| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Croatia |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 27 August – 10 September |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (3rd title) |
| Runner-up |  Greece |
| Third place |  Italy |
| Fourth place |  Netherlands |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 44 |
| Goals scored | 1,035 (23.52 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Gréta Gurisatti(27 goals) |
| Best player | Eleftheria Plevritou |
The 2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the 19th running of the tournament. It was held in the Spaladium Arena in Split, Croatia from 27 August to 10 September 2022.[1]
Spain won their third title by defeating Greece in the final, while Italy captured the bronze medal with a win over the Netherlands.[2]
Venues
LEN announced on 28 August 2020 that Split, Croatia would host the 2022 edition of the competition. All games were played at the Spaladium Arena.[1]
| Split | 2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship (Europe) |
|---|---|
Capacity: 9,000 | |
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Qualification
Twelve teams were able to compete at the main event. They were broken up as follows:
- The host nation
- The top five teams from the 2020 European Championship not already qualified as host nation
- Final six from the qualifiers.[3]
| Event | Date | Location | Quotas | Nation(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | 28 August 2020 | – | 1 | Croatia |
| 2020 European Championship | 12–25 January 2020 | Budapest |
5 | Hungary Italy Netherlands Russia Spain |
| Qualifiers | 17 February – 6 March 2022 | Various | 6 |  France Germany Greece Israel Romania Serbia |
| Wild card[4] | 10 April 2022 | 1 |  Slovakia |
Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]
Format
The twelve teams were split in two groups with six teams each. From there on, a knockout system was used. 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.[6]
Draw
The draw was held in Budapest on 23 April 2022.[7][8][9]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).[10]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 21 | +84 | 15 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Greece |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 31 | +47 | 12 | |
| 3 | Hungary |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 32 | +50 | 9 | |
| 4 | Croatia (H) |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 82 | −36 | 6 | |
| 5 | Germany |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 93 | −60 | 3 | |
| 6 | Romania |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 104 | −85 | 0 |
Source: Split2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
| 27 August 2022 10:00 |
Report | Germany |
15–10 | Romania |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Martina Kuníková (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–4, 4–4, 6–1 | |||||
| Vosseberg 7 | Goals | Melnychuk 4 | |||
| 27 August 2022 17:30 |
Report | Croatia |
6–22 | Netherlands |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Ivanka Raković (SRB), Marta Cabañas (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 0–7, 3–7, 1–5, 2–3 | |||||
| J. Butić, Rožić 2 | Goals | Joustra, Van der Sloot 4 | |||
| 27 August 2022 20:30 |
Report | Hungary |
8–9 | Greece |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 1–1, 4–3 | |||||
| Gurisatti 3 | Goals | four players 2 | |||
| 28 August 2022 13:00 |
Report | Romania |
3–24 | Greece |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Ivanka Raković (SRB), Aurély Blanchard (FRA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–8, 0–4, 0–8, 2–4 | |||||
| Olteanu 2 | Goals | Myriokefalitaki 6 | |||
| 28 August 2022 17:30 |
Report | Germany |
8–15 | Croatia |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–4, 4–3, 1–3 | |||||
| three players 2 | Goals | Miljković 6 | |||
| 28 August 2022 19:00 |
Report | Netherlands |
13–4 | Hungary |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 4–0, 3–1 | |||||
| three players 3 | Goals | four players 1 | |||
| 30 August 2022 11:30 |
Report | Hungary |
26–4 | Germany |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Ivanka Raković (SRB), Martina Kuníková (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 7–1, 10–0, 3–1, 6–2 | |||||
| Gurisatti 5 | Goals | Vosseberg 2 | |||
| 30 August 2022 17:30 |
Report | Croatia |
15–6 | Romania |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–1, 5–3, 2–1 | |||||
| Skelin 4 | Goals | Melnychuk 4 | |||
| 30 August 2022 20:30 |
Report | Greece |
8–13 | Netherlands |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Boris Margeta (SLO) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–5, 3–4, 0–3 | |||||
| four players 2 | Goals | Moolhuijzen, Sleeking 3 | |||
| 1 September 2022 10:00 |
Report | Germany |
3–13 | Greece |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Ursula Wengenroth (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–6, 0–3, 0–2 | |||||
| three players 1 | Goals | Myriokefalitaki 4 | |||
| 1 September 2022 13:00 |
Report | Romania |
0–28 | Netherlands |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Martina Kuníková (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 0–8, 0–7, 0–6, 0–7 | |||||
| Goals | Van de Kraats 8 | ||||
| 1 September 2022 17:30 |
Report | Croatia |
6–22 | Hungary |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Ivanka Raković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–4, 1–7, 0–6 | |||||
| I. Butić, Rozić 2 | Goals | Gurisatti 5 | |||
| 3 September 2022 10:00 |
Report | Hungary |
22–0 | Romania |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Martina Kuníková (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 7–0, 4–0, 6–0, 5–0 | |||||
| Gurisatti 5 | Goals | ||||
| 3 September 2022 17:30 |
Report | Greece |
24–4 | Croatia |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Peter Balzan (MLT) |
| Score by quarters: 9–2, 5–2, 5–0, 5–0 | |||||
| Xenaki 4 | Goals | Brnetić 2 | |||
| 3 September 2022 20:30 |
Report | Germany |
3–29 | Netherlands |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Ivanka Raković (SRB), Robert Horvath (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 0–9, 1–7, 0–7, 2–6 | |||||
| three players 3 | Goals | Joustra 5 | |||
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 28 | +70 | 15 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 25 | +78 | 12 | |
| 3 | Israel |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 9 | |
| 4 | France |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Serbia |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 91 | −54 | 3 | |
| 6 | Slovakia |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 107 | −85 | 0 |
Source: Split2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
| 27 August 2022 11:30 |
Report | Serbia |
3–32 | Spain |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–8, 0–8, 0–10 | |||||
| Mandić 2 | Goals | González 5 | |||
| 27 August 2022 13:00 |
Report | Slovakia |
1–26 | Italy |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–8, 0–4, 0–8 | |||||
| Kováčiková 1 | Goals | Palmieri 5 | |||
| 27 August 2022 19:00 |
Report | France |
7–8 | Israel |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 0–4, 2–0 | |||||
| Daule 3 | Goals | Yaacobi 4 | |||
| 28 August 2022 10:00 |
Report | Serbia |
14–15 | France |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–5, 5–2, 3–5 | |||||
| Avdić, Vuković 3 | Goals | Millot 5 | |||
| 28 August 2022 11:30 |
Report | Israel |
18–7 | Slovakia |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Eurico Silva (POR) |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–1, 7–1, 4–3 | |||||
| Sasover, Strugo 4 | Goals | three players 2 | |||
| 28 August 2022 20:30 |
Report | Spain |
9–12 | Italy |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–5, 1–4, 3–1 | |||||
| Ortiz 4 | Goals | Tabani 3 | |||
| 30 August 2022 10:00 |
Report | Slovakia |
6–9 | Serbia |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Eurico Silva (POR) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 3–2, 1–2 | |||||
| Kačková 3 | Goals | Ilić 3 | |||
| 30 August 2022 13:00 |
Report | France |
4–16 | Spain |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Irakli Sanadze (GEO) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–7, 1–4, 0–3 | |||||
| Vernoux 2 | Goals | García 4 | |||
| 30 August 2022 19:00 |
Report | Italy |
18–5 | Israel |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 6–2, 6–0, 2–1 | |||||
| Palmieri 4 | Goals | Bogachenko 3 | |||
| 1 September 2022 11:30 |
Report | Serbia |
7–23 | Italy |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE), Eurico Silva (POR) |
| Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–5, 3–7, 2–6 | |||||
| Milićević 3 | Goals | Bettini 4 | |||
| 1 September 2022 19:00 |
Report | Spain |
20–3 | Israel |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Erkan Turkkan (TUR) |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 6–1, 3–0, 6–0 | |||||
| Espar 5 | Goals | three players 1 | |||
| 1 September 2022 20:30 |
Report | France |
28–5 | Slovakia |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Irakli Sanadze (GEO) |
| Score by quarters: 8–0, 7–1, 6–2, 7–2 | |||||
| Vernoux 7 | Goals | Šepeľová 3 | |||
| 3 September 2022 11:30 |
Report | Slovakia |
3–26 | Spain |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE) |
| Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–7, 0–5, 2–6 | |||||
| Kováčiková 2 | Goals | García 6 | |||
| 3 September 2022 13:00 |
Report | Serbia |
4–15 | Israel |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Score by quarters: 0–5, 2–3, 2–2, 0–5 | |||||
| Milićević 2 | Goals | Kordonskaia 4 | |||
| 3 September 2022 19:00 |
Report | Italy |
19–6 | France |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Eurico Silva (POR) |
| Score by quarters: 5–0, 5–3, 4–0, 5–3 | |||||
| three players 3 | Goals | Guillet, Vernoux 2 | |||
Placement games
Eleventh place game
| 5 September 2022 10:00 |
Report | Romania |
9–5 | Slovakia |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Ivanka Raković (SRB), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–0, 2–2, 3–1 | |||||
| Szeghalmi 5 | Goals | Sedláková 2 | |||
Ninth place game
| 5 September 2022 11:30 |
Report | Germany |
9–12 | Serbia |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE), Martina Kuníková (SVK) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–4, 1–1, 5–4 | |||||
| Tadday 3 | Goals | Ilić, Novakovic 4 | |||
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 September | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 22 | |||||||||
| 7 September | ||||||||||
| France | 3 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 7 | |||||||||
| 5 September | ||||||||||
| Spain | 10 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 11 | |||||||||
| 9 September | ||||||||||
| Spain | 15 | |||||||||
| Spain | 9 | |||||||||
| 5 September | ||||||||||
| Greece | 6 | |||||||||
| Greece | 14 | |||||||||
| 7 September | ||||||||||
| Israel | 4 | |||||||||
| Greece | 12 | |||||||||
| 5 September | ||||||||||
| Italy | 9 | Third place | ||||||||
| Croatia | 8 | |||||||||
| 9 September | ||||||||||
| Italy | 16 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 13 | |||||||||
| Italy | 16 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
| 5 September 2022 16:00 |
Report | Netherlands |
22–3 | France |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |
| Score by quarters: 3–0, 5–2, 7–0, 7–1 | |||||
| Keuning, Van de Kraats 4 | Goals | Dhalluin 2 | |||
| 5 September 2022 17:30 |
Report | Croatia |
8–16 | Italy |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Marta Cabañas (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–4, 2–3, 2–4 | |||||
| D. Butić 2 | Goals | Marletta 3 | |||
| 5 September 2022 19:00 |
Report | Hungary |
11–15 | Spain |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–2, 3–6, 3–3 | |||||
| Garda 3 | Goals | three players 3 | |||
| 5 September 2022 20:30 |
Report | Greece |
14–4 | Israel |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Aurély Blanchard (FRA) |
| Score by quarters: 6–1, 2–1, 2–0, 4–2 | |||||
| Myriokefalitaki 4 | Goals | four players 1 | |||
5–8th place bracket
| 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
| 7 September | ||||||
| France | 9 | |||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| Hungary | 19 | |||||
| Hungary | 18 | |||||
| 7 September | ||||||
| Israel | 7 | |||||
| Israel | 15 | |||||
| Croatia | 8 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 9 September | ||||||
| France | 13 | |||||
| Croatia | 4 | |||||
5–8th place semifinals
| 7 September 2022 16:00 |
Report | France |
9–19 | Hungary |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
| Score by quarters: 2–6, 4–4, 2–6, 1–3 | |||||
| Guillet 3 | Goals | Garda 6 | |||
| 7 September 2022 17:30 |
Report | Israel |
15–8 | Croatia |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–1, 5–2, 2–2 | |||||
| Bogachenko, Hochberg 4 | Goals | three players 2 | |||
Seventh place game
| 9 September 2022 16:00 |
Report | France |
13–4 | Croatia |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Maria Daskalopoulou (GRE) |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–0, 2–1, 5–2 | |||||
| five players 2 | Goals | four players 1 | |||
Fifth place game
| 9 September 2022 17:30 |
Report | Hungary |
18–7 | Israel |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Marta Cabañas (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–2, 6–1, 4–3 | |||||
| Gurisatti 5 | Goals | Yaacobi 3 | |||
Semifinals
| 7 September 2022 19:00 |
Report | Netherlands |
7–10 | Spain |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–1, 2–4 | |||||
| Sleeking 3 | Goals | Ruiz 4 | |||
| 7 September 2022 20:30 |
Report | Greece |
12–9 | Italy |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 4–3, 2–2 | |||||
| Ninou 3 | Goals | Avegno 3 | |||
Third place game
| 9 September 2022 19:00 |
Report | Netherlands |
13–16 | Italy |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| Score by quarters: 4–5, 4–3, 4–2, 1–6 | |||||
| Van de Kraats 4 | Goals | Bianconi 5 | |||
Final
| 9 September 2022 20:30 |
Report | Spain |
9–6 | Greece |
Spaladium Arena, Split Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–3, 1–0, 4–3 | |||||
| three players 2 | Goals | Chydirioti 2 | |||
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 |
Spain |
 |
Greece |
 |
Italy |
| 4 | Netherlands |
| 5 | Hungary |
| 6 | Israel |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Croatia |
| 9 | Serbia |
| 10 | Germany |
| 11 | Romania |
| 12 | Slovakia |
Awards and statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank[11] | Name | Goals | Shots | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gréta Gurisatti |
27 | 39 | 69 |
| 2 | Simone van de Kraats |
24 | 36 | 67 |
| 3 | Maria Bogachenko |
20 | 41 | 49 |
| Sofia Giustini |
42 | 48 | ||
| Maartje Keuning |
27 | 74 | ||
| 6 | Louise Guillet |
18 | 38 | 47 |
| Silvia Avegno |
30 | 60 | ||
| Brigitte Sleeking |
27 | 67 | ||
| Maica García Godoy |
26 | 69 | ||
| 10 | Kitty-Lynn Joustra |
17 | 25 | 68 |
| Beatriz Ortiz |
39 | 44 | ||
| Elena Ruiz |
46 | 37 |
Awards
The awards were announced on 9 September 2022.[2]
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| Best goalkeeper | Martina Terré |
| Most Valuable Player | Eleftheria Plevritou |
References
- 1 2 "2022 Water Polo Europeans to be held in September – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- 1 2 "Spain retains the title, fourth silver for Greece, Italy on the podium after six years – Split 2022, day 12". Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ↑ "2022 European Water Polo Championships – Qualification – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ↑ "Slovenia and Slovakia replace Russia at European Championships in Split". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ↑ "Press release – FINA Bureau meets, makes further decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and event hosting". fina.org. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ↑ "Rules and regulations: European Water Polo Championships" (PDF). len.eu. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ↑ "2022 European Water Polo Championships, Qualifications – Summary". Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ↑ "Draw for European Championships: Reigning European and Olympic champions in the same group". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ↑ "2022 LEN European Water Polo Championships, Split – Official Draw Results". len.eu. 23 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ↑ "Official Competition Schedule" (PDF). split2022.len.eu. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ↑ Top scorers
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