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 M 1.3 1931 Paris 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 M 1.5 1938 London 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.