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.
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
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost nation – –12016 European Championships10–22 January 2016 Belgrade5Qualifiers4 October 2017 – 3 March 2018 –6
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. 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Preliminary round All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Final Round Championship bracket
5th place bracket
Quarterfinals All times are CEST (UTC+2).
5th–8th place classification All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Semifinals All times are CEST (UTC+2).
11th place match All times are CEST (UTC+2).
9th place match All times are CEST (UTC+2).
7th place match All times are CEST (UTC+2).
5th place match All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Bronze medal match All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Gold medal match All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Final ranking
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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 RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 1 Beatriz Ortiz 25 48 52 2 Ekaterina Prokofyeva 23 46 503 Rita Keszthelyi 22 47 47 Anastasia Simanovich 38 585 Arianna Garibotti 21 43 49 Maud Megens 52 407 Maica García 20 27 74 Sabrina van der Sloot 49 419 Alexandra Asimaki 18 36 50 Alena Serzhantova 24 75 Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeam%SavesShots 1 Ioanna Stamatopoulou 91 21 23 2 Debby Willemsz 78 21 27 3 Federica Lavi 75 9 12 4 Laura Aarts 72 64 89 5 Elena Sánchez 71 15 21 6 Giulia Gorlero 62 67 109 7 Chrysi Diamantopoulou 60 61 101 8 Anastasia Verkhoglyadova 58 19 33 9 Eszter Tóth 55 12 22 10 Anna Karnaukh 51 41 80 Source: wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com
Individual awards wp2018bcn.com July 27, 2018. Most Valuable Player
Best Goalkeeper
Top Scorer — 25 goals
References
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