Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships is an international water polo tournament held every two years as part of the World Aquatics Championships. The reigning champions are Croatia in men's and the United States in women's competition.

Events

Men's tournament

Results summary

Confederation statistics

Best performances by tournament

Team statistics

Participating teams

Finishes in the top four

Medal table

Champions (results and squads)

Player statistics

Multiple gold medalists

Multiple medalists

Women's tournament

Results summary

Confederation statistics

Best performances by tournament

Team statistics

Participating teams

Finishes in the top four

Medal table

Champions (results and squads)

Player statistics

Multiple gold medalists

Multiple medalists

Combined medal table

The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the country (in ascending order), respectively. Italy, Hungary and Spain are the only three countries to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments at the World Aquatics Championships.

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