European water polo championship 1947

The 1947 European Water Polo Championships took place in Monte Carlo ( Monaco ) from September 10th to September 14th . A total of ten teams played for the European title. The winner of the tournament was the team from Italy .

Tournament participant

Group A	Group B	Group C
Netherlands	Sweden	Belgium
Italy	Hungary	Great Britain
France	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia
Austria

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Italy	3	1	2	0	12: 7	4th
2	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	10: 6	4th
3	France	3	1	2	0	13: 8	4th
4th	Austria	3	0	0	3	1:15	0

September 10	Italy	-	Netherlands	3: 3
	France	-	Austria	6: 1
September 11	Italy	-	Austria	5-0
	France	-	Netherlands	3: 3
12th September	Netherlands	-	Austria	4-0
	France	-	Italy	4: 4

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Sweden	2	2	0	0	11: 5	4th
2	Hungary	2	0	1	1	6: 8	1
3	Yugoslavia	2	0	1	1	5: 9	1

September 10	Hungary	-	Yugoslavia	3: 3
September 11	Sweden	-	Hungary	5: 3
12th September	Sweden	-	Yugoslavia	6: 2

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Belgium	2	2	0	0	10: 2	4th
2	Great Britain	2	1	0	1	5: 8	2
3	Czechoslovakia	2	0	0	2	2: 7	0

September 10	Belgium	-	Great Britain	7: 1
September 11	Belgium	-	Czechoslovakia	3: 1
12th September	Great Britain	-	Czechoslovakia	4: 1

Final round

Final group for places 1 to 3

Here the group winners from the three groups in one group played out places 1 to 3.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Italy	2	2	0	0	7: 3	4th
2	Sweden	2	0	1	1	3: 4	1
3	Belgium	2	0	1	1	2: 5	1

13.september	Belgium	-	Sweden	1: 1
	Italy	-	Sweden	3: 2
September 14th	Italy	-	Belgium	4: 1

Final group for places 4 to 6

Here the second from the three groups in each group played from places 5 to 8.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
4th	Hungary	2	2	0	0	10: 4	4th
5	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	8: 6	2
6th	Great Britain	2	0	0	2	3:11	0

13.september	Hungary	-	Netherlands	5: 2
	Hungary	-	Great Britain	5: 2
September 14th	Netherlands	-	Great Britain	6: 1

Bottom line

space	country	flag	code
1.	Italy		ITA
2.	Sweden		SWE
3.	Belgium		BEL
4th	Hungary		HUN
5.	Netherlands		NED
6th	Great Britain		GBR
7th	France		FRA
8th.	Yugoslavia		YUG
9.	Czechoslovakia		TCH
10.	Austria		AUT

Web links

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