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2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship

Summary

The 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the 18th edition of the major European water polo tournament for national teams. It was held at the Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, from 12 to 25 January 2020.[2][3]

2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country Hungary
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates12–25 January
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Runner-up Russia
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored929 (21.11 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hungary Rita Keszthelyi
(28 goals)[1]
Best playerSpain Beatriz Ortiz
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Spain defeated Russia 13–12 in the final to win their second title.[4]

Host edit

LEN announced the choice of Budapest as host for the competition on 9 July 2016.[5] All the matches were played at the Danube Arena.

Budapest
2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship (Europe)
Danube Arena
Capacity: 5,000
 

Qualification edit

Twelve teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows:

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 9 July 2016[5] – 1   Hungary
2018 European Championships 14–27 July 2018   Barcelona 5   Netherlands
  Greece
  Spain
  Russia
  Italy
Qualifiers 25 April–26 October 2019 Various 6   France
  Germany
  Serbia
  Israel
  Croatia
  Slovakia

Format edit

The twelve teams were split in two groups with six teams each. The first four teams of each group played each other in the quarterfinals in cross group format, the remaining teams played for places nine to twelve.[6]

Squads edit

Draw edit

The draw of the preliminary round's pools took place in Budapest on 22 October 2019.[7] The teams were drawn into two groups of six. The first batch included the best two teams of the previous edition; the teams ranked third and fourth were in the second batch, the fifth and the sixth in the third batch and the qualification winners in the fourth batch.[6][8]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Netherlands
  Greece

  Spain
  Hungary

  Russia
  Italy

Play-offs winners

With the play-offs winners determined on 26 October, the draw resulted in the following groups:[9][8]

Group A Group B
  Croatia   France
  Greece   Germany
  Hungary   Israel
  Russia   Italy
  Serbia   Netherlands
  Slovakia   Spain

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary (H) 5 5 0 0 94 26 +68 15 Quarterfinals
2   Russia 5 4 0 1 112 21 +91 12
3   Greece 5 3 0 2 79 37 +42 9
4   Slovakia 5 2 0 3 21 78 −57 6
5   Croatia 5 1 0 4 26 94 −68 3 9th place match
6   Serbia 5 0 0 5 19 95 −76 0 11th place match
Source: WP2020Budapest
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
12 January 2020
11:30 		Report Slovakia   2–31   Russia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 0–9, 0–5, 1–8, 1–9
Kolářová 2 Goals Bersneva, Gorbunova 6
12 January 2020
13:00 		Report Greece   26–7   Serbia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Carlos Ortega (ESP)
Score by quarters: 9–1, 5–3, 5–2, 7–1
Myriokefalitaki 6 Goals Vuković 3
12 January 2020
19:00 		Report Hungary   25–6   Croatia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Erkan Turkkan (TUR), Marcela Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 7–2, 7–1, 6–2
Keszthelyi 5 Goals D. Butić, Miljković 2
13 January 2020
13:00 		Report Croatia   3–18   Greece Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gernot Häntschel (GER), Luis Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 2–4, 0–5, 1–3
three players 1 Goals three players 3
13 January 2020
14:30 		Report Russia   27–2   Serbia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Aurely Blanchard (FRA)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 8–0, 8–0, 5–0
Fedotova 7 Goals Mandić, Vuković 1
13 January 2020
19:00 		Report Slovakia   2–20   Hungary Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–5, 1–4, 0–6
Kátlovská, Stankovianska 1 Goals Keszthelyi 6
15 January 2020
14:30 		Report Greece   18–2   Slovakia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Marcela Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–2, 6–0, 4–0
M. Plevritou 5 Goals Kolarova, Stankovianska 1
15 January 2020
16:00 		Report Serbia   8–9   Croatia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 3–3, 1–2
Mandić, Milicević 2 Goals Butić, Miljković 2
15 January 2020
19:00 		Report Hungary   9–8   Russia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–0, 2–3, 1–2
Keszthelyi 8 Goals Gorbunova 3
17 January 2020
14:30 		Report Russia   34–1   Croatia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 9–0, 8–1, 7–0, 10–0
Karimova 6 Goals Lordan 1
17 January 2020
17:30 		Report Slovakia   6–2   Serbia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Marcela Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–1, 1–0, 2–1
Kováčiková 3 Goals Ilić 2
17 January 2020
19:00 		Report Hungary   13–10   Greece Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–2, 2–0, 3–4
Garda 4 Goals three players 2
19 January 2020
13:00 		Report Slovakia   9–7   Croatia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Marcela Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–1, 3–2, 2–1
Kátlovská, Stankovianska 2 Goals Carević 3
19 January 2020
17:30 		Report Greece   7–12   Russia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 0–3, 1–4
Tsoukala, Xenaki 2 Goals Gorbunova, Prokofyeva 3
19 January 2020
19:00 		Report Serbia   0–27   Hungary Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 0–5, 0–9, 0–8
Goals Gurisatti 7

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 5 5 0 0 83 17 +66 15 Quarterfinals
2   Spain 5 4 0 1 74 32 +42 12
3   Italy 5 3 0 2 62 37 +25 9
4   France 5 2 0 3 40 62 −22 6
5   Israel 5 1 0 4 22 70 −48 3 9th place match
6   Germany 5 0 0 5 19 82 −63 0 11th place match
Source: WP2020Budapest
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.
12 January 2020
14:30 		Report France   6–15   Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–3, 1–4, 4–5
Daule 3 Goals A. Espar 4
12 January 2020
16:00 		Report Germany   4–13   Italy Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Luis Santos (POR), Svetlana Dreval (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–5, 0–2, 0–2
Eggert 2 Goals Garibotti 3
12 January 2020
17:30 		Report Netherlands   22–3   Israel Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Peter Balzan (MLT), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 5–1, 7–1, 6–1
Megens 5 Goals Bogachenko 2
13 January 2020
11:30 		Report Germany   3–23   Netherlands Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Róbert Horváth (SVK), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–5, 0–5, 2–7
Pannasch 2 Goals Van de Kraats, Sevenich 4
13 January 2020
16:00 		Report Israel   6–10   France Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Robert Tiozzo (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–4, 1–1, 3–2
Bogachenko 3 Goals Millot 4
13 January 2020
17:30 		Report Italy   10–16   Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–4, 3–3, 3–4
Bianconi, Garibotti 3 Goals Tarragó 7
15 January 2020
11:30 		Report France   17–5   Germany Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Peter Balzan (MLT), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 3–1, 3–1, 4–2
three players 3 Goals Deike 2
15 January 2020
13:00 		Report Spain   18–2   Israel Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Svetlana Dreval (RUS)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–1, 7–1, 4–0
Ortiz 5 Goals Bogachenko 2
15 January 2020
17:30 		Report Netherlands   10–4   Italy Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 3–0, 1–0
Megens 5 Goals Bianconi 3
17 January 2020
11:30 		Report Germany   4–19   Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–5, 1–5, 1–5
four players 1 Goals Crespí 4
17 January 2020
13:00 		Report Netherlands   18–1   France Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–0, 4–0, 4–0
Keuning 4 Goals Daule 1
17 January 2020
16:00 		Report Italy   17–1   Israel Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Róbert Horváth (SVK), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 5–0, 4–1, 5–0
Emmolo 4 Goals Strugo 1
19 January 2020
11:30 		Report France   6–18   Italy Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Erkan Turkkan (TUR), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–5, 2–6, 1–4
six players 1 Goals Bianconi 5
19 January 2020
14:30 		Report Germany   3–10   Israel Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Peter Balzan (MLT), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–4, 0–3, 2–0
three players 1 Goals Strugo 4
19 January 2020
16:00 		Report Spain   6–10   Netherlands Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 2–2, 3–2
García Godoy 2 Goals Megens 3

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
21 January
 
 
  Hungary16
 
23 January
 
  France3
 
  Hungary10
 
21 January
 
  Spain11
 
  Greece9
 
25 January
 
  Spain12
 
  Spain13
 
21 January
 
  Russia12
 
  Russia13
 
23 January
 
  Italy7
 
  Russia (PSO)11
 
21 January
 
  Netherlands10 Third place
 
  Slovakia2
 
25 January
 
  Netherlands22
 
  Hungary10
 
 
  Netherlands8
 

5th place bracket

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
23 January
 
 
  France3
 
25 January
 
  Greece13
 
  Greece5
 
23 January
 
  Italy7
 
  Italy16
 
 
  Slovakia4
 
Seventh place
 
 
25 January
 
 
  France17
 
 
  Slovakia8

Quarterfinals edit

21 January 2020
14:30 		Report Slovakia   2–22   Netherlands Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–3, 1–7, 1–6
Junasová, Stankovianska 1 Goals Megens 5
21 January 2020
16:00 		Report Russia   13–7   Italy Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 4–1, 3–1
three players 3 Goals three players 2
21 January 2020
17:30 		Report Greece   9–12   Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 1–3, 3–3
M. Plevritou 4 Goals Ortiz 4
21 January 2020
19:00 		Report Hungary   16–3   France Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–1, 5–0, 3–0
Keszthelyi 4 Goals Guillet 2

5–8th place semifinals edit

23 January 2020
14:30 		Report France   3–13   Greece Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Marcela Mauss (GER), Diana Dutulh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–2, 1–6, 1–3
Vernoux 2 Goals E. Plevritou, Xenaki 3
23 January 2020
16:00 		Report Italy   16–4   Slovakia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–1, 6–0, 3–2
three players 3 Goals four players 1

Semifinals edit

23 January 2020
17:30 		Report Russia   11–10   Netherlands Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 1–2, 2–1  PSO: 4–3
Gorbunova 4 Goals Megens, Van der Sloot 2
23 January 2020
19:00 		Report Hungary   10–11   Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 3–2, 3–4
Keszthelyi, Leimeter 3 Goals A. Espar, Tarragó 3

Finals edit

Eleventh place game edit

21 January 2020
11:30 		Report Serbia   13–15   Germany Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Aurely Blanchard (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–1, 6–2, 1–4  PSO: 2–4
Milicevic 3 Goals Deike 3

Ninth place game edit

21 January 2020
13:00 		Report Croatia   7–11   Israel Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Peter Balzan (MLT)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–6, 2–2, 2–2
Lordan 2 Goals Bogachenko, Hochberg 3

Seventh place game edit

25 January 2020
14:30 		Report France   17–8   Slovakia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–2, 5–1, 3–3
Bachelier 5 Goals Junasová 2

Fifth place game edit

25 January 2020
16:00 		Report Greece   5–7   Italy Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Gernot Häntschel (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 0–1, 1–1
five players 1 Goals Garibotti 2

Bronze medal game edit

25 January 2020
17:30 		Report Hungary   10–8   Netherlands Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–2, 4–1, 1–0
four players 2 Goals Megens 2

Gold medal game edit

25 January 2020
19:00 		Report Spain   13–12   Russia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–4, 2–2, 3–2
García Godoy 4 Goals Prokofyeva 4

Final standing edit

Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Rank Team
    Spain1
    Russia
    Hungary
4   Netherlands
5   Italy
6   Greece
7   France
8   Slovakia
9   Israel
10   Croatia
11   Germany
12   Serbia

1 Spain qualified for the Olympics by finishing second in the 2019 World Championships.

Statistics and awards edit

Awards edit

The awards were announced on 26 January 2020.[10]

Award Player
Most Valuable Player   Beatriz Ortiz
Best Goalkeeper   Anna Karnaukh
Topscorer   Rita Keszthelyi (28 goals)

References edit

  1. ^ Top scorers
  2. ^ "LEN Events' calendar 2020". len.eu. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. ^ "European Water Polo Championships 2020 – Schedule". len.eu. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. ^ "If it's Budapest, then it's Spain!". wp2020budapest.com. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Budapest to host all 2020 Europeans". len.eu. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Rules and regulations: European Water Polo Championships" (PDF). len.eu. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  7. ^ "2020 European Water Polo Championships, Qualifications – Summary". len.eu. 13 October 2019. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  8. ^ a b Ivan Curcic (22 October 2019). "Draw for 34th European Championships: Two "groups of death"". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  9. ^ "2020 European Water Polo Championships, Budapest – Draw". len.eu. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Individual awards – women". wp2020budapest.com. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

External links edit

  • Official website

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