2020 LEN EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT RESULTS Cover photo: The Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona was the home of the European Water Polo Championships 2018. Situated high up on Montjuic, it made a picturesque scene by night. This photo was taken at the Opening Ceremony (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

Unless otherwise stated, all photos in this book were taken at the 2018 European Championships in Barcelona

2 BUDAPEST 2020 EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT RESULTS

The silver, gold and bronze medals (left to right) presented at the 2018 European Championships (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

CONTENTS: European Water Polo Results – Men 1926 – 2018 4 European Water Polo Championships Men’s Leading Scorers 2018 59 European Water Polo Championships Men’s Top Scorers 60 European Water Polo Championships Men’s Medal Table 61 European Water Polo Championships Men’s Referees 63 European Water Polo Club Competitions – Men 69 European Water Polo Results – Women 1985 -2018 72 European Water Polo Championships Women’s Leading Scorers 2018 95 European Water Polo Championships Women’s Top Scorers 96 European Water Polo Championships Women’s Medal Table 97 Most Gold Medals won at European Championships by Individuals 98 European Water Polo Championships Women’s Referees 100 European Water Polo Club Competitions – Women 104 Country By Country- Finishing 106 LEN Europa Cup 109 World Water Polo Championships 112 Olympic Water Polo Results 118

2 3 EUROPEAN WATER POLO RESULTS MEN 1926-2020

1.1 1926 Budapest

18th August Hungary 8 Germany 1 FINAL RANKING 19th August Germany 6 Belgium 4 Team P W D L GD Pts 20th August Hungary 5 Belgium 0 1 Hungary 3 3 16:3 6 Sweden 5 Germany 4 2 Sweden 3 1 1 1 10:10 3 21st August Belgium 3 Sweden 3 3 Germany 3 1 2 11:17 2 22nd August Hungary 3 Sweden 2 4 Belgium 3 1 2 7:14 1 P - Played, W - Won, D - Drew, L - Lost, GD - Goal Difference & Pts - Points

WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Istvan Barta, Tibor Fazekas, Marton Homonnai, Alajos Keseru, Ferenc Keseru, Jozsef Vertesy, Janos Wenk

1.2 1927 Bologna

1st Round 31st August Austria 5 Netherlands 3 FINAL RANKING Sweden 7 Germany 4 Team Hungary 7 Great Britain 2 1 Hungary Czechoslovakia 3 Italy 1 2 France France 5 Spain 0 3 Belgium Belgium 7 Yugoslavia 1 4 Sweden

2nd Round 1st September Sweden 5 Czechoslovakia 2 France 8 Austria 0 Hungary 3 Belgium 2 (stopped owing to darkness) Hungary 4 Belgium 3 (replayed on 2nd September)

3rd Round 2nd September France 4 Sweden 1

4th Round 3rd September Hungary 3 France 1 WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Finals for the 2nd place Istvan Barta, Laszlo Czele, Tibor Fazekas, 2nd September Germany 9 Spain 0 Marton Homonnai, Alajos Keseru, 3rd September Sweden 4 Austria 1 Ferenc Keseru, Jozsef Vertesy, Janos Wenk 4th September Belgium 5 Great Britain 2 Germany 7 Czechoslovakia 0 Austria 2 Yugoslavia 0 5th September France 3 Belgium 2 Belgium 3 Sweden 1

4 1.3 1931 Paris M E

23rd August Austria 3 Sweden 2 N Germany 3 Czechoslovakia 1 Hungary 12 France 1 24th August Hungary 13 Austria 0 France 4 Sweden 4 Belgium 3 Germany 3 25th August Czechoslovakia 4 Belgium 3 France 5 Austria 1 Hungary 12 Sweden 1 26th August Austria 4 Belgium 3 27th August Hungary 4 Czechoslovakia 1 Germany 4 France 1 28th August Belgium 4 Sweden 2 Czechoslovakia 2 France 1 Germany 2 Hungary 2 29th August Germany 5 Austria 0 Sweden 2 Czechoslovakia 1 Hungary 9 Belgium 2 30th August Austria 3 Czechoslovakia 2 Germany 4 Sweden 2 Belgium 4 France 2

FINAL RANKING Team FINAL RANKING 1 Hungary Team P W D L GD Pts 2 France 1 Hungary 6 5 1 52:7 11 3 Belgium 2 Germany 6 4 2 21:9 10 4 Sweden 3 Austria 6 3 3 11:30 6 4 Belgium 6 2 1 3 19:24 5 5 Czechoslovakia 6 2 4 11:16 4 6 France 6 1 1 4 14:27 3 7 Sweden 6 1 1 4 13:28 3

WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Istvan Barta, Mihaly Bozsi, Gyorgy Brody, Oliver Halassy, Marton Homonnai, Sandor Ivady, Alajos Keseru, Ferenc Keseru, Janos Nemeth, Miklos Sarkany, Jozsef Vertesy

Robert Gergelyfi, Romania, shows power and control in Romania’s match against Russia but Russia won the match 12-7. Both countries were headed by Serbia in Group D (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

4 5 1.4 1934 Magdeburg Group A Team P W D L GD Pts Preliminary Rounds 1 Hungary 4 4 22:3 8 Group A 2 Belgium 4 2 2 11:10 4 12th August Netherlands 3 Yugoslavia 1 3 France 4 2 2 9:11 4 Hungary 5 Belgium 1 4 Yugoslavia 4 1 3 4:10 2 13th August Yugoslavia 2 France 1 5 Netherlands 4 1 3 7:19 2 Hungary 9 Netherlands 1 14th August Hungary 3 Yugoslavia 1 Group B France 4 Belgium 2 Team P W D L GD Pts 15th August Belgium 5 Netherlands 1 1 Germany 4 4 21:5 8 Hungary 5 France 0 2 Sweden 4 2 1 1 15:10 5 16th August Belgium 3 Yugoslavia 0 3 Spain 4 2 2 7:11 4 France 4 Netherlands 2 4 Czechoslovakia 4 1 3 8:14 2 5 Italy 4 1 3 4:15 1 Group B 12th August Germany 5 Italy 0 Spain 1 Czechoslovakia 0 13th August Italy 1 Sweden 1 Germany 4 Czechoslovakia 1 14th August Germany 6 Spain 1 Sweden 6 Czechoslovakia 0 15th August Spain 2 Italy 0 Germany 6 Sweden 3 16th August Czechoslovakia 7 Italy 3 Sweden 5 Spain 3

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 3 3 18:3 6 2 Germany 3 2 1 9:8 4 3 Belgium 3 1 2 5:10 1 4 Sweden 3 1 2 7:18 1 Final 1st - 4th place 17th August Hungary 4 Germany 1 Belgium 3 Sweden 3 19th August Hungary 9 Sweden 1 Germany 2 Belgium 1 WINNING TEAM HUNGARY (* Hungary - Belgium and Germany - Sweden played in the Preliminary Round) Gyorgy Brody, Gyorgy Kutasi, Mihaly Bozsi, Jeno Brandi, Oliver Halassy, Marton Homonnai, Final 5th - 8th place Sandor Ivady, Alajos Keseru, Janos Nemeth, 17th August Czechoslovakia 2 Yugoslavia 2 Miklos Sarkany, Jozsef Vertesy 18th August Yugoslavia 3 Spain 2 France 5 Czechoslovakia 3 19th August France 2 Spain 1

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 5 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 7:5 5 6 France 3 2 1 8:6 4 7 Spain 3 1 2 4:5 2 8 Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 5:8 1

6 1.5 1938 London M E

6th August Belgium 4 Netherlands 4 N Hungary 9 Italy 0 Germany 6 Great Britain 0 8th August Germany 5 Belgium 1 Hungary 7 Netherlands 1 France 4 Great Britain 1 9th August France 1 Italy 1 Belgium 7 Great Britain 2 Germany 3 Netherlands 2 10th August Germany 4 Italy 0 Hungary 5 France 0 Netherlands 4 Great Britain 3 11th August Hungary 2 Germany 0 Italy 5 Great Britain 3 Belgium 3 France 2 12th August Netherlands 4 Italy 3 Germany 5 France 3 Hungary 4 Belgium 1 The Croatia defence is on full alert as Montenegro attacks its goal. In this quarter final match in Barcelona, Croatia defeated 13th August Italy 2 Belgium 1 the 2016 finalists, Montenegro, 9-7 (Photo: Giorgio Scala/ Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto) France 2 Netherlands 2 Hungary 8 Great Britain 1

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 6 6 35:3 12 2 Germany 6 5 1 23:8 10 3 Netherlands 6 2 2 2 17:22 6 4 Belgium 6 2 1 3 17:19 5 5 Italy 6 2 1 3 11:22 5 6 France 6 1 2 3 12:17 4 7 Great Britain 6 6 10:34 0

WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Ferenc Mezei-Wiesner, Istvan Mezei, Mihaly Bozsi, Jeno Brandi, Oliver Halassy, Gyula Kanasy, Kalman Kislegi, Istvan Molnar, Janos Nemeth, Miklos Sarkany, Jozsef Tolnay

6 7 1.6 1947 Monte Carlo

Preliminary Rounds Group A 10th September Italy 3 Netherlands 3 France 6 Austria 1 11th September Italy 5 Austria 0 France 3 Netherlands 3 12th September Netherlands 4 Austria 0 France 4 Italy 4

Group A Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Italy 3 1 2 12:7 4 2 Netherlands 3 1 2 10:6 4 3 France 3 1 2 13:8 4 4 Austria 3 3 1:15 0 Group B 10th September Hungary 3 Yugoslavia 3 11th September Sweden 5 Hungary 3 12th September Sweden 6 Yugoslavia 2

Group B Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Sweden 2 2 11:5 4 2 Hungary 2 1 1 6:8 1 3 Yugoslavia 2 1 1 5:9 1 Group C 10th September Belgium 7 Great Britain 1 11th September Belgium 3 Czechoslovakia 1 12th September Great Britain 4 Czechoslovakia 1

Group C Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Belgium 2 2 10:2 4 2 Great Britain 2 1 1 5:8 2 3 Czechoslovakia 2 2 2:7 0 Final Round 1st - 3rd places 13th September Belgium 1 Sweden 1 Italy 3 Sweden 2 14th September Italy 4 Belgium 1

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Italy 2 2 7:3 4 2 Sweden 2 1 1 3:4 1 3 Belgium 2 1 1 2:5 1

WINNING TEAM ITALY Pasquale Buonocore, Emilio Bulgarelli, Mario Majoni, Geminio Ognio, Ermenegildo Arena, Aldo Ghira, Gianfranco Pandolfini, Tullo Pandolfini, Luigi Raspini, Umberto Raspini, Cesare Rubini

8 Final Round 4th - 6th places M 13th September Hungary 5 Netherlands 2 E Hungary 5 Great Britain 2

14th September Netherlands 6 Great Britain 1 N

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 4 Hungary 2 2 10:4 4 5 Netherlands 2 1 1 8:6 2 6 Great Britain 2 2 3:11 0

Alexandros Gounas, Greece, rises to shoot in the match between Croatia and Greece in Barcelona in 2018. Gounas scored twice but Croatia ended up 11-7 winners (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

1.7 1950 Vienna

20th August Yugoslavia 18 Switzerland 4 FINAL RANKING Netherlands 4 Sweden 3 Team P W D L GD Pts Austria 8 France 6 1 Netherlands 6 6 58:16 12 21st August Italy 11 France 6 2 Sweden 6 4 1 1 37:14 9 Yugoslavia 8 Austria 3 3 Yugoslavia 6 4 1 1 46:25 9 Netherlands 17 Switzerland 3 4 Italy 6 3 3 42:35 6 22nd August Sweden 12 Switzerland 1 5 Austria 6 2 4 29:43 4 Yugoslavia 9 Italy 7 6 France 6 1 5 23:42 2 23rd August Netherlands 11 France 2 7 Switzerland 6 6 17:77 0 Italy 12 Switzerland 1 24th August Italy 6 Austria 4 Netherlands 6 Yugoslavia 3 Sweden 5 France 1 WINNING TEAM NETHERLANDS 25th August Sweden 4 Yugoslavia 4 Max Van Gelder, Cor Braasem, Henny Keetelaar, Netherlands 11 Austria 1 Gerrit Bijlsma, Nijs Korevaar, Rudy Van Feggelen, 26th August Netherlands 9 Italy 4 Frits Smol, Gaston Finee Sweden 7 Austria 2 27th August Yugoslavia 4 France 1 Austria 11 Switzerland 5 Sweden 6 Italy 2

8 9 1.8 1954 Turin

Preliminary Rounds Group 1 31st August Italy 6 F.R.Germany 0 Group 1 Italy 7 Belgium 3 Team P W D L GD Pts 1st September F.R.Germany 4 Belgium 1 1 Italy 2 2 13:3 4 2 F.R.Germany 2 1 1 4:7 2 3 Belgium 2 2 4:11 0

Group 2 31st August Netherlands 7 Great Britain 6 Group 2 Great Britain 6 Romania 5 Team P W D L GD Pts 1st September Netherlands 7 Romania 5 1 Netherlands 2 2 14:11 4 2 Great Britain 2 1 1 12:12 2 3 Romania 2 2 10:13 0

Group 3 31st August Hungary 8 Austria 1 Group 3 1st September USSR 7 Austria 1 Team P W D L GD Pts Hungary 3 USSR 2 1 Hungary 2 2 11:3 4 2 USSR 2 1 1 9:4 2 3 Austria 2 2 2:15 0

Group 4 31st August Yugoslavia 7 Spain 2 Group 4 1st September France 3 Spain 3 Team P W D L GD Pts Yugoslavia 10 France 0 1 Yugoslavia 2 2 17:2 4 2 Spain 2 1 1 5:10 1 3 France 2 1 1 3:13 1

Semi-Finals Group A 2nd September F.R.Germany 4 Great Britain 2 Group A Italy 5 Netherlands 4 Team P W D L GD Pts 3rd September Netherlands 7 F.R.Germany 6 1 Italy 3 3 15:7 6 Italy 4 Great Britain 3 2 Netherlands 3 2 1 18:17 4 3 F.R.Germany 3 1 2 10:15 2 4 Great Britain 3 3 11:15 0

Group B 2nd September USSR 6 Spain 1 Group B Hungary 3 Yugoslavia 3 Team P W D L GD Pts 3rd September Hungary 5 Spain 2 1 Hungary 3 2 1 11:7 5 USSR 1 Yugoslavia 1 2 Yugoslavia 3 1 2 11:6 4 3 USSR 3 1 1 1 9:5 3 4 Spain 3 3 5:18 0

10 Final 1st - 4th place M 4th September Hungary 8 Netherlands 3 FINAL RANKING E Yugoslavia 3 Italy 1 Team P W D L GD Pts

5th September Yugoslavia 4 Netherlands 0 1 Hungary 3 2 1 19:7 5 N Hungary 8 Italy 1 2 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 10:4 5 3 Italy 3 1 2 7:15 2 4 Netherlands 3 3 7:17 0

Final 5th - 8th place 4th September F.R.Germany 4 Spain 1 FINAL RANKING USSR 5 Great Britain 2 Team P W D L GD Pts 5th September USSR 9 F.R.Germany 1 5 USSR 3 3 20:4 6 Spain 3 Great Britain 2 6 F.R.Germany 3 2 1 9:12 4 7 Spain 3 1 2 5:12 2 8 Great Britain 3 3 6:12 0

WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Otto Boros, Laszlo Jeney, Istvan Hevesi, Gyorgy Karpati, Kalman Markovits, Dezso Gyarmati, Miklos Martin, Aladar Szabo, Istvan Szivos, Gyorgy Vizvari, Antal Bolvari

1.9 1958 Budapest

Preliminary Rounds Group A 31st August Netherlands 4 Great Britain 2 Group A Hungary 7 Belgium 0 Team P W D L GD Pts 1st September Belgium 4 Great Britain 4 1 Hungary 3 3 21:2 6 Hungary 5 Netherlands 1 2 Netherlands 3 2 1 14:11 4 2nd September Netherlands 9 Belgium 4 3 Great Britain 3 1 2 7:17 1 Hungary 9 Great Britain 1 4 Belgium 3 1 2 8:20 1

Group B 31st August Yugoslavia 8 Bulgaria 1 Group B F.R.Germany 5 Poland 2 Team P W D L GD Pts 1st September F.R.Germany 8 Bulgaria 1 1 Yugoslavia 3 3 19:3 6 Yugoslavia 4 Poland 0 2 F.R. Germany 3 2 1 15:10 4 2nd September Poland 4 Bulgaria 2 3 Poland 3 1 2 6:11 2 Yugoslavia 7 F.R. Germany 2 4 Bulgaria 3 0 3 4:20 0

Group C 31st August USSR 5 German D.R. 2 Group C 1st September German D.R. 4 Austria 1 Team P W D L GD Pts 2nd September USSR 5 Austria 1 1 USSR 2 2 10:3 4 2 German D.R. 2 1 1 6:6 2 3 Austria 2 2 2:9 0

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10 11 Group D 31st August Italy 7 France 3 Group D 1st September France 7 Spain 5 Team P W D L GD Pts 2nd September Italy 8 Spain 2 1 Italy 2 2 15:5 4 2 France 2 1 1 10:12 2 3 Spain 2 2 7:15 0 Semi Finals Group 1 3rd September Hungary 8 F.R. Germany 4 Group 1 Yugoslavia 4 Netherlands 1 Team P W D L GD Pts 4th September Netherlands 4 F.R. Germany 3 1 Hungary 3 3 18:8 6 Hungary 5 Yugoslavia 3 2 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 14:8 4 3 Netherlands 3 1 2 6:12 2 4 F.R. Germany 3 3 9:19 0 Group 2 3rd September USSR 7 France 2 Group 2 Italy 8 German D.R. 3 Team P W D L GD Pts 4th September German D.R. 4 France 2 1 Italy 3 3 19:8 6 Italy 4 USSR 2 2 USSR 3 2 1 14:8 4 3 German D.R. 3 1 2 9:15 2 4 France 3 3 7:18 0 Final 1st - 4th place 5th September USSR 3 Yugoslavia 2 FINAL RANKING Hungary 7 Italy 0 Team P W D L GD Pts 6th September Hungary 4 USSR 2 1 Hungary 3 3 16:5 6 Yugoslavia 3 Italy 2 2 Yugoslavia 3 1 2 8:10 2 3 USSR 3 1 2 7:10 2 4 Italy 3 1 2 6:12 2 Final 5th - 8th place 5th September F.R. Germany 5 France 0 FINAL RANKING Netherlands 5 German D.R. 3 Team P W D L GD Pts 6th September German D.R. 6 F.R. Germany 2 5 German D.R. 3 2 1 13:9 4 France 4 Netherlands 2 6 Netherlands 3 2 1 11:10 4 7 F.R.Germany 3 1 2 10:10 2 8 France 3 1 2 6:11 2 Qualifications 9th - 14th place WINNING TEAM HUNGARY 3rd September Poland 4 Great Britain 3 Otto Boros, Laszlo Jeney, Gabor Csillag, Zoltan Domotor, Belgium 6 Spain 4 Istvan Hevesi, Tivadar Kanizsa, Gyorgy Karpati, Andras Katona, Austria 13 Bulgaria 5 Kalman Markovits, Mihaly Mayer, Robert Molnar, Istvan Pinter, Jozsef Vaczi Final 9th - 11th place 4th September Belgium 6 Austria 5 FINAL RANKING 5th September Poland 8 Austria 3 Team P W D L GD Pts 6th September Poland 4 Belgium 1 9 Poland 2 2 12:4 4 10 Belgium 2 1 1 7:9 2 11 Austria 2 2 8:14 0 Final 12th - 14th place 4th September Bulgaria 5 Spain 4 FINAL RANKING 5th September Spain 5 Great Britain 3 Team P W D L GD Pts 6th September Great Britain 5 Bulgaria 2 12 Spain 2 1 1 9:8 2 13 Great Britain 2 1 1 8:7 2 14 Bulgaria 2 1 1 7:9 2

12 1.10 1962 Leipzig M E

Preliminary Rounds N Group A 19th August Hungary 9 Sweden 2 Group A 20th August Romania 4 Sweden 0 Team P W D L GD Pts 21st August Hungary 5 Romania 3 1 Hungary 2 2 14:5 4 2 Romania 2 1 1 7:5 2 3 Sweden 2 2 2:13 0 Group B 19th August German D.R. 3 Italy 1 Group B Team P W D L GD Pts 1 German D.R. 1 1 3:1 2 2 Italy 1 1 1:3 0 Group C 19th August USSR 4 Netherlands 0 Group C 20th August Netherlands 5 Poland 2 Team P W D L GD Pts 21st August USSR 10 Poland 0 1 USSR 2 2 14:0 4 2 Netherlands 2 1 1 5:6 2 3 Poland 2 2 2:15 0 Group D 19th August Belgium 6 Great Britain 4 Group D 20th August Yugoslavia 8 Great Britain 1 Team P W D L GD Pts 21st August Yugoslavia 10 Belgium 1 1 Yugoslavia 2 2 18:2 4 2 Belgium 2 1 1 7:14 2 3 Great Britain 2 2 5:14 0 Semi - finals Group 1 22nd August Italy 2 Romania 2 Group 1 Hungary 4 German D.R. 3 Team P W D L GD Pts 23rd August Hungary 5 Italy 0 1 Hungary 3 3 14:6 6 German D.R. 3 Romania 3 2 German D.R. 3 1 1 1 9:8 3 3 Romania 3 2 1 8:10 2 4 Italy 3 1 2 3:10 1 Group 2 22nd August Belgium 6 Netherlands 6 Group 2 USSR 3 Yugoslavia 3 Team P W D L GD Pts 23rd August USSR 9 Belgium 3 1 USSR 3 2 1 16:6 5 Netherlands 4 Yugoslavia 3 2 Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 16:8 3 3 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 10:13 3 4 Belgium 3 1 2 10:25 1 Final 1st - 4th place 24th August Hungary 3 Yugoslavia 2 FINAL RANKING German D.R. 2 USSR 2 Team P W D L GD Pts 25th August Yugoslavia 1 German D.R. 0 1 Hungary 3 2 1 9:7 5 Hungary 2 USSR 2 2 USSR 3 3 7:7 3 2 Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 6:6 3 4 German D.R. 3 1 2 5:7 1

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12 13 Final 5th - 8th place 24th August Romania 5 Belgium 4 FINAL RANKING Netherlands 4 Italy 3 Team P W D L GD Pts 25th August Romania 4 Netherlands 3 5 Romania 3 2 1 11:9 5 Belgium 4 Italy 3 6 Belgium 3 1 1 1 14:14 3 6 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 13:13 3 8 Italy 3 1 2 8:10 1 Final 9th - 11th place 22nd August Great Britain 6 Poland 2 FINAL RANKING 23rd August Sweden 6 Poland 4 Team P W D L GD Pts 24th August Sweden 6 Great Britain 4 9 Sweden 2 2 12:8 4 10 Great Britain 2 1 1 10:8 2 11 Poland 2 2 6:12 0

WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Otto Boros, Miklos Ambrus, Andras Bodnar, Zoltan Domotor, Laszlo Felkai, Dezso Gyarmati, Tivadar Kanizsa, Gyorgy Karpati, Andras Katona, Sandor Konrad, Kalman Markovits, Mihaly Mayer, Denes Pocsik

Zoltan Pohl, Hungary (white cap 12), wards off Jorn Winkelhurst, Netherlands (blue cap 3) in the Men’s Quarter Finals in Barcelona. The Hungarians went on to win 12-9 (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

14 1.11 1966 Utrecht M E

Preliminary Rounds N Group A 20th August Sweden 4 Spain 3 Hungary 5 Netherlands 3 21st August Netherlands 4 Spain 1 Sweden 3 Great Britain 2 Netherlands 7 Great Britain 4 22nd August Great Britain 3 Spain 3 Hungary 3 Sweden 1 Hungary 6 Spain 1 23rd August Netherlands 2 Sweden 1 Hungary 7 Great Britain 0

Group A Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 4 4 21:5 8 2 Netherlands 4 3 1 16:11 6 3 Sweden 4 2 2 9:10 4 4 Spain 4 1 3 8:17 1 5 Great Britain 4 1 3 9:20 1 Group B 20th August France 2 Czechoslovakia 1 21st August Yugoslavia 5 Czechoslovakia 1 German D.R. 8 France 3 22nd August Yugoslavia 6 France 1 German D.R. 9 Czechoslovakia 3 23rd August German D.R. 2 Yugoslavia 1

Group B Team P W D L GD Pts 1 German D.R. 3 3 19:7 6 2 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 12:4 4 3 France 3 1 2 6:15 2 4 Czechoslovakia 3 3 5:16 0 Group C 20th August USSR 12 Turkey 0 21st August Romania 4 Bulgaria 0 22nd August USSR 8 Bulgaria 0 Romania 13 Turkey 0 23rd August USSR 3 Romania 2 Bulgaria 14 Turkey 2

Group C Team P W D L GD Pts 1 USSR 3 3 23:2 6 2 Romania 3 2 1 19:3 4 3 Bulgaria 3 1 2 14:14 2 4 Turkey 3 3 2:39 0

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14 15 Group D 20th August Belgium 8 Ireland 3 21st August Italy 6 F.R.Germany 5 22nd August F.R.Germany 7 Ireland 1 Italy 2 Belgium 1 23rd August Italy 12 Ireland 3 Belgium 6 F.R.Germany 6

Group D Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Italy 3 3 20:9 6 2 F.R.Germany 3 1 1 1 18:13 3 3 Belgium 3 1 1 1 15:11 3 Semi - Finals 1st - 8th place 4 Ireland 3 3 7:27 0 Group A 24th August German D.R. 4 Netherlands 2 Yugoslavia 3 Hungary 2 25th August Yugoslavia 3 Netherlands 1 German D.R. 4 Hungary 4

Group A Team P W D L GD Pts 1 German D.R. 3 2 1 10:7 5 2 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 7:5 4 3 Hungary 3 1 1 1 11:10 3 4 Netherlands 3 3 6:12 0 Group B 24th August Italy 2 Romania 1 USSR 4 F.R.Germany 2 25th August Romania 5 F.R.Germany 0 Italy 3 USSR 3

Group B Team P W D L GD Pts 1 USSR 3 2 1 10:7 5 2 Italy 3 2 1 11:9 5 3 Romania 3 1 2 8:5 2 Semi - Finals 9th - 16th place 4 F.R.Germany 3 3 7:15 0 Group C 24th August Sweden 3 Czechoslovakia 1 Spain 4 France 1 25th August Sweden 4 France 1 Spain 4 Czechoslovakia 3

Group C Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Sweden 3 3 11:5 6 2 Spain 3 2 1 11:8 4 3 France 3 1 2 4:9 2 4 Czechoslovakia 3 3 5:9 0

16 Group D M 24th August Belgium 6 Ireland 2 E Belgium 11 Turkey 0

25th August Ireland 2 Turkey 2 N Belgium 5 Bulgaria 3

Group D Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Belgium 3 3 24:6 6 2 Bulgaria 3 2 1 23:9 4 3 Ireland 3 1 2 7:16 1 4 Turkey 3 1 2 4:27 1 Final 1st - 4th place 26th August German D.R. 2 Italy 1 USSR 1 Yugoslavia 1 27th August Yugoslavia 2 Italy 1 USSR 1 German D.R. 0

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 1 USSR 3 1 2 5:4 4 2 German D.R. 3 2 1 4:3 4 3 Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 4:4 3 4 Italy 3 1 2 5:7 1 Final 5th - 8th place 26th August Hungary 6 F.R.Germany 4 Romania 3 Netherlands 2 27th August Hungary 3 Romania 2 F.R.Germany 4 Netherlands 3

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 5 Hungary 3 3 14:9 6 6 Romania 3 2 1 10:5 4 7 F.R.Germany 3 1 2 8:14 2 8 Netherlands 3 3 8:12 0 Final 9th - 12th place 26th August Belgium 5 Spain 0 Bulgaria 2 Sweden 2 27th August Bulgaria 5 Spain 2 Sweden 4 Belgium 1

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 9 Sweden 3 2 1 10:6 5 10 Belgium 3 2 1 11:7 4 11 Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 10:9 3 12 Spain 3 3 5:14 0

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16 17 Final 13th - 16th place 26th August France 7 Turkey 1 Czechoslovakia 9 Ireland 3 27th August France 5 Ireland 4 Czechoslovakia 10 Turkey 1

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 13 France 3 3 14:6 6 14 Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 20:6 4 15 Ireland 3 1 2 9:16 1 16 Turkey 3 1 2 4:19 1 17 Great Britain

WINNING TEAM USSR Vadim Gulyaev, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Boris Grishin, Iosif Zemsov, Vladimir Shmudsky, Vladimir Semenov, Boris Popov, Valeri Puskarev, Aleksandr Dolgushin, Leonid Osipov, Igor Grabovsky

1.12 1970 Barcelona Steven Camilleri, Malta, puts all his strength into a shot against Montenegro in Barcelona in 2018. Montenegro ran out 17-5 winners. At the 2016 European Championships, Camilleri was the top goal scorer with 21 goals (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/ Preliminary Rounds Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto) Group A 4th September Netherlands 10 France 1 Hungary 15 Austria 1 5th September Hungary 16 France 0 Greece 5 Austria 4 6th September Hungary 11 Greece 0 Netherlands 13 Austria 0 7th September Netherlands 7 Greece 3 France 5 Austria 3 8th September France 6 Greece 6 Hungary 8 Netherlands 4

Group A Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 4 4 50:5 8 2 Netherlands 4 3 1 34:12 6 3 Greece 4 1 1 2 14:28 3 4 France 4 1 1 2 12:35 3 5 Austria 4 4 8:38 0

18 Group B M 4th September USSR 4 Romania 3 E Spain 10 Belgium 2

5th September Romania 12 Finland 3 N USSR 8 Spain 3 6th September USSR 12 Finland 0 Romania 11 Belgium 2 7th September USSR 12 Belgium 1 Spain 10 Finland 1 8th September Belgium 10 Finland 7 Romania 4 Spain 3

Group B Team P W D L GD Pts 1 USSR 4 4 36:7 8 2 Romania 4 3 1 30:12 6 3 Spain 4 2 2 26:15 4 4 Belgium 4 1 3 15:40 2 5 Finland 4 4 11:44 0 Group C 4th September Sweden 12 Ireland 1 Yugoslavia 5 F.R.Germany 3 5th September F.R.Germany 4 Sweden 2 Yugoslavia 4 Italy 3 6th September Italy 6 F.R.Germany 4 Yugoslavia 15 Ireland 2 7th September Italy 8 Sweden 4 F.R.Germany 8 Ireland 2 8th September Italy 11 Ireland 4 Yugoslavia 4 Sweden 2

Group C Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Yugoslavia 4 4 28:10 8 2 Italy 4 3 1 28:16 6 3 F.R.Germany 4 2 2 19:15 4 4 Sweden 4 1 3 20:17 2 5 Ireland 4 4 9:46 0 Final 1st - 6th places 9th September Hungary 8 Italy 5 USSR 7 Netherlands 5 Yugoslavia 5 Romania 3 10th September USSR 4 Yugoslavia 1 Hungary 9 Romania 4 Italy 6 Netherlands 4 11th September USSR 8 Italy 3 Netherlands 6 Romania 5 Hungary 7 Yugoslavia 4 12th September Yugoslavia 3 Netherlands 2 Italy 5 Romania 4 USSR 6 Hungary 5 Cont...

18 19 FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 1 USSR 5 5 29:17 10 2 Hungary 5 4 1 37:23 8 3 Yugoslavia 5 3 2 17:19 6 4 Italy 5 2 3 22:28 4 5 Netherlands 5 1 4 21:29 2 6 Romania 5 5 19:29 0 Final 7th - 12th places 9th September Sweden 5 Greece 2 Spain 3 France 1 F.R.Germany 10 Belgium 1 10th September F.R.Germany 5 Spain 3 Greece 5 Belgium 3 Sweden 4 France 3 11th September Spain 4 Sweden 3 Belgium 2 France 2 F.R.Germany 9 Greece 4 12th September F.R.Germany 10 France 0 Sweden 9 Belgium 6 Spain 7 Greece 2

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 7 F.R.Germany 5 5 38:10 10 8 Spain 5 4 1 27:13 8 9 Sweden 5 3 2 23:19 6 10 Greece 5 1 1 3 19:30 3 11 France 5 2 3 12:25 2 12 Belgium 5 1 4 14:36 1 Final 13th - 15th places 9th September Finland 4 Austria 3 10th September Austria 5 Ireland 4 11th September Finland 4 Ireland 4

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 13 Finland 2 1 1 8:7 3 14 Austria 2 1 1 8:8 2 15 Ireland 2 1 1 8:9 1

WINNING TEAM USSR Vadim Gulyaev, Anatoly Akimov, Aleksandr Dreval, Aleksandr Dolgushin, Vladimir Semenov, Aleksej Barkalov, Aleksandr Shidlovski, Vyacheslav Skok, Leonid Osipov, Valeri Puskarev, Vladimir Shmudsky, Oleg Bovin

20 1.13 1974 Vienna M E

Group A N 18th August Hungary 6 F.R.Germany 2 USSR 9 Spain 5 Yugoslavia 5 Netherlands 3 Italy 4 Romania 3 19th August USSR 10 Yugoslavia 9 Italy 5 Netherlands 4 Spain 3 F.R.Germany 1 Hungary 7 Romania 3 20th August F.R.Germany 5 Italy 4 Hungary 7 Yugoslavia 7 Netherlands 6 USSR 6 Romania 5 Spain 4 21st August Netherlands 4 Spain 4 USSR 5 F.R.Germany 2 Hungary 8 Italy 3 Yugoslavia 6 Romania 5 23rd August Netherlands 7 F.R.Germany 5 Hungary 8 Spain 2 Romania 5 USSR 5 Italy 4 Yugoslavia 4 The two coaches David Martin, Spain, in the blue shirt, and 24th August Italy 3 Spain 3 Dejan Savic, Serbia, white shirt, greet one another before Netherlands 4 Romania 3 the final of the 2018 European Championships in Barcelona (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto) Hungary 7 USSR 5 Yugoslavia 7 F.R.Germany 3 25th August Yugoslavia 7 Spain 6 Hungary 7 Netherlands 5 F.R.Germany 4 Romania 4 USSR 5 Italy 2

Group A Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 7 6 1 50:27 13 2 USSR 7 4 2 1 45:36 10 3 Yugoslavia 7 4 2 1 45:38 10 4 Netherlands 7 2 2 3 33:35 6 5 Italy 7 2 2 3 25:32 6 6 Romania 7 1 2 4 28:34 4 7 Spain 7 1 2 4 27:37 4 8 F.R.Germany 7 1 1 5 22:36 3

WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Endre Molnar, Tibor Cservenyak, Tamas Farago, Istvan Gorgenyi, Andras Bodnar, Laszlo Sarosi, Gabor Csapo, Istvan Szivos Jr., Zoltan Kasas, Gyorgy Horkai, Ferenc Konrad Cont...

20 21 Group B 18th August Bulgaria 8 Poland 5 Sweden 9 Belgium 2 Austria 7 France 6 Czechoslovakia 7 Great Britain 6 19th August Great Britain 2 Sweden 1 Czechoslovakia 6 Austria 4 Bulgaria 10 Belgium 5 Poland 6 France 4 20th August Sweden 9 Bulgaria 8 Czechoslovakia 7 Poland 5 Great Britain 9 France 6 Belgium 9 Austria 7 21st August Bulgaria 8 France 3 Czechoslovakia 11 Belgium 7 Great Britain 5 Austria 2 Sweden 6 Poland 2 22nd August Great Britain 11 Belgium 8 Bulgaria 3 Czechoslovakia 3 Austria 6 Poland 6 Sweden 7 France 5 23rd August Bulgaria 4 Austria 1 Belgium 5 France 5 Czechoslovakia 5 Sweden 3 Great Britain 5 Poland 1 24th August Bulgaria 3 Great Britain 3 Czechoslovakia 7 France 4 Poland 8 Belgium 5 Sweden 6 Austria 4

Group B Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Czechoslovakia 7 6 1 46:32 13 2 Great Britain 7 5 1 1 41:28 11 3 Bulgaria 7 4 2 1 44:29 10 4 Sweden 7 5 2 41:28 10 5 Poland 7 2 1 4 33:41 5 6 Austria 7 1 1 5 31:42 3 7 Belgium 7 1 1 5 41:61 3 8 France 7 1 6 33:49 1

Aleksandar Ivovic, Montenegro (white cap) looks to pass in his country’s match against Greece. The defending player is Angelos Vachopoulos of Greece. Greece, who finished 6th, won the match 8-6 (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

22 1.14 1977 Jönköping M E

Group A N 14th August Hungary 7 USSR 5 Group A Yugoslavia 5 Italy 4 Team P W D L GD Pts F.R.Germany 9 Spain 7 1 Hungary 7 6 1 40:29 13 Romania 8 Netherlands 6 2 Yugoslavia 7 6 1 42:30 12 15th August Netherlands 6 USSR 6 3 Italy 7 4 3 46:38 8 Spain 8 Romania 7 4 USSR 7 3 1 3 45:49 7 Italy 6 F.R.Germany 4 5 Netherlands 7 2 2 3 37:38 6 Hungary 4 Yugoslavia 3 6 F.R.Germany 7 1 2 4 33:40 4 16th August Yugoslavia 10 USSR 7 7 Romania 7 1 1 5 41:49 3 F.R.Germany 6 Hungary 6 8 Spain 7 1 1 5 36:47 3 Italy 10 Romania 7 Netherlands 6 Spain 6 17th August USSR 8 Spain 7 Netherlands 5 Italy 4 Hungary 6 Romania 3 Group B Yugoslavia 5 F.R.Germany 3 Team P W D L GD Pts 19th August USSR 6 F.R.Germany 5 1 Greece 6 6 34:17 12 Yugoslavia 6 Romania 4 2 Bulgaria 6 5 1 41:23 10 Hungary 5 Netherlands 3 3 Czechoslovakia 6 3 1 2 31:23 7 Italy 8 Spain 4 4 Sweden 6 2 2 2 26:27 6 20th August Italy 7 USSR 5 5 Poland 6 2 1 3 27:32 5 Hungary 4 Spain 2 6 Great Britain 6 1 5 27:46 2 Yugoslavia 8 Netherlands 6 7 France 6 6 26:44 0 F.R.Germany 5 Romania 5 21st August USSR 8 Romania 7 Netherlands 5 F.R.Germany 1 Yugoslavia 5 Spain 2 Group B (played in Falköping) Hungary 8 Italy 7 14th August Czechoslovakia 7 Poland 1 Sweden 8 France 5 Greece 7 Great Britain 3 15th August Czechoslovakia 9 Great Britain 2 Greece 5 Sweden 2 Bulgaria 10 France 4 16th August Poland 6 France 5 Greece 4 Bulgaria 2 Sweden 6 Great Britain 4 WINNING TEAM HUNGARY 17th August Czechoslovakia 3 Sweden 3 Endre Molnar, Janos Steinmetz, Gabor Csapo, Bulgaria 9 Great Britain 7 Tamas Farago, Gyorgy Gerendas, Gyorgy Horkai, Greece 5 Poland 4 Gyorgy Kenez, Istvan Magas, Jozsef Somossy 18th August Czechoslovakia 7 France 3 Attila Sudar, Istvan Szivos Jr., Tamas Wiesner, Peter Wolf Poland 9 Great Britain 3 Bulgaria 6 Sweden 3 19th August Poland 4 Sweden 4 Greece 5 France 3 Bulgaria 6 Czechoslovakia 2 21st August Greece 8 Czechoslovakia 3 Great Britain 8 France 6 Bulgaria 8 Poland 3

22 23 1.15 1981 Split

Group A Group A 5th September Hungary 8 USSR 8 Team P W D L GD Pts F.R.Germany 7 Italy 7 1 F.R.Germany 7 6 1 67:49 13 Romania 6 Netherlands 5 2 USSR 7 5 1 1 62:53 11 Spain 11 Yugoslavia 8 3 Hungary 7 4 2 1 54:45 10 6th September F.R.Germany 7 Hungary 4 4 Yugoslavia 7 3 4 54:62 6 Netherlands 11 Italy 6 5 Spain 7 1 3 3 55:60 5 Romania 7 Spain 6 6 Italy 7 1 2 4 55:59 4 USSR 9 Yugoslavia 5 7 Romania 7 2 5 49:60 4 7th September USSR 10 Spain 7 8 Netherlands 7 1 1 5 47:55 3 F.R.Germany 10 Netherlands 7 Hungary 7 Yugoslavia 6 Italy 8 Romania 3 8th September F.R.Germany 10 USSR 7 WINNING TEAM F.R.GERMANY Hungary 12 Italy 10 Peter Rohle, Thomas Loebb, Frank Otto, Jurgen Stiefel, Yugoslavia 12 Romania 10 Hagen Stamm, Michael Wendel, Jurgen Schroder, Netherlands 7 Spain 7 Rainer Osselmann, Roland Freund, Bernd Weyer, 10th September Hungary 7 Spain 7 Werner Obschernikat, Ralf Obschernikat, Gunter Kilian F.R.Germany 11 Romania 10 Yugoslavia 9 Netherlands 8 USSR 9 Italy 8 11th September F.R.Germany 12 Spain 8 USSR 10 Netherlands 7 Yugoslavia 8 Italy 7 Hungary 9 Romania 5 12th September Italy 9 Spain 9 Hungary 7 Netherlands 2 USSR 9 Romania 8 F.R.Germany 10 Yugoslavia 6

Group B - B1 5th September Greece 17 Malta 5 Group B - B1 Sweden 15 Denmark 4 Team P W D L GD Pts 6th September France 8 Sweden 8 1 Greece 4 4 41:17 8 Greece 10 Denmark 4 2 France 4 2 1 1 52:27 5 7th September Denmark 10 Malta 8 3 Sweden 4 2 1 1 39:19 5 Greece 10 France 5 4 Denmark 4 1 3 24:47 2 8th September France 14 Denmark 6 5 Malta 4 4 19:65 0 Sweden 13 Malta 3 9th September Greece 4 Sweden 3 France 25 Malta 3

24 Group B - B2 M 5th September Czechoslovakia 10 Poland 10 E Bulgaria 14 Finland 3

Switzerland 9 Great Britain 8 N 6th September Bulgaria 6 Czechoslovakia 6 Switzerland 12 Finland 4 Great Britain 11 Poland 11 7th September Bulgaria 12 Switzerland 4 Czechoslovakia 6 Great Britain 5 Poland 15 Finland 6 8th September Great Britain 12 Finland 5 Bulgaria 9 Poland 8 Czechoslovakia 14 Switzerland 2 9th September Poland 15 Switzerland 7 Bulgaria 7 Great Britain 4 Czechoslovakia 16 Finland 0

Group B - B2 Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Bulgaria 5 4 1 48:25 9 2 Czechoslovakia 5 3 2 52:23 8 3 Poland 5 2 2 1 59:43 6 4 Switzerland 5 2 3 34:53 4 5 Great Britain 5 1 1 3 40:38 3 6 Finland 5 5 18:69 0 B Final 1st - 4th places 11th September Czechoslovakia 8 Greece 7 Bulgaria 7 France 7 12th September Czechoslovakia 8 France 8 Bulgaria 8 Greece 8

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 22:21 4 2 Greece 3 1 1 1 25:21 3 3 Bulgaria 3 3 21:21 3 4 France 3 2 1 20:25 2

B Final 5th - 8th places 11th September Sweden 14 Switzerland 5 FINAL RANKING Poland 10 Denmark 8 Team P W D L GD Pts 12th September Denmark 7 Switzerland 6 5 Poland 3 3 32:21 6 Poland 7 Sweden 6 6 Sweden 3 2 1 35:16 4 7 Denmark 3 1 2 19:31 2 8 Switzerland 3 3 18:36 0 B Final 9th - 11th places 11th September Malta 7 Finland 5 FINAL RANKING 12th September Great Britain 8 Malta 3 Team P W D L GD Pts 9 Great Britain 2 2 20:8 4 10 Malta 2 1 1 10:13 2 11 Finland 2 2 10:19 0

24 25 1.16 1983 Rome

Group A 20th August Hungary 12 Spain 10 Group A USSR 16 Romania 11 Team P W D L GD Pts Italy 9 Yugoslavia 9 1 USSR 7 5 2 72:59 12 F.R.Germany 9 Netherlands 5 2 Hungary 7 5 1 1 67:55 11 21st August Hungary 10 F.R.Germany 9 3 Spain 7 4 3 66:70 8 Yugoslavia 10 Netherlands 5 4 Yugoslavia 7 3 2 2 58:50 8 Italy 10 Romania 3 5 F.R.Germany 7 2 2 3 53:52 6 USSR 10 Spain 9 6 Netherlands 7 2 1 4 48:57 5 22nd August Hungary 9 Netherlands 9 7 Italy 7 2 1 4 62:62 5 Spain 9 Romania 8 8 Romania 7 1 6 47:68 1 Yugoslavia 5 F.R.Germany 3 USSR 9 Italy 6 23rd August F.R.Germany 7 Romania 7 USSR 8 Netherlands 6 Spain 9 Yugoslavia 8 WINNING TEAM USSR Hungary 9 Italy 3 Evgeniy Sharonov, Igor Sedov, Pavel Prokopchiuk, 25th August Spain 8 F.R.Germany 7 Evgeniy Grishin, Sergej Naumov, Aleksandr Kabanov, Yugoslavia 11 Romania 8 Sergey Kotenko, Erkin Shagaev, Georgy Mshvenieradze, USSR 12 Hungary 10 Mikhail Ivanov, Nurlan Mendygaliev, Nikolay Smirnov, Netherlands 10 Italy 8 Mikhail Giorgadze 26th August USSR 8 Yugoslavia 8 Spain 8 Netherlands 7 Hungary 9 Romania 5 F.R.Germany 9 Italy 8 27th August F.R.Germany 9 USSR 9 Hungary 8 Yugoslavia 7 Netherlands 6 Romania 5 Group B Italy 18 Spain 13 20th August Bulgaria 7 Sweden 6 Greece 11 Austria 5 Denmark 13 Belgium 10 21st August Greece 9 Sweden 6 Bulgaria 8 France 7 Austria 11 Denmark 10 22nd August Greece 23 Denmark 7 Sweden 13 Austria 8 France 18 Belgium 4 23rd August Sweden 13 Denmark 12 Bulgaria 22 Belgium 4 France 13 Austria 9 Group B 25th August France 20 Denmark 5 Team P W D L GD Pts Belgium 7 Austria 6 1 Greece 6 5 1 75:41 11 Greece 11 Bulgaria 7 2 Bulgaria 6 5 1 71:45 10 26th August France 10 Greece 10 3 France 6 3 2 1 74:42 8 Bulgaria 15 Denmark 9 4 Sweden 6 3 1 2 55:49 7 Sweden 11 Belgium 7 5 Denmark 6 1 5 56:92 2 27th August France 6 Sweden 6 6 Austria 6 1 5 47:66 2 Greece 11 Belgium 6 7 Belgium 6 1 5 38:81 2 Bulgaria 12 Austria 8

26 1.17 1985 Sofia M E

Group A N 4th August Spain 9 Netherlands 7 Group A F.R.Germany 7 USSR 7 Team P W D L GD Pts Italy 14 Greece 9 1 USSR 7 5 2 66:47 12 Hungary 7 Yugoslavia 4 2 Yugoslavia 7 5 1 1 58:44 11 5th August Italy 11 Spain 7 3 F.R.Germany 7 4 1 2 60:50 9 Yugoslavia 11 Netherlands 7 4 Italy 7 4 3 63:57 8 F.R.Germany 8 Hungary 6 5 Hungary 7 4 3 56:50 8 USSR 13 Greece 6 6 Spain 7 2 1 4 50:62 5 6th August Yugoslavia 7 F.R.Germany 6 7 Netherlands 7 1 6 52:66 2 Hungary 8 Greece 6 8 Greece 7 1 6 50:79 1 Italy 6 Netherlands 5 USSR 14 Spain 7 WINNING TEAM USSR 7th August Yugoslavia 12 Greece 5 Evgeniy Sharonov, Nurlan Mendygaliev, Pavel Prokopchiuk, Hungary 10 Spain 8 Evgeniy Grishin, Sergey Naumov, Victor Berendiuga, USSR 7 Italy 6 Sergey Kotenko, Askar Orazalinov, Georgy Mshvenieradze, F.R.Germany 12 Netherlands 7 Mikhail Ivanov, Sergey Markoch, Nikolay Smirnov, 9th August Italy 8 Hungary 7 Mikhail Giorgadze USSR 8 Netherlands 6 Yugoslavia 7 Spain 3 F.R.Germany 10 Greece 6 Group B 10th August USSR 10 Hungary 8 5th August Great Britain 13 Belgium 8 Netherlands 14 Greece 10 Bulgaria 8 Poland 8 Spain 8 F.R.Germany 5 Romania 9 France 7 Yugoslavia 10 Italy 9 6th August Poland 11 Sweden 8 11th August Greece 8 Spain 8 Great Britain 11 Malta 10 F.R.Germany 12 Italy 9 Romania 18 Belgium 9 USSR 7 Yugoslavia 7 Sweden 18 Malta 10 Hungary 10 Netherlands 6 Bulgaria 7 France 5 7th August France 20 Malta 9 Great Britain 11 Sweden 11 Romania 12 Poland 6 Bulgaria 16 Belgium 5 8th August Sweden 12 Belgium 8 Romania 13 Great Britain 7 France 6 Poland 4 Bulgaria 11 Malta 3 9th August Belgium 13 Malta 5 Poland 6 Great Britain 5 Group B France 7 Sweden 7 Team P W D L GD Pts Romania 12 Bulgaria 4 1 Romania 7 7 92:49 14 10th August France 15 Great Britain 5 2 Bulgaria 7 5 1 1 70:48 11 Poland 17 Belgium 9 3 France 7 4 1 2 69:45 9 Romania 14 Malta 6 4 Poland 7 4 1 2 68:58 9 Bulgaria 14 Sweden 6 5 Sweden 7 2 2 3 72:75 6 11th August Poland 16 Malta 10 6 Great Britain 7 2 1 4 61:73 5 France 9 Belgium 4 7 Belgium 7 1 6 56:90 2 Romania 14 Sweden 10 8 Malta 7 7 53:103 0 Bulgaria 10 Great Britain 9

26 27 1.18 1987 Strasbourg

Group A 16th August F.R.Germany 11 Bulgaria 5 Group A USSR 13 Spain 6 Team P W D L GD Pts Italy 7 Romania 4 1 USSR 7 6 1 81:59 13 Yugoslavia 9 Hungary 7 2 Yugoslavia 7 5 2 68:46 12 17th August F.R.Germany 12 Romania 8 3 Italy 7 5 1 1 63:52 11 Yugoslavia 10 Bulgaria 2 4 F.R.Germany 7 4 3 70:59 8 Hungary 7 Spain 5 5 Hungary 7 3 4 61:65 6 USSR 12 Italy 10 6 Spain 7 2 5 53:59 4 18th August Yugoslavia 8 Spain 6 7 Romania 7 1 6 49:70 2 Italy 11 Hungary 9 8 Bulgaria 7 7 31:66 0 Romania 8 Bulgaria 3 USSR 11 F.R.Germany 10 19th August Italy 7 Yugoslavia 7 WINNING TEAM USSR F.R.Germany 10 Hungary 8 Evgeniy Sharonov, Oleg Shvedov, Aleksandr Ogorodnikov, USSR 13 Romania 7 Aleksandr Kolotov, Sergey Naumov, Victor Berendiuga, Spain 14 Bulgaria 6 Sergey Kotenko, Dimitri Apanasenko, 21st August Hungary 12 Romania 10 Georgy Mshvenieradze, Pavel Volkov, Sergey Markoch, USSR 8 Bulgaria 6 Sergey Maksimov, Vadim Rojdestvenskiy, Mikhail Giorgadze Yugoslavia 11 F.R.Germany 8 Italy 10 Spain 7 22nd August USSR 15 Hungary 11 Group B Italy 8 Bulgaria 4 Team P W D L GD Pts F.R.Germany 10 Spain 6 1 France 5 5 56:33 10 Yugoslavia 14 Romania 7 2 Poland 5 3 1 1 46:35 7 23rd August Italy 10 F.R.Germany 9 3 Greece 5 3 1 1 44:35 7 Spain 9 Romania 5 4 Netherlands 5 2 3 41:31 4 USSR 9 Yugoslavia 9 5 Great Britain 5 1 4 26:57 2 Hungary 7 Bulgaria 5 6 Sweden 5 5 35:57 0

Group C Group B Team P W D L GD Pts 16th August Poland 8 Netherlands 7 1 Czechoslovakia 4 4 61:23 8 France 12 Greece 6 2 Turkey 4 2 2 32:32 4 17th August Great Britain 10 Sweden 9 3 Austria 4 1 2 1 37:39 4 France 7 Netherlands 6 4 Malta 4 1 1 2 29:45 3 18th August Greece 14 Great Britain 4 5 Switzerland 4 1 3 24:44 1 France 13 Poland 11 20th August Netherlands 10 Great Britain 4 Group C Greece 12 Sweden 9 17th August Malta 8 Switzerland 6 21st August Netherlands 12 Sweden 4 Austria 7 Turkey 6 Poland 12 Great Britain 2 18th August Austria 11 Switzerland 11 22nd August Greece 8 Netherlands 6 Czechoslovakia 13 Turkey 4 Poland 11 Sweden 9 19th August Austria 8 Malta 8 France 12 Great Britain 6 Czechoslovakia 14 Switzerland 3 23rd August France 12 Sweden 4 21st August Czechoslovakia 20 Malta 5 Greece 4 Poland 4 Turkey 11 Switzerland 4 22nd August Czechoslovakia 14 Austria 11 Turkey 11 Malta 8

28 1.19 1989 Bonn M E

Preliminary Rounds N Group A1 13th August Hungary 12 Great Britain 11 Group A1 Italy 12 Greece 7 Team P W D L GD Pts 14th August Greece 7 Great Britain 5 1 Italy 3 3 34:16 6 Italy 8 Hungary 7 2 Hungary 3 2 1 32:28 4 15th August Italy 14 Great Britain 2 3 Greece 3 1 2 23:30 2 Hungary 13 Greece 9 4 Great Britain 3 3 18:33 0

Group A2 13th August Spain 14 F.R.Germany 12 Czechoslovakia 9 Poland 6 14th August Spain 10 Czechoslovakia 9 F.R.Germany 7 Poland 3 15th August Poland 10 Spain 10 F.R.Germany 11 Czechoslovakia 7

Group A2 Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Spain 3 2 1 34:31 5 2 F.R.Germany 3 2 1 30:24 4 3 Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 25:27 2 4 Poland 3 1 2 19:26 1

Netherlands took on Greece in Preliminary Group C going down 12-7. Here we see Jorn Winkelhorst, one of the Netherlands goal scorers, fighting to retain control of the ball whilst under pressure from the Greek defence (Photo: Marcel ter Bals/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

Group B1 Group B1 13th August France 10 Sweden 3 Team P W D L GD Pts Yugoslavia 13 Romania 9 1 Yugoslavia 3 3 36:20 6 14th August Romania 12 Sweden 9 2 France 3 1 1 1 25:19 3 Yugoslavia 9 France 8 3 Romania 3 1 1 1 28:29 3 15th August Yugoslavia 14 Sweden 3 4 Sweden 3 3 15:36 0 France 7 Romania 7

Group B2 Group B2 13th August USSR 9 Netherlands 6 Team P W D L GD Pts Bulgaria 10 Austria 5 1 USSR 3 3 43:15 6 14th August USSR 18 Austria 5 2 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 31:24 3 Bulgaria 8 Netherlands 8 3 Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 22:29 3 15th August USSR 16 Bulgaria 4 4 Austria 3 3 17:45 0 Netherlands 17 Austria 7 Cont...

28 29 Quarter - finals Group C 16th August Italy 11 Czechoslovakia 8 F.R.Germany 11 Hungary 9 Greece 9 Spain 7 17th August Hungary 10 Spain 6 F.R.Germany 10 Italy 10 Czechoslovakia 11 Greece 8 18th August F.R.Germany 10 Greece 6 Czechoslovakia 9 Hungary 8 Italy 11 Spain 11

Group C Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Italy 5 3 2 52:43 8 2 F.R.Germany 5 3 1 1 54:46 7 3 Spain 5 2 1 2 48:51 5 4 Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 44:48 4 5 Hungary 5 2 3 47:43 4 6 Greece 5 1 4 39:53 2

Group D 16th August Yugoslavia 13 Bulgaria 6 Group D USSR 12 Romania 5 Team P W D L GD Pts Netherlands 6 France 4 1 USSR 5 4 1 53:27 9 17th August Yugoslavia 11 Netherlands 5 2 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 51:33 9 USSR 11 France 7 3 Romania 5 2 1 2 46:47 5 Romania 16 Bulgaria 8 4 Netherlands 5 1 1 3 32:41 3 18th August Romania 9 Netherlands 7 5 Bulgaria 5 1 1 3 34:58 3 Bulgaria 8 France 5 6 France 5 1 4 31:41 1 USSR 5 Yugoslavia 5

Tobias Preuss, Germany (white cap), gets a pass away in the match against France. The French tackler was Mathias Bachelier. Germany won the 9th place match 12-5. (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

30 Semi - finals M 19th August Yugoslavia 8 Italy 7 E F.R.Germany 10 USSR 8

1st - 2nd place N 20th August F.R.Germany 10 Yugoslavia 9

Bronze game 20th August Italy 12 USSR 11

5th - 6th place 19th August Romania 13 Spain 8

7th - 8th place 19th August Czechoslovakia 9 Netherlands 4

9th - 10th place 19th August Hungary 14 Bulgaria 7

11th - 12th place 19th August Greece 13 France 8

13th - 16th place 16th August Poland 10 Great Britain 4 FINAL RANKING Austria 8 Sweden 8 Team 17th August Poland 11 Austria 8 1 F.R.Germany Great Britain 10 Sweden 9 2 Yugoslavia 18th August Austria 8 Great Britain 7 3 Italy Poland 11 Sweden 9 4 USSR 5 Romania 6 Spain 7 Czechoslovakia 8 Netherlands 9 Hungary 10 Bulgaria 11 Greece WINNING TEAM F.R.GERMANY 12 France Ingo Borgmann, Thomas Huber, Frank Otto, 13 Poland Lars Tomanek, Dirk Schutze, Andreas Ehrl, Carsten Kusch, 14 Austria Rainer Osselmann, Hagen Stamm, Rene Reimann, 15 Great Britain Dirk Theismann, Jorg Dresel, Uwe Sterzik, Peter Rohle 16 Sweden

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 13 Poland 3 3 32:21 6 14 Austria 3 1 1 1 24:26 3 15 Great Britain 3 1 2 21:27 2 16 Sweden 3 1 2 26:29 1

30 31 1.20 1991 Athens

Preliminary Rounds Group A1 17th August Romania 10 France 6 Group A1 USSR 20 Denmark 5 Team P W D L GD Pts 18th August Romania 11 USSR 11 1 Romania 3 2 1 47:26 5 France 12 Denmark 4 2 USSR 3 2 1 45:25 5 19th August Romania 26 Denmark 9 3 France 3 1 2 27:28 2 USSR 14 France 9 4 Denmark 3 3 18:58 0

Group A2 17th August Italy 10 Hungary 8 Czechoslovakia 13 Turkey 10 18th August Hungary 16 Czechoslovakia 12 Italy 22 Turkey 4 19th August Italy 17 Czechoslovakia 9 Hungary 22 Turkey 7

Group A2 Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Italy 3 3 49:21 6 2 Hungary 3 2 1 46:29 4 3 Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 34:43 2 4 Turkey 3 3 21:57 0

Group B1 Group B1 17th August Netherlands 13 Poland 13 Team P W D L GD Pts Yugoslavia 13 Bulgaria 11 1 Yugoslavia 3 3 39:23 6 18th August Yugoslavia 15 Netherlands 6 2 Poland 3 1 1 1 31:30 3 Poland 12 Bulgaria 6 3 Netherlands 3 2 1 29:38 2 19th August Bulgaria 10 Netherlands 10 4 Bulgaria 3 1 2 27:35 1 Yugoslavia 11 Poland 6

Group B2 Group B2 17th August Spain 11 Germany 10 Team P W D L GD Pts Greece 8 Great Britain 5 1 Spain 3 3 57:23 6 18th August Greece 8 Germany 7 2 Greece 3 2 1 23:30 4 Spain 28 Great Britain 6 3 Germany 3 1 2 36:27 2 19th August Spain 18 Greece 7 4 Great Britain 3 3 19:55 0 Germany 19 Great Britain 8

32 Quarter - finals M Group C E 20th August Romania 19 Czechoslovakia 13

Italy 13 France 6 N USSR 13 Hungary 11 21st August Hungary 13 Romania 9 Italy 12 USSR 10 Czechoslovakia 11 France 9 22nd August Italy 10 Romania 9 Hungary 16 France 7 USSR 14 Czechoslovakia 10

Group C Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Italy 5 5 62:42 10 2 USSR 5 3 1 1 62:53 7 3 Hungary 5 3 2 64:51 6 4 Romania 5 2 1 2 58:53 5 5 Czechoslovakia 5 1 4 55:75 2 6 France 5 5 37:64 0

Group D 20th August Yugoslavia 13 Germany 6 Group D Greece 12 Poland 9 Team P W D L GD Pts Spain 19 Netherlands 12 1 Spain 5 4 1 84:52 9 21st August Yugoslavia 16 Greece 7 2 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 69:39 9 Germany 15 Netherlands 15 3 Greece 5 3 2 47:60 6 Spain 22 Poland 9 4 Germany 5 1 1 3 50:56 3 22nd August Germany 12 Poland 9 5 Netherlands 5 2 3 56:75 2 Greece 13 Netherlands 10 6 Poland 5 1 4 46:70 1 Spain 14 Yugoslavia 14 Cont...

Triple European gold medallist, Dusan Mandic, Serbia, in action during the 2018 European Championships in Barcelona (Photo: Marcel ter Bals/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

32 33 Semi - finals 23rd August Yugoslavia 11 Italy 9 Spain 13 USSR 8 Final 1st - 2nd place 24th August Yugoslavia 11 Spain 10

Bronze game 24th August USSR 11 Italy 10

5th - 6th places 23rd August Hungary 10 Greece 7

7th - 8th places 23rd August Germany 14 Romania 8

9th - 10th places 23rd August Netherlands 18 Czechoslovakia 14

11th - 12th places 23rd August France 13 Poland 12

13th - 16th places 20th August Bulgaria 13 Turkey 9 FINAL RANKING Great Britain 15 Denmark 8 Team 21st August Bulgaria 13 Great Britain 7 1 Yugoslavia Denmark 11 Turkey 11 2 Spain 22nd August Turkey 9 Great Britain 7 3 USSR Bulgaria 21 Denmark 13 4 Italy 5 Hungary 6 Greece 7 Germany 8 Romania 9 Netherlands 10 Czechoslovakia 11 France WINNING TEAM YUGOSLAVIA 12 Poland Aleksandar Sostar, Dusan Popovic, Vaso Subotic, 13 Bulgaria Predrag Zimonjic, Igor Milanovic, Viktor Jelenic, 14 Turkey Mirko Vicevic, Vitomir Padovan, Veljko Uskokovic, 15 Great Britain Igor Gocanin, Dusan Cirkovic, Goran Radjenovic, 16 Denmark Nikola Ribic, Zeljko Vicevic, Milan Tadic

FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 13 Bulgaria 3 3 47:29 6 14 Turkey 3 1 1 1 29:31 3 15 Great Britain 3 1 2 29:30 2 16 Denmark 3 1 2 32:47 1

34 1.21 1993 Sheffield M E

Preliminary Rounds N Group A Group A 31st July Romania 10 Ukraine 9 Team P W D L GD Pts Croatia 11 Russia 7 1 Italy 5 4 1 55:41 8 Italy 9 Germany 8 2 Romania 5 3 1 1 48:49 7 1st August Romania 12 Russia 12 3 Croatia 5 3 2 49:45 6 Italy 13 Croatia 7 4 Russia 5 2 1 2 47:44 5 Germany 13 Ukraine 8 5 Germany 5 2 3 45:42 4 2nd August Italy 9 Russia 8 6 Ukraine 5 5 38:61 0 Germany 10 Romania 6 Croatia 13 Ukraine 8 3rd August Romania 11 Italy 10 Russia 11 Ukraine 6 Croatia 10 Germany 8 4th August Italy 14 Ukraine 7 Russia 9 Germany 6 Romania 9 Croatia 8

Group B Group B 31st July Hungary 9 Greece 5 Team P W D L GD Pts Spain 17 Netherlands 10 1 Hungary 5 5 67:39 10 Slovakia 13 Great Britain 7 2 Spain 5 4 1 67:46 8 1st August Spain 12 Greece 10 3 Greece 5 2 1 2 46:37 5 Netherlands 14 Slovakia 9 4 Netherlands 5 2 3 53:51 4 Hungary 19 Great Britain 5 5 Slovakia 5 1 1 3 45:52 3 2nd August Hungary 14 Spain 11 6 Great Britain 5 5 22:75 0 Greece 7 Slovakia 7 Netherlands 14 Great Britain 2 3rd August Hungary 14 Slovakia 9 Greece 12 Netherlands 6 Spain 17 Great Britain 5 4th August Spain 10 Slovakia 7 Hungary 11 Netherlands 9 Final 5th - 8th place Greece 12 Great Britain 3 6th August Croatia 15 Netherlands 6 Greece 7 Russia 7 Semi - finals 7th August Russia 12 Netherlands 6 7th August Hungary 8 Romania 7 Croatia 8 Greece 7 Italy 10 Spain 9

Final 1st - 2nd place Final 9th - 12th places 8th August Italy 11 Hungary 9 6th August Slovakia 10 Ukraine 8 Germany 17 Great Britain 4 Bronze game 7th August Ukraine 10 Great Britain 4 8th August Spain 13 Romania 12 Germany 9 Slovakia 9

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34 35 FINAL RANKING WINNING TEAM ITALY Team Francesco Attolico, Alessandro Bovo, Alessandro Campagna, Mario Fiorillo, Francesco Porzio, 1 Italy Ferdinando Gandolfi, Massimiliano Ferretti, Marco D’Altrui, Giuseppe Porzio, Paolo Caldarella, 2 Hungary Amedeo Pomilio, Carlo Silipo, Roberto Calcaterra, Paolo Petronelli, Gianni Averaimo 3 Spain 4 Romania 5 Croatia FINAL RANKING 6 Greece Team P W D L GD Pts 7 Russia 5 Croatia 3 3 34:20 6 8 Netherlands 6 Greece 3 1 1 1 26:21 3 9 Germany 7 Russia 3 1 1 1 26:24 3 10 Slovakia 8 Netherlands 3 3 18:39 0 11 Ukraine 12 Great Britain FINAL RANKING Team P W D L GD Pts 9 Germany 3 2 1 39:21 5 10 Slovakia 3 2 1 32:24 5 11 Ukraine 3 1 2 26:27 2 12 Great Britain 3 3 15:40 0

1.22 1995 Vienna

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 18th August Spain 7 Ukraine 6 Team P W D L GD Pts 19th August Spain 10 Netherlands 6 1 Spain 2 2 17:12 4 20th August Ukraine 10 Netherlands 7 2 Ukraine 2 1 1 16:14 2 3 Netherlands 2 2 13:20 0

Group B Group B 18th August Hungary 20 Austria 0 Team P W D L GD Pts 19th August Croatia 26 Austria 2 1 Hungary 2 2 31:5 4 20th August Hungary 11 Croatia 5 2 Croatia 2 1 1 31:13 2 3 Austria 2 2 2:46 0

Group C Group C 18th August Russia 14 Bulgaria 10 Team P W D L GD Pts 19th August Russia 14 Romania 5 1 Russia 2 2 28:15 4 20th August Bulgaria 4 Romania 4 2 Bulgaria 2 1 1 14:18 1 3 Romania 2 1 1 9:18 1

Group D Group D 18th August Italy 9 Greece 7 Team P W D L GD Pts 19th August Italy 10 Germany 6 1 Italy 2 2 19:13 4 20th August Germany 9 Greece 8 2 Germany 2 1 1 15:18 2 3 Greece 2 2 15:18 0

36 Quarter - finals M Group E Group E E 21st August Germany 11 Spain 10 Team P W D L GD Pts

Hungary 14 Bulgaria 7 1 Hungary 3 3 45:30 6 N 22nd August Germany 10 Bulgaria 5 2 Germany 3 2 1 33:33 4 Hungary 13 Spain 11 3 Spain 3 1 2 36:29 2 23rd August Hungary 18 Germany 12 4 Bulgaria 3 3 17:39 0 Spain 15 Bulgaria 5

Group F Group F 21st August Croatia 7 Russia 7 Team P W D L GD Pts Italy 13 Ukraine 7 1 Italy 3 2 1 32:24 5 22nd August Croatia 14 Ukraine 8 2 Croatia 3 1 2 29:23 4 Italy 11 Russia 9 3 Russia 3 1 1 1 30:26 3 23rd August Croatia 8 Italy 8 4 Ukraine 3 3 23:41 0 Russia 14 Ukraine 8

Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 25th August Italy 10 Germany 9 Hungary 11 Croatia 8

Semi - finals 5th - 8th place 25th August Russia 14 Bulgaria 6 Spain 16 Ukraine 6 FINAL RANKING Team 1 Italy Final 1st - 2nd place 2 Hungary 27th August Italy 10 Hungary 8 3 Germany 4 Croatia Bronze game 5 Spain 26th August Germany 11 Croatia 10 6 Russia 7 Ukraine 5th - 6th place 8 Bulgaria 26th August Spain 10 Russia 7 9 Greece 10 Netherlands 7th - 8th place 11 Romania 26th August Ukraine 9 Bulgaria 7 12 Austria

Final 9th - 12th place 21st August Greece 7 Netherlands 6 FINAL RANKING Romania 18 Austria 4 Team P W D L GD Pts 22nd August Greece 9 Romania 7 9 Greece 3 3 33:18 6 Netherlands 21 Austria 3 10 Netherlands 3 2 1 41:19 4 23rd August Greece 17 Austria 5 11 Romania 3 1 2 34:27 2 Netherlands 14 Romania 9 12 Austria 3 3 12:56 0

WINNING TEAM ITALY Francesco Attolico, Francesco Postiglione, Alessandro Bovo, Angelo Temellini, Roberto Calcaterra, Alessandro Calcaterra, Alberto Angelini, Amedeo Pomilio, Paolo Petronelli, Leonardo Sottani, Carlo Silipo, Alberto Ghibellini, Fabio Bencivenga, Luca Giustolisi, Marco Gerini

36 37 1.23 1997 Seville

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 13th August Russia 13 Bulgaria 4 Team P W D L GD Pts Yugoslavia 10 Germany 5 1 Russia 5 4 1 36:23 9 Italy 7 Greece 2 2 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 32:20 9 14th August Yugoslavia 9 Bulgaria 4 3 Italy 5 3 2 38:20 6 Italy 8 Germany 4 4 Greece 5 1 1 3 27:30 3 Russia 7 Greece 6 5 Germany 5 1 1 3 34:38 3 15th August Greece 8 Bulgaria 4 6 Bulgaria 5 5 23:59 0 Russia 8 Germany 6 Yugoslavia 4 Italy 3 16th August Italy 16 Bulgaria 5 Russia 3 Yugoslavia 3 Germany 6 Greece 6 17th August Germany 13 Bulgaria 6 Yugoslavia 6 Greece 5 Russia 5 Italy 4

Group B Group B 13th August Slovakia 6 Netherlands 4 Team P W D L GD Pts Hungary 13 Ukraine 3 1 Croatia 5 4 1 40:23 9 Croatia 8 Spain 7 2 Hungary 5 3 2 52:31 8 14th August Netherlands 10 Ukraine 4 3 Spain 5 3 1 1 40:25 7 Croatia 7 Hungary 7 4 Slovakia 5 2 3 28:39 4 Spain 9 Slovakia 5 5 Netherlands 5 1 4 28:39 2 15th August Hungary 12 Slovakia 6 6 Ukraine 5 5 17:48 0 Croatia 7 Ukraine 3 Spain 7 Netherlands 3 16th August Croatia 9 Netherlands 3 Slovakia 8 Ukraine 5 Hungary 7 Spain 7 Final 1st - 2nd place 17th August Hungary 13 Netherlands 8 23rd August Hungary 3 Yugoslavia 2 Spain 10 Ukraine 2 Croatia 9 Slovakia 3 Bronze game 23rd August Russia 8 Croatia 7 Quarter - finals 19th August Croatia 5 Greece 4 5th - 6th place Russia 11 Slovakia 6 21st August Spain 8 Italy 6 Hungary 9 Italy 8 Yugoslavia 10 Spain 9 7th - 8th place 21st August Greece 13 Slovakia 9 Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 21st August Yugoslavia 8 Croatia 7 9th - 10th place Hungary 10 Russia 7 19th August Netherlands 10 Germany 7

Semi - finals 5th - 8th place 11th - 12th place 20th August Spain 7 Greece 3 19th August Ukraine 10 Bulgaria 8 Italy 12 Slovakia 9

38 WINNING TEAM HUNGARY FINAL RANKING M Zoltan Kosz, Frank Toth, Tamas Marcz, Zsolt Varga, Tamas Kasas, Attila Vari, Gergely Kiss, Team E Tibor Benedek, Rajmund Fodor, Balazs Vincze, Barnabas Steinmetz, Tamas Molnar, 1 Hungary

Zsolt Nemeth, Bulcsu Szekely, Zoltan Kovacs 2 Yugoslavia N 3 Russia 4 Croatia 5 Spain 6 Italy 7 Greece 8 Slovakia 9 Netherlands 10 Germany 11 Ukraine 12 Bulgaria

1.24 1999 Florence

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 2nd September Greece 9 Slovenia 5 Team P W D L GD Pts Croatia 9 Slovakia 7 1 Hungary 5 4 1 46:25 9 Hungary 7 Italy 7 2 Croatia 5 4 1 40:30 8 3rd September Greece 8 Slovakia 3 3 Italy 5 3 1 1 35:32 7 Hungary 11 Slovenia 3 4 Greece 5 2 3 32:32 4 Croatia 7 Italy 6 5 Slovakia 5 1 4 29:43 2 4th September Slovakia 8 Slovenia 7 6 Slovenia 5 5 26:46 0 Hungary 7 Croatia 6 Italy 7 Greece 6 5th September Croatia 9 Slovenia 4 Hungary 8 Greece 3 Italy 6 Slovakia 5 6th September Hungary 13 Slovakia 6 Croatia 9 Greece 6 Italy 9 Slovenia 7

Group B Group B 2nd September Spain 9 Germany 4 Team P W D L GD Pts Russia 10 Netherlands 7 1 Spain 5 4 1 44:33 8 Yugoslavia 7 Romania 5 2 Russia 5 3 2 37:35 6 3rd September Germany 5 Romania 3 3 Yugoslavia 5 2 1 2 36:33 5 Russia 9 Yugoslavia 8 4 Germany 5 2 1 2 26:29 5 Spain 11 Netherlands 8 5 Romania 5 1 1 3 29:32 3 4th September Netherlands 4 Romania 4 6 Netherlands 5 1 1 3 33:43 3 Spain 6 Russia 4 Germany 3 Yugoslavia 3 5th September Netherlands 8 Germany 7 Russia 8 Romania 7 Spain 10 Yugoslavia 7 6th September Yugoslavia 11 Netherlands 6 Romania 10 Spain 8 Germany 7 Russia 6 Cont...

38 39 Quarter - finals 8th September Italy 7 Russia 6 FINAL RANKING Croatia 9 Yugoslavia 7 Team Greece 7 Spain 6 1 Hungary Hungary 15 Germany 4 2 Croatia 3 Italy Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 4 Greece 9th September Croatia 10 Greece 7 5 Russia Hungary 7 Italy 5 6 Spain 7 Yugoslavia Semi - finals 5th - 8th place 8 Germany 9th September Russia 8 Germany 7 9 Romania Spain 8 Yugoslavia 5 10 Slovakia 11 Slovenia Final 1st - 2nd place 12 Netherlands 11th September Hungary 15 Croatia 12

Bronze game 11th September Italy 7 Greece 6 WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Zoltan Kosz, Frank Toth, Tamas Marcz, 5th - 6th place Zsolt Varga, Tamas Kasas, Attila Vari, 10th September Russia 14 Spain 12 Gergely Kiss, Bulcsu Szekely, Rajmund Fodor, Balazs Vincze, 7th - 8th place Barnabas Steinmetz, Tamas Molnar, 10th September Yugoslavia 8 Germany 5 Csaba Kiss, Peter Biros, Zoltan Kovacs

9th - 10th place 8th September Romania 9 Slovakia 8

11th - 12th place 8th September Slovenia 8 Netherlands 7

Moritz Jerome Schenkel, the German goal keeper, gets up to save a penalty during the European Water Polo Championships at the Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona (Photo: Marcel ter Bals/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

40 1.25 2001 Budapest M E

Preliminary Rounds N Group A Group A 15th June Italy 10 Netherlands 4 Team P W D L GD Pts Yugoslavia 9 Spain 7 1 Yugoslavia 5 5 47:32 10 Hungary 12 Romania 5 2 Hungary 5 4 1 44:30 8 16th June Italy 9 Romania 4 3 Spain 5 3 2 30:28 6 Hungary 7 Spain 5 4 Italy 5 2 3 39:35 4 Yugoslavia 10 Netherlands 7 5 Netherlands 5 1 4 24:40 1 17th June Spain 4 Netherlands 0 6 Romania 5 1 4 25:44 1 Yugoslavia 11 Romania 5 Hungary 10 Italy 5 18th June Netherlands 6 Romania 6 Spain 8 Italy 7 Yugoslavia 8 Hungary 5 19th June Spain 6 Romania 5 Hungary 10 Netherlands 7 Yugoslavia 9 Italy 8

Group B Group B 15th June Russia 13 France 4 Team P W D L GD Pts Greece 7 Germany 4 1 Greece 5 4 1 48:35 9 Slovakia 10 Croatia 9 2 Croatia 5 2 2 1 41:31 6 16th June Croatia 12 France 3 3 Russia 5 3 2 47:36 6 Germany 9 Slovakia 9 4 Slovakia 5 2 1 2 48:52 5 Greece 10 Russia 7 5 Germany 5 1 2 2 35:33 4 17th June Greece 14 Slovakia 8 6 France 5 5 27:59 0 Croatia 8 Russia 6 Germany 11 France 3 18th June Slovakia 13 France 8 Russia 9 Germany 6 Greece 7 Croatia 7 19th June Russia 12 Slovakia 8 Greece 10 France 9 Croatia 5 Germany 5

Quarter - finals 21st June Croatia 7 Spain 6 Hungary 10 Russia 9 Yugoslavia 8 Slovakia 7 Italy 7 Greece 6

Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 22nd June Yugoslavia 8 Croatia 6 Italy 8 Hungary 7

Semi - finals 5th - 8th place 22nd June Spain 8 Slovakia 5 Russia 8 Greece 5 Cont...

40 41 Final 1st - 2nd place 24th June Yugoslavia 8 Italy 5 FINAL RANKING Team Bronze game 1 Yugoslavia 24th June Hungary 12 Croatia 9 2 Italy 3 Hungary 5th - 6th place 4 Croatia 23rd June Russia 8 Spain 5 5 Russia 6 Spain 7th - 8th place 7 Greece 23rd June Greece 8 Slovakia 4 8 Slovakia 9 Germany 9th - 10th place 10 Netherlands 22nd June Germany 8 Netherlands 6 11 Romania 12 France 11th - 12th place 22nd June Romania 9 France 1

WINNING TEAM YUGOSLAVIA Aleksandar Sostar, Petar Trbojevic, Predrag Zimonjic, Dejan Savic, Danilo Ikodinovic, Viktor Jelenic, Veljko Uskokovic, Aleksandar Ciric, Aleksandar Sapic, Vladimir Vujasinovic, Nenad Vukanic, Branko Pekovic, Nikola Janovic, Nikola Kuljaca, Denis Sefik

1.26 2003 Kranj

Preliminary Rounds Group A 6th June Serbia & Montenegro 11 Romania 2 Slovakia 11 Netherlands 12 Russia 6 Hungary 13 7th June Romania 7 Slovakia 9 Hungary 9 Netherlands 7 Russia 11 Serbia & Montenegro 10 8th June Netherlands 6 Romania 10 Slovakia 8 Russia 7 Serbia & Montenegro 7 Hungary 6 9th June Russia 11 Netherlands 6 Serbia & Montenegro 11 Slovakia 5 Hungary 14 Romania 5 10th June Romania 4 Russia 9 Slovakia 8 Hungary 14 Serbia & Montenegro 7 Netherlands 6

Group A Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Serbia & Montenegro 5 4 1 46:30 8 2 Hungary 5 4 1 56:33 8 3 Russia 5 3 2 44:41 6 4 Slovakia 5 2 3 41:51 4 5 Netherlands 5 1 4 37:48 2 6 Romania 5 1 4 28:49 2

42 Group B M 6th June Croatia 12 Germany 11 Group B E Italy 7 Greece 5 Team P W D L GD Pts

Slovenia 3 Spain 7 1 Croatia 5 4 1 38:31 8 N 7th June Germany 5 Italy 4 2 Greece 5 3 2 37:35 6 Slovenia 4 Croatia 9 3 Spain 5 3 2 34:31 6 Spain 6 Greece 9 4 Germany 5 2 3 39:41 4 8th June Greece 5 Germany 4 5 Italy 5 2 3 33:33 4 Croatia 3 Spain 6 6 Slovenia 5 1 4 39:49 2 Italy 13 Slovenia 10 9th June Spain 8 Germany 10 Slovenia 10 Greece 11 Croatia 6 Italy 3 10th June Greece 7 Croatia 8 Germany 9 Slovenia 12 Italy 6 Spain 7

Quarter - finals 12th June Croatia 10 Slovakia 6 FINAL RANKING Hungary 10 Spain 2 Team Russia 10 Greece 8 1 Serbia & Montenegro Serbia & Montenegro 9 Germany 2 2 Croatia 3 Hungary Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 4 Russia 13th June Croatia 10 Hungary 9 5 Spain Serbia & Montenegro 11 Russia 7 6 Germany 7 Slovakia 8 Greece Slovakia 5 Spain 6 9 Italy Germany 6 Greece 4 10 Romania 11 Netherlands Final 1st - 2nd place 12 Slovenia 15th June Serbia & Montenegro 9 Croatia 8

Bronze game 15th June Hungary 12 Russia 6

5th - 6th place 14th June Germany 4 Spain 5

7th - 8th place 14th June Greece 6 Slovakia 7

9th - 10th place 13th June Romania 3 Italy 7 WINNING TEAM SERBIA & MONTENEGRO Nikola Kuljaca, Slobodan Nikic, Zivko Golic, 11th - 12th place Vanja Udovicic, Dejan Savic, Danilo Ikodinovic, 13th June Netherlands 7 Slovenia 4 Viktor Jelenic, Vladimir Gojkovic, Aleksandar Ciric, Aleksandar Sapic, Vladimir Vujasinovic, Predrag Jokic, Boris Zlokovic, Filip Filipovic, Denis Sefik

42 43 1.27 2006 Belgrade

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 1st September Romania 8 Spain 11 Team P W D L GD Pts Netherlands 11 Slovakia 11 1 Serbia 5 5 78:34 15 Serbia 13 Russia 6 2 Spain 5 3 2 59:54 9 2nd September Spain 13 Slovakia 8 3 Romania 5 2 1 2 41:48 7 Romania 13 Russia 10 4 Russia 5 2 3 49:53 6 Serbia 17 Netherlands 10 5 Netherlands 5 1 2 2 46:58 5 3rd September Netherlands 8 Romania 8 6 Slovakia 5 1 4 36:62 1 Russia 10 Spain 13 Serbia 19 Slovakia 2 4th September Russia 11 Netherlands 5 Romania 7 Slovakia 6 Serbia 16 Spain 11 5th September Slovakia 9 Russia 12 Netherlands 12 Spain 11 Serbia 13 Romania 4

Group B Group B 1st September Hungary 23 Slovenia 6 Team P W D L GD Pts Greece 11 Germany 8 1 Hungary 5 5 82:41 15 Croatia 8 Italy 9 2 Italy 5 3 2 57:50 9 2nd September Slovenia 6 Greece 19 3 Greece 5 2 1 2 59:48 7 Italy 8 Germany 11 4 Germany 5 2 1 2 52:54 7 Croatia 11 Hungary 16 5 Croatia 5 1 2 2 57:52 5 3rd September Germany 14 Slovenia 6 6 Slovenia 5 5 33:95 0 Greece 10 Croatia 10 Hungary 13 Italy 6 4th September Italy 20 Slovenia 7 Hungary 10 Greece 8 Croatia 9 Germany 9 5th September Slovenia 8 Croatia 19 Germany 10 Hungary 20 Greece 11 Italy 14

Quarter - finals 7th September Spain 12 Greece 10 Romania 10 Italy 9

Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 8th September Romania 6 Serbia 13 Spain 10 Hungary 16

44 Final 1st - 2nd place M 10th September Serbia 9 Hungary 8 E

Bronze game N 10th September Romania 4 Spain 10

5th - 6th place 9th September Greece 10 Italy 11 FINAL RANKING Team 7th - 8th place 1 Serbia 9th September Croatia 11 Germany 7 2 Hungary 3 Spain 9th - 10th place 4 Romania 9th September Russia 15 Netherlands 10 5 Italy 6 Greece 11th - 12th place 7 Croatia 8th September Slovenia 9 Slovakia 10 8 Germany 9 Russia 10 Netherlands 11 Slovakia 12 Slovenia

WINNING TEAM SERBIA Denis Sefik, Petar Trbojevic, Zivko Gocic, Vanja Udovicic, Dejan Savic, Danilo Ikodinovic, Slobodan Nikic, Filip Filipovic, Aleksandar Ciric, Aleksandar Sapic, Vladimir Vujasinovic, Branko Pekovic, Slobodan Soro, Dusko Pijetlovic, Andrija Prlainovic

Hungary defends with depth. Defender, Balazs Erdeyli, and goal keeper, Viktor Nagy, were able to defend this situation during the 2018 Europeans at the Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona (Photo: Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

44 45 1.28 2008 Malaga

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 4th July Slovakia 3 Greece 12 Team P W D L GD Pts Hungary 10 Croatia 9 1 Montenegro 5 4 1 48:37 12 Spain 7 Montenegro 8 2 Hungary 5 4 1 54:52 12 5th July Hungary 19 Slovakia 3 3 Croatia 5 3 1 1 52:38 10 Monetenegro 11 Greece 10 4 Spain 5 2 3 42:38 6 Spain 7 Croatia 11 5 Greece 5 1 1 3 42:41 4 6th July Hungary 8 Greece 3 6 Slovakia 5 5 19:71 0 Croatia 7 Montenegro 6 Slovakia 4 Spain 12 7th July Croatia 15 Slovakia 5 Hungary 9 Montenegro 10 Spain 9 Greece 7 8th July Slovakia 4 Montenegro 13 Greece 10 Croatia 10 Hungary 8 Spain 7

Group B Group B 4th July Macedonia 10 Romania 6 Team P W D L GD Pts Serbia 17 Germany 5 1 Serbia 5 4 1 68:31 13 Russia 6 Italy 12 2 Italy 5 4 1 55:35 12 5th July Macedonia 6 Serbia 23 3 Germany 5 3 2 39:42 9 Germany 13 Russia 4 4 Macedonia 5 1 1 3 35:56 4 Romania 7 Italy 12 5 Romania 5 1 1 3 37:46 4 6th July Russia 9 Macedonia 9 6 Russia 5 1 4 35:59 1 Serbia 6 Romania 6 Italy 12 Germany 6 7th July Romania 4 Germany 8 Macedonia 5 Italy 11 Serbia 11 Russia 6 8th July Germany 7 Macedonia 5 Russia 10 Romania 14 Italy 8 Serbia 11

Quarter - finals 5th - 6th place 9th July Hungary 14 Germany 8 12th July Germany 7 Italy 9 Croatia 8 Italy 7 7th - 8th place Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 12th July Spain 15 Macedonia 5 11th July Croatia 7 Montenegro 9 Hungary 7 Serbia 8 9th - 10th place 12th July Romania 11 Russia 6 Final 1st - 2nd place 13th July Serbia 5 Montenegro 6 11th - 12th place 11th July Greece 14 Slovakia 8 Bronze game 13th July Hungary 15 Croatia 14

46 FINAL RANKING M Team E 1 Montenegro WINNING TEAM MONTENEGRO

2 Serbia Zdravko Radic, Drasko Brguljan, Vjekoslav Paskovic, Nikola Vukcevic, Nikola Janovik, N 3 Hungary Milan Ticic, Mjadlan Janovic, Damian Danilvic, Aleksandar Ivovic, Boris Zlokovic, 4 Croatia Vladimir Gojkovic, Predrag Jokic, Milos Scepanovic 5 Italy 6 Germany 7 Spain 8 Macedonia 9 Romania 10 Russia 11 Greece 12 Slovakia

1.29 2010 Zagreb

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 29th August Turkey 6 Romania 12 Team P W D L GD Pts Italy 7 Spain 6 1 Croatia 5 4 1 54:32 12 Montenegro 11 Croatia 9 2 Italy 5 4 1 42:35 12 30th August Spain 10 Romania 11 3 Montenegro 5 3 1 1 38:22 10 Italy 11 Montenegro 10 4 Romania 5 2 1 2 46:48 7 Croatia 16 Turkey 3 5 Spain 5 1 4 41:40 3 1st September Turkey 4 Italy 9 6 Turkey 5 5 21:71 0 Romania 7 Croatia 13 Montenegro 8 Spain 7 3rd September Montenegro 22 Turkey 2 Italy 10 Romania 7 Spain 6 Croatia 8 5th September Turkey 6 Spain 12 Romania 9 Montenegro 9 Italy 5 Croatia 8

Group B Group B 29th August Russia 9 Macedonia 10 Team P W D L GD Pts Hungary 10 Germany 8 1 Hungary 5 4 1 46:34 13 Serbia 13 Greece 5 2 Serbia 5 4 1 71:36 12 30th August Germany 7 Russia 6 3 Germany 5 3 2 32:45 9 Serbia 6 Hungary 9 4 Greece 5 1 1 3 32:37 4 Greece 10 Macedonia 5 5 Macedonia 5 1 4 35:53 3 1st September Russia 10 Serbia 16 6 Russia 5 1 4 42:53 3 Macedonia 7 Germany 8 Hungary 6 Greece 6 3rd September Serbia 19 Macedonia 9 Hungary 14 Russia 10 Greece 5 Germany 6 5th September Serbia 17 Germany 3 Russia 7 Greece 6 Hungary 7 Macedonia 4 Cont...

46 47 Quarter - finals FINAL RANKING 7th-12th place Team 7th September Spain 9 Russia 6 1 Croatia Turkey 9 Macedonia 6 2 Italy 1st-6th place 3 Serbia 7th September Italy 6 Germany 2 4 Hungary Montenegro 5 Serbia 6 5 Montenegro 6 Germany 11th-12th place 7 Romania 9th September Russia 5 Macedonia 4 8 Spain 9 Greece Semi - finals 7th-10th place 10 Turkey Spain 12 Greece 11 11 Russia Turkey 8 Romania 15 12 FYRO Macedonia

Semi-final Round Serbia 9 Croatia 10 WINNING TEAM CROATIA Italy 10 Hungary 8 Josip Pavic, Damir Buric, Miho Boskovic, Niksa Dobud, Marco Jokovic, Petar Muslim, Frano Karac, Andro Buslje, Final Round 9th-10th place Sandro Sukno, Samir Barac, Igor Hinic, Paulo Obradovic, Greece 10 Turkey 7 Ivan Buljubasic

7th-8th place Spain 7 Romania 8

5th-6th Place Germany 6 Montenegro 14

Bronze game Serbia 10 Hungary 8

Final- 1st-2nd place Croatia 7 Italy 3

Jesse Koopman, Netherlands (white cap) managed to retain possession of the ball despite the close attention of Cosmin Radu, Romania, in the men’s semi-finals 9th - 12th place match in 2018. The match was won by Netherlands 12-7 (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/ Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

48 1.28 2012 Eindhoven

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 16th January Macedonia 16 Turkey 4 Team P W D L GD Pts Greece 14 Netherlands 12 1 Hungary 5 5 76:32 15 Hungary 12 Italy 8 2 Italy 5 4 1 71:37 12 17th January Macedonia 6 Greece 10 3 Greece 5 3 2 58:39 9 Netherlands 6 Hungary 19 4 Netherlands 5 2 3 46:62 6 Turkey 7 Italy 24 5 Macedonia 5 1 4 44:53 3 19th January Hungary 14 Macedonia 9 6 Turkey 5 5 22:94 0 Greece 20 Turkey 2 Italy 14 Netherlands 6 21st January Macedonia 5 Italy 15 Turkey 7 Netherlands 12 Greece 7 Hungary 9 23rd January Turkey 2 Hungary 22 Macedonia 8 Netherlands 10 Italy 10 Greece 7

Group B Group B 16th January Croatia 10 Romania 7 Team P W D L GD Pts Germany 7 Montenegro 13 1 Serbia 5 4 1 57:45 12 Serbia 7 Spain 5 2 Montenegro 5 3 1 1 53:42 10 17th January Serbia 13 Germany 12 3 Germany 5 3 2 55:54 9 Spain 12 Romania 10 4 Croatia 5 3 2 52:50 9 Montenegro 8 Croatia 10 5 Spain 5 1 1 3 47:55 4 19th January Germany 16 Spain 10 6 Romania 5 5 39:57 0 Croatia 12 Serbia 15 Romania 8 Montenegro 11 21st January Serbia 14 Romania 5 Spain 10 Montenegro 10 Germany 10 Croatia 9 23rd January Croatia 11 Spain 10 Serbia 7 Montenegro 11 Romania 9 Germany 10

Quarter - finals 7th-12th place 25th January Macedonia 10 Romania 12 Turkey 4 Spain 16

Quarter - finals 1st-6th place 25th January Italy 9 Germany 4 Greece 9 Montenegro 11

11th-12th place 27th January Macedonia 9 Turkey 7

Semi - finals 7th-10th place 27th January Romania 16 Croatia 15 Spain 14 Netherlands 9

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48 49 Semi - final Round 27th January Italy 8 Serbia 12 Montenegro 14 Hungary 13

Final Round 28th January Croatia 16 Netherlands 4

7th-8th place 28th January Romania 8 Spain 9

5th - 6th place 28th January Germany 9 Greece 6

Bronze game 28th January Italy 9 Hungary 12

Final 1st-2nd place 28th January Serbia 9 Montenegro 8

FINAL RANKING Team 1 Serbia WINNING TEAM SERBIA 2 Montenegro Slobodan Soro, Aleksa Saponijic, Zivko Gocic, Vanja Udovicic, Milos Cuk, Dusko Pijetlovic, 3 Hungary Slobodan Nikic, Milan Aleksic, Nikola Radjen, Filip Filipovic, Andrja Prlainovic, Stefan Mitrovic, 4 Italy Branislav Mitrovic 5 Germany 6 Greece 7 Spain 8 Romania 9 Croatia 10 Netherlands 11 Macedonia 12 Turkey

Pietro Figlioli, Italy, is a picture of concentration during Italy’s match against Russia. Figlioli contributed 4 goals in an 11-1 Italian win in the quarter finals in 2018 (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

50 1.29 2014 Budapest M E

Preliminary Rounds N Group A Group A 14th July Romania 11 Georgia 6 Team P W D L GD Pts Montenegro 11 Greece 6 1 Montenegro 5 4 1 62:29 13 Italy 13 Russia 6 2 Italy 5 3 2 52:30 11 15th July Georgia 6 Greece 15 3 Greece 5 3 1 1 52:41 10 Russia 7 Montenegro 15 4 Romania 5 2 3 43:46 6 Romania 4 Italy 9 5 Russia 5 1 4 43:63 3 17th July Italy 15 Georgia 5 6 Georgia 5 5 31:74 0 Greece 12 Russia 6 Montenegro 13 Romania 8 19th July Georgia 12 Russia 16 Romania 9 Greece 10 Italy 6 Montenegro 6 21st July Montenegro 17 Georgia 2 Russia 8 Romania 11 Greece 9 Italy 9

Group B Group B 14th July Croatia 10 Germany 5 Team P W D L GD Pts France 5 Serbia 16 1 Hungary 5 5 55:36 15 Spain 9 Hungary 12 2 Serbia 5 3 1 1 50:34 10 15th July Germany 7 Serbia 12 3 Croatia 5 2 2 1 46:39 8 Croatia 8 Spain 8 4 Spain 5 2 1 2 47:41 7 Hungary 12 France 7 5 France 5 1 4 36:62 3 17th July France 11 Croatia 14 6 Germany 5 5 35:57 0 Spain 11 Germany 8 Serbia 6 Hungary 8 19th July Spain 13 France 5 Croatia 8 Serbia 8 Germany 8 Hungary 16 21st July France 8 Germany 7 Serbia 8 Spain 6 Hungary 7 Croatia 6

Quarter - finals 7th-12th place 23rd July Russia 8 Germany 9 Georgia 6 France 10

Quarter - finals 1st-6th place 23rd July Italy 8 Croatia 7 Greece 9 Serbia 13

11th-12th place 25th July Russia 9 Georgia 8

Semi - finals 7th-10th place 25th July Germany 8 Spain 16 France 8 Romania 15

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50 51 Semi - final Round 25th July Italy 7 Hungary 8 Serbia 10 Montenegro 9

Final Round 9th-10th place 26th July Germany 14 France 13

7th-8th place 26th July Spain 8 Romania 7

5th - 6th place 26th July Croatia 11 Greece 7

Bronze game 27th July Italy 11 Montenegro 9

Final 1st-2nd place 27th July Hungary 7 Serbia 12

FINAL RANKING Team 1 Serbia WINNING TEAM SERBIA 2 Hungary Gojko Pijetlovic, Dusan Mandic, Zivko Gocic, Sava Randjelovic, Milos Cuk, Dusko Pijetlovic, 3 Italy Slobodan Nikic, Milan Aleksic, Nikola Radjen, Filip Filipovic, Andrija Prlainovic, Stefan Mitrovic, 4 Montenegro Branislav Mitrovic 5 Croatia 6 Greece 7 Spain 8 Romania 9 Germany 10 France 11 Russia 12 Georgia

Emirahan Ozdemir, the Turkish goal keeper, reaches out to prevent a Croatian attack resulting in a goal. Croatia won the match 23-2 in Preliminary Group C at the 2018 European Water Polo Championships (Photo: Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

52 1.30 2016 Belgrade M E

Preliminary Rounds N Group A Group A 10th January Spain 13 Slovakia 4 Team P W D L GD Pts Montenegro 13 Netherlands 6 1 Spain 3 2 1 16:20 7 12th January Slovakia 5 Netherlands 6 2 Montenegro 3 2 1 36:20 7 Montenegro 8 Spain 8 3 Netherlands 3 1 2 16:33 3 14th January Spain 15 Netherlands 4 4 Slovakia 3 3 15:34 0 Montenegro 15 Slovakia 6

Group B Group B 10th January France 17 Malta 7 Team P W D L GD Pts Croatia 6 Serbia 13 1 Serbia 3 3 49:16 9 12th January France 5 Croatia 20 2 Croatia 3 2 1 48:20 6 Serbia 20 Malta 2 3 France 3 1 2 30:43 3 14th January Croatia 22 Malta 2 4 Malta 3 3 11:59 0 France 8 Serbia 16

Group C Group C 11th January Georgia 6 Romania 12 Team P W D L GD Pts Germany 5 Italy 16 1 Italy 3 3 48:11 9 13th January Germany 11 Georgia 9 2 Romania 3 2 1 31:30 6 Romania 5 Italy 11 3 Germany 3 1 2 29:39 3 15th January Georgia 1 Italy 21 4 Georgia 3 3 16:44 0 Germany 13 Romania 14

Group D Group D 11th January Russia 17 Turkey 8 Team P W D L GD Pts Hungary 8 Greece 8 1 Hungary 3 2 1 40:19 7 13th January Turkey 6 Greece 21 2 Russia 3 2 1 32:28 6 Hungary 12 Russia 6 3 Greece 3 1 1 1 37:23 4 15th January Hungary 20 Turkey 5 4 Turkey 3 3 19:58 0 Russia 9 Greece 8

Round of 16 16th January Spain 14 Malta 3 Serbia 10 Slovakia 5 Montenegro 11 France 6 Croatia 16 Netherlands 9 17th January Romania 9 Greece 15 Russia 9 Germany 6 Italy 16 Turkey 2 Hungary 14 Georgia 3

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52 53 9th-16th place 18th January Malta 7 Romania 12 Slovakia 15 Germany 16 19th January Turkey 9 France 14 Georgia 15 Netherlands 16

Quarter - finals 18th January Spain 2 Greece 6 Serbia 15 Russia 5 19th January Italy 7 Montenegro 10 Hungary 8 Croatia 5

Semi - finals 20th January Greece 7 Serbia 13 21st January Montenegro 8 Hungary 5

5th-8th place 20th January Spain 10 Russia 9 21st January Italy 8 Croatia 6

9th-12th place Romania 14 Germany 13 France 11 Netherlands 8 FINAL RANKING 13th-16th place Team 20th January Malta 9 Slovakia 17 1 Serbia 21st January Turkey 11 Georgia 12 2 Montenegro 3 Hungary Finals 5th-6th place 4 Greece 23rd January Spain 8 Italy 7 5 Spain 6 Italy 7th-8th place 7 Croatia 23rd January Russia 5 Croatia 13 8 Russia 9 France 9th-10th place 10 Romania 23rd January Romania 6 France 12 11 Germany 12 Netherlands 11th-12th place 13 Slovakia 23rd January Germany 9 Netherlands 7 14 Georgia 15 Malta 13th-14th place 16 Turkey 22nd January Slovakia 10 Georgia 9

15th-16th place 22nd January Malta 14 Turkey 13 WINNING TEAM SERBIA Gojko Pijetlovic, Dusan Mandic, Zivko Gocic, Sava Bronze game Randjelovic, Milos Cuk, Dusko Pijetlovic, Slobodan 23rd January Greece 10 Hungary 13 Nikic, Milan Aleksic, Nikola Jaksic, Filip Filipovic, Andrija Prlainovic, Stefan Mitrovic, Branislav Mitrovic Final 1st-2nd place Serbia 10 Montenegro 8

54 1.31 2018 Barcelona M E

Preliminary Rounds N Group A Group A 16th July Georgia 5 Hungary 12 Team P W D L GD Pts Germany 1 Italy 14 1 Italy 3 3 40:9 9 18th July Germany 10 Georgia 9 2 Hungary 3 1 1 1 21:21 4 Hungary 5 Italy 12 3 Germany 3 1 1 1 15:27 4 20th July Germany 4 Hungary 4 4 Georgia 3 3 36:19 0 Georgia 3 Italy 14

Group B Group B 16th July Montenegro 8 France 6 Team P W D L GD Pts Malta 4 Spain 21 1 Spain 3 2 1 35:15 7 18th July Montenegro 17 Malta 5 2 Montenegro 3 2 1 32:18 7 Spain 7 France 4 3 France 3 1 2 22:21 3 20th July Malta 6 France 12 4 Malta 3 3 15:50 0 Montenegro 7 Spain 7

Group C Group C 16th July Turkey 1 Greece 27 Team P W D L GD Pts Croatia 15 Netherlands 8 1 Croatia 3 3 49:17 9 18th July Croatia 23 Turkey 2 2 Greece 3 2 1 46:19 6 Greece 12 Netherlands 7 3 Netherlands 3 1 2 37:32 3 20th July Turkey 5 Netherlands 22 4 Turkey 3 3 8:72 0 Croatia 11 Greece 7

Group D Group D 16th July Russia 12 Slovakia 6 Team P W D L GD Pts Serbia 11 Romania 5 1 Serbia 3 3 35:19 9 18th July Romania 9 Slovakia 5 2 Russia 3 2 1 33:24 6 Russia 9 Serbia 11 3 Romania 3 1 2 21:28 3 20th July Serbia 13 Slovakia 5 4 Slovakia 3 3 16:34 0 Russia 12 Romania 7

2nd-8th place 22nd July Hungary 12 Netherlands 9 Montenegro 15 Romania 5 Germany 5 Greece 13 France 9 Russia 12

9th-16th place 24th July Turkey 13 Malta 12 Georgia 8 Slovakia 6 Netherlands 12 Romania 7 Germany 12 France 5

13th-16th place 22nd July Georgia 15 Turkey 10 Malta 6 Slovakia 11

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54 55 Quarter - finals 24th July Serbia 8 Hungary 5 Spain 10 Greece 6 Croatia 9 Montenegro 7 Italy 11 Russia 1

15th-16th place Turkey 13 Malta 12

13th-14th place Georgia 8 Slovakia 6

11th-12th place 26th July Romania 10 France 6

9th-10th place 26th July Netherlands 11 Germany 12

5th-8th place 26th July Hungary 6 Montenegro 7 Greece 12 Russia 11

Semi-finals 26th July Serbia 9 Croatia 7 FINAL RANKING Spain 8 Italy 7 Team 1 Serbia 7th-8th place 2 Spain 28th July Hungary 8 Russia 9 3 Croatia 4 Italy 5th-6th place 5 Greece 28th July Montenegro 6 Greece 8 6 Montenegro 7 Russia Bronze game 8 Hungary 28th July Croatia 10 Italy 8 9 Germany 10 Netherlands Final 1st-2nd place 11 Romania 28th July Serbia 12 Spain 10 12 France 13 Georgia 14 Slovakia 15 Turkey 16 Malta

WINNING TEAM SERBIA Gojko Pijetlovic, Dusan Mandic, Victor Rasovic, Sava Randjelovic, Milos Cuk, Dusko Pijetlovic, Nemanja Vico, Milan Aleksic, Nikola Jaksic, Filip Filipovic, Andrija Prlainovic, Stefan Mitrovic, Branislav Mitrovic

56 M 1.32 2020 Budapest Qualifying groups to date E

Unique Qualifying Group N Rio Maior, Portugal 2019 Unique Qualifying Group 25th April Romania 5 Ukraine 5 Team P W D L GD Pts Slovakia 11 Czech Rep 6 1 Slovakia 5 5 38:65 15 Portugal 13 Switzerland 11 2 Portugal 5 4 1 53:66 12 26th April Czech Rep 10 Romania 8 3 Switzerland 5 2 1 2 51:47 7 Switzerland 8 Slovakia 17 4 Czech Rep 5 2 1 2 52:44 7 Ukraine 7 Portugal 10 5 Romania 5 1 4 53:39 1 Romania 9 Slovakia 16 6 Ukraine 5 1 4 42:28 1 Ukraine 6 Switzerland 11 Portugal 18 Czech Rep 11 27th April Czech Rep 8 Ukraine 6 Romania 6 Switzerland 8 Slovakia 13 Portugal 11 28th April Switzerland 9 Czech Rep 9 Portugal 14 Romania 11 Ukraine 4 Slovakia 8

Play off - Leg 1-12th November 2019 Venue Netanya, Israel Israel 13 Switzerland 6 Lisbon, Portugal Portugal 13 Croatia 14 Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic 6 Serbia 25 Chalons en Champagne, France France 20 Ukraine 1 Focsani, Romania Romania 14 Germany 13 Kosice, Slovakia Slovakia 19 Turkey 9

Play off - Leg 1-12th November 2019 Venue Duisberg, Germany Germany 14 Romania 11 Oberkirch, Switzerland Switzerland 10 Israel 16 Sibenik, Croatia Croatia 8 Portugal 5 Istanbul, Turkey Turkey 9 Slovakia 16 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia 19 Czech Republic 8 Kharkiv, Ukraine Ukraine 6 France 13

56 57 Ege Kahraman, Turkey, with the ball in hand, tries to force a shot through during his country’s match against the Netherlands at the Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona. Netherlands won the match 22-5 (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

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EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS N

The Serbian winning team following their 4th European Championship in succession (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

2.1 The Top Goal Scorers - Barcelona 2018 - Men

Rank Cap No. Name Team Overall Player of the tournament Filip Filipovic SRB 1 5 Ioannis Fountoulis GRE 17 Goalkeeper of the tournment: Daniel Lopez ESP 1 9 Aleksandar Ivovic MNE 17 3 12 Angelos Vlachopoulos GRE 15 4= 7 Ugo Crousillat FRA 14 4= 7 Ante Vukicevic CRO 14 6 8 Ivan Nagaev RUS 12 7= 2 Fransesco Di Fulvio ITA 11 7= 3 Loren Fatovic CRO 11 7= 4 Pietro Figlioli ITA 11 7= 11 Alexandros Evgenios Gounas GRE 11 7= 6 Robin Lindhout NED 11 7= 4 Julian Real GER 11 7= 9 Roger Tahull Compte ESP 11

58 59 EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN’S TOP SCORERS

3.1 The Top Goal Scorers At Each Championship

1950 Vienna Rudy Van Feggelen Netherlands 35 goals 1954 Turin Terry C. Miller Great Britain 13= goals Nodar Gvaharia USSR 13= goals 1958 Budapest Zoltan Dömötör Hungary 12 goals 1962 Leipzig Zoltan Dömötör Hungary 10 goals 1966 Utrecht Nicolaus Dumont Belgium 17 goals 1970 Barcelona Ferenc Konrad Hungary 20 goals 1974 Vienna Juan Jané Spain 15 goals 1977 Jönköping Gianni De Magistris Italy 20 goals 1981 Split Manuel Estiarte Spain 27 goals 1983 Rome Manuel Estiarte Spain 27 goals 1985 Sofia Milivoj Bebic Yugoslavia 21 goals 1987 Strasbourg Hagen Stamm Germany 21 goals 1989 Bonn Manuel Estiarte Spain 26 goals 1991 Athens Manuel Estiarte Spain 36 goals 1993 Sheffield Manuel Estiarte Spain 29 goals 1995 Vienna Dmitriy Apanasenko Russia 24 goals 1997 Seville Manuel Estiarte Spain 18 goals 1999 Florence Salvador Gomez Spain 16 goals 2001 Budapest Alexandre Erychov Russia 21 goals 2003 Kranj Aleksandar Sapic Serbia & Montenegro 24 goals 2006 Belgrade Aleksandar Sapic Serbia 24 goals 2008 Malaga Aleksandar Sapic Serbia 23 goals 2010 Zagreb Vanja Udovicic Serbia 21 goals 2012 Eindhoven Sandro Sukno Croatia 24 goals 2014 Budapest Albert Espanol Spain 24 goals 2016 Belgrade Steven Camilleri Malta 21 goals 2018 Barcelona Ioannis Fountoulis Greece 17= goals Aleksandar Ivovic Montenegro 17= goals

Gonzalo Oscar Echenique, Italy, breaks free with the ball in midfield in the Preliminary Group game between Italy and Hungary at the 33rd European Water Polo Championships at the Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona. Italy won the game 12-5 (Photo: Andrea Staccioli/ Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

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MEN’S MEDAL TABLE N

Maro Jokovic, Croatia, shows all the power needed to provide a top-quality shot in the match between Croatia and Montenegro in Barcelona in 2018. Croatia won this quarter final and went on to win the bronze medal (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

4.1 Men’s Medal Table

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total HUN 12 6 6 24 USSR 5 3 2 10 SRB 5 1 1 7 ITA 3 2 6 11 YUG 2 7 5 14 FRG 2 1 3 CRO 1 2 1 4 MNE 1 2 3 NED 1 1 2 SCG 1 1 GER 3 2 5 SWE 3 3 ESP 2 3 5 FRA 1 1 GDR 1 1 BEL 3 3 AUT 1 1 RUS 1 1 33 33 33 99

60 61 MOST GOLD MEDALS WON AT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS BY INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS

5.1 Most Gold Medals - Men

No. Name Country Year 6 Filip Filipovic Serbia & Montenegro² 2003, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016 & 2018 5 Zivko Gocic Serbia ² 2003, 2006, 2012, 2014 & 2016 5 Slobodan Nikic Serbia & Montenegro² 2003, 2006, 2012, 2014 & 2016 5 Dusko Pijetlovic Serbia 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016 & 2018 5 Andrija Prlainovic Serbia 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016 & 2018 4 Milan Aleksic Serbia 2012, 2014, 2016 & 2018 4 Milos Cuk Serbia 2012, 2014, 2016 & 2018 4 Marton Homonnai Hungary 1926,1927, 1931 & 1934 4 Alajos Keseru Hungary 1926, 1929,1931 & 1934 4 Branislav Mitrovic Serbia 2012, 2014, 2016 & 2018 4 Stefan Mitrovic Serbia 2012, 2014, 2016 & 2018 4 Jozsef Vertesy Hungary 1926,1927, 1931 & 1934 3 Istvan Barta Hungary 1926, 1927 & 1931 3 Otto Boros Hungary 1954, 1958 & 1962 3 Mihaly Bozsi Hungary 1931, 1934 & 1938 3 Aleksandar Ciric Yugoslavia¹ 2001, 2003 & 2006 3 Mikhail Giorgadze USSR 1983, 1985 & 1987 3 Oliver Halassy Hungary 1931, 1934 & 1938 3 Danilo Ikodinovic Yugoslavia¹ 2001, 2003 & 2006 3 Viktor Jelenic Yugoslavia³ 1991, 2001 & 2003 3 Gyorgy Karpati Hungary 1954, 1958 & 1962 3 Ferenc Keseru Hungary 1926, 1927 & 1931 3 Sergej Kotenko USSR 1983, 1985 & 1987 3 Dusan Mandic Serbia 2014, 2016 & 2018 3 Kalman Markovits Hungary 1954, 1958 & 1962 3 Georgyj Mshvenieradze USSR 1983, 1985 & 1987 3 Sergej Naumov USSR 1983, 1985 & 1987 3 Janos Nemeth Hungary 1931, 1934 & 1938 3 Gojko Pijetlovic Serbia 2014, 2016 & 2018 3 Sava Randjelovic Serbia 2014, 2016 & 2018 3 Aleksandar Sapic Yugoslavia¹ 2001, 2003 & 2006 3 Miklos Sarkany Hungary 1931, 1934 & 1938 3 Dejan Savic Yugoslavia¹ 2001, 2003 & 2006 3 Denis Sefik Yugoslavia¹ 2001, 2003 & 2006 3 Evgenij Sharonov USSR 1983,1985 & 1987 3 Vanja Udovicic Serbia & Montenegro² 2003, 2006 & 2012 3 Vladimir Vujasinovic Yugoslavia¹ 2001, 2003 & 2006

¹ Played for Yugoslavia in 2001, Serbia & Montenegro in 2003 & Serbia in 2006 ² Played for Serbia & Montenegro in 2003 & Serbia in 2006, 2012 & 2016 ³ Played for Yugoslavia in 1991 & 2001 & Serbia & Montenegro in 2003

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MEN’S REFEREES N

6.1 Officiating Referees 1947 - 2018

Name 47 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 77 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 Total Abramovic MNE 3 3 Adzic MNE 2 2 Afanasiev URS, RUS 4 3 4 5 5 21 Aglialoro ITA 4 4 8 Alexandrescu ROU 3 5 4 7 19 Andersen DEN 3 3 Angella FRA 3 4 5 12 Angileri MLT 2 2 Angerhausen BEL 2 2 4 Antsiferov RUS 1 1 Asencio ESP 3 4 5 12

Backlund SWE 2 2 Bajanaru ROM 1 1 Barradas POR 1 1 Batalle ESP 2 3 4 9 Bathurst GBR 4 3 4 2 2 15 Bauwens BEL 2 5 4 4 3 18 Becker FRG 1 1 Belevtsov UKR 1 1 Bender GER 3 2 5 10 Bervoets NED 2 4 4 10 Bianchi ITA 1 4 7 12 Bishop GBR 1 1 Blan FRG 4 4 8 Blazina YUG 1 1 Blumenthal URS 2 2 Bock GER 3 3 Boer HUN 2 2 Bohat SVK 3 2 1 6 Bonev BUL 3 3 Bonnay FRA 2 3 5 Bookelman NED 4 3 4 4 6 5 4 30 Borner GER 1 1 Borrell ESP 4 6 3 4 17 Brala CRO 3 3 Brandi HUN 5 3 8 Bras NED 6 2 4 4 16 Brguljan MNE 2 4 5 4 3 18 Brockmann FRG 3 2 5 Buch ESP 4 5 5 7 21 Burge GBR 3 3 6

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62 63 Name 47 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 77 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 Total Cabello ESP 3 3 Cachia V. MLT 4 3 7 Caputi ITA 4 4 Caselli ITA 1 4 5 Cernik TCH 2 2 Chachava URS 4 4 Chernichev URS 1 1 Chirchulete ROM 2 2 Chirunas URS 4 5 2 11 Chmielewski POL 1 2 3 Cillero ESP 3 4 4 3 3 17 Ciric SRB 4 2 3 9 Clara ITA 5 5 10 Clemencon FRA 4 2 6 Coppola ITA 2 2 Costa ITA 6 4 10 Csaszar HUN 4 4 4 3 4 19

Dahler FRG 3 3 Dalli MLT 4 4 8 Dani ITA 4 6 10 David FRA 3 3 4 10 De Kok NED 2 1 2 5 Delahaye BEL 2 2 4 Demey FRA 4 4 8 Deste TUR 4 4 De Stefano ITA 2 3 5 Detko GBR 2 2 Diathessopoulos GRE 3 3 Di Gennaro ITA 2 2 Dirnweber AUT 3 3 5 4 8 23 Donato ESP 1 1 Donnici ESP 3 4 3 2 12 Dragan ROM 2 2 2 6 Dreval RUS 2 1 3 Drobnjak YUG 4 2 2 8 Dujardin FRA 2 2 Dunford GBR 1 1 Dutilh-Dumas NED 1 1 2 4

Elder GBR 3 3 Eleftheriadis GRE 4 4 8 Esaian URS 2 2 Eveleigh GBR 2 2 Exerov BUL 3 5 8

Falk SWE 1 1 Fangero GDR 2 2 Fekete HUN 3 3 3 6 15 Fernandez ESP 4 3 6 7 Ferri ITA 4 4

64 M Name 47 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 77 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 Total

Fjarrstad L. SWE 1 1 E Fjarrstad T. SWE 2 4 4 5 4 19

Fogelstrom DEN 3 3 N Foulon FRA 2 2 Franulovic CRO 4 5 9 Frey SUI 1 1 Fuchs BEL 2 4 7 5 4 22

Galindo ESP 2 2 Galkin RUS 2 4 5 5 4 20 Gamisans ESP 2 2 2 6 Geli ESP 3 2 4 2 3 14 Gerber FRA 1 1 Geurtsen NED 2 2 4 8 Golijanin SRB 3 3 Gombosh ISR 3 3 Gomez ITA 5 5 4 14 Goose NED 4 3 2 3 12 Gorinov BUL 1 1 Grandin FRA 1 1 2 Grilli ITA 4 4 Grimaldi ITA 1 2 3 Grosso ITA 3 3 Gutzwiller SUI 1 1

Hammarstrom SWE 2 1 3 Hantal TUR 4 5 3 1 13 Hargreaves GBR 1 1 Hassekioglou GRE 3 5 3 4 15 Hausche GER 4 4 3 11 Hodgson GBR 1 1 Houwaert BEL 2 2

Illiadis GRE 3 2 7 12 Indrelid NOR 4 5 5 14 Ivkovic YUG 2 3 5 Ivanovski MNE 5 6 11

Jakerson TCH 4 4 1 2 11 Janev BUL 3 2 4 3 2 14 Janssen NED 4 4 Jarochowski POL 2 4 2 8 Jones GBR 4 4 2 10 Juhasz HUN 3 3

Karlsson SWE 2 2 Kikalishvili GEO 1 1 4 6 Kiss HUN 4 5 9 Kistyakovski URS 2 2 Kiszelly HUN 4 5 4 13 Klaric YUG, CRO 3 4 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 30

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64 65 Name 47 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 77 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 Total Klisovic YUG 4 4 3 11 Klopper NED 5 3 8 Knezevic YUG 3 3 Koenigh HUN 2 4 4 3 3 16 Koganov AZE 5 4 4 6 6 25 Koryzna POL 3 5 6 8 10 7 39 Kossov RUS 2 2 Kosztolanczy HUN 3 3 5 2 4 4 5 26 Krajczewski POL 1 1 Kratochvil SVK 2 4 4 3 4 4 21 Kun HUN 4 4 7 15

Lalov BUL 5 3 4 1 13 Laundon GBR 1 1 Laurent FRA 2 4 6 Lehn GER 3 2 5 Levin ISR 3 5 7 7 22 Lochon FRA 3 3 Ludecke FRG, GER 2 5 3 5 4 19

Maggio ITA 3 3 Manguillot ESP 4 4 5 3 16 Marculescu ROM 3 2 4 9 Margeta SVK, SLO 5 5 6 5 6 7 7 41 Matache ROM, ROU 4 2 6 Mauss GER 1 1 2 Mercier FRA 3 5 6 14 Merola ITA 3 3 6 Minartowicz POL 3 3 Moine FRA 5 5 Moliner ESP 2 5 4 11 Monay SUI 1 1

Naumov RUS 5 5 5 6 4 6 31 Nicolaescu ROM 1 1 Nielsen DEN 3 4 4 11 Njegovan SRB 2 2 Nonnekes NED 1 1 Novotny TCH 1 1

Ohme GER 5 5

Paggi ITA 4 4 8 Panagakos GRE 3 4 2 4 13 Paoletti ITA 6 6 Papazian FRA 4 4 2 7 6 6 29 Parrini ITA 1 5 2 8 Peris CRO 4 3 7 Perniklijski SWE 4 3 3 4 4 18 Petrasovits AUT 5 4 3 3 1 5 Petronilli ITA 5 4 5 6 6 26

66 M Name 47 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 77 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 Total

Petrovic YUG 4 4 E Picchetto ITA 3 3 6

Pizzorno ITA 4 4 N Polic YUG 2 3 5 Pollmann FRG, GER 2 3 4 3 6 6 24 Prelovsky TCH 3 4 2 4 13 Prikhodko URS 4 3 7 Prostjakov URS 2 4 3 3 12 Putnikovic SRB 6 6

Racine SUI 1 3 4 Radjenovic YUG 3 4 3 3 13 Raiton FRA 6 6 Rajevic YUG 4 4 Rajki HUN 3 3 Rakovec SLO 3 4 7 Rakovic SRB 6 6 Rashmadjan URS 3 4 5 3 15 Reemnet NED 2 3 5 Rezek CZE 2 1 3 Riccitelli ITA 2 2 Rogione ITA 2 3 5 Rohbeck GER 2 2 Rosmann AUT 3 4 3 2 1 13 Roth GDR 1 1 Rotunno ITA 5 4 9 Rowse GBR 2 2 Rulf FRG 2 2

Sadekov RUS 4 4 3 11 Salamon HUN 3 3 Salino ITA 4 4 Samu HUN 3 3 Santos POR 6 5 11 Sapara GER 3 3 Scheepers BEL 2 2 Scheuermann FRG 4 5 9 Schlenker HUN 1 1 Schmuck TCH 4 4 Schmudermeyer AUT 2 2 3 7 Schneider FRG 3 3 6 Schwartz ISR 3 3 8 7 21 Scott GBR 2 1 3 Seifert YUG 4 2 6 Selzsam FRA 3 3 6 Semenov URS 2 2 Severo ITA 5 5 Silha ROM 5 3 8 Simion ROU 2 3 5 Simons BEL 4 4 5 4 5 22 Sjd SWE 3 3

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66 67 Name 47 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 77 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 Total Skaal SWE 1 1 Soumelidis GRE 3 1 4 Spiegel GER 1 3 5 9 Stajkovic MKD 3 2 1 6 Stampalija CRO 7 7 Stavridis GRE 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 38 Stavropoulos GRE 2 3 3 5 3 4 2 22 Sturm GDR 1 1

Tarodi HUN 1 1 Taylan TUR 5 5 Taylor GBR 1 2 3 Teixido ESP 5 2 7 Tellegen NED 3 3 Teule ESP 3 3 Theodorakopoulos GRE 4 4 Thepaut FRA 3 3 Thibou BEL 6 3 4 13 Timoc ROM 3 4 3 2 3 3 4 4 3 29 Tomic CRO 6 6 Toygarli TUR 4 3 4 5 4 3 2 23 Troitsky URS, RUS 4 4 4 12 Tsantas GRE 6 4 5 4 19 Tulga TUR 5 4 5 6 5 7 6 38

Ucansu TUR 2 2 Ulrich GDR 3 3

Van De Laak NED 3 3 Van De Vreken BEL 4 3 6 13 Van Dorp NED 2 4 4 5 5 5 25 Van Hems FRA 1 3 3 7 Van Zenderen NED 4 3 7 Varkonyi HUN 1 4 5 Vasileiou GRE 2 4 6 Venturini ITA 1 1 Vogel HUN 4 4 Vlasic CRO 3 3 Vuletic YUG 1 1 Vuletic CRO 4 3 5 12 Vuszek HUN 4 3 4 4 5 20

Weghofer AUT 2 1 1 4 Wengenroth SUI 1 1 2 Witzke FRG 4 4

Zimny POL 4 3 7

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EUROPEAN WATER POLO E

CLUB COMPETITIONS - MEN’S N

7.1 Men’s European Club Competitions

Year European Super Cup Cup Winners Cup LEN Euro Cup 1974-1975 Ferencvarosi TC 1975-1976 Mladost Zagreb Mladost Zagreb 1976-1977 CSKA Moscow MGU Moscow 1977-1978 Ferencvarosi Ferencvarosi TC 1978-1979 Orvosegyetem SC KPK Korcula 1979-1980 Ferencvarosi Ferencvarosi TC 1980-1981 CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow 1981-1982 CN Barcelona POSK Split 1982-1983 CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow 1983-1984 POSK Split POSK Split 1984-1985 Dinamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow 1985-1986 Spandau 04 Berlin Vasas SC 1986-1987 Spandau 04 Berlin HJK Mornar Split 1987-1988 Pescara Posillipo Napoli 1988-1989 RN Arenzano 1989-1990 Mladost Zagreb Pescara 1990-1991 Partizan Beograd Partizan Beograd 1991-1992 CN Catalunya CN Catalunya 1992-1993 Pescara Pescara Ujpesti TE 1993-1994 Ujpesti TE Pescara Roma 1994-1995 CN Catalunya Vasas SC CN Barcelona 1995-1996 Mladost Zagreb Roma Pescara 1996-1997 Vouliagmeni Athens Ujpesti TE 1997-1998 Ferencvarosi TC Partizan Beograd 1998-1999 Miadost Zagreb Ujpesti TE 1999-2000 Dynamo Moscow JUG Dubrovnik 2000-2001 RN Florentia Mladost Zagreb 2001-2002 Olympiakos Piraeus Vasas SC Brescia 2002-2003 Pro Recco Posillipo Napoli Brescia 2003-2004 Budapest Honved SE CN Barcelona 2004-2005 Posillipo RN Savona 2005-2006 JUG Dubrovnik Brescia 2006-2007 Pro Recco Sintez Kazan 2007-2008 Pro Recco Sturm 2002 Chehov 2008-2009 Primorac Kotor Szeged Beton VE 2009-2010 Pro Recco Vaterpolo Akademija Cattaro 2010-2011 Partizan Belgrade Savona 2011-2012 ASD Pro Recco RN Savona 2012-2013 BVK Crvena Zvezda VK Radnicki Kragujevac 2013-2014 CNA Barceloneta Spartak Volgograd 2014-2015 Pro Recco Circolo Nautico Posillipo 2015-2016 Jug Dubrovnik Associazione Nuotatori Brescia 2016-2017 Szolnoki VSK FTC Budapest 2017-2018 FTC Budapest FTC Budapest 2018-2019 FTC Budapest CN Marseille

68 69 7.2 Men’s Champion’s League/Final Eight Year Club Country 1963-1964 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 1964-1965 Recco Italy 1965-1966 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 1966-1967 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 1967-1968 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1968-1969 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1969-1970 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1970-1971 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 1971-1972 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1972-1973 OSC Budapest Hungary 1973-1974 MGU Moscow Soviet Union 1974-1975 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 1975-1976 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 1976-1977 CSK Moscow Soviet Union 1977-1978 Canottierei Naples Italy 1978-1979 OSC Budapest Hungary 1979-1980 Vasas Budapest Hungary 1980-1981 Jug Dubrovnik Yugoslavia 1981-1982 CN Barcelona Spain 1982-1983 Spandau Berlin GDR 1983-1984 Stefanel Recco Italy 1984-1985 Vasas Budapest Hungary 1985-1986 Spandau Berlin GDR 1986-1987 Spandau Berlin GDR 1987-1988 Sisley Pescara Italy 1988-1989 Spandau Berlin GDR 1989-1990 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1990-1991 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1991-1992 Jadran Koteks Split Yugoslavia 1992-1993 Jadran Koteks Split Yugoslavia 1993-1994 Ujpesti Budapest Hungary 1994-1995 Catalunya Barcelona Spain 1995-1996 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1996-1997 Themis Posillipo Naples Italy 1997-1998 CN Posillipo Naples Italy 1998-1999 Splitska Banka Split Croatia 1999-2000 VK Becej Nis Naftagas Yugoslavia 2000-2001 Jug Dubrovnik Croatia 2001-2002 Olympiakos Piraeus Greece 2002-2003 Pro Recco Italy 2003-2004 Domino BHSE Budapest Hungary 2004-2005 CN Posillipo Naples Italy 2005-2006 Jug Dubrovnik Croatia 2006-2007 Pro Recco Italy 2007-2008 Pro Recco Italy 2008-2009 Primorac Kotor Montenegro 2009-2010 Pro Recco Italy 2010-2011 Partizan Belgrade Serbia (Euro League introduced in 2003-4 season; 2011-2012 Ferla Pro Recco Italy named changed to Champion’s League in 2010)

70 7.2 Continued M E Year Club Country

2012-2013 BVK Crvena Zvezda Serbia N 2013-2014 CN Barceloneta Spain 2014-2015 Pro Recco Italy 2015-2016 Jug Dubrovnik Croatia 2016-2017 Szolnoki Vizilabda SC Hungry 2017-2018 Olympiacos Greece 2018-2019 FTC Telekom Budapest Hungary

Ante Vukicevic, Croatia, challenges for the ball in the match between Croatia and Greece. Croatia topped the Preliminary Group C with 9 points, Greece finishing second with 6 points (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

70 71 EUROPEAN WATER POLO RESULTS WOMEN 1985-2018 8.1 1985 Oslo

12th August Norway 15 Sweden 3 FINAL RANKING Netherlands 26 France 0 Team P W D L GD Pts Belgium 7 F.R.Germany 7 1 Netherlands 7 7 175:14 14 Hungary 18 Great Britain 5 2 Hungary 7 6 1 93:43 12 13th August Netherlands 18 Belgium 1 3 F.R.Germany 7 4 1 2 83:67 9 Hungary 18 France 1 4 Norway 7 4 3 63:66 8 Norway 10 Great Britain 4 5 Belgium 7 3 1 3 58:59 7 F.R.Germany 25 Sweden 6 6 Great Britain 7 2 5 36:90 4 14th August F.R.Germany 13 Great Britain 4 7 France 7 1 6 29:101 2 Hungary 10 Belgium 5 8 Sweden 7 7 30:127 0 Norway 15 France 4 Netherlands 37 Sweden 1 15th August Netherlands 27 F.R.Germany 6 WINNING TEAM NETHERLANDS Belgium 13 Sweden 5 Madeline Van Heemstra, Marion Van Der Mark, Hungary 12 Norway 5 Janet Heljnert, Ineke Pesman, Belinda Hibbel, Great Britain 9 France 6 Lieneke Van Den Heuvel, Anita Bibo, Alice Lindhout, 16th August F.R.Germany 13 France 5 Monique Kranenburg, Patricia Libregts, Lilian Ossendrijver, Netherlands 25 Great Britain 0 Hedda Verdam, Marian Walthie Norway 10 Belgium 8 Hungary 19 Sweden 1 17th August Great Britain 9 Sweden 6 Hungary 12 F.R.Germany 7 Netherlands 23 Norway 2 Belgium 12 France 4 18th August France 9 Sweden 8 Belgium 12 Great Britain 5 F.R.Germany 12 Norway 6 Netherlands 19 Hungary 4

25 years old Israeli goalkeeper, Ayelet Pedres, reaches high to make a two handed save against Croatia. The game was eventually drawn 7-7 (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

72 8.2 1987 Strasbourg W O

16th August France 10 Norway 8 FINAL RANKING M Netherlands 22 Belgium 2 Team P W D L GD Pts Hungary 16 F.R.Germany 5 1 Netherlands 6 6 100:29 12 E

17th August Netherlands 16 Norway 4 2 Hungary 6 5 1 80:40 10 N France 7 F.R.Germany 6 3 France 6 4 2 46:50 8 Hungary 12 Great Britain 3 4 F.R.Germany 6 3 3 54:54 6 18th August F.R.Germany 11 Great Britain 5 5 Norway 6 2 4 50:68 4 Hungary 20 Belgium 7 6 Belgium 6 1 5 36:82 2 Netherlands 18 France 4 7 Great Britain 6 6 30:73 0 20th August F.R.Germany 11 Belgium 6 Hungary 14 Norway 9 France 8 Great Britain 3 21st August Netherlands 11 Hungary 8 F.R.Germany 11 Norway 8 WINNING TEAM NETHERLANDS Belgium 9 Great Britain 8 Madeline Van Heemstra, Hellen Boering, 22nd August France 12 Belgium 5 Lieneke Van Den Heuvel, Anita Bibo, Lilian Ossendrijver, Norway 12 Great Britain 10 Irma Brander, Greet Van Den Veen, Monique Kranenburg, Netherlands 12 F.R.Germany 10 Patricia Libregts, Esmeralda Van Den Water, Ilse Sindorf, 23rd August Norway 9 Belgium 7 Anita Nijenhuis, Hedda Verdam, Janny Spijker Netherlands 21 Great Britain 1 Hungary 10 France 5

8.3 1989 Bonn

Preliminary Rounds Group C Group C 16th August Hungary 20 Sweden 5 Team P W D L GD Pts France 12 Norway 8 1 Hungary 3 3 52:14 6 17th August Norway 6 Sweden 4 2 France 3 2 1 31:26 4 Hungary 10 France 6 3 Norway 3 1 2 17:38 2 18th August France 13 Sweden 8 4 Sweden 3 3 17:39 0 Hungary 22 Norway 3

Group D Group D 14th August F.R.Germany 14 Greece 1 Team P W D L GD Pts Netherlands 26 Belgium 2 1 Netherlands 4 4 80:11 8 15th August Netherlands 26 Greece 2 2 Italy 4 3 1 34:37 6 Italy 12 Belgium 8 3 F.R.Germany 4 2 2 36:28 4 16th August Italy 9 Greece 5 4 Greece 4 1 3 15:55 2 Netherlands 13 F.R.Germany 4 5 Belgium 4 4 20:54 0 17th August Greece 7 Belgium 6 Italy 10 F.R.Germany 9 18th August Netherlands 15 Italy 3 F.R.Germany 9 Belgium 4

Semi - finals 19th August Hungary 8 Italy 6 Netherlands 20 France 5 Cont...

72 73 Final 1st - 2nd place FINAL RANKING 20th August Netherlands 14 Hungary 11 Team 1 Netherlands Bronze game 2 Hungary 20th August France 10 Italy 9 3 France 4 Italy 5th - 6th place 5 F.R.Germany 19th August F.R.Germany 16 Norway 4 6 Norway 7 Greece 7th - 8th place 8 Sweden 19th August Greece 5 Sweden 4 9 Belgium

WINNING TEAM NETHERLANDS Hermine Perik, Hellen Boering, Lieneke Van Den Heuvel, Greet Van Den Veen, Esmeralda Van Den Water, Patricia Libregts, Anita Nijenhuis, Monique Kranenburg, Ilse Sindorf, Janny Spijker, Hedda Verdam, Irma Brander, Alice Lindhout, Astrid Van Den Meer

8.4 1991 Athens

Preliminary Rounds Group C Group C 18th August Hungary 8 Italy 8 Team P W D L GD Pts USSR 10 Greece 7 1 Hungary 3 2 1 33:11 5 19th August Hungary 15 USSR 3 2 Italy 3 2 1 29:20 5 Italy 11 Greece 4 3 USSR 3 1 2 21:32 2 20th August Italy 10 USSR 8 4 Greece 3 3 11:31 0 Hungary 10 Greece 0

Group D Group D 18th August Netherlands 11 Germany 3 Team P W D L GD Pts France 4 Great Britain 2 1 Netherlands 3 3 46:9 6 19th August France 8 Germany 4 2 France 3 2 1 16:21 4 Netherlands 20 Great Britain 2 3 Germany 3 1 2 17:24 2 20th August Germany 10 Great Britain 5 4 Great Britain 3 3 9:34 0 Netherlands 15 France 4 FINAL RANKING Semi - finals Team 22nd August Hungary 10 France 3 1 Hungary Netherlands 12 Italy 8 2 Netherlands 3 Italy Final 1st - 2nd place 4 France 25th August Hungary 11 Netherlands 8 5 USSR 6 Germany Bronze game 7 Greece WINNING TEAM HUNGARY 25th August Italy 9 France 5 8 Great Britain Orsolya Szalkay, Laura Gruber, Katalin Dancsa, Noemi Toth, 5th - 6th place Mercedesz Stieber, Edit Vincze, 22nd August USSR 13 Germany 5 Ildiko Takacs, Iren Rafael, Katalin Nagy, Zsuzsanna Kertesz, 7th - 8th place Ildiko Ronaszeki, Ildiko Kokai, 22nd August Greece 6 Great Britain 2 Zsuzsanna Huff, Csilla Szamosi

74 8.5 1993 Leeds W O

Preliminary Rounds M Group A 31st July Hungary 20 Switzerland 3 E

France 21 Czech Republic 4 N Russia 8 Great Britain 6 1st August Hungary 22 Czech Republic 5 France 11 Russia 10 Great Britain 13 Switzerland 3 2nd August Russia 24 Czech Republic 5 Hungary 13 Great Britain 7 France 21 Switzerland 6 3rd August Russia 12 Hungary 7 Switzerland 7 Czech Republic 5 France 6 Great Britain 1 4th August Russia 23 Switzerland 3 Great Britain 14 Czech Republic 6 Hungary 12 France 6

Group A Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Russia 5 4 1 77:32 8 2 Hungary 5 4 1 74:33 8 3 France 5 4 1 65:33 8 4 Great Britain 5 2 3 41:36 4 5 Switzerland 5 1 4 22:82 2 6 Czech Republic 5 5 25:88 0 Group B 31st July Germany 6 Greece 5 Italy 7 Spain 6 Netherlands 24 Slovakia 1 1st August Italy 7 Germany 6 Spain 14 Slovakia 1 Netherlands 15 Greece 8 2nd August Italy 23 Slovakia 2 Netherlands 20 Germany 8 Greece 9 Spain 2 3rd August Germany 24 Slovakia 1 Italy 6 Greece 4 Netherlands 18 Spain 2 4th August Greece 19 Slovakia 2 Netherlands 13 Italy 7 Germany 9 Spain 1

Catharina Van Der Sloot, Netherlands, was a stand-out player in the Netherland’s march to the tournament final. Here she is playing in the Quarter Finals against Germany. The Netherlands Cont... won 22-2 with Van Der Sloot scoring 3 of the goals (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

74 75 Group B Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Netherlands 5 5 90:26 10 2 Italy 5 4 1 50:31 8 3 Germany 5 3 2 53:34 6 4 Greece 5 2 3 45:31 4 5 Spain 5 1 4 25:44 2 6 Slovakia 5 5 7:104 0 Semi - finals 6th August Russia 8 Italy 6 Netherlands 9 Hungary 8

Final 1st - 2nd place 7th August Netherlands 13 Russia 8

Bronze game FINAL RANKING 7th August Hungary 8 Italy 7 Team 1 Netherlands 5th - 6th place 2 Russia 6th August France 7 Germany 4 3 Hungary 4 Italy 7th - 8th place 5 France 6th August Greece 8 Great Britain 7 6 Germany 7 Greece 9th - 10th place 8 Great Britain 6th August Spain 11 Switzerland 6 9 Spain 10 Switzerland 11th - 12th place 11 Czech Republic 6th August Czech Republic 10 Slovakia 7 12 Slovakia

WINNING TEAM NETHERLANDS Karla Van Der Boon, Janny Spijker, Edmee Hiemstra, Carla Quint, Ingrid Leijendekker, Alice Lindhout, Karin Kuipers, Ellen Bast, Gillian Van De Berg, Rianne Schram, Hellen Boering, Sandra Scherrenburg, Hedda Verdam

Arianna Garibotti, Italy, pulls away to shoot in their match against Hungary. Garibotti scored 4 goals but Hungary won the women’s quarter final match 10-9. (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/ Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

76 8.6 1995 Vienna W O

Preliminary Rounds M Group A 18th August Russia 19 Portugal 1 E

19th August Russia 16 France 7 N 20th August France 13 Portugal 2

Group A Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Russia 2 2 35:8 4 2 France 2 1 1 20:18 2 3 Portugal 2 2 3:32 0 Group B 18th August Hungary 10 Czech Republic 1 19th August Hungary 12 Great Britain 2 20th August Great Britain 12 Czech Republic 8

Group B Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 2 2 22:3 4 2 Great Britain 2 1 1 14:20 2 3 Czech Republic 2 2 9:22 0 Group C 18th August Greece 11 Spain 4 19th August Netherlands 17 Spain 6 20th August Netherlands 7 Greece 6

Group C Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Netherlands 2 2 24:12 4 2 Greece 2 1 1 17:11 2 3 Spain 2 2 10:28 0 Group D 18th August Italy 19 Switzerland 1 19th August Germany 14 Switzerland 0 20th August Italy 8 Germany 4

Group D Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Italy 2 2 27:5 4 2 Germany 2 1 1 18:8 2 3 Switzerland 2 2 1:33 0 Quarter - finals Group E 21st August Russia 16 Germany 8 Greece 9 Hungary 7 22nd August Greece 12 Germany 11 Hungary 11 Russia 8 23rd August Hungary 9 Germany 6 Greece 5 Russia 3 Cont...

76 77 Group E Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Greece 3 3 26:21 6 2 Hungary 3 2 1 27:23 4 3 Russia 3 1 2 27:24 2 4 Germany 3 3 25:37 0 Group F 21st August Netherlands 16 Great Britain 4 Italy 7 France 4 22nd August France 12 Great Britain 11 Italy 9 Netherlands 9 23rd August Italy 17 Great Britain 6 Netherlands 14 France 8

Group F Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Netherlands 3 2 1 39:21 5 2 Italy 3 2 1 33:19 5 3 France 3 1 2 24:32 2 4 Great Britain 3 3 21:45 0 Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 25th August Hungary 6 Netherlands 5 Italy 8 Greece 4

Semi - finals 5th - 8th place 25th August France 8 Germany 7 Russia 20 Great Britain 3

Final 1st - 2nd place 27th August Italy 7 Hungary 5

Bronze game 26th August Netherlands 8 Greece 3

5th - 6th place 26th August France 8 Russia 6

7th - 8th place 26th August Germany 18 Great Britain 7 FINAL RANKING Team Final 9th - 12th place 1 Italy 21st August Portugal 9 Switzerland 4 2 Hungary Spain 14 Czech Republic 2 3 Netherlands 22nd August Spain 17 Switzerland 5 4 Greece Czech Republic 13 Portugal 4 5 France 23rd August Czech Republic 7 Switzerland 7 6 Russia Spain 21 Portugal 0 7 Germany 8 Great Britain 9 Spain 10 Czech Republic 11 Portugal 12 Switzerland

78 9th-12th place W Team P W D L GD Pts O 9 Spain 3 3 52:7 6

10 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 22:25 3 M 11 Portugal 3 1 2 13:38 2 E 12 Switzerland 3 1 2 16:33 1 N

WINNING TEAM ITALY Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Carmela Allucci, Stefania Lariucci, Milena Virzi, Monica Vaillant, Antonella Di Giacinto, Cristina Consoli, Giusi Malato, Francesca Romano, Marica Carrozzi, Melania Grego, Daria Starace, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini

8.7 1997 Seville

Preliminary Rounds Group A 13th August Germany 8 Yugoslavia 5 Hungary 13 France 2 Greece 12 Czech Republic 2 14th August Germany 4 Czech Republic 4 Greece 7 Hungary 6 France 9 Yugoslavia 5 15th August Greece 8 Yugoslavia 2 Hungary 26 Czech Republic 2 Germany 7 France 5 16th August Hungary 10 Germany 2 Greece 9 France 4 Yugoslavia 11 Czech Republic 10 17th August Greece 7 Germany 5 France 14 Czech Republic 7 Hungary 15 Yugoslavia 1

Group A Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Greece 5 5 43:19 10 2 Hungary 5 4 1 70:14 8 3 Germany 5 3 2 30:31 6 4 France 5 2 3 34:41 4 5 Yugoslavia 5 1 4 24:50 2 6 Czech Republic 5 5 25:71 0 Group B 13th August Russia 16 Portugal 5 Netherlands 21 Great Britain 3 Italy 6 Spain 5 14th August Italy 17 Portugal 0 Netherlands 12 Russia 6 Spain 10 Great Britain 4 15th August Netherlands 22 Portugal 2 Italy 14 Great Britain 7 Russia 8 Spain 1 Cont...

78 79 Group B cont... 16th August Russia 13 Great Britain 1 Netherlands 10 Italy 8 Spain 10 Portugal 1 17th August Italy 6 Russia 6 Great Britain 10 Portugal 6 Netherlands 11 Spain 3

Group B Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Netherlands 5 5 0 0 76:22 10 2 Russia 5 3 1 1 49:25 7 3 Italy 5 3 1 1 51:28 7 4 Spain 5 2 0 3 29:30 4 5 Great Britain 5 1 0 4 25:64 2 6 Portugal 5 0 0 5 14:75 0 Quarter finals 19th August Russia 9 Germany 5 Italy 8 Hungary 7 Netherlands 13 France 2 Spain 7 Greece 6

Semi finals 1st-4th place 20th August Italy 8 Netherlands 7 Russia 11 Spain 6

Semi finals 5th-8th place 20th August Hungary 13 France 2 Germany 10 Greece 9

Final 1st-2nd place 22nd August Italy 6 Russia 5

Bronze medal game FINAL RANKING 22nd August Netherlands 10 Spain 5 Team 1 Italy 5th-6th place 2 Russia 21st August Hungary 10 Germany 5 3 Netherlands 4 Spain 7th-8th place 5 Hungary 21st August Greece 9 France 6 6 Germany 7 Greece 9th-10th place 8 France 19th August Yugoslavia 5 Great Britain 4 9 Yugoslavia 10 Great Britain 11th-12th place 11 Czech Republic 19th August Czech Republic 9 Portugal 8 12 Portugal

WINNING TEAM ITALY Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Carmela Allucci, Stefania Lariucci, Milena Virzi, Monica Vaillant, Antonella Di Giacinto, Cristina Consoli, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Daniela Lavorini, Cinzia Ragusa, Silvia Moriconi

80 8.8 1999 Prato W O

Preliminary Rounds M Group A Group A E 4th September Spain 7 Germany 6 Team P W D L GD Pts

Hungary 11 Russia 10 1 Hungary 3 3 37:24 6 N 5th September Russia 16 Spain 7 2 Russia 3 2 1 34:22 4 Hungary 16 Germany 10 3 Spain 3 1 2 18:32 2 6th September Russia 8 Germany 4 4 Germany 3 3 20:31 0 Hungary 10 Spain 4

Group B Group B 4th September Greece 13 France 5 Team P W D L GD Pts Italy 6 Netherlands 6 1 Netherlands 3 2 1 43:14 5 5th September Italy 19 France 3 2 Italy 3 2 1 32:14 5 Netherlands 10 Greece 5 3 Greece 3 1 2 23:22 2 6th September Netherlands 27 France 3 4 France 3 3 11:59 0 Italy 7 Greece 5

Quarter finals 8th September Italy 8 Spain 2 Russia 6 Greece 3

Semi finals 9th September Italy 6 Hungary 5 Netherlands 8 Russia 7

Final 1st-2nd place 10th September Italy 10 Netherlands 9

Bronze medal game 10th September Russia 7 Hungary 5

5th-6th place 9th September Greece 10 Spain 4 FINAL RANKING Team 7th-8th place 1 Italy 8th September Germany 12 France 6 2 Netherlands 3 Russia 4 Hungary 5 Greece 6 Spain 7 Germany 8 France

WINNING TEAM ITALY Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Carmela Allucci, Tania Truden Baianova, Gabriella Sciolti, Monica Vaillant, Tania Di Mario, Cristina Consoli, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Silvia Bosurgi, Martina Schiavon, Silvia Moriconi

80 81 8.9 2001 Budapest

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 16th June Italy 9 Germany 7 Team P W D L GD Pts Russia 7 Greece 6 1 Italy 3 3 21:16 6 17th June Russia 14 Germany 5 2 Russia 3 2 1 27:18 4 Italy 5 Greece 6 3 Greece 3 2 2 17:19 2 18th June Greece 8 Germany 7 4 Germany 3 3 19:31 0 Italy 7 Russia 6

Group B Group B 16th June Netherlands 10 France 2 Team P W D L GD Pts Hungary 14 Spain 4 1 Hungary 3 2 1 38:19 5 17th June Spain 9 France 5 2 Netherlands 3 2 1 29:20 5 Netherlands 12 Hungary 12 3 Spain 3 1 2 19:26 2 18th June Netherlands 7 Spain 6 4 France 3 3 10:31 0 Hungary 12 France 3

Quarter finals 19th June Russia 11 Spain 5 Greece 7 Netherlands 5

Semi finals 21st June Italy 7 Greece 1 Hungary 7 Russia 6

Final 1st-2nd place 23rd June Hungary 10 Italy 5

Bronze medal game 23rd June Russia 8 Greece 5

5th-6th place FINAL RANKING 21st June Netherlands 10 Spain 9 Team

1 Hungary 7th-8th place 2 Italy 19th June Germany 7 France 6 3 Russia 4 Greece 5 Netherlands 6 Spain 7 Germany 8 France

WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Ildiko Sos, Zsuzsanna Tiba, Edit Sipos, Katalin Kisne Dancsa, Mercedesz Steiber, Kata Redei, Rita Dravucz, Erzsebet Valkay, Krisztina Szremko, Aniko Pelle, Agnes Valkay, Agnes Primasz, Andrea Toth, Anett Gyore, Brigitta Szep

82 8.10 2003 Ljubljana W O

Preliminary Rounds M Group A Group A E 7th June Russia 11 Germany 9 Team P W D L GD Pts

Italy 7 Greece 5 1 Italy 3 3 33:24 6 N 8th June Greece 7 Germany 4 2 Russia 3 2 1 30:27 4 Italy 14 Russia 10 3 Greece 3 1 2 16:20 2 9th June Russia 9 Greece 4 4 Germany 3 3 22:30 0 Germany 9 Italy 12

Group B Group B 7th June Hungary 10 Netherlands 9 Team P W D L GD Pts Slovenia 1 Spain 22 1 Hungary 3 3 45:14 6 8th June Slovenia 1 Hungary 27 2 Netherlands 3 2 1 43:17 4 Spain 6 Netherlands 10 3 Spain 3 1 2 32:19 2 9th June Netherlands 24 Slovenia 1 4 Slovenia 3 3 3:73 0 Hungary 8 Spain 4

Quarter finals 10th June Netherlands 6 Greece 5 Russia 12 Spain 10

Semi finals 12th June Hungary 7 Russia 6 Italy 7 Netherlands 5

Final 1st-2nd place 14th June Italy 6 Hungary 5

Bronze medal game 14th June Russia 7 Netherlands 6

5th-6th place FINAL RANKING 12th June Spain 5 Greece 6 Team

1 Italy 7th-8th place 2 Hungary 10th June Germany 21 Slovenia 1 3 Russia 4 Netherlands 5 Greece 6 Spain 7 Germany 8 Slovenia

WINNING TEAM ITALY Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Carmela Allucci, Silvia Bosurgi, Gabriella Sciolti, Manuela Zanchi, Tania Di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusi Letzia Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Noemi Toth, Daniela Lavorini, Erika Lava

82 83 8.11 2006 Belgrade

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 2nd September Serbia 4 Spain 17 Team P W D L GD Pts Netherlands 6 Hungary 11 1 Hungary 3 2 1 41:18 7 3rd September Serbia 6 Netherlands 16 2 Spain 3 2 1 37:23 7 Spain 8 Hungary 8 3 Netherlands 3 1 2 33:29 3 4th September Netherlands 11 Spain 12 4 Serbia 3 3 14:55 0 Serbia 4 Hungary 22

Group B Group B 2nd September Russia 15 Greece 6 Team P W D L GD Pts Italy 17 Germany 8 1 Italy 3 3 39:27 9 3rd September Greece 13 Germany 9 2 Russia 3 2 1 45:31 6 Russia 12 Italy 14 3 Greece 3 1 2 26:32 3 4th September Germany 11 Russia 18 4 Germany 3 3 28:48 0 Italy 8 Greece 7

Quarter finals 6th September Russia 17 Netherlands 11 Spain 10 Greece 9

Semi finals 7th September Italy 15 Spain 10 Russia 12 Hungary 11

Final 1st-2nd place 9th September Russia 12 Italy 10

Bronze medal game 9th September Hungary 12 Spain 11

5th-6th place FINAL RANKING 7th September Greece 11 Netherlands 12 Team

1 Russia 7th-8th place 2 Italy 6th September Serbia 6 Germany 15 3 Hungary 4 Spain 5 Netherlands 6 Greece 7 Germany 8 Serbia

WINNING TEAM RUSSIA Olga Fomicheva, Yulia Gaufler, Nadezda Glyzina, Ebgeniya Ivanova, Sofya Konukh, Ekaterina Kuzbetsova, Ekaterina Pantyulina,, Evgenia Protsenko, Natalya Ryzhova-Alenicheva, Natalya Shepelina, Elena Smurova, Ekaterina Tankeyeva, Aleksandra Vorobeva, Alena Vylegzhanina, Anastasia Zubkova

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Preliminary Rounds M Group A Group A 5th July Spain 10 Russia 9 Team P W D L GD Pts E

Netherlands 9 Germany 6 1 Spain 3 2 1 33:26 7 N 6th July Netherlands 10 Spain 10 2 Russia 3 2 1 33:26 6 Germany 9 Russia 16 3 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 26:24 4 7th July Netherlands 7 Russia 8 4 Germany 3 3 22:38 0 Spain 13 Germany 7

Group B Group B 5th July Italy 4 Hungary 4 Team P W D L GD Pts Greece 15 France 2 1 Italy 3 2 1 32:16 7 6th July Italy 10 Greece 9 2 Greece 3 1 2 21:16 5 Hungary 10 France 5 3 Hungary 3 1 1 1 31:19 4 7th July France 3 Italy 18 4 France 3 3 10:43 0 Greece 7 Hungary 7

Quarter finals 8th July Russia 9 Greece 7 FINAL RANKING Netherlands 7 Hungary 9 Team 1 Russia Semi finals 2 Spain 10th July Hungary 7 Spain 8 3 Hungary Russia 8 Italy 5 4 Italy 5 Netherlands Final 1st-2nd place 6 Greece 12th July Spain 8 Russia 9 7 Germany 8 France Bronze medal game 12th July Hungary 9 Italy 6

5th-6th place 10th July Greece 10 Netherlands 11

7th-8th place 8th July Germany 8 France 6

WINNING TEAM RUSSIA Valentina Vorontsova, Natalia Shepelina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Sofya Konukh, Alena Vylegzhanina, Nadezda Glyzina, Ekaterina Pantyulina, Evenia Soboleva, Oleksandra Karpovich, Olga Belyaeva, Elena Smurova, Olga Turova, Evgenia Protsenko

84 85 8.13 2010 Zagreb

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 31st August Croatia 3 Russia 28 Team P W D L GD Pts Greece 7 Italy 5 1 Greece 3 2 1 0 43:16 7 2nd September Greece 7 Russia 7 2 Russia 3 1 2 0 47:22 5 Croatia 3 Italy 22 3 Italy 3 1 1 1 39:22 4 4th September Croatia 4 Greece 29 4 Croatia 3 0 0 3 10:79 0 Russia 12 Italy 12

Group B Group B 31st August Spain 12 Germany 10 Team P W D L GD Pts Netherlands 8 Hungary 9 1 Netherlands 3 2 0 1 33:26 6 2nd September Netherlands 17 Germany 10 2 Spain 3 2 0 1 32:28 6 Spain 13 Hungary 10 3 Hungary 3 1 1 1 29:31 4 4th September Germany 10 Hungary 10 4 Germany 3 0 1 2 30:39 1 Spain 7 Netherlands 8

7th-8th Place 6th September Croatia 7 Germany 23

Quarterfinal Round for 1st - 6th Place 6th September Russia 12 Hungary 9 Spain 9 Italy 10

5th-6th place 8th September Hungary 10 Spain 7

Semi finals 8th September Italy 5 Greece 10 Russia 10 Netherlands 7

Bronze Medal Game FINAL RANKING 10th September Italy 12 Netherlands 14 Team

1 Russia Gold Medal Game 2 Greece 10th September Greece 6 Russia 11 3 Netherlands 4 Italy 5 Hungary 6 Spain 7 Germany 8 Croatia

WINNING TEAM RUSSIA Evgenia Protsenko, Nadezda Glyzina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Sofya Konukh, Evgenia Pustynnikova, Natalia Ryzhova-Alenicheva, Ekaterina Tankeeva, Evgenia Soboleva, Alexandra Antonova, Olga Belyaeva, Evgenia Ivanova, Yulia Gaufler, Maria Kovtunovskaya

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Preliminary Rounds M Group A Group A E 18th January Great Britain 9 Hungary 19 Team P W D L GD Pts

Netherlands 10 Russia 11 1 Russia 3 3 0 0 38:29 9 N 20th January Russia 15 Great Britain 10 2 Hungary 3 2 0 1 37:29 6 Hungary 9 Netherlands 8 3 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 30:26 3 22nd January Netherlands 12 Great Britain 6 4 Great Britain 3 0 0 3 25:46 0 Hungary 9 Russia 12

Group B Group B 18th January Spain 22 Germany 12 Team P W D L GD Pts Greece 10 Italy 9 1 Greece 3 3 0 0 30:21 9 20th January Germany 6 Greece 12 2 Italy 3 2 0 1 42:33 6 Italy 15 Spain 11 3 Spain 3 1 0 2 39:35 3 22nd January Germany 12 Italy 18 4 Germany 3 0 0 3 30:52 0 Greece 8 Spain 6

7th-8th Place 24th January Great Britain 13 Germany 11

Quarterfinal Round for 1st - 6th Place 24th January Hungary 11 Spain 9 Italy 17 Netherlands 15

5th-6th place 26th January Spain 11 Netherlands 10

Semi finals 26th January Hungary 12 Greece 14 Italy 13 Russia 12

Bronze Medal Game FINAL RANKING 28th January Hungary 9 Russia 8 Team

1 Italy Gold Medal Game 2 Greece 28th January Greece 10 Italy 13 3 Hungary 4 Russia 5 Spain 6 Netherlands 7 Great Britain 8 Germany

WINNING TEAM ITALY Elena Gigli, Simona Abbate, Elisa Casanova, Rosario Aiello, Elisa Queirolo, Allegra Lapi, Tania di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Enrica Emmolo, Giulia Rambaldi Guidasci, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti, Giulia Gorlero

86 87 8.15 2014 Budapest

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 16th July Great Britain 7 Greece 9 Team P W D L GD Pts Netherlands 12 Hungary 11 1 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 32:23 9 18th July Great Britain 5 Netherlands 11 2 Hungary 3 2 0 1 39:24 6 Hungary 12 Greece 7 3 Greece 3 1 0 2 23:28 3 20th July Netherlands 9 Greece 7 4 Great Britain 3 0 0 3 17:36 0 Great Britain 5 Hungary 16

Group B Group B 16th July Italy 14 France 4 Team P W D L GD Pts Russia 10 Spain 9 1 Spain 3 2 0 1 39:22 6 18th July France 4 Spain 18 2 Italy 3 2 0 1 35:26 6 Russia 10 Italy 13 3 Russia 3 2 0 1 38:28 6 20th July Russia 18 France 6 4 France 3 0 0 33 14:50 0 Italy 8 Spain 12

7th-8th Place 22nd July Great Britain 5 France 8

Quarterfinal Round for 1st - 6th Place 22nd July Hungary 11 Russia 7 Italy 11 Greece 9

5th-6th place 24th July Russia 7 Greece 5

Semi finals 24th July Hungary 8 Spain 9 Italy 11 Netherlands 12

Bronze Medal Game FINAL RANKING 26th July Hungary 10 Italy 9 Team

1 Spain Gold Medal Game 2 Netherlands 26th July Spain 10 Netherlands 5 3 Hungary 4 Italy 5 Russia 6 Greece 7 France 8 Great Britain

WINNING TEAM SPAIN Laura Ester Ramos, Marta Bach Pascual, Anna Espar Llaquet, Roser Tarrago Aymerich, Matilde Ortiz Reyes, Jennifer Pareja Lisalde. Lorena Miranda Dorado, Maria Del Pilar Pena Carrasco, Andrea Blas Martinez, Ona Meseguer Flaque, Maria Carmen Garcia Godoy, Laura Lopez Ventosa, Patricia Herrera Fernandez

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Louise Guillet, France, blocks Ekaterina Prokofyeva, in the France v Russia 5th-8th place semi-final match at the Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona. Russia won a hard-fought game 13-10 (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

88 89 8.16 2016 Belgrade

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 10th January Portugal 3 Greece 27 Team P W D L GD Pts Russia 29 Turkey 0 1 Netherlands 5 5 0 0 92:29 15 Netherlands 14 Hungary 10 2 Hungary 5 4 1 0 82:31 12 12th January Portugal 5 Russia 21 3 Russia 5 3 2 0 83:36 9 Turkey 0 Netherlands 25 4 Greece 5 2 3 0 77:42 6 Greece 6 Hungary 9 5 Portugal 5 1 4 0 21:111 3 14th January Netherlands 28 Portugal 2 6 Turkey 5 0 5 0 14:120 0 Hungary 27 Turkey 1 Russia 16 Greece 6 16th January Portugal 0 Hungary 25 Greece 28 Turkey 3 Russia 7 Netherlands 14 18th January Portugal 11 Turkey 10 Netherlands 11 Greece 10 Hungary 11 Russia 10

Group B Group B 11th January Croatia 3 Spain 29 Team P W D L GD Pts Italy 10 France 3 1 Italy 5 5 0 0 91:19 15 Serbia 13 Germany 14 2 Spain 5 4 1 0 105:23 12 13th January Spain 21 France 2 3 France 5 3 2 0 38:43 9 Germany 3 Italy 22 4 Germany 5 2 3 0 43:82 6 Croatia 4 Serbia 8 5 Serbia 5 1 4 0 36:65 3 15th January Italy 31 Croatia 2 6 Croatia 5 0 5 0 21:102 0 France 12 Germany 3 Serbia 6 Spain 21 17th January Croatia 3 France 14 Spain 26 Germany 3 Serbia 3 Italy 19 19th January Croatia 9 Germany 20 Italy 9 Spain 8 France 7 Serbia 6

Quarter-finals: 20th January Netherlands 19 Germany 2 Hungary 18 France 6 Russia 8 Spain 12 Greece 4 Italy 10

Ranking Round 5th-8th Place 21st January France 6 Greece 12 Germany 2 Russia 22

Semi finals 21st January Netherlands 15 Spain 14 Hungary 10 Italy 5

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11th-12th Place FINAL RANKING E 22nd January Turkey 4 Croatia 12 Team

1 Hungary N 9th-10th Place 2 Netherlands 22nd January Portugal 6 Serbia 9 3 Italy 4 Spain 7th-8th Place 5 Greece 22nd January Germany 9 France 13 6 Russia 7 France 5th-6th Place 8 Germany 22nd January Russia 12 Greece 13 9 Serbia 10 Portugal Bronze Medal Game 11 Croatia 22nd January Spain 9 Italy 10 12 Turkey

Gold Medal Game 22nd January Netherlands 7 Hungary 9

WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Edina Gangl, Dora Czigany, Dora Antal, Hanna Anna Kisteleki, Gabriella Szucs, Orsolya Takacs, Anna Krisztina Illes, Rita Keszthelyi, Ildiko Toth, Barbara Bujka, Dora Csabai, Krisztina Garda, Orsolya Kaso

Dorottya Szilagi, Hungary, works to control the ball in her team’s match against Germany in Preliminary Group B of the 2018 European Championships. The game was won by Hungary 26-1 (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

90 91 8.17 2018 Barcelona

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 14th July Netherlands 21 Croatia 1 Team P W D L GD Pts Israel 2 Italy 21 1 Netherlands 5 4 1 0 75:20 13 France 5 Greece 12 2 Greece 5 4 0 1 63:23 12 15th July Israel 2 Netherlands 20 3 Italy 5 3 1 1 68:21 10 Croatia 6 France 17 4 France 5 2 0 3 38:54 6 Italy 6 Germany 7 5 Israel 5 0 1 4 18:73 1 17th July Greece 21 Croatia 2 6 Croatia 5 0 1 4 19:90 1 France 9 Israel 5 Netherlands 6 Italy 6 19th July Israel 2 Greece 16 Italy 24 Croatia 3 Netherlands 20 France 4 21st July Israel 7 Croatia 7 France 3 Italy 11 Greece 7 Netherlands 8

Group B Group B 14th July Russia 35 Turkey 4 Team P W D L GD Pts Serbia 8 Germany 9 1 Spain 5 5 0 0 110:26 15 Hungary 9 Spain 13 2 Hungary 5 4 0 1 98:32 12 15th July Turkey 5 Hungary 32 3 Russia 5 3 0 2 107:31 9 Serbia 2 Russia 27 4 Germany 5 2 0 3 29:97 6 Germany 2 Spain 27 5 Serbia 5 1 0 4 27:91 3 17th July Russia 27 Germany 5 6 Turkey 5 0 0 5 26:120 0 Hungary 23 Serbia 6 Spain 32 Turkey 2 19th July Germany 12 Turkey 9 Russia 7 Hungary 8 Serbia 2 Spain 26 21st July Serbia 9 Turkey 6 Hungary 26 Germany 1 Spain 12 Russia 11

Quarter-finals: 23rd July Greece 11 Russia 10 Italy 9 Hungary 10 Netherlands 22 Germany 2 France 5 Spain 14

11th-12th Place 23rd July Croatia 11 Turkey 6

9th-10th Place 23rd July Israel 5 Serbia 6

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5th-8th Place FINAL RANKING E 23rd July Germany 2 Italy 17 Team

Russia 13 France 10 1 Netherlands N 2 Greece Semi finals 3 Spain 25th July Netherlands 8 Hungary 7 4 Hungary Greece 11 Spain 9 5 Russia 6 Italy 7th-8th Place 7 France 27th July Germany 5 France 13 8 Germany 9 Serbia 5th-6th Place 10 Israel 27th July Italy 8 Russia 14 11 Croatia 12 Turkey Bronze Medal Game 27th July Hungary 6 Spain 12

Gold Medal Game 27th July Netherlands 6 Greece 4

WINNING TEAM NETHERLANDS Laura Petronella Aarts, Maud Megens, Dagmar Rixt Genee, Catharina Van Der Sloot, Iris Wolves, Nomi Lisa Stomphorst, Bente Rogge, Vivian Sevenich, Kitty-Lynn Joustra, Ilse Koolhaas, Rozanne Voorvelt, Brigitte Sleeking, Debby Willemsz

22 years old, Maud Megens, Netherlands, played her way to a gold medal at the European Championships in Barcelona. Netherlands defeated Greece 6-4 in the final of the Women’s Championship (Photo: Marcel ter Bals/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

92 93 8.18 2020 Budapest Qualifying groups to date

Qualifying Group 1 Tiblisi, Georgia Group A 11th November Switzerland 7 Germany 18 Team P W D L GD Pts 12th November Georgia 9 Germany 7 1 Georgia 2 2 0 0 33:14 6 13th November Georgia 24 Switzerland 7 2 Germany 2 1 0 1 25:16 3 3 Switzerland 2 0 0 2 14:42 0 Group B Novaky, Slovakia 11th November France 20 Ukraine 5 Group B Slovakia 19 Belarus 4 Team P W D L GD Pts 12th November Belarus 6 France 22 1 Slovakia 3 0 0 0 44:15 9 Slovakia 16 Ukraine 5 2 France 3 2 0 1 48:17 6 13th November Ukraine 7 Belarus 10 3 Belarus 3 1 0 2 20:49 3 Slovakia 9 France 6 4 Ukraine 3 0 0 3 17:46 0

Group C Malta Group C 11th November Romania 15 Portugal 7 Team P W D L GD Pts Malta 12 Portugal 10 1 Romania 2 0 0 2 28:14 6 13th November Malta 7 Romania 13 2 Malta 2 1 0 1 19:23 3 3 Portugal 2 0 0 2 17:27 0 Group D Utrecht, Netherlands Group D 11th November Netherlands 21 Lithuania 4 Team P W D L GD Pts 12th November Turkey 24 Lithuania 7 1 Turkey 2 1 1 0 32:15 4 13th November Netherlands 8 Turkey 8 2 Netherlands 2 1 1 1 29:12 4 3 Lithuania 2 0 0 2 11:45 0

Beatriz Ortiz Munoz, Spain, has her eyes fixed on the Russian goal during the clash between the sides in Barcelona in 2018. Spain inched ahead to win 12-11 (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/ Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

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Netherlands women’s team celebrate after their final win over Greece in 2018 in Barcelona. It was Netherlands first win since 1993 (Photo: Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

9.1 The Top Goal Scorers - Barcelona 2018 - Women

Rank Cap No. Name Team Overall Player of the tounament: Catharina Van Der Sloot NED 1 4 Beatriz Ortiz Munoz ESP 25 Goalkeeper of the tournment: Laura Aarts NED 2 3 Ekaterina Prokofyeva RUS 23 3= 8 Rita Keszthelyi HUN 22 3= 8 Anastasia Simanovich RUS 22 5= 3 Arianna Garibotti ITA 21 5= 2 Maud Megens NED 21 7= 11 Maica Garcia Godoy ESP 20 7= 4 Catharina Van Der Sloot NED 20 9= 7 Alexandra Asimaki GRE 18 9= 7 Alena Serzhantova RUS 18

94 95 EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN’S TOP SCORERS

10.1 The Top Goal Scorers at each Championship

1985 Oslo Patricia Libregts Netherlands 28 goals

1987 Strasbourg Patricia Libregts Netherlands 22 goals

1989 Bonn Andrea Eke Hungary 20 goals

1991 Athens Alice Lindhout Netherlands 22 goals

1993 Leeds Alice Lindhout Netherlands 31 goals

1995 Vienna Laure Gauthreau France 29 goals

1997 Seville Giusi Malato Italy 26 goals

1999 Prato Karin Kuipers Netherlands 14 goals Giusi Malato Italy 14 goals Krisztina Szremko Hungary 14 goals

2001 Budapest Danielle De Bruijn Netherlands 13 goals

2003 Ljubljana Danielle De Bruijn Netherlands 15 goals

2006 Belgrade Ekaterina Pantyulina Russia 18 goals

2008 Malaga Ekaterina Pantyulina Russia 16 goals

2010 Zagreb Angelika Gerolymou Greece 17 goals

2012 Eindhoven Rita Keszthelyi Hungary 19 goals

2014 Budapest Rita Keszthelyi Hungary 19 goals

2016 Belgrade Rita Keszthelyi Hungary 23 goals

2018 Barcelona Beatriz Ortiz Munoz Spain 25 goals

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Anna Espar Llaquet, Spain, (blue cap 3) prepares to shoot but comes under pressure from Anna Krisztina Illes, Hungary, in the bronze medal match between the two countries at the 2018 European Championships in Barcelona. Spain took the bronze medal after a 12-6 victory (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

11.1 Women’s Medal Table

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total NED 5 4 3 12 ITA 5 2 2 9 HUN 3 5 5 13 RUS 3 2 3 8 ESP 1 1 1 3 GRE 3 3 FRA 2 2 FRG 1 1 17 17 17 51

96 97 MOST GOLD MEDALS WON AT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS BY INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS

12.1 Most Gold Medals - Women

No. Name Country Year 4 Carmela Allucci Italy 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2003 4 Francesca Conti Italy 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2003 4 Melania Grego Italy 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2003 4 Giusi Malato Italy 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2003 4 Martina Miceli Italy 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2003 4 Maddalena Musumeci Italy 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2003 4 Hedda Verdam Netherlands 1983, 1987, 1989 & 1993 3 Alexandra Araujo Italy 1997, 1999 & 2003 3 Hellen Boering Netherlands 1987, 1989 & 1993 3 Cristina Consoli Italy 1995, 1997 & 1999 3 Nadezda Glyzina Russia 2006, 2008 & 2010 3 Lieneke Van Den Heuvel Netherlands 1983, 1987 & 1989 3 Sofia Konukh Russia 2006, 2008 & 2010 3 Monique Kranenburg Netherlands 1983, 1987 & 1989 3 Patricia Libregts Netherlands 1983, 1987 & 1989 3 Alice Lindhout Netherlands 1983, 1989 & 1993 3 Tania Di Mario Italy 1999, 2003 & 2012 3 Evgenia Protsenko Russia 2006, 2008 & 2010 3 Janny Spijker Netherlands 1987, 1989 & 1993 3 Monica Vaillant Italy 1995, 1997 & 1999

Nomi Lisa Stomphorst, Netherlands, has an eye for goal. She scored one of Netherland’s 6 goals in its 6-4 final win at the 2018 European Championships in Barcelona (Photo: Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

98 Audrey Daule, France, (blue cap 12), is challenged by Veronika Vakhitova, Russia (white cap 2), in the Russia- France semi-final match. Russia won the match by 3 goals and finished 5th overall after defeating Italy 14-8 in their final game (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

98 99 EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN’S REFEREES

13.1 Officiating Referees 1985 - 2016

Name 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 Total Abrahamson NOR 5 5 Adzic MNE 2 2 Afanasiev URS, RUS 2 2 3 1 1 9 Aglialoro ITA 2 3 5 Alexandrescu ROU 2 2 4 5 13 Andersen DEN 2 2 Angileri MLT 4 4

Bajanaru ROM 3 3 Barradas POR 4 4 Bathurst GBR 1 1 4 5 11 Belevtsov UKR 3 4 7 Bender GER 1 3 1 5 Bervoets NED 3 1 4 Bianchi ITA 4 1 5 Bock GER 2 2 Bohat SVK 4 4 4 12 Bonnay FRA 3 2 5 Bookelman NED 1 2 2 2 2 1 10 Borner GER 5 5 Borrell ESP 4 2 2 2 10 Brala CRO 2 2 Bras NED 1 4 1 1 7 Brguljan MNE 3 3 1 2 4 13 Buch ESP 1 3 3 7

Cabello ESP 2 2 Cachia V. MLT 1 1 Caputi ITA 3 3 Chirculete ROM 5 5 Chirunas URS 2 2 Chmielewski POL 3 3 6 Cillero ESP 2 3 3 2 10 Ciric SRB 2 3 3 8 Clara ITA 2 1 3 Clemencon FRA 3 3 Crombags BEL 6 6 Csaszar HUN 1 3 1 2 1 8

Dahler FRG 1 1 Dalli MLT 2 6 8 Dani ITA 2 2 Decoyere FRA 4 4

100 W Name 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 Total Demey FRA 1 1 O Detko GBR 2 2

Donato ESP 4 4 M Donnici ESP 2 2 E Dreval RUS 3 2 5

Drobnjak YUG 2 3 5 N Dutilh-Dumas NED 3 4 6 8 21

Elder GBR 1 1 Eleftheriadis GRE 1 1 2 Esaian URS 2 2 Eveleigh GBR 2 2

Fekete HUN 2 3 1 6 Fernandez ESP 3 2 5 Fjarrstad T. SWE 2 3 5 Franulovic CRO 1 2 3 Frey SUI 1 1

Galindo ESP 1 1 Galkin RUS 3 3 1 1 8 Geli ESP 2 4 3 9 Golijanin SRB 2 2 Gombosh ISR 3 3 Gomez ITA 2 2 Gordon GBR 5 5 Gorinov BUL 4 4 Grandin FRA 3 3 3 9 Grilli ITA 2 2 Grosso ITA 2 2

Hammarstrom SWE 5 3 8 Hantal TUR 2 2 4 Hargreaves GBR 2 2 Hassekioglou GRE 1 1 3 3 8 Hausche GER 1 1 1 3

Iliadis GRE 4 3 7 Indrelid NOR 5 1 6 Ivanovski MNE 4 4 8

Jakerson TCH 1 2 3 Janev BUL 1 3 4 Jarochowski POL 2 2 Juhasz HUN 2 2

Kikalishvili GEO 2 4 2 8 Kiss HUN 6 2 1 9 Kiszelly HUN 1 1 1 3 Klaric YUG, CRO 2 1 3 3 2 11 Klopper NED 1 1 2 Cont...

100 101 Name 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 Total Koganov AZE 1 1 1 1 3 7 Koryzna POL 3 1 3 3 2 12 Kossov RUS 4 4 Kosztolanczy HUN 1 1 1 5 2 3 1 14 Kratochvil SVK 4 4 2 4 3 3 20 Kun HUN 1 1 4 6 Kunikova SVK 8 6 14

Lalov BUL 1 1 4 6 Lehn GER 2 3 5 Levin ISR 2 1 1 2 6 Ludecke FRG, GER 5 2 3 3 2 2 17

Maggio ITA 2 2 Margeta SLO 2 2 1 1 3 3 12 Matache ROU 4 4 Mauss GER 4 7 11 Mercier FRA 1 4 5 Merola ITA 1 1 Moliner ESP 2 2 4 Monay SUI 2 2

Naumov RUS 1 1 3 2 7 Nielsen DEN 1 2 2 5 Njegovan SRB 2 2

Ohme GER 2 2

Paggi ITA 1 1 Panagakos GRE 2 1 3 Paoletti ITA 3 3 Papazian FRA 1 3 1 5 Peris CRO 3 6 9 Petronilli ITA 1 2 1 1 1 6 Petrovic YUG 2 2 Picchetto ITA 1 1 Pollmann GER 1 1 Prelovsky TCH 1 1 Prikhodko URS 1 2 3 Putnikovic SRB 6 6

Racine SUI 3 2 5 Radjenovic YUG 2 4 2 8 Raiton FRA 2 2 Rajevic YUG 2 2 Rakovec SLO 2 1 3 Rakovic SRB 3 3 Ranz FRG 5 5 Reemnet NED 4 2 6 Rezek CZE 3 3 6 Riccitelli ITA 2 2

102 W Name 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 Total Rohbeck GER 2 2 O Rosmann AUT 1 2 4 7

Rotunno ITA 1 1 M E Sadekov RUS 1 1

Salino ITA 2 2 N Santos POR 3 5 8 Sapara GER 4 4 Schmuck TCH 1 1 Schmudermeyer AUT 2 2 3 7 Schwartz ISR 2 2 4 3 11 Selzsam FRG 1 1 Severo ITA 2 2 Simion ROU 3 3 6 Simons BEL 2 2 2 6 Skaal SWE 3 3 Soumelidis GRE 1 4 5 Spiegel GER 4 2 1 7 Stajkovic MKD 1 2 3 6 Stampalija CRO 2 2 Stavridis GRE 1 1 1 1 3 2 9 Stavropoulos GRE 5 3 2 1 3 1 3 18

Tacinni ITA 3 3 Taylor GBR 1 1 Teule ESP 2 2 Teixido ESP 1 3 4 Thepaut FRA 5 1 6 Thibou BEL 1 1 Timoc ROM 2 1 2 3 3 2 13 Tomic CRO 2 2 Toygarli TUR 1 2 1 4 4 12 Troitsky URS, RUS 2 2 4 Tulga TUR 1 5 1 1 8

Ucansu TUR 2 2

Van De Laak NED 5 3 8 Van De Vreken BEL 1 1 Van Dorp NED 1 1 Van Hems FRA 3 2 2 7 Van Zenderen NED 1 1 Varkonyi HUN 2 4 6 Vassiliou GRE 2 2 Vlasic CRO 2 2 Vogel HUN 1 1 Vuletic CRO 4 3 1 8

Wengenroth-Martinelli SUI 5 5 9 7 26

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Kubra Kus, Turkey, attempts to pass the ball in Turkey’s Group B Preliminary Round game against Hungary at the 2018 European Championships in Barcelona. Hungary won the game 32-5 and went through to finish 4th overall (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

14.1 Women’s European Club Competitions

Year European Super Cup LEN Trophy 1999-2000 Gifa Palermo 2000-2001 Skif Moscow 2001-2002 Gifa Palermo 2002-2003 Naftikos Omilos Vouliagmeni 2003-2004 Circolo Canottieri Ortigia 2004-2005 Circolo Canottieri Ortigia 2005-2006 Domino Polo Budapest Domino Polo Budapest 2006-2007 Fiorentina ASD Roma 2007-2008 Orizzonte Catania Ecofim Roma 2008-2009 Vouilagmeni Nautical Club Sportscar Sturm 2002 Chekhov 2009-2010 Vouilagmeni Nautical Club Ethnikos Piraeus 2010-2011 Pro Recco (Rapallo) Rapallo 2011-2012 Mediterranea Imperia Mediterranea Imperia 2012-2013 Club Natacio Sabadell Shturm 2002 Ruza 2013-2014 Club Natacio Sabadell Olympiacos SFP 2014-2015 Olympiacos RN Imperia 2015-2016 Club Natacio Sabadell Mataró La Sirena 2016-2017 Kinef Kirishi UVSE Budapest 2017-2018 Dunaujvaros Dunaujvaros 2018-2019 Ekipe Orizzonte Ekipe Orizzonte

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Year Club Country M 1987-1988 Donk Gouda Netherlands

1988-1989 Donk Gouda Netherlands E 1989-1990 Nereus Zaandam Netherlands 1990-1991 Donk Diana Gouda Netherlands N 1991-1992 Branderburg Netherlands 1992-1993 Hungerit Szentes Hungary 1993-1994 Orizzonte Catania Italy 1994-1995 Nereus Zaandam Netherlands 1995-1996 Nereus Zaandam Netherlands 1996-1997 Skif Moscow Russia 1997-1998 Orizzonte Catania Italy 1998-1999 Skif Moscow Russia 1999-2000 ANO Glyfada Greece 2000-2001 Orizzonte Catania Italy 2001-2002 Orizzonte Catania Italy 2002-2003 ANO Glyfada Greece 2003-2004 Orizzonte Catania Italy 2004-2005 Orizzonte Catania Italy 2005-2006 Orizzonte Catania Italy 2006-2007 Fiorentina Italy 2007-2008 Orizzonte Catania Italy 2008-2009 Vouilagmeni Nautical Club Sportscar Greece 2009-2010 Vouilagmeni Nautical Club Sportscar Greece 2010-2011 Club Natacio Sabadell Spain 2011-2012 GMG Pro Recco Italy 2012-2013 Club Natacio Sabadell Spain 2013-2014 Club Natacio Sabadell Spain 2014-2015 Olympiacos Greece 2015-2016 CN Sabadell Spain 2016-2017 Kinef-Surgutneftegas Russia 2017-2018 Kinef Kirishi Russia 2018-2019 AstralPool Sabadell Spain

Edina Gangl, the Hungarian goalkeeper, rises to block a goal bound shot from Matilde Ortiz Munoz, Spain, in the 2018 European third place match (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

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15.1 Mens 1926-2018

Year 26 27 31 34 38 47 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 77 81 83 85 No of teams 3 12 7 10 7 10 7 12 14 11 17 15 16 15 8 8 8 Austria 6 3 10 5 12 11 14 14 Belgium 4 3 4 3 4 3 11 10 6 10 12 15 Bulgaria 14 11 11 10 Croatia Czechoslovakia 7 5 8 9 14 9 11 Denmark East Germany 5 4 2 Finland 13 France 2 6 6 6 7 6 9 8 13 11 16 15 Germany 3 5 2 2 2 Georgia Great Britain 8 7 6 8 13 10 17 10 14 Greece 10 9 8 Hungary 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 3 2 5 Ireland 15 15 Italy 12 10 5 1 4 3 4 8 4 4 5 3 6 7 4 Macedonia Malta Montenegro Netherlands 11 9 3 5 1 4 6 6 8 5 4 5 8 6 7 Poland 9 11 13 13 Romania 10 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 Russia Serbia Serba & Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain 10 7 7 12 12 8 7 8 5 3 6 Sweden 2 4 7 4 2 2 9 9 9 12 12 Switzerland 7 Turkey 16 Ukraine USSR 5 3 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 West Germany 6 7 7 7 8 6 1 5 3 Yugoslavia 9 5 8 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 4 4 2

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11.1 Officiating Referees 1926 - 2016

Year 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 No of teams 8 16 16 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 16 16 Austria 14 12 Belgium Bulgaria 8 10 13 8 12 Croatia 5 4 4 2 4 2 7 4 1 9 5 7 3 Czechoslovakia 7 10 Denmark 16 East Germany Finland France 12 11 12 10 9 12 Germany 9 3 10 8 9 6 8 6 6 5 9 11 9 Georgia 12 14 13 Great Britain 15 15 12 Greece 11 6 6 9 7 4 7 8 6 11 9 6 6 4 5 Hungary 5 9 5 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 8 Ireland Italy 3 3 4 1 1 6 3 2 9 5 5 2 4 3 6 4 Macedonia 8 12 11 Malta 15 16 Montenegro 1 5 2 4 2 6 Netherlands 8 9 8 10 9 12 10 11 10 10 12 10 Poland 13 12 Romania 7 5 8 4 11 9 11 10 4 9 7 8 8 10 11 Russia 7 6 3 5 5 4 9 10 11 11 8 7 Serbia 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 Serba & Montenegro 1 Slovakia 10 8 10 8 7 11 12 13 14 Slovenia 11 12 12 Spain 6 6 2 3 5 5 6 6 5 3 7 8 7 7 5 2 Sweden 16 Switzerland Turkey 14 10 12 16 15 Ukraine 11 7 11 USSR 1 4 3 West Germany 4 1 7 Yugoslavia 2 2 1 2 7 1

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106 107 15.2 Womens 1985-2018

Year 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 No of teams 8 7 9 8 12 12 12 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 12 12 Belgium 5 6 9 Croatia 8 11 11 Czech Republic 11 10 11 France 7 3 3 4 5 5 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 Germany 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 Great Britain 6 7 8 8 8 10 7 8 Greece 7 7 7 4 7 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 6 5 2 Hungary 2 2 2 1 3 2 5 4 1 2 3 3 5 3 3 1 4 Israel 10 Italy 4 3 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 4 1 4 3 6 Netherlands 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 2 5 4 5 5 3 6 2 2 1 Norway 4 5 6 Portugal 11 12 10 Russia 2 6 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 5 6 5 Serbia 8 9 9 Slovakia 12 Slovenia 8 Soviet Union 5 Spain 9 9 4 6 6 6 4 2 6 5 1 4 3 Sweden 8 8 Switzerland 10 12 Turkey 12 12 West Germany 3 4 5 6 Yugoslavia 9

108 M

LEN EUROPA CUP I

2018 S C 16.1 2018 - Women

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A - Held in Oosterhout, Netherlands Team P W D L GD Pts 1st February Netherlands 19 France 5 1 Spain 4 3 1 0 63:25 10 Russia 7 Spain 8 2 Netherlands 4 2 2 0 60:25 8 2nd February Spain 22 France 5 3 Russia 4 2 1 1 56:24 7 Netherlands 26 Croatia 5 4 France 4 1 0 3 29:64 3 3rd February Spain 25 Croatia 5 5 Croatia 4 0 0 4 20:90 0 France 4 Russia 18 Netherlands 8 Spain 8 Russia 24 Croatia 5 4th February France 15 Croatia 5 Netherlands 7 Russia 7

Group B - Held in Volos, Greece Group B 1st February Italy 9 Hungary 11 Team P W D L GD Pts Greece 32 Germany 3 1 Greece 4 3 1 0 76:14 10 2nd February Italy 19 Israel 0 2 Hungary 4 3 1 0 64:23 9 Hungary 26 Germany 3 3 Italy 4 2 1 1 64:25 7 Israel 9 Germany 11 4 Germany 4 1 0 3 20:49 3 Greece 8 Hungary 5 5 Israel 4 0 0 4 17:77 0 3rd February Italy 25 Germany 3 Greece 25 Israel 5 4th February Israel 3 Hungary 22 Greece 11 Italy 11

Quarter-finals - Held in Pontevedra, Spain 22nd March Netherlands 8 Italy 6 WINNING TEAM GREECE Hungary 9 Russia 11 Ekeni Kouvdou, Christina Tsoukala, Vasiliki Diamantopoulou, Nikoleta Eleftheriadou, Margarita Plevritou, Alkistis Avramidou, 5th-6th Place Alexandra Asimaki, Maria Patra, Ionna Chydirioti, 23rd March Italy 7 Hungary 6 Anastasia Kalargyrou, Eleftheria Plevritou, Eleni Xenaki, Chrysoula Diamantopoulou Semi-finals 24th March Netherlands 6 Greece 8 Russia 9 Spain 8

Bronze medal match Netherlands 3 Spain 9

Gold medal match Greece 9 Russia 8

108 109 16.2 2018 - Men

Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A - Held in Kecskemet, Hungary Team P W D L GD Pts 15th February Romania 7 France 4 1 Hungary 4 4 0 0 43:24 9 Hungary 16 Georgia 5 3 Spain 4 2 0 2 34:26 9 16th February Georgia 5 Spain 11 2 France 4 2 2 0 28:26 9 Hungary 10 Romania 7 4 Romania 4 1 1 2 23:10 3 17th February Romania 5 Georgia 5 5 Georgia 4 0 1 3 19:42 0 France 9 Spain 6 Georgia 4 France 10 Hungary 8 Spain 7 18th February Spain 10 Romania 4 Hungary 9 France 5

Group B - Held in Split, Croatia Group B 15th February Malta 3 Serbia 17 Team P W D L GD Pts Greece 6 Croatia 4 1 Serbia 4 3 0 1 60:29 9 16th February Netherlands 12 Malta 8 2 Greece 4 3 0 1 45:27 9 Serbia 12 Greece 10 3 Croatia 4 3 0 1 45:22 9 Croatia 16 Netherlands 4 4 Netherlands 4 1 0 3 30:48 3 17th February Serbia 15 Netherlands 7 5 Malta 4 0 0 4 8:65 0 Greece 20 Malta 2 Croatia 9 Serbia 7 18th February Netherlands 7 Greece 9 Malta 5 Croatia 16

Group C - Held in Palermo, Italy Group C 16th February Montenegro 9 Russia 8 Team P W D L GD Pts Italy 16 Germany 4 1 taly 3 3 0 0 40:19 9 17th February Russia 11 Germany 11 2 Montenegro 3 2 0 1 28:21 6 Montenegro 5 Italy 9 3 Russia 3 0 1 2 29:35 1 18th February Germany 4 Montenegro 14 4 Germany 3 0 1 2 19:41 1 Italy 15 Russia 10

Super Final - Held in Rijeka, Croatia Group A 5th April Hungary 9 Greece 9 Italy 4 Spain 11

Group B 5th April France 5 Croatia 20 Serbia 9 Montenegro 5

Group A 6th April Hungary 5 Italy 10 Spain 7 Greece 6

Group B 6th April Serbia 13 France 2 Croatia 10 Montenegro 5

110 M Group A 7th April Italy 10 Greece 7 I Hungary 13 Spain 7 S

Group B C 7th April France 6 Montenegro 10 Serbia 7 Croatia 8

Finals 7th-8th place 8th April Greece 12 France 4

5th-6th place 8th April Hungary 7 Montenegro 15

3rd-4th place 8th April Italy 10 Serbia 9 WINNING TEAM CROATIA Marco Bijac, Marko Macan, Loren Fatovic, Luka Loncar, 1st-2nd place Maro Jokovic, Jerko Marinic-Kragic, Ante Vukicevic, 8th April Spain 9 Croatia 12 Andro Buslje, Hrvoje Benic, Josip Vrlic, Javier Garvia Gadea, Ivan Marcelic

Filip Filipovic, Serbia, (white cap 10) defends strongly in his country’s match against Slovakia. Serbia won the match 13-5 with Filipovic scoring twice (Photo: Giorgio Scala/ Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

110 111 WORLD WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS 17.1 Men’s World Championships

Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze 1973 Belgrade, Yugoslavia Hungary USSR Yugoslavia 1975 Cali, Columbia USSR Hungary Italy 1978 Berlin, Germany Italy Hungary Yugoslavia 1982 Guayaquil, Ecuador USSR Hungary Germany 1986 Madrid, Spain Yugoslavia Italy USSR 1991 Perth, Australia Yugoslavia Spain Hungary 1994 Rome, Italy Italy Spain Russia 1998 Perth, Australia Spain Hungary FR Yugoslavia 2001 Fukuoka, Japan Spain FR Yugoslavia Russia 2003 Barcelona, Spain Hungary Italy Serbia & Montenegro 2005 Montreal, Canada Serbia & Montenegro Hungary Greece 2007 Melbourne, Australia Croatia Hungary Spain 2009 Rome, Italy Serbia Spain Croatia 2011 Shanghai, China Italy Serbia Croatia 2013 Barcelona, Spain Hungary Montenegro Croatia 2015 Kazan, Russia Serbia Croatia Greece 2017 Budapest, Hungary Croatia Hungary Serbia 2019 Gwangju, South Korea Italy Spain Croatia

Country Gold Silver Bronze Italy 4 2 1 Hungary 3 7 1 Spain 2 4 1 Croatia 2 1 4 USSR/Russia 2 1 3 Yugoslavia 2 1 3 Serbia 2 1 1 Serbia & Montenegro 1 0 1 Montenegro 0 1 0 Greece 0 0 2 Germany 0 0 1 Total 18 18 18

112 M 17.2 Women’s World Championships I Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze S 1986 Madrid, Spain Australia Netherlands United States

1991 Perth, Australia Netherlands Canada United States C 1994 Rome, Italy Hungary Netherlands Italy 1998 Perth, Australia Italy Netherlands Australia 2001 Fukuoka, Japan Italy Hungary Canada 2003 Barcelona, Spain United States Italy Russia 2005 Montreal, Canada Hungary United States Canada 2007 Melbourne, Australia United States Australia Russia 2009 Rome, Italy United States Canada Russia 2011 Shanghai, China Greece China Russia 2013 Barcelona, Spain Spain Australia Hungary 2015 Kazan, Russia United States Netherlands Italy 2017 Budapest, Hungary United States Spain Russia 2019 Gwangju, South Korea United States Spain Australia

Country Gold Silver Bronze United States 6 1 2 Italy 2 1 2 Hungary 2 1 1 Netherlands 1 4 0 Australia 1 2 2 Spain 1 2 0 Greece 1 0 0 Canada 0 2 2 China 0 1 0 Russia 0 0 5 Total 14 14 14

17.3 FINA World Water Polo Cup - Men

Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze 1979 Belgrade, Yugoslavia Hungary United States Yugoslavia 1981 Long Beach, United States USSR Yugoslavia Cuba 1983 Malibu, California USSR Germany Italy 1985 Duisburg, Germany Germany United States Spain 1987 Thessalonika, Greece Yugoslavia USSR Germany 1989 Berlin, Germany Yugoslavia Italy Hungary 1991 Barcelona, Spain United States Yugoslavia Spain 1993 Athens, Greece Italy Hungary Australia 1995 Atlanta, Georgia Hungary Italy Russia 1997 Athens, Greece United States Greece Hungary 1999 Sydney, Australia Hungary Italy Spain 2002 Belgrade, Serbia Russia Hungary FR Yugoslavia 2006 Budapest, Hungary Serbia & Montenegro Hungary Spain 2010 Oradea, Romania Serbia Croatia Spain 2014 Almaty, Kazakstan Serbia Hungary Croatia 2018 Berlin, Germany Hungary Australia Serbia

112 113 Country Gold Silver Bronze Hungary 4 4 2 USSR/Russia 3 1 1 Yugoslavia 2 2 2 USA 2 2 0 Serbia 2 0 1 Italy 1 3 1 West Germany/Germany 1 1 1 Serbia & Montenegro 1 0 0 Croatia 0 1 1 Australia 0 1 1 Greece 0 1 0 Spain 0 0 5 Cuba 0 0 1 Total 16 16 16

17.4 FINA World Water Polo Cup - Women

Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze 1979 Mercedes, USA United States Netherlands Australia 1980 Breda, Netherlands Netherlands United States Canada 1981 Brisbane, Australia Canada Netherlands Australia 1983 Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada Netherlands United States Australia 1984 Irvine, USA Australia United States Netherlands 1988 Christchurch, New Zealand Netherlands Hungary Canada 1989 Eindhoven, Netherlands Netherlands United States Hungary 1991 Long Beach, USA Netherlands Australia United States 1993 Catania, Italy Netherlands Italy Hungary 1995 Sydney, Australia Australia Netherlands Hungary 1997 Nancy, France Netherlands Russia Australia 1999 Winnipeg, Canada Netherlands Australia Italy 2002 Perth, Australia Hungary United States Canada 2006 Tianjin, China Australia Italy Russia 2010 Christchurch, New Zealand United States Australia China 2014 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia United States Australia Spain 2018 Surgat, Russia United States Russia Australia

Country Gold Silver Bronze Netherlands 8 3 1 USA 4 5 1 Australia 3 4 5 Hungary 1 1 3 Canada 1 0 3 Italy 0 2 1 Russia 0 2 1 China 0 0 1 Spain 0 0 1 Total 17 17 17

114 17.5 FINA World Water Polo League - Men M I Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze S 2002 Patras, Greece Russia Spain Hungary

2003 New York, United States Hungary Italy United States C 2004 Long Beach, United States Hungary Serbia & Montenegro Greece 2005 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia & Montenegro Hungary Germany 2006 Athens, Greece Serbia & Montenegro Spain Greece 2007 Berlin, Germany Serbia Hungary Australia 2008 Genoa, Italy Serbia United States Australia 2009 Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro Croatia Serbia 2010 Nis, Serbia Serbia Montenegro Croatia 2011 Florence, Italy Serbia Italy Croatia 2012 Almaty, Kazakstan Croatia Spain Italy 2013 Chelyabinsk, Russia Serbia Hungary Montenegro 2014 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Serbia Hungary Montenegro 2015 Bergamo, Italy Serbia Croatia Brazil 2016 Huizhou, China Serbia United States Greece 2017 Ruza, Russia Serbia Italy Croatia 2018 Budapest, Hungary Montenegro Hungary Spain 2019 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia Croatia Australia

Country Gold Silver Bronze Serbia 10 0 1 Hungary 2 5 1 Montenegro 2 1 2 Serbia & Montenegro 2 1 0 Croatia 1 3 3 Russia 1 0 0 Spain 0 3 1 Italy 0 3 1 United States 0 2 1 Australia 0 0 3 Greece 0 0 3 Brazil 0 0 1 Germany 0 0 1 Total 18 18 18

114 115 17.6 FINA World Water Polo League- Women

Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze 2004 Long Beach, United States United States Hungary Italy 2005 Kirishi, Russia Greece Russia Australia 2006 Athens, Greece United States Italy Russia 2007 Montreal, Canada United States Australia Greece 2008 Santa Cruiz, Spain Russia United States Australia 2009 Kirishi, Russia United States Canada Australia 2010 La Jolla, United States United States Australia Greece 2011 Kirishi, Russia United States Italy Australia 2012 Changshu, China United States Australia Greece 2013 Beijing, China China Russia USA 2014 Kunshan, China United States Italy Australia 2015 Shanghai, China United States Australia Netherlands 2016 Shanghai, China United States Spain Australia 2017 Shanghai, China United States Canada Russia 2018 Kunshan, China United States Netherlands Russia 2019 Budapest, Hungary United States Italy Russia

Country Gold Silver Bronze United States 13 1 1 Russia 1 2 4 Greece 1 0 3 China 1 0 0 Australia 0 4 6 Italy 0 4 1 Canada 0 2 0 Netherlands 0 1 1 Hungary 0 1 0 Spain 0 1 0 Total 16 16 16

116 M I S C

Nikita Dereviankin, Russia, (white cap, 4) reaches for the ball in the match between Russia and Serbia. Dereviankin scored one of Russia’s goals in an 11-9 loss at the 2018 European Championships in Barcelona (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

116 117 OLYMPIC WATER POLO RESULTS 1900-2016

MEN 18.1 1900 Paris

W L F A 1 GBR Osborne Swimming Club, Manchester 3 0 29 3 2 BEL Swimming & Water Polo Club, Brussels 2 1 9 8 3 FRA Libellule de Paris 1 1 4 12 4 FRA Pupilles de Neptune de Lilie 0 1 1 5

Final: GBR 7 – 2 BEL

1. GBR Arthur Robertson, Thomas Coe, Eric Robinson, Peter Kemp, George Wilkinson, John Henry Derbyshire, William Lister, William Henry, Robert Cranshaw, John Jarvis, F Stapleton, Victor Lindberg

2. BEL Albert Michant, Fernand Fayaerts, Henri Cohen, Victor de Behr, Oscar Grégoire, Victor Sonnemans, Jean de Backer, Guillaume Séron, Georges Romas, A R Upton

3. FRA Henri Peslier, Thomas Burgess, Alphonse Decuyper, Pesloy, Paul Vasseur, Jules Clévenot, Louis Laufray

18.2 1904 St Louis

1. USA (New York Athletic Club) David Bratton, George Van Cleaf, Leo Goodwin, Louis Handley, David Hesser, Joseph Ruddy, James Steen

2. USA (Chicago Athletic Association) Rex Beach, Jerome Steever, Edwin Paul Swatek, Charles Healy, Frank Kehoe, David Hammond, William Tuttle

3. USA (Missouri Athletic Association) John Meyers, Manfred Toeppen, Gwynne Evans, Amedee Reyburn, Fred Schreiner, Augustus Goessling, William Orthwein

118 18.3 1908 London M I W L F A S 1 GBR 1 0 9 2

2 BEL 2 1 18 14 C 3 SWE 0 1 4 8 4 NED 0 1 1 8

Final: GBR 9 – 2 BEL

1. GBR Charles Smith, George Nevinson, George Cornet, Thomas Thould, George Wilkinson, Paul Radmilovic, Charles Forsyth

2. BEL Albert Michant, Herman Meyboom, Victor Boin, Joseph Pietincx, Fernand Feyaerts, Oscar Grégoire, Herman Donners

3. SWE Torsten Kumfeldt, Axel Runström, Harald Julin, Pontus Hansen, Gunnar Wennerström, Robert Andersson, Erik Bengvall

18.4 1912 Stockholm

W L F A 1 GBR 3 0 21 8 2 SWE 3 1 22 11 3 BEL 3 2 22 21 4 AUT 1 3 10 25 5 HUN 0 2 9 11 6 FRA 0 2 3 11

Final: GBR 8 – 0 AUT

1. GBR Charles Smith, George Cornet, Charles Bugbee, Arthur Hill, George Wilkinson, Paul Radmilovic, Isaac Bentham

2. SWE Torsten Kumfeldt, Harald Julin, Max Gumpel, Pontus Hanson, Wilhelm Andersson, Robert Andersson, Erik Bergqvist

3. BEL Albert Durant, Herman Donners, Victor Boin, Joseph Pletinckx, Oscar Grégoire, Herman Meyboom, Félicien Courbet, Jean Hoffman, Pierre Nijs

118 119 18.5 1920 Antwerp

W L F A 1 GBR & GBR/IRL 3 0 19 4 2 BEL 4 1 27 9 3 SWE 4 1 35 9 4 USA 2 3 16 19

Final: GBR 3 – 2 BEL

1. GBR & GBR/IRL Charles Smith, Noel Purcell, Christopher Jones, Charles Bugbee, William Dean, Paul Radmilovic, William Peacock

2. BEL Albert Durant, Paul Gailly, Pierre Nijs, Joseph Pletinckx, Maurice Blitz, René Bauwens, Gérard Blitz, Pierre de Win

3. SWE Theodor Nauman, Pontus Hansson, Max Gumpel, Torsten Kumfeldt, Viihelm Anderson, Nils Backlund, Robert Andersson, Erik Andersson, Harald Julin, Enik Bergqvist

18.6 1924 Paris

W L F A 1 FRA 4 0 16 6 2 BEL 4 1 18 10 3 USA 3 2 13 11 4 SWE 3 3 27 12 5 HUN 2 2 17 17 6 CZE 2 2 11 15 7 NED 1 2 12 10

Final: FRA 3 – 0 BEL

1. FRA Paul Dujardin, Noël Delberghe, Georges Rigal, Henri Padou, Robert Desmettre, Albert Mayaud, Albert Delborgies

2. BEL Albert Durant, Joseph Pietincx, Pierre Dewin, Gerard Blitz, Joseph Cludts, Georges Fleurix, Paul Gailly, Jules Thiry, Pierre Vermetten, Joseph de Combe, Maurice Blitz

3. USA Frederick Lauer, Oliver Horn, George Mitchell, George Schroth, Herbert Vollmer, P “Johnny” Weissmuller, Arthur Austin, John Norton, J Wallace O’Connor

120 18.7 1928 Amsterdam M I W L F A S 1 GER 3 0 18 10

2 HUN 3 1 26 8 C 3 FRA 5 1 4 7 4 GBR 2 2 15 21 5 BEL 1 1 14 6 5 NED 1 1 14 6

Final: GER 5 – 2 HUN (extra time)

1. GER Erich Rademacher, Otto Cordes, Emil Benecke, Fritz Gunst, Joachim Rademacher, Karl Bähre, Max Amann, Johannes Blank

2. HUN István Barta, Sánder Ivády, Alajos Keserü, Márten Homonnai, Ferenc Keserü, József Vértesy, Olivér Halassy

3. FRA Paul Dujardin, Jules Keignaert, Henri Padou, Emile Bulteel, Achille Tribouillet, Henri Cuvelier, Albert Vandeplancke, Ernest Rogez, Albert Thévenon

18.8 1932 Los Angeles

W L D F A 1 HUN 3 0 0 31 2 2 GER 2 1 1 23 13 3 USA 2 1 1 20 12 4 JPN 0 3 0 0 38

Final: Played on a league basis with Hungary beating Germany 6-2 to win title

1. HUN György Bródy, Sándor Ivády, Márton Homonnai, Olivér Halassy, József Vértesy, Janös Németh, Ferenc Keserü, Alajos Keserü, István Barta, Miklós Sárkány

2. GER Erich Rademacher, Otto Cordes, Emil Benecke, Fritz Gunst, Joachim Rademacher, Heiko Schwartz, Hans Schulze, Hans Eckstein

3. USA Herbert Wildman, F Calvert Strong, Charles Finn, C Harold McAllister, Philip Daubenspeck, Austin Clapp, Wallace O’Connor

120 121 18.9 1936 Berlin

W L D F A 1 HUN 8 0 1 57 5 2 GER 8 0 1 56 10 3 BEL 4 3 2 17 17 4 FRA 4 5 0 21 37 5 NED 3 1 5 23 28 6 AUT 5 3 1 31 18 7 SWE 3 6 0 29 18 8 GBR 2 4 3 28 46

Final: Championship decided on round robin basis with HUN and GER on 5 points, Hungary winning on goal difference

1. HUN György Bródy, Kálmán Hazai, Márten Homonnai, Olivér Halassy, Jenö Brandi, Janös Németh, Mihály Bozsi, György Kutasi, Miklós Sárkány, Sándor Tarics, István Molnár

2. GER Paul Klingenburg, Bernhard Baier, Gustav Schürger, Fritz Gunst, Josef Hauser, Hans Schneider, Hans Schulze, Fritz Stolze, Heinrich Krug, Alfred Kienzle, Helmuth Schwenn

3. BEL Henri Disy, Joseph de Combe, Henri Stoelen, Fernand Isselé, Albert Castelyns, Gérard Blitz, Pierre Coppieters, Henri de Pauw, Edmond Michiels

18.10 1948 London

W L D F A 1 ITA 8 0 2 47 24 2 HUN 6 3 1 45 27 3 NED 6 1 3 65 23 4 BEL 2 2 6 32 25 5 SWE 6 3 1 31 14 6 FRA 4 2 4 32 24 7 EGY 1 4 5 26 35 8 ESP 2 8 0 26 33

Final: Championship decided on round robin basis with ITA defeating Hungary 4-3

1. ITA Pasquale Buonocore, Emilio Bulgarelli, Cesare Rubini, Geminio Ognio, Ermenegildo Arena, Aldo Ghira, Gianfranco Pandolfini, Mario Maioni, Tullio Pandolfini

2. HUN Endre Györffi, Miklós Holop, Dezsö Gyarmati, Károly Szittya, Oszkár Csuvik, István Szivós, Dezsö Lemhényi, László Jeney, Deszö Fábián, Jenö Brandi

3. NED Johannes Rohner, Cornelis Korevaar, Cornelius Braasem, Hans Stam, Albert Ruimschotel, Rudolph van Feggelen, Fritz Smol, Pieter Salomons, Hendrikus Keetelaar

122 M 18.11 1952 Helsinki I W L D F A S 1 HUN 7 0 3 60 21

2 YUG 7 0 3 46 16 C 3 ITA 8 2 0 53 29 4 USA 5 6 0 43 41 5 NED 7 2 1 45 22 6 BEL 6 3 1 37 35 7 URS 4 4 2 43 34 8 ESP 3 7 0 33 41

Final: Championship decided on round robin basis with HUN winning on goal difference after drawing 2-2 with Yugoslavia

1. HUN László Jeney, György Vizvári, Dezsö Gyarmati, Kálmán Markovits, Antal Bolváni, István Szivós, György Kárpáti, Róbert Antal, Dezsö Fábián, Károly Szittya, Dezsö Lemhényi, István Hasznos, Miklós Martin

2. YUG Zdravko Kovacic, Velijko Bakašun, Ivo Štakula, Ivo Kurtini, Boško Vuksanovic, Zdravko Ježic, Lovro Radonjic, Marko Brainovic, Vlado Ivkovic

3. ITA Raffaello Gambino, Vincenzo Polito, Cesare Rubini, Carlo Peretti, Ermenegildo Arena, Maurizio Mannelli, Renato De Sanzuane, Renato Traiolo, Geminio Ognio, Salvatore Gionta, Lucio Ceccarini

18.12 1956 Melbourne

W L D F A 1 HUN 7 0 0 32 6 2 YUG 6 1 1 28 13 3 URS 5 3 0 23 20 4 ITA 4 3 0 21 16 5 USA 2 5 1 18 25 6 GER 1 5 1 18 25 7 GBR 3 2 0 25 20 8 ROM 3 3 0 30 17

Final: Championship decided on round robin basis with HUN winning after defeating YUG 2-1

1. HUN Ottó Boros, István Hevesi, Dezsö Gyarmati, Kálmán Markovits, Antal Bolvári, Mihály Mayer, György Kárpáti, László Jeney, István Szivós, Tivadar Kanizsa, Ervin Zádor

2. YUG Zdravko Kovacic, Ivo Cipci, Hrvoje Kacic, Marjan Žurej, Zdravko Ježic, Lovro Radonjic, Tomislav Franjkovic, Vladimir Ivkovic

3. URS Boris Goikhman, Viktor Ageyev, Yuri Schlyapin, Vyacheslav Kurennoi, Pyotr Breus, Pyotr Mshvenieradze, Nodar Gvakharia, Mikhail Ryzhak, Valentin Prokopov, Boris Markarov

122 123 18.13 1960 Rome

W L D F A 1 ITA 8 0 1 37 15 2 URS 6 2 1 35 26 3 HUN 5 2 2 45 22 4 YUG 7 2 0 31 15 5 ROM 4 3 2 34 26 6 GER 4 5 0 42 48 Final: Championship decided on round robin basis with ITA 7 USA 4 5 0 42 48 winning after defeating URS 2-0 in the semi finals round 1 8 NED 1 7 1 32 38 (they therefore did not meet URS in the final group round robin)

1. ITA Dante Rossi, Giuseppe D’Aitrui, Eraldo Pizzo, Gianni Lonzi, Franco Lavoratori, Rosario Parmegiani, Danio Bardi, Brunella Spinelli, Salvatore Gionta, Amadeo Ambron, Giancarlo Guerrini

2. URS Leri Gogoladze, Givi Chikvanaya, Vyacheslav Kurennoi, Anatoly Kartashov, Yuri Grigorovshy, Pyotr Mshvenieradze, Vladimir Semyonov, Boris Goikhman, Yevgeny Salzyn, Viktor Ageyev, Vladimir Novikov

3. HUN Ottó Boros, István Hevesi, Mihály Mayer, Dezsö Gyarmati, Tivadar Konizsa, Zoltán Dömötör, László Felkai, László Jeney, András Katona, Kálmán Markovits, Péter Rusorán, György Kárpáti, János Konrád, András Bodnár

18.14 1964 Tokyo

W L D F A 1 HUN 6 0 2 43 17 2 YUG 7 0 2 42 16 3 URS 5 2 1 20 13 4 ITA 4 4 0 17 19 5 ROM 4 3 1 36 28 6 GDR 3 5 0 26 26 Final Championship decided on round robin basis with HUN 7 BEL 2 6 0 28 43 drawing 4-4 with YUG but winning on the basis of a better goal 8 NED 4 5 0 37 47 difference in the final 3 matches in the final group

1. HUN Miklos Ambrus, László Felkai, János Konrád, Zoltán Dömötör, Tivadan Kanizsa, Péter Rusorán, György Kárpáti, Ottó Boros, Mihály Mayer, Dénes Pócsik, András Bodnár, Dezsö Gyarmati

2. YUG Milan Muškatirovic, Ivo Trumbic, Vinka Rosic, Zlatko Šimenc, Božidar Stanišic, Ante Nardeli, Zoran Jankovic, Mirko Sandic, Ozren Bonacic, Frane Nonkovic, Kanlo Stipanic

3. URS Igor Grabovsky, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Boris Grishin, Boris Popov, Nikolai Kaleshnikov, Zenon Bortkevich, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Viktor Ageyev, Leonid Osipov, Vladimir Semyonov, Eduard Yegorov

124 M 18.15 1968 Mexico City I W L D F A S 1 YUG 7 1 1 86 35

2 URS 6 2 0 62 36 C 3 HUN 6 2 0 54 26 4 ITA 6 2 1 57 38 5 USA 5 2 1 49 43 6 GDR 6 2 1 78 30 7 NED 5 3 1 53 39 8 CUB 3 4 1 38 51 Final: YUG defeated URS 13-11 to win the gold medal in the final

1. YUG Karlo Stipanic, Ivo Trumbic, Ozren Bonacic, Uroš Marovic, Ronald Lapatny, Zoran Jankovic, Miroslav Poljak, Dejan Dabovic, Djordje Perišic, Mirko Sandic, Zdravko Hebel

2. URS Vadim Gulyayev, Givi Chikvanaya, Boris Grishin, Aleksandr Dolgushin, Oleksei Barkalov, Yuri Grigorovsky, Vladimir Semyonov, Aleksandr Shidiovsky, Vyacheslav Skok, Leonid Osipov, Oleg Bovin

3. HUN Endre Molnár, Mihály Mayer, Istvan Szivós, János Konrád, László Felkai, Ferenc Konrád, Dénes Pócsik, Andrós Bodnár, Zoltán Dömötör, János Steinmetz

18.16 1972 Munich

W L D F A 1 URS 7 0 2 52 25 2 HUN 6 0 3 45 24 3 USA 7 1 2 55 41 4 GER 2 2 5 36 31 5 YUG 5 4 1 55 48 6 ITA 3 4 2 48 42 7 NED 6 1 2 43 31 Final: URS beat HUN on goal difference in the final round robin 8 ROM 5 4 1 62 45 group after drawing 3-3 with one another

1. URS Vadim Gulyayev, Anatoly Akimov, Aleksandr Dreval, Aleksandr Dolgushin, Vladimir Shmudsky, Aleksandr Kabanov, Oleksei Barkalov, Aleksandr Shidlovsky, Nikolai Meinikov, Leonid Osipov, Vyacheslav Sobchenko

2. HUN Endre Molnár, Andras Bodnár, István Görgényi, Zoltán Kásás, Tamás Faragó, Lászlo Sárosi, Istvan Szivós, István Magas, Dénes Pócsik, Ferenc Konrád, Tibor Cservenyák

3. USA James Slatton, Stanley Cole, Russell Webb, Barry Weitzenberg, Gary Sheerer, Bruce Bradley, Peter Asch, James Ferguson, Steven Barnett, John Parker, Eric Lindroth

124 125 18.17 1976 Montreal

W L D F A 1 HUN 7 0 1 45 32 2 ITA 4 1 3 47 33 3 NED 5 1 2 32 27 4 ROM 2 2 4 44 39 5 YUG 1 2 5 46 34 6 GER 2 5 1 24 28 7 CUB 5 1 2 56 31 Final: HUN finished with 9 points ahead of ITA, 6 points in the 8 URS 4 2 2 47 28 final round robin group after defeating ITA 6-5 in the group

1. HUN Endre Molnár, Tamás Faragó, Lászlo Sárosi, Istvan Szivós Jr., Ferenc Konrád, Tibor Cservenyák, György Horkai, Gábor Csapó, Attila Sudár, György Kenéz, György Gerendás

2. ITA Alberto Alberani, Roldano Simeoni, Allessandro Ghibellini, Gianni De Magistris, Silvio Baracchini, Sante Marsili, Marcello Del Duca, Luigi Castagnola, Ricardo De Magistris, Vincenzo D’Angelo, Umberto Panerai

3. NED Evert Kroon, Jan Evert Veer, Ton Buunk, Gyze Stroboer, Nicolaas Landeweerd, Hans van Zeeland, Piet de Zwarte, Hans Smits, Rik Toonen, Andy Hoepelman, Alex Boegschoten

18.18 1980 Moscow

W L D F A 1 URS 8 0 0 58 31 2 YUG 5 1 2 58 42 3 HUN 5 2 1 51 44 4 ESP 4 4 0 43 42 5 CUB 2 3 3 50 49 6 NED 2 5 1 42 48 7 AUS 5 2 1 45 39 Final: URS finished with 10 points ahead of YUG, 7 points in the 8 ITA 4 3 1 40 35 final round robin group after defeating YUG, 8-7, in the group

1. URS Aleksandr Kabanov, Oleksei Barkalov, Sergei Kotenko, Georgy Mshvenieradze, Yevgeny Sharonov, Vladimir Akimov, Yevgeny Grishin, Mait Riisman, Erkin Shagayev, Mikhail Ivanov, Vyacheslav Sobchenko

2. YUG Predrag Manojlovic, Damir Polic, Boško Lozica, Luka Vezilic, Zoran Gopcevic, Ratko Rudic, Zoran Mustur, Zoran Roje, Milivoj Bebic, Slobodan Trifunovic, Milorad Krivokapic

3. HUN Andre Molnár, Tamás Faragó, Istvan Szivós Jr., György Horkai, Gábor Csapó, Attila Sudár, György Gerendás, István Kiss, István Udvardi, László Kuncz, Karoly Hauszler

126 M I S C

Pascal Janssen, Netherlands, rises to hip height to get a shot in against Germany in the 9th place match at the European Championships in 2018. Germany won the game 12-11 (Photo: Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)

18.19 1984 Los Angeles

W L D F A 1 YUG 6 0 1 72 44 2 USA 6 0 1 65 43 3 GER 4 2 1 74 46 4 ESP 3 2 2 73 67 5 AUS 2 3 2 58 58 6 NED 2 5 0 45 65 7 ITA 4 1 2 75 52 8 GRE 3 2 2 66 65 Final: YUG finished ahead of USA in the final round robin group

1. YUG Milorad Krivokapic, Deni Lušic, Zoran Petrovic, Božo Vuletic, Veselin Djuho, Zoran Roje, Milivoj Bebic, Perica Bukic, Goran Sukno, Tomislav Paskvalin, Igor Milanovic, Dragan Andric

2. USA Craig Wilson, Kevin Robertson, Gary Figueroa, Peter Campbell, Douglas Burke, Joseph Vargas, Jon Svendsen, John Siman, Andrew McDonald, Terry Schroeder, Jody Campbell, Timothy Shaw

3. GER Peter Röhle, Thomas Loebb, Frank Otto, Rainer Hoppe, Armando Fernandez, Thomas Huber, Jürgen Schröder, Rainer Osselmann, Hagen Stamm, Roland Freund, Dirk Theismann, Santiago Chalmovsky, Werner Obschernikat

126 127 18.20 1988 Seoul

W L D F A 1 YUG 6 1 0 83 55 2 USA 5 2 0 71 56 3 URS 4 2 1 84 51 4 GER 5 2 0 83 65 5 HUN 3 2 2 72 57 6 ESP 4 2 1 66 55 7 ITA 3 2 2 66 53 8 AUS 3 4 0 53 59 FINAL: YUG defeated USA 9-7 in the final match

1. YUG Aleksandar Šoštar, Deni Lušic, Dubravko Šimenc, Perica Bukic, Veselin Djuho, Dragon Andric, Mirco Vicevic, Igor Gocanin, Mislav Bezmalinovic, Tomislav Paškvalin, Igor Milanovic, Goran Radjenovic, Renco Posinkovic

2. USA Craig Wilson, Kevin Robertson, James Bergeson, George Campbell, Douglas Kimball, Craig Klass, Alan Mouchawar, Jeffrey Campbell, Gregory Bower, Terry Schroeder, Jody Campbell, Christopher Duplanty, Michael Evans

3. URS Yevgeny Sharonov, Nurlan Mendygaliev, Yevgeny Grishin, Aleksandr Kolotov, Sergei Naumov, Viktor Berendyuha, Sergei Kotenko, Dmitri Apanasenko, Georgy Mshvenieradze, Mikhail Ivanov, Sergei Markoch, Mykola Smyrnov, Mikhail Giorgadze

18.21 1992 Barcelona

W L D F A 1 ITA 5 0 2 59 50 2 ESP 5 1 1 67 48 3 EUN 6 1 0 66 45 4 USA 4 2 1 48 38 5 HUN 4 1 2 69 64 6 GER 1 3 3 52 56 7 CUB 2 5 0 66 72 FINAL: : ITA, 9 points finished ahead of ESP, 8 points, 8 AUS 3 2 2 58 53 after beating ESP 9-8 in the final

1. ITA Francesco Attolico, Alessandro Bovo, Alessandro Campagna, Paolo Caldarella, Mario Fiorillo, Francesco Porzio, Massimiliano Ferretti, Marco D’Altrui, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Amedeo Pomillo, Giuseppe Porzio, Carlo Silipo, Gianni Averaimo

2. ESP Daniel Ballart Sans, Manuel Estiarte Ducocastella, Pedro García Aguado, Salvador Gómez Aguera, Marco Antonio González, Rubén Michavila Jover, Miguel Oca Gaia, Sergio Pedrerol Cavallé, José Picó Llado, Jesús Rollán Prada, Ricardo Sánchez Alarcón, ]ordi Sans Juan, Manuel Silvestre Sánchez

3. EUN Yevgeny Sharonov, Sergei Naumov, Dmitri Apanasenko, Sergei Markoch, Andrei Belofastov, Dmitri Gorshkov, Vladimir Karabutov, Aleksandr Kolotov, Andrei Kovalenko, Nikolai Kozlov, Aleksandr Ogorodnikov, Aleksandr Chigir, Aleksei Vdovin

128 M 18.22 1996 Atlanta I W L D F A S 1 ESP 6 2 0 58 48

2 CRO 5 3 0 71 58 C 3 ITA 7 1 0 85 72 4 HUN 6 2 0 83 73 5 RUS 4 3 1 77 72 6 GRE 3 5 0 60 66 7 USA 5 3 0 67 57 8 YUG 3 4 1 75 80 FINAL: ESP defeated CRO 7-5 in the gold medal match

1. ESP Daniel Ballart Sans, Manuel Estiarte Ducocastella, Pedro García Aguado, Salvador Gómez Aguera, Miguel Oca Gaia, Sergi Pedrerol Cavallé, Jesús Rollán Prada, Jordi Sans Juan, José María Abarca Platas, Angel Andreo Gabán, Iván Moro Fernández, Jorge Paya Rodriguez, Carlos Sanz López

2. CRO Maro Balic, Perica Bukic, Damir Glavan, Igor Hinic, Vjekoslav Kobešcak, Joško Krekovic, Ognjen Kržic, Dubravko Šimenc, Siniša Skolnekovic, Ratko Štritof, Tino Vegar, Renato Vrbicic, Zdeslav Vrdoljak

3. ITA Francesco Attolico, Alessandro Bovo, Amedeo Pomillo, Carlo Silipo, Alberto Angelini, Fabio Bencivenga, Alessandro Calcaterra, Roberto Calcaterra, Marco Gerini, Alberto Ghibellini, Luca Giustolisi, Francesco Postiglione, Leonardo Sottani

18.23 2000 Sydney

W L D F A 1 HUN 6 2 0 78 57 2 RUS 6 1 1 76 58 3 YUG 6 1 1 63 36 4 ESP 3 4 1 51 58 5 ITA 6 1 1 66 52 6 USA 3 5 0 69 68 7 CRO 5 2 1 68 56 8 AUS 1 5 2 53 61 FINAL: HUN defeated URS 13-6 in the gold medal match

1. HUN Tibor Benedek, Zsolt Varga, Rajmund Fodor, Tamás Kásás, Zoltán Kósz, Péter Biros, Gergely Kiss, Tamás Márcz, Tamás Molnár, Barnabas Steinmetz, Zoltán Szécsi, Bulcsú Székely, Attila Vári

2. RUS Dmitri Gorshkov, Nikolai Kozlov, Dmitri Dugin, Sergey Garbuzov, Nikolai Maksimov, Aleksandr Yeryshov, Dmitry Stratan, Irek Zinnurov, Marat Zakirov, Revaz Chomakhidze, Roman Balashov, Yury Yatsev

3. YUG Aleksandar Šoštar, Aleksandar Ciric, Viktor Jelenic, Aleksandar Šapic, Dejan Savic, Petar Trbojevic, Veljko Uskokovic, Vlada Vujasinovic, Nenad Vukanic, Predrag Zimonjic, Danilo Ikodinovic, Jugoslav Vasovic, Nikola Kuljaca

128 129 18.24 2004 Athens

W L D F A 1 HUN 7 0 0 59 39 2 SCG 6 2 0 58 42 3 RUS 5 3 0 55 45 4 GRE 4 3 0 51 40 5 GER 4 2 1 51 44 6 ESP 3 4 0 44 44 7 USA 4 3 0 47 50 Final: Hungary defeated Serbia Montenegro 8-7 8 ITA 4 3 0 58 40 in the gold medal match

1. Hungary HUN def. SCG (8-7) 2. Serbia & Montenegro 3. Russia RUS def. GRE (6-5) 4. Greece 5. Germany GER def. ESP (6-4) 6. Spain 7. USA USA def. ITA (9-8) 8. Italy

1. HUN Tibor Benedek, Rajmund Fodor, Tamás Kásás, Péter Biros, Gergely Kiss, Tamás Molnár, Barnabas Steinmetz, Zoltan Szecsi, Attila Vári, Istvan Gergely, Norbert Madaras, Adam Steinmetz, Tamas Varga

2. SCG Aleksandar Ciric, Viktor Jelenic, Aleksandar Šapic, Dejan Savic, Petar Trbojevic, Vladimir Vujasinovic, Danilo Ikodinovic, Nikola Kuljaca, Vladimir Gojkovic, Predrag Jokic, Slobodan Nikic, Denis Šefik, Vanja Udovicic

3. RUS Dmitri Gorshkov, Nikolai Kozlov, Sergey Garbuzov, Nikolai Maksimov, Alexander Yeryshov, Dmitry Stratan, Irek Zinnurov, Marat Zakirov, Revaz Chomakhidze, Roman Balashov, Alexander Fedorov, Andrei Reketchinski, Vitaly Yurchik

18.25 2008 Beijing

W L D F A 1 HUN 6 0 1 2 USA 5 2 0 3 SRB 5 3 0 4 MNE 3 3 2 5 ESP 5 2 0 6 CRO 4 3 0 7 GRE 4 4 0 8 AUS 3 3 1 Final: Hungary defeated USA 14-10 in the final

1. Hungary HUN def. USA (14-10) 2. USA 3. SRB SRB def. MNE (6-4) 4. Montenegro

130 1. HUN M Tibor Benedek, Tamás Kásás, Péter Biros, Gergely Kiss, Tamás Molnár, Zoltan Szecsi, Istvan Gergely, Norbert Madaras, I Tamas Varga, Gabor Kiss, Norbert Hosnyanszky, Denes Varga, Daniel Varga

S 2. USA C Merrill Moses, Peter Varellas, Peter Hudnut, Jeff Powers, Adam Wright, Rick Merlo, Layne Beaubien, Tony Azevedo, Ryan Bailey, Tim Hutten, Jesse Smith, J.W.Krumpholz, Brandon Brooks

3. SRB Denis Šefik, Zivko Gocic, Andrija Prlainovic, Vanja Udovicic, Dejan Savic, Dusko Pijetlovic, Nikola Radden, Filip Filipovic, Aleksandar Ciric, Aleksandar Šapic, Vladimir Vujasinovic, Brank Pekovic, Slobodan Soro

18.26 2012 London

1. Croatia CRO def. ITA (8-6) 2. Italy 3. Serbia SRB def. MNE (12-11) 4. Montenegro 5. Hungary HUN def. ESP (14-8) 6. Spain 7. Australia AUS defeated USA (14-8) 8. United States Final: Croatia defeated Italy 8-6

Quarter finals: Spain 9 Montenegro 11 Australia 8 Serbia 11 Italy 11 Hungary 9 Croatia 8 USA 2

Semi finals: Croatia 7 Montenegro 5 Italy 9 Serbia 7

1. CRO Josip Pavic, Damir Buric, Miho Boskovic, Niksa Dobud, Maro Jokovic, Ivan Buljubasic, Petar Muslim, Andro Buslje, Sabdro Sukno, Samir Barac, Igor Hinic, Paulo Obradovic, Frano Vican

2. ITA Stefano Tempesti, Amaurys Perez, Niccolo Gitto, Pietro Figlioli, Alex Giorgetti, Maurizio Felugo, Massimo Giacoppo, Valentino Gallo, Christian Presciutti, Deni Fiorentini, Matteo Aicardi, Danijel Premus, Giacomo Pastorino

3. SRB Slobodan Soro, Aleksa Saponjic, Zivko Gocic, Vanja Udovicic, Dusan Mandic, Dusko Pijetlovic, Slobodan Nikic, Nikola Raden, Milan Aleksic, Filip Filipovic, Andrija Prlainovic, Stefan Mitrovic, Gojko Pijetlovic

130 131 18.27 2016 Rio de Janeiro

1. Serbia SRB def. CRO (11-7) 2. Croatia 3. Italy ITA def. MNE (12-10) 4. Montenegro 5. Hungary HUN def. GRE (12-10) 6. Greece 7. Spain ESP def. BRA (9-8) 8. Brazil

Quarter finals: Final: SRB defeated CRO 11-7 Hungary 11 Montenegro 13 Serbia 10 Spain 7 Brazil 6 Croatia 10 Greece 5 Italy 9

Semi finals: Montenegro 8 Croatia 12 Italy 8 Serbia 10

1. SRB Gojko PIjetlovic, Dusan Mandic, Zivko Gocic, Sava Randelovic, Milos Cuk, Dusko Pijetlovic, Slobodan Nikic, Milan Aleksic, Nikola Jaksic, Filip Filipovic, Andrija Prlainovic, Stefan Mitrovic, Branislav Mitrovi

2. CRO Josip Pavic, Damir Buric, Antonio Petkovic, Luka Loncar, Maro Jokovic, Luka Bukic, Marko Macan, Andro Buslje, Sandro Sukno, Ivan Krapic, Andelo Setka, Javier Garcia Gadea, Marko Bijac

3. ITA Stefano Tempesti, Francesco di Fulvio, Niccolo’ Gitto, Pietro Figlioli, Andrea Fondelli, Alessandro Velotto, Alessandro Nora, Valentino Gallo, Christian Presciutti, Michael Alexandre Bodegas, Matteo Aicardi, Nicholas Presciutti, Marco del Lungo

132 M I S C

Romania took on Slovakia in the Qualification Round in 2018 in Barcelona. Here we see Marek Tkac, Slovakia, firing in a shot. Romania eventually won the game 9-5 (Photo: Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

132 133 WOMEN 18.28 2000 Sydney

W L D F A 1 AUS 6 1 0 46 29 2 USA 4 2 1 45 39 3 RUS 3 3 1 46 39 4 NED 3 4 0 35 36 5 CAN 2 2 2 42 42 6 KAZ 0 6 0 31 60 Final: AUS defeated USA 4-3 in the final match

1. AUS Naomi Castle, Joanne Fox, Bridgette Gusterson, Simone Hankin, Yvette Higgins, Kate Hooper, Bronwyn Mayer, Gail Miller, Melissa Mills, Debbie Watson, Liz Weeks, Danielle Woodhouse, Taryn Woods

2. USA Robin Beauregard, Ellen Estes, Courtney Johnson, Ericka Lorenz, Heather Moody, Maureen O’Toole, Bernice Orwig, Nicolle Payne, Heather Petri, Kathy Sheehy, Coralie Simmons, Julie Swail, Brenda Villa

3. RUS Galina Rytova, Irina Tolkunova, Maria Koroleva, Marina Akobia, Nataliya Kutuzova, Sofia Konukh, Svetlana Kuzina, Tatyana Petrova, Yekaterina Anikeyeva, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Yelena Smurova, Yelena Tokun, Yuliya Petrova

18.29 2004 Athens

W L D F A 1 ITA 5 1 0 44 33 2 GRE 3 2 1 39 36 3 USA 3 2 0 31 27 4 AUS 2 2 1 29 28 5 RUS 3 2 0 37 40 6 HUN 1 4 0 35 40 7 CAN 2 2 0 26 22 8 KAZ 0 4 0 20 35 Final: ITA defeated GRE 10-9

1 . Italy ITA def. GRE (10-9) 2. Greece 3. USA USA def. AUS (6-5) 4. Australia

1. ITA Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Tania di Mario, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Martina Miceli, Giusy Malato, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noemi Toth, Manuela Zanchi

2. GRE Georgia Ellinaki, Dimitra Asilian, Antiopi Melidoni, Angeliki Karapataki, Kyriaki Liosi, Stavroula Kozompoli, Katarina Oikonomopoulou, Antigoni Roumpesi, Evangelia Moraitidou, Eftykhia Karagianni, Georgia Lara, Antonia Moraiti, Anthoula Mylonaki

3. USA Robin Beauregard, Ellen Estes, Ericka Lorenz, Heather Moody, Nicolle Payne, Heather Petri, Brenda Villa, Jacqueline Frank, Natalie Golda, Margaret Dingeldein, Kelly Rulon, Amber Stachowski, Thalia Munro

134 M 18.30 2008 Bejing I 1. Netherlands NED def. USA (9-8) S 2. USA

3. Australia AUS def. HUN (12-11) C 4. Hungary Final: NED defeated USA 9-8 in the gold medal match

1. NED Ilse van der Meijden, Yesemin Smit, Mieke Cabout, Biurakn Hakhverdian, Marieke van den Ham, Danielle de Bruijn, Iefke van Belkum, Noeki Klein, Gillian van den Berg, Alette Sijbring, Rianne Guichelaar, Simone Koot, Meike de Nooy

2. USA Elizabeth Armstrong, Heather Petri, Brittany Hayes, Brenda Villa, Lauren Wenger, Natalie Golda, Patty Cardenas, Jessica Steffens, Elsie Windes, Alison Gregorka, Moriah van Norman, Kami Craig, Jaime Hipp

3. AUS Emma Knox, Gemma Beadsworth, Nikita Cuffe, Rebecca Rippon, Suzie Fraser, Bronwen Knox, Taniele Gofers, Kate Gynther, Jenna Santoromito, Mia Santoromito, Melissa Rippon, Amy Hetzel, Alicia Mc Cormack

18.31 2012 London

1. USA USA def. ESP 8-5 2. Spain 3. Australia AUS def. HUN 13-11 4. Hungary 5. China CHN def. RUS 16-15 6. Russia 7. Italy ITA def. GBR 11-7 8. Great Britain Final: USA defeated Spain 8-5 in the gold medal match

Quarter finals: Hungary 11 Russia 10 China 18 Australia 20 USA 9 Italy 6 Spain 9 Great Britain 7

Semi finals: Croatia 7 Montenegro 5 Italy 9 Serbia 7

1. USA Elizabeth Armstrong, Heather Petri, Melissa Seidemann, Brenda Villa, Lauren Wenger, Maggie Steffens, Courtney Mathewson, Jessica Steffens, Elsie Windes, Kelly Rulon, Annika Dries, Kami Craig, Tumua Anae

2. ESP Laura Ester Ramos, Marta Bach Pascual, Anni Espar Llaquet, Roser Tarrago Aymerich, Matilde Ortiz Reyes, Jennifer Pareja, Lorena Miranda Dorado, Maria del Pilar Peña Carrasco, Andrea Blas Martinez, Ona Meseguer Flaque, Maica Garcia Godoy, Laura Lopez Ventosa, Ana Copado Amoros

3. AUS Victoria Brown, Gemma Beadsworth, Sophie Smith, Holly Lincoln-Smith, Jane Moran, Bronwen Knox, Rowena Webster, Kate Gynther, Glencora Ralph, Ashleigh Southern, Melissa Rippon, Nicola Zagame, Alicia McCormack

134 135 18.32 Rio de Janeiro

1. USA USA def. ITA (12-5) 2. Italy 3. Russia RUS def. HUN (19-18) 4. Hungary 5. Spain ESP def. AUS (12-10) 6. Australia 7. China CHN def. BRA (10-5) 8. Brazil

Quarter finals: Final: USA defeated ITA 12-5 Brazil 3 USA 13 Australia 11 Hungary 13 Russia 12 Spain 10 Italy 12 China 7

Semi finals: Russia 9 Italy 12 Hungary 10 USA 14

1. USA Sami Hill, Madeine Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Caroline Clark, Maggie Steffens, Courtney Mathewson, Kiley Neuschul, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Kami Craig, Ashleigh Johnson

2. ITA Giulia Gorlero, Chiara Tabani, Arianna Garibotti, Elisa Quuerolo, Federica Radicchi, Rosaria Aiello, Tania di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Fransesca Pomeri, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti, Laura Teani

3. RUS Anna Ustyukhina, Nadezhda Glyzina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Elvina Karimova, Maria Borisova, Olga Gorbunova, Ekaterina Lusinova, Anastasia Simanovich, Anna Timofeeva, Evgeniia Soboleva, Evgeniya Ivanova, Anna Grineva, Anna Karnaukh

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