2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship

The 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 35th running of the tournament. It was held in the Spaladium Arena in Split, Croatia from 29 August to 10 September 2022.[1]

2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Dates29 August – 10 September
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Croatia (2nd title)
Runner-up Hungary
Third place Spain
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches48
Goals scored1,032 (22 per match)
Top scorer(s)Romania Tudor Fulea
(19 goals)
Best playerHungary Szilárd Jansik
Next

Croatia won their second title by defeating Hungary in the final, meanwhile Spain beat Italy to secure the bronze medal.[2]

Venues

LEN announced on 28 August 2020 that Split, Croatia would host the 2022 edition of the competition. All games will be played at the Spaladium Arena.[1]

Split
2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship (Europe)
Capacity: 9,000
Spaladium Arena 1

Qualification

Sixteen teams were able to compete at the main event. They are broken up as follows:

Event Date Location Quotas Nation(s)
Host 28 August 2020 1  Croatia
2020 European Championship 14–26 January 2020 Hungary Budapest 6  Greece
 Hungary
 Italy
 Montenegro
 Russia
 Serbia
 Spain
Qualifiers 17–20 February 2022 Various 8  France
 Georgia
 Germany
 Israel
 Malta
 Netherlands
 Romania
 Slovakia
Wild card[4] 10 April 2022 1  Slovenia

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

Format

The sixteen teams were split in four groups with four teams each. From there on, a knockout system was used. The first classified team of each group directly qualified for the quarterfinals, the second and third teams played each other in cross group format to qualify for the quarterfinals.[6]

Draw

The draw was held in Budapest on 23 April 2022.[7][8][9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Hungary
 Spain
 Montenegro
 Croatia

 Serbia
 Italy
 Greece

 France
 Georgia
 Romania
 Netherlands

 Germany
 Slovakia
 Malta
 Israel
 Slovenia

Squads

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).[10]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 52 25 +27 9 Quarterfinals
2  Montenegro 3 2 0 1 40 34 +6 6 Playoffs
3  Georgia 3 1 0 2 35 43 8 3
4  Slovakia 3 0 0 3 30 55 25 0 13th place classification
Source: Split2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
29 August 2022
10:30
Report Georgia  1114  Montenegro Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Tamás Kovács (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–4, 3–4, 3–1
Jelaca 5 Goals Averka 4
29 August 2022
15:30
Report Italy  219  Slovakia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Peter Balzan (MLT)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 6–2, 4–2, 5–2
Di Somma 5 Goals Čaraj 3

31 August 2022
14:00
Report Montenegro  1810  Slovakia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Peter Balzan (MLT)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–6, 6–1, 3–2
Averka 5 Goals Seman 3
31 August 2022
17:00
Report Italy  188  Georgia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Tamás Kovács (HUN), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–2, 6–4, 3–1
Alesiani 4 Goals Saric, Vapenski 2

2 September 2022
10:30
Report Georgia  1611  Slovakia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–3, 4–3, 3–4
Vasic 4 Goals four players 2
2 September 2022
19:00
Report Italy  138  Montenegro Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Tamás Kovács (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–3, 6–2, 3–3
Cannella, Dolce 3 Goals Đurđić, Radović 2

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia (H) 3 2 1 0 37 17 +20 7 Quarterfinals
2  Greece 3 1 2 0 42 23 +19 5 Playoffs
3  France 3 1 1 1 34 33 +1 4
4  Malta 3 0 0 3 19 59 40 0 13th place classification
Source: Split2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
29 August 2022
19:00
Report Greece  1212  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Filippo Gomez (ITA), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–5, 4–2, 1–2
four players 2 Goals Crousillat, Vernoux 3
29 August 2022
21:00
Report Malta  519  Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–3, 2–7, 2–7
M. Zammit 3 Goals Fatović 5

31 August 2022
10:30
Report Greece  256  Malta Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Robert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters: 8–1, 6–2, 4–1, 7–2
Argyropoulos 7 Goals M. Zammit 3
31 August 2022
20:30
Report Croatia  137  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 5–1, 4–2
Bukic 3 Goals Bouet, Crousillat 2

2 September 2022
15:30
Report Malta  815  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nora Debreceni (HUN), Robert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–4, 4–3, 1–7
three players 2 Goals Marion-Vernoux 3
2 September 2022
20:30
Report Greece  55  Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 0–0, 1–3, 2–2
Papanastasiou, Vlachopoulos 2 Goals five players 1

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 44 25 +19 9 Quarterfinals
2  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 35 29 +6 4 Playoffs
3  Romania 3 1 1 1 32 32 0 4
4  Germany 3 0 0 3 16 41 25 0 13th place classification
Source: Split2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
29 August 2022
09:00
Report Romania  916  Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 4–5, 2–3
three players 2 Goals Granados 5
29 August 2022
17:00
Report Germany  613  Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 2–4, 2–4
Bozic, Strelezkij 2 Goals Koopman, Te Riele 3

31 August 2022
12:00
Report Netherlands  1011  Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–4, 4–2, 3–2
Gielen 3 Goals Perrone 3
31 August 2022
15:30
Report Romania  114  Germany Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 3–0, 3–1
Fulea 5 Goals Ćuk 2

2 September 2022
14:00
Report Germany  617  Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–7, 4–3, 0–2
Stamm 2 Goals Tahull 4
2 September 2022
17:00
Report Romania  1212  Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 3–4, 4–2
Fulea 6 Goals Janssen 3

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 62 18 +44 9 Quarterfinals
2  Serbia 3 2 0 1 42 25 +17 6 Playoffs
3  Israel 3 1 0 2 16 46 30 3
4  Slovenia 3 0 0 3 18 49 31 0 13th place classification
Source: Split2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
29 August 2022
12:00
Report Serbia  183  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Irakli Sanadze (GEO)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 8–1, 3–1, 4–1
Drašović, Radulović 4 Goals three players 1
29 August 2022
14:00
Report Hungary  237  Slovenia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Robert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 6–2, 6–0, 7–2
Zalánki 4 Goals Popovič 3

31 August 2022
09:00
Report Slovenia  59  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Filippo Gomez (ITA), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–0, 2–2, 1–3
five players 1 Goals Gros 3
31 August 2022
19:00
Report Serbia  716  Hungary Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–4, 2–4, 3–5
Drašović, S. Rašović 2 Goals Manhercz 4

2 September 2022
09:00
Report Hungary  234  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Marta Cabañas (ESP), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 7–2, 6–1, 6–1
Manhercz 6 Goals Gros 2
2 September 2022
12:00
Report Serbia  176  Slovenia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Stanko Ivanovksi (MNE)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–3, 6–1, 4–0
S. Rašović 4 Goals Popovič 2

Placement games

13–16th place bracket

 
13–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
4 September
 
 
 Slovakia7
 
6 September
 
 Germany18
 
 Germany14
 
4 September
 
 Malta11
 
 Malta13
 
 
 Slovenia9
 
15th place
 
 
6 September
 
 
 Slovakia11
 
 
 Slovenia5

13–16th place semifinals

4 September 2022
10:00
Report Slovakia  718  Germany Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–6, 0–3, 4–5
Čaraj 3 Goals three players 3

4 September 2022
11:30
Report Malta  139  Slovenia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 3–3, 5–1
D. Zammit 3 Goals Justin, Kadivec 2

15th place game

6 September 2022
09:00
Report Slovakia  115  Slovenia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Irakli Sanadze (GEO), Peter Balzan (MLT)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–1, 2–2, 3–0
Baláž 6 Goals Stele 2

13th place game

6 September 2022
10:30
Report Germany  1411  Malta Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Eurico Silva (POR), Robert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 3–5, 5–2
Küppers, Schütze 3 Goals D. Zammit 5

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Play-offsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
6 September
 
 
 Hungary11
 
4 September
 
 Montenegro8
 
 Montenegro13
 
8 September
 
 Romania8
 
 Hungary10
 
 
 Spain8
 
 
6 September
 
 
 Spain9
 
4 September
 
 Greece5
 
 Greece22
 
10 September
 
 Israel9
 
 Hungary9
 
 
 Croatia10
 
 
6 September
 
 
 Italy16
 
4 September
 
 France8
 
 France10
 
8 September
 
 Serbia9
 
 Italy10
 
 
 Croatia11 Third place
 
 
6 September10 September
 
 
 Croatia15 Spain7
 
4 September
 
 Georgia5  Italy6
 
 Georgia12
 
 
 Netherlands8
 

Playoffs

4 September 2022
15:00
Report Montenegro  138  Romania Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 3–2, 4–1
Đurđić, Petković 3 Goals Neamtu 3

4 September 2022
16:30
Report Georgia  128  Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–1, 2–2, 3–2
Jelaca 3 Goals Van Ijperen, Winkelhorst 2

4 September 2022
19:00
Report Greece  229  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 6–0, 6–4, 5–3, 5–2
five players 3 Goals four players 2

4 September 2022
20:30
Report France  109  Serbia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 5–4, 1–3
Crousillat 4 Goals Mandić, S. Rašović 3

9–12th place bracket

 
9–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
6 September
 
 
 Romania (PSO)8 (3)
 
8 September
 
 Israel8 (2)
 
 Romania1
 
6 September
 
 Serbia17
 
 Netherlands6 (5)
 
 
 Serbia (PSO)6 (6)
 
Eleventh place
 
 
8 September
 
 
 Israel7
 
 
 Netherlands17

9–12th place semifinals

6 September 2022
12:00
Report Romania  1110  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Jaume Teixido (ESP), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 2–2, 2–2  PSO: 3–2
Fulea 5 Goals Gros 5

6 September 2022
13:30
Report Netherlands  1112  Serbia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 4–1, 0–0  PSO: 5–6
Gielen 3 Goals Drašović, Stojanović 2

Eleventh place game

8 September 2022
10:00
Report Israel  717  Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–2, 3–7, 2–4
Frid, Goldschmidt 2 Goals three players 3

Ninth place game

8 September 2022
11:30
Report Romania  117  Serbia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Jaume Teixido (ESP), Tamás Kovács (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–3, 0–4, 0–4
Colodrovschi 1 Goals Drašović, Martinović 4

Quarterfinals

6 September 2022
15:00
Report Hungary  118  Montenegro Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 2–1, 4–3
Jansik 5 Goals three players 2

6 September 2022
16:30
Report Italy  168  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–2, 4–1, 5–2
Di Fulvio 4 Goals Vernoux 3

6 September 2022
19:00
Report Spain  95  Greece Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–1, 2–1, 2–1
three players 2 Goals Vlachopoulos 2

6 September 2022
20:30
Report Croatia  155  Georgia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 2–2, 6–1, 3–2
Bukić 4 Goals Shushiashvili 3

5–8th place bracket

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
8 September
 
 
 Montenegro12
 
10 September
 
 Greece14
 
 Greece10
 
8 September
 
 France8
 
 France7
 
 
 Georgia5
 
Seventh place
 
 
10 September
 
 
 Montenegro14
 
 
 Georgia11

5–8th place semifinals

8 September 2022
14:00
Report Montenegro  1214  Greece Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 2–6, 5–5
Petković 3 Goals Genidounias 5

8 September 2022
15:30
Report Georgia  57  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–2, 1–2, 2–2
Shushiashvili 3 Goals Khasz 2

Seventh place game

10 September 2022
14:00
Report Montenegro  1411  Georgia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 6–4, 2–1, 4–3, 2–3
Averka, Petković 3 Goals three players 2

Fifth place game

10 September 2022
15:30
Report Greece  108  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 2–2, 1–3
three players 2 Goals Khasz 3

Semifinals

8 September 2022
18:00
Report Hungary  108  Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–2, 0–2, 3–1
Nagy 3 Goals Granados 3

8 September 2022
20:30
Report Italy  1011  Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 3–3, 2–2
Di Fulvio 3 Goals Marinić Kragić 4

Third place game

10 September 2022
18:00
Report Spain  76  Italy Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–2, 3–1, 1–2
seven players 1 Goals Damonte 2

Final

10 September 2022
20:30
Report Hungary  910  Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–1, 4–4, 2–2
Jansik, Molnár 2 Goals Burić, Kharkov 3

Final standings

Qualified for the 2023 World Championships
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Croatia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
4  Italy
5  Greece
6  France
7  Montenegro
8  Georgia
9  Serbia
10  Romania
11  Netherlands
12  Israel
13  Germany
14  Malta
15  Slovakia
16  Slovenia

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank[11] Name Goals Shots %
1 Romania Tudor Fulea 19 40 48
2 Montenegro Kanstantsin Averka 18 37 49
3 Hungary Krisztián Manhercz 17 26 65
4 Spain Álvaro Granados 16 39 41
5 Greece Stylianos Argyropoulos 15 31 48
Italy Francesco Di Fulvio 37 41
Serbia Radomir Drašović 26 58
8 Croatia Jerko Marinić Kragić 14 32 44
France Ugo Crousillat 36 36
Israel Ronen Gros 33 42

Awards

The awards were announced on 9 September 2022.[2]

PositionPlayer
Best goalkeeperCroatia Marko Bijač
Most Valuable PlayerHungary Szilárd Jansik

References

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