2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship

2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–27 July
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (5th title)
Runner-up	Greece
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	934 (21.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Beatriz Ortiz; (25 goals)
Best player	Sabrina van der Sloot
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The 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held from 14 to 27 July 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.

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.^[1]

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

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	–	–	1	Spain
2016 European Championships	10–22 January 2016	Belgrade	5	Hungary Netherlands Italy Greece Russia
Qualifiers	4 October 2017 – 3 March 2018	–	6	Turkey Croatia Israel Serbia Germany France

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.^[2]^[3] 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.

Pot 1

Pot 2

Pot 3

Pot 4

Hungary
Netherlands

Italy
Spain

Greece
Russia

Turkey	Israel
Germany	Croatia
Serbia	France

Preliminary round

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	75	20	+55	13	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	5	4	0	1	63	23	+40	12
3	Italy	5	3	1	1	68	21	+47	10
4	France	5	2	0	3	38	54	−16	6
5	Israel	5	0	1	4	18	73	−55	1	9th place match
6	Croatia	5	0	1	4	19	90	−71	1	11th place match

Source: Wp2018bcn.com
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.

14 July 2018 14:00	Report	Netherlands	21–1	Croatia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Massimo Angileri (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 5–0, 3–1, 7–0
		Van der Sloot 5	Goals	Butić 1

14 July 2018 15:30	Report	Israel	2–21	Italy	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–6, 1–5, 1–7
		Noy, Strugo 1	Goals	Garibotti 6

14 July 2018 20:30	Report	France	5–12	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Haldun Toygarli (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 1–3, 1–3
		Daule 2	Goals	three players 2

15 July 2018 17:00	Report	Israel	2–20	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 0–7, 0–3, 2–2
		Futorian, Tal 1	Goals	four players 3

15 July 2018 18:30	Report	Croatia	6–17	France	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Luis Santos (POR), Marcela Mauss (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–2, 1–6, 2–5
		Bukić 2	Goals	Millot 7

15 July 2018 20:30	Report	Italy	6–7	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Xavier Buch (ESP), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 2–1, 0–1
		Bianconi, Queirolo 2	Goals	Asimaki 2

17 July 2018 17:00	Report	Greece	21–2	Croatia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Haldun Toygarli (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–1, 5–0, 6–0
		Asimaki 6	Goals	D. Butić, Lordan 1

17 July 2018 18:30	Report	France	9–5	Israel	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Marcela Mauss (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 3–0, 1–1
		Valverde 3	Goals	Futorian 3

17 July 2018 20:30	Report	Netherlands	6–6	Italy	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 2–0, 2–2
		Van der Sloot 2	Goals	six players 1

19 July 2018 14:00	Report	Israel	2–16	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Haldun Toygarli (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–4, 0–4, 1–4
		Bogachenko, Futorian 1	Goals	Asimaki 6

19 July 2018 17:00	Report	Italy	24–3	Croatia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Martina Kuníková (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 7–2, 6–0, 5–0, 6–1
		Emmolo, Palmieri 4	Goals	three players 1

19 July 2018 18:30	Report	Netherlands	20–4	France	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 6–2, 3–1, 5–1
		Van der Sloot 4	Goals	Paillat 2

21 July 2018 17:00	Report	Israel	7–7	Croatia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Xavier Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 0–1, 2–2, 4–4
		Noy 3	Goals	Bukić, Miljković 3

21 July 2018 18:30	Report	France	3–11	Italy	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Haldun Toygarli (TUR), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 0–2, 1–4
		three players 1	Goals	Garibotti 4

21 July 2018 20:30	Report	Greece	7–8	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 3–2, 2–4
		Avramidou, Tsoukala 2	Goals	Koolhaas 3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	5	5	0	110	26	+84	15	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	5	4	1	98	32	+66	12
3	Russia	5	3	2	107	31	+76	9
4	Germany	5	2	3	29	97	−68	6
5	Serbia	5	1	4	27	91	−64	3	9th place match
6	Turkey	5	0	5	26	120	−94	0	11th place match

Source: Wp2018bcn.com
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

14 July 2018 17:00	Report	Russia	35–4	Turkey	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Luis Santos (POR)
		Score by quarters: 9–1, 10–2, 10–0, 6–1
		Prokofyeva 7	Goals	Kuş 3

14 July 2018 18:30	Report	Serbia	8–9	Germany	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 2–4, 1–2
		three players 2	Goals	Fry 3

14 July 2018 22:15	Report	Hungary	9–13	Spain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Attilio Paoletti (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–3, 4–5
		Szilágyi 4	Goals	B. Ortiz 6

15 July 2018 14:00	Report	Turkey	5–32	Hungary	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO), Martina Kuníková (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 1–8, 1–5, 1–9, 2–10
		Buralı, Kuş 2	Goals	Parkes 6

15 July 2018 15:30	Report	Serbia	2–27	Russia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–9, 1–2, 0–10
		Novaković, Pantović 1	Goals	Simanovich 7

15 July 2018 22:00	Report	Germany	2–27	Spain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 0–7, 0–7, 0–6
		Eggert, Vosseberg 1	Goals	three players 5

17 July 2018 14:00	Report	Russia	27–5	Germany	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Luis Santos (POR)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 7–1, 7–1, 8–1
		three players 4	Goals	five players 1

17 July 2018 15:30	Report	Hungary	23–6	Serbia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 9–1, 5–1, 5–3, 4–1
		Keszthelyi 7	Goals	Jakovljević 2

17 July 2018 22:00	Report	Spain	32–2	Turkey	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 9–0, 9–1, 9–1
		Forca 7	Goals	Kuş 2

19 July 2018 15:30	Report	Germany	12–9	Turkey	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 6–5, 2–2, 3–1
		Stiefel 5	Goals	Kuş 4

19 July 2018 20:30	Report	Russia	7–8	Hungary	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Attilio Paoletti (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–2, 1–0, 2–2
		Ivanova 2	Goals	Gyöngyösi 2

19 July 2018 22:00	Report	Serbia	2–26	Spain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Luis Santos (POR)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 0–5, 1–5, 0–9
		Luka 2	Goals	Leitón 5

21 July 2018 14:00	Report	Serbia	9–6	Turkey	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–0, 2–3, 3–3
		three players 2	Goals	Kuş 3

21 July 2018 15:30	Report	Hungary	26–1	Germany	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
		Score by quarters: 8–0, 7–1, 4–0, 7–0
		Gurisatti 5	Goals	Deike 1

21 July 2018 22:00	Report	Spain	12–11	Russia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 2–3, 4–3
		García, B. Ortiz 3	Goals	Gorbunova, Serzhantova 3

Final Round

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

23 July

Netherlands	22
		25 July
Germany	2
		Netherlands	8
23 July
		Hungary	7
Italy	9
				27 July
Hungary	10
				Netherlands	6
23 July
				Greece	4
Greece (PSO)	11
		25 July
Russia	10
		Greece	11
23 July
		Spain	9	Bronze medal match
France	5
				27 July
Spain	14
				Hungary	6

				Spain	12

5th place bracket

5th–8th place classification		5th place match

25 July

Germany	2
		27 July
Italy	17
		Italy	8
25 July
		Russia	14
Russia	13

France	10
		7th place match

		27 July

		Germany	5

		France	13

Quarterfinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

23 July 2018 17:00	Report	Greece	11–10	Russia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–0, 2–2, 2–3 PSO: 5–4
		Eleftheriadou 3	Goals	Prokofyeva 3

23 July 2018 18:30	Report	Italy	9–10	Hungary	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–4, 4–1, 1–4
		Garibotti 4	Goals	Keszthelyi 3

23 July 2018 20:30	Report	Netherlands	22–2	Germany	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Xavier Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 8–0, 3–1, 5–1
		Megens 6	Goals	Eggert 2

23 July 2018 22:00	Report	France	5–14	Spain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–5, 2–3, 1–4
		Daule 2	Goals	B. Ortiz 4

5th–8th place classification

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

25 July 2018 13:15	Report	Germany	2–17	Italy	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Massimo Angileri (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–6, 0–4, 2–3
		Gelse, Stiefel 1	Goals	Picozzi 3

25 July 2018 14:45	Report	Russia	13–10	France	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–1, 4–5, 2–3
		Prokofyeva 3	Goals	Bachelier, Daule 3

Semifinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

25 July 2018 17:00	Report	Netherlands	8–7	Hungary	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 2–1, 1–2
		Megens, Van der Sloot 2	Goals	Illés 2

25 July 2018 18:30	Report	Greece	11–9	Spain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–1, 4–4, 2–3
		E. Plevritou 3	Goals	B. Ortiz 5

11th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

23 July 2018 13:30	Report	Croatia	11–6	Turkey	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Massimo Angileri (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–1, 3–1, 4–4
		Lordan 4	Goals	Kuş 3

9th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

23 July 2018 15:00	Report	Israel	5–6	Serbia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–2, 1–0, 0–1 PSO: 1–2
		Strugo 2	Goals	Vuković 3

7th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

27 July 2018 16:45	Report	Germany	5–13	France	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Martina Kuníková (SVK), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–1, 2–4, 1–5
		Vosseberg 3	Goals	Millot 5

5th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

27 July 2018 18:15	Report	Italy	8–14	Russia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Luis Santos (POR)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–5, 1–5, 1–1
		three players 2	Goals	Simanovich 4

Bronze medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

27 July 2018 20:30	Report	Hungary	6–12	Spain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–1, 0–4, 3–2
		Keszthelyi, Szilágyi 2 Illés, Garda 1	Goals	Gual 3 A. Espar 2 Bach, B. Ortiz, M.Ortiz, C. Espar, Peña, García, Leitón 1

Gold medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

27 July 2018 22:15	Report	Netherlands	6–4	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 1–0, 1–1
		Megens, van der Sloot 2 Genee, Stomphorst 1	Goals	Eleftheriadou, Tsoukala 2

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Greece
	Spain
4	Hungary
5	Russia
6	Italy
7	France
8	Germany
9	Serbia
10	Israel
11	Croatia
12	Turkey

2018 Women's European Water Polo champion
Netherlands Fifth title

Team roster

Laura Aarts, Maud Megens, Dagmar Genee (C), Sabrina van der Sloot, Iris Wolves, Nomi Stomphorst, Bente Rogge, Vivian Sevenich, Kitty-Lynn Joustra, Ilse Koolhaas, Rozanne Voorvelt, Brigitte Sleeking, Debby Willemsz. Head coach: Arno Havenga

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Beatriz Ortiz	Spain	25	48	52
2	Ekaterina Prokofyeva	Russia	23	46	50
3	Rita Keszthelyi	Hungary	22	47	47
3	Anastasia Simanovich	Russia	22	38	58
5	Arianna Garibotti	Italy	21	43	49
5	Maud Megens	Netherlands	21	52	40
7	Maica García	Spain	20	27	74
7	Sabrina van der Sloot	Netherlands	20	49	41
9	Alexandra Asimaki	Greece	18	36	50
9	Alena Serzhantova	Russia	18	24	75

Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Ioanna Stamatopoulou	Greece	91	21	23
2	Debby Willemsz	Netherlands	78	21	27
3	Federica Lavi	Italy	75	9	12
4	Laura Aarts	Netherlands	72	64	89
5	Elena Sánchez	Spain	71	15	21
6	Giulia Gorlero	Italy	62	67	109
7	Chrysi Diamantopoulou	Greece	60	61	101
8	Anastasia Verkhoglyadova	Russia	58	19	33
9	Eszter Tóth	Hungary	55	12	22
10	Anna Karnaukh	Russia	51	41	80