LEN European U17 Water Polo Championship

Sport	Water Polo
Founded	1983
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Greece (Men)   Hungary (Women)

LEN European Junior Water Polo Championship is a continental water polo tournament held every two years for the players under the age of 17.

Ages

https://total-waterpolo.com/greece-wins-its-first-ever-gold-medal-at-u17-europeans/

Men

European Youth Championship (U18) : 1983-2007

European Youth Championship (U17) : 2008

European Junior Championship (U17)  : 2009 or 2010-2023

Women

European Youth Championship (U18) : 2001-2007

European Youth Championship (U17) : 2008

European Junior Championship (U18)  : 2009 or 2010-2023

Men's tournament

History

European U18 Championships

1983 (Istanbul, Turkey): Hungary

1985 (La Valetta, Malta): USSR

1987 (Athens, Greece): Yugoslavia

1989 (Istanbul, Turkey): Hungary

1991: not held

1993 (Veenendaal, Netherlands): Hungary

1995 (Esslingen, Germany): Yugoslavia

1997 (Maribor, Slovenia): Hungary

1999 (Sofia, Bulgaria): Croatia

2001 (Hagen, Germany): Hungary

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2003	Turkey, Istanbul	Serbia and Montenegro	Hungary	Croatia
2005	Bulgaria, Sofia	Serbia and Montenegro	Croatia	Hungary
2007	Malta, Gzira	Serbia	Hungary	Croatia
2008	Serbia, Belgrade	Hungary	Serbia	Croatia
2009	Greece, Chania	Croatia	Montenegro	Serbia
2011	Croatia, Rijeka	Croatia	Italy	Spain
2013	Malta, Gzira [1]	Montenegro	Serbia	Italy
2015	Azerbaijan, Baku	Serbia	Spain	Greece
2017	Malta, Gzira [2]	Montenegro	Spain	Hungary
2019	Georgia, Tbilisi [3]	Italy	Spain	Hungary
2021 details	Malta, Gzira [4]	Serbia	Greece	Hungary
2023	Manisa, Turkey [5]	Greece	Serbia	Spain

Medals (1983-2023)

Source: ^[6]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Serbia	7	5	2	14
2	Hungary	6	4	5	15
3	Croatia	3	3	4	10
4	Italy	2	2	4	8
5	Montenegro	2	1	0	3
6	Greece	1	3	2	6
7	Soviet Union	1	1	0	2
8	Spain	0	3	4	7
9	Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		22	22	22	66

Women's tournament

History

European Youth Championship (U18)

2001, Jul 08-16 Manchester GBR GRE 8:6 CZE RUS

2003, Aug 02-10 Emmen NED RUS 11:6 HUN ITA

2005, Jul 30 - Aug 06 Porto POR RUS 16:8 HUN NED

2007, Aug 04-12 Chania GRE RUS 15:14p ITA ESP

European Youth Championship (U17)

2008, Aug 03-10 Győr HUN ITA 10:7 HUN RUS

2009 ?

European Junior Championship (U18)

2010, Jul 25 - Aug 01 Dneprozerzhinsk UKR RUS

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2011	Madrid, Spain	Greece	Hungary	Spain
2013	Istanbul, Turkey [7]	Greece	Spain	Netherlands
2015	Baku, Azerbaijan	Russia	Spain	Greece
2017	Novi Sad, Serbia [8]	Spain	Netherlands	Hungary
2019	Volos, Greece [9]	Spain	Russia	Italy
2021	Šibenik, Croatia [10]	Russia	Greece	Hungary
2023	Manisa, Turkey	Hungary	Spain	Greece

Medals (2001-2023)

Source: ^[11]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	6	1	2	9
2	Greece	3	1	2	6
3	Spain	2	4	2	8
4	Hungary	1	4	3	8
5	Italy	1	1	2	4
6	Netherlands	0	1	2	3
7	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
Totals (7 entries)		13	13	13	39

See also

• LEN European U15 Water Polo Championship
• LEN European U19 Water Polo Championship

Results History

• https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-men-s-european-u-17-junior-championships-statistics-sups4120.html

References