2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship Explained

The 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Belgrade, Serbia.^{[2] [3]}

Serbia won their seventh, and third straight, title by defeating the Montenegro 10–8 in the final. Hungary captured the bronze medal after a 13–10 win over Greece.^[4]

Qualification

See main article: 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers.

For the first time, the tournament will be contested by 16 countries (12 previously). The 16 teams qualified as follows:

• The host nation
• The best seven teams from the 2014 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation
• eight qualifiers

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	–	–	1
2014 European Championships	14–27 July 2014	Budapest	7
Qualifiers		–	8

Format

The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. All teams advance to the knockout stage, from which on a knockout-system will be used to determine the final positions..

Draw

The draw was held on 4 October 2015.^{[5] [6]}

width=15%	Pot 1!	width=15%	Pot 2!	width=15%	Pot 3!	width=15%	Pot 4

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).^[7]

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

Round of 16

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9–16th place quarterfinals

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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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Final

Final ranking

width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc		Qualified for the Summer Olympics
width=10px bgcolor=#cbedf6		Already qualified for the Summer Olympics
width=10px bgcolor=#ccccff		Qualified for the Summer Olympics final qualification tournament

Rank	Team
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Top goalscorers

!Rank!Name!Goals!Shots!

1	Steven Camilleri	21	55	38
2	Dénes Varga	19	39	49
3	Andrija Prlainović	18	37	49
4	Ioannis Fountoulis	17	42	41
	Tiberiu Negrean		43	40
6	Aleksandar Radović	16	30	53
7	Sandro Sukno	15	39	39
	Cosmin Radu		25	60
9	Ugo Crousillat	14	34	41
	Mehdi Marzouki		37	38
	Martin Faměra		45	31
	Albert Español		38	37
	Guillermo Molina Rios		36	39

Source: wpbelgrade2016.microplustiming.com

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. http://wpbelgrade2016.microplustiming.com/export/Belgrade2016/pdf/PNASM1OISS.pdf Top scorers
2. http://www.len.eu/Calendar/len-events/2016.aspx LEN Calendar
3. https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/catching-up-with-darko-udovicic-about-serbian-water-polo/ "Catching Up with Darko Udovicic about Serbian Water Polo"
4. Web site: Serbia win 3rd straight European Championships. 23 January 2016. waterpoloworld.com. 24 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160131110707/http://www.waterpoloworld.com/News/tabid/169/ArticleId/9402/Serbia-win-3rd-straight-European-Championships.aspx. 31 January 2016. dead.
5. Web site: The draw for the European Water Polo Championships Belgrade 2016. 4 October 2015. belgrade2016.rs. 2015-11-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004233355/http://www.belgrade2016.rs/en/news/27009/the-draw-for-the-european-water-polo-championships-belgrade-2016-.html. 2015-10-04. dead.
6. Web site: The official draw for the European Water Polo Championships Belgrade 2016. 4 October 2015. belgrade2016.rs. 2015-11-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20151119072637/http://www.belgrade2016.rs/en/news/27011/the-official-draw-for-the-european-water-polo-championships-belgrade-2016.html. 2015-11-19. dead.
7. http://www.belgrade2016.rs/en/about-championship/competition.html Schedule