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| 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)[1] |
| Best player | Filip Filipović |
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
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| 2016 European Championships | 10–23 January 2016 | Belgrade
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7 | Croatia Greece Hungary Italy Montenegro Russia Serbia
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| Qualifiers | 17 March 2017 – 3 March 2018 | – | 8 |  France Romania Germany Netherlands Slovakia Georgia Malta Turkey
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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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).[5]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 9 | +31 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Hungary
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4[a] | Play-offs |
| 3 | Germany
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 4[a] | |
| 4 | Georgia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 36 | −19 | 0 | 13th place classification |
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:
| 16 July 2018 15:30 |
Report | Georgia
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5–12 | Hungary
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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
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1–14 | Italy
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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
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10–9 | Georgia
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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
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5–12 | Italy
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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
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4–4 | Hungary
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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
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3–14 | Italy
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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)
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 7[a] | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Montenegro
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 7[a] | Play-offs |
| 3 | France
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Malta
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 50 | −35 | 0 | 13th place classification |
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:
| 16 July 2018 11:00 |
Report | Montenegro
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8–6 | France
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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 | |||