The 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 34th edition of the major European water polo tournament for national teams. It was held at the Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, from 14 to 26 January 2020.
Hungary claimed their 13th title by defeating Spain in the final.
Host LEN announced the choice of Budapest as host for the competition on 9 July 2016. All the matches were played at the Danube Arena.
Budapest Danube Arena Capacity: 6,600
Qualification
Sixteen teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows: The host nation The best seven teams from the 2018 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation Eight teams from the qualifiers
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost nation9 July 2016 –12018 European Championships16–28 July 2018 Barcelona7Qualifiers11–13 October 2019Various8
Format The sixteen teams were split in four groups with four teams each. The first classified team of each group directly qualified for the quarterfinals, the second and third teams played each other in cross group format to qualify for the quarterfinals.
Squads
Draw The draw of the preliminary round's pools was held in Budapest on 22 October 2019. The teams were divided into four groups of four teams each; according to LEN rules the first batch for the draw was composed by the best four teams of the previous edition, the second batch by the teams ranked from fifth to eighth in 2018, while the third and fourth batch were composed respectively by the teams ranked first and second in the four qualification groups.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A Group B Group C Group D
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage Bracket
5th place bracket
9th place bracket
13th place bracket
Play-offs
Quarterfinals
13–16th place semifinals
9–12th place semifinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standing Qualified for the 2020 Summer OlympicsQualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics World qualification tournament
RankTeam345162789101112131415416 1 Serbia qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics as the winner of 2019 World League 2 Italy qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics as the winner of 2019 World Championships 3 Spain qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics as the runners-up of 2019 World Championships 4 The Netherlands qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics World qualification tournament as the host of the tournament
Statistics and awards
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 1 Konstantin Kharkov 21 32 66 2 Alberto Munarriz 20 43 47 3 Álvaro Granados 18 40 454 Konstantinos Genidounias 17 38 45 Dénes Varga 30 576 Felipe Perrone 16 32 50 Gergő Zalánki 27 598 Aleksandar Ivović 16 43 35 Angelos Vlachopoulos 37 41 10 Dušan Mandić 14 29 48 Source: wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeamSavesShots% 1 Daniel López 60 108 56 2 Moritz Schenkel 56 113 50 3 Tomáš Hoferica 52 95 55 4 Dejan Lazović 50 91 55 5 Marco Del Lungo 47 92 51 6 Eelco Wagenaar 46 90 51 7 Marko Bijač 45 81 56 8 Marius Tic 42 105 40 9 Irakli Razmadze 39 87 45 10 Emmanouil Zerdevas 38 87 44 Source: wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com
Awards The awards were announced on 26 January 2020. Award Player Most Valuable Player Dénes Varga Best Goalkeeper Daniel López Topscorer Konstantin Kharkov (21 goals)
References
External links Official website