The Championnat de France de water-polo is the premier category in the league system for water polo clubs in France.Results in the French Swimming Federation's website The men's championship was founded in 1896 by the French Athletic Sports Societies Union. Since 1921 the competition is organized by the newly founded French Swimming Federation. In 1983 the women's championship was founded.
Enfants de Neptune de Tourcoing and ASPTT Nancy are the most successful team in the championships with 46 and 13 titles, most recently in 1964 and 2008. On the other hand CN Marseille and Olympic Nice have been the leading teams in recent years. The men's 1956 and 1971 editions were declared vacant.List of champions in nice-waterpolo.com
List of champions Men's championship Enfants de Neptune de Tourcoing (46) 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1964 CN Marseille (43) 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Olympic Nice (8) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 SN Strasbourg (7) 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 2018, 2019 Libellule de Paris (5) 1902, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1924 Cacel Nice (4) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Pupilles de Neptune (3) 1896, 1900, 1901 CA Paris (3) 1905, 1906, 1908 Racing Club de France 1951, 1955 Montpellier Water Polo 2012, 2014 SCN Choisy-le-Rei 1962 Pélican Club Valenciennes 1972
Women's championship ASPTT Nancy 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 Dauphins de Créteil 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Olympic Nice 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2012 Racing Club de France 1983, 1984, 1985
Current teams 2022-23 Men's championship Dauphins de Sète Lille Marseille Montpellier Olympic Nice Noisy-le-Sec Pays d'Aix Reims Strasbourg
2011-12 Women's championship Choisy-le-Roi Lille Nancy Olympic Nice St. Bruno St. Jean d'Angély Strasbourg
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