2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship

2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship
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
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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	Split 2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship (Europe)
Spaladium Arena
Capacity: 9,000

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
Spain	Hungary Netherlands	Italy	Germany Greece Israel Slovakia Croatia	Romania Serbia France

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).^[10]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	105	21	+84	15	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	5	4	1	78	31	+47	12
3	Hungary	5	3	2	82	32	+50	9
4	Croatia (H)	5	2	3	46	82	−36	6
5	Germany	5	1	4	33	93	−60	3
6	Romania	5	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

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	98	28	+70	15	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	103	25	+78	12
3	Israel	5	3	2	49	56	−7	9
4	France	5	2	3	60	62	−2	6
5	Serbia	5	1	4	37	91	−54	3
6	Slovakia	5	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.

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

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "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

External links

Official website

[:0-1] "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.

[Final-2] "Spain retains the title, fourth silver for Greece, Italy on the podium after six years – Split 2022, day 12". Retrieved 9 September 2022.

[3] "2022 European Water Polo Championships – Qualification – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[4] "Slovenia and Slovakia replace Russia at European Championships in Split". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

[5] "Press release – FINA Bureau meets, makes further decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and event hosting". fina.org. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[6] "Rules and regulations: European Water Polo Championships" (PDF). len.eu. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

[7] "2022 European Water Polo Championships, Qualifications – Summary". Retrieved 24 February 2022.

[8] "Draw for European Championships: Reigning European and Olympic champions in the same group". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[9] "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.

[10] "Official Competition Schedule" (PDF). split2022.len.eu. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

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