The 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Barcelona, Spain from 16 to 28 July 2018.
Serbia won their fourth consecutive and eighth overall title by defeating Spain in the final.
Qualification
Sixteen teams will be allowed to the tournament. The qualification is as follows: The host nation The best seven teams from the 2016 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation Eight teams from the qualifiers
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost nation – –12016 European Championships10–23 January 2016 Belgrade7Qualifiers17 March 2017 – 3 March 2018 –8
Format The sixteen teams were split in four groups with four teams each. The first classified team of each group qualified directly for the quarterfinals, the second and third teams played each other in cross group format to qualify for the quarterfinals.
Squads
Draw The draw of the tournament took take place on 7 March in Barcelona. The first batch consisted of the teams ranked 1st to 4th in the 2016 European Championships, the second batch consisted of the teams ranked 5th to eight. The third batch was filled with teams that qualified in the qualifiers.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
5th place bracket
9th place bracket
13th place bracket
Play-offs
Quarterfinals
13–16th place semifinals
9–12th place semifinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking Qualified for the 2019 Fina World Championships from FINA World League Qualified for the 2019 Fina World Championships from FINA World Cup Qualified for the 2019 Fina World Championships RankTeam45678910111213141516
Awards and statistics Awards Top GoalscorerPlayer of the TournamentGoalkeeper of the Tournament Aleksandar Ivović Ioannis Fountoulis (17 goals) Filip Filipović Daniel López
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsShots%1 Ioannis Fountoulis 17 42 41 Aleksandar Ivović 39 44 3 Angelos Vlachopoulos 15 36 424 Ugo Crousillat 14 37 38 Ante Vukičević 27 52 6 Ivan Nagaev 12 35 347 Francesco Di Fulvio 11 33 33 Loren Fatović 19 58 Pietro Figlioli 20 55 Alexandros Gounas 29 38 Robin Lindhout 28 40 Julian Real 32 34 Roger Tahull 19 58 Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeam%SavesShots 1 Ivan Marcelić 83 5 62 Marco Del Lungo 71 55 77 Gojko Pijetlović 10 14 4 Soma Vogel 69 27 395 Milan de Koff 67 6 9 Eduardo Lorrio 7 Daniel López 64 57 89 8 Dejan Lazović 62 60 97 9 Gianmarco Nicosia 62 8 13 10 Branislav Mitrović 58 45 78 Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com
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