The Yugoslav Water Polo Championship was the premier league competition for men's water polo clubs in Yugoslavia. Originally established in 1921 in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, it ran for almost 20 years before being suspended due to the Second World War and the Invasion of Yugoslavia.
In 1945 it was re-established as the top water polo club competition in the communist SFR Yugoslavia. It ran until 1991 and was dissolved following the breakup of Yugoslavia and the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars.
Jug was the most successful club in the interwar period, winning 14 titles between 1925 and 1940. In the post-war period, Belgrade-based Partizan won 17 titles, followed by Jug with eight, Jadran Split with seven and Mladost with six.List of champions in sports123.com
Partizan and Mladost also had success in European competitions, with each winning the LEN Champions League seven times. Jug, KPK Korčula, Mornar and POŠK had also won LEN competitions.
Title holders
1921: Polet Sombor 1922: Polet Sombor 1923: Baluni Split 1924: Polet Sombor 1925: Jug 1926: Jug 1927: Jug 1928: Jug 1929: Jug 1930: Jug 1931: Jug 1932: Jug 1933: Jug 1934: Jug 1935: Jug 1936: Jug 1937: Jug 1938: Viktorija Sušak 1939: Jadran Split 1940: Jug 1941-44: Not held due to WWII 1945: PR Croatia 1946: Jadran Split 1947: Hajduk Split 1948: Hajduk Split 1949: Jug 1950: Jug 1951: Jug 1952: Mornar 1953: Mornar 1954: Jadran Split 1955: Mornar 1956: Mornar 1957: Jadran Split 1958: Jadran 1959: Jadran 1960: Jadran Split 1961: Mornar 1962: Mladost 1963: Partizan 1964: Partizan 1965: Partizan 1966: Partizan 1967: Mladost 1968: Partizan 1969: Mladost 1970: Partizan 1971: Mladost 1972: Partizan 1973: Partizan 1974: Partizan 1975: Partizan 1976: Partizan 1977: Partizan 1978: Partizan 1979: Partizan 1980: Jug 1981: Jug 1981–82: Jug 1982–83: Jug 1983–84: Partizan 1984–85: Jug 1985–86: Primorac Kotor 1986–87: Partizan 1987–88: Partizan 1988–89: Mladost 1989–90: Mladost 1990–91: Jadran Split
Titles by club Club City Titles Winning years JugDubrovnik221925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1980, 1981, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1984-85 PartizanBelgrade171963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1987-88 Jadran SplitSplit91923, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1990-91 MladostZagreb61962, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1988-89, 1989-90 MornarSplit51952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1961 Polet SomborSombor31921, 1922, 1924 JadranHerceg Novi21958, 1959 PrimorjeRijeka11938 PR CroatiaZagreb11945 Primorac KotorKotor11985-86
Successor leagues → Bosnia and Herzegovina Water Polo League → Croatian First League of Water Polo (1992–present) → Montenegrin First League of Water Polo (2006–present; from 1992–2006 had a joint league with Serbia) → Serbian Water Polo League A (2006–present, from 1992–2006 had a joint league with Montenegro)
See also Yugoslavia men's national water polo team
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