2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship
2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship
International handball competition
2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship Host country Croatia Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Dates 29 August – 10 September Teams 16 (from 1 confederation) Champions Croatia (2nd title) Runner-up Hungary Third place Spain Fourth place Italy Matches played 48 Goals scored 1,032 (21.5 per match) Top scorer(s) Tudor Fulea (19 goals)Best player Szilárd Jansik
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.[1]
Croatia won their second title by defeating Hungary in the final, meanwhile Spain beat Italy to secure the bronze medal.[2]
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 .[1]
Split
2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship (Europe)
Capacity: 9,000
Qualification
Sixteen teams were able to compete at the main event. They are broken up as follows:
Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine .[5]
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.[6]
Draw
The draw was held in Budapest on 23 April 2022.[7] [8] [9]
Squads
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2 ) .[10]
Group A
Source:
Split2022 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.
Group B
Source:
Split2022 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) Hosts
Group C
Source:
Split2022 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.
Group D
Source:
Split2022 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.
Placement games
13–16th place bracket
13–16th place semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
Knockout stage
Bracket
Playoffs
4 September 2022 19:00
Report
Greece
22 –9
Israel
Spaladium Arena , Split Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 6 –0, 6 –4, 5 –3, 5 –2
five players 3
Goals
four players 2
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
Awards and statistics
Top goalscorers
Awards
The awards were announced on 9 September 2022.[2]
References
External links
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Tournaments Level II (Defunct) Qualification Squads
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