What is the best professional water polo league?
The european aquatics champions league is the top-tier european professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the ligue européenne de natation. The competition started in 1963 as european cup. Water polo at the world aquatics championships is an international water polo tournament held every two years as part of the world aquatics championships. The reigning champions are spain in men’s and greece in women’s competition.
Which country is the most successful in water polo?
The national team has been crowned european champions 13 times—a continental record. Notably, hungary’s most recent european title came in 2020, in a dramatic shootout victory against spain. The country is also the most successful nation in olympic water polo history, having secured nine gold medals. The seventeen european championship tournaments have been won by ten national teams: spain have won four titles, germany have won three titles, italy and france have won two titles, and the soviet union, czechoslovakia, the netherlands, denmark, greece and portugal have won one title each.
What’s the hardest position in water polo?
The last line of defense in water polo is the goalie. Denoted by their red caps, goalies are allowed to use both hands to block the ball. This position requires a considerable amount of leg strength as goalies are repeatedly lunging and jumping to block incoming shots. You can’t hide in water polo—you either rise to the challenge or you sink (literally). That level of intensity, grit, and pure love for competition is what keeps us coming back, and it’s why water polo will always be the toughest, most rewarding sport in the world.