2001 European water polo championship

The 2001 European Water Polo Championships took place from June 15 to June 24 in Budapest , the capital of Hungary . Twelve teams played for the men and 8 teams for the European championship title. The winner of the men's tournament was Yugoslavia and the women's host was Hungary.

Tournament participants men

Group A	Group B
Italy	Russia
Netherlands	France
Yugoslavia	Greece
Spain	Germany
Hungary	Slovakia
Romania	Croatia

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Yugoslavia	5	5	0	0	47:32	+15	10
2	Hungary	5	4th	0	1	44:30	+14	8th
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	30:28	+2	6th
4th	Italy	5	2	0	3	39:35	+4	4th
5	Netherlands	5	0	1	4th	24:40	−16	1
6th	Romania	5	0	1	4th	25:44	−19	1

15th June	Italy	-	Netherlands	10: 4
	Yugoslavia	-	Spain	9: 7
	Hungary	-	Romania	12: 5
June 16	Italy	-	Romania	9: 4
	Hungary	-	Spain	7: 5
	Yugoslavia	-	Netherlands	10: 7
17th of June	Spain	-	Netherlands	4-0
	Yugoslavia	-	Romania	11: 5
	Hungary	-	Italy	10: 5
18th of June	Netherlands	-	Romania	6: 6
	Spain	-	Italy	8: 7
	Yugoslavia	-	Hungary	8: 5
June 19th	Spain	-	Romania	6: 5
	Hungary	-	Netherlands	10: 7
	Yugoslavia	-	Italy	9: 8

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Greece	5	4th	1	0	48:35	+13	9
2	Croatia	5	2	2	1	41:31	+10	6th
3	Russia	5	3	0	2	47:36	+11	6th
4th	Slovakia	5	2	1	2	48:52	−4	5
5	Germany	5	1	2	2	35:33	+2	4th
6th	France	5	0	0	5	27:59	−32	0

15th June	Russia	-	France	13: 4
	Greece	-	Germany	7: 4
	Slovakia	-	Croatia	10: 9
June 16	Croatia	-	France	12: 3
	Germany	-	Slovakia	9: 9
	Greece	-	Russia	10: 7
17th of June	Greece	-	Slovakia	14: 8
	Croatia	-	Russia	8: 6
	Germany	-	France	11: 3
18th of June	Slovakia	-	France	13: 8
	Russia	-	Germany	9: 6
	Greece	-	Croatia	7: 7
June 19th	Russia	-	Slovakia	12: 8
	Greece	-	France	10: 9
	Croatia	-	Germany	5: 5

Placement games for 9th to 12th place

Game for 11th place

The last two of the two groups played here.

Game for 11th place
June 22	Romania	-	France	9: 1

Play for 9th place

This game was played by the fifths from the two groups against each other.

Play for 9th place
June 22	Germany	-	Netherlands	8: 6

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played by the four best teams from each group.

Quarter finals
June 21st	Croatia	-	Spain	7: 6
	Hungary	-	Russia	10: 9
	Yugoslavia	-	Slovakia	8: 7
	Italy	-	Greece	7: 6

The winners of the matches qualified for the semifinals. The losers played for fifth to eighth place.

Placement games for 5th to 8th place

Foreplay

Before the placement games, the matches were played. Here a loser from the quarterfinals played against another loser from the quarterfinals.

Preludes for places 5-8
June 22	Spain	-	Slovakia	4: 3
	Russia	-	Greece	8: 5

Game for 7th place

Game for 7th place
23rd June	Greece	-	Slovakia	8: 4

Play for 5th place

Play for 5th place
23rd June	Russia	-	Spain	8: 5

Semifinals

This was carried out by the winners of the quarter-finals.

Semifinals
June 22	Yugoslavia	-	Croatia	8: 6
	Italy	-	Hungary	8: 7

Game for third place

3rd place match
June 24th	Hungary	-	Croatia	12: 9

final

final
June 24th	Yugoslavia	-	Italy	8: 5

Bottom line

space	country	flag	code
1.	Yugoslavia		YUG
2.	Italy		ITA
3.	Hungary		HUN
4th	Croatia		CRO
5.	Russia		RUS
6th	Spain		ESP
7th	Greece		GRE
8th.	Slovakia		SVK
9.	Germany		GER
10.	Netherlands		NED
11.	Romania		ROME
12.	France		FRA

Tournament participants women

Group A	Group B
Italy	Netherlands
Germany	France
Russia	Hungary
Greece	Spain

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	21:16	+5	6th
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	27:18	+9	4th
3	Greece	3	2	0	2	17:19	−2	2
4th	Germany	3	0	0	3	19:31	−12	0

June 16	Italy	-	Germany	9: 7
	Russia	-	Greece	7: 6
17th of June	Russia	-	Germany	14: 5
	Italy	-	Greece	5: 6
18th of June	Greece	-	Germany	8: 8
	Italy	-	Russia	7: 6

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	38:19	+19	5
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	29:20	+9	5
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	19:26	+7	2
4th	France	3	0	0	3	10:31	−21	0

June 16	Netherlands	-	France	10: 2
	Hungary	-	Spain	14: 4
17th of June	Spain	-	France	9: 5
	Netherlands	-	Hungary	12:12
18th of June	Netherlands	-	Spain	7: 6
	Hungary	-	France	12: 3

Game for 7th place

The last of the two groups played here.

Game for 7th place
June 19th	Germany	-	France	7: 6

Quarter finals

This was carried out by the runners-up and thirds in the group. The first in the group qualified directly for the semi-finals.

Quarter finals
June 19th	Russia	-	Spain	11: 5
	Greece	-	Netherlands	7: 5

The winners of the matches qualified for the semifinals. The losers played for fifth place.

Game for fifth place

Game for fifth place
June 21st	Netherlands	-	Spain	10: 9

Semifinals

This was carried out by the winners of the quarter-finals as well as by the two group winners.

Semifinals
June 21st	Italy	-	Greece	7: 1
	Hungary	-	Russia	7: 6

Game for third place

Game for third place
23rd June	Russia	-	Greece	8: 5

final

final
23rd June	Hungary	-	Italy	10: 5

Bottom line

space	country	flag	code
1.	Hungary		HUN
2.	Italy		ITA
3.	Russia		RUS
4th	Greece		GRE
5.	Netherlands		NED
6th	Spain		ESP
7th	Germany		GER
8th.	France		FRA

Web links

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