The 2024 Men's

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is the upcoming 36th edition of this tournament. It will be held in

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and

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, Croatia from 4 to 16 January 2024. Originally,

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had been selected as host and the competition was slated to be held in

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, from 3 to 16 January 2024. Due to security concerns after the breakout of the

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announced the Championship would be hosted elsewhere.

Host selection

The championship was originally going to be held in

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, Israel between 7 and 21 October 2023 (although it would still be called the 2024 European Championship). But on 31 March 2023, it was moved to the Israeli city of

and rescheduled for 3 to 16 January 2024 at the Wingate Institute Olympic swimming pool. This decision was made to reduce the travel costs for the participating teams and make sure there was only one stoppage during the season instead of two (due to the 2024 World Aquatics Championships being held in February 2024). However, after the

broke out,

said they would monitor the situation on 12 October. But on 2 November, LEN announced that the tournament would not be hosted in Israel. After that announcement,

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(city not known) and

had been reported as possibly interested in hosting the championships Croatia was announced as the host on 17 November, with

and

as venues. Croatia will become the first country to host the men's championships twice in a row.

Format

This will be the first edition with teams sorted into two Divisions, based on the last edition and the qualifiers. The top eight teams will make Division 1 and the other eight teams Division 2. Both divisions will be split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams from each group of Division 1 will advance directly to the quarterfinals, while the other two teams from each group will play against one of the top two sides from each group in Division 2 in a play-off round. Starting with quarterfinals onward, the regular knock-out system will be used.

Qualification

Sixteen teams will compete at the main event. * The host nation * The top eight teams from the 2022 European Championship not already qualified as host nation * Final seven from the qualifiers.

Venues

This tournament marks the first time that the championships is held in more than one venue, with Dubrovnik and Zagreb hosting games. The latter will host the quarter finals onwards.

Draw

The draw was held on 12 September 2023 in

, Israel. Division 1 The pots for Division 1 were decided by the rankings of the 2022 European Championship Division 2 The seeding for Division 2 was decided by who finished first and second in the qualifiers (excluding Israel).

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 24 November 2023. ''All times are local (

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).''

Division 1

Group A

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Group B

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Division 2

Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Playoffs

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13–16th place bracket

13–16th place semifinals

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15th place game

13th place game

9–12th place bracket

9–12th place semifinals

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Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Quarterfinals

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5–8th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

Final standings

Marketing

On 7 December, the Croatian Water Polo Federation announced the logo for the event.https://hvs.hr/predstavljeni-logo-i-slogan-europskog-vaterpolskog-prvenstva-2024/

References

External links

Official website

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