksandar SAPIC – WCH 2005, WCp 2006
Dejan SAVIC – WCH 2005, WCp 2006
Denes SEFIK – WCH 2005, WCp 2006
Petar TRBOJEVIC – WCH 2005
Vanja UDOVICIC – WCH 2005
Vladimir VUJASINOVIC – WCH 2005
Boris ZLOKOVIC – WCH 2005
SRB / SERBIA
Milan ALEKSIC – WCH 2009, WCp 2010, WCH 2015
Marko AVRAMOVIC – WCH 2009, WCp 2010
Milos CUK - WCH 2015
Nikola ESKERT – WCp 2014
Filip FILIPOVIC – WCH 2009, WCp 2010, WCH 2015
Slavko GAK – WCH 2009
Zivko GOCIC – WCH 2009, WCp 2010, WCH 2015
Nikola JAKSIC - WCH 2015
Dusan MANDIC – WCp 2014, WCH 2015
Dusan MARKOVIC – WCp 2014
Milos MILICIC – WCp 2010
Branislav MITROVIC – WCH 2015
Stefan MITROVIC – WCH 2009, WCp 2010, WCH 2015
Slobodan NIKIC – WCH 2009, WCp 2010, WCH 2015
Dimitrije OBRADOVIC – WCp 2014
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Dusko PIJETLOVIC – WCH 2009, WCp 2010, WCH 2015
Gojko PIJETLOVIC – WCH 2009, WCp 2010, WCH 2015
Andrija PRLAINOVIC – WCH 2009, WCp 2010, WCH 2015
Nikola RADJEN – WCH 2009
Sava RANDELOVIC – WCp 2014, WCH 2015
Strahinja RASOVIC – WCp 2014
Viktor RASOVIC – WCp 2014
Dimitrije RISTICEVIC – WCp 2014
Slobodan SORO – WCH 2009, WCp 2010
Gavril SUBOTIC – WCp 2014
Nemanda UBOVIC – WCp 2014
Vanja UDOVICIC – WCH 2009, WCp 2010
Boris VAPENSKI – WCp 2010
Dusan VASIC – WCp 2014
Srdan VUKSANOVIC – WCp 2014
Stefan ZIVODINOVIC – WCp 2014
URS Erlan AJABERGENOV – WCp 1981
Anatoli AKIMOV – OG 1972
Vladimir AKIMOV – OG 1980, WCp 1981, WCH 1982
Alexei BARKALOV – OG 1972, WCH 1975, OG 1980
Alexander DOLGUSHIN – OG 1972, WCH 1975
Alexandr DREVAL – OG 1972
Alexander DOLGUSHIN – WCH 1975
Sergei GORSHOV – WCH 1975
Yevgueni GRISHIN – OG 1980
Vadim GULYAEV – OG 1972
Mikhail GEORGADZE – WCp 1981
Yevgeni GRISHIN – WCp 1981, WCp 1983
Mikhail IVANOV – OG 1980, WCp 1981, WCH 1982, WCp 1983
Alexander KABANOV – OG 1972, WCH 1975, OG 1980, WCH 1982
Anatoli KLEBANOV – WCH 1975
Alexander KLEIMENOV – WCH 1982
Sergei KOTENKO – OG 1980, WCp 1981, WCH 1982, WCp 1983
Nikolai MELNIKOV – OG 1972, WCH 1975
Nurlan MANDIGALIEV – WCp 1981, WCH 1982, WCp 1983
Georgy MSHVENIERADZE – OG 1980, WCp 1981, WCH 1982, WCp 1983
Sergei NAUMOV – WCp 1983
Sergei NIKIFOROV – WCp 1981
Leonid OSSIPOV – OG 1972
Pavel PROKOPTCHUK – WCp 1983
Alexander RODIONOV – WCH 1975
Vitali ROMANCHUK – WCH 1975
Vitali ROZKOV – WCH 1975
Mait RIYSMAN – OG 1980
Erkin SHAGAYEV – OG 1980, WCp 1981, WCH 1982, WCp 1981
Yevgueny SHARANOV – OG 1980, WCp 1981, WCH 1982, WCp 1983
Alexander SHIDOVSKI – OG 1972
Vladimir SHMUDSKI – OG 1972
Nicolai SMIRNOV – WCH 1982, WCp 1983
Vyacheslav SOBCHENKO – OG 1972, OG 1980, WCp 1983
Alexander TREJTIAKOV – WCp 1981
Aleksei VDOVIN – WCH 1982, WCp 1983
Alexander ZAKHAROV – WCH 1975
USA / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Gavin ARROYO – WCp 1997
Ryan BAILEY – WCp 1997
Jeff CAMPBELL – WCp 1991
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Chris DUPLANTY – WCp 1997
Mike EVANS – WCp 1991
Eric FISCHER – WCp 1991
Dan HACKETT – WCp 1997
Charles HARRIS – WCp 1991
Chris HUMBERT – WCp 1991, WCp 1997
David IMBERNINO – WCp 1991
Doug KIMBELL – WCp 1991
Craig KLASS – WCp 1991
Kyle KOPP – WCp 1997
Chi KREDELL – WCp 1997
Jeremy LASTER – WCp 1997
Ronbert LYNN – WCp 1991
Kames MAKSHANOFF – WCp 1991
Drew NETHERTON – WCp 1997
Chris OEDING – WCp 1997
Terry SCHROEDER – WCp 1991
Brad SCHUMACHER – WCp 1997
Peter STERN – WCp 1997
John VARGAS – WCp 1991
Craig WILSON – WCp 1991
Wolf WIGO – WCp 1997
YUG / YUGOSLAVIA Dragan ANDRIC – OG 1984, WCH 1986, WCp 1987, OG 1988
Milivoj BEBIC – OG 1984
Mislav BEZMALINOVIC – OG 1988, WCp 1989, WCH 1991
Ozren BONACIC – OG 1968
Perica BUKIC – OG 1984, WCp 1987, OG 1988, WCp 1989, WCH 1991
Dejan DABOVIC – OG 1968
Milan DELIC – WCp 1989
Veselin DJUHO – OG 1984, WCH 1986, WCp 1987, OG 1988
Igor GOCANIN – WCp 1987, OG 1988, WCp 1989
Zdravko HEBEL – OG 1968
Zoran JANKOVIC – OG 1968
Viktor JELENIC – WCp 1989, WCH 1991
Milorad KRIVOKAPIC – WCH 1986, OG 1984
Ronald LOPATNY – OG 1968
Deni LUSIC – OG 1984, WCH 1986, WCp 1987, OG 1988
Uros MAROVIC – OG 1968
Zoran MIKCEVIC – WCp 1987
Igor MILANOVIC – OG 1984, WCH 1986, WCp 1987, OG 1988, WCp 1989, WCH 1991
Vitomir PADOVAN – WCH 1991
Tomislav PASKVALIN – OG 1984, WCH 1986, OG 1988
Djordje PERISIC – OG 1968
Zoran PETROVIC – OG 1984, WCH 1986
Miroslav POLJAK – OG 1968
Andrija POPOVIC – OG 1984, WCH 1986
Dusan POPOVIC – WCp 1989, WCH 1991
Renco POSINKOVIC – WCp 1987, OG 1988, WCH 1991
Goran RADJENOVIC – WCp 1987, OG 1988, WCH 1991
Marinko ROJE – WCp 1987
Zoran ROJE – OG 1984
Ratko RUDIC – OG 1968
Mirko SANDIC – OG 1968
Dubravko SIMENC – WCH 1986, OG 1988, WCp 1989, WCH 1991
Alexander SOSTAR – OG 1988, WCp 1987, WCp 1989, WCH 1991
Karlo STIPANIC – OG 1968
V. SUBOTIC – WCH 1991
Goran SUKNO – OG 1984, WCH 1986
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Ivo TRUMBIC – OG 1968
Ante VASOVIC – WCH 1986, WCp 1987, WCp 1989, WCH 1991
Tino VEGAR – WCp 1987
Mirko VICEVIC – WCH 1986, OG 1988, WCp 1989, WCH 1991
Bozo VULETIC – OG 1984
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5. MEN’S WATER POLO WORLD LEAGUE
2002 – 1st edition
Preliminary round (2 pools play a home-away round robin tournament)
Group A – 1. ESP, 2. ITA, 3. GRE*, 4. BRA
Group B – 1. HUN, 2. RUS, 3. USA, 4. CRO
Super Final 2002 in Patras (GRE)
1. RUS, 2. ESP, 3. HUN, 4. GRE
2003 – 2nd
edition
Preliminary round
Group A in Sao Paulo (BRA) – 1. ITA, 2. GRE, 3. NED, 4. BRA
Group B in Budapest (HUN) – 1. HUN, 2. YUG, 3. USA*, 4.AUS
Super Final 2003 in New York (USA)
1. HUN, 2. ITA, 3. USA, 4. SCG, 5. GRE, 6. NED
*Qualified as host country of the Super Final
2004 – 3rd
edition
Preliminary round (from June 11- July 11 in several cities)
Group A – 1. ITA, 2. GRE, 3. ESP, 4. BRA
Group B – 1. HUN, 2. SCG, 3. USA, 4. AUS
AUS and BRA not qualified for the Super Final
Super Final 2004 in Long Beach (USA)
1. HUN, 2. SCG, 3. GRE, 4. ITA, 5. ESP, 6.USA
2005 – 4th
edition
Preliminary round (from June 16-26 in Toronto, CAN, and Long Island, USA)
Group A – 1. HUN, 2, ESP, 3. RUS, 4. GRE, 5. AUS, 6. CHN, 7. CAN
AUS and CHN not qualified for semi-finals Group B – 1. SCG, 2. CRO, 3. USA, 4. GER, 5. ITA, 6. ROU, 7. BRA
ROU and BRA not qualified for semi-finals
Semi-finals (July 6 – 10)
- In Toronto: 1. GRE, 2. SCG, 3. GER, 4. ESP, 5. CAN
ESP and CAN not qualified for the Super Final
- In Long Island: 1. HUN, 2. CRO, 3. RUS, 4. ITA, 5. USA
ITA and USA not qualified for the Super Final
Super Final 2005 in Belgrade (SCG), August 11 – 14
1. SCG, 2. HUN, 3. GER, 4. CRO, 5. GRE, 6. RUS
2006 – 5th
edition
Preliminary round Group A – from July 10 – 16 in Yongzhou, CHN
1. AUS, 2. FRA, 3. CHN, 4. JPN
JPN not qualified for semi-finals Group B – from July 14 – 16 in Victoria, CAN
1. USA, 2. CAN, 3. BRA
Group C – from June 30 – July 8 in Novy Sad (SCG)
1. SCG and CRO, 3. ESP, 4. RUS
RUS not qualified for semi-finals
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Group D – from June 30 – July 8 in Cosenza (ITA) and Bochum (GER)
1. ROU, 2. GER, 3. GRE, 4. ITA
ITA not qualified for semi-finals
Semi finals (July 19 – 23)
- In Los Alamitos (USA): 1. USA, 2. AUS, 3. FRA, 4. CHN, 5. CAN, 6. BRA
CHN, CAN and BRA not qualified for the Super Final
- In Portugalete (ESP): 1. SCG, 2. ESP, 3. CRO, 4. GRE, 5. GER, 6. ROU
CRO, GER and ROU not qualified for the Super Final (GRE qualified as organiser of the Super Final)
Super Final 2006 in Athens (GRE), August 2 – 6
1. SCG, 2. ESP, 3. GRE, 4. AUS, 5. USA, 6. FRA
2007 – 6th
edition
Preliminary round
- In Shanghai (CHN): 1. AUS, 2. CHN, 3. JPN
Australia and China qualified for the Super Final
- In Novi Sad (SRB) and Pescaa (ITA): 1. SRB, 2. MNE, 3. ITA, 4. GER, 5. GRE
Serbia and Germany qualified for the Super Final
- In Budapest (HUN) and Porugalete (ESP): 1. HUN, 2. ROU, 3. ESP & CRO, 5. RUS
Hungary and Romania qualified for the Super Final
- In Puerto Rico (PUR): 1. USA, 2. CAN, 3. MEX, 4. PUR
USA and Canada qualified for the Super Final
Super Final 2007 in Berlin (GER), August 7 – 12
1. SRB, 2. HUN, 3. AUS 4. GER, 5. USA, 6. ROU, 7. CAN, 8. CHN
2008 – 7th
edition
Preliminary round
- In Novi Sad (SRB) and Portugalete (ESP): 1. SRB, 2. ESP, 3. RUS, 4. ROU
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Serbia & Spain
- In Budva (MNE) and Athens (GRE): 1. MNE, 2. GRE, 3. CRO, 4. ITA
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Montenegro, Greece & Italy (as host)
- In Tokyo (JPN): 1. AUS, 2. CHN, 3. JPN, 4. NZL, 5. IRI
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia & China
- In Casablanca (MAR): 1. EGY, 2. ALG, 3. MAR, 4. TUN
Team qualified for the Super Final: Egypt
Super Final 2008 in Genova (ITA), June 16 – 21
1. SRB, 2. USA, 3. AUS, 4. MNE, 5. ESP, 6. CAN, 7. ITA, 8. GRE, 9. CHN, 10. EGY
2009 – 8th
edition
Preliminary round
- Group A – 1. SRB, 2. GRE, 3. FRA
Team qualified for the Super Final: Serbia
- Group B – 1. MNE, 2. ITA, 3. ROU
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Montenegro (as host) & Italy
- Group C – 1. CRO, 2. ESP, 3. GER
Team qualified for the Super Final: Croatia - In Adelaide (AUS) and Auckland (NZL): 1. AUS, 2. JPN, 3. IRI, 4. NZL
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia & Japan
- In Casablanca (MAR): 1. RSA, 2. ALG, 3. MAR, 4. LBA
Team qualified for the Super Final: South Africa
Super Final 2009 in Podgorica (MNE), June 16 – 21
1. MNE, 2. CRO, 3. SRB, 4. USA, 5. ITA, 6. AUS, 7. JPN, 8. RSA
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2010 – 9th
edition
Preliminary round
- Group A – 1. MNE, 2. ITA, 3. GER, 4. FRA
Team qualified for the Super Final: Montenegro
- Group B – 1. CRO, 2. RUS, 3. GRE, 4. MKD
Team qualified for the Super Final: Croatia
- Group C – 1. SRB, 2. ESP, 3. ROU, 4. TUR
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Serbia (as host) & Spain
- In Los Alamitos (USA): 1. USA, 2. BRA, 3. VEN
Team qualified for the Super Final: USA
- In Osaka (JPN) and Tianjin (CHN): 1. AUS, 2. CHN, 3. KAZ, 4. JPN, 5. NZL, 6. IRI
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia & China
- In Tunis (TUN): 1. RSA, 2. TUN, 3. ALG, 4. MAR
Team qualified for the Super Final: South Africa
Super Final 2010 in Nis (SRB), July 13 – 18
1. SRB, 2. MNE, 3. CRO, 4. AUS, 5. USA, 6. ESP, 7. CHN, 8. RSA
2011 – 10th
edition
Preliminary round
- Group A – 1. SRB, 2. ESP, 3. GER, 4. MKD
Team qualified for the Super Final: Serbia
- Group B – 1. MNE, 2. ROU, 3. RUS, 4. TUR
Team qualified for the Super Final: Montenegro
- Group C – 1. CRO, 2. ITA, 3. GRE, 4. NED
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Croatia & Italy (as host)
- In Costa Mese (USA): 1. USA, 2. CAN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: USA & Canada
- In Auckland (NZL) and Sydney (AUS): 1. AUS, 2. CHN, 3. JPN, 4. KAZ, 5. NZL
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia and China
Super Final 2011 in Florence (ITA), June 21 – 26
1. SRB, 2. ITA, 3. CRO, 4. USA, 5. MNE, 6. AUS, 7. CAN, 8. CHN
2012 – 11th
edition
Preliminary round
- Group A – 1. ITA, 2. RUS, 3. GBR
Team qualified for the Super Final: Italy
- Group B – 1. CRO, 2. GER, 3. MKD
Team qualified for the Super Final: Croatia
- Group C – 1. ESP, 2. GRE, 3. ROU, 4. TUR
Team qualified for the Super Final: Spain
- In Shanghai (CHN) and Chiba (JPN): 1. AUS, 2. CHN, 3. JPN, 4. KAZ
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia, China & Kazakhstan (as host)
- In Tustin (USA): 1. USA, 2. BRA, 3. CAN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: USA and Brazil
Super Final 2012 in Almaty (KAZ), June 12 – 17
1. CRO, 2. ESP, 3. ITA, 4. USA, 5. KAZ, 6. CHN, 7. AUS, 8. BRA
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2013 – 12th
edition
Preliminary round
- Group A – 1. MNE, 2. CRO, 3. GRE, 4. TUR
Team qualified for the Super Final: Montenegro
- Group B – 1. SRB, 2. ESP, 3. GER
Team qualified for the Super Final: Serbia
- Group C – 1. HUN, 2. ITA, 3. ROU, 4. RUS
Team qualified for the Super Final: Hungary & Russia (as host)
- In Auckland (NZL): 1. CHN, 2. JPN, 3. NZL
Teams qualified for the Super Final: China & Japan
- In Los Alamitos (USA): 1. USA, 2. BRA, 3. CAN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: USA and Brazil
Super Final 2013 in Chelyabinsk (RUS), June 11 – 16
1. SRB, 2. HUN, 3. MNE, 4. USA, 5. RUS, 6. CHN, 7. JPN, 8. BRA
2014 – 13th
edition
Preliminary round
Europe
- Group A – 1. SRB, 2. RUS, 3. ROU
Team qualified for the Super Final: Serbia
- Group B – 1. HUN, 2. GRE, 3. CRO
Team qualified for the Super Final: Hungary
- Group C – 1. MNE, 2. ITA, 3. SVK, 4. GER
Team qualified for the Super Final: Montenegro
Intercontinental Tournament
- Group A – 1. AUS, 2. CAN, 3. KAZ, 4. JPN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia & Canada
- Group B – 1. USA, 2. BRA, 3. CHN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Brazil, China & USA
Super Final 2014 in Dubai (UAE), June 16 – 21
1. SRB, 2. HUN, 3. MNE, 4. AUS, 5. USA, 6. CAN, 7. BRA, 8. CHN
2015 – 14th
edition
Preliminary round
Europe
- Group A – 1. HUN, 2. GRE, 3. ROU
Team qualified for the Super Final: HUN
- Group B – 1. SRB, 2. RUS, 3. ESP
Team qualified for the Super Final: SRB
- Group C – 1. CRO, 2. ITA, 3. MNE, 4. TUR
Teams qualified for the Super Final: CRO & ITA
Intercontinental Tournament
- Prelims Group A – 1. CAN, 2. USA, 3. JPN, 4. ARG
Teams qualified for the Super Final: USA
- Prelims Group B – 1. AUS, 2. BRA, 3. KAZ 4. CHN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: AUS & BRA & CHN
Super Final 2015 in Bergamo (ITA), June 23 – 28
1.SRB, 2. CRO, 3. BRA, 4. USA, 5. AUS, 6. HUN, 7. ITA, 8. CHN
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5.2 WORLD LEAGUE PARTICIPATION AND STANDINGS (2002-2015)
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
ALG - - - - - - 15th 9th 18th - - - - -
AUS - 7th 7th El. Prelim. 4th 3rd 3rd 6th 4th 6th 7th - 4th 5th
BRA 8th 7th 7th El. Prelim. El. Sem-final - - - 16th - 8th 8th 7th 3rd
CAN - - - El. Sem-final 9th 7th 6th - - 7th El. Prelim. 15th 6th El. Prelim
CHN - - - 13th 8th 8th 9th - 7th 8th 6th 6th 8th 8th
CRO 7th - - 4th 7th 12th 12th 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 9th El. Prelim. 2nd
EGY - - - - - - 10th - - - - - - -
ESP 2nd - 5th 8th 2nd 11th 5th 10th 6th 11th 2nd 5th - El. Prelim
FRA - - - - 6th - - 18th 21st - - - - El. Prelim
GBR - - - - - - - - - - El. Prelim. - - -
GER - - - 3rd 10th 4th - 13th 20th 12th 12th 13th El. Prelim. El. Prelim
GRE 4th 5th 3rd 5th 3rd 15th 8th 11th 15th 15th 9th 10th El. Prelim. El. Prelim
HUN 3rd 1st 1st 2nd - 2nd - - - - - 2nd 2nd 6th
IRI - - - - - - 18th 14th 25th - - - - -
ITA El. Prelim. 2nd 4th 7th 13th 10th 7th 5th 9th 2nd 3rd 4th El. Prelim. 7th
JPN - - - - 15th 16th 11th 7th 11th 10th 11th 7th El. Prelim. -
KAZ - - - - - - - - 10th 13th 5th - El. Prelim. El. Prelim
LBA - - - - - - - 19th - - - - - -
MAR - - - - - - 16th 12th 22nd - - - - -
MEX - - - - - El. Prelim. - - - - - - - -
MKD - - - - - - - - 19th 16th El. Prelim. - - -
MNE - - - - - 9th 4th 1st 2nd 5th - 3rd 3rd El. Prelim
NED - 6th - - - - - - - 17th - - - -
NZL - - - - - - 14th 17th 17th 19th - El. Prelim. - -
PUR - - - - - El. Prelim. - - - - - - - -
ROU - - - 12th 11th 6th 17th 16th 14th 9th 10th 12th El. Prelim. -
RUS 1st - - 6th 14th 13th 13th 15th 13th 14th El. Prelim. 5th El. Prelim. El. Prelim
RSA - - - - - - - 8th 8th - - - - -
SCG /SRB1 - 4th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st - 1st 1st 1st
SVK - - - - - - - - - - - - El. Prelim. -
TUN - - - - - - 19th - 12th - - - - -
TUR - - - - - - - - 24th 18th El. Prelim. El. Prelim. - El. Prelim
USA 5th 3rd 6th 9th 5th 5th 2nd 4th 5th 4th 4th 4th 5th 4th
VEN - - - - - - - - 23rd - - - - -
1 SCG: Serbia-Montenegro until 2006 and SRB for Serbia since 2007
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14 participations: GRE, ITA, USA 12: AUS, CRO, ESP, RUS, SRB 10: BRA, CHN, GER, ROU 9: CAN, JPN 8:
HUN, MNE 5: KAZ, TUR 5: NZL 4: FRA 3: ALG, HUN, MAR, MKD 2: NED, RSA, TUN 1: EGY, GBR, LBA,
MEX, PUR, VEN
5.3 WINNERS IN WATER POLO BY COUNTRY
Olympic Games (1900-2012), World Championships (1973-2015),
World Cups (1979-2014), World Leagues (2002-2015)
WINNERS Olympic Games World
Championships
World Cup World League
CRO 2012 2007 2012
ESP 1996 1998 / 2001
FRA 1924
GBR 1900 / 1908/ 1912 /1920
GER 1928 1985
HUN
1932 / 1936 / 1952 / 1956 /
1964 / 1976 / 2000 / 2004 /
2008
1973 / 2003 / 2013 1979 /1995 / 1999 2003 / 2004
ITA 1948 / 1960 / 1992 1978 / 1994 / 2011 1993
RUS/URS 1972 / 1980 1975 / 1982 1981 / 1983 / 2002 2002
SRB 2009 / 2015 2010 / 2014 2007 / 2008 / 2010
/ 2011/ 2013 / 2015
SCG/YUG* 1968 / 1984 / 1988 1986 / 1991 / 2005 1987 / 1989 / 2006 2005 / 2006
USA 1904** 1991 / 1997
MNE 2009
* See also SRB – Serbia
** Only clubs from USA
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5.4 PARTICIPATION & STANDING BY COUNTRY Olympic Games (OG), World Championships (WCH),
World Cup (WCp), World League (WL)
ALG / ALGERIA
2008 WL 15th, 2009 WL 9
th, 2010 WL 18
th
Participation: 3 WL – Total: 3
ARG / ARGENTINA
1928 OG 13th, 1948 OG 10
th, 1952 OG 16
th, 1960 OG 11
th, 2015 WCH 16
th , 2015 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 4 OG, 1 WCH, 1 WL – Total: 6
AUS / AUSTRALIA
1948 OG 18th, 1952 OG 19
th, 1956 OG 9
th, 1960 OG 15
th, 1964 OG 10
th, 1972 OG 12
th, 1973 WCH 14
th, 1975 WCH
11th, 1976 OG 11
th, 1978 WCH 9
th, 1980 OG 7
th, 1981 WCp 7
th, 1982 WCH 11
th, 1984 OG 5
th, 1985 WCp 7
th, 1986
WCH 10th, 1988 OG 8
th, 1989 WCp 7
th, 1991 WCH 8
th, 1991 WCp 7
th, 1992 OG 5
th, 1993 WCp 3
rd, 1994 WCH 10
th,
1998 WCH 4th, 1999 WCp 8
th, 2000 OG 8
th, 2001 WCH 10
th, 2003 WL 7
th, 2003 WCH 7
th, 2004 WL 7
th, 2004 OG 9
th,
2005 WCH 10th, 2005 WL El. Prelim., 2006 WL 4
th, 2007 WCH 10
th, 2007 WL 3
rd, 2008 WL 3
rd, 2008 OG 8
th, 2009
WL 6th, 2010 WCH 10
th, 2010 WL 4
th, 2010 WCp 6
th, 2011 WL 6
th, 2011 WCH 9
th, 2012 WL 7
th, OG 2012 7
th, 2013
WCH 8th, 2014 WCp 5
th, 2014 WL 4
th , 2015 WCH 8
th , 2015 WL 5
th
Participation: 15 OG, 17 WCH, 8 WCp, 13 WL – Total: 63
AUT / AUSTRIA 1908 OG 1908 5
th, 1912 OG 4
th, 1936 OG 7
th, 1952 OG 13
th
Participation: 4 OG – Total: 4
BEL / BELGIUM 1900 OG 2
nd, 1908 OG 2
nd, 1912 OG 3
rd, 1920 OG 2
nd, 1924 OG 2
nd, 1928 OG 6
th, 1936 OG 3
rd, 1948 OG 4
th, 1952
OG 6th, 1960 OG 16
th, 1964 OG 7
th
Participation: 11 OG – Total: 11
BRA / BRAZIL 1920 OG 6
th, 1932 OG 5
th, 1952 OG 9
th, 1960 OG 12
th, 1964 OG 13
th, 1964 OG 13
th, 1984 OG 12
th, 1986 WCH 12
th,
1998 WCH 12th, 2001 WCH 13
th, 2002 WL 8
th, 2003 WCH 13
th, 2003 WL 7
th, 2004 WL 7
th, 2005 WL El. Prelim.,
2006 WL El. Prelim., 2009 WCH 13th, 2010 WL 16
th, 2011 WCH 14
th, 2012 WL 8
th, 2013 WL 8
th, 2014 WL 7
th
2015 WCH 10th , 2015 WL 3
rd
Participation: 7 OG, 7 WCH, 10 WL – Total: 24
BUL / BULGARIA 1972 OG 11
th, 1973 WCH 13
th, 1975 WCH 12
th, 1978 WCH 8
th, 1979 WCp 8
th, 1980 OG 12
th, 1981 WCp 8
th
Participation: 2 OG, 3 WCH, 2 WCp – Total: 7
CAN / CANADA
1972 OG 16th, 1975 WCH 14
th, 1976 OG 9
th, 1978 WCH 14
th, 1982 WCH 14
th, 1984 OG 10
th, 1986 WCH 13
th, 1991
WCH 13th, 1994 WCH 14
th, 1998 WCH 13
th, 2001 WCH 15
th, 2003 WCH 14
th, 2005 WCH 13
th, 2005 WL Semi
Finalist, 2006 WL 9th, 2007 WCH 12
th, 2007 WL 7
th, 2008 WL 6
th, 2008 OG 11
th, 2009 WCH 8
th, 2011 WL 7
th, 2011
WCH 10th, 2012 WL El. Prelim., 2013 WL 15
th, 2013 WCH 11
th, 2014 WL 6
th , 2015 WCH 9
th, 2015 WL El. Prelim
Participation: 4 OG, 15 WCH, 9 WL – Total: 28
CHN / CHINA 1982 WCH 10
th, 1984 OG 9th, 1988 OG 11
th, 1991 WCH 14
th, 2003 WCH 16
th, 2005 WCH 16
th, 2005 WL 13
th, 2006
WL 8th, 2007 WCH 13
th, 2007 WL 8
th, 2008 WL 9
th, 2008 OG 12
th, 2009 WCH 12
th, 2010 WL 7
th, 2010 WCp 7
th,
2011 WL 8th, 2011 WCH 15
th, 2012 WL 6
th, 2013 WL 6
th, 2013 WCH 14
th, 2014 WL 8
th , 2015 WCH 15
th , 2015 WL
8th
Participation: 3 OG, 9 WCH, 1 WCp, 10 WL – Total: 22
CHI / CHILE 1948 OG 17
th
Participation: 1 OG – Total: 1
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COL / COLOMBIA 1975 WCH 16
th
Participation: 1 WCH – Total: 1
CRO / CROATIA (See also YUG)
1994 WCH 4th, 1995 WCp 8
th, 1996 OG 2
nd, 1997 WCp 8
th, 1998 WCH 9
th, 2000 OG 7
th, 2001 WCH 8
th, 2002 WL 7
th,
2002 WCp 8th, 2003 WCH 9
th, 2004 OG 10
th, 2005 WCH 4
th, 2005 WL 4
th, 2006 WCp 4
th, 2006 WL 7
th, 2007 WCH
1st, 2007 WL 12
th, 2008 WL 12
th, 2008 OG 6
th, 2009 WL 2
nd, 2009 WCH 3
rd, 2010 WL 3
rd, 2010 WCp 2
nd, 2011 WL
3rd
, 2011 WCH 3rd
, 2012 WL 1st, 2012 OG 1
st, 2013 WL 9
th, 2013 WCH 3
rd, 2014 WCp 3
rd, 2014 WL El. Prelim.
2015 WCH 2nd
, 2015 WL 2nd
Participation: 5 OG, 10 WCH, 6 WCp, 12 WL – Total: 33
1 Olympic title, 1 World, 1 World League
CUB / CUBA
1968 OG 8th, 1972 OG 9
th, 1973 WCH 6
th, 1975 WCH 4
th, 1976 OG 7
th, 1978 WCH 10
th, 1980 OG 5
th, 1981 WCp 3
rd,
1982 WCH 5th, 1983 WCp 8
th, 1986 WCH 7
th, 1987 WCp 7
th, 1991 WCH 11
th, 1992 OG 8
th, 1993 WCp 8
th, 1994
WCH 11th, 2005 WCH 12
th
Participation: 5 OG, 8 WCH, 4 WCp – Total: 17
EGY / EGYPT (1960-1968: UAR)
1948 OG 7th, 1952 OG 10
th, 1960 OG 13
th, 1964 OG 12
th, 1968 OG 15
th, 1982 WCH 15
th, 1991 WCH 15
th, OG 2004
12th, 2008 WL 10
th
Participation: 6 OG, 2 WCH, 1 WL – Total: 9
ESP / SPAIN 1920 OG 7
th, 1924 OG 10
th, 1928 OG 9
th, 1948 OG 8
th, 1952 OG 8
th, 1968 OG 9
th, 1972 OG 10
th, 1973 WCH 10
th,
1975 WCH 10th, 1978 WCH 11
th, 1980 OG 4
th, 1981 WCp 5
th, 1982 WCH 8
th, 1983 WCp 5
th, 1984 OG 4
th, 1985 WCp
3rd
, 1986 WCH 5th, 1987 WCp 6
th, 1988 OG 6
th, 1989 WCp 4
th, 1991 WCH 2
nd, 1991 WCp 3
rd, 1992 OG 2
nd, 1994
WCH 2nd
, 1995 WCp 5th, 1996 OG 1
st, 1997 WCp 6
th, 1998 WCH 1
st, 1999 WCp 3
rd, 2000 OG 4
th, 2001 WCH 1
st,
2002 WCp 6th, 2002 WL 2
nd, 2003 WCH 5
th, 2004 WL 5
th, 2004 OG 6
th, 2005 WCH 5
th, 2005 WL 8
th, 2006 WCp 3
rd,
2006 WL 2nd
, 2007 WCH 3rd
, 2007 WL 11th, 2008 WL 5
th, 2008 OG 5
th, 2009 WL 10
th, 2009 WCH 2
nd, 2010 WL 6
th,
2010 WCp 3rd
, 2011 WL 11th, 2011 WCH 5
th, 2012 WL 2
nd, OG 2012 6
th, 2013 WL 5
th , 2015 WL El. Prelim
Participation: 16 OG, 15 WCH, 12 WCp, 11 WL – Total: 54
1 Olympic title, 2 World
FRA / FRANCE
1900 OG 3rd
, 1912 OG 6th, 1920 OG 9
th, 1924 OG 1
st, 1928 OG 3
rd, 1936 OG 4
th, 1948 OG 6
th, 1960 OG 10
th, 1982
WCH 13th, 1986 WCH 8
th, 1988 OG 10
th, 1991 WCH 12
th, 1992 OG 11
th, 2006 WL 6
th, 2009 WL 18
th, 2010 WL 21
st
, 2015 WL El. Prelim
Participation: 10 OG, 3 WCH, 4 WL – Total: 17
1 Olympic title
FRG / FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (See also GER)
1952 OG 15th, 1956 OG 6
th, 1960 OG 6
th, 1968 OG 10
th, 1972 OG 4
th, 1973 WCH 11
th, 1975 WCH 6
th, 1976 OG 6
th,
1978 WCH 7th, 1979 WCp 5
th, 1982 WCH 3
rd, 1983 WCp 2
nd, 1984 OG 3
rd, 1985 WCp 1
st, 1986 WCH 6
th, 1987 WCp
3rd
, 1988 OG 4th, 1989 WCp 5
th
Participation: 8 OG, 5 WCH, 5 WCp – Total: 18
1 World Cup title
GBR / GREAT BRITAIN 1900 OG 1
st, 1908 OG 1
st, 1912 OG 1
st, 1920 OG 1
st, 1924 OG 8
th, 1928 OG 4
th, 1936 OG 8
th, 1948 OG 13
th, 1952
OG 12th, 1956 OG 7
th, 1973 WCH 15
th, 2012 WL El. Prelim., OG 2012 12
th
Participation: 11 OG, 1 WCH, 1 WL – Total: 13
4 Olympic titles
GER / GERMANY (See also FRG & GDR)
1928 OG 1st, 1932 OG 2
nd, 1936 OG 2
nd, 1991 WCH 5
th, 1991 WCp 8
th, 1992 OG 7
th, 1993 WCp 6
th, 1994 WCH 9
th,
1996 OG 9th, 2001 WCH 14
th, 2003 WCH 11
th, 2004 OG 5
th, 2005 WCH 9
th, 2005 WL 3
rd, 2006 WL 10
th, 2007 WCH
8th, 2007 WL 4
th, 2008 OG 10
th, 2009 WL 13
th, 2009 WCH 6
th, 2010 WL 20
th, 2011 WL 12
th, 2011 WCH 8
th, 2012
WL 12th, 2013 WL 13
th, 2013 WCH 10
th, 2013 WCH 10
th, 2014 WL El. Prelim., 2015 WL El. Prelim.
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Participation: 7 OG, 9 WCH, 2 WCp, 10 WL – Total: 28
1 Olympic title
GDR / GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (See also GER)
1964 OG 6th, 1968 OG 6
th
Participation: 2 OG
GRE / GREECE
1920 OG 8th, 1924 OG 13
th, 1948 OG 15
th, 1968 OG 14
th, 1972 OG 14
th, 1973 WCH 12
th, 1978 WCH 12
th, 1980 OG
10th, 1982 WCH 12
th, 1984 OG 8
th, 1985 WCp 8
th, 1986 WCH 11
th, 1987 WCp 8
th, 1988 OG 9
th, 1991 WCH 10
th, 1992
OG 10th, 1993 WCp 7
th, 1994 WCH 7
th, 1995 WCp 6
th, 1996 OG 6
th, 1997 WCp 2
nd, 1998 WCH 8
th, 1999 WCp 7
th,
2000 OG 10th, 2001 WCH 6
th, 2002 WL 4
th, 2002 WCp 5
th, 2003 WCH 4
th, 2003 WL 5
th, 2004 WL 3
rd, 2004 OG 4
th,
2005 WCH 3rd
, 2005 WL 5th, 2006 WCp 7
th, 2006 WL 3
rd, 2007 WCH 6
th, 2007 WL 15
th, 2008 WL 8
th, 2008 OG 7
th,
2009 WL 11th, 2010 WL 15
th, 2011 WL 15
th, 2012 WL 9
th, 2012 OG 9
th, 2013 WL 10
th, 2013 WCH 6
th, 2014 WL El.
Prelim., 2015 WCH 3rd
, 2015 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 14 OG, 12 WCH, 8 WCp, 15 WL – Total: 49
HUN / HUNGARY
1908 OG 6th, 1912 OG 5
th, 1924 OG 5
th, 1928 OG 2
nd, 1932 OG 1
st, 1936 OG 1
st, 1948 OG 2
nd, 1952 OG 1
st, 1956
OG 1st, 1960 OG 3
rd, 1964 OG 1
st, 1968 OG 3
rd, 1972 OG 2
nd, 1973 WCH 1
st, 1975 WCH 2
nd, 1976 OG 1
st, 1978
WCH 2nd
, 1979 WCp 1st, 1980 OG 3
rd, 1981 WCp 6
th, 1982 WCH 2
nd, 1983 WCp 7
th, 1986 WCH 9
th, 1988 OG 5
th,
1989 WCp 3rd
, 1991 WCH 3rd
, 1991 WCp 4th, 1992 OG 6
th, 1993 WCp 2
nd, 1994 WCH 5
th, 1995 WCp 1
st, 1996 OG
4th, 1997 WCp 3
rd, 1998 WCH 2
nd, 1999 WCp 1
st, 2000 OG 1
st, 2001 WCH 5
th, 2002 WL 3
rd, 2002 WCp 2
nd, 2003
WL 1st, 2003 WCH 1
st, 2004 WL 1
st, 2004 OG 1
st, 2005 WCH 2
nd, 2005 WL 2
nd, 2006 WCp 2
nd, 2007 WCH 2
nd,
2007 WL 2nd
, 2008 OG 1st, 2009 WCH 5
th, 2011 WCH 4
th, OG 2012 5
th, 2013 WL 2
nd, 2013 WCH 1
st, 2014 WCp 2
nd,
2014 WL 2nd
, 2015 WCH 6th , 2015 WL 6
th
Participation: 22 OG, 16 WCH, 12 WCp, 8 WL – Total: 57
9 Olympic titles, 3 World, 3 World Cups, 2 World Leagues
IND / INDIA 1948 OG 12
th, 1952 OG 21
st
Participation: 2 OG – Total: 2
IRI / IRAN
1975 WCH 15th, 1976 OG 12
th, 1998 WCH 15
th, 2008 WL 18
th, 2009 WL 14
th, 2010 WL 25
th, 2010 WCp 8
th
Participation: 1 OG, 2 WCH, 1 WCp, 3 WL – Total: 7
IRL / IRELAND 1924 OG 9
th, 1928 OG 14
th
Participation: 2 OG – Total: 2
ISL / ICELAND 1936 OG 15
th
Participation: 1 OG – Total: 1
ISR / ISRAEL 1973 WCH 16
th, 1978 WCH 16
th, 1986 WCH 15
th
Participation: 3 WCH – Total: 3
ITA / ITALY 1920 OG 10
th, 1924 OG 11
th, 1948 OG 1
st, 1952 OG 3
rd, 1956 OG 4
th, 1960 OG 1
st, 1964 OG 4
th, 1968 OG 4
th, 1972
OG 6th, 1973 WCH 4
th, 1975 WCH 3
rd, 1976 OG 2
nd, 1978 WCH 1
st, 1979 WCp 6
th, 1980 OG 8
th, 1982 WCH 9
th,
1983 WCp 3rd
, 1984 OG 7th, 1985 WCp 5
th, 1986 WCH 2
nd, 1987 WCp 5
th, 1988 OG 7
th, 1989 WCp 2
nd, 1991 WCH
6th, 1992 OG 1
st, 1993 WCp 1
st, 1994 WCH 1
st, 1995 WCp 2
nd, 1996 OG 3
rd, 1997 WCp 5
th, 1998 WCH 5
th, 1999
WCp 2nd
, 2000 OG 5th, 2001 WCH 4
th, 2002 WCp 4
th, 2002 WL El. Prelim., 2003 WL 2
nd, 2003 WCH 2
nd, 2004 WL
4th, 2004 OG 8
th, 2005 WCH 8
th, 2005 WL 7
th, 2006 WCp 5
th, 2006 WL 13
th, 2007 WCH 5
th, 2007 WL 10
th, 2008 WL
7th, 2008 OG 9
th, 2009 WL 5
th, 2009 WCH 11
th, 2010 WL 9
th, 2011 WL 2
nd, 2011 WCH 1
st, 2012 WL 3
rd, 2012 OG
2nd
, 2013 WL 4th, 2014 WL El. Prelim., 2015 WCH 4
th , 2015 WL 7
th
Participation: 19 OG, 16 WCH, 11 WCp, 13 WL – Total: 59
3 Olympic titles, 3 World, 1 World Cup
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JPN / JAPAN 1932 OG 4
th, 1936 OG 14
th, 1960 OG 14
th, 1964 OG 11
th, 1968 OG 12
th, 1972 OG 15
th, 1984 OG 11
th, 2001 WCH
16th, 2003 WCH 15
th, 2005 WCH 14
th, 2006 WL 15
th, 2007 WCH 16
th, 2007 WL 16
th, 2008 WL 11
th, 2009 WL 7
th,
2010 WL 11th, 2011 WL 10
th, 2011 WCH 11
th, 2012 WL 11
th, 2013 WL 7
th, 2014 WL El. Prelim., 2015 WCH 13
th ,
2015 WL El. Prelim
Participation: 7 OG, 6 WCH, 10 WL – Total: 23
KAZ / KAZAKHSTAN (See also URS)
1994 WCH 12th, 1998 WCH 11
th, 2000 OG 9
th, 2001 WCH 12
th, 2004 OG 11
th, 2009 WCH 16
th, 2010 WL 10
th, 2011
WL 13th, 2011 WCH 13
th, 2012 WL 5
th, OG 2012 11
th, 2013 WCH 12
th, 2014 WCp 6
th, 2014 WL El. Prelim.
WCH 2015 11th , 2015 WL El. Prelim
Participation: 3 OG, 7 WCH, 1 WCp, 5 WL – Total: 16
KOR / KOREA 1988 OG 12
th
Participation: 1 OG –Total 1
LIB / LEBANON
2009 WL 19th
Participation: 1 WL – Total: 1
LUX / LUXEMBURG OG 1924 11
th
Participation: 1 OG – Total: 1
MAR / MOROCCO
2008 WL 16th, 2009 WL 12
th, 2010 WL 22
nd
Participation: 3 WL – Total: 3
MEX / MEXICO 1952 OG 18
th, 1968 OG 11
th, 1972 OG 13
th, 1973 WCH 9
th, 1975 WCH 9
th, 1976 OG 10
th, 1978 WCH 15
th, 2007 WL
El. Prelim.
Participation: 4 OG, 3 WCH, 1 WL – Total: 8
MKD / FYR MACEDONIA
2009 WCH 14th, 2010 WL 19
th, 2011 WL 16
th, 2012 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 1 WCH, 3 WL – Total: 4
MLT / MALTA 1928 OG 8
th, 1936 OG 16
th
Participation: 2 OG – Total: 2
MNE / MONTENEGRO (See also YUG and SCG)
2007 WL 9th, 2008 WL 4
th, 2008 OG 4
th, 2009 WL 1
st, 2009 WCH 9
th, 2010 WL 2
nd, 2011 WL 5
th, 2011 WCH 7
th, OG
2012 4th, 2013 WL 3
rd, 2013 WCH 2
nd, 2014 WCp 7
th, 2014 WL 3
rd , 2015 WCH 5
th , 2015 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 2 OG, 4 WCH, 1 WCp, 8 WL – Total: 15
1 World League title
NED / NETHERLANDS 1908 OG 4
th, 1920 OG 5
th, 1924 OG 7
th, 1928 OG 5
th, 1936 OG 5
th, 1948 OG 3
rd, 1952 OG 5
th, 1960 OG 8
th, 1964 OG
8th, 1968 OG 7
th, 1972 OG 7
th, 1973 WCH 8
th, 1975 WCH 7
th, 1976 OG 3
rd, 1978 WCH 13
th, 1980 OG 6
th, 1872 WCH
4th, 1983 WCp 6
th, 1984 OG 6
th, 1985 WCp 6
th, 1986 WCH 14
th, 1992 OG 9
th, 1994 WCH 8
th, 1995 WCp 7
th, 1996 OG
10th, 2000 OG 11
th, 2001 WCH 9
th, 2003 WL 6
th, 2011 WL 17
th
Participation: 17 OG, 7 WCH, 3 WCp, 2 WL – Total: 29
NZL / NEW ZEALAND 1982 WCH 16
th, 1991 WCH 16
th, 1994 WCH 16
th, 1998 WCH 16
th, 2007 WCH 15
th, 2008 WL 14
th, 2009 WL 17
th,
2010 WL 17th, 2011 WL 19
th, 2013 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 5 WCH, 5 WL – Total: 10
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POR / PORTUGAL 1952 OG 19
th
Participation: 1 OG – Total: 1
PUR / PUERTO RICO 2007 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 1 WL – Total 1
ROU / ROMANIA 1952 OG 17
th, 1956 OG 8
th, 1956 OG 5
th, 1964 OG 5
th, 1972 OG 8
th, 1973 WCH 7
th, 1975 WCH 5
th, 1976 OG 4
th,
1978 WCH 6th, 1979 WCp 7
th, 1980 OG 9
th, 1991 WCH 9
th, 1991 WCp 6
th, 1994 WCH 13
th, 1996 OG 11
th, 2003
WCH 12th, 2005 WCH 6
th, 2005 WL 12
th, 2006 WCp 6
th, 2006 WL 11
th, 2007 WCH 11
th, 2007 WL 6
th, 2008 WL 17
th,
2009 WL 16th, 2009 WCH 7
th, 2010 WL 14
th, 2010 WCp 5
th, 2011 WL 9
th, 2011 WCH 12
th, 2012 WL 10
th, 2012 OG
10th, 2013 WL 12
th, 2013 WCH 13
th, 2014 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 9 OG, 11 WCH, 4 WCp, 10 WL – Total: 34
RSA / SOUTH AFRICA 1952 OG 14
th, 1960 OG 9
th, 1994 WCH 15
th, 2005 WCH 15
th, 2007 WCH 14
th, 2009 WL 8
th, 2009 WCH 15
th, 2010
WL 8th, 2011 WCH 16
th, 2015 WCH 12
th
Participation: 2 OG, 6 WCH, 2 WL – Total: 10
RUS / RUSSIA (See also URS)
1993 WCp 5th, 1994 WCH 3
rd, 1995 WCp 3
rd, 1996 OG 5
th, 1997 WCp 4
th, 1998 WCH 6
th, 1999 WCp 4
th, 2000 OG
2nd
, 2001 WCH 3rd
, 2002 WL 1st, 2002 WCp 1
st, 2003 WCH 10
th, 2004 OG 3
rd, 2005 WCH 7
th, 2005 WL 6
th, 2006
WCp 8th, 2006 WL 14
th, 2007 WCH 7
th, 2007 WL 13
th, 2008 WL 13
th, 2009 WL 15
th, 2010 WL 13
th, 2011 WL 14
th,
2012 WL El. Prelim. , 2013 WL 5th, 2014 WL El. Prelim., 2015 WCH 14
th , 2015 WL El. Prelim
Participation: 3 OG, 7 WCH, 6 WCp, 12 WL – Total: 27
1 World Cup title, 1World League
SCG / SERBIA & MONTENEGRO (See also YUG, SRB & MNE)
2003 WL 4th, 2003 WCH 3
rd, 2004 WL 2
nd, 2004 OG 2
nd, 2005 WCH 1
st, 2005 WL 1
st, 2006 WCp 1
st, 2006 WL 1
st
Participation under the name SCG: 1 OG, 2 WCH, 1 WCp, 4 WL – Total: 8
1 World title, 1 World Cup, 2 World Leagues
SRB / SERBIA (See also YUG & SCG)
2007 WCH 4th, 2007 WL 1
st, 2008 OG 3
rd, 2008 WL 1
st, 2009 WL 3
rd, 2009 WCH 1
st, 2010 WL 1
st, 2010 WCp 1
st,
2011 WL 1st, 2011 WCH 2
nd, 2012 OG 3
rd, 2013 WL 1
st, 2013 WCH 7
th, 2014 WCp 1
st, 2014 WL 1
st, 2015 WL 1
st,
2015 WCH 1st
Participation: 2 OG, 4 WCH, 2 WCp, 7 WL – Total: 15
2 World title, 2 World Cups, 6 World Leagues
SIN / SINGAPORE
1956 OG 10th
Participation: 1 OG – Total: 1
SVK / SLOVAKIA (See also TCH)
1998 WCH 10th, 2000 OG 12
th, 2001 WCH 11
th, 2003 WCH 8
th, 2014 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 1 OG, 3 WCH, 1 WL – Total: 5
SUI / SWITZERLAND 1920 OG 11
th, 1924 OG 12
th, 1928 OG 12
th, 1936 OG 12
th, 1948 OG 14
th
Participation: 5 OG – Total: 5
SWE / SWEDEN 1908 OG 3
rd, 1912 OG 2
nd, 1920 OG 3
rd, 1924 OG 4
th, 1936 OG 6
th, 1948 OG 5
th, 1952 OG 11
th, 1980 OG 11
th
Participation: 8 OG – Total: 8
TCH / CZECHOSLOVAKIA (See also SVK)
1920 OG 12th, 1924 OG 6
th, 1928 OG 10
th, 1936 OG 11
th, 1992 OG 12
th
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Participation: 5 OG – Total: 5
TUN / TUNISIA
2008 WL 19th, 2010 WL 12
th
Participation: 2 WL – Total: 2
TUR / TURKEY
2010 WL 24th, 2011 WL 18
th, 2012 WL El. Prelim., 2013 WL El. Prelim., 2015 WCH El. Prelim
Participation: 5 WL – Total: 5
UKR / UKRAINE (See also URS)
1996 OG 12th
Participation: 1 OG – Total: 1
URU / URUGUAY
1936 OG 13th, 1948 OG 16
th, 1996 OG 8
th
Participation: 3 OG – Total: 3
URS (See also after 1992: KAZ, RUS, UKR)
1952 OG 7th, 1956 OG 3
rd, 1960 OG 2
nd, 1964 OG 3
rd, 1968 OG 2
nd, 1972 OG 1
st, 1973 WCH 2
nd, 1975 WCH 1
st,
1976 OG 8th, 1978 WCH 4
th, 1979 WCp 4
th, 1980 OG 1
st, 1981 WCp 1
st, 1982 WCH 1
st, 1983 WCp 1
st, 1986 WCH
3rd
, 1987 WCp 2nd
, 1988 OG 3rd
, 1989 WCp 6th, 1991 WCH 7
th, 1991 WCp 5
th, 1992 OG 3
rd
Participation: 10 OG, 6 WCH, 6 WCp – Total: 22
2 Olympic titles, 2 World, 2 World Cups
USA / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1904 OG 1
st (only USA Teams), 1920 OG 4
th, 1924 OG 3
rd, 1928 OG 7
th, 1932 OG 3
rd, 1936 OG 9
th, 1948 OG 11
th,
1952 OG 4th, 1956 OG 4
th, 1956 OG 5
th, 1960 OG 7
th, 1964 OG 9
th, 1968 OG 5
th, 1972 OG 3
rd, 1973 WCH 5
th, 1975
WCH 8th, 1978 WCH 5
th, 1979 WCp 2
nd, 1981 WCp 4
th, 1982 WCH 6
th, 1983 WCp 4
th, 1984 OG 2
nd, 1985 WCp 2
nd,
1986 WCH 4th, 1987 WCp 4
th, 1988 OG 2
nd, 1989 WCp 8
th, 1991 WCH 4
th, 1991 WCp 1
st, 1992 OG 4
th, 1993 WCp
4th, 1994 WCH 6
th, 1995 WCp 4
th, 1996 OG 7
th, 1997 WCp 1
st, 1998 WCH 7
th, 1999 WCp 6
th, 2000 OG 6
th, 2001
WCH 7th, 2002 WL 5
th, 2002 WCp 7
th, 2003 WL 3
rd, 2003 WCH 6
th, 2004 WL 6
th, 2004 OG 7
th, 2005 WCH 11
th, 2005
WL 9th, 2006 WL 5
th, 2007 WCH 9
th, 2007 WL 5
th, 2008 WL 2
nd, 2008 OG 2
nd, 2009 WL 4
th, 2009 WCH 4
th, 2010
WL 5th, 2010 WCp 4
th, 2011 WL 4
th, 2011 WCH 6
th, 2012 WL 4
th, 2012 OG 8
th, 2013 WL 4
th, 2013 WCH 9
th, 2014
WCp 4th, 2014 WL 5
th , 2015 WCH 7
th , 2015 WL 4
th
Participation: 22 OG, 16 WCH, 14 WCp, 14 WL – Total: 66
1 Olympic title (but without foreign team in the tournament), 2 World Cups
VEN / VENEZUELA
2010 WL 23rd
Participation: 1 WL – Total: 1
YUG / YUGOSLAVIA (See also CRO, SCG between 2003 and 2006; since 2007, MNE & SRB)
1936 OG 10th, 1948 OG 9
th, 1952 OG 2
nd, 1956 OG 2
nd, 1960 OG 4
th, 1964 OG 2
nd, 1968 OG 1
st, 1972 OG 5
th, 1973
WCH 3rd
, 1975 WCH 13th, 1976 OG 5
th, 1978 WCH 3
rd, 1979 WCp 3
rd, 1980 OG 2
nd, 1981 WCp 2
nd, 1982 WCH 7
th,
1984 OG 1st, 1985 WCp 4
th, 1986 WCH 1
st, 1987 WCp 1
st, 1988 OG 1
st, 1989 WCp 1
st, 1991 WCH 1
st, 1991 WCp
2nd
, 1997 WCp 7th, 1998 WCH 3
rd, 1999 WCp 5
th, 2000 OG 3
rd, 2001 WCH 2
nd, 2002 WCp 3
rd
Participation: 13 OG, 8 WCH, 9 WCp – Total: 30
3 Olympic titles, 2 World, 2 World Cups
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6. FINA WORLD WATER POLO DEVELOPMENT TROPHY
1st edition in Kuwait City (KUW) from May 2 – 8, 2007
Participants – 12 teams from three continents (Africa, Americas and Asia)
FINAL RANKING: 1. Colombia; 2. Puerto Rico; 3. Iran; 4. Kuwait; 5. Saudi Arabia; 6. Uruguay; 7. Korea; 8.
Chile; 9. Algeria; 10. Tunisia; 11. Morocco; 12. Kenya
2nd
edition in Kuwait City (KUW) from April 5 – 11, 2009
Participants – 12 teams from three continents (Africa, Americas and Asia)
FINAL RANKING: 1. Kuwait; 2. Singapore; 3. Trinidad & Tobago; 4. Philippines; 5. Morocco; 6. Algeria; 7.
Uruguay; 8. Indonesia; 9. Jamaica; 10. Guatemala; 11. Tunisia; 12. Kenya
3rd
edition in Dammam (KSA) from April 23 – 29, 2011
Participants – 11 teams from three continents (Africa, Americas and Asia)
FINAL RANKING: 1. Saudi Arabia; 2. Iran; 3. Kuwait; 4. Chile; 5. Trinidad & Tobago; 6. Singapore; 7. Tunisia;
8. Peru; 9. Netherlands Antilles; 10. Morocco; 11. Algeria
4th
edition in Kuwait City (KUW) from May 6 – 11, 2013
Participants – 11 teams from three continents (Africa, Americas and Asia)
FINAL RANKING: 1. Uzbekistan; 2. Egypt; 3. Saudi Arabia; 4. Puerto Rico; 5. Kuwait; 6. Uruguay; 7. South
Africa; 8. Tunisia; 9. Singapore; 10. Guatemala; 11. Peru
5th
edition in Tehran (IRI) from May 24–29, 2015
Participants – 10 teams from four continents (Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe)
FINAL RANKING: 1. Iran; 2. Uruguay; 3. Austria; 4. Malta; 5. Azerbaijan; 6. Indonesia; 7. Kuwait; 8. Tunisia; 9.
Guatemala; 10. Morocco
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7. WOMEN’S WATER POLO
8. OLYMPIC GAMES
A women’s water polo tournament is included on the Olympic programme since 2000. The next edition will take place
in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) in 2016 (August 5 – 21).
Dates Sites Number of Teams
1 2000 Sydney, AUS (September 15 – October 1) 6
2 2004 Athens, GRE (August 13 – 29) 8
3 2008 Beijing, CHN (August 8 – 24) 8
4 2012 London, GBR (July 27 – August 12) 8
Dates Sites ROLL OF HONOUR
2000 Sydney, AUS 1. AUS, 2. USA, 3. RUS, 4. NED, 5. CAN, 6. KAZ
2004 Athens, GRE 1. ITA, 2. GRE, 3. USA, 4. AUS, 5. RUS, 6. HUN, 7. CAN, 8. KAZ
2008 Beijing, CHN 1. NED, 2. USA, 3. AUS, 4. HUN, 5. CHN, 6. ITA, 7. RUS, 8. GRE
2012 London, GBR 1. USA, 2. ESP, 3. AUS, 4. HUN, 5. CHN, 6. RUS, 7. ITA, 8. GBR
8.1 OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS – TEAM LINE-UP
2000 – AUS: Naomi CASTLE, Joanne FOX, Bridgette GUSTERSON, Simone HANKIN,Yvette HIGGINS, Kate
HOOPER, Bronwyn MAYER, Gail MILLER, Melissa MILLS, Debbie WATSON, Liz WEEKES, Danielle
WOODHOUSE, Taryn WOODS
2004 – ITA: Carmela ALLUCI, Alexandra ARAUJO, Silvia BORSUGI, Francesca CONTI, Tania Di MARIO, Elena
GIGLI, Melania GREGO, Giusy MALATO, Martina MICELLI, Maddalena MUSUMECI, Cinzia RAGUSA, Noemi
TOTH, Manuela ZANCHI
2008 – NED: Ilse VAN DER MEIJDEN, Yasemin SMIT, Mieke CABOUT, Biurakn HAKHVERDIAN, Marieke
VAN DEN HAM, Danielle DE BRUIJN, Iefke VAN BELKUM, Noeki KLEIN, Gillian VAN DEN BERG, Alette
SIJBRING, Rianne GUICHELAAR, Simone KOOT, Meike DE NOOY
2012 – USA: Annika DRIES, Aymard BOSSE BERANGER, Elizabeth ARMSTRONG, Brenda VILLA, Courtney
MATHEWSON, Heather PETRI, Kelly RULON, Klaus NIELSEN, Maggie STEFFENS, Marius PREKEVICIUS,
Melissa SEIDEMANN, Ravi BHOLLAH, Tumua ANAE
8.2 WOMEN’S OLYMPIC YEAR TOURNAMENT
In 1996, an Olympic Year Tournament was held in Emmen (NED): 1. NED, 2. AUS, 3. ITA, 4. GRE, 5.
CAN, 6. RUS, 7. USA, 8. FRA, 9. GER, 10. KAZ, 11. GBR, 12. BRA
1996 – NED: Ellen BAST, Edme HIEMSTRA, Erica HOSKENS, Leontine KOOPS, Karin KUIPERS,
Ingrid LIYENDEKKER, Petra MERDINCK, Marjan OP DEN VELDE, Mirjan OVERDAM, Carla QUINT,
Marielle SCHOTHANS, Karla VAN DEN BOEN, Gillian VAN DER BERG
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WOMEN’S WATER POLO WORLD STANDINGS
Dates & Sites ROLL OF HONOUR
1986, Madrid (ESP) 1. AUS, 2. NED, 3. USA, 4. CAN, 5. HUN, 6. FRG, 7. NOR, 8. BEL, 9.
GBR
1991, Perth (AUS) 1. NED, 2. CAN 3. USA, 4. HUN, 5. AUS, 6. GER, 7. NZL, 8. BRA, 9.
FRA
1994, Rome (ITA) 1. HUN, 2. NED, 3. ITA, 4. USA, 5. CAN, 6. AUS, 7. RUS, 8. GER, 9.
FRA, 10. NZL, 11. BRA, 12. KAZ
1998, Perth (AUS) 1. ITA, 2. NED, 3. AUS, 4. RUS, 5. GRE, 6. CAN, 7. HUN, 8. USA, 9.
ESP, 10. BRA, 11. NZL, 12. KAZ
2001, Fukuoka (JPN) 1. ITA, 2. HUN, 3. CAN, 4. USA, 5. AUS, 6. RUS, 7. GRE, 8. KAZ, 9.
NED, 10. BRA, 11. JPN, 12. NZL
2003, Barcelona (ESP) 1. USA, 2. ITA, 3. RUS, 4. CAN, 5. HUN, 6. NED, 7. AUS, 8. ESP, 9.
GRE, 10. GER, 11. JPN, 12. BRA, 13. KAZ, 14. VEN, 15. FRA, 16.
GBR
2005, Montreal (CAN) 1. HUN, 2. USA, 3. CAN, 4. RUS, 5. GRE, 6. AUS, 7. ITA, 8. GER, 9.
CUB, 10. NED, 11. ESP, 12. NZL, 13. BRA, 14. VEN, 15. UZB, 16.
CHN
2007, Melbourne (AUS) 1. USA, 2. AUS, 3. RUS, 4. HUN, 5. ITA, 6. CAN, 7. ESP, 8. GRE, 9.
NED, 10. BRA, 1. GER, 12. NZL, 13. KAZ, 14. CHN, 15. CUB, 16. PUR
2009, Rome (ITA) 1. USA, 2. CAN, 3. RUS, 4. GRE, 5. NED, 6. AUS, 7. HUN, 8. ESP, 9.
ITA, 10. GER, 11. CHN, 12. NZL, 13. BRA, 14. KAZ, 15. UZB, 16. RSA
2011, Shanghai (CHN) 1. GRE, 2. CHN, 3. RUS, 4. ITA, 5. AUS, 6. USA, 7. NED, 8. CAN, 9.
HUN, 10. CUB, 11. ESP, 12. NZL, 13. KAZ, 14. BRA, 15. RSA, 16.
UZB
2013, Barcelona (ESP) 1. ESP, 2. AUS, 3. HUN, 4. RUS, 5. USA, 6. GRE, 7. NED, 8. CAN, 9.
CHN, 10. ITA, 11. KAZ, 12. NZL, 13. GBR, 14. BRA, 15. RSA, 16.
UZB
2015, Kazan (RUS) 1.USA, 2. NED, 3. ITA, 4. AUS, 5. CHN, 6. GRE, 7. ESP, 8. RUS, 9.
HUN, 10. BRA, 11. CAN, 12. KAZ, 13. NZL, 14. FRA, 15. JPN, 16.
RSA
ROLL OF HONOUR BY COUNTRY
4 titles USA (2003, 2007, 2009, 2015)
2 titles ITA (1998, 2001)
HUN (1994, 2005)
1 title AUS (1986)
NED (1991)
GRE (2011)
ESP (2013)
OLYMPIC AND WORLD ROLL OF HONOUR
5 titles USA (WCH 2003, 2007, 2009, 2015, OG 2012)
3 titles ITA (WCH 1998, 2001, OG 2004)
2 titles AUS (WCH 1986, OG 2000)
HUN (WCH 1994, 2005)
NED (WCH 1991, OG 2008)
1 title GRE (WCH 2011)
ESP (WCH 2013)
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8.3 WORLD CHAMPIONS – TEAM LINE-UP
1986 – AUS: Judy GAIR, Cummins HANDLEY, Amanda LEESON, Katie McADAMS, Megan
MELONCELLI, Lynne MORRISON, Sandy MILLS-O’MELLIA, Jackie NORTHAM, Cathy PARKERS,
Janet RAYNER, Julie SHEPERD, Debbie WATSON
1991 – NED: Helen BOERING, Irma BRANDER, Edmee HIEMSTRA, Monique KRANENBURG, Karin
KUIPERS, Patricia LIBREGTS, Alice LINDHOUT, Marjan OP DEN VELDE, Lilian OSSENDRIJVER,
Janny SPIJKER, Karla VAN DEN BOEN, Esmeralda VAN DER WATER, Hedda VERDAM
1994 – HUN: Katalin Kisne DANCSA, Zsuzsa DUNKEL, Andrea EKE, Zsuzsanna HULF, Ildiko KUNA,
Iren RAFAEL, Katalin REDEI, Edit SIPOS, Mercedes STIEBER, Orsolya SZALKAY, Krisztina
SZREMKO, Gabriella TOTH, Noemi TOTH
1998 – ITA: Carmela ALLUCI, Alexandra ARAUJO, Cristina CONSOLI, Francesca CONTI, Antonella DI
GIACINTO, Eleonora GAY, Melania GREGO, Stefania LARUCCI, Giusy MALATO, Martina MICELLI,
Maddalena MUSUMECI, Monica VAILLANT, Milena VIRZI
2001 – ITA: Carmella ALLUCI, Alexandra ARAUJO, Silvia BOSURGI, Cristina CONSOLI, Francesca
CONTI, Tania DI MARIO, Melania GREGO, Giusy MALATO, Martina MICELI, Maddalena
MUSUMECI, Paola SABBATINI, Gabriella SCIOLTI, Monica VAILLANT
2003 – USA: Robin BEAUREGARD, Margarer DINGELDEIN, Gabrielle DOMANIC, Ellen ESTES,
Jacqueline FRANK, Natalie GOLDA, Ericka LORENZ, Heather MOODY, Heather PETRI, Nicolle
PAYNE, Amber STACHOWSKI, Brenda VILLA
2005 – HUN: Timea BENKO, Fruzsnina BRAVIK, Rita DRAVUCZ, Patricia HORVATH, Dora
KISTELEKI, Anilko PELLE, Kristyna SERFOZO, Mercedes STIEBER, Orsolya TAKACS, Eszter
TOMASKOVICS, Andrea TOTH, Agnes VALKAI, Krisztina ZANTLEITNER
2007 – USA: Elizabeth ARMSTRONG, Patricia CARDENAS, Kameryn CRAIG, Brittany HAYES, Natalie
GOLDA, Alison GREGORKA, Jaime HIPP, Ericka LORENZ, Heather PETRI, Moriah VAN NORMAN,
Brenda VILLA, Lauren WENGER, Elsie WINDES
2009 – USA: Elizabeth ARMSTRONG, Heather PETRI, Brittany HAYES, Brenda VILLA, Lauren
WENGER, Tanya GANDY, Kelly RULON, Jessica STEFFENS, Elsie WINDES, Alison GREGORKA,
Moriah VAN NORMAN, Kameryn CRAIG, Jaime KOMER
2011 – GRE: Eleni KOUVDOU, Christina TSOUKALA, Antiopi MELIDONI, Ilektra Maria PSOUNI,
Kyriaki LIOSI, Alkisti AVRAMIDOU, Alexandra ASIMAKI, Antigoni ROUMPESI, Angeliki
GEROLYMOU, Triantafylla MANOLIOUDAKI, Stavroula ANTONAKOU, Georgia LARA, Eleni
GOULA
2013 – ESP: Laura ESTER, Marta BACH, Anna ESPAR, Roser TARRAGO, Matilda ORTIZ, Jennifer
PAREJA, Lorena MIRANDA, Pilar PENA, Andrea BLAS, Ona MESEGUER, Maica GARCIA, Laura
LOPEZ, Patricia HERRERA.
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2015 – USA: Samantha HILL, Madeline MUSSELMAN, Melissa SEIDEMANN, Rachael FATTAL, Alys
WILLIAMS, Margaret STEFFENS, Courtney MATHEWSON, Kiley NEUSHUL, Ashley GROSSMAN,
Kaleigh GILCHRIST, Makenzie FISCHER, Kami CRAIG, Ashleigh JOHNSON
8.4 WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY
AUS / AUSTRALIA Judy GAIR – 1986
Cummins HANDLEY – 1986
Amanda LEESON – 1986
Katie McADAMS – 1986
Megan MELONCELLI – 1986
Lynne MORRISON – 1986
Sandy MILLS-O’MELLIA – 1986
Jackie NORTHAM – 1986
Catherine PARKERS – 1986
Janet RAYNER – 1986
Julie SHEPERD – 1986
Debbie WATSON – 1986
ESP / SPAIN
Marta BACH – 2013
Andrea BLAS – 2013
Anna ESPAR – 2013
Laura ESTER – 2013
Maica GARCIA – 2013
Patricia HERRERA – 2013
Laura LOPEZ – 2013
Ona MESEGUER – 2013
Lorena MIRANDA – 2013
Matilda ORTIZ – 2013
Jennifer PAREJA – 2013
Pilar PENA – 2013
Roser TARRAGO – 2013
GRE / GREECE
Stavroula ANTONAKOU – 2011
Alexandra ASIMAKI – 2011
Alkisti AVRAMIDOU – 2011
Angeliki GEROLYMOU – 2011
Eleni GOULA – 2011
Eleni KOUVDOU – 2011
Georgia LARA – 2011
Kyriaki LIOSI – 2011
Triantafylla MANOLIOUDAKI – 2011
Antiopi MELIDONI – 2011
Ilektra Maria PSOUNI – 2011
Antigoni ROUMPESI – 2011
Christina TSOUKALA – 2011
HUN / HUNGARY
Timea BENKO – 2005
Fruzsnina BRAVIK – 2005
Katalin Kisne DANCSA – 1994
Rita DRAVUCZ – 2005
Zsuzsa DUNKEL – 1994
Andrea EKE – 1994
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Patricia HORVATH – 2005
Zsuzsanna HULF – 1994
Dora KISTELEKI – 2005
Ildiko KUNA – 1994
Anilko PELLE – 2005
Iren RAFAEL – 1994
Katalin REDEI – 1994
Kristyna SERFOZO – 2005
Edit SIPOS – 1994
Mercedes STIEBER – 1994, 2005
Orsolya SZALKAY – 1994
Krisztina SZREMKO – 1994
Orsolya TAKACS – 2005
Eszter TOMASKOVICS – 2005
Andrea TOTH – 2005
Gabriella TOTH – 1994
Noemi TOTH – 1994
Agnes VALKAI – 2005
Krisztina ZANTLEITNER – 2005
ITA / ITALY Carmela ALLUCI – 1998, 2001
Alexandra ARAUJO – 1998, 2001
Silvia BOSURGI – 2001
Cristina CONSOLI – 1998, 2001
Francesca CONTI – 1998, 2001
Antonella DI GIACINTO – 1998
Tania DI MARIO – 2001
Eleonora GAY – 1998
Melania GREGO – 1998, 2001
Stefania LARUCCI – 1998
Giusy MALATO – 1998, 2001
Martina MICELI – 1998, 2001
Maddalena MUSUMECI – 1998, 2001
Paola SABBATINI – 2001
Gabriella SCIOLTI – 2001
Monica VAILLANT – 1998, 2001
Milena VIRZI – 1998
NED / NETHERLANDS
Helen BOERING – 1991
Irma BRANDER – 1991
Edmee HIEMSTRA – 1991
Monique KRANENBURG – 1991
Karin KUIPERS – 1991
Patricia LIBREGTS – 1991
Alice LINDHOUT – 1991
Marjan OP DEN VELDE – 1991
Lilian OSSENDRIJVER – 1991
Janny SPIJKER – 1991
Karla VAN DEN BOEN – 1991
Esmeralda VAN DER WATER – 1991
Hedda VERDAM – 1991
USA / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Elizabeth ARMSTRONG – 2007, 2009
Robin BEAUREGARD – 2003
Patricia CARDENAS – 2007
Kameryn CRAIG – 2007, 2009
Kami CRAIG - 2015
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Margarer DINGELDEIN – 2003
Gabrielle DOMANIC – 2003
Ellen ESTES – 2003
Rachel FATTAL - 2015
Jacqueline FRANK – 2003
Tanya GANDY – 2009
Kaleigh GILCHRIST - 2015
Natalie GOLDA – 2003, 2007
Alison GREGORKA – 2007, 2009
Ashley GROSMAN - 2015
Brittany HAYES – 2007, 2009
Samantha HILL - 2015
Jaime HIPP – 2007
Ashleigh JOHSON - 2015
Jaime KOMER – 2009
Ericka LORENZ – 2003, 2007
Courtney MATHEWSON - 2015
Heather MOODY – 2003
Thalia MUNRO – 2003
Madeline MUSSELMAN – 2015
Kiley NEUSHUL - 2015
Heather PETRI – 2003, 2007, 2009
Nicolle PAYNE – 2003
Kelly RULON – 2009
Melissa SEIDMANN - 2015
Amber STACHOWSKI – 2003
Jessica STEFFENS – 2009
Margaret STEFFENS - 2015
Moriah VAN NORMAN – 2007, 2009
Brenda VILLA – 2003, 2007, 2009
Lauren WENGER – 2007, 2009
Alys WILLIAMS - 2015
Elsie WINDES – 2007, 2009
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8.5 OLYMPIC & WORLD CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY
AUS / AUSTRALIA
Naomi CASTLE – OG 2000
Joanne FOX – OG 2000
Judy GAIR – WCH 1986
Bridgette GUSTERSON – OG 2000
Cummins HANDLEY – WCH 1986
Simone HANKIN – OG 2000
Yvette HIGGINS – OG 2000
Kate HOOPER – OG 2000
Amanda LEESON – WCH 1986
Bronwyn MAYER – OG 2000
Katie McADAMS – WCH 1986
Megan MELONCELLI – WCH 1986
Gail MILLER – OG 2000
Melissa MILLS – OG 2000
Sandy MILLS-O’MELLIA – WCH 1986
Lynne MORRISON – WCH 1986
Jackie NORTHAM – WCH 1986
Catherine PARKERS – WCH 1986
Janet RAYNER – WCH 1986
Julie SHEPERD – WCH 1986
Debbie WATSON – WCH 1986, OG 2000
Liz WEEKES – OG 2000
Danielle WOODHOUSE – OG 2000
Taryn WOODS – OG 2000
ESP / SPAIN
Marta BACH – WCH 2013
Andrea BLAS – WCH 2013
Anna ESPAR – WCH 2013
Laura ESTER – WCH 2013
Maica GARCIA – WCH 2013
Patricia HERRERA – WCH 2013
Laura LOPEZ – WCH 2013
Ona MESEGUER – WCH 2013
Lorena MIRANDA – WCH 2013
Matilda ORTIZ – WCH 2013
Jennifer PAREJA – WCH 2013
Pilar PENA – WCH 2013
Roser TARRAGO – WCH 2013
GRE / GREECE
Stavroula ANTONAKOU – WCH 2011
Alexandra ASIMAKI – WCH 2011
Alkisti AVRAMIDOU – WCH 2011
Angeliki GEROLYMOU – WCH 2011
Eleni GOULA – WCH 2011
Eleni KOUVDOU – WCH 2011
Georgia LARA – WCH 2011
Kyriaki LIOSI – WCH 2011
Triantafylla MANOLIOUDAKI – WCH 2011
Antiopi MELIDONI – WCH 2011
Ilektra Maria PSOUNI – WCH 2011
Antigoni ROUMPESI – WCH 2011
Christina TSOUKALA – WCH 2011
HUN / HUNGARY
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Timea BENKO – WCH 2005
Fruzsnina BRAVIK – WCH 2005
Katalin Kisne DANCSA – WCH 1994
Rita DRAVUCZ – WCH 2005
Zsuzsa DUNKEL – WCH 1994
Andrea EKE – WCH 1994
Patricia HORVATH – WCH 2005
Zsuzsanna HULF – WCH 1994
Dora KISTELEKI – WCH 2005
Ildiko KUNA – WCH 1994
Anilko PELLE – WCH 2005
Iren RAFAEL – WCH 1994
Katalin REDEI – WCH 1994
Kristyna SERFOZO – WCH 2005
Edit SIPOS – WCH 1994
Mercedes STIEBER – WCH 1994, WCH 2005
Orsolya SZALKAY – WCH 1994
Krisztina SZREMKO – WCH 1994
Orsolya TAKACS – WCH 2005
Eszter TOMASKOVICS – WCH 2005
Andrea TOTH – WCH 2005
Gabriella TOTH – WCH 1994
Noemi TOTH – WCH 1994
Agnes VALKAI – WCH 2005
Krisztina ZANTLEITNER – WCH 2005
ITA / ITALY Carmela ALLUCI – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Alexandra ARAUJO – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Silvia BOSURGI – WCH 2001, OG 2004
Cristina CONSOLI – WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Francesca CONTI – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Antonella DI GIACINTO – WCH 1998
Tania DI MARIO – WCH 2001, OG 2004
Eleonora GAY – WCH 1998
Elena GIGLI – OG 2004
Melania GREGO – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Stefania LARUCCI – WCH 1998
Giusy MALATO – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Martina MICELLI – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Maddalena MUSUMECI – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Cinzia RAGUSA – OG 2004
Paola SABBATINI – WCH 2001
Gabriella SCIOLTI – WCH 2001
Noemi TOTH – OG 2004
Monica VAILLANT – WCH 1998, WCH 2003
Milena VIRZI – WCH 1998
Manuela ZANCHI – OG 2004
NED / NETHERLANDS
Helen BOERING – WCH 1991
Irma BRANDER – WCH 1991
Mieke CABOUT – OG 2008
Danielle DE BRUIJN – OG 2008
Meike DE NOOY – OG 2008
Rianne GUICHELAAR – OG 2008
Biurakn HAKHVERDIAN – OG 2008
Edmee HIEMSTRA – WCH 1991
Noeki KLEIN – OG 2008
Simone KOOT – OG 2008
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Monique KRANENBURG – WCH 1991
Karin KUIPERS – WCH 1991
Patricia LIBREGTS – WCH 1991
Alice LINDHOUT – WCH 1991
Marjan OP DEN VELDE – WCH 1991
Lilian OSSENDRIJVER – WCH 1991
Alette SIJBRING – OG 2008
Yasemin SMIT – OG 2008
Janny SPIJKER – WCH 1991
Iefke VAN BELKUM – OG 2008
Gillian VAN DEN BERG – OG 2008
Karla VAN DEN BOEN – WCH 1991
Marieke VAN DEN HAM – OG 2008
Ilse VAN DER MEIJDEN – OG 2008
Esmeralda VAN DER WATER – WCH 1991
Hedda VERDAM – WCH 1991
USA / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tumua ANAE – OG 2012
Elizabeth ARMSTRONG – WCH 2007, WCH 2009, OG 2012
Robin BEAUREGARD – WCH 2003
Ravi BHOLLAH – OG 2012
Aymard BOSSE BERANGER – OG 2012
Patricia CARDENAS – WCH 2007
Kameryn CRAIG – WCH 2007, WCH 2009, WCH 2015
Margarer DINGELDEIN – WCH 2003
Gabrielle DOMANIC – WCH 2003
Annika DRIES – OG 2012
Ellen ESTES – WCH 2003
Rachel FATTAL – WCH 2015
Makenzie FISCHER – WCH 2015
Jacqueline FRANK – WCH 2003
Tanya GANDY – WCH 2009
Kaleigh GILCHRIST – WCH 2015
Natalie GOLDA – WCH 2003, WCH 2007
Alison GREGORKA – WCH 2007, WCH 2009
Ashley GROSSMAN – WCH 2015
Brittany HAYES – WCH 2007, WCH 2009
Jaime HIPP – WCH 2007
Samantha HILL – WCH 2015
Ashleigh JOHNSON – WCH 2015
Jaime KOMER – WCH 2009
Ericka LORENZ – WCH 2003, WCH 2007
Courtney MATHEWSON – OG 2012, WCH 2015
Heather MOODY – WCH 2003
Thalia MUNRO – WCH 2003
Madeline MUSSELMAN – WCH 2015
Klaus NIELSEN – OG 2012
Kiley NEUSHUL – WCH 2015
Heather PETRI – WCH 2003, WCH 2007, WCH 2009, OG 2012
Nicolle PAYNE – WCH 2003
Marius PREKEVICIUS – OG 2012
Kelly RULON – WCH 2009, OG 2012
Melissa SEIDEMANN – OG 2012, WCH 2015
Amber STACHOWSKI – WCH 2003
Jessica STEFFENS – WCH 2009
Maggie STEFFENS – OG 2012, WCH 2015
Moriah VAN NORMAN – WCH 2007, WCH 2009
Brenda VILLA – WCH 2003, WCH 2007, WCH 2009, OG 2012
Lauren WENGER – WCH 2007, WCH 2009
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Alys WILLIAMS – WCH 2015
Elsie WINDES – WCH 2007, WCH 2009
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9 WATER POLO WORLD CUP (1979-2014)
Dates Sites Number of Teams
1 1979 Merced, USA 5
2 1980 Breda, NED 5 from 4 countries
3 1981 Brisbane, AUS 5 from 4 countries
4 1983 Sainte Foy, CAN 5 from 4 countries
5 1984 Irvine, USA 5 from 4 countries
6 1988 Christchurch, NZL 7
7 1989 Eindhoven, NED 8
8 1991 Long Beach, USA 8
9 1993 Catania, ITA 8
10 1995 Sydney, AUS 8
11 1997 Nancy, FRA 8
12 1999 Winnipeg, CAN 8
13 2002 Perth, AUS 8
14 2006 Tianjing, CHN 8
15 2010 Christchurch, NZL 8
16 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS 8
Dates & Sites ROLL OF HONOUR
1979, Merced (USA) 1. USA, 2. NED, 3. AUS, 4. CAN, 5. NZL
1980, Breda (NED) 1. NED, 2. USA, 3. CAN, 4. AUS, 5. NED II
1981, Brisbane (AUS) 1. CAN, 2. NED, 3. AUS, 4. USA, 5. AUS II
1983, Sainte Foy (CAN) 1. NED, 2. USA, 3. AUS, 4. CAN, 5. CAN II
1984, Irvine (USA) 1. AUS, 2. USA, 3. NED, 4. NZL, 5. USA II
1988, Christchurch (NZL) 1. NED, 2. HUN, 3. CAN, 4. USA, 5. AUS, 6. NZL, 7. PUR
1989, Eindhoven (NED) 1. NED, 2. USA, 3. HUN, 4. CAN, 5. AUS, 6. FRG, 7. FRA, 8. ITA
1991, Long Beach (USA) 1. NED, 2. AUS, 3. USA, 4 CAN, 5. ITA, 6. JPN, 7. NZL, 8. BRA
1993, Catania (ITA) 1. NED, 2. ITA, 3. HUN, 4. AUS, 5. USA, 6. CAN, 7. JPN, 8. KAZ
1995, Sydney (AUS) 1. AUS, 2. NED, 3. HUN, 4. RUS, 5. ITA, 6. USA, 7. FRA, 8. NZL
1997, Nancy (FRA) 1. NED, 2. RUS, 3. AUS, 4. ITA, 5. CAN, 6. GRE, 7. USA, 8. FRA
1999, Winnipeg (CAN) 1. NED, 2. AUS, 3. ITA, 4. HUN, 5. CAN, 6. USA, 7. RUS, 8. GRE
2002, Perth (AUS) 1. HUN, 2. USA, 3. CAN, 4. RUS, 5. ITA, 6. AUS, 7. GRE, 8. KAZ
2006, Tianjing (CHN) 1. AUS, 2. ITA, 3. RUS, 4. USA, 5. HUN, 6. GRE, 7. CAN, 8. CHN
2010, Christchurch (NZL) 1. USA, 2. AUS, 3. CHN, 4. RUS, 5. CAN, 6. HUN, 7. GRE, 8. NZL
2014, Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) 1. USA, 2. AUS, 3. ESP, 4. CHN, 5. HUN, 6. RUS, 7. RSA, 8. SIN
WORLD CUP ROLL OF HONOUR BY COUNTRY
8 titles NED (1980, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999)
3 titles AUS (1984, 1995, 2006)
USA (1979, 2010, 2014)
1 title CAN (1981)
HUN (2002)
OLYMPIC GAMES, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS & WORLD CUPS
9 titles NED (WCp 1980, WCp 1983, WCp 1988, WCp 1989, WCH and WCp 1991, WCp 1993, WCp 1997,
WCp 1999, OG 2008)
6 titles USA (WCp 1979, WCH 2003, WCH 2007, WCp 2010, WCp 2014, WCH 2015)
5 titles AUS (WCp 1984, WCH 1986, WCp 1995, OG 2000, WCP 2006)
3 titles ITA (WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004)
HUN (WCH 1994, WCp 2002, WCH 2005)
1 title CAN (WCp 1981)
GRE (WCH 2011)
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9.1 WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS – TEAM LINE-UP
1979 – USA: Lynn COMER, Laura COX, Dion DICKINSON, Vaune KADLUBEK, Debby KEMP, Simone LA LAY, Marsha
McCUEN-KAVANAGH, Sue McINTYRE, Maureen O’TOOLE, Sallie THOMAS, Lyn TAYLOR
1980 – NED: Rita HEEMSKERK, Brigitte HULSCHER, Hermine PERIK, Ria ROOS, Ingrid SCHOLTEN, Elly SPIJKER, Ann
VAN BEEK, Lieneke VAN DEN HEUVEL, Greet VAN DEN VEEN, Marga VAN FEGGELEN, Marijke ZWART
1981 – CAN: Sylvie ARCHAMBAULT, Tracy CRANDALL, Odile DELASERRA, Isabel DESCHAMES, Michele DESPATIS,
Jocelyne DUMAY, Diedre FINCHAW, Johanne GERBAIS, Janice GILBEY, Heather GIFFORD, Hilary KNOWLES, Denise
PREFONTAINE, Sylvie THIBAULT
1983 – NED: Anitra BIBO, J. BOER, D. HEIJNERT, J. HEIJNERT, Hermine PERIK, Ria ROOS, Ingrid SCHOLTEN, Elly
SPIJKER, K. STERKENBURG, Ann VAN BEEK, M. VAN DEN MARK, Greet VAN DEN VEEN, H. VAN HEEMSTRA
1984 – AUS: Kerry CAIN, Lisa COPELAND, Debbie HANDLEY, Amanda LEESON, Jackie NORTHAM, Katie McADAMS,
Wendy MELONCELLI, Kerry MILS, Sandy MILLS, Cathy PARKERS, Janet RAYNER, Julie SHEPERD, Debbie WATSON
1988 – NED: Anitra BIBO, Hellen BOERING, Irma BRANDER, Monique KRANENBURG, Patricia LIBREGTS, Alice
LINDHOUT, Anita NIJENHUIS, Lilian OSSENDRIJVER, Hermine PERIK, Janny SPIJKER, Lieneke VAN DEN HEUVEL,
Grett VAN DEN VEEN, Hedda VERDAM
1989 – NED: Hellen BOERING, Irma BRANDER, Monique KRANENBURG, Alice LINDHOUT, Patricia LIBREGTS, Anita
NIJENHUIS, Hermine PERIK, Ilse SINDORF, Janny SPIJKER, Astrid VAN DER MEER, Greet VAN DEN VEEN, Esmeralda
VAN DEN WATER, Lieneke VAN DER HEUVEL, Hedda VERDAM
1991 – NED: Angelique BEIJAARD, Hellen BOERING, Edmee HIEMSTRA, Monique KRANENBURG, Karin KUIPERS,
Patricia LIBREGTS-MEGENS, Alice LINDHOUT, Marjan OP DEN VELDE, L. OSSENDRIJVER, Rianne SHRAM, Janny
SPIJKER, Karla VAN DEN BOEN, Esmeralda VAN DEN WATER, Hedda VERDAM
1993 – NED: Ellen BAST, Hellen BOERING, Edmee HIEMSTRA, Karin KUIPERS, Ingrid LIEJENDEKKER, Alice
LINDHOUT, Sandra NIEUWENBURG, Carla QUINT, Rianne SCHRAMM, Janny SPIJKER, Gillian VAN DEN BERG, Karla
VAN DEN BOEM, Hedda VERDAM
1995 – AUS: Naomi CASTLE, Loris DARVILL, Kylie ENGLISH, Claire FINUCANE, Bridgette GUSTERON, Yvette
HIGGINS, Bromwyn MAYER, Stephanie NEESHAM, Debbie WATSON, Elizabeth WEEKES, Sharan WHEELOCK, Danielle
WOODHOUSE, Taryn WOODS
1997 – NED: Ellen BAST, Edmee HIEMSTRA, Karin KUIPERS; Ingrid LIEJENDEKKER, Sandra NIEUWENBURE, Marjan
OP DEN VELDE, Mirjam OVERDAM, Carla QUINT, Marielle SCHOTHANS, Gillian VAN DEN BERG, Karla VAN DEN
BOEN, Suzanne VAN DEN BOOMEN, Carla VAN USEN
1999 – NED: Hellen BOERING, Danielle DE BRUIJN, Edmee HIEMSTRA, Mariette KOEHORST, Karin KUIPERS, Patricia
LIBREGTS-MEGENS, Marjan OP DEN VELDE, Mirjam OVERDAM, Karla VAN DEN BOEN, Gillian VAN DER BERG,
Ellen VAN DER WEIJDEN
2002 – HUN: Timea BENKO; Rita DRAVUCZ, Anett GYÖRE, Patricia HORVATH, Aniko PELLE, Agnes PRIMASZ, Ildoko
SOS, Zsusanna TIBA, Mercedes STIEBER, Krisztina SZREMKO, Agnes VALKAY, Erzebet VALKAY, Kristina
ZANTLEITNER
2006 – AUS: Gemma BEADSWORTH, Nicole DYSON, Suzie FRASER, Daniele GOFERS, Kate GYNTHER, Fiona
HAMMOND, Bronwen KNOX, Emma KNOX, Alicia McCORMACK, Patrice O’NEILL, Melissa RIPPON, Rebecca RIPPON,
Mia SANTOROMITO
2010 – USA: Elizabeth ARMSTRONG, Anne BELDEN, Brenda VILLA, Margaret STEFFENS, Juliet MOSS, Courtney
MATHEWSON, Lauren SILVER, Elsie WINDES, Kelly RULON, Annika DRIES, Kameryn CRAIG, Melissa SEIDEMANN,
Emily FEHER
2014 – USA: Samantha HILL, Alys WILLIAMS, Melissa SEIDEMANN, Rachel FATTAL, Caroline CLARK, Maggie
STEFFENS, Courtney MATHEWSON, Kiley NEUSHUL, Jillian KRAUS, Kaleigh GILCHRIST, Annike DRIES, Kameryn
CRAIG, Ashleigh JOHNSON
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9.2 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS BY NATIONALITY
AUS / AUSTRALIA
Gemma BEADSWORTH – 2006
Kerry CAIN – 1984
Naomi CASTLE – 1995
Lisa COPELAND – 1984
Loris DARVILL – 1995
Nicole DYSON – 2006
Kylie ENGLISH – 1995
Claire FINUCANE – 1995
Suzie FRASER – 2006
Daniele GOFERS – 2006
Bridgette GUSTERON – 1995
Kate GYNTHER – 2006
Fiona HAMMOND – 2006
Debbie HANDLEY – 1984
Yvette HIGGINS – 1995
Bronwen KNOX – 2006
Emma KNOX – 2006
Amanda LEESON – 1984
Alicia McCORMACK – 2006
Bromwyn MAYER – 1995
Katie McADAMS – 1984
Wendy MELONCELLI – 1984
Kerry MILS – 1984
Sandy MILLS – 1984
Stephanie NEESHAM – 1995
Jackie NORTHAM – 1984
Patrice O’NEILL – 2006
Cathy PARKERS – 1984
Janet RAYNER – 1984
Melissa RIPPON – 2006
Rebecca RIPPON – 2006
Mia SANTOROMITO – 2006
Julie SHEPERD – 1984
Debbie WATSON – 1984, 1995
Elizabeth WEEKES – 1995
Sharan WHEELOCK – 1995
Danielle WOODHOUSE – 1995
Taryn WOODS – 1995
CAN / CANADA
Sylvie ARCHAMBAULT – 1981
Tracy CRANDALL – 1981
Odile DELASERRA – 1981
Isabel DESCHAMES – 1981
Michele DESPATIS – 1981
Jocelyne DUMAY – 1981
Diedre FINCHAW – 1981
Johanne GERBAIS – 1981
Janice GILBEY – 1981
Heather GIFFORD – 1981
Hilary KNOWLES – 1981
Denise PREFONTAINE – 1981
Sylvie THIBAULT – 1981
HUN / HUNGARY
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Timea BENKO – 2002
Rita DRAVUCZ – 2002
Anett GYORE – 2002
Patricia HORVATH – 2002
Aniko PELLE – 2002
Agnes PRIMASZ – 2002
Ildoko SOS – 2002
Mercedes STIEBER – 2002
Krisztina SZREMKO – 2002
Zsusanna TIBA – 2002
Agnes VALKAY – 2002
Erzebet VALKAY – 2002
Kristina ZANTLEITNER – 2002
NED / NETHERLANDS Ellen BAST – 1993, 1997
Angelique BEIJARD – 1991
Anitra BIBO – 1983, 1988
J. BOER – 1983
Hellen BOERING – 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1999
Irma BRANDER – 1988, 1989
Danielle DE BRUIJN – 1999
Rita HEEMSKERK – 1980
D. HEIJNERT – 1983
J. HEIJNERT – 1983
Edmee HIEMSTRA – 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999
Brigitte HULSCHER – 1980
Mariette KOEHORST – 1999
Monique KRANENBURG – 1988, 1989, 1991
Karin KUIPERS – 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999
Ingrid LEYENDEKKER – 1997
Patricia LIBREGTS-MEJENS – 1988, 1989, 1991, 1999
Ingrid LIEJENDEKKER – 1993, 1997
Alice LINDHOUT – 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993
Sandra NIEUWENBURG – 1993, 1997
Anita NIJENHUIS – 1988, 1989
Marjan OP DEN VELDE – 1991, 1997, 1999
Lilian OSSENDRIJVER – 1988, 1991
Mirjam OVERDAM – 1997, 1999
Hermine PERIK – 1980, 1983, 1998, 1989
Carla QUINT – 1993, 1997
Ria ROOS – 1980, 1983
Ingrid SCHOLTEN – 1980, 1983
Marielle SCHOTHANS – 1997
Rianne SHRAM – 1991, 1993
Ilse SINDORF – 1989
Elly SPIJKER – 1980, 1983
Janny SPIJKER – 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993
K. STERKENBURG – 1983
Ann VAN BEEK – 1980, 1983
Gillian VAN DEN BERG – 1993, 1997, 1999
Karla VAN DEN BOEN – 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999
Suzanne VAN DEN BOOMEN – 1997
Lieneke VAN DEN HEUVEL – 1980, 1988, 1989
M. VAN DEN MARK – 1983
Greet VAN DEN VEEN – 1980, 1983, 1988, 1989
Esmeralda VAN DEN WATER – 1989, 1991
Astrid VAN DER MEER – 1989
Ellen VAN DER WEIJDEN – 1999
Marga VAN FEGGELEN – 1980
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H. VAN HEEMSTRA – 1983
Carla VAN USEN – 1997
Hedda VERDAM – 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993
Marijke ZWART – 1980
USA / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Elizabeth ARMSTRONG – 2010
Anne BELDEN – 2010
Caroline CLARK – 2014
Lynn COMER – 1979
Laura COX – 1979
Kameryn CRAIG – 2010, 2014
Dion DICKINSON – 1979
Annika DRIES – 2010, 2014
Rachel FATTAL – 2014
Emily FEHER – 2010
Kaleigh GILCHRIST – 2014
Samantha HILL – 2014
Ashleigh JOHNSON – 2014
Vaune KADLUBEK – 1979
Debby KEMP – 1979
Jillian KRAUS – 2014
Simone LA LAY – 1979
Courtney MATHEWSON – 2010, 2014
Marsha McCUEN-KAVANAGH – 1979
Sue McINTYRE – 1979
Juliet MOSS – 2010
Kiley NEUSHUL – 2014
Maureen O’TOOLE – 1979
Kelly RULON – 2010
Melissa SEIDEMANN – 2010, 2014
Lauren SILVER – 2010
Margaret STEFFENS – 2010, 2014
Sallie THOMAS – 1979
Lyn TAYLOR – 1979
Brenda VILLA – 2010
Alys WILLIAMS – 2014
Elsie WINDES – 2010
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9.3 OLYMPIC, WORLD AND WORLD CUP WINNERS BY NATIONALITY
AUS / AUSTRALIA
Gemma BEADSWORTH – WCp 2006
Kerry CAIN – WCp 1984
Naomi CASTLE – WCp 1995, OG 2000
Lisa COPELAND – WCp 1984
Loris DARVILL – WCp 1995
Nicole DYSON – WCp 2006
Kylie ENGLISH – WCp 1995
Claire FINUCANE – WCp 1995
Joanne FOX – OG 2000
Suzie FRASER – WCp 2006
Judy GAIR – WCH 1986
Daniele GOFERS – WCp 2006
Bridgette GUSTERON – WCp 1995, OG 2000
Kate GYNTHER – WCp 2006
Fiona HAMMOND – WCp 2006
Cummins HANDLEY – WCH 1986
Debbie HANDLEY – WCp 1984
Simone HANKIN – OG 2000
Yvette HIGGINS – WCp 1995, OG 2000
Kate HOOPER – OG 2000
Bronwen KNOX – WCp 2006
Emma KNOX – WCp 2006
Amanda LEESON – WCp 1984, WCH 1986
Katie McADAMS – WCp 1984, WCH 1986
Alicia McCORMACK – WCp 2006
Bromwyn MAYER – WCp 1995, OG 2000
Megan MELONCELLI – WCH 1986
Wendy MELONCELLI – WCp 1984
Gail MILLER – OG 2000
Kerry MILS – WCp 1984
Melissa MILLS – OG 2000
Sandy MILLS-O’MELLIA – WCp 1984, WCH 1986
Lynne MORRISON – WCH 1986
Stephanie NEESHAM – WCp 1995
Jackie NORTHAM – WCp 1984, WCH 1986
Patrice O’NEILL – WCp 2006
Cathy PARKERS – WCp 1984, WCH 1986
Janet RAYNER – WCp 1984, WCH 1986
Melissa RIPPON – WCp 2006
Rebecca RIPPON – WCp 2006
Mia SANTOROMITO – WCp 2006
Julie SHEPERD – WCp 1984, WCH 1986
Debbie WATSON – WCp 1984, WCH 1986, WCp 1995, OG 2000
Elizabeth WEEKES – WCp 1995, OG 2000
Sharan WHEELOCK – WCp 1995
Danielle WOODHOUSE – WCp 1995, OG 2000
Taryn WOODS – WCp 1995, OG 2000
CAN / CANADA
Sylvie ARCHAMBAULT – WCp 1981
Tracy CRANDALL – WCp 1981
Odile DELASERRA – WCp 1981
Isabel DESCHAMES – WCp 1981
Michele DESPATIS – WCp 1981
Jocelyne DUMAY – WCp 1981
Diedre FINCHAW – WCp 1981
Johanne GERBAIS – WCp 1981
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Janice GILBEY – WCp 1981
Heather GIFFORD – WCp 1981
Hilary KNOWLES – WCp 1981
Denise PREFONTAINE – WCp 1981
Sylvie THIBAULT – WCp 1981
ESP / SPAIN
Marta BACH – WCH 2013
Andrea BLAS – WCH 2013
Anna ESPAR – WCH 2013
Laura ESTER – WCH 2013
Maica GARCIA – WCH 2013
Patricia HERRERA – WCH 2013
Laura LOPEZ – WCH 2013
Ona MESEGUER – WCH 2013
Lorena MIRANDA – WCH 2013
Matilda ORTIZ – WCH 2013
Jennifer PAREJA – WCH 2013
Pilar PENA – WCH 2013
Roser TARRAGO – WCH 2013
GRE / GREECE
Stavroula ANTONAKOU – WCH 2011
Alexandra ASIMAKI – WCH 2011
Alkisti AVRAMIDOU – WCH 2011
Angeliki GEROLYMOU – WCH 2011
Eleni GOULA – WCH 2011
Eleni KOUVDOU – WCH 2011
Georgia LARA – WCH 2011
Kyriaki LIOSI – WCH 2011
Triantafylla MANOLIOUDAKI – WCH 2011
Antiopi MELIDONI – WCH 2011
Ilektra Maria PSOUNI – WCH 2011
Antigoni ROUMPESI – WCH 2011
Christina TSOUKALA – WCH 2011
HUN / HUNGARY
Timea BENKO – WCp 2002, WCH 2005
Fruzsnina BRAVIK – WCH 2005
Katalin Kisne DANCSA – WCH 1994
Rita DRAVUCZ – WCp 2002, WCH 2005
Zsuzsa DUNKEL – WCH 1994
Andrea EKE – WCH 1994
Anett GYORE – WCp 2002
Patricia HORVATH – WCp 2002, WCH 2005
Zsuzsanna HULF – WCH 1994
Dora KISTELEKI – WCH 2005
Ildiko KUNA – WCH 1994
Aniko PELLE – WCp 2002, WCH 2005
Agnes PRIMASZ – WCp 2002
Iren RAFAEL – WCH 1994
Katalin REDEI – WCH 1994
Kristyna SERFOZO – WCH 2005
Edit SIPOS – WCH 1994
Ildoko SOS – WCp 2002
Mercedes STIEBER – WCH 1994, WCp 2002, WCH 2005
Krisztina SZREMKO – WCp 2002
Orsolya SZALKAY – WCH 1994
Krisztina SZREMKO – WCH 1994
Orsolya TAKACS – WCH 2005
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Zsusanna TIBA – WCp 2002
Eszter TOMASKOVICS – WCH 2005
Andrea TOTH – WCH 2005
Gabriella TOTH – WCH 1994
Noemi TOTH – WCH 1994
Agnes VALKAY – WCp 2002
Erzebet VALKAY – WCp 2002, WCH 2005
Kristina ZANTLEITNER – WCp 2002, WCH 2005
ITA / ITALY Carmela ALLUCI – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Alexandra ARAUJO – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Silvia BOSURGI – WCH 2001, OG 2004
Cristina CONSOLI – WCH 1998, WCH 2001
Francesca CONTI – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Antonella DI GIACINTO – WCH 1998
Tania DI MARIO – WCH 2001, OG 2004
Eleonora GAY – WCH 1998
Elena GIGLI – OG 2004
Melania GREGO – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Stefania LARUCCI – WCH 1998
Giusy MALATO – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Martina MICELLI – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Maddalena MUSUMECI – WCH 1998, WCH 2001, OG 2004
Cinzia RAGUSA – OG 2004
Paola SABBATINI – WCH 2001
Gabriella SCIOLTI – WCH 2001
Noemi TOTH – OG 2004
Monica VAILLANT – WCH 1998, WCH 2003
Milena VIRZI – WCH 1998
Manuela ZANCHI – OG 2004
NED / NETHERLANDS
Ellen BAST – WCp 1993, OYT (i.e. Women’s Water Polo Olympic Year Tournament) 1996, WCp 1997
Angelique BEIJARD – WCp 1991
Anitra BIBO – WCp 1983, WCp 1988
J. BOER – WCp 1983
Hellen BOERING – WCp 1988, WCp 1989, WCH 1991, WCp 1991, WCp 1993, WCp 1999
Irma BRANDER – WCp 1988, WCp 1989, WCH 1991
Danielle DE BRUIJN – WCp 1999, OG 2008
Mieke CABOUT – OG 2008
Rianne GUICHELAAR – OG 2008
Biurakn HAKHVERDIAN – OG 2008
Rita HEEMSKERK – WCp 1980
D. HEIJNERT – WCp 1983
J. HEIJNERT – WCp 1983
Edmee HIEMSTRA – WCH 1991, WCp 1991, WCp 1993, OYT 1996, WCp 1997, WCp 1999
Erica HOSKENS – OYT 1996
Brigitte HULSCHER – WCp 1980
Leontine KOOPS – OYT 1996
Monique KRANENBURG – WCp 1988, WCp 1989, WCH 1991, WCp 1991
Mariette KOEHORST – WCp 1999
Simone KOOT – OG 2008
Noeki KLEIN – OG 2008
Karin KUIPERS – WCH 1991, WCp 1991, WCp 1993, OYT 1996, WCp 1997, WCp 1999
Patricia LIBREGTS-MEJENS – WCp 1988, WCp 1989, WCH 1991, WCp 1991, WCp 1999
Ingrid LIEJENDEKKER – WCp 1993, OYT 1996, WCp 1997
Alice LINDHOUT – WCp 1988, WCp 1989, WCH 1991, WCp 1991, WCp 1993
Petra MERDINCK – OYT 1996
Sandra NIEUWENBURG – WCp 1993, WCp 1997
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Anita NIJENHUIS – WCp 1988, WCp 1989
Meike DE NOOY – OG 2008
Marjan OP DEN VELDE – WCH 1991, WCp 1991, OYT 1996, WCp 1997, WCp 1999
Lilian OSSENDRIJVER – WCp 1988, WCp 1991
Mirjam OVERDAM – OYT 1996, WCp 1997, WCp 1999
Hermine PERIK – WCp 1980, WCp 1983, WCp 1998, WCp 1989
Carla QUINT – WCp 1993, OYT 1996, WCp 1997
Ria ROOS – WCp 1980, WCp 1983
Ingrid SCHOLTEN – WCp 1980, WCp 1983
Marielle SCHOTHANS – OYT 1996, WCp 1997
Rianne SHRAM – WCp 1991, WCp 1993
Ilse SINDORF – WCp 1989
Alette SIJBRING – OG 2008
Yasemin SMIT – OG 2008
Elly SPIJKER – WCp 1980, WCp 1983
Janny SPIJKER – WCp 1988, WCp 1989, WCH 1991, WCp 1991, WCp 1993
K. STERKENBURG – WCp 1983
Ann VAN BEEK – WCp 1980, WCp 1983
Iefke VAN BELKUM – OG 2008
Gillian VAN DEN BERG – WCp 1993, OYT 1996, WCp 1997, WCp 1999, OG 2008
Karla VAN DEN BOEN – WCH 1991, WCp 1991, WCp 1993, OYT 1996, WCp 1997, WCp 1999
Suzanne VAN DEN BOOMEN – WCp 1997
Marieke VAN DEN HAM – OG 2008
Lieneke VAN DEN HEUVEL – WCp 1980, WCp 1988, WCp 1989
M. VAN DEN MARK – WCp 1983
Greet VAN DEN VEEN – WCp 1980, WCp 1983, WCp 1988, WCp 1989
Esmeralda VAN DEN WATER – WCp 1989, WCH 1991, WCp 1991
Astrid VAN DER MEER – WCp 1989
Ilse VAN DER MEIJDEN – OG 2008
Ellen VAN DER WEIJDEN – WCp 1999
Marga VAN FEGGELEN – WCp 1980
H. VAN HEEMSTRA – WCp 1983
Carla VAN USEN – WCp 1997
Hedda VERDAM – WCp 1988, WCp 1989, WCH 1991, WCp 1991, WCp 1993
Marijke ZWART – WCp 1980
USA / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tumua ANAE – OG 2012
Elizabeth ARMSTRONG – WCH 2007, WCH 2009, WCp 2010, OG 2012
Robin BEAUREGARD – WCH 2003
Anne BELDEN – WCp 2010
Ravi BHOLLAH – OG 2012
Aymard BOSSE BERANGER – OG 2012
Patricia CARDENAS – WCH 2007
Caroline CLARK – WCp 2014
Lynn COMER – WCp 1979
Laura COX – WCp 1979
Kameryn CRAIG – WCH 2007, WCH 2009, WCp 2010, WCp 2014, WCH 2015
Dion DICKINSON – WCp 1979
Margarer DINGELDEIN – WCH 2003
Gabrielle DOMANIC – WCH 2003
Annika DRIES – WCp 2010, OG 2012, WCp 2014
Ellen ESTES – WCH 2003
Rachel FATTAL – WCp 2014, WCH 2015
Emily FEHER – WCp 2010
Makenzie FISCHER - WCH 2015
Jacqueline FRANK – WCH 2003
Tanya GANDY – WCH 2009
Kaleigh GILCHRIST – WCp 2014, WCH 2015
Natalie GOLDA – WCH 2003, WCH 2007
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Alison GREGORKA – WCH 2007, WCH 2009
Ashley GROSSMAN - WCH 2015
Brittany HAYES – WCH 2007, WCH 2009
Samantha HILL – WCp 2014, WCH 2015
Jaime HIPP – WCH 2007
Ashleigh JOHNSON – WCp 2014, WCH 2015
Vaune KADLUBEK – WCp 1979
Debby KEMP – WCp 1979
Jaime KOMER – WCH 2009
Jillian KRAUS – WCp 2014
Simone LA LAY – WCp 1979
Ericka LORENZ – WCH 2003, WCH 2007
Courtney MATHEWSON – WCp 2010, OG 2012, WCp 2014, WCH 2015
Marsha McCUEN-KAVANAGH – WCp 1979
Sue McINTYRE – WCp 1979
Heather MOODY – WCH 2003
Juliet MOSS – WCp 2010
Thalia MUNRO – WCH 2003
Madeline MUSSELMAN – WCH 2015
Kiley NEUSHUL – WCp 2014, WCH 2015
Klaus NIELSEN – OG 2012
Maureen O’TOOLE – WCp 1979
Heather PETRI – WCH 2003, WCH 2007, WCH 2009, OG 2012
Nicolle PAYNE – WCH 2003
Marius PREKEVICIUS – OG 2012
Kelly RULON – WCH 2009, WCp 2010, OG 2012
Melissa SEIDEMANN – WCp 2010, OG 2012, WCp 2014, WCH 2015
Lauren SILVER – WCp 2010
Amber STACHOWSKI – WCH 2003
Jessica STEFFENS – WCH 2009
Margaret STEFFENS – WCp 2010, WCp 2014, WCH 2015
Sallie THOMAS – WCp 1979
Lyn TAYLOR – WCp 1979
Moriah VAN NORMAN – WCH 2007, WCH 2009
Brenda VILLA – WCH 2003, WCH 2007, WCH 2009, WCp 2010, OG 2012
Lauren WENGER – WCH 2007, WCH 2009
Alys WILLIAMS – WCp 2014, WCH 2015
Elsie WINDES – WCH 2007, WCH 2009, WCp 2010
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10.1 WOMEN’S WATER POLO WORLD LEAGUE
2004 – 1st edition
Super Final 2004 in Lond Beach (USA)
1. USA, 2. HUN, 3. ITA, 4. RUS, 5. CAN, 6. GRE, 7. AUS, 8. KAZ
2005 – 2nd
edition
Preliminary round with two rounds over two week-ends: first in La Jolla (USA) and Kirishi (RUS); second in New
York (USA) and Gubbio (ITA)
Group A – 1. USA, 2. CAN, 3. AUS, 4. GRE, 5. BRA, 6. GER
BRA and GER not qualified for the Super Final Group B – 1. HUN, 2. RUS, 3. ITA, 4. NED, 5. ESP, 6. FRA
ESP and FRA not qualified for the Super Final
Super Final 2005 in Kirishi (RUS)
1. GRE, 2. RUS, 3. AUS, 4. HUN, 5. USA, 6. CAN, 7. NED, 8. ITA
2006 – 3rd
edition
Preliminary round
Group A from July 3-8 in Yongzhou (CHN) – 1. AUS, 2. NZL, 3. CHN, 4. CHN2
CHN2 not qualified for semi-finals Group B from July 7-9 in Quebec (CAN) – 1. CAN, 2. USA, 3. BRA
Group C from June 30-July 8 in Barcelona (ESP) and Bochum (GER) – 1. ESP, 2. GER, 3. NED, 4. GRE
GRE not qualified for semi-finals Group D from June 30-July 8 in Nancy (FRA) and Siracusa (ITA) – 1. RUS, 2. ITA, 3. FRA
Semi-finals
- In Los Alamitos (USA), July 12-16: 1. USA, 2. CAN, 3. AUS, 4. BRA, 5. NZL, 6. CHN
BRA, NZL & CHN not qualified for the Super Final
- In Kirishi (RUS), July 13-17: 1. ITA, 2. RUS, 3. NED, 4. ESP, 5. GER, 6. FRA
ESP, GER & FRA not qualified for the Super Final
Super Final 2006 in Athens (GRE)
1. USA, 2. ITA, 3. RUS, 4. AUS, 5 NED, 6. CAN
2007 – 4th
edition
Preliminary round (the top two teams qualified)
Group A from May 29-June 3 in Tianjing (CHN) – 1. AUS, 2. CHN, 3. JPN, 4. NZL
Group B from June 1-3 in Los Alamitos (USA) – 1. USA, 2. CAN, 3. PUR
Group C from June 13-17 in Kirishi (RUS) – 1. GRE, 2. ESP, 3. NED, 4. RUS, 5. HUN, 6. GER
Super Final 2007 in Montreal (CAN), July 4 – 8
1. USA, 2. AUS, 3. GRE, 4. CAN, 5. ESP, 6. CHN
2008 – 5th
edition
Preliminary round*
- In Tianjing (CHN) – 1. AUS, 2. CHN, 3. JPN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia & China
- In Siracusa (ITA) and Athens (GRE) – 1. RUS, 2. GRE, 3. ESP, 4. ITA
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Russia & Spain (as host)
*Plus CAN & USA advance automatically from Group Americas
Super Final 2008 in Santa Cruz del Tenerife (ESP), June 10-15
1. RUS, 2. USA, 3. AUS, 4. CAN, 5. CHN, 6. ESP
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2009 – 6th
edition
Preliminary round
- In California (USA) – 1. USA, 2. CAN
Team qualified for the Super Final: USA
- In Adelaide (AUS) and Auckland (NZL) – 1. AUS, 2. CHN, 3. NZL, 4. JPN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia & China
- Group A in Athens (GRE) and Lille (FRA) – 1. RUS, 2. GRE, 3. GER, 4. GBR
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Russia & Greece
- Group B in Bochum (GER) and Madrid (ESP) – 1. ESP, 2. ITA, 3. FRA, RUS
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Spain and Italy
Super Final 2009 in Kirishi (RUS), May 29 – 31
1. USA, 2. CAN, 3. AUS, 4. ESP, 5. CHN, 6. RUS, 7. GRE, 8. ITA
2010 – 7th
edition
Preliminary round
- In Mayaguez (PUR) – 1. USA, 2. CAN, 3. PUR, 4. BRA
Teams qualified for the Super Final: USA & Canada
- In Osaka (JPN) and Tianjin (CHN) – 1. AUS, 2. CHN, 3. KAZ, 4. JPN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia & China
- Group A in Athens (GRE) and Nancy (FRA) – 1. NED, 2. GRE, 3. ESP, 4. FRA, 5. RSA
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Netherlands & Greece
- Group B in Budapest (HUN) and Messina (ITA) – 1. RUS, 2. HUN, 3. GER, 4. ITA, 5. GBR
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Russia & Hungary
Super Final 2010 in La Jolla (Cal., USA), June 28 – July 3
1. USA, 2. AUS, 3. GRE, 4. RUS, 5. CHN, 6. HUN, 7. NED, 8. CAN
2011 – 8th
edition
Preliminary round
- In Newport Beach (Cal., USA) – 1. USA, 2. CAN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: USA & Canada
- In Sydney (AUS) and Auckland (NZL) – 1. AUS, 2. CHN, 3. JPN, 4. NZL
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia & China
- Group A in Athens (GRE) and Barcelona (ESP) – 1. GRE, 2. ESP, 3. HUN, 4. GBR
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Greece & Spain
- Group B in Siracusa (ITA) – 1. RUS, 2. ITA, 3. GER
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Russia & Italy
Super Final 2011 in Kirishi (RUS), May 29 – 31
1. USA, 2. CAN, 3. AUS, 4. ESP, 5. CHN, 6. RUS, 7. GRE, 8. ITA
2012 – 8th
edition
Preliminary round
- In Shanghai (CHN) and Chiba (JPN) – 1. CHN, 2. AUS, 3. JPN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia & China
- In Los Alamitos (USA) – 1. USA , 2. CAN, 3. BRA
Teams qualified for the Super Final: USA & CAN
- Group A in Siracusa (ITA) – 1. GER, 2. ITA, 3. HUN, 4. ESP
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Germany & Italy
- Group B in Volos (GRE) – 1. RUS, 2. GRE, 3. NED, 4. GBR
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Russia & Greece
Super Final 2012 in Changshu (CHN), May 29 – June 3
1. USA, 2. AUS, 3. GRE, 4. CHN, 5. RUS, 6. GER, 7. CAN, 8. ITA
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2013 – 9th
edition
Preliminary round
- Group A – 1. HUN, 2. ESP, 3. GRE
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Hungary & Spain
- Group B – 1. ITA, 2. RUS, 3. NED
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Italy & Russia
- In Auckland (NZL) – 1. AUS, 2. CHN, 3. NZL, 4. JPN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia & China
- In Los Alamitos (USA) – 1. USA , 2. CAN, 3. BRA
Teams qualified for the Super Final: USA & Canada
Super Final 2013 in Beijing (CHN), June 1 – 6
1. CHN, 2. RUS, 3. USA, 4. HUN, 5. ESP, 6. ITA, 7. AUS, 8. CAN
2014 – 10th
edition
Preliminary round
European Tournament
- Group A – 1. ESP, 2. RUS, 3. GBR
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Spain & Russia
- Group B – 1. ITA, 2. GRE, 3. HUN
Team qualified for the Super Final: Italy
Intercontinental Tournament
- Group A – 1. USA, 2. CAN, 3. JPN, 4. KAZ
Teams qualified for the Super Final: USA & Canada
- Group B – 1. AUS, 2. CHN, 3. BRA, 4. VEN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia, China (as host) & Brazil
Super Final 2014 in Kunshan (CHN), June 10 – 15
1. USA, 2. ITA, 3. AUS, 4. CHN, 5. ESP, 6. CAN, 7. RUS, 8. BRA
2015 – 11
th edition
Preliminary round
European Tournament
- Group A – 1. ITA, 2. RUS, 3. HUN
Team qualified for the Super Final: Italy
- Group B – 1. NED, 2. ESP, 3. GRE
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Netherlands & Spain
Intercontinental Tournament
- Prelims Group A – 1. USA, 2. CHN, 3. KAZ, 4. BRA
Teams qualified for the Super Final: USA & China & Brazil
- Prelims Group B – 1. AUS, 2. CAN, 3. NZL, 4. JPN
Teams qualified for the Super Final: Australia & Canada
Super Final 2014 in Shanghai (CHN), June 9 – 14
USA, 2. AUS, 3. NED, 4. CHN, 5. RUS*, 6. CAN, 7. ITA, 8. BRA
*replaced Spain (withdrawal) in the Super Final
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WINNERS IN WATER POLO BY COUNTRY Olympic Games (2000-2012), World Championships (1986-2015),
World Cups (1979-2014), World Leagues (2002-2015)
WINNERS Olympic Games World
Championships
World Cup World League
AUS 2000 1986 1984 / 1995 / 2006
CAN 1981
CHN 2013
ESP 2013
GRE 2005
HUN 1994 / 2005 2002
ITA 2004 1998 / 2001
NED 2008 1991 1980 / 1983 / 1988 /
1989 / 1991 / 1993 /
1997 / 1999
RUS 2008
USA 2012 2003 / 2007 / 2009 /
2015
1979 /2010 / 2014 2004 / 2006 /
2007 / 2009 /
2010 / 2011 /
2012 / 2014 /
2015
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PARTICIPATION & STANDING BY COUNTRY Olympic Games (OG), World Championships (WCH),
World Cup (WCp), World League (WL)
AUS / AUSTRALIA 1979 WCp 3
rd, 1980 WCp 4
th, 1981 WCp 3
rd, 1983 WCp 3
rd, 1984 WCp 1
st, 1986 WCH 1
st, 1988 WCp 5
th, 1989
WCp 5th, 1991 WCH 5
th, 1991 WCp 2
nd, 1993 WCp 4
th, 1994 WCH 6
th, 1995 WCp 1
st, 1996 OYT 2
nd, 1997 WCp 3
rd,
1998 WCH 3rd
, 1999 WCp 2nd
, 2000 OG 1st, 2001 WCH 5
th, 2002 WCp 6
th, 2003 WCH 7
th, 2004 WL 7
th, 2004 OG
4th, 2005 WCH 6
th, 2005 WL 3
rd, 2006 WCp 1
st, 2006 WL 4
th, 2007 WCH 2
nd, 2007 WL 2
nd, 2008 WL 3
rd, 2008 OG
3rd
, 2009 WL 3rd
, 2009 WCH 6th, 2010 WL 2
nd, 2010 WCp 2
nd, 2011 WL 3
rd, 2011 WCH 5
th, 2012 WL 2
nd, 2012 OG
3rd
, 2013 WL 7th, 2013 WCH 2
nd, 2014 WL 3
rd, 2014 WCp 2
nd , 2015 WCH 4
th , 2015 WL 2
nd
Participation: 4 OG, 12 WCH, 16 WCp, 1 OYT, 12 WL – Total: 44
1 Olympic title, 1 World, 3 World Cups
BEL / BELGIUM 1986 WCH 8
th
Participation: 1 WCH – Total: 1
BRA / BRAZIL 1991 WCH 8
th, 1991 WCp 8
th, 1994 WCH 9
th, 1996 OYT 12
th, 1998 WCH 10
th, 2001 WCH 10
th, 2003 WCH 12
th,
2005 WCH 13th, 2005 WL 10
th, 2006 WL 8
th, 2007 WCH 10
th, 2009 WCH 13
th, 2010 WL 16
th, 2011 WCH 14
th , 2012
WL 14th, 2013 WL El. Prelim., 2013 WCH 14
th, 2014 WL 8
th , 2015 WCH 10
th , 2015 WL 8
th
Participation: 11 WCH, 1 WCp, 1 OYT, 7 WL – Total: 20
CAN / CANADA 1979 WCp 4
th, 1980 WCp 3
rd, 1981 WCp 1
st, 1983 WCp 4
th, 1986 WCH 4
th, 1988 WCp 3
rd, 1989 WCp 4
th, 1991
WCH 2nd
, 1991 WCp 4th, 1993 WCp 6
th, 1994 WCH 5
th, 1996 OYT 5
th, 1997 WCp 5
th, 1998 WCH 6
th, 1999 WCp 5
th,
2000 OG 5th, 2001 WCH 3
rd, 2002 WCp 3
rd, 2003 WCH 4
th, 2004 WL 5
th, 2004 OG 7
th, 2005 WCH 3
rd, 2005 WL 6
th,
2006 WCP 7th, 2006 WL 6
th, 2007 WCH 6
th, 2007 WL 4
th, 2008 WL 4
th, 2009 WL 2
nd, 2009 WCH 2
nd, 2010 WL 8
th,
2010 WCp 5th, 2011 WL 6
th, 2011 WCH 8
th, 2012 WL 7
th, 2013 WL 8
th, 2013 WCH 8
th, 2014 WL 6
th , 2015 WCH 11
th
, 2015 WL 6th
Participation: 2 OG, 12 WCH, 13 WCp, 1 OYT, 12 WL – Total: 40
1 World Cup title
CHN / CHINA 2006 WCp 8
th, 2006 WL 12
th, 2007 WCH 14
th, 2007 WL 6
th, 2008 WL 6
th, 2008 OG 5
th, 2009 WL 5
th, 2009 WCH
11th, 2010 WL 3
rd, 2010 WCp 3
rd, 2011 WL 4
th, 2011 WCH 2
nd, 2012 WL 4
th, 2012 OG 5
th, 2013 WL 1
st, 2013 WCH
9th, 2014 WL 4
th, 2014 WCp 4
th , 2015 WCH 5
th , 2015 WL 4
th
Participation: 2 OG, 5 WCH, 3 WCp, 10 WL – Total: 20
1 World League title
CUB / CUBA 2005 WCH 9
th, 2007 WCH 15
th, 2011 WCH 10
th
Participation: 3 WCH – Total: 3
ESP / SPAIN 1998 WCH 9
th, 2003 WCH 8
th, 2005 WCH 11
th, 2005 WL 9
th, 2006 WL 8
thl, 2007 WCH 7
th, 2007 WL 5
th, 2008 WL
5th, 2009 WL 4
th, 2009 WCH 8
th, 2010 WL 9
th, 2011 WL 8
th, 2011 WCH 11
th, 2012 WL 11
th, 2012 OG 2
nd, 2013 WL
5th, 2013 WCH 1
st, 2014 WCp 3
rd , 2014 WL 5
th , 2015 WCH 7
th , 2015 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 1 OG, 8 WCH, 1 WCp, 10 WL – Total: 20
1 World title
FRA / FRANCE 1989 WCp 7
th, 1991 WCH 9
th, 1994 WCH 11
th, 1995 WCp 7
th, 1996 OYT 8
th, 1997 WCp 7
th, 2003 WCH 15
th, 2005
WL 12th, 2006 WL 11
th, 2009 WL 9
th, 2010 WL 12
th , 2015 WCH 14
th , 2015 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 3 WCH, 3 WCp, 1 OYT, 4 WL – Total: 11
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FRG / FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (See also GER)
1986 WCH 6th, 1989 WCp 6
th
Participation: 1 WCH, 1 WCp – Total: 2
GBR / GREAT BRITAIN 1986 WCH 9
th, 1996 OYT 11
th, 2003 WCH 16
th, 2009 WL 13
th, 2010 WL 13
th, 2011 WL 10
th, 2012 WL in Group B
El. Prelim., 2012 OG 8th
Participation: 1 OG, 2 WCH, 1 OYT, 4 WL – Total: 8
GER / GERMANY (See also FRG)
1991 WCH 6th, 1994 WCH 8
th, 1995 WCp 9
th, 2003 WCH 10
th, 2005 WCH 8
th, 2005 WL 11
th, 2006 WL 10
th, 2007
WCH 11th, 2007 WL 11
th, 2009 WL 10
th, 2009 WCH 10
th, 2010 WL 10
th, 2011 WL 13
th, 2012 WL 6
th , 2015 WL El.
Prelim.
Participation: 6 WCH, 1 WCp, 8 WL – Total: 15
GRE / GREECE 1996 OYT 4
th, 1997 WCp 6
th, 1998 WCH 5
th, 1999 WCp 8
th, 2001 WCH 7
th, 2002 WCp 7
th, 2003 WCH 9
th, 2004 WL
6th, 2004 OG 2
nd, 2005 WCH 5
th, 2005 WL 1
st, 2006 WCp 6
th, 2006 WL 13
th, 2007 WCH 8
th, 2007 WL 3
rd, 2008 WL
7th, 2008 OG 8
th, 2009 WL 7
th, 2009 WCH 4
th, 2010 WL 7
th, 2010 WCp 7
th, 2011 WL 7
th, 2011 WCH 1
st, 2012 WL
3rd
, 2013 WL El. Prelim., 2013 WCH 6th, 2014 WL El. Prelim., 2015 WCH 6
th , 2015 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 2 OG, 8 WCH, 5 WCp, 1 OYT, 11 WL – Total: 27
1 World title, 1 World League
HUN / HUNGARY 1986 WCH 5
th, 1988 WCp 2
nd, 1989 WCp 3
rd, 1991 WCH 4
th, 1993 WCp 3
rd, 1994 WCH 1
st, 1995 WCp 3
rd, 1998
WCH 7th, 1999 WCp 4
th, 2001 WCH 2
nd, 2002 WCp 1
st, 2003 WCH 5
th, 2004 WL 2
nd, 2004 OG 6
th, 2005 WCH 1
st,
2005 WL 4th, 2006 WCp 5
th, 2007 WCH 4
th, 2007 WCH 11
th, 2007 WL 10
th, 2008 OG 4
th, 2009 WCH 7
th, 2010 WL
4th, 2010 WCp 6
th, 2011 WL 9
th, 2011 WCH 9
th, 2012 WL 9
th, 2012 OG 4
th, 2013 WL 4
th, 2013 WCH 3
rd, 2014 WCp
5th, 2014 WL El. Prelim., 2015 WCH 9
th , 2015 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 3 OG, 12 WCH, 9 WCp, 9 WL – Total: 33
2 World titles, 1 World Cup
ITA / ITALY 1989 WCp 8
th, 1991 WCp 5
th, 1993 WCp 2
nd, 1994 WCH 3
rd, 1995 WCp 5
th, 1996 OYT 3
rd, 1997 WCp 4
th, 1998
WCH 1st, 1999 WCp 3
rd, 2001 WCH 1
st, 2002 WCp 5
th, 2003 WCH 2
nd, 2004 WL 3
rd, 2004 OG 1
st, 2005 WCH 7
th,
2005 WL 8th, 2006 WCp 2
nd, 2006 WL 2
nd, 2007 WCH 5
th, 2008 WL 8
th, 2008 OG 6
th, 2009 WL 8
th, 2009 WCH 9
th,
2010 WL 11th, 2011 WL 2
nd, 2011 WCH 4
th, 2012 WL 8
th, 2012 OG 7
th, 2013 WL 6
th, 2013 WCH 10
th, 2014 WL 2
nd
2015 WCH 3rd
, 2015 WL 7th
Participation: 3 OG, 10 WCH, 8 WCp, 1 OYT, 10 WL – Total: 32
1 Olympic title, 2 World
JPN / JAPAN 1991 WCp 6
th, 1993 WCp 7
th, 2001 WCH 11
th, 2003 WCH 11
th, 2007 WL 8
th, 2008 WL 7
th, 2009 WL 12
th, 2010 WL
17th, 2011 WL 11
th, 2012 WL 12
th, 2013 WL El. Prelim., 2015 WCH 15
th , 2015 WL El. Prelim
Participation: 3 WCH, 2 WCp, 8 WL – Total: 13
KAZ / KAZAKHSTAN 1993 WCp 8
th, 1994 WCH 12
th, 1996 OYT 10
th, 1998 WCH 12
th, 2000 OG 6
th, 2001 WCH 8
th, 2002 WCp 8
th, 2003
WCH 13th, 2004 WL 8
th, 2004 OG 8
th, 2007 WCH 13
th, 2009 WCH 14
th, 2010 WL 14
th, 2011 WCH 13
th, 2013 WCH
11th , 2015 WCH 12
th , 2015 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 2 OG, 8 WCH, 2 WCp, 1 OYT, 2 WL – Total: 15
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NED / NETHERLANDS 1979 WCp 2
nd, 1980 WCp 1
st, 1981 WCp 2
nd, 1983 WCp 1
st, 1984 WCp 3
rd, 1986 WCH 2
nd, 1988 WCp 1
st, 1989
WCp 1st, 1991 WCH 1
st, 1991 WCp 1
st, 1993 WCp 1
st, 1994 WCH 2
nd, 1995 WCp 2
nd, 1996 OYT 1
st, 1997 WCp
1st, 1998 WCH 2
nd, 1999 WCp 1
st, 2000 OG 4
th, 2001 WCH 9
th, 2003 WCH 6
th, 2005 WCH 10
th, 2005 WL 7
th, 2006
WL 5th, 2007 WCH 9
th, 2007 WL 7
th, 2008 OG 1
st, 2009 WCH 5
th, 2010 WL 5
th, 2011 WCH 7
th, 2012 WL 10
th, 2013
WL El. Prelim., 2013 WCH 7th, 2015 WCH 2
nd , 2015 WL 2
nd
Participation: 2 OG, 11 WCH, 12 WCp, 1 OYT, 6 WL – Total: 32
1 Olympic title, 1 World, 8 World Cups, 1 Olympic Year Tournament
NOR / NORWAY 1986 WCH 7
th
Participation: 1 WCH – Total: 1
NZL / NEW ZEALAND 1979 WCp 5
th, 1981 W Cp 6
th, 1984 WCp 4
th, 1988 WCp 6
th, 1991 WCH 7
th, 1991 WCp 7
th, 1994 WCH 10
th, 1995
WCp 8th, 1998 WCH 11
th, 2001 WCH 12
th, 2005 WCH 12
th, 2006 WL 9
th, 2007 WCH 12
th, 2007 WL 12
th, 2009 WL
11th, 2009 WCH 12
th, 2010 WCp 8
th, 2011 WL 12
th, 2011 WCH 12
th, 2013 WL El. Prelim., 2013 WCH 12
th , 2015
WCH 13th , 2015 WL El. Prelim.
Participation: 9 WCH, 7 WCp, 6 WL – Total: 22
PUR / PUERTO RICO 1988 WCp 7
th, 2007 WCH 16
th, 2007 WCH 11
th, 2007 WL El. Prelim., 2007 WCH 11
th, 2007 WL El. Prelim., 2010
WL 15th
Participation: 1 WCH, 1 WCp, 2 WL – Total: 4
RSA / SOUTH AFRICA 2009 WL 14
th, 2009 WCH 16
th, 2010 WL 18
th, 2011 WCH 15
th , 2015 WCH 16
th
Participation: 3 WCH, 2 WL – Total: 5
RUS / RUSSIA 1994 WCH 7
th, 1995 WCp 4
th, 1996 OYT 6
th, 1997 WCp 2
nd, 1998 WCH 4
th, 1999 WCp 7
th, 2000 OG 3
rd, 2001 WCH
6th, 2002 WCp 4
th, 2003 WCH 3
rd, 2004 WL 4
th, 2004 OG 5
th, 2005 WCH 4
th, 2005 WL 2
nd, 2006 WCp 3
rd, 2006 WL
3rd
, 2007 WCH 3rd
, 2007 WCH 11th, 2007 WL 9
th, 2008 WL 1
st, 2008 OG 7
th, 2009 WL 6
th, 2009 WCH 3
rd, 2010 WL
8th, 2010 WCp 4
th, 2011 WL 5
th, 2011 WCH 3
rd, 2012 WL 5
th, 2012 OG 6
th, 2013 WL 2
nd, 2013 WCH 4
th, 2014 WCp
6th, 2014 WL 7
th , 2015 WCH 8
th , 2015 WL 5
th
Participation: 4 OG, 10 WCH, 7 WCp, 1 OYT, 12 WL – Total: 34
1 World League title
USA / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1979 WCp 1
st, 1980 WCp 2
nd, 1981 WCp 4
th, 1983 WCp 2
nd, 1984 WCp 2
nd, 1986 WCH 3
rd, 1988 WCp 4
th, 1989
WCp 2nd
, 1991 WCH 3rd
, 1991 WCp 3rd
, 1993 WCp 3rd
, 1994 WCH 4th, 1995 WCp 6
th, 1996 OYT 7
th, 1997 WCp 7
th,
1998 WCH 8th, 1999 WCp 6
th, 2000 OG 2
nd, 2001 WCH 4
th, 2002 WCp 2
nd, 2003 WCH 1
st, 2004 WL 1
st, 2004 OG
3rd
, 2005 WCH 2nd
, 2005 WL 5th, 2006 WCp 4
th, 2006 WL 1
st, 2007 WCH 1
st, 2007 WL 1
st, 2008 WL 2
nd, 2008 OG
2nd
, 2009 WL 1st, 2009 WCH 1
st, 2010 WL 1
st, 2010 WCp 1
st, 2011 WL 1
st, 2011 WCH 6
th, 2012 WL 1
st, 2012 OG
1st, 2013 WL 3
rd, 2013 WCH 5
th, 2014 WL 1
st, 2014 WCp 1
st , 2015 WCH 1
st , 2015 WL 1
st
Participation: 4 OG, 12 WCH, 16 WCp, 1 OYT, 12 WL – Total: 45
1 Olympic title, 4 World, 3 World Cups, 9 World Leagues
UZB / UZBEKISTAN 2005 WCH 15
th, 2009 WCH 15
th, 2011 WCH 16
th
Participation: 3 WCH – Total: 3
VEN / VENEZUELA 2005 WCH 14
th
Participation: 1 WCH – Total: 1
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11 FINA MEMBERS and country codes
By alphabetical list of acronyms
AFRICA (52)
ALG – ALGERIA – ANG – ANGOLA – BDI – BURUNDI – BEN – BENIN – BOT – BOTSWANA – BUR – BURKINA
FASO – CAF – CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – CGO – CONGO – CHA – CHAD – CIV – IVORY COAST – CMR –
CAMEROUN – COD – DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – COM – COMOROS – CPV – CAPE VERDE – DJI –
DJIBOUTI – EGY – EGYPT – ERI – ERITREA – ETH – ETHIOPIA – GAB – GABON - GAM – GAMBIA – GBS –
GUINEA BISSAU – GEQ – ECUATORIAL GUINEA – GHA – GHANA – GUI – GUINEA – KEN – KENYA – LBA –
LIBYA – LBR – LIBERIA – LES – LESOTHO – MAD – MADAGASCAR – MAR – MOROCCO – MAW – MALAWI – MLI
– MALI – MOZ – MOZAMBIQUE – MRI – MAURITIUS – MTN – MAURITANIA – NAM – NAMIBIA – NGR – NIGERIA
– NIG – NIGER – RSA – SOUTH AFRICA – RWA – RWANDA – SEN – SENEGAL – SEY – SEYCHELLES – SLE –
SIERRA LEONE – SOM – SOMALIA – SUD – SUDAN – SWZ – SWAZILAND – TAN – TANZANIA – TOG – TOGO –
TUN – TUNISIA – UGA – UGANDA – ZAM – ZAMBIA – ZIM – ZIMBABWE
AMERICAS (44)
AHO – NETHERLANDS ANTILLES – ANT – ANTIGUA – ARG – ARGENTINA – ARU – ARUBA – BAH – BAHAMAS –
BAR – BARBADOS – BER – BERMUDA – BIL – BELIZE – BOL – BOLIVIA – BRA – BRAZIL – CAN – CANADA –
CAY – CAYMAN ISLANDS – CHI – CHILE – COL – COLOMBIA – CRC – COSTA RICA – CUB – CUBA – DMA –
DOMINICA – DOM – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – ECU – ECUADOR – ESA – EL SALVADOR – GRN – GRENADA –
GUA – GUATEMALA – GUY – GUYANA – HAI – HAITI – HON – HONDURAS – ISV – VIRGIN ISLANDS – IVB –
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS – JAM – JAMAICA – LCA – SAINT LUCIA – MAA – ST-MAARTEN – MEX – MEXICO –
NCA – NICARAGUA – PAN – PANAMA – PAR – PARAGUAY – PER – PERU – PUR – PUERTO RICO – SKN – ST.
KITTS & NEVIS – SUR – SURINAM – TCN – TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS – TRI – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – URU –
URUGUAY – USA – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – VEN – VENEZUELA – VIN – SAINT VINCENT & THE
GRENADINES
ASIA (44)
AFG – AFGHANISTAN – BAN – BANGLADESH – BRN –BAHRAIN – BRU – BRUNEI DARUSSALAM – CAM –
CAMBODIA – CHN – PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA – HKG – HONG KONG – INA – INDONESIA – IND – INDIA –
IRI – ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN – IRQ – IRAQ – JOR – JORDAN – JPN – JAPAN – KAZ – KAZAKHSTAN – KGZ –
KYRGYZTAN – KOR – KOREA – KSA – SAUDI ARABIA – KUW – KUWAIT – LAO – LAO PEOPLE’S DEM. REP. –
LIB – LEBANON – MAC – MACAU, CHINA – MAS – MALAYSIA – MDV – MALDIVES – MGL – MONGOLIA – MYA –
MYANMAR – NEP – NEPAL – OMA – OMAN – PAK – PAKISTAN – PHI – PHILIPPINES – PLE – PALESTINE – PRK –
DPR OF KOREA – QAT – QATAR – SIN – SINGAPORE – SRI – SRI LANKA – SYR – SYRIA – THA – THAILAND – TJK
– TAJIKISTAN – TKM – TURKMENISTAN – TLS – TIMOR-LESTE – TPE – CHINESE TAIPEI – UAE – UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES – UZB – UZBEKISTAN – VIE – VIETNAM – YEM – YEMEN
EUROPE (52)
ALB – ALBANIA – AND – ANDORRA – ARM – ARMENIA – AUT – AUSTRIA – AZE – AZERBAIJAN – BEL –
BELGIUM – BIH – BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – BLR – BELARUS – BUL – BULGARIA – CRO – CROATIA – CYP –
CYPRUS – CZE – CZECH REPUBLIC – DEN – DENMARK – ESP – SPAIN – EST – ESTONIA – FAR – FAROE ISLANDS
– FIN – FINLAND – FRA – FRANCE – GBR – GREAT BRITAIN – GEO – GEORGIA – GER – GERMANY – GIB –
GIBRALTAR – GRE – GREECE – HUN – HUNGARY – IRL – IRELAND – ISL – ICELAND – ISR – ISRAEL – ITA –
ITALY – KOS – KOSOVO – LAT – LATVIA – LIE – LIECHTENSTEIN – LTU – LITHUANIA – LUX – LUXEMBOURG –
MDA – MOLDOVA – MKD – REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA – MLT – MALTA – MNE – MONTENEGRO – MON –
MONACO – NED – NETHERLANDS – NOR – NORWAY – POL – POLAND – POR – PORTUGAL – ROU – ROMANIA –
RUS – RUSSIA – SLO – SLOVENIA – SMR – SAN MARINO – SRB – SERBIA – SUI – SWITZERLAND – SVK –
SLOVAKIA – SWE – SWEDEN – TUR – TURKEY – UKR – UKRAINE
OCEANIA (15)
ASA – AMERICAN SAMOA – AUS – AUSTRALIA – COK – COOK ISLANDS – FIJ – FIJI ISLANDS – FSM –
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA – GUM – GUAM – MHL – MARSHALL ISLANDS – NMA – NORTHERN
MARIANA ISLANDS – NZL – NEW ZEALAND – PLW – PALAU – PNG – PAPUA NEW GUINEA – SAM – SAMOA –
SOL – SOLOMON ISLANDS – TGA – TONGA – VAN – VANUATU