World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships

Sport Water Polo
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1981—2025
Editions 23
Competitors 696
Countries 53

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1981 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Milano, Bergamo, and Como ITA 14 – 21 September 1981 1 39 15
1983 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Barcelona ESP 29 July – 6 August 1983 1 38 13
1985 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships İstanbul TUR 17 – 25 August 1985 1 13 12
1987 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships São Paulo BRA 6 – 13 September 1987 1 12 13
1989 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Narbonne FRA 30 July – 7 August 1989 1 0 0
1991 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Irvine, California USA 31 August – 8 September 1991 1 41 16
1993 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Al-Qahira EGY 21 – 29 August 1993 1 39 16
1995 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Dunkerque FRA 21 – 30 July 1995 1 39 21
1997 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships La Habana CUB 15 – 24 July 1997 1 13 24
1999 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Madinat al-Kuwait KUW 9 – 18 October 1999 1 27 23
2001 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships İstanbul TUR 10 – 19 August 2001 1 37 23
2003 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Napoli ITA 9 – 17 August 2003 1 37 20
2005 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Mar del Plata ARG 6 – 15 October 2005 1 39 21
2007 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Long Beach, California USA 18 – 26 August 2007 1 39 24
2009 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Šibenik CRO 22 – 30 August 2009 1 39 19
2011 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Volos GRE 27 August – 4 September 2011 1 39 20
2013 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Szombathely HUN 12 – 18 August 2013 1 39 16
2015 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Almaty KAZ 4 – 12 September 2015 1 33 18
2017 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Beograd SRB 5 – 13 August 2017 1 39 20
2019 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Madinat al-Kuwait KUW 12 – 20 December 2019 1 39 20
2021 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Praha CZE 28 August – 5 September 2021 1 43 18
2023 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Otopeni and București ROU 10 – 17 June 2023 1 45 19
2025 World Junior Men's Water Polo Championships Zagreb CRO 14 – 21 June 2025 1 44 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Spain ESP 4 2 1 7
2 Hungary HUN 3 3 5 11
3 Italy ITA 3 3 3 9
4 Serbia SRB 3 2 3 8
5 Greece GRE 3 2 2 7
6 Croatia CRO 2 4 2 8
7 Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2 0 1 3
8 Soviet Union URS 2 0 0 2
9 Cuba CUB 0 2 1 3
= Yugoslavia YUG 0 2 1 3
11 United States USA 0 1 1 2
12 Australia AUS 0 1 0 1
13 Montenegro MNE 0 0 1 1
= Slovakia SVK 0 0 1 1