Which country is the best at water polo?
Hungary is the most successful country in the men’s olympic water polo tournament, with nine olympic gold medals. Water polo is croatia’s most trophied team sport and at the heart of its strength lies the century-long tradition of water polo clubs that supplied national teams with players who took them, multiple times, to the throne as world or olympic champions.Historically, the most successful water polo team of all time is the hungarian team, winning medals at nearly all the olympic games, and at european and world championships between 1928-1982. However in recent decades, russia, yugoslavia, spain and italy have also produced top teams.Hungary has been the most successful country in men’s tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women’s tournament since its introduction. Italy was the first to win both the men’s and women’s water polo tournaments.Professional water polo is played in many Southern and Eastern European countries like Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Spain, etc. LEN Euroleague tournament played amongst the best teams. There is also a World Club Water Polo Challenge.
Who is the current water polo champion of the world?
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