The 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the 18th edition of the major European water polo tournament for national teams. It was held at the Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, from 12 to 25 January 2020.
Spain defeated Russia 13–12 in the final to win their second title.
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: 5,000
Qualification
Twelve teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows: The host nation The best five teams from the 2018 European Championships Six teams from the qualifiers
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost nation 9 July 2016 –12018 European Championships14–27 July 2018 Barcelona5Qualifiers25 April–26 October 2019Various6
Format The twelve teams were split in two groups with six teams each. The first four teams of each group played each other in the quarterfinals in cross group format, the remaining teams played for places nine to twelve.
Squads
Draw The draw of the preliminary round's pools took place in Budapest on 22 October 2019. The teams were drawn into two groups of six. The first batch included the best two teams of the previous edition; the teams ranked third and fourth were in the second batch, the fifth and the sixth in the third batch and the qualification winners in the fourth batch.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Play-offs winners
With the play-offs winners determined on 26 October, the draw resulted in the following groups: Group A Group B
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
5th place bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Finals Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final standing Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
RankTeam1456789101112 1 Spain qualified for the Olympics by finishing second in the 2019 World Championships.
Statistics and awards
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 1 Rita Keszthelyi 28 48 58 2 Olga Gorbunova 27 49 55 3 Maud Megens 26 51 514 Elvina Karimova 20 33 61 Beatriz Ortiz 45 44 Alena Serzhantova 29 59 7 Eleni Xenaki 18 37 498 Roberta Bianconi 17 30 57 Arianna Garibotti 34 50 Eleftheria Plevritou 34 50 Source: wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeamSavesShots% 1 Kristina Horváthová 70 182 39 2 Debby Willemsz 59 88 67 3 Anna Karnaukh 57 101 564 Lorene Derenty 51 125 41 Giulia Gorlero 97 53 6 Ayelet Peres 43 94 467 Ioanna Stamatopoulou 39 48 81 Edina Gangl 60 65 9 Felicitas Saurusajtis 37 104 36 10 Chrysi Diamantopoulou 31 77 40 Source: wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com
Awards The awards were announced on 26 January 2020. Award Player Most Valuable Player Beatriz Ortiz Best Goalkeeper Anna Karnaukh Topscorer Rita Keszthelyi (28 goals)
References
External links Official website