National Water Polo League
Founded:	1990
Sport:	Water polo Water polo Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
Current teams:	Brisbane Barracudas KFC Breakers Hunter Hurricanes Balmain Tigers Drummoyne Devils UNSW Wests Magpies (M) UNSW Killer Whales (W) Cronulla Sharks Sydney University Lions Victoria Tigers Victoria Tigers The Victorian Tigers, are a water polo team competing in the Australian National Water Polo League. Their success came mostly in the early years of the National League, which they dominated, winning the first four championships... Adelaide Jets Fremantle Mariners (M) Fremantle Marlins (W) UWA Torpedoes (M) UWA Comets (W)
Current Men's Champions:	Fremantle Mariners
Current Women's Champions:	Brisbane Barracudas
Most Successful Men's Teams:	Cronulla Sharks: 5 Fremantle Mariners: 5
Most Successful Women's Team:	Fremantle Marlins: 4

The National Water Polo League, is the premier Australian domestic Water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

 competition. The men's competition began in 1990 and the women's competition was added in 2004. In 2010, twelve teams will compete in each competition with five clubs based in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, two in Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

, and one each in Adelaide

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, Fremantle

Fremantle, Western Australia

Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829...

, Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Newcastle

Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...

 and Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

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Men's Champions

Season	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1990	Richmond Tigers Victoria Tigers The Victorian Tigers, are a water polo team competing in the Australian National Water Polo League. Their success came mostly in the early years of the National League, which they dominated, winning the first four championships...	WAIS Torpedoes
1991	Richmond Tigers Victoria Tigers The Victorian Tigers, are a water polo team competing in the Australian National Water Polo League. Their success came mostly in the early years of the National League, which they dominated, winning the first four championships...	Cronulla Sharks
1992	Richmond Tigers Victoria Tigers The Victorian Tigers, are a water polo team competing in the Australian National Water Polo League. Their success came mostly in the early years of the National League, which they dominated, winning the first four championships...	Cronulla Sharks	Wests Magpies
1993	Richmond Tigers Victoria Tigers The Victorian Tigers, are a water polo team competing in the Australian National Water Polo League. Their success came mostly in the early years of the National League, which they dominated, winning the first four championships...	Cronulla Sharks	Wests Magpies
1994	Cronulla Sharks	Wests Magpies	Perth Torpedoes
1995	Cronulla Sharks	Wests Magpies	Richmond Tigers Victoria Tigers The Victorian Tigers, are a water polo team competing in the Australian National Water Polo League. Their success came mostly in the early years of the National League, which they dominated, winning the first four championships...
1996	Cronulla Sharks	Perth Torpedoes	Wests Magpies
1997	Cronulla Sharks	Fremantle Mariners	Wests Magpies
1998	Fremantle Mariners	Sydney University Lions	Cronulla Sharks
1999	Cronulla Sharks	Fremantle Mariners	Sydney University Lions
2000	Fremantle Mariners	Cronulla Sharks	Sydney University Lions
2001	Fremantle Mariners	Sydney University Lions	Victoria Tigers Victoria Tigers The Victorian Tigers, are a water polo team competing in the Australian National Water Polo League. Their success came mostly in the early years of the National League, which they dominated, winning the first four championships...
2002	Sydney University Lions	Fremantle Mariners	Balmain Tigers
2003	Sydney University Lions	Fremantle Mariners	Balmain Tigers
2004	Brisbane Barracudas	Fremantle Mariners	Balmain Tigers
2005	Sydney University Lions	Fremantle Mariners	Balmain Tigers
2006	Fremantle Mariners	Sydney University Lions	Victoria Tigers Victoria Tigers The Victorian Tigers, are a water polo team competing in the Australian National Water Polo League. Their success came mostly in the early years of the National League, which they dominated, winning the first four championships...
2007	KFC Queensland Breakers	Sydney University Lions	Wests Waterpolo Magpies
2008	Wests Waterpolo Magpies	Victoria Tigers Victoria Tigers The Victorian Tigers, are a water polo team competing in the Australian National Water Polo League. Their success came mostly in the early years of the National League, which they dominated, winning the first four championships...	KFC Queensland Breakers
2009	Fremantle Mariners	Drummoyne Devils	KFC Queensland Breakers

Women's Champions

Season	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004	Fremantle Marlins	Queensland Breakers	Balmain Tigers
2005	Fremantle Marlins	Balmain Tigers	Brisbane Barracudas
2006	Cronulla Sharks	Balmain Tigers	Fremantle Mariners
2007	Fremantle Mariners	Brisbane Barracudas	KFC Queensland Breakers
2008	Fremantle Mariners	Balmain Tigers	Brisbane Barracudas
2009	Brisbane Barracudas	Balmain Tigers	Fremantle Mariners

See also

• Australia national water polo team
• Australia national women's water polo team
• Australian Water Polo
  Australian Water Polo
  Australian Water Polo Inc. is the national governing body for water polo in Australia. They are responsible for administration of the national men's, women's, and junior teams, the Australian National Water Polo League, and development of the sport in Australia....