2024 Men's European Water Polo Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Croatia |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 4–16 January |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Croatia |
| Third place |  Italy |
| Fourth place |  Hungary |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 1,067 (22.23 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Nikolay Bonev (24 goals) |
| Best player | Nikolay Bonev |
| Best goalkeeper | Marko Bijač |
The 2024 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 36th edition of the tournament, held in Dubrovnik and Zagreb, Croatia from 4 to 16 January 2024.[1] Originally, Israel had been selected as host and the competition was slated to be held in Netanya, from 3 to 16 January 2024.[2][3][4][5] Due to security concerns after the breakout of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, LEN announced the Championship would be hosted elsewhere.[6]
Host selection
[edit]The championship was originally going to be held in Tel Aviv, Israel between 7 and 21 October 2023 (although it would still be called the 2024 European Championship).[5][7] But on 31 March 2023, it was moved to the Israeli city of Netanya and rescheduled for 3 to 16 January 2024 at the Wingate Institute Olympic swimming pool.[2][8][3] 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 2023 Israel–Hamas war broke out, LEN said they would monitor the situation on 12 October.[9] But on 2 November, LEN announced that the tournament would not be hosted in Israel.[6][10]
After that announcement, Budapest, Belgrade, Berlin, Romania (city not known) and Zagreb had been reported as possibly interested in hosting the championships[11][12][13][14][15][16] Croatia was announced as the host on 17 November, with Dubrovnik and Zagreb as venues.[1] Croatia became the first country to host the men's championships twice in a row.
Format
[edit]This was the first edition with teams sorted into two Divisions, based on the last edition and the qualifiers. The top eight teams made Division 1 and the other eight teams Division 2. Both divisions were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams from each group of Division 1 advanced directly to the quarterfinals, while the other two teams from each group played 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 was used.[17][18]
Qualification
[edit]Sixteen teams competed 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.[19]
All sixteen teams from 2022 qualified again.
| Event | Date | Location | Quotas | Nation(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | 13 May 2022 | – | 1 |  Israel |
| 2022 European Championship | 29 August – 10 September | Split | 8 | Croatia Hungary Spain Italy Greece France Montenegro Georgia |
| Qualifiers | 23–25 June 2023 | Various | 7 |  Netherlands Germany Serbia Romania Slovenia Malta Slovakia |
Venues
[edit]This tournament marked the first time that the championships was held in more than one venue, with Dubrovnik and Zagreb hosting games. The latter hosted the games from the quarter finals onwards.
| Dubrovnik | Zagreb | |
|---|---|---|
| Bazen u Gružu Capacity: 2,500 | Bazen Mladost Capacity: 2,000 | |
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Draw
[edit]The draw was held on 12 September 2023 in Netanya, Israel.[17][20]
Division 1
The pots for Division 1 were decided by the rankings of the 2022 European Championship
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
Division 2
The seeding for Division 2 was decided by who finished first and second in the qualifiers (excluding Israel).
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
|---|---|
Squads
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]The schedule was announced on 24 November 2023.[21]
All times are local (UTC+1).
Division 1
[edit]Group A
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Croatia (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | Montenegro | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 1 |
Source: LEN
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) Host
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) Host
| 4 January 2024 17:00 | Report | Montenegro | 20–19 | France | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–1, 3–2, 3–3 PSO: 10–9 | |||||
| Matković 3 | Goals | Vernoux 4 | |||
| 4 January 2024 20:15 | Report | Spain | 12–14 | Croatia | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Tamás Kovács Csatlós (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–2, 2–2, 1–3 PSO: 3–5 | |||||
| four players 2 | Goals | Bukić, Fatović 2 | |||
| 6 January 2024 17:45 | Report | Montenegro | 12–14 | Spain | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Tamás Kovács Csatlós (HUN), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–4, 3–2, 3–4 | |||||
| three players 3 | Goals | Granados 5 | |||
| 6 January 2024 20:15 | Report | Croatia | 12–7 | France | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 4–3, 2–2 | |||||
| Burić 3 | Goals | Vernoux 3 | |||
| 8 January 2024 17:45 | Report | Spain | 9–6 | France | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–2, 3–1, 2–2 | |||||
| Granados, Perrone 3 | Goals | Crousillat 2 | |||
| 8 January 2024 20:15 | Report | Montenegro | 15–13 | Croatia | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács Csatlós (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–1, 3–4, 3–2 PSO: 4–2 | |||||
| Đ. Radović 3 | Goals | Marinić Kragić, Žuvela 3 | |||
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 6[a] | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 6[a] | |
| 3 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 6[a] | Playoffs |
| 4 | Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 0 |
Source: LEN
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.
Notes:
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.
Notes:
| 4 January 2024 17:00 | Report | Georgia | 5–22 | Italy | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Tomislav Copić (CRO), Peter Radič (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 0–5, 2–6, 0–6, 3–5 | |||||
| Pjesivac 2 | Goals | Di Fulvio, Fondelli 5 | |||
| 4 January 2024 19:00 | Report | Hungary | 8–10 | Greece | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Julien Bourges (FRA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 3–2, 2–3 | |||||
| Fekete 3 | Goals | four players 2 | |||
| 6 January 2024 17:00 | Report | Georgia | 11–15 | Hungary | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Siniša Matijašević (MNE), Tomislav Copić (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–4, 6–4, 0–2 | |||||
| Akhvlediani 3 | Goals | Nagy 4 | |||
| 6 January 2024 19:00 | Report | Greece | 8–15 | Italy | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Pau Segurana Ferré (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 2–5, 2–3 | |||||
| Vlachopoulos 3 | Goals | Di Somma 5 | |||
| 8 January 2024 17:00 | Report | Georgia | 9–18 | Greece | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Siniša Matijašević (MNE), Ruben Garcia (SUI) |
| Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–6, 3–3, 1–4 | |||||
| Jelaca 6 | Goals | three players 3 | |||
| 8 January 2024 19:00 | Report | Hungary | 10–5 | Italy | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Pau Segurana Ferré (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 0–1, 3–0, 4–3, 3–1 | |||||
| Fekete 3 | Goals | five players 1 | |||
Division 2
[edit]Group C
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 11 | +46 | 9 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Malta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 3 | Classification round |
| 4 | Israel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 49 | −29 | 0 |
Source: LEN
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.
| 5 January 2024 17:00 | Report | Serbia | 22–1 | Israel | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Pau Segurana Ferré (ESP), Ruben Garcia (SUI) |
| Score by quarters: 6–0, 5–0, 5–1, 6–0 | |||||
| Radulović 4 | Goals | Gros 1 | |||
| 5 January 2024 19:00 | Report | Germany | 18–13 | Malta | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Siniša Matijašević (MNE), Rik Evers (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 6–5, 3–4, 6–2, 3–2 | |||||
| Chiru 5 | Goals | Galea, Muscat Melito 4 | |||
| 7 January 2024 17:00 | Report | Malta | 13–11 | Israel | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Rik Evers (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–3, 3–2, 5–1 | |||||
| Gialanze 4 | Goals | Gros 4 | |||
| 7 January 2024 19:00 | Report | Serbia | 14–6 | Germany | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Peter Radič (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–2, 2–2, 4–0 | |||||
| Radulović 4 | Goals | three players 2 | |||
| 9 January 2024 17:00 | Report | Germany | 14–8 | Israel | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Ruben Garcia (SUI) |
| Score by quarters: 6–3, 3–2, 3–1, 2–2 | |||||
| three players 3 | Goals | Goldschmidt 3 | |||
| 9 January 2024 19:00 | Report | Serbia | 21–4 | Malta | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Rik Evers (NED), Tomislav Copić (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 5–0, 6–1, 5–1, 5–2 | |||||
| Milojević 4 | Goals | four players 1 | |||
Group D
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 9 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 6 | |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 3 | Classification round |
| 4 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 47 | −28 | 0 |
Source: LEN
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.
| 5 January 2024 17:45 | Report | Slovakia | 11–7 | Slovenia | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Eurico Silva (POR) |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 0–1, 2–2, 4–2 | |||||
| Marek Tkáč 4 | Goals | Kadivec 3 | |||
| 5 January 2024 20:15 | Report | Netherlands | 8–12 | Romania | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Hendrik Schopp (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 3–4, 1–2 | |||||
| De Weerd, Ten Broek 2 | Goals | Fulea 4 | |||
| 7 January 2024 17:45 | Report | Romania | 13–5 | Slovenia | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Tal Shildan (ISR) |
| Score by quarters: 6–1, 2–2, 2–1, 3–1 | |||||
| Georgescu 3 | Goals | five players 1 | |||
| 7 January 2024 20:15 | Report | Slovakia | 6–17 | Netherlands | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Eurico Silva (POR) |
| Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–4, 2–3, 0–5 | |||||
| Baláž 3 | Goals | Ten Broek 4 | |||
| 9 January 2024 17:45 | Report | Slovakia | 7–8 | Romania | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Tal Shildan (ISR) |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–3, 3–2, 0–2 | |||||
| Baláž, Marek Tkáč 2 | Goals | Fulea 4 | |||
| 9 January 2024 20:15 | Report | Netherlands | 23–7 | Slovenia | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Massimo Angileri (MLT), Eurico Silva (POR) |
| Score by quarters: 7–2, 4–1, 8–3, 4–1 | |||||
| Ten Broek, Van der Weijden 5 | Goals | Stefanović 3 | |||
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Play-offs | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 12 January | ||||||||||||||
| Hungary (PSO) | 10 (5) | |||||||||||||
| 10 January | ||||||||||||||
| Serbia | 10 (4) | |||||||||||||
| France | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 14 January | ||||||||||||||
| Serbia | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 12 January | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 11 January | ||||||||||||||
| Greece | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Greece | 15 | |||||||||||||
| 16 January | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 12 January | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 24 | |||||||||||||
| 11 January | ||||||||||||||
| Romania | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Georgia | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 14 January | ||||||||||||||
| Romania | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 4 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| 12 January | 16 January | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 14 | Hungary | 7 | |||||||||||
| 10 January | ||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | 8 | Italy | 12 | |||||||||||
| Montenegro | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 5 | |||||||||||||
Playoffs
[edit]| 10 January 2024 18:30 | Report | France | 10–14 | Serbia | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Pau Segurana Ferré (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 1–3, 3–5 | |||||
| Vernoux 3 | Goals | Drašović, Mandić 4 | |||
| 10 January 2024 20:15 | Report | Montenegro | 10–5 | Germany | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Julien Bourges (FRA) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 4–1, 0–1 | |||||
| Ukropina 3 | Goals | Strelezkij 3 | |||
| 11 January 2024 17:00 | Report | Greece | 15–10 | Netherlands | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Tamás Kovács Csatlós (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–2, 3–3, 3–2 | |||||
| Genidounias 5 | Goals | Te Riele 4 | |||
| 11 January 2024 19:00 | Report | Georgia | 11–18 | Romania | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–5, 2–3, 5–5 | |||||
| Vasić 3 | Goals | Georgescu 5 | |||
13–16th place bracket
[edit]| 13–16th place semifinals | 13th place | |||||
| 11 January | ||||||
| Slovakia | 15 | |||||
| 13 January | ||||||
| Israel | 9 | |||||
| Slovakia | 14 | |||||
| 11 January | ||||||
| Slovenia | 10 | |||||
| Slovenia | 10 | |||||
| Malta | 8 | |||||
| 15th place | ||||||
| 13 January | ||||||
| Israel | 12 (4) | |||||
| Malta (PSO) | 12 (5) | |||||
13–16th place semifinals
[edit]| 11 January 2024 17:45 | Report | Slovakia | 15–9 | Israel | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Rik Evers (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 4–0, 6–4 | |||||
| Furman 6 | Goals | Goldschmidt 4 | |||
| 11 January 2024 20:15 | Report | Slovenia | 10–8 | Malta | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Siniša Matijašević (MNE) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 2–1, 2–2 | |||||
| Troppan 4 | Goals | Cutajar 4 | |||
15th place game
[edit]| 13 January 2024 11:15 | Report | Israel | 16–17 | Malta | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Eurico Silva (POR), Peter Radič (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–1, 2–2, 3–5 PSO: 4–5 | |||||
| Goldschmidt 3 | Goals | Muscat 6 | |||
13th place game
[edit]| 13 January 2024 13:30 | Report | Slovakia | 14–10 | Slovenia | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Tal Shildan (ISR), Massimo Angileri (MLT) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 3–4, 4–2 | |||||
| Baláž 5 | Goals | Lah, Troppan 3 | |||
9–12th place bracket
[edit]| 9–12th place semifinals | Ninth place | |||||
| 13 January | ||||||
| France | 16 | |||||
| 15 January | ||||||
| Netherlands | 9 | |||||
| France | 12 | |||||
| 13 January | ||||||
| Georgia | 6 | |||||
| Georgia | 15 | |||||
| Germany | 10 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| 15 January | ||||||
| Netherlands | 16 | |||||
| Germany | 10 | |||||
9–12th place semifinals
[edit]| 13 January 2024 15:45 | Report | France | 16–9 | Netherlands | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Hendrik Schopp (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 4–2, 4–2 | |||||
| Vernoux 5 | Goals | Muller 3 | |||
| 13 January 2024 18:00 | Report | Georgia | 15–10 | Germany | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Siniša Matijašević (MNE), Rik Evers (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–4, 2–3, 7–1 | |||||
| Vasić 5 | Goals | Strelezkij 4 | |||
Eleventh place game
[edit]| 15 January 2024 17:45 | Report | Netherlands | 16–10 | Germany | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Siniša Matijašević (MNE), Levan Berishvili (GEO) |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 6–5, 3–2, 2–1 | |||||
| Koopman, Van der Weijden 4 | Goals | Chiru 5 | |||
Ninth place game
[edit]| 15 January 2024 20:15 | Report | France | 12–6 | Georgia | Bazen u Gružu, Dubrovnik Referees: Rik Evers (NED), Hendrik Schopp (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 3–3, 4–1 | |||||
| Vernoux 5 | Goals | Akhvlediani, Dzikhtsiarenka 2 | |||
Quarterfinals
[edit]| 12 January 2024 15:00 | Report | Hungary | 15–14 | Serbia | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Pau Segurana Ferré (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 4–3, 1–2 PSO: 5–4 | |||||
| Vi. Vigvári 4 | Goals | four players 2 | |||
| 12 January 2024 16:30 | Report | Spain | 24–7 | Romania | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Tomislav Copić (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 6–2, 4–2, 7–1, 7–2 | |||||
| Granados 6 | Goals | Belenyesi 2 | |||
| 12 January 2024 18:30 | Report | Croatia | 13–8 | Greece | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 4–0, 4–2 | |||||
| Marinić Kragić 4 | Goals | Argyropoulos, Papanastasiou 2 | |||
| 12 January 2024 20:15 | Report | Italy | 14–8 | Montenegro | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács Csatlós (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–0, 3–1, 3–3 | |||||
| Di Somma 4 | Goals | Đ. Radović 2 | |||
5–8th place bracket
[edit]| 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
| 14 January | ||||||
| Serbia | 10 | |||||
| 16 January | ||||||
| Greece | 12 | |||||
| Greece | 15 | |||||
| 14 January | ||||||
| Montenegro | 10 | |||||
| Romania | 11 | |||||
| Montenegro | 18 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 16 January | ||||||
| Serbia | 18 | |||||
| Romania | 7 | |||||
5–8th place semifinals
[edit]| 14 January 2024 15:00 | Report | Serbia | 10–12 | Greece | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Tamás Kovács Csatlós (HUN), Julien Bourges (FRA) |
| Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–4, 1–1, 2–4 | |||||
| Mandić 3 | Goals | Fountoulis, Genidounias 3 | |||
| 14 January 2024 20:15 | Report | Romania | 11–18 | Montenegro | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Ruben Garcia (SUI), Tomislav Copić (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–5, 2–4, 3–5 | |||||
| Georgescu 3 | Goals | Đ. Radović 4 | |||
Seventh place game
[edit]| 16 January 2024 15:00 | Report | Serbia | 18–7 | Romania | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Julien Bourges (FRA) |
| Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–2, 4–1, 6–3 | |||||
| Lazić, Mandić 4 | Goals | Vranceanu 2 | |||
Fifth place game
[edit]| 16 January 2024 18:30 | Report | Greece | 15–10 | Montenegro | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Tamás Kovács Csatlós (HUN), Pau Segurana Ferré (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 6–2, 2–3, 1–2, 6–3 | |||||
| Genidounias 4 | Goals | three players 2 | |||
Semifinals
[edit]| 14 January 2024 16:30 | Report | Spain | 7–4 | Italy | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 1–0, 2–3 | |||||
| Granados, Perrone 2 | Goals | Condemi 2 | |||
| 14 January 2024 18:30 | Report | Hungary | 8–11 | Croatia | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–2, 4–3, 2–4 | |||||
| Nagy, Vi. Vigvári 3 | Goals | Marinić Kragić 3 | |||
Third place game
[edit]| 16 January 2024 16:30 | Report | Hungary | 7–12 | Italy | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 1–2, 3–2 | |||||
| Vi. Vigvári 3 | Goals | Echenique, Fondelli 3 | |||
Final
[edit]| 16 January 2024 20:15 | Report | Croatia | 10–11 | Spain | Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–3, 3–2, 0–3 | |||||
| Bukić 4 | Goals | Granados, Sanahuja 3 | |||
Final standings
[edit]Spain qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics as the highest ranked team not yet qualified for the event. Croatia, Montenegro and Romania secured the three remaining European tickets to the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.
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Awards and statistics
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]| Rank[23] | Name | Goals | Shots | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Álvaro Granados | 21 | 47 | 45 |
| 2 | Thomas Vernoux | 20 | 37 | 54 |
| 3 | Dušan Mandić | 19 | 34 | 56 |
| 4 | Konstantinos Genidounias | 17 | 29 | 59 |
| 5 | Lars ten Broek | 16 | 30 | 53 |
| Marko Radulović | 33 | 48 | ||
| Denis Strelezkij | 47 | 34 | ||
| 8 | Mart van der Weijden | 15 | 26 | 58 |
| Vince Vigvári | 38 | 39 | ||
| Vlad Georgescu | 39 | 38 | ||
| Jake Muscat Melito | 44 | 34 |
Awards
[edit]The awards were announced on 16 January 2024.[24]
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| Best goalkeeper | Marko Bijač |
| Most Valuable Player | Álvaro Granados |
Marketing
[edit]On 7 December 2023, the Croatian Water Polo Federation announced the logo for the event.[25] Logo was inspired by Croatian interlace and slogan of the championship was: "Waves of Unity".[25]
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- ^ Top scorers
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- ^ a b "Predstavljeni logo i slogan Europskog vaterpolskog prvenstva" [Logo and slogan of the European Water Polo Championship presented]. hvs.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Water Polo Federation. 7 December 2023.