European water polo championship 1938

The 5th Men's Water Polo European Championship was held from 6 to 13 August 1938 in London ( Great Britain ). A total of seven teams played in a group for the European championship, in this group each team played against every other team. The winner of the tournament was Hungary, with six wins, no draws and no defeat. The German selection took second place in the end. The first time it was played was the Wembley Empire Pool in an indoor pool.

Tournament participant

Attendees
Belgium
German Empire
France
Hungary
Italy
Great Britain
Netherlands

Final round

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	6th	6th	0	0	35: 3	+32	12
2	German Empire	6th	5	0	1	23: 8	+15	10
3	Netherlands	6th	2	2	2	17:22	−5	6th
4th	Belgium	6th	2	1	3	17:19	−2	5
5	Italy	6th	2	1	3	11:22	−11	5
6th	France	6th	1	2	3	12:17	−5	4th
7th	Great Britain	6th	0	0	6th	10:34	−24	0

6th of August	Belgium	-	Netherlands	4: 4
	Hungary	-	Italy	9-0
	German Empire	-	Great Britain	6-0
8th August	German Empire	-	Belgium	5: 1
	Hungary	-	Netherlands	7: 1
	France	-	Great Britain	4: 1
August 9	France	-	Italy	1: 1
	Belgium	-	Great Britain	7: 2
	German Empire	-	Netherlands	3: 2
August 10	German Empire	-	Italy	4-0
	Hungary	-	France	5-0
	Netherlands	-	Great Britain	4: 3
August 11th	Hungary	-	German Empire	2-0
	Italy	-	Great Britain	5: 3
	Belgium	-	France	3: 2
12. August	Netherlands	-	Italy	4: 3
	German Empire	-	France	5: 3
	Hungary	-	Belgium	4: 1
13 August	Italy	-	Belgium	2: 1
	France	-	Netherlands	2: 2
	Hungary	-	Great Britain	8: 1

Web links

• The results of the European Water Polo Championship on the Ligue Européenne de Natation website