2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship

Summary

The 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Barcelona, Spain from 16 to 28 July 2018.

2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates16–28 July
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Serbia (8th title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Croatia
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored863 (17.98 per match)
Top scorer(s)Greece Ioannis Fountoulis
Montenegro Aleksandar Ivović
(17 goals)[1]
Best playerSerbia Filip Filipović
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Serbia won their fourth consecutive and eighth overall title by defeating Spain in the final.[2]

Qualification edit

Sixteen teams will be allowed to the tournament. The qualification is as follows:

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Spain
2016 European Championships 10–23 January 2016   Belgrade 7   Croatia
  Greece
  Hungary
  Italy
  Montenegro
  Russia
  Serbia
Qualifiers 17 March 2017 – 3 March 2018 8   France
  Romania
  Germany
  Netherlands
  Slovakia
  Georgia
  Malta
  Turkey

Format edit

The sixteen teams were split in four groups with four teams each. The first classified team of each group qualified directly for the quarterfinals, the second and third teams played each other in cross group format to qualify for the quarterfinals.

Squads edit

Draw edit

The draw of the tournament took take place on 7 March in Barcelona.[3][4] The first batch consisted of the teams ranked 1st to 4th in the 2016 European Championships, the second batch consisted of the teams ranked 5th to eight. The third batch was filled with teams that qualified in the qualifiers.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

  Serbia
  Montenegro
  Hungary
  Greece

  Spain
  Italy
  Croatia
  Russia

  France   Slovakia
  Romania   Georgia
  Germany   Malta
  Netherlands   Turkey

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+2).[5]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 3 3 0 0 40 9 +31 9 Quarterfinals
2   Hungary 3 1 1 1 21 21 0 4[a] Play-offs
3   Germany 3 1 1 1 15 27 −12 4[a]
4   Georgia 3 0 0 3 17 36 −19 0 13th place classification
Source: Wp2018bcn.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Germany 4–4 Hungary
16 July 2018
15:30
Report Georgia   5–12   Hungary Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Luis Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 2–3, 0–4
Tsrepulia 2 Goals Bátori 3
16 July 2018
18:30
Report Germany   1–14   Italy Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–4, 0–2, 1–6
Zech 1 Goals four players 2

18 July 2018
12:30
Report Germany   10–9   Georgia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 3–2, 3–2
Real 4 Goals Baghaturia, Rurua 2
18 July 2018
20:30
Report Hungary   5–12   Italy Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 4–2, 0–2, 1–3
Manhercz 2 Goals four players 2

20 July 2018
12:30
Report Germany   4–4   Hungary Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 0–1, 2–2, 1–1
Real 3 Goals four players 1
20 July 2018
15:30
Report Georgia   3–14   Italy Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Xavier Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–3, 1–5, 1–3
Rurua 2 Goals six players 2

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain (H) 3 2 1 0 35 15 +20 7[a] Quarterfinals
2   Montenegro 3 2 1 0 32 18 +14 7[a] Play-offs
3   France 3 1 0 2 22 21 +1 3
4   Malta 3 0 0 3 15 50 −35 0 13th place classification
Source: Wp2018bcn.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Montenegro 7–7 Spain
16 July 2018
11:00
Report Montenegro   8–6   France Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Haldun Toygarli (TUR)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 2–2, 2–2
Ivović 3 Goals Crousillat 3
16 July 2018
22:15
Report Malta   4–21   Spain Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–5, 2–8, 1–4
S. Camilleri 2 Goals Granados, Tahull 4

18 July 2018
17:00
Report Montenegro   17–5   Malta Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 7–0, 4–2, 2–2
Ivović, Radović 3 Goals Zammit 2
18 July 2018
22:00
Report Spain   7–4   France Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Attilio Paoletti (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–1, 2–2, 0–1
Munarriz 4 Goals Guillaume 2

20 July 2018
18:30
Report Malta   6–12   France Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–2, 3–3, 2–4
Plumpton 2 Goals Crousillat 4
20 July 2018
22:00
Report Montenegro   7–7   Spain Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–1, 0–3, 2–1
Ivović 4 Goals Perrone, Tahull 2

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia 3 3 0 0 49 17 +32 9 Quarterfinals
2   Greece 3 2 0 1 46 19 +27 6 Play-offs
3   Netherlands 3 1 0 2 37 32 +5 3
4   Turkey 3 0 0 3 8 72 −64 0 13th place classification
Source: Wp2018bcn.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
16 July 2018
14:00
Report Turkey   1–27   Greece Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Massimo Angileri (MLT)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–7, 0–6, 0–9
Sönmez 1 Goals Fountoulis 6
16 July 2018
17:00
Report Croatia   15–8   Netherlands Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–1, 4–1, 4–4
Vukičević 4 Goals Lindhout 3

18 July 2018
11:00
Report Croatia   23–2   Turkey Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Marcela Mauss (GER), Massimo Angileri (MLT)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 7–1, 6–1, 6–0
Miloš 6 Goals Düzenli, Özbek 1
18 July 2018
15:30
Report Greece   12–7   Netherlands Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Xavier Buch (ESP), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 3–2, 2–2, 1–0
Vlachopoulos 6 Goals Janssen, Lindhout 2

20 July 2018
14:00
Report Turkey   5–22   Netherlands Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Luis Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–5, 1–7, 2–4
Yılmaz 2 Goals Janssen 4
20 July 2018
20:30
Report Croatia   11–7   Greece Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 5–4, 3–1, 1–2
García 4 Goals three players 2

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia 3 3 0 0 35 19 +16 9 Quarterfinals
2   Russia 3 2 0 1 33 24 +9 6 Play-offs
3   Romania 3 1 0 2 21 28 −7 3
4   Slovakia 3 0 0 3 16 34 −18 0 13th place classification
Source: Wp2018bcn.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
16 July 2018
12:30
Report Russia   12–6   Slovakia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 5–1, 2–3
Andryukov, Nagaev 4 Goals Mare. Tkáč 2
16 July 2018
20:30
Report Serbia   11–5   Romania Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Xavier Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 3–2, 2–1
Ćuk 3 Goals Negrean 3

18 July 2018
14:00
Report Romania   9–5   Slovakia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–0, 2–1, 1–3
Gheorghe 3 Goals five players 1
18 July 2018
18:30
Report Russia   9–11   Serbia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 1–3, 3–2
three players 2 Goals three players 2

20 July 2018
11:00
Report Serbia   13–5   Slovakia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–3, 2–1, 3–0
six players 2 Goals Úradník 2
20 July 2018
17:00
Report Russia   12–7   Romania Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–2, 3–1, 4–1
Merkulov 5 Goals Ghiban 2

Knockout stage edit

 
Play-offsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
24 July
 
 
  Serbia8
 
22 July
 
  Hungary5
 
  Hungary12
 
26 July
 
  Netherlands9
 
  Serbia9
 
 
  Croatia7
 
 
24 July
 
 
  Croatia9
 
22 July
 
  Montenegro7
 
  Montenegro15
 
28 July
 
  Romania5
 
  Serbia (PSO)7 (5)
 
 
  Spain7 (3)
 
 
24 July
 
 
  Spain10
 
22 July
 
  Greece6
 
  Germany5
 
26 July
 
  Greece13
 
  Spain8
 
 
  Italy7 Third place
 
 
24 July28 July
 
 
  Italy11  Croatia10
 
22 July
 
  Russia1   Italy8
 
  France9
 
 
  Russia12
 
5th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
26 July
 
 
  Hungary6
 
28 July
 
  Montenegro7
 
  Montenegro6
 
26 July
 
  Greece8
 
  Greece12
 
 
  Russia11
 
Seventh place
 
 
28 July
 
 
  Hungary8
 
 
  Russia9
9th place bracket
 
9–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
24 July
 
 
  Netherlands12
 
26 July
 
  Romania7
 
  Netherlands11
 
24 July
 
  Germany12
 
  Germany12
 
 
  France5
 
Eleventh place
 
 
26 July
 
 
  Romania10
 
 
  France6
13th place bracket
 
13–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
22 July
 
 
  Georgia15
 
24 July
 
  Turkey10
 
  Georgia8
 
22 July
 
  Slovakia6
 
  Malta6
 
 
  Slovakia11
 
15th place
 
 
24 July
 
 
  Turkey (PSO)7 (6)
 
 
  Malta7 (5)

Play-offs edit

22 July 2018
17:00
Report Hungary   12–9   Netherlands Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 5–4, 4–2, 2–1, 1–2
Vámos 4 Goals Filipović, Koopman 2

22 July 2018
18:30
Report Germany   5–13   Greece Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 0–3, 1–2, 1–3
Stamm 3 Goals four players 2

22 July 2018
20:30
Report Montenegro   15–5   Romania Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Xavier Buch (ESP), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 4–2, 5–1
Petković, Radović 3 Goals Negrean 2

22 July 2018
22:00
Report France   9–12   Russia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–4, 4–2, 3–2
Crousillat, Khasz 2 Goals Lisunov 3

Quarterfinals edit

24 July 2018
17:00
Report Serbia   8–5   Hungary Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 1–1, 2–2, 1–2
Jakšić 3 Goals Bedő 2

24 July 2018
18:30
Report Croatia   9–7   Montenegro Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Xavier Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 4–2, 3–1
Buljubašić 2 Goals three players 2

24 July 2018
20:30
Report Italy   11–1   Russia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 4–0, 1–1, 4–0
Figlioli 4 Goals Andryukov 1

24 July 2018
22:00
Report Spain   10–6   Greece Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 4–0, 2–3
three players 2 Goals Genidounias 2

13–16th place semifinals edit

22 July 2018
13:30
Report Georgia   15–10   Turkey Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 1–1, 3–3, 5–3
Bitadze 4 Goals Bıyık, Ergin 4

22 July 2018
15:00
Report Malta   6–11   Slovakia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Luis Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–4, 3–2, 0–2
Zammit 2 Goals Ďurík, Kolárik 3

9–12th place semifinals edit

24 July 2018
13:30
Report Netherlands   12–7   Romania Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–1, 3–3, 3–1
Koopman, Winkelhorst 3 Goals Ghiban 2

24 July 2018
15:00
Report Germany   12–5   France Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–1, 1–1, 4–1
Van der Bosch 3 Goals Vanpeperstraete 2

5–8th place semifinals edit

26 July 2018
16:45
Report Hungary   6–7   Montenegro Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Xavier Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 2–2, 2–1
Zalánki 2 Goals Radović 3

26 July 2018
18:15
Report Greece   12–11   Russia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–4, 2–4, 1–2
Fountoulis 7 Goals Bychkov 3

Semifinals edit

26 July 2018
20:30
Report Serbia   9–7   Croatia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–1, 1–1, 2–2
Ćuk, Mandić 3 Goals Vukičević 3

26 July 2018
22:00
Report Spain   8–7   Italy Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–2, 1–3, 3–1
Tahull, Mallarach 2 Goals Di Fulvio 3

15th place game edit

24 July 2018
10:30
Report Turkey   13–12   Malta Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 0–2, 2–3  PSO: 6–5
Özbek 3 Goals Bugelli, Zammit 2

13th place game edit

24 July 2018
12:00
Report Georgia   8–6   Slovakia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Luis Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–3, 3–2, 1–0
Rurua 3 Goals Kolárik 2

Eleventh place game edit

26 July 2018
13:15
Report Romania   10–6   France Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Haldun Taygarli (TUR), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 4–1, 1–1
Radu 4 Goals Crousillat 3

Ninth place game edit

26 July 2018
14:45
Report Netherlands   11–12   Germany Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Luis Santos (POR), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 4–4, 4–3, 2–0
Winkelhorst 3 Goals Real, Van der Bosch 3

Seventh place game edit

28 July 2018
16:45
Report Hungary   8–9   Russia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Xavier Buch (ESP), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 1–3, 4–1
Vámos 3 Goals Kholod 3

Fifth place game edit

28 July 2018
18:15
Report Montenegro   6–8   Greece Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 1–1, 1–2
Ivović 3 Goals four players 2

Third place game edit

28 July 2018
20:30
Report Croatia   10–8   Italy Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–5, 2–1, 1–2
Fatović 3 Goals Di Fulvio, Gallo 2

Final edit

28 July 2018
22:15
Report Serbia   12–10   Spain Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 3–3, 3–2, 1–1  PSO: 5–3
Prlainović 2 Goals Mallarach, Perrone 2

Final ranking edit

Qualified for the 2019 Fina World Championships from FINA World League
Qualified for the 2019 Fina World Championships from FINA World Cup
Qualified for the 2019 Fina World Championships
Rank Team
    Serbia
    Spain
    Croatia
4   Italy
5   Greece
6   Montenegro
7   Russia
8   Hungary
9   Germany
10   Netherlands
11   Romania
12   France
13   Georgia
14   Slovakia
15   Turkey
16   Malta

Awards and statistics edit

Awards edit

Top Goalscorer[2] Player of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Tournament
  Aleksandar Ivović
  Ioannis Fountoulis (17 goals)
  Filip Filipović   Daniel López

References edit

  1. ^ Top scorer
  2. ^ a b "Serbia Water Polo European Champions 2018, summary D15". www2.len.eu. 28 July 2018.
  3. ^ "The final list of teams that will compete in Barcelona 2018 will be decided tomorrow". Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  4. ^ "Barcelona 2018 first week schedule unveiled". Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  5. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

External links edit

  • Official website