The 2018 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
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Spain
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from 16 to 28 July 2018.
Serbia won their fourth consecutive and eighth overall title by defeating Spain in the final.
Qualification
Sixteen teams will be allowed to the tournament. The qualification is as follows:
* The host nation
* The best seven teams from the
2016 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation
* Eight teams from the
qualifiers
Format
The sixteen teams were split in four groups with four teams each. The first classified team of each group qualified directly for the quarterfinals, the second and third teams played each other in cross group format to qualify for the quarterfinals.
Squads
Draw
The draw of the tournament took take place on 7 March in Barcelona. The first batch consisted of the teams ranked 1st to 4th in the 2016 European Championships, the second batch consisted of the teams ranked 5th to eight. The third batch was filled with teams that qualified in the qualifiers.
Preliminary round
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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
Play-offs
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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
Awards and statistics
Awards
Top goalscorers
Source
wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com
Top goalkeepers
Source
wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com
References
External links
Official website
{{European championships in 2018
Men
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Men's European Water Polo Championship
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