Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

Water polo at the Mediterranean Games

Water polo has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1951. The Italy men's national water polo team is the most successful team among men, while for women it is the Spain women's national water polo team that gain success with the first inaugural Edition in 2018 Mediterranean Games.

Men's tournament

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
1951
Details
Egypt
Alexandria

Spain

Egypt

Greece
No Fourth
1955
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Spain
Barcelona

Italy

France

Spain

Egypt
1959
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Lebanon
Beirut

Yugoslavia

Italy

United Arab Republic

Lebanon
1963
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Italy
Naples

Italy

Yugoslavia

France

United Arab Republic
1967
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Tunisia
Tunis

Yugoslavia

Italy

Spain

Greece
1971
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Turkey
İzmir

Yugoslavia

Italy

Spain

Greece
1975
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Algeria
Algiers

Italy

Yugoslavia

Spain

Greece
1979
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Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Split

Yugoslavia

Italy

Spain

Greece
1983
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Morocco
Casablanca

Yugoslavia

Spain

Italy

France
1987
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Syria
Latakia

Italy

Spain

Turkey

Greece
1991
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Greece
Athens

Italy

Yugoslavia

Greece

France
1993
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France
Languedoc-Roussillon

Italy

Croatia

Greece

Spain
1997
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Italy
Bari

FR Yugoslavia

Croatia

Spain

Italy
2001
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Tunisia
Tunis

Spain
6–5
Italy

France
6–4
FR Yugoslavia
2005
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Spain
Almería

Spain
9–7
Italy

Serbia and Montenegro
9–8
Croatia
2009
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Italy
Pescara

Serbia
9–4
Spain

Italy
10–9
Croatia
2013
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Turkey
Mersin

Croatia
11–9
Spain

Greece
9–8
Italy
2018
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Spain
Tarragona

Serbia
12–10
Greece

Montenegro
6–4
Spain
2022
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Algeria
Oran

Serbia
9 – 8
Montenegro

Spain
16 – 8
Italy
2026
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Italy
Taranto
2030
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Kosovo
Pristina

Medals Summary, Men

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy66214
2 Yugoslavia5308
3 Spain34714
4 Serbia3003
5 Croatia1203
6 Serbia and Montenegro1012
7 Greece0145
8 France0123
9 Egypt[1]0112
 Montenegro0112
11 Turkey0011
Totals (11 entries)19191957

Women's tournament

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
2018
Details
Spain
Tarragona

Spain
9 – 8
Italy

Greece
15 – 5
France
2022 Algeria
Oran
No women's tournament No women's tournament

Medals Summary, Women

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain1001
2 Italy0101
3 Greece0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Footnotes

  1. ^ FINA considers Egypt as the inheritor of the records of United Arab Republic