FINA Water Polo World Rankings


The FINA Water Polo World Ranking is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in water polo. The teams of the member nations of FINA, water polo's world governing body, are ranked based on their competitions results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
The rankings are used in international competitions to define the seeded teams and arrange them in pools.

Calculation method

Tournaments

The following competitions are currently FINA-recognised tournaments.
Men's water polo tournaments:
Women's water polo tournaments:
Points are assigned according to a team's final placement in the FINA-recognised tournaments.

Formula

All points of the FINA-recognised tournaments for last Olympiad are included in ranking points calculation.
Example 1:
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Men's rankings

Abbreviations

Current ranking

As of .

Former rankings by Olympiad

XXX (30th) Olympiad (27 Jul 2012 – 5 Aug 2016)

XXIX (29th) Olympiad (8 Aug 2008 – 27 Jul 2012)

Former rankings by year (2008–2019)

Total points

As of .

Women's rankings

Abbreviations

Current ranking

As of .

Former rankings by Olympiad

XXX (30th) Olympiad (27 Jul 2012 – 5 Aug 2016)

XXIX (29th) Olympiad (8 Aug 2008 – 27 Jul 2012)

Former rankings by year (2008–2019)

Total points

As of .