The 2016 Men's
European Water Polo Championship
The European Water Polo Championship is a sport competition for national water polo teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), the governing European aquatics federation. There are both men's and wom ...
was held in
Belgrade
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Serbia
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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
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Schedule
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
;5th place bracket
;9th place bracket
;13th place bracket
Round of 16
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9–16th place quarterfinals
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Quarterfinals
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13–16th place semifinals
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9–12th place semifinals
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5–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
Top goalscorers
Source
wpbelgrade2016.microplustiming.com
Awards
References
External links
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Men
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2016
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