2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship

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2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship
2022 European Water Polo Championships logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates29 August – 10 September
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (2nd title)
Runner-upFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Third placeFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Fourth placeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored1,032 (21.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Romania.svg Tudor Fulea
(19 goals)
Best player Flag of Hungary.svg Szilárd Jansik
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The 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 35th running of the tournament. It was held in the Spaladium Arena in Split, Croatia from 29 August to 10 September 2022. [1]

Contents

Croatia won their second title by defeating Hungary in the final, meanwhile Spain beat Italy to secure the bronze medal. [2]

Venues

LEN announced on 28 August 2020 that Split, Croatia would host the 2022 edition of the competition. All games will be played at the Spaladium Arena. [1]

Split
2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship (Europe)
Capacity: 9,000
Spaladium Arena 1.JPG

Qualification

Sixteen teams were able to compete at the main event. They are broken up as follows:

EventDateLocationQuotasNation(s)
Host28 August 20201Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2020 European Championship 14–26 January 2020 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 6Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Qualifiers 17–20 February 2022Various8Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Wild card [4] 10 April 20221Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [5]

Format

The sixteen teams were split in four groups with four teams each. From there on, a knockout system was used. The first classified team of each group directly qualified for the quarterfinals, the second and third teams played each other in cross group format to qualify for the quarterfinals. [6]

Draw

The draw was held in Budapest on 23 April 2022. [7] [8] [9]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece

Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia

Squads

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2). [10]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 33005225+279 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 32014034+66 Playoffs
3Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 3102354383
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 30033055250 13th place classification
Source: Split2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
29 August 2022
10:30
Report Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg1114Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Tamás Kovács (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–4, 3–4, 3–1
Jelaca 5Goals Averka 4
29 August 2022
15:30
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg219Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Peter Balzan (MLT)
Score by quarters:6–3, 6–2, 4–2, 5–2
Di Somma 5Goals Čaraj 3

31 August 2022
14:00
Report Montenegro  Flag of Montenegro.svg1810Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Peter Balzan (MLT)
Score by quarters:4–1, 5–6, 6–1, 3–2
Averka 5Goals Seman 3
31 August 2022
17:00
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg188Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Tamás Kovács (HUN), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters:4–1, 5–2, 6–4, 3–1
Alesiani 4Goals Saric, Vapenski 2

2 September 2022
10:30
Report Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg1611Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters:5–1, 4–3, 4–3, 3–4
Vasic 4Goalsfour players 2
2 September 2022
19:00
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg138Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Tamás Kovács (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters:1–0, 3–3, 6–2, 3–3
Cannella, Dolce 3Goals Đurđić, Radović 2

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (H)32103717+207 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 31204223+195 Playoffs
3Flag of France.svg  France 31113433+14
4Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 30031959400 13th place classification
Source: Split2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
29 August 2022
19:00
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg1212Flag of France.svg  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Filippo Gomez (ITA), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–5, 4–2, 1–2
four players 2Goals Crousillat, Vernoux 3
29 August 2022
21:00
Report Malta  Flag of Malta.svg519Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–3, 2–7, 2–7
M. Zammit 3Goals Fatović 5

31 August 2022
10:30
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg256Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Robert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters:8–1, 6–2, 4–1, 7–2
Argyropoulos 7Goals M. Zammit 3
31 August 2022
20:30
Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg137Flag of France.svg  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 5–1, 4–2
Bukic 3Goals Bouet, Crousillat 2

2 September 2022
15:30
Report Malta  Flag of Malta.svg815Flag of France.svg  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nora Debreceni (HUN), Robert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–4, 4–3, 1–7
three players 2Goals Marion-Vernoux 3
2 September 2022
20:30
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg55Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters:2–0, 0–0, 1–3, 2–2
Papanastasiou, Vlachopoulos 2Goalsfive players 1

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 33004425+199 Quarterfinals
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 31113529+64 Playoffs
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3111323204
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 30031641250 13th place classification
Source: Split2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
29 August 2022
09:00
Report Romania  Flag of Romania.svg916Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 4–5, 2–3
three players 2Goals Granados 5
29 August 2022
17:00
Report Germany  Flag of Germany.svg613Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 2–4, 2–4
Bozic, Strelezkij 2Goals Koopman, Te Riele 3

31 August 2022
12:00
Report Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1011Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–4, 4–2, 3–2
Gielen 3Goals Perrone 3
31 August 2022
15:30
Report Romania  Flag of Romania.svg114Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 3–0, 3–1
Fulea 5Goals Ćuk 2

2 September 2022
14:00
Report Germany  Flag of Germany.svg617Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–7, 4–3, 0–2
Stamm 2Goals Tahull 4
2 September 2022
17:00
Report Romania  Flag of Romania.svg1212Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 3–4, 4–2
Fulea 6Goals Janssen 3

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 33006218+449 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 32014225+176 Playoffs
3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 31021646303
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 30031849310 13th place classification
Source: Split2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
29 August 2022
12:00
Report Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg183Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Irakli Sanadze (GEO)
Score by quarters:3–0, 8–1, 3–1, 4–1
Drašović, Radulović 4Goalsthree players 1
29 August 2022
14:00
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg237Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Robert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters:4–3, 6–2, 6–0, 7–2
Zalánki 4Goals Popovič 3

31 August 2022
09:00
Report Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg59Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Filippo Gomez (ITA), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–0, 2–2, 1–3
five players 1Goals Gros 3
31 August 2022
19:00
Report Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg716Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–4, 2–4, 3–5
Drašović, S. Rašović 2Goals Manhercz 4

2 September 2022
09:00
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg234Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Marta Cabañas (ESP), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters:4–0, 7–2, 6–1, 6–1
Manhercz 6Goals Gros 2
2 September 2022
12:00
Report Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg176Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Stanko Ivanovksi (MNE)
Score by quarters:5–2, 2–3, 6–1, 4–0
S. Rašović 4Goals Popovič 2

Placement games

13–16th place bracket

 
13–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
4 September
 
 
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 7
 
6 September
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 18
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14
 
4 September
 
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 11
 
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 13
 
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 9
 
15th place
 
 
6 September
 
 
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 11
 
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 5

13–16th place semifinals

4 September 2022
10:00
Report Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg718Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–6, 0–3, 4–5
Čaraj 3Goalsthree players 3

4 September 2022
11:30
Report Malta  Flag of Malta.svg139Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters:3–2, 2–3, 3–3, 5–1
D. Zammit 3Goals Justin, Kadivec 2

15th place game

6 September 2022
09:00
Report Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg115Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Irakli Sanadze (GEO), Peter Balzan (MLT)
Score by quarters:3–2, 3–1, 2–2, 3–0
Baláž 6Goals Stele 2

13th place game

6 September 2022
10:30
Report Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1411Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Eurico Silva (POR), Robert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 3–5, 5–2
Küppers, Schütze 3Goals D. Zammit 5

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Play-offsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
6 September
 
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 11
 
4 September
 
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 8
 
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 13
 
8 September
 
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 10
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8
 
 
6 September
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9
 
4 September
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 5
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 22
 
10 September
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 9
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9
 
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 10
 
 
6 September
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16
 
4 September
 
Flag of France.svg  France 8
 
Flag of France.svg  France 10
 
8 September
 
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 9
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10
 
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 11 Third place
 
 
6 September10 September
 
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 15Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7
 
4 September
 
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 5 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6
 
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 12
 
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8
 

Playoffs

4 September 2022
15:00
Report Montenegro  Flag of Montenegro.svg138Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 3–2, 4–1
Đurđić, Petković 3Goals Neamtu 3

4 September 2022
16:30
Report Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg128Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–1, 2–2, 3–2
Jelaca 3Goals Van Ijperen, Winkelhorst 2

4 September 2022
19:00
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg229Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters:6–0, 6–4, 5–3, 5–2
five players 3Goalsfour players 2

4 September 2022
20:30
Report France  Flag of France.svg109Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters:3–1, 1–1, 5–4, 1–3
Crousillat 4Goals Mandić, S. Rašović 3

9–12th place bracket

 
9–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
6 September
 
 
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (PSO)8 (3)
 
8 September
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 8 (2)
 
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1
 
6 September
 
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 17
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6 (5)
 
 
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (PSO)6 (6)
 
Eleventh place
 
 
8 September
 
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 7
 
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 17

9–12th place semifinals

6 September 2022
12:00
Report Romania  Flag of Romania.svg1110Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Jaume Teixido (ESP), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 2–2, 2–2   PSO:3–2
Fulea 5Goals Gros 5

6 September 2022
13:30
Report Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1112Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 4–1, 0–0   PSO: 5–6
Gielen 3Goals Drašović, Stojanović 2

Eleventh place game

8 September 2022
10:00
Report Israel  Flag of Israel.svg717Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–2, 3–7, 2–4
Frid, Goldschmidt 2Goalsthree players 3

Ninth place game

8 September 2022
11:30
Report Romania  Flag of Romania.svg117Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Jaume Teixido (ESP), Tamás Kovács (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–3, 0–4, 0–4
Colodrovschi 1Goals Drašović, Martinović 4

Quarterfinals

6 September 2022
15:00
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg118Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters:3–1, 2–3, 2–1, 4–3
Jansik 5Goalsthree players 2

6 September 2022
16:30
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg168Flag of France.svg  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–2, 4–1, 5–2
Di Fulvio 4Goals Vernoux 3

6 September 2022
19:00
Report Spain  Flag of Spain.svg95Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters:4–2, 1–1, 2–1, 2–1
three players 2Goals Vlachopoulos 2

6 September 2022
20:30
Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg155Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters:4–0, 2–2, 6–1, 3–2
Bukić 4Goals Shushiashvili 3

5–8th place bracket

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
8 September
 
 
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 12
 
10 September
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 14
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 10
 
8 September
 
Flag of France.svg  France 8
 
Flag of France.svg  France 7
 
 
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 5
 
Seventh place
 
 
10 September
 
 
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 14
 
 
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 11

5–8th place semifinals

8 September 2022
14:00
Report Montenegro  Flag of Montenegro.svg1214Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters:2–1, 3–2, 2–6, 5–5
Petković 3Goals Genidounias 5

8 September 2022
15:30
Report Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg57Flag of France.svg  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–2, 1–2, 2–2
Shushiashvili 3Goals Khasz 2

Seventh place game

10 September 2022
14:00
Report Montenegro  Flag of Montenegro.svg1411Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters:6–4, 2–1, 4–3, 2–3
Averka, Petković 3Goalsthree players 2

Fifth place game

10 September 2022
15:30
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg108Flag of France.svg  France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters:3–2, 4–1, 2–2, 1–3
three players 2Goals Khasz 3

Semifinals

8 September 2022
18:00
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg108Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–2, 0–2, 3–1
Nagy 3Goals Granados 3

8 September 2022
20:30
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1011Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 3–3, 2–2
Di Fulvio 3Goals Marinić Kragić 4

Third place game

10 September 2022
18:00
Report Spain  Flag of Spain.svg76Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters:3–1, 0–2, 3–1, 1–2
seven players 1Goals Damonte 2

Final

10 September 2022
20:30
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg910Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–1, 4–4, 2–2
Jansik, Molnár 2Goals Burić, Kharkov 3

Final standings

Qualified for the 2023 World Championships
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
5Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
6Flag of France.svg  France
7Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
8Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
9Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
10Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
11Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
12Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
13Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
14Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
15Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
16Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank [11] NameGoalsShots%
1 Flag of Romania.svg Tudor Fulea 194048
2 Flag of Montenegro.svg Kanstantsin Averka 183749
3 Flag of Hungary.svg Krisztián Manhercz 172665
4 Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Granados 163941
5 Flag of Greece.svg Stylianos Argyropoulos 153148
Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Di Fulvio 3741
Flag of Serbia.svg Radomir Drašović 2658
8 Flag of Croatia.svg Jerko Marinić Kragić 143244
Flag of France.svg Ugo Crousillat 3636
Flag of Israel.svg Ronen Gros 3342

Awards

The awards were announced on 9 September 2022. [2]

PositionPlayer
Best goalkeeper Flag of Croatia.svg Marko Bijač
Most Valuable Player Flag of Hungary.svg Szilárd Jansik

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The tournaments of the qualifications for the 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship were held between 17 and 20 February 2022. 17 teams, split into four groups, participated in the qualifications. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final tournament.

The tournaments of the qualifications for the 2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship were held between 17 February and 6 March 2022. 14 teams, split into three groups, played in the qualifications for the final tournament. The top two teams from each group advanced to the European Championships.

The 2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the 19th running of the tournament. It was held in the Spaladium Arena in Split, Croatia from 27 August to 10 September 2022.

The 2021–22 Women's LEN Trophy is the 23rd edition of the European second-tier tournament for women's water polo clubs. It was a two-legged final that was played in Dunaújváros, Hungary, and Piraeus, Greece on 25 and 30 March 2022. Ethnikos won its second LEN Trophy to become the Greek team with the most titles regarding this competition.

The men's water polo tournament at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held from 21 June to 3 July 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. This was the 19th time that the men's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1973.

The women's water polo tournament at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships is held from 20 June to 2 July 2022. This is the 15th time that the women's water polo tournament has been played since the first edition in 1986.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Italy at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships</span> Sporting event delegation

Italy competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 18 June to 3 July. Having clinched the final in men's water polo, for the first time it has won at least one medal in every discipline.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Men's European Water Polo Championship</span>

The 2024 Men's European Water Polo Championship is the 36th edition of this tournament. It is held in Dubrovnik and Zagreb, Croatia from 4 to 16 January 2024. Originally, Israel had been selected as host and the competition was slated to be held in Netanya, from 3 to 16 January 2024. Due to security concerns after the breakout of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, LEN announced the Championship would be hosted elsewhere.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship</span>

The 2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship is the 20th edition of the tournament. It is held in Eindhoven, Netherlands from 5 to 13 January 2024. It was scheduled to be held in Netanya, Israel, But the competition was taken away from Israel for security reasons after the 2023 Israel–Hamas war commenced. This edition will be the first one to be played by 16 teams.

The tournaments for the qualification for the 2024 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held between 23 and 25 June 2023.

The tournaments for the qualification for the 2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held between 23 and 25 June 2023.

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