The Underwater Rugby World Championships is the peak international event for the underwater sport of underwater rugby. The event is conducted on behalf of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) by an affiliated national federation. The championships was first held in 1980.
Championships
| Year | Date | Championship | Location event [1] | Men Teams | Women Teams | Nations | Gold (M) [2] | Silver (M) [3] | Bronze (M) [4] | Gold (W) [5] | Silver (W) [6] | Bronze (W) [7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Jan. 1 - 2 | 1st World Championships |  Mülheim, Germany | 7 | — | 7 |  DEN | GER |  SWE | — | ||
| 1983 | May 12 - 14 | 2nd World Championships | Malmö, Sweden | 6 | 6 | DEN | GER | SWE | ||||
| 1987 | May 28 - 30 | 3rd World Championships |  Zürich, Switzerland | 7 | 7 | SWE | DEN | GER | ||||
| 1991 | May 8 - 11 | 4th World Championships | Copenhagen, Denmark | 9 | 6 | 9 | SWE |  NOR | GER | SWE | NOR | GER |
| 1995 | Apr. 11 - 15 | 5th World Championships |  Cali, Colombia | 10 | 7 | 10 | SWE | DEN | NOR | NOR | GER | SWE |
| 1999 | May 25 - 30 | 6th World Championships | Essen, Germany | 8 | 5 | 8 | SWE | DEN | GER | SWE | NOR | GER |
| 2003 | May 27 - 31 | 7th World Championships | Fredericia, Denmark | 11 | 7 | 11 | SWE | NOR |  FIN | GER | SWE | COL |
| 2007 | Jul. 31 - Aug. 4 | 8th World Championships (Part of 1st CMAS Games) |  Bari, Italy | 13 | 9 | 13 | FIN | SWE | NOR | GER | SWE | NOR |
| 2011 | Aug. 15 - 21 | 9th World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 14 | 7 | 14 | NOR[8] | GER | SWE | NOR | SWE | GER |
| 2015 | Jul. 26 - Aug. 1 | 10th World Championships | Cali, Colombia | 12[9] | 9 | 13 | NOR | GER | COL | GER | NOR | COL |
| 2019 | Jul. 25 - Aug. 3 | 11th World Championships |  Graz, Austria | 17[10] | 14[11] | 18 | COL | NOR | GER | NOR | GER | COL |
| 2023 | Jul. 6 - 15 | 12th World Championships |  Montreal, Canada | 10 | 10 | 10 | COL | GER | DEN | COL | NOR | GER |