2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship

The 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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

Qualification

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

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

Format

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

Squads

Draw

The draw was held on 4 October 2015.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

5th place bracket

9th place bracket

13th place bracket

Round of 16

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9–16th place quarterfinals

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Quarterfinals

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13–16th place semifinals

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9–12th place semifinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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15th place game

13th place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Top goalscorers

Source: wpbelgrade2016.microplustiming.com

Awards

References

External links

• Official website