The 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held from 14 to 27 July 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.
| 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 |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Preliminary round
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.
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 | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 26 | +84 | 15 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 32 | +66 | 12 | |
| 3 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 107 | 31 | +76 | 9 | |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 97 | −68 | 6 | |
| 5 | Serbia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 91 | −64 | 3 | 9th place match |
| 6 | Turkey | 5 | 0 | 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
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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
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 |
Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com
Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player
Sabrina van der Sloot (NED)
- Best Goalkeeper
- Laura Aarts (NED)
- Top Scorer
Beatriz Ortiz (ESP) — 25 goals
References
External links
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