2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship


The 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held from 14 to 27 July 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.
The Netherlands won their fifth title by defeating Greece 6-4 in the final. Spain captured the bronze medal after a 12-6 win over Hungary.

Qualification

Twelve teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows:
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host nation––1
2016 European Championships10–22 January 2016 Belgrade5
Qualifiers4 October 2017 – 3 March 2018–6

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.

Squads

Draw

The draw of the tournament took take place on 7 March in Barcelona. The first batch consisted of the teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the 2016 European Championship, the second batch those placed 3rd and 4th, the third batch those placed 5th and 6th. The six remaining teams were placed into the fourth batch.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4



Preliminary round

All times are CEST.

Group A

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Group B

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Final Round

;Championship bracket
;5th place bracket

Quarterfinals

All times are CEST.
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5th–8th place classification

All times are CEST.
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Semifinals

All times are CEST.
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11th place match

All times are CEST.

9th place match

All times are CEST.

7th place match

All times are CEST.

5th place match

All times are CEST.

Bronze medal match

All times are CEST.

Gold medal match

All times are CEST.

Final ranking

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12





;Team Roster
Laura Aarts, Maud Megens, Dagmar Genee, Sabrina van der Sloot, Iris Wolves, Nomi Stomphorst, Bente Rogge, Vivian Sevenich, Kitty-Lynn Joustra, Ilse Koolhaas, Rozanne Voorvelt, Brigitte Sleeking, Debby Willemsz. Head Coach: Arno Havenga

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

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Top goalkeepers

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Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player
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  • Best Goalkeeper
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  • Top Scorer
  • * — 25 goals
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