2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship

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

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

Final ranking

RANK TEAM  Montenegro  Serbia  Hungary 4.  Croatia 5.  Italy 6.  Germany 7.  Spain 8.  Macedonia 9.  Romania 10.  Russia 11.  Greece 12.  Slovakia

2008 Men's European champion  Montenegro First title

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
  •  Péter Biros (HUN)
• Best Goalkeeper
  •  Denis Šefik (SRB)
• Topscorer
  •  Aleksandar Šapić (SRB) (23)

References

• Official site
• LEN website

This page was last edited on 13 February 2023, at 21:20