Underwater Rugby World Championships

The Underwater Rugby World Championships is the peak international event for the underwater sport of underwater rugby. The event is conducted on behalf of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) by an affiliated national federation. The championships was first held in 1980.

Year	Championship	Host City, Country [1]	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th
1980	1st World Championships	Mülheim, Germany	1 DEN	2 GER	3 SWE	FIN	NOR	AUT	ITA	—
1983	2nd World Championships [2]	Malmö, Sweden	1 DEN	2 GER	3 SWE	FIN	AUT	NOR	—
1987	3rd World Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	1 SWE	2 DEN	3 GER	FIN	AUT	NOR	SUI	—
1991	4th World Championships	Copenhagen, Denmark	1 SWE	2 NOR	3 GER	AUT	DEN	FIN	CZE	COL	SUI	—
1995	5th World Championships	Cali, Colombia	1 SWE	2 DEN	3 NOR	GER	FIN	AUT	COL	CZE	SUI	PER	—
1999	6th World Championships [3]	Essen, Germany	1 SWE	2 DEN	3 GER	NOR	COL	CZE	AUT	USA	—
2003	7th World Championships [4]	Fredericia, Denmark	1 SWE	2 NOR	3 FIN	GER	DEN	COL	CZE	RUS	SUI	USA	TUR	—
2007	8th World Championships	Bari, Italy	1 FIN	2 SWE	3 NOR	DEN	GER	COL	ITA	SUI	RUS	CZE	AUT	TUR	SPA	—
2011	9th World Championships [5]	Helsinki, Finland	1 NOR[6]	2 GER	3 SWE	FIN	DEN	COL	CZE	TUR	RUS	AUT	ITA	—
2015	10th World Championships [7]	Cali, Colombia	1 NOR	2 GER	3 COL	SWE	DEN	VEN	AUT	CAN	USA	SPA	AUS	SAF	—
2019	11th World Championships [8]	Graz, Austria	1 COL	2 NOR	3 GER	DEN	SWE	FIN	AUT	SPA	AUS	CZE	USA	ITA	CAN	GRB	HUN	SVK	LUX
2023	12th World Championships	Montreal, Canada	1 COL	2 GER	3 DEN	NOR	SWE	USA	AUS	AUT	CAN	SPA	—
2027	13th World Championships	TBD	1	2	3	—

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	SWE	5	1	3
2	NOR	2	3	2
	DEN	2	3	1
	COL	2	0	1
5	FIN	1	0	1

Year	Championship	Host City, Country [9]	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
1991	4th World Championships	Copenhagen, Denmark	1 SWE	2 NOR	3 GER	FIN	DEN	SUI	—
1995	5th World Championships	Cali, Colombia	1 NOR	2 GER	3 SWE	FIN	COL	DEN	PER	—
1999	6th World Championships	Essen, Germany	1 SWE	2 NOR	3 GER	COL	DEN	—
2003	7th World Championships	Fredericia, Denmark	1 GER	2 SWE	3 COL	NOR	DEN	USA	TUR	—
2007	8th World Championships	Bari, Italy	1 GER	2 SWE	3 NOR	COL	DEN	RUS	FIN	ITA	SPA	—
2011	9th World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1 NOR[10]	2 SWE	3 GER	FIN	COL	DEN	SPA	—
2015	10th World Championships	Cali, Colombia	1 GER	2 NOR	3 COL	SWE	FIN	DEN	AUS	VEN	USA	—
2019	11th World Championships	Graz, Austria	1 NOR	2 GER	3 COL	FIN	SWE	AUT	TUR	AUS	DEN	SPA	USA	ITA	CAN	GBR
2023	12th World Championships	Montreal, Canada	1 COL	2 NOR	3 GER	AUS	SWE	DEN	AUT	USA	SPA	CAN	—
2027	13th World Championships	TBD	1	2	3	—

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1st	NOR	3	4	1
	GER	3	2	4
3rd	SWE	2	3	1
4th	COL	1	0	3

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