2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship


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:
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host nation––1
2016 European Championships10–23 January 2016 Belgrade7
Qualifiers17 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.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

;5th place bracket
;9th place bracket
;13th place bracket

Play-offs

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Quarterfinals

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13–16th place semifinals

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9–12th place semifinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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15th place game

13th place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

RankTeam
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5
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8
9
10
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16

Awards and statistics

Awards

Top goalscorers

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Top goalkeepers

Source:
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