European Water Polo Championship
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The European Water Polo Championship is a sport competition for national water polo teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), the governing European aquatics federation. There are both men's and women's competitions.
Sport | Water Polo |
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Founded | 1926 |
Continent | Europe (LEN) |
Most recent champion(s) | Spain (men's, 1st title) Netherlands (women's, 6th title) |
Most titles | Hungary (men's, 13 titles) Netherlands (women's, 6 titles) |
The first European Water Polo Championship was held in 1926 in Budapest, Hungary, with just a men's competition. The women for the first time competed in 1985 (Oslo, Norway) for the European title. The water polo tournament was part of the European Aquatics Championships up to and including 1997, and from 1999 the event was separated and got its own independent tournament.