2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship
The 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship will be the 35th running of the tournament. It will be held in the Spaladium Arena in Split, Croatia from 29 August to 10 September 2022.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Croatia |
| Dates | 29 August – 10 September |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
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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 | |
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Qualification
Sixteen teams are 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.[2]
| Event | Date | Location | Quotas | Nation(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | 28 August 2020 | – | 1 | Croatia |
| 2020 European Championship | 14–26 January 2020 |  Budapest |
7 |  Greece Hungary Italy Montenegro Russia Serbia Spain |
| Qualifiers | 17–20 February 2022 | Various | 8 |  France Georgia Germany Israel Malta Netherlands Romania Slovakia |
| Wild card[3] | 10 April 2022 | 1 |  Slovenia |
Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]
Format
The sixteen teams will be split in four groups with four teams each. From there on, a knockout system is used. The first classified team of each group directly qualify for the quarterfinals, the second and third teams play each other in cross group format to qualify for the quarterfinals.[5]
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Georgia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Slovakia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Montenegro |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played on 29 August 2022. Source:
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.
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Malta |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs |
| 3 | France |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Croatia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played on 29 August 2022. Source:
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.
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 C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Germany |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Spain |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played on 29 August 2022. Source:
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.
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Hungary |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Israel |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Slovenia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played on 29 August 2022. Source:
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.
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.
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Play-offs | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 6 September | ||||||||||||||
| D1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||||||
| A2 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 September | ||||||||||||||
| C3 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 September | ||||||||||||||
| C1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||||||
| B2 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 September | ||||||||||||||
| D3 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 September | ||||||||||||||
| B1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||||||
| A3 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 September | ||||||||||||||
| C2 | ||||||||||||||
| Third place | ||||||||||||||
| 6 September | 10 September | |||||||||||||
| A1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||||||
| B3 | ||||||||||||||
| D2 | ||||||||||||||
- 5th place bracket
| 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
| 8 September | ||||||
| 10 September | ||||||
| 8 September | ||||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 10 September | ||||||
- 9th place bracket
| 9–12th place semifinals | Ninth place | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
| 8 September | ||||||
| 6 September | ||||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| 8 September | ||||||
- 13th place bracket
| 13–16th place semifinals | 13th place | |||||
| 4 September | ||||||
| 6 September | ||||||
| 4 September | ||||||
| 15th place | ||||||
| 6 September | ||||||
References
- "2022 Water Polo Europeans to be held in September – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- "2022 European Water Polo Championships – Qualification – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- "Slovenia and Slovakia replace Russia at European Championships in Split". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- "Press release – FINA Bureau meets, makes further decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and event hosting". fina.org. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- "Rules and regulations: European Water Polo Championships" (PDF). len.eu. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- "2022 European Water Polo Championships, Qualifications – Summary". Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- "Draw for European Championships: Reigning European and Olympic champions in the same group". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- "2022 LEN European Water Polo Championships, Split – Official Draw Results". len.eu. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
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