2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship

The 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held from 14 to 27 July 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.

2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–27 July
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (5th title)
Runner-up Greece
Third place Spain
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored934 (21.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Beatriz Ortiz
(25 goals)
Best playerNetherlands Sabrina van der Sloot
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The Netherlands won their fifth title by defeating Greece 6-4 in the final. Spain captured the bronze medal after a 12-6 win over Hungary.[1]

Qualification

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

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Spain
2016 European Championships 10–22 January 2016   Belgrade 5   Hungary
  Netherlands
  Italy
  Greece
  Russia
Qualifiers 4 October 2017 – 3 March 2018 6   Turkey
  Croatia
  Israel
  Serbia
  Germany
  France

Format

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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.

Squads

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Draw

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The draw of the tournament took take place on 7 March in Barcelona.[2][3] The first batch consisted of the teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the 2016 European Championship, the second batch those placed 3rd and 4th, the third batch those placed 5th and 6th. The six remaining teams were placed into the fourth batch.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Hungary
  Netherlands

  Italy
  Spain

  Greece
  Russia

  Turkey   Israel
  Germany   Croatia
  Serbia   France

Preliminary round

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 5 4 1 0 75 20 +55 13 Quarterfinals
2   Greece 5 4 0 1 63 23 +40 12
3   Italy 5 3 1 1 68 21 +47 10
4   France 5 2 0 3 38 54 −16 6
5   Israel 5 0 1 4 18 73 −55 1 9th place match
6   Croatia 5 0 1 4 19 90 −71 1 11th place match
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.
14 July 2018
14:00
Report Netherlands   21–1   Croatia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Marcela Mauss (GER), Massimo Angileri (MLT)
Score by quarters: 6–0, 5–0, 3–1, 7–0
Van der Sloot 5 Goals Butić 1
14 July 2018
15:30
Report Israel   2–21   Italy Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–6, 1–5, 1–7
Noy, Strugo 1 Goals Garibotti 6
14 July 2018
20:30
Report France   5–12   Greece Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Haldun Toygarli (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 1–3, 1–3
Daule 2 Goals three players 2

15 July 2018
17:00
Report Israel   2–20   Netherlands Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
Score by quarters: 0–8, 0–7, 0–3, 2–2
Futorian, Tal 1 Goals four players 3
15 July 2018
18:30
Report Croatia   6–17   France Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Luis Santos (POR), Marcela Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–2, 1–6, 2–5
Bukić 2 Goals Millot 7
15 July 2018
20:30
Report Italy   6–7   Greece Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Xavier Buch (ESP), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 2–1, 0–1
Bianconi, Queirolo 2 Goals Asimaki 2

17 July 2018
17:00
Report Greece   21–2   Croatia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Haldun Toygarli (TUR)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–1, 5–0, 6–0
Asimaki 6 Goals D. Butić, Lordan 1
17 July 2018
18:30
Report France   9–5   Israel Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Massimo Angileri (MLT), Marcela Mauss (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 3–0, 1–1
Valverde 3 Goals Futorian 3
17 July 2018
20:30
Report Netherlands   6–6   Italy Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 2–0, 2–2
Van der Sloot 2 Goals six players 1

19 July 2018
14:00
Report Israel   2–16   Greece Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Marcela Mauss (GER), Haldun Toygarli (TUR)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–4, 0–4, 1–4
Bogachenko, Futorian 1 Goals Asimaki 6
19 July 2018
17:00
Report Italy   24–3   Croatia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Martina Kuníková (SVK)
Score by quarters: 7–2, 6–0, 5–0, 6–1
Emmolo, Palmieri 4 Goals three players 1
19 July 2018
18:30
Report Netherlands   20–4   France Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 6–0, 6–2, 3–1, 5–1
Van der Sloot 4 Goals Paillat 2

21 July 2018
17:00
Report Israel   7–7   Croatia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Marcela Mauss (GER), Xavier Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 0–1, 2–2, 4–4
Noy 3 Goals Bukić, Miljković 3
21 July 2018
18:30
Report France   3–11   Italy Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Haldun Toygarli (TUR), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 0–2, 1–4
three players 1 Goals Garibotti 4
21 July 2018
20:30
Report Greece   7–8   Netherlands Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 3–2, 2–4
Avramidou, Tsoukala 2 Goals Koolhaas 3

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain (H) 5 5 0 0 110 26 +84 15 Quarterfinals
2   Hungary 5 4 0 1 98 32 +66 12
3   Russia 5 3 0 2 107 31 +76 9
4   Germany 5 2 0 3 29 97 −68 6
5   Serbia 5 1 0 4 27 91 −64 3 9th place match
6   Turkey 5 0 0 5 26 120 −94 0 11th place match
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
14 July 2018
17:00
Report Russia   35–4   Turkey Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Luis Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 9–1, 10–2, 10–0, 6–1
Prokofyeva 7 Goals Kuş 3
14 July 2018
18:30
Report Serbia   8–9   Germany Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 2–4, 1–2
three players 2 Goals Fry 3
14 July 2018
22:15
Report Hungary   9–13   Spain Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Attilio Paoletti (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–3, 4–5
Szilágyi 4 Goals B. Ortiz 6

15 July 2018
14:00
Report Turkey   5–32   Hungary Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO), Martina Kuníková (SVK)
Score by quarters: 1–8, 1–5, 1–9, 2–10
Buralı, Kuş 2 Goals Parkes 6
15 July 2018
15:30
Report Serbia   2–27   Russia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–9, 1–2, 0–10
Novaković, Pantović 1 Goals Simanovich 7
15 July 2018
22:00
Report Germany   2–27   Spain Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–7, 0–7, 0–7, 0–6
Eggert, Vosseberg 1 Goals three players 5

17 July 2018
14:00
Report Russia   27–5   Germany Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Martina Kuníková (SVK), Luis Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 7–1, 7–1, 8–1
three players 4 Goals five players 1
17 July 2018
15:30
Report Hungary   23–6   Serbia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 9–1, 5–1, 5–3, 4–1
Keszthelyi 7 Goals Jakovljević 2
17 July 2018
22:00
Report Spain   32–2   Turkey Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 5–0, 9–0, 9–1, 9–1
Forca 7 Goals Kuş 2

19 July 2018
15:30
Report Germany   12–9   Turkey Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 6–5, 2–2, 3–1
Stiefel 5 Goals Kuş 4
19 July 2018
20:30
Report Russia   7–8   Hungary Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Attilio Paoletti (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–2, 1–0, 2–2
Ivanova 2 Goals Gyöngyösi 2
19 July 2018
22:00
Report Serbia   2–26   Spain Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Massimo Angileri (MLT), Luis Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 1–7, 0–5, 1–5, 0–9
Luka 2 Goals Leitón 5

21 July 2018
14:00
Report Serbia   9–6   Turkey Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–0, 2–3, 3–3
three players 2 Goals Kuş 3
21 July 2018
15:30
Report Hungary   26–1   Germany Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Martina Kuníková (SVK), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 8–0, 7–1, 4–0, 7–0
Gurisatti 5 Goals Deike 1
21 July 2018
22:00
Report Spain   12–11   Russia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 2–3, 4–3
García, B. Ortiz 3 Goals Gorbunova, Serzhantova 3

Final Round

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Championship bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
23 July
 
 
  Netherlands22
 
25 July
 
  Germany2
 
  Netherlands8
 
23 July
 
  Hungary7
 
  Italy9
 
27 July
 
  Hungary10
 
  Netherlands6
 
23 July
 
  Greece4
 
  Greece (PSO)11
 
25 July
 
  Russia10
 
  Greece11
 
23 July
 
  Spain9 Bronze medal match
 
  France5
 
27 July
 
  Spain14
 
  Hungary6
 
 
  Spain12
 
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place classification5th place match
 
      
 
25 July
 
 
  Germany2
 
27 July
 
  Italy17
 
  Italy8
 
25 July
 
  Russia14
 
  Russia13
 
 
  France10
 
7th place match
 
 
27 July
 
 
  Germany5
 
 
  France13

Quarterfinals

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

23 July 2018
17:00
Report Greece   11–10   Russia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–0, 2–2, 2–3  PSO: 5–4
Eleftheriadou 3 Goals Prokofyeva 3

23 July 2018
18:30
Report Italy   9–10   Hungary Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–4, 4–1, 1–4
Garibotti 4 Goals Keszthelyi 3

23 July 2018
20:30
Report Netherlands   22–2   Germany Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Xavier Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 6–0, 8–0, 3–1, 5–1
Megens 6 Goals Eggert 2

23 July 2018
22:00
Report France   5–14   Spain Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–5, 2–3, 1–4
Daule 2 Goals B. Ortiz 4

5th–8th place classification

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

25 July 2018
13:15
Report Germany   2–17   Italy Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Martina Kuníková (SVK), Massimo Angileri (MLT)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–6, 0–4, 2–3
Gelse, Stiefel 1 Goals Picozzi 3

25 July 2018
14:45
Report Russia   13–10   France Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–1, 4–5, 2–3
Prokofyeva 3 Goals Bachelier, Daule 3

Semifinals

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

25 July 2018
17:00
Report Netherlands   8–7   Hungary Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Marcela Mauss (GER), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 2–1, 1–2
Megens, Van der Sloot 2 Goals Illés 2

25 July 2018
18:30
Report Greece   11–9   Spain Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 4–4, 2–3
E. Plevritou 3 Goals B. Ortiz 5

11th place match

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

23 July 2018
13:30
Report Croatia   11–6   Turkey Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Massimo Angileri (MLT)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–1, 3–1, 4–4
Lordan 4 Goals Kuş 3

9th place match

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

23 July 2018
15:00
Report Israel   5–6   Serbia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Marcela Mauss (GER), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–2, 1–0, 0–1  PSO: 1–2
Strugo 2 Goals Vuković 3

7th place match

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

27 July 2018
16:45
Report Germany   5–13   France Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Martina Kuníková (SVK), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–1, 2–4, 1–5
Vosseberg 3 Goals Millot 5

5th place match

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

27 July 2018
18:15
Report Italy   8–14   Russia Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Luis Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–5, 1–5, 1–1
three players 2 Goals Simanovich 4

Bronze medal match

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

27 July 2018
20:30
Report Hungary   6–12   Spain   Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–1, 0–4, 3–2
Keszthelyi, Szilágyi 2
Illés, Garda 1
Goals Gual 3
A. Espar 2
Bach, B. Ortiz, M.Ortiz, C. Espar, Peña, García, Leitón 1

Gold medal match

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

27 July 2018
22:15
Report   Netherlands   6–4   Greece   Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 1–0, 1–1
Megens, van der Sloot 2
Genee, Stomphorst 1
Goals Eleftheriadou, Tsoukala 2

Final ranking

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Awards and statistics

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Individual awards

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[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Summary, Day 14 – Women's finals". www2.len.eu. 27 July 2018.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 2018 first week schedule unveiled". Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  4. ^ “The Netherlands, 2018 European Water Polo Champions in the women's category” Archived 2018-07-28 at the Wayback Machine wp2018bcn.com July 27, 2018.
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