The 2018 Women'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 wo ...
was held from 14 to 27 July 2018 in
Barcelona
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,
Spain
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.
The Netherlands won their fifth title by defeating Greece 6-4 in the final. Spain captured the bronze medal after a 12-6 win over Hungary.
Qualification
Twelve teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows:
* The host nation
* The best five teams from the
2016 European Championships
* Six teams from the
qualifiers
Format
The twelve teams were split in two groups with six teams each. The first four teams of each group played each other in the quarterfinals in cross group format, the remaining teams played for places nine to twelve.
Squads
Draw
The draw of the tournament took take place on 7 March in Barcelona. The first batch consisted of the teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the
2016 European Championship, the second batch those placed 3rd and 4th, the third batch those placed 5th and 6th. The six remaining teams were placed into the fourth batch.
Preliminary round
All times are CEST (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
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Group A
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Group B
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Final Round
;Championship bracket
;5th place bracket
Quarterfinals
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5th–8th place classification
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Semifinals
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
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11th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
9th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
7th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
5th place match
All times are CEST (UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Bronze medal match
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Gold medal match
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).
Final ranking
;Team roster
Laura Aarts
Laura Petronella Aarts (born 10 August 1996) is a Dutch water polo player for Dunaújvárosi FVE and the Netherlands women's national water polo team, Dutch national team.
She won the gold medal at the 2018 Women's European Water Polo Champions ...
,
Maud Megens,
Dagmar Genee (
C),
Sabrina van der Sloot
Catharina Hendrica "Sabrina" van der Sloot (born 16 March 1991) is a Dutch water polo player for CN Sabadell and the Dutch national team.
She participated at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships. After winning the 2018 Women's European Wate ...
,
Iris Wolves,
Nomi Stomphorst,
Bente Rogge
Bente Rogge (born 2 October 1997) is a Dutch 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 ...
,
Vivian Sevenich,
Kitty-Lynn Joustra,
Ilse Koolhaas
Ilse Koolhaas (born 11 June 1997) is a Dutch water polo player for AS Orizzonte Catania and the Dutch national team.
She participated at the 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship
The 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship was ...
,
Rozanne Voorvelt,
Brigitte Sleeking
Brigitte Sleeking (born 19 March 1998) is a Dutch water polo player for Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team, Olympiacos and the Netherlands women's national water polo team, Dutch national team.
She participated at the 2018 Women's European Water ...
,
Debby Willemsz. Head coach:
Arno Havenga
Arno Havenga (born 14 November 1974) is a Dutch male former water polo player and current coach. He was a member of the Netherlands men's national water polo team. He competed with the team at the Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Sum ...
Awards and statistics
Top goalscorers
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Top goalkeepers
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Individual awards
[ wp2018bcn.com July 27, 2018.]
*Most Valuable Player
**
*Best Goalkeeper
**
*Top Scorer
** — 25 goals
References
External links
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{{European championships in 2018
Women
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Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional u ...
Women's European Water Polo Championship
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Women's European Water Polo Championship
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Women's European Water Polo Championship
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