2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship

For the men's tournament, see 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship.

2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates27 August – 10 September
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Spain (3rd title)
Runner-up Greece
Third place Italy
Fourth place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored1,035 (23.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hungary Gréta Gurisatti
(27 goals)
Best playerGreece 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
2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship (Europe)
Capacity: 9,000
Spaladium Arena 1

Qualification

Main article: 2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

Twelve teams were able to compete at the main event. They were broken up as follows:

Event Date Location Quotas Nation(s)
Host 28 August 2020 – 1  Croatia
2020 European Championship 12–25 January 2020 Hungary 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 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
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.
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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 September
 
 
 Netherlands22
 
7 September
 
 France3
 
 Netherlands7
 
5 September
 
 Spain10
 
 Hungary11
 
9 September
 
 Spain15
 
 Spain9
 
5 September
 
 Greece6
 
 Greece14
 
7 September
 
 Israel4
 
 Greece12
 
5 September
 
 Italy9 Third place
 
 Croatia8
 
9 September
 
 Italy16
 
 Netherlands13
 
 
 Italy16
 

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 semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
7 September
 
 
 France9
 
9 September
 
 Hungary19
 
 Hungary18
 
7 September
 
 Israel7
 
 Israel15
 
 
 Croatia8
 
Seventh place
 
 
9 September
 
 
 France13
 
 
 Croatia4

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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 Hungary Gréta Gurisatti 27 39 69
2 Netherlands Simone van de Kraats 24 36 67
3 Israel Maria Bogachenko 20 41 49
Italy Sofia Giustini 42 48
Netherlands Maartje Keuning 27 74
6 France Louise Guillet 18 38 47
Italy Silvia Avegno 30 60
Netherlands Brigitte Sleeking 27 67
Spain Maica García Godoy 26 69
10 Netherlands Kitty-Lynn Joustra 17 25 68
Spain Beatriz Ortiz 39 44
Spain Elena Ruiz 46 37

Awards

The awards were announced on 9 September 2022.[2]

Position Player
Best goalkeeper Spain Martina Terré
Most Valuable Player Greece Eleftheria Plevritou

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