2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship

2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship
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The 2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 28th edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Aquatic Centre Málaga in Málaga, Spain from July 4 to July 13, 2008. The gold medal was won by Montenegro, the silver medal by Serbia and the bronze medal by Hungary.

Teams

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Montenegro 12 5 4 0 1 48 37 +11
2.  Hungary 12 5 4 0 1 54 32 +22
3.  Croatia 10 5 3 1 1 52 38 +14
4.  Spain 6 5 2 0 3 42 38 +4
5.  Greece 4 5 1 1 3 42 41 +1
6.  Slovakia 0 5 0 0 5 19 71 −52


July 4, 2008

9:30 Slovakia  3 – 12  Greece (1–2, 1–3, 0–2, 1–5)
19:30 Hungary  10 – 9  Croatia (2–1, 3–3, 2–1, 3–4)
21:00 Spain  7 – 8  Montenegro (1–1, 2–2, 2–2, 2–3)


July 5, 2008

11:00 Hungary  19 – 3  Slovakia (5–1, 5–1, 6–1, 3–0)
19:30 Montenegro  11 – 10  Greece (4–3, 1–4, 3–1, 3–2)
21:00 Spain  7 – 11  Croatia (2–4, 2–2, 2–3, 1–2)


July 6, 2008

12:30 Hungary  8 – 3  Greece (3–2, 2–1, 1–0, 2–0)
18:00 Croatia  7 – 6  Montenegro (2–0, 2–1, 0–3, 3–2)
21:00 Slovakia  4 – 12  Spain (2–3, 1–2, 1–2, 0–5)


July 7, 2008

11:00 Croatia  15 – 5  Slovakia (4–0, 3–1, 5–2, 3–2)
19:30 Hungary  9 – 10  Montenegro (2–2, 3–2, 1–2, 3–4)
21:00 Spain  9 – 7  Greece (2–2, 2–1, 2–2, 3–2)


July 8, 2008

9:30 Slovakia  4 – 13  Montenegro (0–3, 1–2, 2–4, 1–4)
18:00 Greece  10–10  Croatia (1–0, 2–3, 3–3, 4–4)
21:00 Hungary  8 – 7  Spain (2–1, 2–3, 2–1, 2–2)

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Serbia 13 5 4 1 0 68 31 +37
2.  Italy 12 5 4 0 1 55 35 +20
3.  Germany 9 5 3 0 2 39 42 −3
4.  Macedonia 4 5 1 1 3 35 56 −21
5.  Romania 4 5 1 1 3 37 46 −9
6.  Russia 1 5 0 1 4 35 59 −24


July 4, 2008

11:00 Macedonia  10 – 6  Romania (3–1, 3–3, 3–2, 1–0)
12:30 Serbia  17 – 5  Germany (2–1, 5–1, 6–2, 4–1)
18:00 Russia  6 – 12  Italy (1–1, 2–2, 1–5, 2–4)


July 5, 2008

9:30 Macedonia  6 – 23  Serbia (1–7, 1–6, 2–4, 2–6)
12:30 Germany  13 – 4  Russia (3–1, 2–0, 5–2, 3–1)
18:00 Romania  7 – 12  Italy (0–4, 2–3, 3–2, 2–3)


July 6, 2008

9:30 Russia  9–9  Macedonia (1–2, 4–2, 3–5, 1–0)
11:00 Serbia  6–6  Romania (1–2, 2–1, 2–2, 1–1)
19:30 Italy  12 – 6  Germany (2–1, 1–1, 4–2, 5–2)


July 7, 2008

9:30 Romania  4 – 8  Germany (1–2, 2–1, 0–3, 1–2)
12:30 Macedonia  5 – 11  Italy (1–4, 2–2, 1–2, 1–3)
18:00 Serbia  11 – 6  Russia (5–1, 1–2, 2–1, 3–2)


July 8, 2008

11:00 Germany  7 – 5  Macedonia (1–1, 2–1, 1–1, 3–2)
12:30 Russia  10 – 14  Romania (4–3, 4–3, 1–6, 1–2)
19:30 Italy  8 – 11  Serbia (2–2, 3–1, 3–5, 0–3)

Final round

Places 7/12

July 9, 2008

16:30 Greece  4 – 9  Russia (0–1, 2–2, 1–3, 1–3)
18:00 Slovakia  6 – 7  Romania (1–2, 3–1, 1–2, 1–2)

July 11, 2008

16:30 Russia  11 – 13  Macedonia (2–3, 2–3, 2–2, 4–2, 0–1, 1–2)
18:00 Romania  7 – 9  Spain (2–3, 1–3, 1–1, 3–2)

Places 11 / 12

July 11, 2008

12:30 Greece  14 – 8  Slovakia (3–3, 2–1, 4–2, 5–2)

Places 9 / 10

July 12, 2008

9:30 Romania  11 – 6  Russia (2–0, 2–1, 4–3, 3–2)

Places 7 / 8

July 12, 2008

11:00 Spain  15 – 5  Macedonia (5–2, 2–1, 4–1, 4–1)

Quarterfinals

July 9, 2008

19:30 Hungary  14 – 8  Germany (5–2, 2–1, 4–3, 2–2)
21:00 Croatia  8 – 7  Italy (4–2, 0–0, 3–2, 1–3)

Semifinals

July 11, 2008

19:30 Croatia  7 – 9  Montenegro (2–0, 2–4, 2–2, 1–3)
21:00 Hungary  7 – 8  Serbia (0–0, 1–3, 3–1, 3–3, 0–1, 0–0)

Finals

Places 5 / 6

July 12, 2008

12:30 Germany  7 – 9  Italy (2–3, 3–2, 1–2, 1–2)

Bronze Medal

July 13, 2008

19:30 Hungary  15 – 14  Croatia (3–1, 2–4, 5–5, 3–3, 0–1, 2–0)

Gold Medal

July 13, 2008 – Malaga, Spain Spain

21:00 Serbia  5 – 6  Montenegro (1–2, 3–0, 0–2, 1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Final ranking

Individual awards

References