1962 European water polo championship

Postage stamp with water polo motif on the occasion of the 10th European Swimming Championships in 1962

The 10th Men's Water Polo European Championship took place in Leipzig from August 19 to 25, 1962 . All games were played in the swimming stadium of the Sportforum . A total of eleven teams played for the title, the winners of the tournament were the water polo players from Hungary , who celebrated their eighth championship. Behind Hungary there were two silver places tied with the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia , so that no bronze medal was awarded. The last two final round games also marked the end of the 10th European Swimming Championships , in which the competition took place.

Tournament participant

Originally twelve teams were supposed to start in the tournament, but the German DSV boycotted the European Swimming Championships due to the construction of the wall . So it was already clear before the start of the competitions that the only two starters in group B drawn, the GDR and Italy , would automatically move into the intermediate round.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Romania	German Democratic Republic	Netherlands	Belgium
Sweden	Italy	Poland	Great Britain
Hungary		Soviet Union	Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

Abbreviations used for all following tables: Pl. = place / placement, Col. = number of games, S = number of wins, U = number of draws, N = number of defeats, diff. = Goal difference, points = points (win: 2 points, tie: 1 point, defeat: 0 points)

Group A

August 19th	Hungary	-	Sweden	9: 2
20th of August	Sweden	-	Romania	0: 4
August 21	Romania	-	Hungary	3: 5

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	2	2	0	0	14: 5	+9	4-0
2	Romania	2	1	0	1	7: 5	+2	2: 2
3	Sweden	2	0	0	2	2:13	-11	0: 4

Group B

August 19th

German Democratic Republic

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Italy

3: 1

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	German Democratic Republic	1	1	0	0	3: 1	+2	2-0
2	Italy	1	0	0	1	1: 3	-2	0: 2

Group C

August 19th	Soviet Union	-	Netherlands	4-0
20th of August	Netherlands	-	Poland	5: 2
August 21	Soviet Union	-	Poland	10-0

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Soviet Union	2	2	0	0	14: 0	+14	4-0
2	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	5: 6	-1	2: 2
3	Poland	2	0	0	2	2:15	-13	0: 4

Group D

August 19th	Belgium	-	Great Britain	6: 4
20th of August	Yugoslavia	-	Great Britain	8: 1
August 21	Belgium	-	Yugoslavia	1:10

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	18: 2	+16	4-0
2	Belgium	2	1	0	1	7:14	-7	2: 2
3	Great Britain	2	0	0	2	5:14	-9	0: 4

Intermediate round

For the intermediate round, the first and second placed in the preliminary round groups qualified. The games of the opponents already played there were taken over as the result for the intermediate round.

Group 1

August 22nd	Romania	-	Italy	2: 2
August 22nd	Hungary	-	German Democratic Republic	4: 3
August 23	Hungary	-	Italy	5-0
August 23	Romania		German Democratic Republic	3: 3

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	14: 6	+8	6-0
2	German Democratic Republic	3	1	1	1	9: 8	+1	3: 3
3	Romania	3	0	2	1	8:10	−2	2: 4
4th	Italy	3	0	1	2	3:10	−7	1: 5

Group 2

August 22nd	Netherlands	-	Belgium	6: 6
August 22nd	Soviet Union	-	Yugoslavia	3: 3
August 23	Belgium	-	Soviet Union	3: 9
August 23	Netherlands	-	Yugoslavia	4: 3

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	16: 6	+10	5: 1
2	Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	16: 8	+8	3: 3
3	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	10:13	−3	3: 3
4th	Belgium	3	0	1	2	10:25	−15	1: 5

Placement rounds

9-11th place

The teams eliminated in the preliminary round played for 9th to 11th place.

August 22nd	Great Britain	-	Poland	6: 2
August 23	Sweden	-	Great Britain	6: 4
August 24th	Poland	-	Sweden	4: 6

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
9.	Sweden	2	2	0	0	12: 8	+4	4-0
10.	Great Britain	2	1	0	1	10: 8	+2	2: 2
11.	Poland	2	0	0	2	6:12	−6	0: 4

5th to 8th place

The teams that failed in the second round played for places 5 to 8, game results achieved before that were taken over.

August 24th	Romania	-	Belgium	5: 4
August 24th	Italy	-	Netherlands	3: 4
August 25	Netherlands	-	Romania	3: 4
August 25	Belgium	-	Italy	4: 3

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
5.	Romania	3	2	1	0	11: 9	+2	5: 1
6th	Belgium	3	1	1	1	14:14	0	3: 3
6th	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	13:13	0	3: 3
8th.	Italy	3	0	1	2	8:10	−2	1: 5

Final round (place 1–4)

The first and second placed of the two intermediate round groups qualified for the final round. The games previously played directly against each other were taken over as the result for the final round.

August 24th	Hungary	-	Yugoslavia	3: 2
August 24th	German Democratic Republic	-	Soviet Union	2: 2
August 25	Yugoslavia	-	German Democratic Republic	1-0
August 25	Soviet Union	-	Hungary	2: 2

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Hungary	3	2	1	0	9: 7	+2	5: 1
2.	Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	7: 7	0	3: 3
2.	Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	6: 6	0	3: 3
4th	German Democratic Republic	3	0	1	2	5: 7	−2	1: 5

Bottom line

space	country	flag	code
1.	Hungary		HUN
2.	Soviet Union		SUN
2.	Yugoslavia		YUG
4th	Germany (GDR)		GDR
5.	Romania		ROME
6th	Belgium		BEL
6th	Netherlands		NLD
8th.	Italy		ITA
9.	Sweden		SWE
10.	Great Britain		GBR
11.	Poland		POLE

literature

• Leipziger Volkszeitung from August 20 to 26, 1962.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eighth water polo title for Hungary . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung of August 26, 1962, p. 13.
2. ↑ Katja Gläß: Swimming EM. Boycott of the DSV 1962. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. August 14, 2002, accessed July 12, 2018 .