2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship

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{{for|the women's tournament|2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship}}

{{Infobox International Handball Competition

| tourney_name = 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship

| image = WP2018BCN.png

| caption = Official logo

| country = Spain

| dates = 16–28 July

| num_teams = 16

| confederations = 1

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion_other = {{wp|SRB}}

| count = 8

| second_other = {{wp|ESP}}

| third_other = {{wp|CRO}}

| fourth_other = {{wp|ITA}}

| matches = 48

| goals = 863

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|GRE}} Ioannis Fountoulis
{{flagicon|MNE}} Aleksandar Ivović
(17 goals)[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400000_85B%207.0.pdf Top scorer]

| player = {{flagicon|SRB}} Filip Filipović

| previous = 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship

| next = 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship

}}

The 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Barcelona, Spain from 16 to 28 July 2018.

Serbia won their fourth consecutive and eighth overall title by defeating Spain in the final.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.len.eu/?p=12675|title=Serbia Water Polo European Champions 2018, summary D15|publisher=www2.len.eu|date=28 July 2018}}

Qualification

{{Main|2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers}}

Sixteen teams will be allowed to the tournament. The qualification is as follows:

class="wikitable"
Event

!Date

!Location

!Vacancies

!Qualified

Host nation

| –

| –

|align=center|1

|{{wp|ESP}}

2016 European Championships

|10–23 January 2016

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Belgrade

|align=center|7

|{{wp|CRO}}
{{wp|GRE}}
{{wp|HUN}}
{{wp|ITA}}
{{wp|MNE}}
{{wp|RUS}}
{{wp|SRB}}

Qualifiers

|17 March 2017 – 3 March 2018

| –

|align=center|8

| {{wp|FRA}}
{{wp|ROU}}
{{wp|GER}}
{{wp|NED}}
{{wp|SVK}}
{{wp|GEO}}
{{wp|MLT}}
{{wp|TUR}}

Format

The sixteen teams were split in four groups with four teams each. The first classified team of each group qualified directly for the quarterfinals, the second and third teams played each other in cross group format to qualify for the quarterfinals.

Squads

{{details|2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship squads}}

Draw

The draw of the tournament took take place on 7 March in Barcelona.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wp2018bcn.com/en/news/final-list-teams-will-compete-barcelona-2018-will-be-decided-tomorrow |title=The final list of teams that will compete in Barcelona 2018 will be decided tomorrow |access-date=2018-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630173547/http://www.wp2018bcn.com/en/news/final-list-teams-will-compete-barcelona-2018-will-be-decided-tomorrow |archive-date=2018-06-30 |url-status=usurped }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.wp2018bcn.com/en/news/barcelona-2018-first-week-schedule-unveiled |title=Barcelona 2018 first week schedule unveiled |access-date=2018-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630172654/http://www.wp2018bcn.com/en/news/barcelona-2018-first-week-schedule-unveiled |archive-date=2018-06-30 |url-status=usurped }} The first batch consisted of the teams ranked 1st to 4th in the 2016 European Championships, the second batch consisted of the teams ranked 5th to eight. The third batch was filled with teams that qualified in the qualifiers.

class=wikitable width=50%
width=15%|Pot 1width=15%|Pot 2width=15%|Pot 3
{{wp|SRB}}
{{wp|MNE}}
{{wp|HUN}}
{{wp|GRE}}

|

{{wp|ESP}}
{{wp|ITA}}
{{wp|CRO}}
{{wp|RUS}}

|

{|

{{wp|FRA}}{{wp|SVK}}
{{wp|ROU}}{{wp|GEO}}
{{wp|GER}}{{wp|MLT}}
{{wp|NED}}{{wp|TUR}}

|}

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).{{Cite web |url=http://www.wp2018bcn.com/sites/default/files/competition-schedule.pdf |title=Schedule |access-date=2018-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713003318/http://www.wp2018bcn.com/sites/default/files/competition-schedule.pdf |archive-date=2018-07-13 |url-status=usurped }}

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400000_76A%203.3.pdf Wp2018bcn.com]

|team1=ITA |team2=HUN |team3=GER |team4=GEO

|win_GER=1 |draw_GER=1 |loss_GER=1 |gf_GER=15|ga_GER=27

|win_GEO=0 |draw_GEO=0 |loss_GEO=3 |gf_GEO=17|ga_GEO=36

|win_ITA=3 |draw_ITA=0 |loss_ITA=0 |gf_ITA=40|ga_ITA=9

|win_HUN=1 |draw_HUN=1 |loss_HUN=1 |gf_HUN=21|ga_HUN=21

|hth_HUN=Germany 4–4 Hungary

|hth_GER=HUN

|result1=QF |result2=PO |result3=PO |result4=PM

|res_col_header=Q

|col_QF=green1|text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_PO=blue1 |text_PO=Play-offs

|col_PM=red2 |text_PM=13th place classification

|name_GER={{wp|GER}}

|name_GEO={{wp|GEO}}

|name_ITA={{wp|ITA}}

|name_HUN={{wp|HUN}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=16 July 2018

| time=15:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400A01_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GEO}}

| score1=5

| team2={{wp|HUN}}

| score2=12

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), Luis Santos (POR)

| Q1=1–3

| Q2=2–2

| Q3=2–3

| Q4=0–4

| goals1=Tsrepulia 2

| goals2=Bátori 3

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=16 July 2018

| time=18:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400A02_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GER}}

| score1=1

| team2={{wp|ITA}}

| score2=14

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Ivan Raković (SRB)

| Q1=0–2

| Q2=0–4

| Q3=0–2

| Q4=1–6

| goals1=Zech 1

| goals2=four players 2

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date=18 July 2018

| time=12:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400A03_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GER}}

| score1=10

| team2={{wp|GEO}}

| score2=9

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)

| Q1=1–3

| Q2=3–2

| Q3=3–2

| Q4=3–2

| goals1=Real 4

| goals2=Baghaturia, Rurua 2

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=18 July 2018

| time=20:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400A04_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1=5

| team2={{wp|ITA}}

| score2=12

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sergey Naumov (RUS)

| Q1=0–5

| Q2=4–2

| Q3=0–2

| Q4=1–3

| goals1=Manhercz 2

| goals2=four players 2

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date=20 July 2018

| time=12:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400A05_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GER}}

| score1=4

| team2={{wp|HUN}}

| score2=4

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Ivan Raković (SRB)

| Q1=1–0

| Q2=0–1

| Q3=2–2

| Q4=1–1

| goals1=Real 3

| goals2=four players 1

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=20 July 2018

| time=15:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400A06_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GEO}}

| score1=3

| team2={{wp|ITA}}

| score2=14

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Xavier Buch (ESP)

| Q1=0–3

| Q2=1–3

| Q3=1–5

| Q4=1–3

| goals1=Rurua 2

| goals2=six players 2

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400000_76A%203.3.pdf Wp2018bcn.com]

|team1=ESP |team2=MNE |team3=FRA |team4=MLT

|win_MNE=2 |draw_MNE=1 |loss_MNE=0 |gf_MNE=32|ga_MNE=18

|win_MLT=0 |draw_MLT=0 |loss_MLT=3 |gf_MLT=15|ga_MLT=50

|win_FRA=1 |draw_FRA=0 |loss_FRA=2 |gf_FRA=22|ga_FRA=21

|win_ESP=2 |draw_ESP=1 |loss_ESP=0 |gf_ESP=35|ga_ESP=15|status_ESP=H

|hth_ESP=Montenegro 7–7 Spain

|hth_MNE=ESP

|result1=QF |result2=PO |result3=PO |result4=PM

|res_col_header=Q

|col_QF=green1|text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_PO=blue1 |text_PO=Play-offs

|col_PM=red2 |text_PM=13th place classification

|name_MNE={{wp|MNE}}

|name_MLT={{wp|MLT}}

|name_FRA={{wp|FRA}}

|name_ESP={{wp|ESP}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=16 July 2018

| time=11:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400B01_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|MNE}}

| score1=8

| team2={{wp|FRA}}

| score2=6

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Haldun Toygarli (TUR)

| Q1=3–1

| Q2=1–1

| Q3=2–2

| Q4=2–2

| goals1=Ivović 3

| goals2=Crousillat 3

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=16 July 2018

| time=22:15

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400B02_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|MLT}}

| score1=4

| team2={{wp|ESP}}

| score2=21

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Sergey Naumov (RUS), Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO)

| Q1=1–4

| Q2=0–5

| Q3=2–8'''

| Q4=1–4'''

| goals1=S. Camilleri 2

| goals2=Granados, Tahull 4

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date=18 July 2018

| time=17:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400B03_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|MNE}}

| score1=17

| team2={{wp|MLT}}

| score2=5

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO)

| Q1=4–1

| Q2=7–0

| Q3=4–2

| Q4=2–2

| goals1=Ivović, Radović 3

| goals2=Zammit 2

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=18 July 2018

| time=22:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400B04_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|ESP}}

| score1=7

| team2={{wp|FRA}}

| score2=4

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Matan Schwartz (ISR), Attilio Paoletti (ITA)

| Q1=1–0

| Q2=4–1

| Q3=2–2

| Q4=0–1

| goals1=Munarriz 4

| goals2=Guillaume 2

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date=20 July 2018

| time=18:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400B05_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|MLT}}

| score1=6

| team2={{wp|FRA}}

| score2=12

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Nenad Periš (CRO), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)

| Q1=0–3

| Q2=1–2

| Q3=3–3

| Q4=2–4

| goals1=Plumpton 2

| goals2=Crousillat 4

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=20 July 2018

| time=22:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400B06_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|MNE}}

| score1=7

| team2={{wp|ESP}}

| score2=7

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)

| Q1=3–2

| Q2=2–1

| Q3=0–3

| Q4=2–1

| goals1=Ivović 4

| goals2=Perrone, Tahull 2

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400000_76A%203.3.pdf Wp2018bcn.com]

|team1=CRO |team2=GRE |team3=NED |team4=TUR

|win_CRO=3 |draw_CRO=0 |loss_CRO=0 |gf_CRO=49|ga_CRO=17

|win_TUR=0 |draw_TUR=0 |loss_TUR=3 |gf_TUR=8 |ga_TUR=72

|win_NED=1 |draw_NED=0 |loss_NED=2 |gf_NED=37|ga_NED=32

|win_GRE=2 |draw_GRE=0 |loss_GRE=1 |gf_GRE=46|ga_GRE=19

|result1=QF |result2=PO |result3=PO |result4=PM

|res_col_header=Q

|col_QF=green1|text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_PO=blue1 |text_PO=Play-offs

|col_PM=red2 |text_PM=13th place classification

|name_CRO={{wp|CRO}}

|name_TUR={{wp|TUR}}

|name_NED={{wp|NED}}

|name_GRE={{wp|GRE}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=16 July 2018

| time=14:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400C01_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|TUR}}

| score1=1

| team2={{wp|GRE}}

| score2=27

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Massimo Angileri (MLT)

| Q1=1–5

| Q2=0–7

| Q3=0–6

| Q4=0–9

| goals1=Sönmez 1

| goals2=Fountoulis 6

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=16 July 2018

| time=17:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400C02_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1=15

| team2={{wp|NED}}

| score2=8

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Radosław Koryzna (POL)

| Q1=4–2

| Q2=3–1

| Q3=4–1

| Q4=4–4

| goals1=Vukičević 4

| goals2=Lindhout 3

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date=18 July 2018

| time=11:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400C03_73A%201.1.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1=23

| team2={{wp|TUR}}

| score2=2

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Marcela Mauss (GER), Massimo Angileri (MLT)

| Q1=4–0

| Q2=7–1

| Q3=6–1

| Q4=6–0

| goals1=Miloš 6

| goals2=Düzenli, Özbek 1

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=18 July 2018

| time=15:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400C04_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GRE}}

| score1=12

| team2={{wp|NED}}

| score2=7

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Xavier Buch (ESP), Ivan Raković (SRB)

| Q1=6–3

| Q2=3–2

| Q3=2–2

| Q4=1–0

| goals1=Vlachopoulos 6

| goals2=Janssen, Lindhout 2

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date=20 July 2018

| time=14:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400C05_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|TUR}}

| score1=5

| team2={{wp|NED}}

| score2=22

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Luis Santos (POR)

| Q1=1–6

| Q2=1–5

| Q3=1–7

| Q4=2–4

| goals1=Yılmaz 2

| goals2=Janssen 4

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=20 July 2018

| time=20:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400C06_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1=11

| team2={{wp|GRE}}

| score2=7

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Sergey Naumov (RUS), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)

| Q1=2–0

| Q2=5–4

| Q3=3–1

| Q4=1–2

| goals1=García 4

| goals2=three players 2

}}

=Group D=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400000_76A%203.3.pdf Wp2018bcn.com]

|team1=SRB |team2=RUS |team3=ROU |team4=SVK

|win_RUS=2 |draw_RUS=0 |loss_RUS=1 |gf_RUS=33|ga_RUS=24

|win_SRB=3 |draw_SRB=0 |loss_SRB=0 |gf_SRB=35|ga_SRB=19

|win_SVK=0 |draw_SVK=0 |loss_SVK=3 |gf_SVK=16|ga_SVK=34

|win_ROU=1 |draw_ROU=0 |loss_ROU=2 |gf_ROU=21|ga_ROU=28

|result1=QF |result2=PO |result3=PO |result4=PM

|res_col_header=Q

|col_QF=green1|text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_PO=blue1 |text_PO=Play-offs

|col_PM=red2 |text_PM=13th place classification

|name_RUS={{wp|RUS}}

|name_SRB={{wp|SRB}}

|name_SVK={{wp|SVK}}

|name_ROU={{wp|ROU}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=16 July 2018

| time=12:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400D01_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|RUS}}

| score1=12

| team2={{wp|SVK}}

| score2=6

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)

| Q1=3–1

| Q2=2–1

| Q3=5–1

| Q4=2–3

| goals1=Andryukov, Nagaev 4

| goals2=Mare. Tkáč 2

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=16 July 2018

| time=20:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400D02_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|SRB}}

| score1=11

| team2={{wp|ROU}}

| score2=5

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Matan Schwartz (ISR), Xavier Buch (ESP)

| Q1=3–1

| Q2=3–1

| Q3=3–2

| Q4=2–1

| goals1=Ćuk 3

| goals2=Negrean 3

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date=18 July 2018

| time=14:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400D03_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|ROU}}

| score1=9

| team2={{wp|SVK}}

| score2=5

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nenad Periš (CRO)

| Q1=4–1

| Q2=2–0

| Q3=2–1

| Q4=1–3

| goals1=Gheorghe 3

| goals2=five players 1

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=18 July 2018

| time=18:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400D04_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|RUS}}

| score1=9

| team2={{wp|SRB}}

| score2=11

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Radosław Koryzna (POL), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)

| Q1=2–3

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=1–3

| Q4=3–2

| goals1=three players 2

| goals2=three players 2

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date=20 July 2018

| time=11:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400D05_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|SRB}}

| score1=13

| team2={{wp|SVK}}

| score2=5

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO)

| Q1=5–1

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=2–1

| Q4=3–0

| goals1=six players 2

| goals2=Úradník 2

}}

{{waterpolobox

| date=20 July 2018

| time=17:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400D06_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|RUS}}

| score1=12

| team2={{wp|ROU}}

| score2=7

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Matan Schwartz (ISR), Radosław Koryzna (POL)

| Q1=1–3

| Q2=4–2

| Q3=3–1

| Q4=4–1

| goals1=Merkulov 5

| goals2=Ghiban 2

}}

Knockout stage

{{#invoke:RoundN|N16

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|skipmatch=1;3;5;7

|omit_blanks=yes

|RD1=Play-offs

|RD2=Quarterfinals

|RD3=Semifinals

|RD4=Final

|Consol=Third place

|22 July|{{wp|HUN}}|12|{{wp|NED}}|9

|22 July|{{wp|MNE}}|15|{{wp|ROU}}|5

|22 July|{{wp|GER}}|5|{{wp|GRE}}|13

|22 July|{{wp|FRA}}|9|{{wp|RUS}}|12

|24 July|{{wp|SRB}}|8|{{wp|HUN}}|5

|24 July|{{wp|CRO}}|9|{{wp|MNE}}|7

|24 July|{{wp|ESP}}|10|{{wp|GRE}}|6

|24 July|{{wp|ITA}}|11|{{wp|RUS}}|1

|26 July|{{wp|SRB}}|9|{{wp|CRO}}|7

|26 July|{{wp|ESP}}|8|{{wp|ITA}}|7

|28 July|{{wp|SRB}} (PSO)|7 (5)|{{wp|ESP}}|7 (3)

|28 July|{{wp|CRO}}|10|{{wp|ITA}}|8

}}

;5th place bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=5–8th place semifinals

|RD2=Fifth place

|Consol=Seventh place

|26 July|{{wp|HUN}}|6|{{wp|MNE}}|7

|26 July|{{wp|GRE}}|12|{{wp|RUS}}|11

|28 July|{{wp|MNE}}|6|{{wp|GRE}}|8

|28 July|{{wp|HUN}}|8|{{wp|RUS}}|9

}}

;9th place bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=9–12th place semifinals

|RD2=Ninth place

|Consol=Eleventh place

|24 July|{{wp|NED}}|12|{{wp|ROU}}|7

|24 July|{{wp|GER}}|12|{{wp|FRA}}|5

|26 July|{{wp|NED}}|11|{{wp|GER}}|12

|26 July|{{wp|ROU}}|10|{{wp|FRA}}|6

}}

;13th place bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=13–16th place semifinals

|RD2=13th place

|Consol=15th place

|22 July|{{wp|GEO}}|15|{{wp|TUR}}|10

|22 July|{{wp|MLT}}|6|{{wp|SVK}}|11

|24 July|{{wp|GEO}}|8|{{wp|SVK}}|6

|24 July|{{wp|TUR}} (PSO)|7 (6)|{{wp|MLT}}|7 (5)

}}

=Play-offs=

{{waterpolobox

| date=22 July 2018

| time=17:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400402_73A%201.1.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1=12

| team2={{wp|NED}}

| score2=9

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Radosław Koryzna (POL)

| Q1=5–4

| Q2=4–2

| Q3=2–1

| Q4=1–2

| goals1=Vámos 4

| goals2=Filipović, Koopman 2

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date=22 July 2018

| time=18:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400406_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GER}}

| score1=5

| team2={{wp|GRE}}

| score2=13

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Matan Schwartz (ISR), Ivan Raković (SRB)

| Q1=3–5

| Q2=0–3

| Q3=1–2

| Q4=1–3

| goals1=Stamm 3

| goals2=four players 2

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

| date=22 July 2018

| time=20:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400404_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|MNE}}

| score1=15

| team2={{wp|ROU}}

| score2=5

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Xavier Buch (ESP), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)

| Q1=3–1

| Q2=3–1

| Q3=4–2

| Q4=5–1

| goals1=Petković, Radović 3

| goals2=Negrean 2

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

| date=22 July 2018

| time=22:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400408_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|FRA}}

| score1=9

| team2={{wp|RUS}}

| score2=12

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)

| Q1=1–4

| Q2=1–4

| Q3=4–2

| Q4=3–2

| goals1=Crousillat, Khasz 2

| goals2=Lisunov 3

}}

=Quarterfinals=

{{waterpolobox

| date=24 July 2018

| time=17:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400301_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|SRB}}

| score1=8

| team2={{wp|HUN}}

| score2=5

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS)

| Q1=4–0

| Q2=1–1

| Q3=2–2

| Q4=1–2

| goals1=Jakšić 3

| goals2=Bedő 2

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

| date=24 July 2018

| time=18:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400302_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1=9

| team2={{wp|MNE}}

| score2=7

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Xavier Buch (ESP)

| Q1=1–2

| Q2=1–2

| Q3=4–2

| Q4=3–1

| goals1=Buljubašić 2

| goals2=three players 2

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

| date=24 July 2018

| time=20:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400304_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|ITA}}

| score1=11

| team2={{wp|RUS}}

| score2=1

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Nenad Periš (CRO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)

| Q1=2–0

| Q2=4–0

| Q3=1–1

| Q4=4–0

| goals1=Figlioli 4

| goals2=Andryukov 1

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

| date=24 July 2018

| time=22:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400303_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|ESP}}

| score1=10

| team2={{wp|GRE}}

| score2=6

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)

| Q1=2–1

| Q2=2–2

| Q3=4–0

| Q4=2–3

| goals1=three players 2

| goals2=Genidounias 2

}}

=13–16th place semifinals=

{{waterpolobox

| date=22 July 2018

| time=13:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400213_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GEO}}

| score1=15

| team2={{wp|TUR}}

| score2=10

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)

| Q1=6–3

| Q2=1–1

| Q3=3–3

| Q4=5–3

| goals1=Bitadze 4

| goals2=Bıyık, Ergin 4

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

| date=22 July 2018

| time=15:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400214_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|MLT}}

| score1=6

| team2={{wp|SVK}}

| score2=11

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Luis Santos (POR)

| Q1=2–3

| Q2=1–4

| Q3=3–2

| Q4=0–2

| goals1=Zammit 2

| goals2=Ďurík, Kolárik 3

}}

=9–12th place semifinals=

{{waterpolobox

| date=24 July 2018

| time=13:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400209_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|NED}}

| score1=12

| team2={{wp|ROU}}

| score2=7

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Ivan Raković (SRB), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)

| Q1=2–2

| Q2=4–1

| Q3=3–3

| Q4=3–1

| goals1=Koopman, Winkelhorst 3

| goals2=Ghiban 2

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

| date=24 July 2018

| time=15:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400210_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GER}}

| score1=12

| team2={{wp|FRA}}

| score2=5

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Radosław Koryzna (POL), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)

| Q1=4–2

| Q2=3–1

| Q3=1–1

| Q4=4–1

| goals1=Van der Bosch 3

| goals2=Vanpeperstraete 2

}}

=5–8th place semifinals=

{{waterpolobox

| date=26 July 2018

| time=16:45

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400205_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1=6

| team2={{wp|MNE}}

| score2=7

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Attilio Paoletti (ITA), Xavier Buch (ESP)

| Q1=1–2

| Q2=1–2

| Q3=2–2

| Q4=2–1

| goals1=Zalánki 2

| goals2=Radović 3

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

| date=26 July 2018

| time=18:15

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400206_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GRE}}

| score1=12

| team2={{wp|RUS}}

| score2=11

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Matan Schwartz (ISR)

| Q1=5–1

| Q2=4–4

| Q3=2–4

| Q4=1–2

| goals1=Fountoulis 7

| goals2=Bychkov 3

}}

=Semifinals=

{{waterpolobox

| date=26 July 2018

| time=20:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400201_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|SRB}}

| score1=9

| team2={{wp|CRO}}

| score2=7

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Sergey Naumov (RUS), Radosław Koryzna (POL)

| Q1=5–3

| Q2=1–1

| Q3=1–1

| Q4=2–2

| goals1=Ćuk, Mandić 3

| goals2=Vukičević 3

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

| date=26 July 2018

| time=22:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400202_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|ESP}}

| score1=8

| team2={{wp|ITA}}

| score2=7

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)

| Q1=1–1

| Q2=3–2

| Q3=1–3

| Q4=3–1

| goals1=Tahull, Mallarach 2

| goals2=Di Fulvio 3

}}

=15th place game=

{{waterpolobox

| date=24 July 2018

| time=10:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400108_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|TUR}}

| score1=13

| team2={{wp|MLT}}

| score2=12

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)

| Q1=3–1

| Q2=2–1

| Q3=0–2

| Q4=2–3

| PS=6–5

| goals1=Özbek 3

| goals2=Bugelli, Zammit 2

}}

=13th place game=

{{waterpolobox

| date=24 July 2018

| time=12:00

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400107_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|GEO}}

| score1=8

| team2={{wp|SVK}}

| score2=6

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Luis Santos (POR)

| Q1=1–1

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=3–2

| Q4=1–0

| goals1=Rurua 3

| goals2=Kolárik 2

}}

=Eleventh place game=

{{waterpolobox

| date=26 July 2018

| time=13:15

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400106_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|ROU}}

| score1=10

| team2={{wp|FRA}}

| score2=6

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Haldun Taygarli (TUR), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)

| Q1=2–1

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=4–1

| Q4=1–1

| goals1=Radu 4

| goals2=Crousillat 3

}}

=Ninth place game=

{{waterpolobox

| date=26 July 2018

| time=14:45

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400105_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|NED}}

| score1=11

| team2={{wp|GER}}

| score2=12

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Luis Santos (POR), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)

| Q1=1–5

| Q2=4–4

| Q3=4–3

| Q4=2–0

| goals1=Winkelhorst 3

| goals2=Real, Van der Bosch 3

}}

=Seventh place game=

{{waterpolobox

| date=28 July 2018

| time=16:45

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400104_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|HUN}}

| score1=8

| team2={{wp|RUS}}

| score2=9

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Xavier Buch (ESP), Ivan Raković (SRB)

| Q1=1–2

| Q2=2–3

| Q3=1–3

| Q4=4–1

| goals1=Vámos 3

| goals2=Kholod 3

}}

=Fifth place game=

{{waterpolobox

| date=28 July 2018

| time=18:15

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400103_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|MNE}}

| score1=6

| team2={{wp|GRE}}

| score2=8

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Sergey Naumov (RUS), Radosław Koryzna (POL)

| Q1=1–2

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=1–1

| Q4=1–2

| goals1=Ivović 3

| goals2=four players 2

}}

=Third place game=

{{waterpolobox

| date=28 July 2018

| time=20:30

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400102_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1=10

| team2={{wp|ITA}}

| score2=8

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Matan Schwartz (ISR)

| Q1=4–0

| Q2=3–5

| Q3=2–1

| Q4=1–2

| goals1=Fatović 3

| goals2=Di Fulvio, Gallo 2

}}

=Final=

{{waterpolobox

| date=28 July 2018

| time=22:15

| report=[http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400101_73A%201.0.pdf Report]

| team1={{wp-rt|SRB}}

| score1=12

| team2={{wp|ESP}}

| score2=10

| location=Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona

| attendance=

| referees=Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)

| Q1=0–1

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=3–2

| Q4=1–1

| PS=5–3

| goals1=Prlainović 2

| goals2=Mallarach, Perrone 2

}}

Final ranking

class="wikitable"
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc|Qualified for the 2019 Fina World Championships from FINA World League
width=10px bgcolor=#cbedf6|Qualified for the 2019 Fina World Championships from FINA World Cup
width=10px bgcolor=#ccccff|Qualified for the 2019 Fina World Championships

class="wikitable"

!width=40|Rank

!width=140|Team

bgcolor=#cbedf6

|align=center|{{Gold01}}

{{wp|SRB}}
bgcolor=#ccccff

|align=center|{{Silver02}}

{{wp|ESP}}
bgcolor=#cbedf6

|align=center|{{Bronze03}}

{{wp|CRO}}
bgcolor=#ccccff

|align=center|4

{{wp|ITA}}
bgcolor=#ccccff

|align=center|5

{{wp|GRE}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|6

{{wp|MNE}}
align=center|7{{wp|RUS}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|8

{{wp|HUN}}
bgcolor=#cbedf6

|align=center|9

{{wp|GER}}
align=center|10{{wp|NED}}
align=center|11{{wp|ROU}}
align=center|12{{wp|FRA}}
align=center|13{{wp|GEO}}
align=center|14{{wp|SVK}}
align=center|15{{wp|TUR}}
align=center|16{{wp|MLT}}

Awards and statistics

=Awards=

class=wikitable style="text-align:left; margin:auto"

!Top Goalscorer

!Player of the Tournament

!Goalkeeper of the Tournament

{{flagicon|MNE}} Aleksandar Ivović
{{flagicon|GRE}} Ioannis Fountoulis (17 goals)

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Filip Filipović

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel López

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=Top goalscorers=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!Rank

!Name

!Team

!Goals

!Shots

!%

rowspan=2|1

| align="left"| Ioannis Fountoulis

| align="left"| {{wp|GRE}}

| rowspan=2|17

4241
align="left"| Aleksandar Ivović

| align="left"| {{wp|MNE}}

| 39

44
3

| align="left"| Angelos Vlachopoulos

| align="left"| {{wp|GRE}}

| 15

3642
rowspan=2|4

| align="left"| Ugo Crousillat

| align="left"| {{wp|FRA}}

| rowspan=2|14

3738
align="left"| Ante Vukičević

| align="left"| {{wp|CRO}}

| 27

52
6

| align="left"| Ivan Nagaev

| align="left"| {{wp|RUS}}

| 12

3534
rowspan=7|7

| align="left"| Francesco Di Fulvio

| align="left"| {{wp|ITA}}

| rowspan=7|11

3333
align="left"| Loren Fatović

| align="left"| {{wp|CRO}}

| 19

58
align="left"| Pietro Figlioli

| align="left"| {{wp|ITA}}

| 20

55
align="left"| Alexandros Gounas

| align="left"| {{wp|GRE}}

| 29

38
align="left"| Robin Lindhout

| align="left"| {{wp|NED}}

| 28

40
align="left"| Julian Real

| align="left"| {{wp|GER}}

| 32

34
align="left"| Roger Tahull

| align="left"| {{wp|ESP}}

| 19

58

Source: [http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400000_85B%207.0.pdf wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com]

{{col-2}}

=Top goalkeepers=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!Rank

!Name

!Team

!%

!Saves

!Shots

1

| align="left"| Ivan Marcelić

| align="left"| {{wp|CRO}}

| 83

56
rowspan=2|2

| align="left"| Marco Del Lungo

| align="left"| {{wp|ITA}}

| rowspan=2|71

5577
align="left"| Gojko Pijetlović

| align="left"| {{wp|SRB}}

| 10

14
4

| align="left"| Soma Vogel

| align="left"| {{wp|HUN}}

| 69

2739
rowspan=2|5

| align="left"| Milan de Koff

| align="left"| {{wp|NED}}

| rowspan=2|67

rowspan=2|6rowspan=2|9
align="left"| Eduardo Lorrio

| align="left"| {{wp|ESP}}

7

| align="left"| Daniel López

| align="left"| {{wp|ESP}}

| 64

5789
8

| align="left"| Dejan Lazović

| align="left"| {{wp|MNE}}

| 62

6097
9

| align="left"| Gianmarco Nicosia

| align="left"| {{wp|ITA}}

| 62

813
10

| align="left"| Branislav Mitrović

| align="left"| {{wp|SRB}}

| 58

4578

Source: [http://wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com/export/Barcelona2018/pdf/WPM400000_85C%205.0.pdf wp2018bcn.microplustiming.com]

{{col-end}}

References

{{reflist}}