Underwater Rugby World Championships

Summary

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.

Championships edit

Year Date Championship Location event [1] Men Teams Women Teams Nations Gold (M)
[2]
Silver (M)
[3]
Bronze (M)
[4]
Gold (W)
[5]
Silver (W)
[6]
Bronze (W)
[7]
1980 Jan. 1 - 2 1st World Championships   Mülheim, Germany 7 7   DEN   GER   SWE
1983 May 12 - 14 2nd World Championships   Malmö, Sweden 6 6   DEN   GER   SWE
1987 May 28 - 30 3rd World Championships   Zürich, Switzerland 7 7   SWE   DEN   GER
1991 May 8 - 11 4th World Championships   Copenhagen, Denmark 9 6 9   SWE   NOR   GER   SWE   NOR   GER
1995 Apr. 11 - 15 5th World Championships   Cali, Colombia 10 7 10   SWE   DEN   NOR   NOR   GER   SWE
1999 May 25 - 30 6th World Championships   Essen, Germany 8 5 8   SWE   DEN   GER   SWE   NOR   GER
2003 May 27 - 31 7th World Championships   Fredericia, Denmark 11 7 11   SWE   NOR   FIN   GER   SWE   COL
2007 Jul. 31 - Aug. 4 8th World Championships
(Part of 1st CMAS Games)
  Bari, Italy 13 9 13   FIN   SWE   NOR   GER   SWE   NOR
2011 Aug. 15 - 21 9th World Championships   Helsinki, Finland 14 7 14   NOR[8]   GER   SWE   NOR   SWE   GER
2015 Jul. 26 - Aug. 1 10th World Championships   Cali, Colombia 12[9] 9 13   NOR   GER   COL   GER   NOR   COL
2019 Jul. 25 - Aug. 3 11th World Championships   Graz, Austria 17[10] 14[11] 18   COL   NOR   GER   NOR   GER   COL
2023 Jul. 6 - 15 12th World Championships   Montreal, Canada 10 10 10   COL   GER   DEN   COL   NOR   GER

References edit

  1. ^ "Championships Archive". CMAS. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ^ "WC Results - Men". World of UW-Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ^ "WC Results - Men". World of UW-Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  4. ^ "WC Results - Men". World of UW-Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  5. ^ "WC Results - Women". World of UW-Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  6. ^ "WC Results - Men". World of UW-Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  7. ^ "WC Results - Men". World of UW-Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Two Norwegian World Cup gold in underwater rugby". Allvoices, Inc. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  9. ^ "10th CMAS Underwater Rugby World Championship- Santiago De Cali, Colombia". CMAS. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  10. ^ "UWR WC Graz 2019". UWR WC Graz 2019 (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  11. ^ "UWR WC Graz 2019". UWR WC Graz 2019 (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.

External links edit

  • 9th Underwater Rugby World Championship Mens FINAL - Norway vs Germany - video by ISus-Scrofal