Category: Water Polo

Hungary won after 15 years, heading to Rio Hungary returned to the European throne after winning an outstanding battle over the Netherlands (9-7) in the good old way: two centre-goals decided the match in the last period after 7-7. This was the first title for the Magyar women since 2001 while the Dutch lost their…

Montenegro goes to Rio, Hungary and Holland play for it in women’s final Montenegro beat Hungary in the fight of the fortnight in the men’s second semi-final and qualified for the Olympics – as well as set up a mouth-watering end to the event as they will meet arch-rival Serbia on Saturday. The Magyars had…

Serbia storms into the final, same four reach the semis among the women Serbia was overwhelming once more while beating Greece easily in the first semi-final of the men’s tournament. They made the final for the 6th time in the last seven editions since 2001. Among the women the same teams advanced to the top…

Hungary, Montenegro advance, clash for Rio in semis Montenegro ousted Italy, Hungary downed Montenegro, both by three goals – the winners will clash for Rio in the semis. Another penalty shootout occurred in the lower half, the Dutch managed to beat Georgia and maintain their chance to go for the Olympic qualifiers. On the last…

Serbia: as usual, Greece: second time after 1999 An extraordinary day in the Kombank Arena, with the first penalty shootout of the tournament which might be decisive on the spots in the Olympic Qualification Tournament (the Germans won over Slovakia). Followed by three women games, all ended with exactly the same result: 11-10! And finally…

Russia is back after 13 years Thirteen years after finishing 4th in Kranj, the Russian team managed to reach the best eight at the European Championships for the first time. The others are well-known ‘figures’ at this phase: today Italy, Hungary and Greece all cleared the hurdles with ease in the eight-finals. Among the women…

No hiccups in the men’s eight-finals so far Nations of the former Yugoslavia made full progress in the eight-finals, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro all passed the first serious test with ease, just as Spain. The Netherlands demonstrated their strength against the Russians in the women’s tournament and clinched the top spot in Group A.

Italy and Hungary on top, Greece sinks to 3rd place Italy sailed through in Group C matches as expected while Hungary finished atop in Group D after the Greeks couldn’t widen the gap enough against Russia to better their goal difference, what’s more they went down by the end and had to settle for the…

Spain and Serbia clinch top spots Spain finished atop in Group A, ahead of Montenegro, thanks to its better goal-difference. The Serbs struggled against France in the first half but showed their strength in the second part. Croatia set the single-game scoring record against Malta by netting 22 goals. Among the women, Russia downed Greece…