Template:World Aquatics Championships men's water polo tournament statistics – champions (results)

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The following table shows results of world champions in men's water polo by tournament.

Legend

6 – Winning 6 matches during the tournament
4 – Drawing 4 matches during the tournament
2 – Losing 2 matches during the tournament
100.0% – Winning all matches during the tournament
team – Winning streak (winning three or more world championships in a row)
– Host team
^† – Defunct team

Abbreviation

MP – Matches played
W – Won
D – Drawn
L – Lost
GF – Goals for
GA – Goals against
GD – Goals difference
GF/MP – Goals for per match
GA/MP – Goals against per match
GD/MP – Goals difference per match

**Results of champions by tournament**
#	Men's tournament	Champion	MP	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GF/MP	GA/MP	GD/MP
1	Belgrade 1973	Hungary (1st title)	8	7	1	0	87.5%	58	24	34	7.250	3.000	4.250
2	Cali 1975	Soviet Union^† (1st title)	8	6	2	0	75.0%	49	26	23	6.125	3.250	2.875
3	West Berlin 1978	Italy (1st title)	8	5	3	0	62.5%	41	31	10	5.125	3.875	1.250
4	Guayaquil 1982	Soviet Union^† (2nd title)	7	6	1	0	85.7%	68	41	27	9.714	5.857	3.857
5	Madrid 1986	Yugoslavia^† (1st title)	6	5	1	0	83.3%	61	43	18	10.167	7.167	3.000
6	Perth 1991	Yugoslavia^† (2nd title)	7	6	0	1	85.7%	81	46	35	11.571	6.571	5.000
7	Rome 1994	Italy (2nd title)	7	7	0	0	100.0%	65	39	26	9.286	5.571	3.714
8	Perth 1998	Spain (1st title)	8	8	0	0	100.0%	65	35	30	8.125	4.375	3.750
9	Fukuoka 2001	Spain (2nd title)	8	8	0	0	100.0%	63	27	36	7.875	3.375	4.500
10	Barcelona 2003	Hungary (2nd title)	6	5	1	0	83.3%	62	37	25	10.333	6.167	4.167
11	Montreal 2005	Serbia and Montenegro^† (1st title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%	69	29	40	11.500	4.833	6.667
12	Melbourne 2007	Croatia (1st title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%	65	40	25	10.833	6.667	4.167
13	Rome 2009	Serbia (1st title)	7	5	1	1	71.4%	80	60	20	11.429	8.571	2.857
14	Shanghai 2011	Italy (3rd title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%	59	33	26	9.833	5.500	4.333
15	Barcelona 2013	Hungary (3rd title)	7	5	1	1	71.4%	76	54	22	10.857	7.714	3.143
16	Kazan 2015	Serbia (2nd title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%	73	43	30	12.167	7.167	5.000
17	Budapest 2017	Croatia (2nd title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%	70	47	23	11.667	7.833	3.833
18	Gwangju 2019	Italy (4th title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%	60	40	20	10.000	6.667	3.333
19	Budapest 2022	Spain (3rd title)	5	5	0	0	100.0%	74	39	35	14.800	7.800	7.000
20	Fukuoka 2023	Hungary (4th title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%	88	67	21	14.667	11.167	3.500
21	Doha 2024	Croatia (3rd title)	7	6	0	1	85.7%	117	70	47	16.174	10.000	6.174
#	Men's tournament	Total	141	126	11	4	89.4%	1444	871	573	10.241	6.177	4.064
#	Men's tournament	Champion	MP	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GF/MP	GA/MP	GD/MP

Sources:

Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Championship" (p. 15);
Todor66: "Men's Water Polo World Championship".

The following table shows men's teams that won all matches during the tournament.

**Winning all matches during the tournament**
#	Year	Champion	MP	W	D	L	Win %
1	1994	Italy (2nd title)	7	7	0	0	100.0%
2	1998	Spain (1st title)	8	8	0	0	100.0%
3	2001	Spain (2nd title)	8	8	0	0	100.0%
4	2005	Serbia and Montenegro^† (1st title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%
5	2007	Croatia (1st title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%
6	2011	Italy (3rd title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%
7	2015	Serbia (2nd title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%
8	2017	Croatia (2nd title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%
9	2019	Italy (4th title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%
10	2022	Spain (3rd title)	5	5	0	0	100.0%
11	2023	Hungary (4th title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%
#	Year	Champion	MP	W	D	L	Win %

The following tables show records of goals for per match.

**Top 5 fewest goals for per match**
Rk	Year	Champion	MP	GF	GF/MP
1	1978	Italy (1st title)	8	41	5.125
2	1975	Soviet Union^† (1st title)	8	49	6.125
3	1973	Hungary (1st title)	8	58	7.250
4	2001	Spain (2nd title)	8	63	7.875
5	1998	Spain (1st title)	8	65	8.125

**Historical progression of records – goals for per match**
Goals for per match	Achievement	Year	Champion	Date of winning gold	Duration of record
7.250	Set record	1973	Hungary (1st title)	9 September 1973	8 years, 332 days
9.714	Broke record	1982	Soviet Union^† (2nd title)	7 August 1982	4 years, 15 days
10.167	Broke record	1986	Yugoslavia^† (1st title)	22 August 1986	4 years, 144 days
11.571	Broke record	1991	Yugoslavia^† (2nd title)	13 January 1991	24 years, 207 days
12.167	Broke record	2015	Serbia (2nd title)	8 August 2015	6 years, 329 days
14.800	Broke record	2022	Spain (3rd title)	3 July 2022	1 year, 229 days
16.174	Broke record	2024	Croatia (3rd title)	17 February 2024	138 days

The following tables show records of goals against per match.

**Top 5 fewest goals against per match**
Rk	Year	Champion	MP	GA	GA/MP
1	1973	Hungary (1st title)	8	24	3.000
2	1975	Soviet Union^† (1st title)	8	26	3.250
3	2001	Spain (2nd title)	8	27	3.375
4	1978	Italy (1st title)	8	31	3.875
5	1998	Spain (1st title)	8	35	4.375

The following tables show records of goals difference per match.

**Top 5 fewest goals difference per match**
Rk	Year	Champion	MP	GD	GD/MP
1	1978	Italy (1st title)	8	10	1.250
2	2009	Serbia (1st title)	7	20	2.857
3	1975	Soviet Union^† (1st title)	8	23	2.875
4	1986	Yugoslavia^† (1st title)	6	18	3.000
5	2013	Hungary (3rd title)	7	22	3.143