2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship

2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship
	Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16–28 July
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (8th title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	863 (17.98 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ioannis Fountoulis; Aleksandar Ivović; (17 goals)
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]

Qualification

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

The host nation
The best seven teams from the 2016 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation
Eight teams from the qualifiers

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

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

Draw

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

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

Group A

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]	Play-offs
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:

^ ^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

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	Play-offs
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:

^ ^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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	49	17	+32	9	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	1	46	19	+27	6	Play-offs
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	37	32	+5	3	Play-offs
4	Turkey	3	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	35	19	+16	9	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	3	2	1	33	24	+9	6	Play-offs
3	Romania	3	1	2	21	28	−7	3	Play-offs
4	Slovakia	3	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

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

5th place bracket

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

9th place bracket

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

13th place bracket

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)

Play-offs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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

Awards

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Ioannis Fountoulis	Greece	17	42	41
1	Aleksandar Ivović	Montenegro	17	39	44
3	Angelos Vlachopoulos	Greece	15	36	42
4	Ugo Crousillat	France	14	37	38
4	Ante Vukičević	Croatia	14	27	52
6	Ivan Nagaev	Russia	12	35	34
7	Francesco Di Fulvio	Italy	11	33	33
	Loren Fatović	Croatia		19	58
	Pietro Figlioli	Italy		20	55
	Alexandros Gounas	Greece		29	38
	Robin Lindhout	Netherlands		28	40
	Julian Real	Germany		32	34
	Roger Tahull	Spain		19	58

Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Ivan Marcelić	Croatia	83	5	6
2	Marco Del Lungo	Italy	71	55	77
2	Gojko Pijetlović	Serbia	71	10	14
4	Soma Vogel	Hungary	69	27	39
5	Milan de Koff	Netherlands	67	6	9
5	Eduardo Lorrio	Spain	67	6	9
7	Daniel López	Spain	64	57	89
8	Dejan Lazović	Montenegro	62	60	97
9	Gianmarco Nicosia	Italy	62	8	13
10	Branislav Mitrović	Serbia	58	45	78

Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com

References

^ Top scorer
^ ^a ^b "Serbia Water Polo European Champions 2018, summary D15". www2.len.eu. 28 July 2018.
^ "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.
^ "Barcelona 2018 first week schedule unveiled". Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_HUN0.22431360242158-6] Germany 4–4 Hungary

[table_hth_ESP0.55517457498013-7] Montenegro 7–7 Spain

[1] Top scorer

[Awards-2] "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.

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