The 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 35th running of the tournament. It was held in the Spaladium Arena in Split, Croatia from 29 August to 10 September 2022.

Croatia won their second title by defeating Hungary in the final, meanwhile Spain beat Italy to secure the bronze medal.

Venues LEN announced on 28 August 2020 that Split, Croatia would host the 2022 edition of the competition. All games will be played at the Spaladium Arena.

+SplitSpaladium ArenaCapacity: 9,000

Qualification

Sixteen teams were able to compete at the main event. They are broken up as follows:

The host nation The top seven teams from the 2020 European Championship not already qualified as host nation Final eight from the qualifiers.

+EventDateLocationQuotasNation(s)Host28 August 2020 – 12020 European Championship14–26 January 2020 Budapest6Qualifiers17–20 February 2022Various8Wild card10 April 20221 Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Format The sixteen teams were split in four groups with four teams each. From there on, a knockout system was used. The first classified team of each group directly qualified for the quarterfinals, the second and third teams played each other in cross group format to qualify for the quarterfinals.

Draw The draw was held in Budapest on 23 April 2022.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Squads

Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Placement games 13–16th place bracket

13–16th place semifinals

15th place game

13th place game

Knockout stage Bracket

Playoffs

9–12th place bracket

9–12th place semifinals

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Quarterfinals

5–8th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standings

RankTeam45678910111213141516 Qualified for the 2023 World Championships

Awards and statistics Top goalscorers +RankTop scorersNameGoalsShots 1 Tudor Fulea 19 40 48 2 Kanstantsin Averka 18 37 49 3 Krisztián Manhercz 17 26 65 4 Álvaro Granados 16 39 415 Stylianos Argyropoulos15 31 48 Francesco Di Fulvio 37 41 Radomir Drašović 26 588 Jerko Marinić Kragić14 32 44 Ugo Crousillat 36 36 Ronen Gros 33 42

Awards The awards were announced on 9 September 2022.

Position Player Best goalkeeper Marko Bijač Most Valuable Player Szilárd Jansik

References

External links Official website