Yugoslav Water Polo Championship

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.^[1]

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
Jug	Dubrovnik	22	1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1980, 1981, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1984-85
Partizan	Belgrade	17	1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1987-88
Jadran Split	Split	9	1923, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1990-91
Mladost	Zagreb	6	1962, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1988-89, 1989-90
Mornar	Split	5	1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1961
Polet Sombor	Sombor	3	1921, 1922, 1924
Jadran	Herceg Novi	2	1958, 1959
Primorje	Rijeka	1	1938
PR Croatia	Zagreb	1	1945
Primorac Kotor	Kotor	1	1985-86