2006 European Water Polo Championship

Water polo as it is used in the youth sector up to C-youth.

The water polo - European Championship 2006 was held from 1. September bis 10. September in Tašmajdan Sports Center in Belgrade instead. At this championship, the rules that have been in force since October 1st, 2005 were successfully continued by the FINA . Twelve teams took part in the men's race.

Tournament participants men

Group A	Group B
Spain	Croatia
Serbia (defending champion)	Italy
Romania	Greece
Russia	Slovenia
Netherlands	Germany
Slovakia	Hungary

Group A

1st matchday

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Romania	-	Spain	8: 11
Netherlands	-	Slovakia	11: 11
Serbia	-	Russia	13: 6

2nd matchday

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Spain	-	Slovakia	13: 8
Romania	-	Russia	13:10
Serbia	-	Netherlands	17:10

3rd matchday

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Romania	-	Netherlands	8: 8
Russia	-	Spain	10: 13
Serbia	-	Slovakia	19: 2

4th matchday

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Russia	-	Netherlands	11: 5
Romania	-	Slovakia	7: 6
Serbia	-	Spain	16: 11

5th matchday

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Slovakia	-	Russia	9:12
Netherlands	-	Spain	12: 11
Serbia	-	Romania	13: 5

table

country	Pt.	Gates
Serbia	15th	78: 34
Spain	9	59: 54
Romania	7th	41:48
Russia	6th	49: 53
Netherlands	5	46: 58
Slovakia	1	36: 62

Group B

1st matchday

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Hungary	-	Slovenia	23: 6
Greece	-	Germany	11: 8
Croatia	-	Italy	8: 9

2nd matchday

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Slovenia	-	Greece	6:19
Italy	-	Germany	8: 11
Croatia	-	Hungary	11:16

3rd matchday

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Germany	-	Slovenia	14: 6
Greece	-	Croatia	10:10
Hungary	-	Italy	13: 6

4th matchday

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Italy	-	Slovenia	20: 7
Hungary	-	Greece	10: 8
Croatia	-	Germany	9: 9

5th matchday

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Slovenia	-	Croatia	8:19
Germany	-	Hungary	10:20
Greece	-	Italy	11:14

table

country	Pt.	Gates
Hungary	15th	82: 41
Italy	9	57:50
Greece	7th	59: 48
Germany	7th	52: 54
Croatia	5	57:52
Slovenia	0	33: 95

Placement games for places 7 to 12

The last two of the two groups play here.

Foreplay

The matches are played before the placement games. Then winners play against winners against the third from the bottom of the other group in the placement games for place 7-10, and losers against losers for place 11.

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Croatia	-	Slovakia	12: 6
Netherlands	-	Slovenia	12: 8

Game for 11th place

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Slovakia	-	Slovenia	10: 9

Placement games for 7-10th place

The encounters between the two winners from placement games 7–12 against the third from last of the two groups. The winners play for 7th place, the losers for 9th place.

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Croatia	-	Russia	10: 7
Germany	-	Netherlands	12: 6

Play for 9th place

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Russia	-	Netherlands	15:10

Game for 7th place

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Croatia	-	Germany	11: 7

Qualification to the semi-finals

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

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Spain	-	Greece	12:10
Romania	-	Italy	10: 9

The winners of the encounters have qualified for the semi-finals. The losers play for fifth place.

Game for fifth place

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Greece	-	Italy	10: 11

Semifinals

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

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Romania	-	Serbia	6: 13
Spain	-	Hungary	10:16

Game for third place

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Romania	-	Spain	4:10

final

Team 1	-	Team 2	Final score
Serbia	-	Hungary	9: 8

Bottom line

space	country	flag	code
1.	Serbia		SER
2.	Hungary		HUN
3.	Spain		ESP
4th	Romania		ROME
5.	Italy		ITA
6th	Greece		GRE
7th	Croatia		CRO
8th.	Germany		GER
9.	Russia		RUS
10.	Netherlands		NED
11.	Slovakia		SLK
12.	Slovenia		SLO

Tournament participants women

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

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	41:18	+23	9
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	37:23	+14	6th
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	33:29	+4	3
4th	Serbia	3	0	0	3	14:55	−41	0

September 2nd	Serbia	-	Spain	4:17
	Netherlands	-	Hungary	6:11
September 3	Serbia	-	Netherlands	6:16
	Spain	-	Hungary	8: 8
September 4th	Netherlands	-	Spain	11:12
	Serbia	-	Hungary	4:22

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	39:27	+12	9
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	45:31	+14	6th
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	26:32	−6	3
4th	Germany	3	0	0	3	28:48	−20	0

September 2nd	Russia	-	Greece	15: 6
	Italy	-	Germany	17: 8
September 3	Greece	-	Germany	13: 9
	Russia	-	Italy	12:14
September 4th	Germany	-	Russia	11:18
	Italy	-	Greece	8: 7

Game for 7th place

The last of the two groups played here.

Game for 7th place
September 6th	Serbia	-	Germany	6:15

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
September 6th	Russia	-	Netherlands	17:11
	Spain	-	Greece	10: 9

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

Game for fifth place

Game for fifth place
7th of September	Greece	-	Netherlands	11:12

Semifinals

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

Semifinals
7th of September	Italy	-	Spain	15:10
	Russia	-	Hungary	12:11

Game for third place

Game for third place
the 9th of September	Hungary	-	Spain	12:11

final

final
the 9th of September	Russia	-	Italy	12:10

Bottom line

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

The next Waterpolo - European Championship took place from 4 July 2008 to July 13, 2008 in Malaga / Spain instead.