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2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
The 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Belgrade, Serbia. Serbia won their seventh, and third straight, title by defeating the Montenegro 10–8 in the final. Hungary captured the bronze medal after a 13–10 win over Greece. Qualification For the first time, the tournament will be contested by 16 countries (12 previously). The 16 teams qualified as follows: * The host nation * The best seven teams from the 2014 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation * eight qualifiers Format The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. All teams advance to the knockout stage, from which on a knockout-system will be used to determine the final positions.. Squads Draw The draw was held on 4 October 2015. Preliminary round ''All times are local (UTC+1).'' Group A |
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claims a border with Albania through the Political status of Kosovo, disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia without Kosovo has about 6.7 million inhabitants, about 8.4 million if Kosvo is included. Its capital Belgrade is also the List of cities in Serbia, largest city. Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavs#Migrations, Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional Principality of Serbia (early medieval), states in the early Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukáš Seman
Lukas is a form of the Latin name Lucas. Popularity In 2013 it was the ninth most popular name for boys in Australia. Meaning and different spellings * Amharic - Luqas (ሉቃስ) * Arabic - Luqa (لوقا) / Luqas (لوكاس) * Armenian - Ղուկաս, Ghukas * Croatian / Serbian / Slovenian - Luka (Лука) * Czech - Lukáš * Dutch - Lucas / Lukas / Luca * English - Luke / Lucas * Finnish - Luukas * French - Lukas * Georgian - ლუკა * German - Lukas * Greek - Loukas (Λουκάς) - Ancient Greek (Λουκᾶς) * Hungarian - Lukács / Lúkas / Lúkasz * Icelandic - Lúkas * Indonesian - Lukas * Irish: Lúc, Lúcás * Italian - Luca * Latin - Lucas (from the verb "lucere") * Latvian - Lukas * Lithuanian - Lukas * Norwegian / Swedish / Danish - Lucas / Lukas * Anglo-Saxon - Lukas * Polish - Łukasz * Portuguese - Lucas * Russian - Лукьян / Лука * Slovak - Lukáš * Slavs - Luka * Ukrainian - Лук'ян * Spanish - Lucas * Turkish - Luka / Luk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandro Sukno
Sandro Sukno (born 30 June 1990) is a Croatian former professional water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Croatia national team in the men's event winning the gold medal. He also won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He last played for VK Jug. He currently works as an assistant coach of the senior men's Croatia national team. Sandro's father is Goran Sukno, water polo gold medalist for Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Sandro was named Croatian water polo player of the year in 2014 and 2015, and best player in the 2014–15 Prva Liga. In December 2017, Sukno won the trophy for the best water polo player in the 2016–17 season. In 2017 he was named to the All-Star Team of the World Championships. Croatia also won the World Championship that year. In May 2019, he announced his retirement from playing professional water polo citing heart problems. Honours As Player ;Pro Recco *LEN Champions League: 2011–12 *LEN Super Cup: 2012, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andro Bušlje
Andro Bušlje (born 4 January 1986) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Croatian team that won the gold medal. He is right-handed and plays the center defender position. From 2016 to 2019 he played for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League. He started playing water polo at the age of 12, and he made his national team debut in 2005. Bušlje is one of the top defenders in the world. Bušlje is currently the captain of the Croatia national team, with whom he has become Olympic gold medalist, 2 times World Champion and European Champion. He is the only water polo player in the world to have won 7 FINA World Championship medals (2 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze), an all-time record as of 2017 Bušlje was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Nikić
Slobodan Nikić (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Никић; born 25 January 1983) is a Serbian professional water polo player. He is currently free agent and he is a long-standing member of the Serbia men's national water polo team. His most notable achievements with the national team are the gold medal from the Olympic Games in 2016, silver from the Olympic Games in 2004 and bronze from the Olympic Games 2012, three gold medals from the World Championships in 2005, 2009 and 2015, and five gold medals from the European Championships in 2003, 2006, 2012, 2014, and finally in 2016. He is one of the most decorated players in the history of water polo, and the only water polo player in the world to have won 3 FINA World Championship gold medals, an all-time record as of 2018. In his club career, his most important achievements are the LEN Euroleague and the LEN Supercup won in 2010 with Pro Recco. Nikić is one of the most successful Serbian Olympians. National career 2012 Samar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maro Joković
Maro Joković (born 1 October 1987) is a Croatian water polo player. He is left-handed and plays in the right wing position. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a gold medal in 2012 and a silver in 2016. He held the world title in 2007 and the European title in 2010.Maro Joković nbcolympics.com Joković took up water polo aged seven at a local club near Dubrovnik. At the age of 14, he joined VK Jug Dubrovnik. He is currently studying economics at the . He is married to Maria and has three daughters. In 2013, he worked as a model for fashion designer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Camarasa
Alexandre Camarasa (born 10 June 1987) is a French water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ... player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1987 births Living people French male water polo players Olympic water polo players for France Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Water polo players from Marseille Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for France {{France-waterpolo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Mandić
Dušan Mandić ( sr-cyr, Душан Мандић; born 16 June 1994) is a Serbian water polo player who plays for VK Novi Beograd. He was a part of the Montenegrin junior water polo team before opting to play for Serbia. With Serbian junior national team he won a gold medal at the 2011 Junior Water Polo World Championship. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Serbia men's national water polo team in the men's event. Honours Club ; Primorac Kotor *LEN Champions League ''runners-up'': 2009–10 *Montenegrin Cup: 2009–10 ;Partizan * Serbian Chanmpionship: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15 *Serbian Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12 *Eurointer League: 2011 *LEN Champions League: 2010–11 *LEN Super Cup: 2012 ;Pro Recco *LEN Champions League: 2020–21 ; ''runners-up'': 2017–18 *Serie A: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *Coppa Italia: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21 Novi Beograd *LEN Champions League ''runners-up'': 2021–22 * Adriatic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anđelo Šetka
Anđelo Šetka (born 14 September 1985) is a Croatian water polo player. He was part of the Croatian team at the Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team won the silver medal. See also * Croatia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of world champions in men's water polo * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo References External links * 1985 births Living people Water polo players from Split, Croatia Croatian male water polo players Water polo drivers Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Croatian e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Camilleri
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Ugo Crousillat
Ugo Crousillat ( cnr, Igo Kruzija (born 27 October 1990) is a water polo player from France. He was part of the French team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team was eliminated in the group stage. Before French, he was a member of Montenegro's national team. So far, his biggest international achievement was 2nd place on European Water Polo Championship held in Eindhoven 2013. See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo. Men Medalists by tournament ;Abbreviation and legend * * – Host team * † – ''Defunct team'' * (C) – Captain * (GK) – Goalkeeper * (LH) – Left-handed Multiple ... References External links * French male water polo players Living people 1990 births Water polo players from Marseille Olympic water polo players of France Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Español
Albert Español Lifante (born 29 October 1985) is a Spanish water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Spain men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is 6 ft 2 inches tall. At club level, he plays for Spanish powerhouse CN Atlètic-Barceloneta. Honours Florentia *LEN Euro Cup ''runners-up'': 2012–13 CN Atlètic-Barceloneta *LEN Champions League: 2013–14 *LEN Super Cup: 2014 * Spanish Championship: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07,2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 *Copa del Rey: 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007,2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 *Supercopa de España: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007,2009, 2010, 2011,2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 Olympiacos *Greek Championship: 2016–17 Awards * European Championship Top Scorer: 2014 Budapest * Spanish Championship Top Scorer: 2013–14 with CN Atlètic-Barceloneta, 2020–21 with CN Echeyde * LEN Champions League Final Six MVP: 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
