European water polo championship 1934

The 1934 European water polo championship was held in Magdeburg from August 12th to August 19th . A total of ten teams played for the European title.

Tournament participant

Group A	Group B
Netherlands	German Empire
Yugoslavia	Italy
Hungary	Spain
Belgium	Czechoslovakia
France	Sweden

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	4th	4th	0	0	22: 3	+19	8th
2	Belgium	4th	2	0	2	11:10	+1	4th
3	France	4th	2	0	2	9:11	−2	4th
4th	Yugoslavia	4th	1	0	3	4:10	−6	2
5	Netherlands	4th	1	0	3	7:19	−12	2

12. August	Netherlands	-	Yugoslavia	3: 1
	Hungary	-	Belgium	5: 1
13 August	Yugoslavia	-	France	2: 1
	Hungary	-	Netherlands	9: 1
August 14th	Hungary	-	Yugoslavia	3: 1
	France	-	Belgium	4: 2
15th of August	Belgium	-	Netherlands	5: 1
	Hungary	-	France	5-0
August 16	Belgium	-	Yugoslavia	3-0
	France	-	Netherlands	4: 2

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	German Empire	4th	4th	0	0	21: 5	+16	8th
2	Sweden	4th	2	1	1	15:10	+5	5
3	Spain	4th	2	0	2	7:11	−4	4th
4th	Czechoslovakia	4th	1	0	3	8:14	−6	2
5	Italy	4th	0	1	3	4:15	−11	1

12. August	German Empire	-	Italy	5-0
	Spain	-	Czechoslovakia	1-0
13 August	Italy	-	Sweden	1: 1
	German Empire	-	Czechoslovakia	4: 1
August 14th	German Empire	-	Spain	6: 1
	Sweden	-	Czechoslovakia	6-0
15th of August	Spain	-	Italy	2-0
	German Empire	-	Sweden	6: 3
August 16	Czechoslovakia	-	Italy	7: 3
	Sweden	-	Spain	5: 3

Final round

Final group for places 1 to 4

Here, the two best teams from the two groups in one group played places 1 to 4, with each team only playing against the two teams from the other preliminary group, the results against the two teams from their own preliminary group were taken into the main round.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	18: 3	+15	6th
2	German Empire	3	2	0	1	9: 8	+1	4th
3	Belgium	3	0	1	2	5:10	−5	1
4th	Sweden	3	0	1	2	7:18	−11	1

17th August	Hungary	-	German Empire	4: 1
	Belgium	-	Sweden	3: 3
August 19th	Hungary	-	Sweden	9: 1
	German Empire	-	Belgium	2: 1

Final group for places 5 to 8

Here, the third and fourth from the two groups in one group played places 5 to 8, with each team only playing against the two teams in the other preliminary group, the results against the two teams from their own preliminary group were taken into the main round.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
5	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	7: 5	+15	5
6th	France	3	2	0	1	8: 6	+1	4th
7th	Spain	3	1	0	2	4: 5	−5	2
8th	Czechoslovakia	3	0	1	2	5: 8	−11	1

17th August	Czechoslovakia	-	Yugoslavia	2: 2
18th of August	Yugoslavia	-	Spain	3: 2
	France	-	Czechoslovakia	5: 3
August 19th	France	-	Spain	2: 1

Bottom line

space	country	flag	code
1.	Hungary		HUN
2.	German Empire		DEU
3.	Belgium		BEL
4th	Sweden		SWE
5.	Yugoslavia		YUG
6th	France		FRA
7th	Spain		ESP
8th.	Czechoslovakia		TCH
9.	Italy		ITA
10.	Netherlands		NED