European Water Polo Championship

The European Water Polo Championship is a sport competition for national water polo teams, currently held biannually and organized by the European Aquatics, the European governing body for aquatic sports. There are both men's and women's competitions.
The first European Water Polo Championship was held in 1926 in Budapest, Hungary, with just a men's competition. The women for the first time competed in 1985 for the European title. The water polo tournament was part of the LEN [European Aquatics Championships|European Aquatics Championships] up to and including 1997, and from 1999 the event was separated and got its own independent tournament.

Men's tournament

Finishes in the top four

In the following table, the national teams are listed under the names they competed with, not by the succession of medals, results, or continuity of the previous republics.
;Legend^† – Defunct team

	Men's team	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
1		30	13	8	6	3	1926	2024
2		22	3	2	7	10	1947	2026
3	'^†	14	1	7	4	2	1950	1991
4'	'^†	12	5	3	2	1	1958	1991
5'		11	2	3	1	5	1995	2024
6		8	6	1	1	0	2006	2018
7		8	1	3	4	0	1983	2024
8		6	0	0	3	3	1926	1947
9		5	1	2	1	1	2008	2020
10		5	0	3	2	0	1926	1995
11		5	0	3	0	2	1926	1950
12	'^†	4'	2	0	1	1	1981	1989
13		4	1	0	1	2	1938	1974
14	'^† /	3'	2	1	0	0	1997	2003
15		3	0	0	1	2	1999	2026
16	'^†	2'''	0	1	0	1	1962	1966
17		2	0	0	1	1	1997	2003
18		2	0	0	0	2	1993	2006
19		1	0	1	0	0	1927	1927
20		1	0	0	1	0	1931	1931
	Men's team	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last

Participation details

'''Notes'''

Most successful players

Boldface denotes active water polo players and highest medal count among all players per type.

Multiple gold medalists

Rank

Player

Country

From

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Filip Filipović

2003

2018

Slobodan Nikić

2003

2016

Duško Pijetlović

2006

2018

Andrija Prlainović

2006

2018

Živko Gocić

2003

2016

–

Milan Aleksić

2010

2018

–

Stefan Mitrović

2010

2018

–

Miloš Ćuk

2012

2018

–

Márton Homonnai

Hungary|1920

Multiple medalists

The table shows players who have won at least 6 medals in total at the European Championships.

Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Filip Filipović		2003	2018	6	1	1	8
2	Tamás Kásás		1995	2012	2	2	4	8
3	Slobodan Nikić		2003	2016	5	1	1	7
3	Duško Pijetlović		2006	2018	5	1	1	7
3	Andrija Prlainović		2006	2018	5	1	1	7
6	Rajmund Fodor		1993	2006	2	3	2	7
7	Gergely Kiss		1997	2012	2	1	4	7
8	Živko Gocić		2003	2016	5	–	1	6
9	Tamás Molnár		1997	2008	2	1	3	6
10	Tibor Benedek		1993	2008	1	2	3	6
10	Norbert Hosnyánszky		2006	2020	1	2	3	6
10	Dénes Varga		2006	2020	1	2	3	6
13	Péter Biros		1999	2012	1	1	4	6

Women's tournament

Most successful players

Boldface denotes active water polo players and highest medal count among all players per type.

Multiple gold medalists

Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Martina Miceli		1991	2006	4	2	1	7
2	Maddalena Musumeci		1995	2006	4	2	–	6
3	Carmela Allucci		1991	2003	4	1	1	6
3	Francesca Conti		1991	2003	4	1	1	6
3	Giusi Malato		1991	2003	4	1	1	6
3	Hedda Verdam		1985	1995	4	1	1	6
7	Melania Grego		1995	2003	4	1	–	5
8	Tania Di Mario		1999	2016	3	2	1	6
8	Laura Ester		2008	2024	3	2	1	6
8	Maica [García Godoy\|Maica García]		2008	2024	3	2	1	6
8	Pili Peña		2008	2024	3	2	1	6

Multiple medalists

The table shows players who have won at least 6 medals in total at the European Championships.

Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mercédesz Stieber		1989	2008	2	3	3	8
2	Martina Miceli		1991	2006	4	2	1	7
3	Sofia Konukh		1997	2010	3	1	3	7
4	Maddalena Musumeci		1995	2006	4	2	–	6
5	Carmela Allucci		1991	2003	4	1	1	6
5	Francesca Conti		1991	2003	4	1	1	6
5	Giusi Malato		1991	2003	4	1	1	6
5	Hedda Verdam		1985	1995	4	1	1	6
9	Tania Di Mario		1999	2016	3	2	1	6
9	Laura Ester		2008	2024	3	2	1	6
9	Maica García		2008	2024	3	2	1	6
9	Pili Peña		2008	2024	3	2	1	6
13	Elena Smurova		1997	2008	2	1	3	6

Overall

Men (1926-2024)

Reference:

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1		35	233	176	18	39	2184	1353	+831	546
2		27	209	147	23	39	1823	1195	+628	464
4		34	225	128	18	79	1839	1436	+403	402
3		26	187	106	22	59	1600	1378	+222	340
5		30	208	102	22	84	1738	1511	+227	328
6		33	217	100	21	96	1580	1604	-24	321
7		16	114	68	15	32	1174	888	+286	219
9		30	187	62	22	103	1324	1430	-106	208
8		20	143	60	13	70	1276	1205	+71	193
10		26	172	56	19	97	1322	1475	-153	187
11		9	64	39	8	18	708	536	+172	125
12		19	114	35	11	68	659	863	-204	116
13		10	56	24	8	24	229	231	-2	80
14		11	59	19	9	31	198	254	-56	66
15		12	78	20	5	53	583	814	-231	65
16		7	38	12	1	25	203	246	-43	37
17		7	46	10	4	32	275	419	-144	34
18		9	43	10	1	32	146	361	-215	31
19		3	18	9	3	6	62	49	+13	30
20		4	23	8	2	13	152	181	-29	26
21		6	38	8	1	29	317	486	-169	25
22		9	49	6	2	41	196	394	-198	20
23		3	21	5	1	15	161	221	-60	16
24		3	20	4	0	16	137	209	-72	12
25		7	46	3	3	40	250	686	-436	12
26		5	29	3	0	26	199	368	-169	9
27		5	27	2	3	22	191	423	-232	9
28		2	11	1	2	8	81	169	-88	5
29		1	6	1	1	4	19	51	-32	4
30		2	13	1	1	11	37	104	-67	4
31		1	6	0	1	5	50	105	-55	1
32		1	2	0	0	2	4	12	-8	0
33		1	6	0	0	6	17	77	-60	0

POL:
GBR 9 + ENG 1

Women (1985-2024)

Reference:

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1		20	125	92	9	24	1765	779	+986	285
2		20	127	89	9	30	1615	862	+753	276
3		18	115	77	9	29	1275	834	+441	402
4		15	96	62	6	28	1193	707	+486	192
5		16	98	56	3	39	1149	768	+381	171
6		18	103	53	7	50	1019	820	+199	166
7		16	99	38	0	61	735	1093	-358	114
8		19	105	34	3	68	899	1216	-317	105
9		9	51	12	0	39	337	607	-270	36
10		7	40	11	2	27	279	545	-266	35
11		4	26	8	2	16	200	339	-139	26
12		3	17	7	0	10	134	188	-54	21
13		6	37	6	3	28	231	649	-418	21
14		4	23	5	1	17	148	317	-169	16
15		3	17	4	1	12	114	195	-81	13
16		4	25	4	0	21	144	418	-274	12
17		2	11	3	0	8	74	157	-83	9
18		3	17	2	0	15	65	274	-209	6
19		3	17	2	0	15	92	308	-216	6
20		2	11	1	1	9	45	159	-114	4
21		1	5	0	0	5	39	107	-68	0
22		1	4	0	0	4	4	94	-90	0
23		2	11	0	0	11	51	171	-120	0

TCH: 1993+1995+1997+2024

Nations

LEN European U19 Water Polo Championship
European Aquatics U18 Water Polo Championship
European Aquatics U16 Water Polo Championship
European [Masters Swimming Championships|LEN European Masters Water Polo Championship]

European Water Polo Championship

Men's tournament

Finishes in the top four

Participation details

Most successful players

Multiple gold medalists

Multiple medalists

Women's tournament

Most successful players

Multiple gold medalists

Multiple medalists

Overall

Men (1926-2024)

Women (1985-2024)

Nations

Clubs

Men

Women

Results