World Polo Championship

World Polo Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
2022 World Polo Championship
SportPolo
Founded1987
No. of teams8 (Finals)
ContinentInternational (FIP)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Spain (1st title)
Most titles Argentina (5 titles)

The World Polo Championship is an international polo tournament. The event is run by the Federation of International Polo (FIP). In the tournament, national teams compete.The first tournament was in 1987, hosted by Argentina. There is now a tournament every 3 or 4 years.

Results

Men

# Year Host Champion 2nd 3rd Ref.
1 1987 Buenos Aires,  Argentina  Argentina  Mexico  Brazil [1]
2 1989 Berlin,  Germany  United States  England  Argentina [2]
3 1992 Santiago,  Chile  Argentina  Chile  England [3]
4 1995 St. Moritz,   Switzerland  Brazil  Argentina  Mexico [4]
5 1998 Santa Barbara,  United States  Argentina  Brazil  England [5]
6 2001 Melbourne,  Australia  Brazil  Australia  Argentina [6]
7 2004 Chantilly,  France  Brazil  England  Chile [7][8]
8 2008 Mexico City,  Mexico  Chile  Brazil  Mexico [9]
9 2011 San Luis Province,  Argentina  Argentina  Brazil  Italy [10]
10 2015 Santiago,  Chile  Chile  United States  Brazil [11]
11 2017 Sydney,  Australia  Argentina  Chile  England [12][13]
12 2022 Wellington,  United States  Spain  United States  Uruguay [14][15]
13 2026 Dubai,  United Arab Emirates

Women

# Year Host Champion 2nd 3rd Ref.
1 2022 Campo Argentino de Polo, Buenos Aires  Argentina  Argentina  United States  England [16]

Medals

Men (1987–2022)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Argentina5128
2 Brazil3328
3 Chile2215
4 United States1203
5 Spain1001
6 England0235
7 Mexico0123
8 Australia0101
9 Italy0011
 Uruguay0011
Totals (10 entries)12121236

Women (2022)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Argentina1001
2 United States0101
3 England0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Ranking

Pos. Team Champion Runners-up Third Fourth
1st  Argentina 5 (1987, 1992, 1998, 2011, 2017) 1 (1995) 2 (1989, 2001) 1 (2022)
2nd  Brazil 3 (1995, 2001, 2004) 3 (1998, 2008, 2011) 2 (1987, 2015) –
3rd  Chile 2 (2008, 2015) 2 (1992, 2017) 1 (2004) 1 (1989)
4th  United States 1 (1989) 2 (2015, 2022) – 3 (1992, 1998, 2017)
5th  Spain 1 (2022) – – 2 (1987, 2008)
6th  England – 2 (1989, 2004) 3 (1992, 1998, 2017) 4 (1995, 2001, 2011, 2015)
7th  Mexico – 1 (1987) 2 (1995, 2008) –
8th  Australia – 1 (2001) – –
9th  Italy – – 1 (2011) –
10th  Uruguay – – 1 (2022) –
11th  France – – – 1 (2004)

Nations

Country 1987 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2008 2011 2015 2017 2022
 Argentina 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd P. round – 1st P. round 1st 4th
 Australia 5th P. round – – P. round 2nd 1st round – P. round – P. round P. round
 Brazil 3rd – – 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd – –
 Canada – – – – – P. round – P. round – – – –
 Chile – 4th 2nd – – – 3rd 1st P. round 1st 2nd –
 England – 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 2nd P. round 4th 4th 3rd –
 France – P. round – – – – 4th – – – – –
 Germany – P. round – – – – – – – – – –
 Guatemala – – P. round – P. round – – – – – – –
 India – – – P. round – P. round – – P. round – P. round –
 Italy – – – – – P. round – – 3rd – – P. round
 Mexico 2nd – P. round 3rd – – 1st round 3rd P. round – – P. round
 New Zealand – – – – – – – P. round – – P. round –
 Pakistan – – – – – – P. round – P. round P. round – P. round
 South Africa – – – – – – – P. round – – – –
 Spain 4th – – – – – – 4th – – P. round 1st
  Switzerland – P. round – P. round – – – – – – – –
 United States – 1st 4th – 4th P. round P. round – P. round 2nd 4th 2nd
 Uruguay – – – – – – – – – – – 3rd

References

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  16. ↑ "Inaugural FIP Women's Polo World Championship". Pete's Blog Garden. Retrieved 30 May 2025.

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