Major achievements in water polo by nation

This is a list of countries according to the best position achieved by teams from these nations at major Water Polo tournaments. Medals earned by athletes from defunct NOCs or historical teams have been merged with the results achieved by their immediate successor states, as follows: Russia inherits medals from the Soviet Union and the Unified Team; Serbia inherits medals from Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia; and Germany inherits medals from West Germany. The table is pre-sorted by total number of first-place results, second-place results and third-place results, respectively. When equal ranks are given, countries are listed in alphabetical order.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}

Results

		Olympic Games		World Championships		World Cup		World League		Summer Universiade
Rk.	Nation	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
1	Russia
2	Italy
3	Hungary
4	United States
5	Spain
6	Australia
7	Greece
8	Serbia
9	Croatia
10	Netherlands
11	China
12	Germany
13	Canada
14	Montenegro
15	Cuba
16	Brazil
17	France
17	Japan
17	Romania
17	United Kingdom
		Olympic Games		World Championships		World Cup		World League		Summer Universiade
Rk.	Nation	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
21	Belgium
21	Sweden
23	Macedonia
23	Turkey

References

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11. http://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-women-s-world-cup-presentation-medal-winners-sup5264.html
12. http://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-men-s-world-cup-presentation-medal-winners-sup5265.html
13. http://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-men-s-world-league-presentation-medal-winners-sup5263.html
14. http://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-women-s-world-league-presentation-medal-winners-sup5262.html
15. http://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-men-s-olympic-games-presentation-medal-winners-sup2582.html
16. http://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-women-s-olympic-games-presentation-medal-winners-sup2586.html