United States men's national junior water polo team

United States men's national junior water polo team
FINA codeUSA
AssociationUSA Water Polo
ConfederationUANA (Americas)
U20 World Championship
Appearances21 (first in 1981)
Best result (2025)
Media
Websiteusawaterpolo.org
Medal record
Men's water polo
U20 World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2025 Zagreb Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Otopeni / Bucharest Team
Last updated: June 21, 2025

The United States men's national junior water polo team represents the United States in men's World Aquatics U20 Water Polo Championships.[1] It is an international water polo tournament held every two years for the players under the age of 20.[2]

The team won a silver medal in 2025, the highest finish ever for a USA men's national water polo team in World Championship at any age group.[3]

Results

Major tournaments

Competitive record

Updated after the 2025 World Aquatics Men's U20 Water Polo Championships.

Tournament Appearances Finishes
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
U20 World Championship 21 0 1 1 1 3
Total 21 0 1 1 1 3

U20 World Championship

Year Result Pld W L D
Italy 1981 9th place 7 5 2 0
Spain 1983 7th place 6 2 3 1
Turkey 1985 6th place 7 2 4 1
Brazil 1987 6th place 7 4 1 2
France 1989 4th place 6 3 3 0
United States 1991 5th place 7 5 1 1
Egypt 1993 5th place —
France 1995 13th place 4 1 3 0
Cuba 1997 10th place 9 5 4 0
Kuwait 1999 Did not participated
Turkey 2001 6th place 9 6 3 0
Italy 2003 11th place 8 4 3 1
Argentina 2005 11th place 8 3 3 2
United States 2007 6th place 9 7 2 0
Croatia 2009 8th place 7 3 4 0
Greece 2011 9th place 7 4 3 0
Hungary 2013 5th place 7 5 2 0
Kazakhstan 2015 Did not participated
Serbia 2017 8th place 8 4 4 0
Kuwait 2019 7th place 8 5 3 0
Czech Republic 2021 7th place 8 4 4 0
Romania 2023 Bronze medal 7 4 3 0
Croatia 2025 Silver medal 7 4 3 0
Total 0 Title 146 80 58 8

Source: [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

References

  1. ^ "MJWPOLO". USA Water Polo.
  2. ^ History of Championship in FINA web site Archived 2011-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "USA Junior Men Win Silver At U20 World Championships". USA Water Polo. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  4. ^ "World Aquatics Men's U20 Water Polo Championships 2023". World Aquatics.
  5. ^ "Men Junior under 20 Water Polo I World Championship 1981 Como, Bergamo and Milano (ITA) 14-21.09 - Winner Soviet Union". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  6. ^ "Water Polo Men Junior II World Championship 1983 Barcelona, Spain - 29.07-07.08 - Winner Spain". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  7. ^ "Water Polo Men Junior III World Championship 1985 Istanbul, Turkey - Winner Soviet Union". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  8. ^ "Water Polo Men Junior IV World Championship 1987 Sao Paulo, Brazil 06-13.09 - Winner Spain (2nd)". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  9. ^ "Men Junior Water Polo V World Championship 1989 Cannes, Narbonne (FRA) 08 - Winner Yugoslavia". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  10. ^ "Men Junior Water Polo VI World Championship 1991 Irvine/Long Beach/Newport (USA) - Winner Spain". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  11. ^ "Men Junior Water Polo VII World Championship 1993 Cairo, Egypt 21st to 29th August - Winner Italy". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  12. ^ "Men Junior Water Polo VIII World Championship 1995 Dunkerk (FRA) - Winner Hungary". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  13. ^ "Men Junior Water Polo IX World Championship 1997 Havana (CUB) 15-24.07 - Winner Croatia". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  14. ^ "Men Junior Water Polo X World Championship 1999 Kuwait City (KUW) 09-18.10 - Winner Italy". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  15. ^ "Men Junior Water Polo XI World Championship 2001 Istanbul (TUR) 10-19.08 - Winner Greece". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  16. ^ "Men Junior Water Polo XII World Championship 2003 Napoli (ITA) 09-17.08 - Winner Serbia Montenegro". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  17. ^ "Men Junior Water Polo XIII World Championship 2005 Mar del Plata (ARG) - Winner Serbia Mont". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  18. ^ "Men Junior Water Polo XIV World Championship 2007 Los Alamitos (USA) 18-26.08 - Winner Hungary". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  19. ^ "Men Junior Water Polo XV World Championship 2009 Sibenik (CRO) - Winner Croatia". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  20. ^ "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2023 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  21. ^ "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2021 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  22. ^ "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2019 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  23. ^ "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2017 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  24. ^ "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2015 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  25. ^ "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2013 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  26. ^ "Water Polo - Men's World Junior Championships 2011 - Standings / Rankings". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.