European water polo championship 2016

The 2016 European Water Polo Championship was held in Belgrade ( Serbia ) from January 10th to January 23rd . As a venue, the Beoarena was converted into a swimming pool with a mobile pool that offered space for 12,000 spectators for the tournament.

16 teams played for the men and 12 for the women for the European title. The men's tournament was won by the Serbian national team . The title at the women's tournament went to the Hungarian selection.

Men's tournament

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The 16 participating nations were divided into four groups of four teams each. In the group, the placements were only played out among each other, as all teams advanced to the next round. In the 1/16 finals, the first group played against the fourth group and the second group played against the third group from the crossing group. Groups A and B and C and D crossed. From here, the knockout system continues until the final.

Group stage

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Spain	Serbia	Italy	Russia
Montenegro	Croatia	Romania	Greece
Netherlands	France	Germany	Hungary
Slovakia	Malta	Georgia	Turkey

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	36:16	+20	7th
2	Montenegro	3	2	1	0	36:20	+16	7th
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	16:33	−17	3
4th	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	15:34	−19	0

10. January	Spain	-	Slovakia	13: 4
	Montenegro	-	Netherlands	13: 6
January 12th	Slovakia	-	Netherlands	5: 6
	Montenegro	-	Spain	8: 8
January 14th	Spain	-	Netherlands	15: 4
	Montenegro	-	Slovakia	15: 6

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	49:16	+33	9
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	48:20	+28	6th
3	France	3	1	0	2	30:43	−13	3
4th	Malta	3	0	0	3	11:59	−48	0

10. January	Serbia	-	Croatia	13: 6
	France	-	Malta	17: 7
January 12th	Croatia	-	France	20: 5
	Serbia	-	Malta	20: 2
January 14th	Serbia	-	France	16: 8
	Croatia	-	Malta	22: 2

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	48:11	+37	9
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	31:30	+1	6th
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	29:39	−10	3
4th	Georgia	3	0	0	3	16:44	−28	0

11th January	Georgia	-	Romania	6:12
	Germany	-	Italy	5:16
13th January	Germany	-	Georgia	11: 9
	Romania	-	Italy	5:11
15. January	Georgia	-	Italy	1:21
	Germany	-	Romania	13:14

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	40:19	+21	7th
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	32:28	+4	6th
3	Greece	3	1	1	1	37:23	+14	4th
4th	Turkey	3	0	0	3	19:58	−39	0

11th January	Russia	-	Turkey	17: 8
	Hungary	-	Greece	8: 8
13th January	Turkey	-	Greece	6:21
	Hungary	-	Russia	12: 6
15. January	Hungary	-	Turkey	20: 5
	Russia	-	Greece	9: 8

Round of 16

January 16	Spain	-	Malta	14: 3
	Serbia	-	Slovakia	10: 5
	Montenegro	-	France	11: 6
	Croatia	-	Netherlands	16: 9
January 17th	Romania	-	Greece	9:15
	Russia	-	Germany	9: 6
	Italy	-	Turkey	16: 2
	Hungary	-	Georgia	14: 3

Quarter finals

Play for places 1–8

January 18th	Spain	-	Greece	2: 6
	Serbia	-	Russia	15: 5
January 19th	Italy	-	Montenegro	7:10
	Hungary	-	Croatia	8: 5

Play for places 9–16

January 18th	Malta	-	Romania	7:12
	Slovakia	-	Germany	3:16 p.m.
January 19th	Turkey	-	France	9:14
	Georgia	-	Netherlands	3:16 p.m.

Semifinals

Play for places 1–4

January 20th	Greece	-	Serbia	7:13
21th January	Montenegro	-	Hungary	8: 5

Play for places 5–8

January 20th	Spain	-	Russia	10: 9
21th January	Italy	-	Croatia	8: 6

Play for places 9–12

January 20th	Romania	-	Germany	14:13 n.P.
21th January	France	-	Netherlands	11: 8

Play for places 13–16

January 20th	Malta	-	Slovakia	9:17
21th January	Turkey	-	Georgia	11:12

Final round

final

January 23

Serbia

-

Montenegro

10: 8

3rd place match

January 23

Greece

-

Hungary

10:13

Play for 5th place

January 23

Spain

-

Italy

8: 7

Game for 7th place

January 23

Russia

-

Croatia

5:13

Play for 9th place

January 23

Romania

-

France

6:12

Game for 11th place

January 23

Germany

-

Netherlands

9: 7

Game for 13th place

22nd of January

Slovakia

-

Georgia

10: 9

Play for 15th place

22nd of January

Malta

-

Turkey

14:13 n.P.

Bottom line

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

Ladies tournament

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The 12 participating nations were divided into two groups of 6 teams each. The first four from both groups qualified for the final round for places 1–8, which will be played in the knockout system . The last two in the group play out places 9–12 among themselves.

Group stage

Group A	Group B
Russia	Netherlands
Spain	Italy
Hungary	Greece
Germany	Serbia
Portugal	Turkey
France	Croatia

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	92:29	+63	15th
2	Hungary	5	4th	0	1	82:31	+51	12
3	Russia	5	3	0	2	83:36	+47	9
4th	Greece	5	2	0	3	77:42	+35	6th
5	Portugal	5	1	0	4th	21: 111	−90	3
6th	Turkey	5	0	0	5	14: 120	−106	0

10. January	Portugal	-	Greece	3:27
	Russia	-	Turkey	29: 0
	Netherlands	-	Hungary	14:10
January 12th	Portugal	-	Russia	5:21
	Turkey	-	Netherlands	0:25
	Greece	-	Hungary	6: 9
January 14th	Netherlands	-	Portugal	28: 2
	Hungary	-	Turkey	27: 1
	Russia	-	Greece	16: 6
January 16	Portugal	-	Hungary	0:25
	Greece	-	Turkey	28: 3
	Russia	-	Netherlands	7:14
January 18th	Portugal	-	Turkey	11:10
	Netherlands	-	Greece	11:10
	Hungary	-	Russia	11:10

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Italy	5	5	0	0	91:19	+72	15th
2	Spain	5	4th	0	1	105: 23	+82	12
3	France	5	3	0	2	38:43	−5	9
4th	Germany	5	2	0	3	43:82	−39	6th
5	Serbia	5	1	0	4th	36:65	−29	3
6th	Croatia	5	0	0	5	21: 102	−81	0

11th January	Croatia	-	Spain	3:29
	Italy	-	France	10: 3
	Serbia	-	Germany	13:14
13th January	Spain	-	France	21: 2
	Germany	-	Italy	3:22
	Croatia	-	Serbia	4: 8
15. January	Italy	-	Croatia	31: 2
	France	-	Germany	12: 3
	Serbia	-	Spain	6:21
January 17th	Croatia	-	France	3:14
	Spain	-	Germany	26: 3
	Serbia	-	Italy	3:19
January 19th	Croatia	-	Germany	9:20
	Italy	-	Spain	9: 8
	France	-	Serbia	7: 6

Quarter finals

Play for places 1–8

January 20th	Netherlands	-	Germany	19: 2
	Hungary	-	France	18: 6
	Russia	-	Spain	8:12
	Greece	-	Italy	4:10

Semifinals

Play for places 1–4

21th January	Netherlands	-	Spain	3:14 p.m.
	Hungary	-	Italy	10: 5

Play for places 5-8

21th January	Germany	-	Russia	2:22
	France	-	Greece	6:12

Final round

final

22nd of January

Netherlands

-

Hungary

7: 9

3rd place match

22nd of January

Spain

-

Italy

9:10

Play for 5th place

22nd of January

Russia

-

Greece

12:13 n.P.

Game for 7th place

22nd of January

Germany

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France

9:13

Play for 9th place

22nd of January

Portugal

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Serbia

6: 9

Game for 11th place

22nd of January

Turkey

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Croatia

4:12

Bottom line

space	country	flag	code
1.	Hungary		HUN
2.	Netherlands		NED
3.	Italy		ITA
4th	Spain		ESP
5.	Greece		GRE
6th	Russia		RUS
7th	France		FRA
8th.	Germany		GER
9.	Serbia		SRB
10.	Portugal		POR
11.	Croatia		CRO
12.	Turkey		DOOR

Web links

Commons : 2016 European Water Polo Championship  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website
• European Swimming Federation website