Tournament details | |
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Host country | Spain |
Dates | 16–28 July |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Serbia |
Runner-up | Spain |
Third place | Croatia |
Fourth place | Italy |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 48 |
Goals scored | 863 (18 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ioannis Fountoulis Aleksandar Ivović (17 goals) [1] |
Best player | Filip Filipović |
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The 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Barcelona, Spain from 16 to 28 July 2018.
Serbia won their fourth consecutive and eighth overall title by defeating Spain in the final. [2]
Sixteen teams will be allowed to the tournament. The qualification is as follows:
Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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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 |
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.
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 | ||||||||
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All times are local (UTC+2). [5]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 9 | +31 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | Play-offs |
3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 36 | −19 | 0 | 13th place classification |
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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 7 [lower-alpha 1] | Quarterfinals |
2 | Montenegro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 7 [lower-alpha 1] | 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 |
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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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 |
Play-offs | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
24 July | ||||||||||||||
Serbia | 8 | |||||||||||||
22 July | ||||||||||||||
Hungary | 5 | |||||||||||||
Hungary | 12 | |||||||||||||
26 July | ||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 9 | |||||||||||||
Serbia | 9 | |||||||||||||
Croatia | 7 | |||||||||||||
24 July | ||||||||||||||
Croatia | 9 | |||||||||||||
22 July | ||||||||||||||
Montenegro | 7 | |||||||||||||
Montenegro | 15 | |||||||||||||
28 July | ||||||||||||||
Romania | 5 | |||||||||||||
Serbia (PSO) | 7 (5) | |||||||||||||
Spain | 7 (3) | |||||||||||||
24 July | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 10 | |||||||||||||
22 July | ||||||||||||||
Greece | 6 | |||||||||||||
Germany | 5 | |||||||||||||
26 July | ||||||||||||||
Greece | 13 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 8 | |||||||||||||
Italy | 7 | Third place | ||||||||||||
24 July | 28 July | |||||||||||||
Italy | 11 | Croatia | 10 | |||||||||||
22 July | ||||||||||||||
Russia | 1 | Italy | 8 | |||||||||||
France | 9 | |||||||||||||
Russia | 12 | |||||||||||||
5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
26 July | ||||||
Hungary | 6 | |||||
28 July | ||||||
Montenegro | 7 | |||||
Montenegro | 6 | |||||
26 July | ||||||
Greece | 8 | |||||
Greece | 12 | |||||
Russia | 11 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
28 July | ||||||
Hungary | 8 | |||||
Russia | 9 |
9–12th place semifinals | Ninth place | |||||
24 July | ||||||
Netherlands | 12 | |||||
26 July | ||||||
Romania | 7 | |||||
Netherlands | 11 | |||||
24 July | ||||||
Germany | 12 | |||||
Germany | 12 | |||||
France | 5 | |||||
Eleventh place | ||||||
26 July | ||||||
Romania | 10 | |||||
France | 6 |
13–16th place semifinals | 13th place | |||||
22 July | ||||||
Georgia | 15 | |||||
24 July | ||||||
Turkey | 10 | |||||
Georgia | 8 | |||||
22 July | ||||||
Slovakia | 6 | |||||
Malta | 6 | |||||
Slovakia | 11 | |||||
15th place | ||||||
24 July | ||||||
Turkey (PSO) | 7 (6) | |||||
Malta | 7 (5) |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
Top Goalscorer [2] | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament |
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Aleksandar Ivović Ioannis Fountoulis (17 goals) | Filip Filipović | Daniel López |
Top goalscorers
Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com | Top goalkeepers
Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com |
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