2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship

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2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Dates12–25 January
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Spain.svg  Spain (2nd title)
Runner-upFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Third placeFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Fourth placeFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches44
Goals scored929 (21.11 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Hungary.svg Rita Keszthelyi
(28 goals) [1]
Best player Flag of Spain.svg Beatriz Ortiz
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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]

Contents

Spain defeated Russia 13–12 in the final to win their second title. [4]

Host

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
Budapest, Duna Arena, 2.jpg

Qualification

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

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host nation9 July 2016 [5] –1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2018 European Championships 14–27 July 2018 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Qualifiers 25 April–26 October 2019Various6Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia

Format

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

Draw

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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

Play-offs winners

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

Group AGroup B
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (H)55009426+6815 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 540111221+9112
3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 53027937+429
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 52032178−576
5Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 51042694−683 9th place match
6Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 50051995−760 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) Host
12 January 2020
11:30		 Report Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2–31Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 0–9, 0–5, 1–8, 1–9
Kolářová 2Goals Bersneva, Gorbunova 6
12 January 2020
13:00		 Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg26–7Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Carlos Ortega (ESP)
Score by quarters:9–1, 5–3, 5–2, 7–1
Myriokefalitaki 6Goals Vuković 3
12 January 2020
19:00		 Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg25–6Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Erkan Turkkan (TUR), Marcela Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters:5–1, 7–2, 7–1, 6–2
Keszthelyi 5Goals D. Butić, Miljković 2
13 January 2020
13:00		 Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg3–18Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gernot Häntschel (GER), Luis Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 2–4, 0–5, 1–3
three players 1Goalsthree players 3
13 January 2020
14:30		 Report Russia  Flag of Russia.svg27–2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Aurely Blanchard (FRA)
Score by quarters:6–2, 8–0, 8–0, 5–0
Fedotova 7Goals Mandić, Vuković 1
13 January 2020
19:00		 Report Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2–20Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–5, 1–4, 0–6
Kátlovská, Stankovianska 1Goals Keszthelyi 6
15 January 2020
14:30		 Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg18–2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Marcela Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters:4–0, 4–2, 6–0, 4–0
M. Plevritou 5Goals Kolarova, Stankovianska 1
15 January 2020
16:00		 Report Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg8–9Flag of Croatia.svg  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 2Goals Butić, Miljković 2
15 January 2020
19:00		 Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg9–8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters:4–3, 2–0, 2–3, 1–2
Keszthelyi 8Goals Gorbunova 3
17 January 2020
14:30		 Report Russia  Flag of Russia.svg34–1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters:9–0, 8–1, 7–0, 10–0
Karimova 6Goals Lordan 1
17 January 2020
17:30		 Report Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg6–2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Marcela Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters:1–0, 2–1, 1–0, 2–1
Kováčiková 3Goals Ilić 2
17 January 2020
19:00		 Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg13–10Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–2, 2–0, 3–4
Garda 4Goalsthree players 2
19 January 2020
13:00		 Report Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg9–7Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Marcela Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–1, 3–2, 2–1
Kátlovská, Stankovianska 2Goals Carević 3
19 January 2020
17:30		 Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg7–12Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters:3–1, 3–4, 0–3, 1–4
Tsoukala, Xenaki 2Goals Gorbunova, Prokofyeva 3
19 January 2020
19:00		 Report Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg0–27Flag of Hungary.svg  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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 55008317+6615 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 54017432+4212
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53026237+259
4Flag of France.svg  France 52034062−226
5Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 51042270−483 9th place match
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 50051982−630 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  Flag of France.svg6–15Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–3, 1–4, 4–5
Daule 3Goals A. Espar 4
12 January 2020
16:00		 Report Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–13Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Luis Santos (POR), Svetlana Dreval (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–5, 0–2, 0–2
Eggert 2Goals Garibotti 3
12 January 2020
17:30		 Report Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg22–3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Peter Balzan (MLT), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters:4–0, 5–1, 7–1, 6–1
Megens 5Goals Bogachenko 2
13 January 2020
11:30		 Report Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–23Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Róbert Horváth (SVK), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–5, 0–5, 2–7
Pannasch 2Goals Van de Kraats, Sevenich 4
13 January 2020
16:00		 Report Israel  Flag of Israel.svg6–10Flag of France.svg  France Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Robert Tiozzo (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–4, 1–1, 3–2
Bogachenko 3Goals Millot 4
13 January 2020
17:30		 Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg10–16Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–4, 3–3, 3–4
Bianconi, Garibotti 3Goals Tarragó 7
15 January 2020
11:30		 Report France  Flag of France.svg17–5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Peter Balzan (MLT), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters:7–1, 3–1, 3–1, 4–2
three players 3Goals Deike 2
15 January 2020
13:00		 Report Spain  Flag of Spain.svg18–2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Svetlana Dreval (RUS)
Score by quarters:3–0, 4–1, 7–1, 4–0
Ortiz 5Goals Bogachenko 2
15 January 2020
17:30		 Report Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg10–4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 3–0, 1–0
Megens 5Goals Bianconi 3
17 January 2020
11:30		 Report Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–19Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–5, 1–5, 1–5
four players 1Goals Crespí 4
17 January 2020
13:00		 Report Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg18–1Flag of France.svg  France Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters:4–1, 6–0, 4–0, 4–0
Keuning 4Goals Daule 1
17 January 2020
16:00		 Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg17–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Róbert Horváth (SVK), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters:3–0, 5–0, 4–1, 5–0
Emmolo 4Goals Strugo 1
19 January 2020
11:30		 Report France  Flag of France.svg6–18Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Erkan Turkkan (TUR), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–5, 2–6, 1–4
six players 1Goals Bianconi 5
19 January 2020
14:30		 Report Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–10Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Peter Balzan (MLT), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–4, 0–3, 2–0
three players 1Goals Strugo 4
19 January 2020
16:00		 Report Spain  Flag of Spain.svg6–10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 2–2, 3–2
García Godoy 2Goals Megens 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
21 January
 
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 16
 
23 January
 
Flag of France.svg  France 3
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 10
 
21 January
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 11
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 9
 
25 January
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 12
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13
 
21 January
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 12
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 13
 
23 January
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (PSO)11
 
21 January
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 10 Third place
 
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2
 
25 January
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 10
 
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8
 

5th place bracket

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
23 January
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 3
 
25 January
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 13
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 5
 
23 January
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16
 
 
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4
 
Seventh place
 
 
25 January
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 17
 
 
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 8

Quarterfinals

21 January 2020
14:30		 Report Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2–22Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–3, 1–7, 1–6
Junasová, Stankovianska 1Goals Megens 5
21 January 2020
16:00		 Report Russia  Flag of Russia.svg13–7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters:3–2, 3–3, 4–1, 3–1
three players 3Goalsthree players 2
21 January 2020
17:30		 Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg9–12Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 1–3, 3–3
M. Plevritou 4Goals Ortiz 4
21 January 2020
19:00		 Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg16–3Flag of France.svg  France Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
Score by quarters:5–2, 3–1, 5–0, 3–0
Keszthelyi 4Goals Guillet 2

5–8th place semifinals

23 January 2020
14:30		 Report France  Flag of France.svg3–13Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Marcela Mauss (GER), Diana Dutulh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–2, 1–6, 1–3
Vernoux 2Goals E. Plevritou, Xenaki 3
23 January 2020
16:00		 Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg16–4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters:2–1, 5–1, 6–0, 3–2
three players 3Goalsfour players 1

Semifinals

23 January 2020
17:30		 Report Russia  Flag of Russia.svg11–10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  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 4Goals Megens, Van der Sloot 2
23 January 2020
19:00		 Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg10–11Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 3–2, 3–4
Keszthelyi, Leimeter 3Goals A. Espar, Tarragó 3

Finals

Eleventh place game

21 January 2020
11:30		 Report Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg13–15Flag of Germany.svg  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 3Goals Deike 3

Ninth place game

21 January 2020
13:00		 Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg7–11Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Peter Balzan (MLT)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–6, 2–2, 2–2
Lordan 2Goals Bogachenko, Hochberg 3

Seventh place game

25 January 2020
14:30		 Report France  Flag of France.svg17–8Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters:5–2, 4–2, 5–1, 3–3
Bachelier 5Goals Junasová 2

Fifth place game

25 January 2020
16:00		 Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg5–7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Gernot Häntschel (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 0–1, 1–1
five players 1Goals Garibotti 2

Bronze medal game

25 January 2020
17:30		 Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg10–8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–2, 4–1, 1–0
four players 2Goals Megens 2

Gold medal game

25 January 2020
19:00		 Report Spain  Flag of Spain.svg13–12Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–4, 2–2, 3–2
García Godoy 4Goals Prokofyeva 4

Final standing

Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 1
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
6Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
7Flag of France.svg  France
8Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
9Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
10Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
11Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
12Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia

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

Statistics and awards

Awards

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

AwardPlayer
Most Valuable Player Flag of Spain.svg Beatriz Ortiz
Best Goalkeeper Flag of Russia.svg Anna Karnaukh
Topscorer Flag of Hungary.svg Rita Keszthelyi (28 goals)

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