2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship

The 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 29th edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place from 29 August – 11 September at the Sports park Mladost in Zagreb, Croatia.

The decision about host country was brought on the LEN's meeting in Eindhoven in late March 2008.^[1]

Qualification

12 teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows:

The host nation
The best 5 teams from the 2008 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation
6 teams from the Qualifiers

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	-	–	1	Croatia
2008 European Championships	4–13 July 2008	Malaga	5	Montenegro Serbia Hungary Italy Germany
Qualifiers	30 April-2 May 2010	Various	6	Spain North Macedonia Romania Russia Greece Turkey

Groups

Group A	Group B
Montenegro Croatia Italy Romania Spain Turkey	Serbia Hungary Germany Greece Russia Macedonia

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	4	0	1	54	32	+22	12	Semifinals
2	Italy	5	4	0	1	42	35	+7	12	Quarterfinals
3	Montenegro	5	3	1	1	60	38	+22	10	Quarterfinals
4	Romania	5	2	1	2	46	48	−2	7	7th–10th places
5	Spain	5	1	0	4	41	40	+1	3	7th–12th places
6	Turkey	5	0	0	5	21	71	−50	0	7th–12th places

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

First round

29 August 2010 10:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Turkey	6–12	Romania	Referees: Stavropoulos (GRE), Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–4, 1–2
		Çağatay 3	Goals	Radu 4

29 August 2010 18:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Italy	7–6	Spain	Referees: Margeta (SLO), Juhász (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–1, 2–1, 2–3
		Aicardi, Presciuti, Felugo 2	Goals	Español 2

29 August 2010 20:40	Report^{[dead link]}	Montenegro	11–9	Croatia	Referees: Naumov (RUS), Levin (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 6–2, 1–3, 3–1
		Janović N, Ivović, Zloković, Jokić 2	Goals	Bošković, Bušlje 2

Second round

30 August 2010 11:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Spain	10–11	Romania	Referees: Stajković (MKD), Hausche (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 5–3, 2–3
		Molina, Vallés, García 2	Goals	Matei Guiman, Georgescu 3

30 August 2010 13:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Italy	11–10	Montenegro	Referees: Kun (HUN), Stravridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–4, 3–3, 2–1
		Felugo 3	Goals	Janović 5

30 August 2010 20:40	Report^{[dead link]}	Croatia	16–3	Turkey	Referees: Ćirić (SRB), Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 6–0, 3–0
		Dobud 4	Goals	Okman, Çağatay, Hantal 1

Third round

1 September 2010 11:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Turkey	4–9	Italy	Referees: Levin (ISR), Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 1–4, 1–2
		Okman 2	Goals	Gallo 4

1 September 2010 18:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Romania	7–13	Croatia	Referees: Stravridis (GRE), Juhász (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–3, 1–4, 1–3
		Radu, Iosepa 2	Goals	Bušlje 6

1 September 2010 20:40	Report^{[dead link]}	Montenegro	8–7	Spain	Referees: Naumov (RUS), Bervoets (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 2–2, 1–1
		Janović, Zloković, Jokić 2	Goals	Molina, Vallés, Perrone 2

Fourth round

3 September 2010 11:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Montenegro	22–2	Turkey	Referees: Borrell (ESP), Dreval (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–0, 5–0, 6–1
		Janović M, Ivović, Zloković 4	Goals	Günkut, Güven 1

3 September 2010 18:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Italy	10–7	Romania	Referees: Naumov (RUS), Stavropoulos (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–1, 2–1, 3–3
		Figlioli 3	Goals	Radu 3

3 September 2010 20:40	Report^{[dead link]}	Spain	6–8	Croatia	Referees: Margeta (SLO), Levin (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–1, 2–1, 3–4
		Molina, García 2	Goals	Muslim, Sukno 2

Fifth round

5 September 2010 13:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Turkey	6–12	Spain	Referees: Dreval (RUS), Bervoets (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–1, 0–4, 1–2
		Okman, Hantal, Beşkardeşler 2	Goals	Gallego 3

5 September 2010 18:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Romania	9–9	Montenegro	Referees: Stravridis (GRE), Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 4–1, 1–2
		Iosep 3	Goals	Janović, Zloković, Gojković 2

5 September 2010 20:40	Report^{[dead link]}	Italy	5–8	Croatia	Referees: Tulga (TUR), Levin (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 1–4, 0–0
		Felugo 2	Goals	Sukno 3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	5	4	1	0	46	34	+12	13	Semifinals
2	Serbia	5	4	0	1	71	36	+35	12	Quarterfinals
3	Germany	5	3	0	2	32	45	−13	9	Quarterfinals
4	Greece	5	1	1	3	32	37	−5	4	7th–10th places
5	North Macedonia	5	1	0	4	35	53	−18	3	7th–12th places
6	Russia	5	1	0	4	42	53	−11	3	7th–12th places

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

First round

29 August 2010 11:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Russia	9–10	Macedonia	Referees: Riccitelli (ITA), Simion (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 2–1, 2–4
		Yurchik 3	Goals	Vuksanović 3

29 August 2010 13:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Hungary	10–8	Germany	Referees: Franulović (CRO), Brguljan (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 3–1, 1–3
		Biros 4	Goals	Roeßing, Oeler , Kreuzmann 2

29 August 2010 16:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Serbia	13–5	Greece	Referees: Buch (ESP), Bervoets (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 3–1, 4–1
		Udovičić 4	Goals	Papadogkonas, Miralis, Delakas, Afroudakis, Mourikis 1

Second round

30 August 2010 10:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Germany	7–6	Russia	Referees: Gomes (ITA), Vlašić (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–3, 2–2, 2–1
		Oeler 3	Goals	Khalturin, Stratan 2

30 August 2010 16:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Serbia	6–9	Hungary	Referees: Borrell (ESP), Tulga (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 0–4, 3–2
		Filipović 3	Goals	Madaras 3

30 August 2010 18:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Greece	10–5	Macedonia	Referees: Levin (ISR), Bonnay (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–1, 0–1, 4–1
		Miralis, Mourikis 2	Goals	Vuksanović, Bosančić, Krečković, Brkić, Latković 1

Third round

1 September 2010 10:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Russia	10–16	Serbia	Referees: Gomez (ITA), Vlašić (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 3–3, 1–1, 4–5
		Stratan 3	Goals	Pijetlović, Nikić 3

1 September 2010 13:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Macedonia	7–8	Germany	Referees: Tulga (TUR), Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 4–2, 1–0
		Delaš 3	Goals	Politze, Oeler, Kreuzmann 2

1 September 2010 16:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Hungary	6–6	Greece	Referees: Riccitelli (ITA), Margeta (SVN)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–0, 3–2, 2–1
		Dá. Varga, Biros 2	Goals	Afroudakis 2

Fourth round

3 September 2010 10:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Serbia	19–9	Macedonia	Referees: Bonnay (FRA), Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 2–1, 7–2, 6–6
		Prlainović 5	Goals	Delaš 3

3 September 2010 13:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Hungary	14–10	Russia	Referees: Franjulović (CRO), Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–3, 3–1, 3–3
		Dé. Varga 4	Goals	Yurchik 4

3 September 2010 16:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Greece	5–6	Germany	Referees: Tulga (TUR), Brguljan (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 2–2, 2–1
		Mylonakis 2	Goals	Politze 3

Fifth round

5 September 2010 10:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Serbia	17–3	Germany	Referees: Buch (ESP), Stavropoulos (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–0, 2–0, 6–1
		Udovičić, Filipović 3	Goals	Real, Stamm, Oeler 1

5 September 2010 11:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Russia	7–6	Greece	Referees: Gomez (ITA), Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–0, 2–3, 2–1
		Agarkov 3	Goals	Miralis 3

5 September 2010 16:30	Report^{[dead link]}	Hungary	7–4	Macedonia	Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Hausche (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–4, 0–0, 3–0
		Dé. Varga 3	Goals	Vuksanović 2

7th–12th Classification

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

7th–8th

A4

Romania

15

A6

Turkey

9

Turkey

8

B5

North Macedonia

6

Romania

8

Spain

7

B4

Greece

11

A5

Spain

9

Spain

12

B6

Russia

6

11th–12th

9th–10th

Russia

5

Greece

10

North Macedonia

4

Turkey

7

7th–12th Quarterfinals

7 September 2010 13:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Spain	9–6	Russia	Referees: Levin (ISR), Simion (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–1, 2–5, 2–0
		Molina 3	Goals	Lisunov 4

7 September 2010 15:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Turkey	9–6	Macedonia	Referees: Bonnay (FRA), Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–2, 3–3, 3–1
		Okman 3	Goals	Brkić 3

7th–10th Semifinals

9 September 2010 12:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Spain	12–11	Greece	Referees: Ciric (SRB), Hausche (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 3–3, 2–3 OT: 2–1
		Garcia 3	Goals	Miralis 3

9 September 2010 14:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Turkey	8–15	Romania	Referees: Levin (ISR), Stravridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–6, 3–2, 3–4
		Hantal 3	Goals	Georgescu 5

11th place playoff

9 September 2010 10:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Russia	5–4	Macedonia	Referees: Stavropoulos (GRE), Vlasic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 1–0, 1–2
		Novoksenov 2	Goals	Benić 2

9th place playoff

10 September 2010 10:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Greece	10–7	Turkey	Referees: Bender (GER), Franulovic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 1–1, 3–2
		Gounas 2	Goals	Okman 3

7th place playoff

10 September 2010 12:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Spain	7–8	Romania	Referees: Stajkovic (MKD), Bervoets (NED)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 3–4, 0–4, 4–0
		Molina 3	Goals	Radu 3

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

A1

Croatia

10

A3

Montenegro

5

Serbia

9

B2

Serbia

6

Italy

3

Croatia

7

B1

Hungary

8

A2

Italy

6

Italy

10

B3

Germany

2

5th–6th

Bronze medal game

Montenegro

14

Hungary

8

Germany

6

Serbia

10

Quarterfinals

7 September 2010 17:45	Report^{[dead link]}	Italy	6–2	Germany	Referees: Borrell (ESP), Stravridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 1–0, 1–0
		Figlioli 2	Goals	Bukowski, Oeler 1

7 September 2010 20:40	Report^{[dead link]}	Montenegro	5–6	Serbia	Referees: Margeta (SLO), Tulga (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 1–2, 1–2
		Janovic 2	Goals	Udovičić 4

Semifinals

9 September 2010 17:45	Report^{[dead link]}	Serbia	9–10	Croatia	Attendance: 5000^[2] Referees: Naumov (RUS), Borrell(ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–4, 2–2, 2–2
		Gocić 3	Goals	Burić, Bošković 3

9 September 2010 20:40	Report^{[dead link]}	Italy	10–8	Hungary	Referees: Margeta (SLO), Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–3, 4–3, 2–2
		Figlioli 3	Goals	Madaras 3

5th place match

10 September 2010 14:00	Report^{[dead link]}	Germany	6–14	Montenegro	Referees: Kun (HUN), Simion (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 4–3, 1–2, 1–4
		Stamm 2	Goals	Zlokovic, Gojkovic, N. Janovic 3

3rd place match

11 September 2010 17:45	Report^{[dead link]}	Serbia	10–8	Hungary	Referees: Gomez (ITA), Brguljan (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 2–1, 3–4
		Udovicic, Filipovic 3	Goals	Kis, Madaras, Dé. Varga 2

Final

11 September 2010 20:40	Report^{[dead link]}	Croatia	7–3	Italy	Referees: Stravridis (GRE), Tulga (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–0, 2–0, 2–1
		Boskovic, Buslje 2	Goals	Luongo, Figlioli, Gallo 1

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
	Croatia
	Italy
	Serbia
4.	Hungary
5.	Montenegro
6.	Germany
7.	Romania
8.	Spain
9.	Greece
10.	Turkey
11.	Russia
12.	Macedonia

Awards

Top Scorer	Player of the Tournament
Vanja Udovičić	Vanja Udovičić

References

^ "2010 European Water Polo Championships in Zagreb" (Press release). LEN. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original (Microsoft Word Document) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
^ Srbi su odlični, ali naši su još bolji!

External links

Official website

[1] "2010 European Water Polo Championships in Zagreb" (Press release). LEN. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original (Microsoft Word Document) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2012.

[2] Srbi su odlični, ali naši su još bolji!

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