Water polo at the Mediterranean Games

{{Short description|Mediterranean sporting tournament; has included water polo since 1951}}

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

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!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year

!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host

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!colspan=3|Gold medal game

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!colspan=3|Bronze medal game

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!style="background:gold; width=15%|16px Gold medalist

!width=10%|Score

!style="background:silver; width=15%|16px Silver medalist

!style="background:#cc9966; width=15%|16px Bronze medalist

!width=10%|Score

!width=15%|Fourth place

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|1951
Details

|{{flagicon|EGY|1922}}
Alexandria

|{{wp-big|ESP|1945}}

|{{wp-big|EGY|1922}}

|{{wp-big|Greece|old}}

| {{Grey|No Fourth}}

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|1955
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|{{flagicon|ESP|1945}}
Barcelona

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|{{wp-big|FRA}}

|{{wp-big|ESP|1945}}

|{{wp-big|EGY|1952}}

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|1959
Details

|{{flagicon|LBN}}
Beirut

|{{wp-big|YUG}}

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|{{wp-big|Egypt|1958|name=United Arab Republic}}

|{{wp-big|LIB}}

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|1963
Details

|{{flagicon|ITA}}
Naples

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|{{wp-big|YUG}}

|{{wp-big|FRA}}

|{{wp-big|Egypt|1958|name=United Arab Republic}}

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|1967
Details

|{{flagicon|TUN}}
Tunis

|{{wp-big|YUG}}

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|{{wp-big|ESP|1945}}

|{{wp-big|GRE|old}}

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|1971
Details

|{{flagicon|TUR}}
İzmir

|{{wp-big|YUG}}

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|{{wp-big|ESP|1945}}

|{{wp-big|GRE|1970}}

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|1975
Details

|{{flagicon|ALG}}
Algiers

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|{{wp-big|YUG}}

|{{wp-big|ESP|1945}}

|{{wp-big|GRE|old}}

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|1979
Details

|{{flagicon|YUG}}
Split

|{{wp-big|YUG}}

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|{{wp-big|ESP|1977}}

|{{wp-big|GRE}}

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|1983
Details

|{{flagicon|MAR}}
Casablanca

|{{wp-big|YUG}}

|{{wp-big|ESP}}

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|{{wp-big|FRA}}

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|1987
Details

|{{flagicon|SYR}}
Latakia

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|{{wp-big|ESP}}

|{{wp-big|TUR}}

|{{wp-big|GRE}}

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|1991
Details

|{{flagicon|GRC}}
Athens

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|{{wp-big|YUG}}

|{{wp-big|GRE}}

|{{wp-big|FRA}}

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|1993
Details

|{{flagicon|FRA}}
Languedoc-Roussillon

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|{{wp-big|CRO}}

|{{wp-big|GRE}}

|{{wp-big|ESP}}

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|1997
Details

|{{flagicon|ITA}}
Bari

|{{wp-big|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}

|{{wp-big|CRO}}

|{{wp-big|ESP}}

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

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|2001
Details

|{{flagicon|TUN}}
Tunis

|{{wp-big|ESP}}

|6–5

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|{{wp-big|FRA}}

|6–4

|{{wp-big|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}

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|2005
Details

|{{flagicon|ESP}}
Almería

|{{wp-big|ESP}}

|9–7

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|{{wp-big|FR Yugoslavia|name=Serbia and Montenegro}}

|9–8

|{{wp-big|CRO}}

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|2009
Details

|{{flagicon|ITA}}
Pescara

|{{wp-big|SER}}

|9–4

|{{wp-big|ESP}}

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

|10–9

|{{wp-big|CRO}}

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|2013
Details

|{{flagicon|TUR}}
Mersin

|{{wp-big|Croatia}}

|11–9

|{{wp-big|Spain}}

|{{wp-big|Greece}}

|9–8

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

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|2018
Details

|{{flagicon|ESP}}
Tarragona

|{{wp-big|Serbia}}

|12–10

|{{wp-big|Greece}}

|{{wp-big|Montenegro}}

|6–4

|{{wp-big|Spain}}

2022
Details

|{{flagicon|ALG}}
Oran

|{{wp-big|Serbia}}

|9 – 8

|{{wp-big|Montenegro}}

|{{wp-big|Spain}}

|16 – 8

|{{wp-big|ITA}}

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|2026
Details

|{{flagicon|ITA}}
Taranto

2030
Details

|{{flagicon|KOS}}
Pristina

Medals Summary, Men

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = wp

| event =

| team =

| gold_ITA = 6 | silver_ITA = 6 | bronze_ITA = 2

| gold_YUG = 4 | silver_YUG = 3 | bronze_YUG = 0

| gold_ESP = 3 | silver_ESP = 4 | bronze_ESP = 7

| gold_SRB = 3 | silver_SRB = 0 | bronze_SRB = 0

| gold_CRO = 1 | silver_CRO = 2 | bronze_CRO = 0

| gold_SCG = 2 | silver_SCG = 0 | bronze_SCG = 1

| gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 1 | bronze_GRE = 4

| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 2

| gold_EGY = 0 | silver_EGY = 1 | bronze_EGY = 1 | note_EGY = FINA considers Egypt as the inheritor of the records of United Arab Republic

| gold_MNE = 0 | silver_MNE = 1 | bronze_MNE = 1

| gold_TUR = 0 | silver_TUR = 0 | bronze_TUR = 1

}}

Women's tournament

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!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year

!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host

!width=1% rowspan=4 bgcolor=ffffff|

!colspan=3|Gold medal game

!width=1% rowspan=4 bgcolor=ffffff|

!colspan=3|Bronze medal game

bgcolor=#EFEFEF

!style="background:gold; width=15%|16px Gold medalist

!width=10%|Score

!style="background:silver; width=15%|16px Silver medalist

!style="background:#cc9966; width=15%|16px Bronze medalist

!width=10%|Score

!width=15%|Fourth place

bgcolor=#F5FAFF

|2018
Details

|{{flagicon|ESP}}
Tarragona

|{{wpw-big|Spain}}

|9 – 8

|{{wpw-big|Italy}}

|{{wpw-big|Greece}}

|15 – 5

|{{wpw-big|France}}

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|2022

|{{flagicon|ALG}}
Oran

|colspan=3|No women's tournament

Medals Summary, Women

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = wpw

| event =

| team =

| gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 0

| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 0

| gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 0 | bronze_GRE = 1

}}

Footnotes

Category:Sports at the Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games