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2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship

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.[1]

Qualification

Twelve teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows:

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.[2][3] 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.

Preliminary round

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Source: Wp2018bcn.com
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: Wp2018bcn.com
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

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

Awards and statistics

Individual awards

[4]

References

  1. ^ "Summary, Day 14 – Women's finals". www2.len.eu. 27 July 2018.
  2. ^ "The final list of teams that will compete in Barcelona 2018 will be decided tomorrow". Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 2018 first week schedule unveiled". Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  4. ^ “The Netherlands, 2018 European Water Polo Champions in the women's category” Archived 2018-07-28 at the Wayback Machine wp2018bcn.com July 27, 2018.

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