The Commonwealth Water Polo Championships are held in conjunction with the Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games

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 although they are no longer included in the Commonwealth Games programme. They are in a round robin

Round-robin tournament

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 format.

Manchester 2002

The first Commonwealth Water Polo Championships were held in March 2002 at Manchester Aquatics Centre

Manchester Aquatics Centre

The Manchester Aquatics Centre is a public aquatics sports facility south of the centre of Manchester, England, north of the main buildings of the University of Manchester, and near the Manchester Metropolitan University. It was purpose–built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and cost £32 million to...

 in Manchester

Manchester

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, England

England

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. 5 teams entered in the 2002 Woman's Championships.

• Australia
  Australia
  Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
  
   (Winner)
• Canada
  Canada
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   (Silver)
• England
  England
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   (Bronze)
• Northern Ireland
  Northern Ireland
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• South Africa
  South Africa
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In the 2002 Men's Championships 9 teams entered. The results were.

Pool A	Pool B
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...  (Silver)	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...  (Winner)
Malta Malta Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...  (Fourth Place)	England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...  (Bronze)
Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...  (6 Place)	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...  (5 Place)
South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...  (7 Place)	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...  (8 Place)
Wales Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...  (9 Place)

Perth 2006

The second Commonwealth Water Polo Championships were held in January 2006 at Challenge Stadium

Challenge Stadium

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 in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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, Australia.

Commonwealth Water Polo Championships Placings:

1. Australia
2. Canada
3. New Zealand
4. England
5. South Africa
6. Scotland
7. Singapore

Commonwealth Water Polo Championships Placings
Men:

1. Australia
2. Canada
3. New Zealand
4. South Africa
5. England
6. Wales
7. Singapore