2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship

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2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates27 August – 10 September
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Spain.svg  Spain (3rd title)
Runner-upFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
Third placeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Fourth placeFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored1,035 (23.52 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Hungary.svg Gréta Gurisatti
(27 goals)
Best player Flag of Greece.svg Eleftheria Plevritou
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The 2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the 19th running of the tournament. It was held in the Spaladium Arena in Split, Croatia from 27 August to 10 September 2022. [1]

Contents

Spain won their third title by defeating Greece in the final, while Italy captured the bronze medal with a win over the Netherlands. [2]

Venues

LEN announced on 28 August 2020 that Split, Croatia would host the 2022 edition of the competition. All games were played at the Spaladium Arena. [1]

Split
2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship (Europe)
Capacity: 9,000
Spaladium Arena 1.JPG

Qualification

Twelve teams were able to compete at the main event. They were broken up as follows:

EventDateLocationQuotasNation(s)
Host28 August 20201Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2020 European Championship 12–25 January 2020 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Qualifiers 17 February – 6 March 2022Various6Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Wild card [4] 10 April 20221Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [5]

Format

The twelve teams were split in two groups with six teams each. From there on, a knockout system was used. 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]

Draw

The draw was held in Budapest on 23 April 2022. [7] [8] [9]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of France.svg  France

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2). [10]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 550010521+8415 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 54017831+4712
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 53028232+509
4Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (H)52034682366
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 51043393603
6Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 500519104850
Source: Split2022
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
27 August 2022
10:00
Report Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1510Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Martina Kuníková (SVK)
Score by quarters:2–1, 3–4, 4–4, 6–1
Vosseberg 7Goals Melnychuk 4
27 August 2022
17:30
Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg622Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Ivanka Raković (SRB), Marta Cabañas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 0–7, 3–7, 1–5, 2–3
J. Butić, Rožić 2Goals Joustra, Van der Sloot 4
27 August 2022
20:30
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg89Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 1–1, 4–3
Gurisatti 3Goalsfour players 2

28 August 2022
13:00
Report Romania  Flag of Romania.svg324Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Ivanka Raković (SRB), Aurély Blanchard (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1–8, 0–4, 0–8, 2–4
Olteanu 2Goals Myriokefalitaki 6
28 August 2022
17:30
Report Germany  Flag of Germany.svg815Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Marta Cabañas (ESP), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–4, 4–3, 1–3
three players 2Goals Miljković 6
28 August 2022
19:00
Report Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg134Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters:3–1, 3–2, 4–0, 3–1
three players 3Goalsfour players 1

30 August 2022
11:30
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg264Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Ivanka Raković (SRB), Martina Kuníková (SVK)
Score by quarters:7–1, 10–0, 3–1, 6–2
Gurisatti 5Goals Vosseberg 2
30 August 2022
17:30
Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg156Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
Score by quarters:4–1, 4–1, 5–3, 2–1
Skelin 4Goals Melnychuk 4
30 August 2022
20:30
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg813Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Marta Cabañas (ESP), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters:2–1, 3–5, 3–4, 0–3
four players 2Goals Moolhuijzen, Sleeking 3

1 September 2022
10:00
Report Germany  Flag of Germany.svg313Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Marta Cabañas (ESP), Ursula Wengenroth (GER)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–6, 0–3, 0–2
three players 1Goals Myriokefalitaki 4
1 September 2022
13:00
Report Romania  Flag of Romania.svg028Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Martina Kuníková (SVK)
Score by quarters: 0–8, 0–7, 0–6, 0–7
Goals Van de Kraats 8
1 September 2022
17:30
Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg622Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Ivanka Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–4, 1–7, 0–6
I. Butić, Rozić 2Goals Gurisatti 5

3 September 2022
10:00
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg220Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Martina Kuníková (SVK)
Score by quarters:7–0, 4–0, 6–0, 5–0
Gurisatti 5Goals
3 September 2022
17:30
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg244Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Peter Balzan (MLT)
Score by quarters:9–2, 5–2, 5–0, 5–0
Xenaki 4Goals Brnetić 2
3 September 2022
20:30
Report Germany  Flag of Germany.svg329Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Ivanka Raković (SRB), Robert Horvath (SVK)
Score by quarters: 0–9, 1–7, 0–7, 2–6
three players 3Goals Joustra 5

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 55009828+7015 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 540110325+7812
3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5302495679
4Flag of France.svg  France 5203606226
5Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 51043791543
6Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 500522107850
Source: Split2022
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.
27 August 2022
11:30
Report Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg332Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–8, 0–8, 0–10
Mandić 2Goals González 5
27 August 2022
13:00
Report Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg126Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–8, 0–4, 0–8
Kováčiková 1Goals Palmieri 5
27 August 2022
19:00
Report France  Flag of France.svg78Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters:3–2, 2–2, 0–4, 2–0
Daule 3Goals Yaacobi 4

28 August 2022
10:00
Report Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg1415Flag of France.svg  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters:4–3, 2–5, 5–2, 3–5
Avdić, Vuković 3Goals Millot 5
28 August 2022
11:30
Report Israel  Flag of Israel.svg187Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Eurico Silva (POR)
Score by quarters:5–2, 2–1, 7–1, 4–3
Sasover, Strugo 4Goalsthree players 2
28 August 2022
20:30
Report Spain  Flag of Spain.svg912Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE)
Score by quarters:3–2, 2–5, 1–4, 3–1
Ortiz 4Goals Tabani 3

30 August 2022
10:00
Report Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg69Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Eurico Silva (POR)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 3–2, 1–2
Kačková 3Goals Ilić 3
30 August 2022
13:00
Report France  Flag of France.svg416Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Irakli Sanadze (GEO)
Score by quarters:3–2, 0–7, 1–4, 0–3
Vernoux 2Goals García 4
30 August 2022
19:00
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg185Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters:4–2, 6–2, 6–0, 2–1
Palmieri 4Goals Bogachenko 3

1 September 2022
11:30
Report Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg723Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE), Eurico Silva (POR)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–5, 3–7, 2–6
Milićević 3Goals Bettini 4
1 September 2022
19:00
Report Spain  Flag of Spain.svg203Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters:5–2, 6–1, 3–0, 6–0
Espar 5Goalsthree players 1
1 September 2022
20:30
Report France  Flag of France.svg285Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Irakli Sanadze (GEO)
Score by quarters:8–0, 7–1, 6–2, 7–2
Vernoux 7Goals Šepeľová 3

3 September 2022
11:30
Report Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg326Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–7, 0–5, 2–6
Kováčiková 2Goals García 6
3 September 2022
13:00
Report Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg415Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 2–3, 2–2, 0–5
Milićević 2Goals Kordonskaia 4
3 September 2022
19:00
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg196Flag of France.svg  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Marta Cabañas (ESP), Eurico Silva (POR)
Score by quarters:5–0, 5–3, 4–0, 5–3
three players 3Goals Guillet, Vernoux 2

Placement games

Eleventh place game

5 September 2022
10:00
Report Romania  Flag of Romania.svg95Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Ivanka Raković (SRB), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters:3–2, 1–0, 2–2, 3–1
Szeghalmi 5Goals Sedláková 2

Ninth place game

5 September 2022
11:30
Report Germany  Flag of Germany.svg912Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE), Martina Kuníková (SVK)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–4, 1–1, 5–4
Tadday 3Goals Ilić, Novakovic 4

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 September
 
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22
 
7 September
 
Flag of France.svg  France 3
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7
 
5 September
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 10
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 11
 
9 September
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 15
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9
 
5 September
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 14
 
7 September
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 12
 
5 September
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9 Third place
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 8
 
9 September
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16
 

Quarterfinals

5 September 2022
16:00
Report Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg223Flag of France.svg  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters:3–0, 5–2, 7–0, 7–1
Keuning, Van de Kraats 4Goals Dhalluin 2

5 September 2022
17:30
Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg816Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Marta Cabañas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–4, 2–3, 2–4
D. Butić 2Goals Marletta 3

5 September 2022
19:00
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg1115Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–2, 3–6, 3–3
Garda 3Goalsthree players 3

5 September 2022
20:30
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg144Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Aurély Blanchard (FRA)
Score by quarters:6–1, 2–1, 2–0, 4–2
Myriokefalitaki 4Goalsfour players 1

5–8th place bracket

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
7 September
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 9
 
9 September
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 19
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18
 
7 September
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 7
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 15
 
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 8
 
Seventh place
 
 
9 September
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 13
 
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 4

5–8th place semifinals

7 September 2022
16:00
Report France  Flag of France.svg919Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–6, 4–4, 2–6, 1–3
Guillet 3Goals Garda 6

7 September 2022
17:30
Report Israel  Flag of Israel.svg158Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–1, 5–2, 2–2
Bogachenko, Hochberg 4Goalsthree players 2

Seventh place game

9 September 2022
16:00
Report France  Flag of France.svg134Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE)
Score by quarters:4–1, 2–0, 2–1, 5–2
five players 2Goalsfour players 1

Fifth place game

9 September 2022
17:30
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg187Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Marta Cabañas (ESP)
Score by quarters:3–1, 5–2, 6–1, 4–3
Gurisatti 5Goals Yaacobi 3

Semifinals

7 September 2022
19:00
Report Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg710Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–1, 2–4
Sleeking 3Goals Ruiz 4

7 September 2022
20:30
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg129Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 4–3, 2–2
Ninou 3Goals Avegno 3

Third place game

9 September 2022
19:00
Report Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1316Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 4–3, 4–2, 1–6
Van de Kraats 4Goals Bianconi 5

Final

9 September 2022
20:30
Report Spain  Flag of Spain.svg96Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters:3–0, 1–3, 1–0, 4–3
three players 2Goals Chydirioti 2

Final standings

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

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank [11] NameGoalsShots%
1 Flag of Hungary.svg Gréta Gurisatti 273969
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Simone van de Kraats 243667
3 Flag of Israel.svg Maria Bogachenko 204149
Flag of Italy.svg Sofia Giustini 4248
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maartje Keuning 2774
6 Flag of France.svg Louise Guillet 183847
Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Avegno 3060
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Brigitte Sleeking 2767
Flag of Spain.svg Maica García Godoy 2669
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kitty-Lynn Joustra 172568
Flag of Spain.svg Beatriz Ortiz 3944
Flag of Spain.svg Elena Ruiz 4637

Awards

The awards were announced on 9 September 2022. [2]

PositionPlayer
Best goalkeeper Flag of Spain.svg Martina Terré
Most Valuable Player Flag of Greece.svg Eleftheria Plevritou

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