2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship

2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates29 August – 10 September
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Croatia (2nd title)
Runner-up Hungary
Third place Spain
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored1,032 (21.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Romania Tudor Fulea
(19 goals)
Best playerHungary Szilárd Jansik
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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]

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

Venues[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

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

Group A[edit]

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  11–14  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  21–9  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  18–10  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  18–8  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  16–11  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  13–8  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[edit]

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  12–12  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  5–19  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  25–6  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  13–7  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  8–15  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  5–5  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[edit]

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  9–16  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  6–13  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  10–11  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  11–4  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  6–17  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  12–12  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[edit]

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  18–3  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  23–7  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  5–9  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  7–16  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  23–4  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  17–6  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[edit]

13–16th place bracket[edit]

 
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[edit]

4 September 2022
10:00
Report Slovakia  7–18  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  13–9  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[edit]

6 September 2022
09:00
Report Slovakia  11–5  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[edit]

6 September 2022
10:30
Report Germany  14–11  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[edit]

Bracket[edit]

 
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[edit]

4 September 2022
15:00
Report Montenegro  13–8  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  12–8  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  22–9  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  10–9  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[edit]

 
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[edit]

6 September 2022
12:00
Report Romania  11–10  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  11–12  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[edit]

8 September 2022
10:00
Report Israel  7–17  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[edit]

8 September 2022
11:30
Report Romania  1–17  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[edit]

6 September 2022
15:00
Report Hungary  11–8  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  16–8  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  9–5  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  15–5  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[edit]

 
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[edit]

8 September 2022
14:00
Report Montenegro  12–14  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  5–7  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[edit]

10 September 2022
14:00
Report Montenegro  14–11  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[edit]

10 September 2022
15:30
Report Greece  10–8  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[edit]

8 September 2022
18:00
Report Hungary  10–8  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  10–11  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[edit]

10 September 2022
18:00
Report Spain  7–6  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[edit]

10 September 2022
20:30
Report Hungary  9–10  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[edit]

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
Qualified for the 2023 World Championships

Awards and statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

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[edit]

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

Position Player
Best goalkeeper Croatia Marko Bijač
Most Valuable Player Hungary Szilárd Jansik

References[edit]

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