2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship

The 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the 18th edition of the major European water polo tournament for national teams. It was held at the Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, from 12 to 25 January 2020.^[2][3]

2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–25 January
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	929 (21.11 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rita Keszthelyi (28 goals)[1]
Best player	Beatriz Ortiz
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Spain defeated Russia 13–12 in the final to win their second title.^[4]

Host

LEN announced the choice of Budapest as host for the competition on 9 July 2016.^[5] All the matches were played at the Danube Arena.

Budapest	Budapest 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship (Europe)
Danube Arena
Capacity: 5,000

Qualification

Main article: 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

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

• The host nation
• The best five teams from the 2018 European Championships
• Six teams from the qualifiers

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	9 July 2016[5]	–	1	Hungary
2018 European Championships	14–27 July 2018	Barcelona	5	Netherlands  Greece  Spain  Russia  Italy
Qualifiers	25 April–26 October 2019	Various	6	France  Germany  Serbia  Israel  Croatia  Slovakia

Format

The twelve teams were split in two groups with six teams each. 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]

Squads

Main article: 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship squads

Draw

The draw of the preliminary round's pools took place in Budapest on 22 October 2019.^[7] The teams were drawn into two groups of six. The first batch included the best two teams of the previous edition; the teams ranked third and fourth were in the second batch, the fifth and the sixth in the third batch and the qualification winners in the fourth batch.^[6][8]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Netherlands  Greece	Spain  Hungary	Russia  Italy	Play-offs winners

With the play-offs winners determined on 26 October, the draw resulted in the following groups:^[9][8]

Group A	Group B
Croatia	France
Greece	Germany
Hungary	Israel
Russia	Italy
Serbia	Netherlands
Slovakia	Spain

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	5	5	0	0	94	26	+68	15	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	0	1	112	21	+91	12
3	Greece	5	3	0	2	79	37	+42	9
4	Slovakia	5	2	0	3	21	78	−57	6
5	Croatia	5	1	0	4	26	94	−68	3	9th place match
6	Serbia	5	0	0	5	19	95	−76	0	11th place match

Source: WP2020Budapest
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

12 January 2020 11:30	Report	Slovakia	2–31	Russia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 0–9, 0–5, 1–8, 1–9
		Kolářová 2	Goals	Bersneva, Gorbunova 6

12 January 2020 13:00	Report	Greece	26–7	Serbia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Carlos Ortega (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 9–1, 5–3, 5–2, 7–1
		Myriokefalitaki 6	Goals	Vuković 3

12 January 2020 19:00	Report	Hungary	25–6	Croatia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Erkan Turkkan (TUR), Marcela Mauss (GER)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 7–2, 7–1, 6–2
		Keszthelyi 5	Goals	D. Butić, Miljković 2

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13 January 2020 13:00	Report	Croatia	3–18	Greece	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Gernot Häntschel (GER), Luis Santos (POR)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 2–4, 0–5, 1–3
		three players 1	Goals	three players 3

13 January 2020 14:30	Report	Russia	27–2	Serbia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Aurely Blanchard (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 8–0, 8–0, 5–0
		Fedotova 7	Goals	Mandić, Vuković 1

13 January 2020 19:00	Report	Slovakia	2–20	Hungary	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–5, 1–4, 0–6
		Kátlovská, Stankovianska 1	Goals	Keszthelyi 6

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15 January 2020 14:30	Report	Greece	18–2	Slovakia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Marcela Mauss (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–2, 6–0, 4–0
		M. Plevritou 5	Goals	Kolarova, Stankovianska 1

15 January 2020 16:00	Report	Serbia	8–9	Croatia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 3–3, 1–2
		Mandić, Milicević 2	Goals	Butić, Miljković 2

15 January 2020 19:00	Report	Hungary	9–8	Russia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–0, 2–3, 1–2
		Keszthelyi 8	Goals	Gorbunova 3

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17 January 2020 14:30	Report	Russia	34–1	Croatia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 9–0, 8–1, 7–0, 10–0
		Karimova 6	Goals	Lordan 1

17 January 2020 17:30	Report	Slovakia	6–2	Serbia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Marcela Mauss (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–1, 1–0, 2–1
		Kováčiková 3	Goals	Ilić 2

17 January 2020 19:00	Report	Hungary	13–10	Greece	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–2, 2–0, 3–4
		Garda 4	Goals	three players 2

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19 January 2020 13:00	Report	Slovakia	9–7	Croatia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Marcela Mauss (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–1, 3–2, 2–1
		Kátlovská, Stankovianska 2	Goals	Carević 3

19 January 2020 17:30	Report	Greece	7–12	Russia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 0–3, 1–4
		Tsoukala, Xenaki 2	Goals	Gorbunova, Prokofyeva 3

19 January 2020 19:00	Report	Serbia	0–27	Hungary	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Aurely Blanchard (FRA), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 0–5, 0–9, 0–8
			Goals	Gurisatti 7

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	83	17	+66	15	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	0	1	74	32	+42	12
3	Italy	5	3	0	2	62	37	+25	9
4	France	5	2	0	3	40	62	−22	6
5	Israel	5	1	0	4	22	70	−48	3	9th place match
6	Germany	5	0	0	5	19	82	−63	0	11th place match

Source: WP2020Budapest
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.

12 January 2020 14:30	Report	France	6–15	Spain	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–3, 1–4, 4–5
		Daule 3	Goals	A. Espar 4

12 January 2020 16:00	Report	Germany	4–13	Italy	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Luis Santos (POR), Svetlana Dreval (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–5, 0–2, 0–2
		Eggert 2	Goals	Garibotti 3

12 January 2020 17:30	Report	Netherlands	22–3	Israel	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Peter Balzan (MLT), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 5–1, 7–1, 6–1
		Megens 5	Goals	Bogachenko 2

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13 January 2020 11:30	Report	Germany	3–23	Netherlands	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Róbert Horváth (SVK), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–5, 0–5, 2–7
		Pannasch 2	Goals	Van de Kraats, Sevenich 4

13 January 2020 16:00	Report	Israel	6–10	France	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: György Kun (HUN), Robert Tiozzo (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–4, 1–1, 3–2
		Bogachenko 3	Goals	Millot 4

13 January 2020 17:30	Report	Italy	10–16	Spain	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–4, 3–3, 3–4
		Bianconi, Garibotti 3	Goals	Tarragó 7

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15 January 2020 11:30	Report	France	17–5	Germany	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Peter Balzan (MLT), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 3–1, 3–1, 4–2
		three players 3	Goals	Deike 2

15 January 2020 13:00	Report	Spain	18–2	Israel	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Svetlana Dreval (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–1, 7–1, 4–0
		Ortiz 5	Goals	Bogachenko 2

15 January 2020 17:30	Report	Netherlands	10–4	Italy	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 3–0, 1–0
		Megens 5	Goals	Bianconi 3

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17 January 2020 11:30	Report	Germany	4–19	Spain	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–5, 1–5, 1–5
		four players 1	Goals	Crespí 4

17 January 2020 13:00	Report	Netherlands	18–1	France	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–0, 4–0, 4–0
		Keuning 4	Goals	Daule 1

17 January 2020 16:00	Report	Italy	17–1	Israel	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Róbert Horváth (SVK), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 5–0, 4–1, 5–0
		Emmolo 4	Goals	Strugo 1

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19 January 2020 11:30	Report	France	6–18	Italy	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Erkan Turkkan (TUR), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–5, 2–6, 1–4
		six players 1	Goals	Bianconi 5

19 January 2020 14:30	Report	Germany	3–10	Israel	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Peter Balzan (MLT), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–4, 0–3, 2–0
		three players 1	Goals	Strugo 4

19 January 2020 16:00	Report	Spain	6–10	Netherlands	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 2–2, 3–2
		García Godoy 2	Goals	Megens 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	21 January
	Hungary	16
					23 January
	France	3
					Hungary	10
	21 January
					Spain	11
	Greece	9
									25 January
	Spain	12
									Spain	13
	21 January
									Russia	12
	Russia	13
					23 January
	Italy	7
					Russia (PSO)	11
	21 January
					Netherlands	10			Third place
	Slovakia	2
									25 January
	Netherlands	22
									Hungary	10
									Netherlands	8

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	23 January
	France	3
					25 January
	Greece	13
					Greece	5
	23 January
					Italy	7
	Italy	16
	Slovakia	4
					Seventh place
					25 January
					France	17
					Slovakia	8

Quarterfinals

21 January 2020 14:30	Report	Slovakia	2–22	Netherlands	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–3, 1–7, 1–6
		Junasová, Stankovianska 1	Goals	Megens 5

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21 January 2020 16:00	Report	Russia	13–7	Italy	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 4–1, 3–1
		three players 3	Goals	three players 2

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21 January 2020 17:30	Report	Greece	9–12	Spain	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 1–3, 3–3
		M. Plevritou 4	Goals	Ortiz 4

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21 January 2020 19:00	Report	Hungary	16–3	France	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–1, 5–0, 3–0
		Keszthelyi 4	Goals	Guillet 2

5–8th place semifinals

23 January 2020 14:30	Report	France	3–13	Greece	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Marcela Mauss (GER), Diana Dutulh-Dumas (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–2, 1–6, 1–3
		Vernoux 2	Goals	E. Plevritou, Xenaki 3

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23 January 2020 16:00	Report	Italy	16–4	Slovakia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–1, 6–0, 3–2
		three players 3	Goals	four players 1

Semifinals

23 January 2020 17:30	Report	Russia	11–10	Netherlands	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 1–2, 2–1  PSO: 4–3
		Gorbunova 4	Goals	Megens, Van der Sloot 2

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23 January 2020 19:00	Report	Hungary	10–11	Spain	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 3–2, 3–4
		Keszthelyi, Leimeter 3	Goals	A. Espar, Tarragó 3

Finals

Eleventh place game

21 January 2020 11:30	Report	Serbia	13–15	Germany	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: György Kun (HUN), Aurely Blanchard (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–1, 6–2, 1–4  PSO: 2–4
		Milicevic 3	Goals	Deike 3

Ninth place game

21 January 2020 13:00	Report	Croatia	7–11	Israel	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Peter Balzan (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–6, 2–2, 2–2
		Lordan 2	Goals	Bogachenko, Hochberg 3

Seventh place game

25 January 2020 14:30	Report	France	17–8	Slovakia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–2, 5–1, 3–3
		Bachelier 5	Goals	Junasová 2

Fifth place game

25 January 2020 16:00	Report	Greece	5–7	Italy	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Gernot Häntschel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 0–1, 1–1
		five players 1	Goals	Garibotti 2

Bronze medal game

25 January 2020 17:30	Report	Hungary	10–8	Netherlands	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–2, 4–1, 1–0
		four players 2	Goals	Megens 2

Gold medal game

25 January 2020 19:00	Report	Spain	13–12	Russia	Danube Arena, Budapest Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–4, 2–2, 3–2
		García Godoy 4	Goals	Prokofyeva 4

Final standing

Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team
	Spain1
	Russia
	Hungary
4	Netherlands
5	Italy
6	Greece
7	France
8	Slovakia
9	Israel
10	Croatia
11	Germany
12	Serbia

¹ Spain qualified for the Olympics by finishing second in the 2019 World Championships.

Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Rita Keszthelyi  Hungary 28 48 58 2 Olga Gorbunova  Russia 27 49 55 3 Maud Megens  Netherlands 26 51 51 4 Elvina Karimova  Russia 20 33 61 Beatriz Ortiz  Spain 45 44 Alena Serzhantova  Russia 29 59 7 Eleni Xenaki  Greece 18 37 49 8 Roberta Bianconi  Italy 17 30 57 Arianna Garibotti  Italy 34 50 Eleftheria Plevritou  Greece 34 50 Source: wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com

Top goalkeepers Rank Name Team Saves Shots % 1 Kristina Horváthová  Slovakia 70 182 39 2 Debby Willemsz  Netherlands 59 88 67 3 Anna Karnaukh  Russia 57 101 56 4 Lorene Derenty  France 51 125 41 Giulia Gorlero  Italy 97 53 6 Ayelet Peres  Israel 43 94 46 7 Ioanna Stamatopoulou  Greece 39 48 81 Edina Gangl  Hungary 60 65 9 Felicitas Saurusajtis  Germany 37 104 36 10 Chrysi Diamantopoulou  Greece 31 77 40 Source: wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com

Awards

The awards were announced on 26 January 2020.^[10]

Award	Player
Most Valuable Player	Beatriz Ortiz
Best Goalkeeper	Anna Karnaukh
Topscorer	Rita Keszthelyi (28 goals)

References

1. Top scorers
2. "LEN Events' calendar 2020". len.eu. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
3. "European Water Polo Championships 2020 – Schedule". len.eu. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
4. "If it's Budapest, then it's Spain!". wp2020budapest.com. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
5. "Budapest to host all 2020 Europeans". len.eu. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
6. "Rules and regulations: European Water Polo Championships" (PDF). len.eu. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
7. "2020 European Water Polo Championships, Qualifications – Summary". len.eu. 13 October 2019. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
8. Ivan Curcic (22 October 2019). "Draw for 34th European Championships: Two "groups of death"". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
9. "2020 European Water Polo Championships, Budapest – Draw". len.eu. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
10. "Individual awards – women". wp2020budapest.com. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

External links

• Official website