European Water Polo Championships, past and present result
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European Water Polo Championships, past and present result
Past and Present Results Budapest 2014 European Water Polo CHAMPIONSHIPS Norbert Hosnyanszky (Hungary) receives a tap on the shoulder during the Italy v Hungary third place match at the 2012 European Men’s Championships in Eindhoven (Photo: Giorgio Scala) Budapest 2014 European Water Polo CHAMPIONSHIPS Past and Present Results Two of the hands belong to Andrea Blas of Spain during her country’s 11-10 defeat of Netherlands in the 2012 European Women’s Championships. The match gave Spain 5th place (Photo: Giorgio Scala) Contents: European Water Polo Results – Men 1926 – 2012 4 European Water Polo Championships Men’s Leading Scorers 2012 51 European Water Polo Championships Men’s Top Scorers 52 European Water Polo Championships Men’s Medal Table 53 European Water Polo Championships Men’s Referees 54 European Water Polo Club Competitions – Men 60 European Water Polo Results – Women 1985 -2012 62 European Water Polo Championships Women’s Leading Scorers 2012 79 European Water Polo Championships Women’s Top Scorers 80 European Water Polo Championships Women’s Medal Table 81 European Water Polo Championships Women’s Referees 82 European Water Polo Club Competitions – Women 86 World Water Polo Championships 88 Olympic Water Polo Results 92 Most Gold Medals won at European Championships by Individuals 108 Attendances at European Championships 2012 110 3 European Water Polo Results Men 1926-2012 1.1 1926 Budapest 18th August Hungary 8 19th August Germany 6 20th August Hungary 5 Germany 1 FINAL RANKING Belgium 4 Team Plyd Belgium 0 1 Hungary 3 W L GD Pts 3 D 16:3 6 Sweden 5 Germany 4 2 Sweden 3 1 1 1 10:10 3 21st August Belgium 3 Sweden 3 3 Germany 3 1 2 11:17 2 22nd August Hungary 3 Sweden 2 4 Belgium 3 2 7:14 1 1 Plyd - Played, W - Won, D - Drew, L - Lost, GD - Goal Difference & Pts - Points WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Istvan Barta, Tibor Fazekas, Marton Homonnai, Alajos Keseru, Ferenc Keseru, Jozsef Vertesy, Janos Wenk 1.2 1927 Bologna 1st Round 3 FINAL RANKING Germany 4 Great Britain 2 1 Hungary 31st August Austria 5 Netherlands Sweden 7 Hungary 7 Czechoslovakia 3 Italy 1 2 France France 5 Spain 0 3 Belgium Belgium 7 Yugoslavia 1 4 Sweden 1st September Sweden 5 Czechoslovakia 2 France 8 Austria 0 Hungary 3 Belgium 2 (stopped owing to darkness) Hungary 4 Belgium 3 (replayed on 2nd September) 4 Sweden 1 3 France 1 Team 2nd Round 3rd Round 2nd September France 4th Round 3rd September Hungary WINNING TEAM HUNGARY 4 Finals for the 2nd place Istvan Barta, Laszlo Czele, Tibor Fazekas, 2nd September Germany 9 Spain 0 Marton Homonnai, Alajos Keseru, 3rd September Sweden 4 Austria 1 Ferenc Keseru, Jozsef Vertesy, Janos Wenk 4th September Belgium 5 Great Britain 2 Germany 7 Czechoslovakia 0 Austria 2 Yugoslavia 0 5th September France 3 Belgium 2 3 Sweden 1 Belgium M 1.3 1931 Paris E Austria 3 Sweden 2 Germany 3 Czechoslovakia 1 Hungary 12 France 1 24th August Hungary 13 Austria 0 France 4 Sweden 4 Belgium 3 Germany 3 25th August Czechoslovakia 4 Belgium 3 France 5 Austria 1 Hungary 12 Sweden 1 26th August Austria 4 Belgium 3 27th August Hungary 4 Czechoslovakia 1 Germany 4 France 1 28th August Belgium 4 Sweden 2 Czechoslovakia 2 France 1 Germany 2 Hungary 2 29th August Germany 5 Austria 0 Sweden 2 Czechoslovakia 1 Hungary 9 Belgium 2 30th August Austria 3 Czechoslovakia 2 Germany 4 Sweden 2 Belgium 4 France 2 N 23rd August Nikola Radjen who scored one of Serbia’s goals in the final of the 2012 European Men’s Championships in Eindhoven (Photo: Giorgio Scala) FINAL RANKING Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 6 5 1 52:7 11 2 Germany 6 4 2 21:9 10 3 Austria 6 3 3 11:30 6 4 Belgium 6 2 3 19:24 5 1 5 Czechoslovakia 6 2 4 11:16 4 6 France 6 1 1 4 14:27 3 7 Sweden 6 1 1 4 13:28 3 WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Istvan Barta, Mihaly Bozsi, Gyorgy Brody, Oliver Halassy, Marton Homonnai, Sandor Ivady, Alajos Keseru, Ferenc Keseru, Janos Nemeth, Miklos Sarkany, Jozsef Vertesy Andreas Miralis, Greece, acknowledges his goal in his country’s 11-9 loss to Montenegro in the quarter final round of the 2012 European Championships (Photo by Giorgio Scala) 5 1.4 1934 Magdeburg Group A Preliminary Rounds Group A 12th August Netherlands 3 Yugoslavia 1 Team Plyd 1 Hungary 4 W L GD Pts 4 D 22:3 8 2 Belgium 4 2 2 11:10 4 3 France 4 2 2 9:11 4 Hungary 5 Belgium 1 4 Yugoslavia 4 1 3 4:10 2 13th August Yugoslavia 2 France 1 5 Netherlands 4 1 3 7:19 2 Hungary 9 Netherlands 1 14th August Hungary 3 Yugoslavia 1 Group B France 4 Belgium 2 Team Plyd 15th August Belgium 5 Netherlands 1 1 Germany 4 Hungary 5 France 0 2 Sweden 16th August Belgium 3 Yugoslavia 0 3 Spain France 4 Netherlands 2 4 Czechoslovakia 4 1 5 Italy Group B 12th August Germany 5 Italy 0 Spain 1 Czechoslovakia 0 13th August Italy 1 Sweden 1 Germany 4 Czechoslovakia 1 14th August Germany 6 Spain 1 Sweden 6 Czechoslovakia 0 15th August Spain 2 Italy 0 Germany 6 Sweden 3 16th August Czechoslovakia 7 Italy 3 Sweden 5 Spain 3 W L GD Pts 4 21:5 8 4 2 1 1 15:10 5 4 2 2 7:11 4 3 8:14 2 3 4:15 1 4 D 1 FINAL RANKING Final 1st - 4th place 17th August Hungary 4 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 3 3 18:3 6 2 Germany 3 2 1 9:8 4 3 Belgium 3 1 2 5:10 1 4 Sweden 3 1 2 7:18 1 Germany 1 Belgium 3 Sweden 3 19th August Hungary 9 Sweden 1 Germany 2 Belgium 1 WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Gyorgy Brody, Gyorgy Kutasi, Mihaly Bozsi, (* Hungary - Belgium and Germany - Sweden played in the Preliminary Round) Jeno Brandi, Oliver Halassy, Marton Homonnai, Sandor Ivady, Alajos Keseru, Janos Nemeth, Final 5th - 8th place 17th August Czechoslovakia 2 Yugoslavia 2 18th August Yugoslavia 3 Spain 2 France 5 Czechoslovakia 3 19th August France 2 Spain 1 Miklos Sarkany, Jozsef Vertesy FINAL RANKING Team Plyd W D 1 5 Yugoslavia 3 2 6 France 3 2 7 Spain 3 1 8 Czechoslovakia 3 6 1 L GD Pts 7:5 5 1 8:6 4 2 4:5 2 2 5:8 1 M 1.5 1938 London E Belgium 4 Netherlands 4 Hungary 9 Italy 0 Germany 6 Great Britain 0 8th August Germany 5 Belgium 1 Hungary 7 Netherlands 1 France 4 Great Britain 1 9th August France 1 Italy 1 Belgium 7 Great Britain 2 Germany 3 Netherlands 2 10th August Germany 4 Italy 0 Hungary 5 France 0 Netherlands 4 Great Britain 3 11th August Hungary 2 Germany 0 Italy 5 Great Britain 3 Belgium 3 France 2 12th August Netherlands 4 Italy 3 Germany 5 France 3 Hungary 4 Belgium 1 13th August Italy 2 Belgium 1 France 2 Netherlands 2 Hungary 8 Great Britain 1 FINAL RANKING Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 6 6 35:3 12 2 Germany 6 5 1 23:8 10 3 Netherlands 6 2 2 2 17:22 6 4 Belgium 6 2 1 3 17:19 5 5 Italy 6 2 1 3 11:22 5 6 France 6 1 2 3 12:17 4 7 Great Britain 6 6 10:34 0 N 6th August Maro Jokovic (no.5) challenges for the ball in Croatia’s match with Serbia in the 2012 European Men’s Championships. Croatia lost to eventual tournament winners, Serbia, 15-12, but later won the 2012 Olympic gold medal (Photo: Giorgio Scala) WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Ferenc Mezei-Wiesner, Istvan Mezei, Mihaly Bozsi, Jeno Brandi, Oliver Halassy, Gyula Kanasy, Kalman Kislegi, Istvan Molnar, Janos Nemeth, Miklos Sarkany, Jozsef Tolnay Italian goalkeeper, Giacomo Pastorino, in action during the 2012 European Men’s Championships in Eindhoven. Italy finished fourth overall (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 7 1.6 1947 Monte Carlo Preliminary Rounds Group A 10th September Italy 3 Netherlands 3 France 6 Austria 1 11th September Italy 5 Austria 0 France 3 Netherlands 3 12th September Netherlands 4 Austria 0 France 4 Italy 4 Group A Team 1 Italy Plyd W D L GD Pts 3 1 2 12:7 4 2 Netherlands 3 1 2 10:6 4 3 France 3 1 2 13:8 4 4 Austria 3 1:15 0 3 Group B 10th September Hungary 3 Yugoslavia 11th September 12th September 3 Sweden 5 Hungary 3 Sweden 6 Yugoslavia 2 Group B Team 1 Sweden Plyd 2 W L GD Pts 2 D 11:5 4 2 Hungary 2 1 1 6:8 1 3 Yugoslavia 2 1 1 5:9 1 Group C 10th September Belgium 7 Great Britain 1 11th September 12th September Belgium 3 Czechoslovakia 1 Great Britain 4 Czechoslovakia 1 Group C L GD Pts 1 Belgium Team Plyd 2 W 2 D 10:2 4 2 Great Britain 2 1 1 5:8 2 3 Czechoslovakia 2 2 2:7 0 Final Round 1st - 3rd places 13th September Belgium 1 Sweden 1 Italy 3 Sweden 2 14th September Italy 4 Belgium 1 FINAL RANKING Team 1 Italy Plyd 2 W L GD Pts 2 D 7:3 4 2 Sweden 2 1 1 3:4 1 3 Belgium 2 1 1 2:5 1 WINNING TEAM ITALY Pasquale Buonocore, Emilio Bulgarelli, Mario Majoni, Geminio Ognio, Ermenegildo Arena, Aldo Ghira, Gianfranco Pandolfini, Tullo Pandolfini, Luigi Raspini, Umberto Raspini, Cesare Rubini 8 5 Netherlands 2 14th September Hungary 5 Great Britain 2 Netherlands 6 Great Britain 1 N Hungary E 13th September M Final Round 4th - 6th places FINAL RANKING Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 4 Hungary 2 2 10:4 4 5 Netherlands 2 1 1 8:6 2 6 Great Britain 2 2 3:11 0 Spanish goalkeeper, Inaki Aguilar, tussles for the ball with Matthijs de Bruijn of the Netherlands. Spain beat tournament hosts, Netherlands, 14-9 in the 7th to 10th place match (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 1.7 1950 Vienna 20th August Yugoslavia 18 Switzerland 4 FINAL RANKING Netherlands 4 Sweden 3 Austria 8 France 6 1 Netherlands 6 21st August Italy 11 France 6 2 Sweden 6 1 Yugoslavia 8 Austria 3 3 Yugoslavia 6 4 Netherlands 17 Switzerland 3 4 Italy 6 22nd August Sweden 12 Switzerland 1 5 Austria 6 2 4 29:43 4 Yugoslavia 9 Italy 7 6 France 6 1 5 23:42 2 23rd August Netherlands 11 France 2 7 Switzerland 6 6 17:77 0 Italy 12 Switzerland 1 24th August Italy 6 Austria 4 Netherlands 6 Yugoslavia 3 Sweden 5 France 1 25th August Sweden 4 Yugoslavia 4 Netherlands 11 Austria 1 26th August Netherlands 9 Italy 4 Sweden 7 Austria 2 27th August Yugoslavia 4 France 1 Austria 11 Switzerland 5 Sweden 6 Italy 2 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 6 58:16 12 4 1 37:14 9 1 1 46:25 9 3 3 42:35 6 WINNING TEAM NETHERLANDS Max Van Gelder, Cor Braasem, Henny Keetelaar, Gerrit Bijlsma, Nijs Korevaar, Rudy Van Feggelen, Frits Smol, Gaston Finee 9 1.8 1954 Turin Preliminary Rounds Group 1 31st August Italy 6 F.R.Germany 0 Group 1 Italy 1st September 7 Belgium 3 F.R.Germany 4 Belgium 1 1 Italy Team Plyd L GD Pts 2 W 2 D 13:3 4 2 F.R.Germany 2 1 1 4:7 2 3 Belgium 2 2 4:11 0 Group 2 31st August Netherlands Great Britain 6 Group 2 Great Britain 6 7 Romania 5 1st September Netherlands Romania 5 7 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Netherlands 2 2 14:11 4 2 Great Britain 2 1 1 12:12 2 3 Romania 2 2 10:13 0 Group 3 31st August Hungary 8 Austria 1 Group 3 1st September USSR 7 Austria 1 Hungary 3 USSR 2 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 2 2 11:3 4 2 USSR 2 1 1 9:4 2 3 Austria 2 2 2:15 0 Group 4 31st August Yugoslavia 7 Spain 2 Group 4 1st September France 3 Spain 3 Yugoslavia 10 France 0 Team Plyd W D L 2 GD Pts 1 Yugoslavia 2 17:2 4 2 Spain 2 1 1 5:10 1 3 France 2 1 1 3:13 1 Semi-Finals Group A 2nd September F.R.Germany 4 Great Britain Italy 5 Netherlands 4 2 L GD Pts 3rd September Netherlands 7 F.R.Germany 6 1 Italy 3 3 15:7 6 Italy 4 Great Britain 2 Netherlands 3 2 1 18:17 4 3 F.R.Germany 3 1 2 10:15 2 4 Great Britain 3 3 11:15 0 3 Group A Team Plyd W D Group B 10 2nd September USSR 6 Spain 1 Group B Hungary 3 Yugoslavia 3 3rd September Hungary 5 Spain 2 USSR 1 Yugoslavia 1 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 3 2 1 11:7 5 2 Yugoslavia 3 1 2 11:6 4 3 USSR 3 1 1 1 9:5 3 4 Spain 3 3 5:18 0 M Final 1st - 4th place 8 Netherlands 3 FINAL RANKING Yugoslavia 3 Italy 1 5th September Yugoslavia 4 Netherlands 0 1 Hungary 3 2 1 19:7 5 Italy 2 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 10:4 5 3 Italy 3 1 2 7:15 2 4 Netherlands 3 3 7:17 0 Hungary 8 1 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts N Hungary E 4th September Final 5th - 8th place 4th September F.R.Germany 4 Spain 1 FINAL RANKING USSR 5 Great Britain 2 5th September USSR 9 F.R.Germany 1 5 USSR 3 3 20:4 6 Great Britain 6 F.R.Germany 3 2 1 9:12 4 7 Spain 3 1 2 5:12 2 8 Great Britain 3 3 6:12 0 Spain 3 2 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Otto Boros, Laszlo Jeney, Istvan Hevesi, Gyorgy Karpati, Kalman Markovits, Dezso Gyarmati, Miklos Martin, Aladar Szabo, Istvan Szivos, Gyorgy Vizvari, Antal Bolvari 1.9 1958 Budapest Preliminary Rounds Group A 31st August Netherlands 4 Great Britain 2 Group A 0 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts Hungary 7 Belgium 1st September Belgium 4 Great Britain 4 1 Hungary 3 3 21:2 6 2 Netherlands 3 2 14:11 4 Hungary 5 Netherlands 1 2nd September Netherlands 9 Belgium 4 Hungary 9 Great Britain 1 1 3 Great Britain 3 1 2 7:17 1 4 Belgium 3 1 2 8:20 1 Group B 31st August Yugoslavia 8 Bulgaria 1 Group B F.R.Germany 5 Poland 2 Team Plyd L GD Pts 1st September F.R.Germany 8 Bulgaria 1 1 Yugoslavia 3 W 3 D 19:3 6 Yugoslavia 4 Poland 0 2 F.R. Germany 3 2 1 15:10 4 2nd September Poland 4 Bulgaria 2 3 Poland 3 1 2 6:11 2 Yugoslavia 7 F.R. Germany 2 4 Bulgaria 3 0 3 4:20 0 Group C 31st August USSR 5 German D.R. 2 Group C 1st September German D.R. 4 Austria 1 2nd September USSR Austria 1 5 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 USSR 2 2 10:3 4 2 German D.R. 2 1 1 6:6 2 3 Austria 2 2 2:9 0 Cont... 11 Group D 31st August Italy 7 France 3 Group D 1st September France 7 Spain 5 2nd September Italy 8 Spain 2 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Italy 2 2 15:5 4 2 France 2 1 1 10:12 2 3 Spain 2 2 7:15 0 Semi Finals Group 1 3rd September Hungary 8 F.R. Germany 4 Group 1 Plyd W D L GD Pts Yugoslavia 4 Netherlands 4th September Netherlands 4 F.R. Germany 3 1 Hungary 3 3 18:8 6 Yugoslavia 2 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 14:8 4 3 Netherlands 3 1 2 6:12 2 4 F.R. Germany 3 3 9:19 0 Hungary 5 1 Team 3 Group 2 2 Group 2 3rd September USSR 7 France Italy 8 German D.R. 3 L GD Pts 3 3 19:8 6 Team Plyd W D 4th September German D.R. 4 France 2 1 Italy Italy USSR 2 2 USSR 3 2 1 14:8 4 3 German D.R. 3 1 2 9:15 2 4 France 3 3 7:18 0 4 Final 1st - 4th place 5th September USSR 3 Yugoslavia 2 FINAL RANKING Hungary 7 Italy 0 Team Plyd 6th September Hungary 4 USSR 2 1 Hungary 3 Yugoslavia 3 Italy 2 W L GD Pts 3 D 16:5 6 2 Yugoslavia 3 1 2 8:10 2 3 USSR 3 1 2 7:10 2 4 Italy 3 1 2 6:12 2 Final 5th - 8th place F.R. Germany 5 France Netherlands German D.R. 3 5 German D.R. 5 0 FINAL RANKING 5th September 6th September German D.R. 6 F.R. Germany 2 France Netherlands 2 4 Qualifications 9th - 14th place 3rd September Poland 4 Great Britain 3 Belgium 6 Spain 4 Austria 13 Bulgaria 5 Final 9th - 11th place Team Plyd W D 3 2 L GD Pts 1 13:9 4 6 Netherlands 3 2 1 11:10 4 7 F.R.Germany 3 1 2 10:10 2 8 France 3 1 2 6:11 2 WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Otto Boros, Laszlo Jeney, Gabor Csillag, Zoltan Domotor, Istvan Hevesi, Tivadar Kanizsa, Gyorgy Karpati, Andras Katona, Kalman Markovits, Mihaly Mayer, Robert Molnar, Istvan Pinter, Jozsef Vaczi 4th September Belgium 6 Austria 5 FINAL RANKING 5th September Poland 8 Austria 3 6th September Poland 4 Belgium 1 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 9 Poland 2 2 12:4 4 10 Belgium 2 1 1 7:9 2 11 Austria 2 2 8:14 0 Final 12th - 14th place 4th September Bulgaria 5 Spain 4 FINAL RANKING 5th September Spain 5 Great Britain 3 2 12 Great Britain 6th September 12 Great Britain 5 Bulgaria Team Plyd 2 W D 1 L GD Pts 1 8:7 2 13 Spain 2 1 1 9:8 2 14 Bulgaria 2 1 1 7:9 2 M 1.10 1962 Leipzig E N Preliminary Rounds Group A 19th August Hungary 9 Sweden 2 Group A 20th August Romania 4 Sweden 0 21st August Hungary 5 Romania 3 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 2 2 14:5 4 2 Romania 2 1 1 7:5 2 3 Sweden 2 2 2:13 0 Group B 19th August German D.R. 3 Italy 1 Group B 1 German D.R. Team Plyd 1 W L GD Pts 1 D 3:1 2 2 Italy 1 1:3 0 1 Group C 19th August USSR 4 Netherlands 0 Group C 20th August Netherlands 5 Poland 2 0 1 USSR 21st August USSR 10 Poland Team Plyd L GD Pts 2 W 2 D 14:0 4 2 Netherlands 2 1 1 5:6 2 3 Poland 2 2 2:15 0 Group D 19th August Belgium 6 Great Britain 4 Group D 20th August Yugoslavia 8 Great Britain 1 Team Plyd L GD Pts Belgium 1 Yugoslavia 2 2 18:2 4 2 Belgium 2 1 1 7:14 2 3 Great Britain 2 2 5:14 0 21st August Yugoslavia 10 1 W D Semi - finals Group 1 22nd August Italy 2 Romania 2 Hungary 4 German D.R. 3 23rd August Hungary 5 Italy German D.R. 3 Romania Group 1 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 0 1 Hungary 3 3 14:6 6 3 2 German D.R. 3 1 1 1 9:8 3 3 Romania 3 2 1 8:10 2 4 taly 3 1 2 3:10 1 Group 2 22nd August Belgium 6 Netherlands 6 Group 2 USSR 3 Yugoslavia 3 1 USSR 23rd August USSR 9 Belgium 3 Netherlands 4 Yugoslavia 3 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 3 2 1 16:6 5 2 Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 16:8 3 3 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 10:13 3 4 Belgium 3 1 2 10:25 1 Final 1st - 4th place Yugoslavia 2 FINAL RANKING German D.R. 2 USSR 2 Yugoslavia German D.R. 0 USSR 24th August Hungary 25th August Hungary 3 1 2 2 Team Plyd W 1 Hungary 3 2 USSR D L GD Pts 2 1 9:7 5 3 3 7:7 3 2 Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 6:6 3 4 German D.R. 3 1 2 5:7 1 Cont... 13 Final 5th - 8th place 24th August Romania 5 Belgium 4 FINAL RANKING Netherlands 4 Italy 3 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 25th August Romania 4 Netherlands 3 5 Romania 3 2 1 11:9 5 Belgium 4 Italy 3 6 Belgium 3 1 1 1 14:14 3 6 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 13:13 3 8 Italy 3 1 2 8:10 1 Final 9th - 11th place 22nd August Great Britain 6 Poland 2 FINAL RANKING 23rd August Sweden 6 Poland 4 24th August Sweden 6 Great Britain 4 Team Plyd L GD Pts 9 Sweden 2 W 2 D 12:8 4 10 Great Britain 2 1 1 10:8 2 11 Poland 2 2 6:12 0 WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Otto Boros, Miklos Ambrus, Andras Bodnar, Zoltan Domotor, Laszlo Felkai, Dezso Gyarmati, Tivadar Kanizsa, Gyorgy Karpati, Andras Katona, Csandor Konrad, Kalman Markovits, Mihaly Mayer, Denes Pocsik Milos Cuk who scored in Serbia’s 14-5 victory over Romania in Eindhoven in 2012 (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 14 M 1.11 1966 Utrecht E N Preliminary Rounds Group A 20th August Sweden 4 Spain 3 Hungary 5 Netherlands 3 21st August Netherlands 4 Spain 1 Sweden 3 Great Britain 2 Netherlands 7 Great Britain 4 22nd August Great Britain 3 Spain 3 Hungary 3 Sweden 1 Hungary 6 Spain 1 23rd August Netherlands 2 Sweden 1 Hungary 7 Great Britain 0 Group A Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 4 4 21:5 8 2 Netherlands 4 3 1 16:11 6 2 3 Sweden 4 2 9:10 4 4 Spain 4 1 3 8:17 1 5 Great Britain 4 1 3 9:20 1 Group B 20th August France 2 Czechoslovakia 1 21st August Yugoslavia 5 Czechoslovakia 1 German D.R. 8 France 3 22nd August Yugoslavia 6 France 1 German D.R. 9 Czechoslovakia 3 23rd August German D.R. 2 Yugoslavia 1 Group B Team L GD Pts 3 3 19:7 6 2 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 12:4 4 3 France 3 1 2 6:15 2 4 Czechoslovakia 3 3 5:16 0 1 German D.R. Plyd W D Group C 20th August USSR 12 Turkey 0 21st August Romania 4 Bulgaria 0 22nd August USSR 8 Bulgaria 0 Romania 13 Turkey 0 23rd August USSR 3 Romania 2 Bulgaria 14 Turkey 2 Group C L GD Pts 1 USSR Team Plyd 3 W 3 D 23:2 6 2 Romania 3 2 1 19:3 4 3 Bulgaria 3 1 2 14:14 2 4 Turkey 3 3 2:39 0 Cont... 15 Group D 20th August Belgium 8 Ireland 3 21st August Italy 6 F.R.Germany 5 22nd August F.R.Germany 7 Ireland 1 Italy 2 Belgium 1 23rd August Italy 12 Ireland 3 Belgium 6 F.R.Germany 6 Group D Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Italy 3 3 20:9 6 2 F.R.Germany 3 1 1 1 18:13 3 3 1 1 1 15:11 3 3 3 7:27 0 3 Belgium Semi - Finals 1st - 8th place 4 Ireland Group A 24th August German D.R. 4 Netherlands 2 Yugoslavia 3 Hungary 2 25th August Yugoslavia 3 Netherlands 1 German D.R. 4 Hungary 4 Group A Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 German D.R. Team 3 2 1 10:7 5 2 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 7:5 4 3 Hungary 3 1 1 1 11:10 3 4 Netherlands 3 3 6:12 0 Group B 24th August Italy 2 Romania 1 USSR 4 F.R.Germany 2 25th August Romania 5 F.R.Germany 0 Italy 3 USSR 3 Group B Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 3 2 1 10:7 5 2 Italy 3 2 1 11:9 5 3 Romania 3 1 2 8:5 2 3 3 7:15 0 1 USSR 4 F.R.Germany Semi - Finals 9th - 16th place Group C 24th August Sweden 3 Czechoslovakia 1 Spain 4 France 1 25th August Sweden 4 France 1 Spain 4 Czechoslovakia 3 Group C 16 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Sweden 3 3 11:5 6 2 Spain 3 2 1 11:8 4 3 France 3 1 2 4:9 2 4 Czechoslovakia 3 3 5:9 0 M Group D 6 Ireland 2 Belgium 11 Turkey 0 25th August Ireland 2 Turkey 2 Belgium 5 Bulgaria 3 N Belgium E 24th August Group D Team L GD Pts 3 3 24:6 6 2 Bulgaria 3 2 1 23:9 4 3 Ireland 3 1 2 7:16 1 4 Turkey 3 1 2 4:27 1 1 Belgium Plyd W D Final 1st - 4th place 26th August German D.R. 2 Italy 1 27th August USSR 1 Yugoslavia 1 Yugoslavia 2 Italy 1 USSR 1 German D.R. 0 FINAL RANKING Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 2 1 USSR 3 1 2 German D.R. 3 2 5:4 4 1 4:3 4 3 Yugoslavia 3 1 4 Italy 3 1 1 4:4 3 1 2 5:7 1 Final 5th - 8th place 26th August Hungary 6 F.R.Germany 4 Romania 3 Netherlands 2 27th August Hungary 3 Romania 2 F.R.Germany 4 Netherlands 3 FINAL RANKING Team Plyd L GD Pts 5 Hungary 3 W 3 D 14:9 6 6 Romania 3 2 1 10:5 4 7 F.R.Germany 3 1 2 8:14 2 8 Netherlands 3 3 8:12 0 Final 9th - 12th place 26th August Belgium 5 Spain 0 Bulgaria 2 Sweden 2 27th August Bulgaria 5 Spain 2 Sweden 4 Belgium 1 FINAL RANKING Team Plyd W D L GD 9 Sweden 3 2 1 10 Belgium 3 2 11 Bulgaria 3 1 12 Spain Pts 10:6 5 1 11:7 4 1 1 10:9 3 3 3 5:14 0 Cont... 17 Final 13th - 16th place 26th August France 7 Turkey 1 Czechoslovakia 9 Ireland 3 27th August France 5 Ireland 4 Czechoslovakia 10 Turkey 1 FINAL RANKING Team 13 France Plyd 3 14 Czechoslovakia 3 W L GD Pts 3 D 14:6 6 2 1 20:6 4 15 Ireland 3 1 2 9:16 1 16 Turkey 3 1 2 4:19 1 17 Great Britain WINNING TEAM USSR Vadim Gulyaev, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Boris Grishin, Iosif Zemsov, Vladimir Shmudsky, Vladimir Semenov, Boris Popov, Valeri Puskarev, Aleksandr Dolgushin, Leonid Osipov, Igor Grabovsky Denes Varga (Hungary) gets as high as possible as he fires in a shot against Greece in the 2012 European Men’s Championships in Eindhoven (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 1.12 1970 Barcelona Preliminary Rounds Group A 4th September Netherlands 10 France 1 Hungary 15 Austria 1 5th September Hungary 16 France 0 Greece 5 Austria 4 6th September Hungary 11 Greece 0 Netherlands 13 Austria 0 7th September Netherlands 7 Greece 3 France 5 Austria 3 8th September France 6 Greece 6 Hungary 8 Netherlands 4 Group A 18 Team Plyd L GD Pts 1 Hungary 4 W 4 D 50:5 8 2 Netherlands 4 3 1 34:12 6 3 Greece 4 1 1 2 14:28 3 4 France 4 1 1 2 12:35 3 5 Austria 4 4 8:38 0 M Group B 4th September USSR 4 Romania 3 10 Belgium 2 Romania 12 Finland 3 USSR 8 Spain 3 6th September USSR 12 Finland 0 Romania 11 Belgium 2 7th September USSR 12 Belgium 1 Spain 10 Finland 1 8th September Belgium 10 Finland 7 Romania 4 Spain 3 N Spain E 5th September Group B Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 USSR 4 4 36:7 8 2 Romania 4 3 1 30:12 6 3 Spain 4 2 2 26:15 4 4 Belgium 4 1 3 15:40 2 5 Finland 4 4 11:44 0 Group C 4th September Sweden 12 Ireland 1 Yugoslavia 5 F.R.Germany 3 5th September F.R.Germany 4 Sweden 2 Yugoslavia 4 Italy 3 6th September Italy 6 F.R.Germany 4 Yugoslavia 15 Ireland 2 7th September Italy 8 Sweden 4 F.R.Germany 8 Ireland 2 8th September Italy 11 Ireland 4 Yugoslavia 4 Sweden 2 Group C Team Hungary 8 W D L GD Pts 1 Yugoslavia 4 4 28:10 8 2 Italy 4 3 1 28:16 6 3 F.R.Germany 4 2 2 19:15 4 4 Sweden 4 1 3 20:17 2 4 4 9:46 0 5 Ireland Final 1st - 6th places 9th September Plyd Italy 5 USSR 7 Netherlands 5 Yugoslavia 5 Romania 3 10th September USSR 4 Yugoslavia 1 Hungary 9 Romania 4 Italy 6 Netherlands 4 11th September USSR 8 Italy 3 Netherlands 6 Romania 5 Hungary 7 Yugoslavia 4 12th September Yugoslavia 3 Netherlands 2 Italy 5 Romania 4 USSR 6 Hungary 5 Cont... 19 FINAL RANKING Team 1 USSR Sweden GD Pts 5 W 5 D L 29:17 10 2 Hungary 5 4 1 37:23 8 3 Yugoslavia 5 3 2 17:19 6 4 Italy 5 2 3 22:28 4 5 Netherlands 5 1 4 21:29 2 5 5 19:29 0 6 Romania Final 7th - 12th places 9th September Plyd 5 Greece 2 Spain 3 France 1 F.R.Germany 10 Belgium 1 10th September F.R.Germany 5 Spain 3 Greece 5 Belgium 3 Sweden 4 France 3 11th September Spain 4 Sweden 3 Belgium 2 France 2 F.R.Germany 9 Greece 4 12th September F.R.Germany 10 France 0 Sweden 9 Belgium 6 Spain 7 Greece 2 FINAL RANKING Team 7 F.R.Germany Plyd W D L GD Pts 38:10 10 5 5 8 Spain 5 4 1 27:13 8 9 Sweden 5 3 2 23:19 6 10 Greece 5 1 1 3 19:30 3 11 France 5 2 3 12:25 2 12 Belgium 5 1 4 14:36 1 Final 13th - 15th places 9th September Finland 4 Austria 3 10th September Austria 5 Ireland 4 11th September Finland 4 Ireland 4 FINAL RANKING Plyd W D L GD Pts 13 Finland Team 2 1 1 8:7 3 14 Austria 2 1 1 8:8 2 15 Ireland 2 1 8:9 1 1 WINNING TEAM USSR Vadim Gulyaev, Anatoly Akimov, Aleksandr Dreval, Aleksandr Dolgushin, Vladimir Semenov, Aleksej Barkalov, Aleksandr Shidlovski, Vyacheslav Skok, Leonid Osipov, Valeri Puskarev, Vladimir Shmudsky, Oleg Bovin 20 M 1.13 1974 Vienna E 18th August Hungary 6 F.R.Germany 2 USSR 9 Spain 5 Yugoslavia 5 Netherlands 3 Italy 4 Romania 3 19th August USSR 10 Yugoslavia 9 Italy 5 Netherlands 4 Spain 3 F.R.Germany 1 Hungary 7 Romania 3 20th August F.R.Germany 5 Italy 4 Hungary 7 Yugoslavia 7 Netherlands 6 USSR 6 Romania 5 Spain 4 21st August Netherlands 4 Spain 4 USSR 5 F.R.Germany 2 Hungary 8 Italy 3 Yugoslavia 6 Romania 5 23rd August Netherlands 7 F.R.Germany 5 Hungary 8 Spain 2 Romania 5 USSR 5 Italy 4 Yugoslavia 4 24th August Italy 3 Spain 3 Netherlands 4 Romania 3 Hungary 7 USSR 5 Yugoslavia 7 F.R.Germany 3 25th August Yugoslavia 7 Spain 6 Hungary 7 Netherlands 5 F.R.Germany 4 Romania 4 USSR 5 Italy 2 N Group A It’s a matter of eyes on the ball for Vladimir Gojkovic of Montenegro in his team’s game against Germany. Montenegro ran out 13-7 winners in this Group B game of the 2012 European Men’s Championships (Photo: Guido Barbagelata/DeepBlueMedia) Group A Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 7 6 1 50:27 13 2 USSR 7 4 2 1 45:36 10 3 Yugoslavia 7 4 2 1 45:38 10 4 Netherlands 7 2 2 3 33:35 6 5 Italy 7 2 2 3 25:32 6 6 Romania 7 1 2 4 28:34 4 7 Spain 7 1 2 4 27:37 4 8 F.R.Germany 7 1 1 5 22:36 3 WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Endre Molnar, Tibor Cservenyak, Tamas Farago, Istvan Gorgenyi, Andras Bodnar, Laszlo Sarosi, Gabor Csapo, Istvan Szivos Jr., Zoltan Kasas, Gyorgy Horkai, Ferenc Konrad Cont... 21 Group B 18th August Bulgaria 8 Poland 5 Sweden 9 Belgium 2 Austria 7 France 6 Czechoslovakia 7 Great Britain 6 19th August Great Britain 2 Sweden 1 Czechoslovakia 6 Austria 4 Bulgaria 10 Belgium 5 Poland 6 France 4 20th August Sweden 9 Bulgaria 8 Czechoslovakia 7 Poland 5 Great Britain 9 France 6 Belgium 9 Austria 7 21st August Bulgaria 8 France 3 Czechoslovakia 11 Belgium 7 Great Britain 5 Austria 2 Sweden 6 Poland 2 22nd August Great Britain 11 Belgium 8 Bulgaria 3 Czechoslovakia 3 Austria 6 Poland 6 Sweden 7 France 5 23rd August Bulgaria 4 Austria 1 Belgium 5 France 5 Czechoslovakia 5 Sweden 3 Great Britain 5 Poland 1 24th August Bulgaria 3 Great Britain 3 Czechoslovakia 7 France 4 Poland 8 Belgium 5 Sweden 6 Austria 4 Andrija Prlainovic, Serbia, works to prevent Vjekoslav Paskovic scoring for Montenegro in the final of the 2012 European Men’s Championships (Photo: Giorgio Scala) Group B Team Plyd 1 Czechoslovakia 7 22 W D 6 1 L GD Pts 46:32 13 2 Great Britain 7 5 1 1 41:28 11 3 Bulgaria 7 4 2 1 44:29 10 4 Sweden 7 5 2 41:28 10 5 Poland 7 2 4 33:41 5 1 6 Austria 7 1 1 5 31:42 3 7 Belgium 7 1 1 5 41:61 3 8 France 7 1 6 33:49 1 M 1.14 1977 Jönköping E N Group A 14th August Hungary 7 USSR 5 Group A Yugoslavia 5 Italy 4 Team Plyd W D F.R.Germany 9 Spain 7 1 Hungary 7 6 1 Romania 8 Netherlands 6 2 Yugoslavia 7 6 15th August Netherlands 6 USSR 6 3 Italy 7 4 Spain 8 Romania 7 Italy 6 F.R.Germany 4 Hungary 4 Yugoslavia 3 6 F.R.Germany 16th August Yugoslavia 10 USSR 7 7 Romania F.R.Germany 6 Hungary 6 8 Spain 7 Italy 10 Romania 7 Netherlands 6 Spain 6 L GD Pts 40:29 13 1 42:30 12 3 46:38 8 4 USSR 7 3 1 3 45:49 7 5 Netherlands 7 2 2 3 37:38 6 7 1 2 4 33:40 4 7 1 1 5 41:49 3 1 1 5 36:47 3 17th August USSR 8 Spain 7 Netherlands 5 Italy 4 Hungary 6 Romania 3 Yugoslavia 5 F.R.Germany 3 19th August USSR 6 F.R.Germany 5 1 Greece 6 6 34:17 12 Yugoslavia 6 Romania 2 Bulgaria 6 5 41:23 10 Group B 4 Team Plyd W D L 1 GD Pts Hungary 5 Netherlands 3 3 Czechoslovakia 6 3 1 2 31:23 7 Italy 8 Spain 4 4 Sweden 6 2 2 2 26:27 6 20th August Italy 7 USSR 5 5 Poland 6 2 1 3 27:32 5 Hungary 4 Spain 2 6 Great Britain 6 1 5 27:46 2 Yugoslavia 8 Netherlands 6 7 France 6 6 26:44 0 F.R.Germany 5 Romania 5 7 21st August USSR 8 Romania Netherlands 5 F.R.Germany 1 Yugoslavia 5 Spain 2 Group B (played in Falköping) Hungary 8 Italy 7 14th August WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Endre Molnar, Janos Steinmetz, Gabor Csapo, Tamas Farago, Gyorgy Gerendas, Gyorgy Horkai, Gyorgy Kenez, Istvan Magas, Jozsef Somossy Attila Sudar, Istvan Szivos Jr., Tamas Wiesner, Peter Wolf Czechoslovakia 7 Poland 1 Sweden 8 France 5 Greece 7 Great Britain 3 15th August Czechoslovakia 9 Great Britain 2 Greece 5 Sweden 2 Bulgaria 10 France 4 16th August Poland 6 France 5 Greece 4 Bulgaria 2 Sweden 6 Great Britain 4 17th August Czechoslovakia 3 Sweden 3 Bulgaria 9 Great Britain 7 Greece 5 Poland 4 18th August Czechoslovakia 7 France 3 Poland 9 Great Britain 3 Bulgaria 6 Sweden 3 19th August Poland 4 Sweden 4 Greece 5 France 3 Bulgaria 6 Czechoslovakia 2 21st August Greece 8 Czechoslovakia 3 Great Britain 8 France 6 Bulgaria 8 Poland 3 23 1.15 1981 Split Group A 5th September Hungary 8 Group A USSR 8 F.R.Germany 7 Italy 7 Romania 6 Netherlands 5 Spain 11 Yugoslavia 8 6th September F.R.Germany 7 Hungary 4 Netherlands 11 Italy 6 5 Spain 7 1 Romania 7 Spain 6 6 Italy 7 1 USSR 9 Yugoslavia 5 7 Romania 7 7th September USSR 10 Spain 7 8 Netherlands 7 F.R.Germany 10 Netherlands 7 Hungary 7 Yugoslavia 6 Italy 8 Romania 3 8th September F.R.Germany 10 USSR 7 WINNING TEAM F.R.GERMANY Hungary 12 Italy 10 Peter Rohle, Thomas Loebb, Frank Otto, Jurgen Stiefel, Team Plyd W D 1 F.R.Germany 7 6 2 USSR 7 5 3 Hungary 7 4 4 Yugoslavia 7 GD Pts 1 67:49 13 1 1 62:53 11 2 1 54:45 10 3 4 54:62 6 3 3 55:60 5 2 4 55:59 4 2 5 49:60 4 1 5 47:55 3 1 L Yugoslavia 12 Romania 10 Hagen Stamm, Michael Wendel, Jurgen Schroder, Netherlands 7 Spain 7 Rainer Osselmann, Roland Freund, Bernd Weyer, 7 Werner Obschernikat, Ralf Obschernikat, Gunter Kilian 10th September Hungary Spain 7 F.R.Germany 11 Romania 10 Yugoslavia 9 Netherlands 8 USSR 9 Italy 8 11th September F.R.Germany 12 Spain 8 USSR 10 Netherlands 7 Yugoslavia 8 Italy 7 Hungary 9 Romania 5 9 12th September Italy 9 Spain Hungary 7 Netherlands 2 USSR 9 Romania 8 F.R.Germany 10 Yugoslavia 6 Group B - B1 5th September 24 Malta 5 Group B - B1 15 Denmark 4 8 Sweden 8 1 Greece Greece 17 Sweden 6th September France Team Plyd 4 W GD Pts 4 D L 41:17 8 Greece 10 Denmark 4 2 France 4 2 1 1 52:27 5 7th September Denmark 10 Malta 8 3 Sweden 4 2 1 1 39:19 5 Greece 10 France 5 4 Denmark 4 1 3 24:47 2 8th September France 14 Denmark 6 5 Malta 4 4 19:65 0 Sweden 13 Malta 3 9th September Greece 4 Sweden 3 France 25 Malta 3 M Group B - B2 10 Poland 10 Bulgaria 14 Finland 3 Switzerland 9 Great Britain 8 6th September Bulgaria 6 Czechoslovakia 6 Switzerland 12 Finland 4 Great Britain 11 Poland 11 7th September Bulgaria 12 Switzerland 4 Czechoslovakia 6 Great Britain 5 Poland 15 Finland 6 8th September Great Britain 12 Finland 5 Bulgaria 9 Poland 8 Czechoslovakia 14 Switzerland 2 9th September Poland 15 Switzerland 7 Bulgaria 7 Great Britain 4 Czechoslovakia 16 Finland 0 N Czechoslovakia E 5th September Group B - B2 Team Plyd W 5 4 1 48:25 9 2 Czechoslovakia 5 3 2 52:23 8 1 Bulgaria D L GD Pts 3 Poland 5 2 2 1 59:43 6 4 Switzerland 5 2 3 34:53 4 5 Great Britain 5 1 1 3 40:38 3 6 Finland 5 5 18:69 0 B Final 1st - 4th places 11th September Czechoslovakia 8 Greece 7 Bulgaria 7 France 7 12th September Czechoslovakia 8 France 8 Bulgaria 8 Greece 8 FINAL RANKING Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 22:21 4 2 Greece 3 1 1 25:21 3 3 Bulgaria 3 3 21:21 3 4 France 3 2 20:25 2 1 1 B Final 5th - 8th places 11th September Sweden 14 Switzerland 5 FINAL RANKING Poland 10 Denmark 8 5 Poland 12th September Denmark 7 Switzerland 6 Poland 7 Sweden 6 Team Plyd GD Pts 3 W 3 D L 32:21 6 6 Sweden 3 2 1 35:16 4 7 Denmark 3 1 2 19:31 2 8 Switzerland 3 3 18:36 0 B Final 9th - 11th places 11th September Malta 7 12th September Great Britain 8 Finland 5 FINAL RANKING Malta 3 L GD Pts 9 Great Britain Team Plyd 2 W 2 D 20:8 4 10 Malta 2 1 1 10:13 2 11 Finland 2 2 10:19 0 25 1.16 1983 Rome Group A 20th August Hungary 12 Spain 10 Group A USSR 16 Romania 11 Plyd W D Italy 9 Yugoslavia 9 1 USSR 7 5 2 F.R.Germany 9 Netherlands 5 2 Hungary 7 5 1 21st August Hungary 10 F.R.Germany 9 3 Spain 7 4 Yugoslavia 10 Netherlands 5 4 Yugoslavia 7 3 2 2 58:50 8 Italy 10 Romania 3 5 F.R.Germany 7 2 2 3 53:52 6 USSR 10 Spain 9 6 Netherlands 7 2 1 4 48:57 5 22nd August Hungary 9 Netherlands 9 7 Italy 7 2 1 4 62:62 5 Spain 9 Romania 8 Romania 7 1 6 47:68 1 Yugoslavia 5 F.R.Germany 3 USSR 9 Italy 6 7 8 L GD Pts 72:59 12 1 67:55 11 3 66:70 8 23rd August F.R.Germany 7 Romania USSR 8 Netherlands 6 Spain 9 Yugoslavia 8 WINNING TEAM USSR Hungary 9 Italy 3 Evgenij Sharonov, Igor Sedov, Pavel Prokopchiuk, 25th August Spain 8 F.R.Germany 7 Evgenij Grishin, Sergej Naumov, Aleksandr Kabanov, Yugoslavia 11 Romania 8 Sergej Kotenko, Erkin Shagaev, Georgyj Mshvenieradze, USSR 12 Hungary 10 Mikhail Ivanov, Nurlan Mendygaliev, Nikolay Smirnov, Netherlands 10 Italy 8 Mikhail Giorgadze 26th August USSR 8 Yugoslavia 8 Spain 8 Netherlands 7 Hungary 9 Romania 5 F.R.Germany 9 Italy 8 27th August F.R.Germany 9 USSR 9 Hungary 8 Yugoslavia 7 Netherlands 6 Romania 5 Italy 18 Spain 13 Group B Group B 26 Team Team Plyd W D L 1 Greece 6 5 1 2 Bulgaria 6 5 3 France 6 3 4 Sweden 6 3 5 Denmark 20th August Bulgaria 7 Sweden 6 Greece 11 Austria 5 Denmark 13 Belgium 10 21st August Greece 9 Sweden 6 Bulgaria 8 France 7 Austria 11 Denmark 10 22nd August Greece 23 Denmark 7 Sweden 13 Austria 8 France 18 Belgium 4 23rd August Sweden 13 Denmark 12 Bulgaria 22 Belgium 4 France 13 Austria 9 25th August France 20 Denmark 5 GD Pts Belgium 7 Austria 6 75:41 11 Greece 11 Bulgaria 7 1 71:45 10 26th August France 10 Greece 10 2 1 74:42 8 Bulgaria 15 Denmark 9 1 2 55:49 7 Sweden 11 Belgium 7 6 1 5 56:92 2 27th August France 6 Sweden 6 6 Austria 6 1 5 47:66 2 Greece 11 Belgium 6 7 Belgium 6 1 5 38:81 2 Bulgaria 12 Austria 8 M 1.17 1985 Sofia E 9 N Group A 4th August Spain Netherlands 7 Group A F.R.Germany 7 USSR 7 Italy 14 Greece 9 1 USSR Hungary 7 Yugoslavia 4 2 Yugoslavia 7 5 1 5th August Italy 11 Spain 7 3 F.R.Germany 7 4 1 Yugoslavia 11 Netherlands 7 4 Italy 7 4 F.R.Germany 8 Hungary 6 5 Hungary 7 4 USSR 13 Greece 6 6 Spain 7 2 1 4 50:62 5 6th August Yugoslavia 7 F.R.Germany 6 7 Netherlands 7 1 6 52:66 2 Hungary 8 Greece 8 Greece 7 6 50:79 1 Italy 6 Netherlands 5 USSR 14 Spain 7 7th August Yugoslavia 12 Greece 5 Hungary 10 Spain 8 USSR 7 Italy 6 F.R.Germany 12 Netherlands 7 9th August Italy 8 Hungary 7 USSR 8 Netherlands 6 7 6 Team Plyd W D 7 5 2 L 1 GD Pts 66:47 12 1 58:44 11 2 60:50 9 3 63:57 8 3 56:50 8 WINNING TEAM USSR Evgenij Sharonov, Nurlan Mendygaliev, Pavel Prokopchiuk, Evgenij Grishin, Sergej Naumov, Victor Berendiuga, Sergej Kotenko, Askar Orazalinov, Georgyj Mshvenieradze, Mikhail Ivanov, Sergej Markoch, Nikolay Smirnov, Mikhail Giorgadze Yugoslavia Spain 3 F.R.Germany 10 Greece 6 Group B 10th August USSR Hungary 8 5th August Great Britain 13 Belgium 8 Netherlands 14 Greece 10 Bulgaria 8 Poland 8 Spain 8 F.R.Germany 5 Romania 9 France 7 Yugoslavia 10 Italy 9 6th August Poland 11 Sweden 8 11th August Greece 8 Spain 8 Great Britain 11 Malta 10 F.R.Germany 12 Italy 9 Romania 18 Belgium 9 USSR 7 Yugoslavia 7 Sweden 18 Malta 10 Hungary 10 Netherlands 6 Bulgaria 7 France 5 7th August France 20 Malta 9 Great Britain 11 Sweden 11 Romania Poland 6 10 Group B Team Plyd 1 Romania 7 W D L 12 Bulgaria 16 Belgium 5 8th August Sweden 12 Belgium 8 Romania 13 Great Britain 7 France 6 Poland 4 Bulgaria 11 Malta 3 9th August Belgium 13 Malta 5 Poland 6 Great Britain 5 France 7 Sweden 7 4 GD Pts Romania 12 Bulgaria 7 92:49 14 10th August France 15 Great Britain 5 2 Bulgaria 7 5 1 1 70:48 11 Poland 17 Belgium 9 3 France 7 4 1 2 69:45 9 Romania 14 Malta 6 4 Poland 7 4 1 2 68:58 9 Bulgaria 14 Sweden 6 5 Sweden 7 2 2 3 72:75 6 11th August Poland 16 Malta 10 6 Great Britain 7 2 1 4 61:73 5 France 9 Belgium 4 7 Belgium 7 1 6 56:90 2 Romania 14 Sweden 10 8 Malta 7 7 53:103 0 Bulgaria 10 Great Britain 9 27 1.18 1987 Strasbourg Group A 16th August F.R.Germany 11 Bulgaria 5 Group A USSR 13 Spain 6 Plyd W D GD Pts Italy 7 Romania 4 1 USSR 7 6 1 81:59 13 Yugoslavia 9 Hungary 7 2 Yugoslavia 7 5 2 68:46 12 17th August F.R.Germany 12 Romania 8 3 Italy 7 5 1 1 63:52 11 Yugoslavia 10 Bulgaria 2 4 F.R.Germany 7 4 3 70:59 8 Hungary 7 Spain 5 5 Hungary 7 3 4 61:65 6 USSR 12 Italy 10 6 Spain 7 2 5 53:59 4 18th August Yugoslavia 8 Spain 6 7 Romania 7 1 6 49:70 2 Italy 11 Hungary 9 8 Bulgaria 7 7 31:66 0 Romania 8 Bulgaria 3 USSR 11 F.R.Germany 10 7 Team 19th August Italy Yugoslavia 7 WINNING TEAM USSR F.R.Germany 10 Hungary 8 Evgenij Sharonov, Oleg Shvedov, Aleksandr Ogorodnikov, USSR 13 Romania 7 Aleksandr Kolotov, Sergej Naumov, Victor Berendiuga, Spain 14 Bulgaria 6 Sergej Kotenko, Dimitri Apanasenko, 21st August Hungary 12 Romania 10 Georgyj Mshvenieradze, Pavel Volkov, Sergej Markoch, USSR 8 Bulgaria 6 Sergej Maksimov, Vadim Rojdestvenskiy, Mikhail Giorgadze Yugoslavia 11 F.R.Germany 8 Italy 10 Spain 7 22nd August USSR 15 Hungary 11 Group B Italy 8 Bulgaria 4 F.R.Germany 10 Spain 6 1 France 5 Yugoslavia 14 Romania 7 2 Poland 5 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 5 56:33 10 3 1 1 46:35 7 23rd August Italy 10 F.R.Germany 9 3 Greece 5 3 1 1 44:35 7 Spain 9 Romania 4 Netherlands 5 2 3 41:31 4 USSR 9 Yugoslavia 9 5 Great Britain 5 1 4 26:57 2 Hungary 7 Bulgaria 5 6 Sweden 5 5 35:57 0 5 Group C Team Plyd W D L Group B GD Pts 1 Czechoslovakia 4 4 61:23 8 2 Turkey 4 2 2 32:32 3 Austria 4 1 2 1 37:39 4 Malta 4 1 1 2 29:45 3 5 Switzerland 4 1 3 24:44 1 16th August Poland 8 Netherlands 7 France 12 Greece 6 4 17th August Great Britain 10 Sweden 9 4 France 7 Netherlands 6 18th August Greece 14 Great Britain 4 France 13 Poland Group C 28 L 11 20th August Netherlands 10 Great Britain 4 Greece 12 Sweden 9 4 17th August Malta 8 Switzerland 6 21st August Netherlands 12 Sweden Austria 7 Turkey 6 Poland 12 Great Britain 2 18th August Austria 11 Switzerland 11 22nd August Greece 8 Netherlands 6 Czechoslovakia 13 Turkey 4 Poland 11 Sweden 19th August Austria 8 Malta 8 France 12 Great Britain 6 Czechoslovakia 14 Switzerland 3 23rd August France 12 Sweden 4 Greece 4 Poland 4 21st August Czechoslovakia 20 Malta 5 Turkey 11 Switzerland 4 22nd August Czechoslovakia 14 Austria 11 Turkey 11 Malta 8 9 M 1.19 1989 Bonn E N Preliminary Rounds Group A1 13th August Great Britain 11 Group A1 12 Greece 7 GD Pts 7 Great Britain 5 1 Italy 3 3 34:16 6 Hungary 12 Italy 14th August Greece Team Plyd W D L Italy 8 Hungary 7 2 Hungary 3 2 1 32:28 4 15th August Italy 14 Great Britain 2 3 Greece 3 1 2 23:30 2 Hungary 13 Greece 9 4 Great Britain 3 3 18:33 0 Group A2 13th August Spain 14 F.R.Germany 12 Czechoslovakia 9 Poland 6 14th August Spain 10 Czechoslovakia 9 F.R.Germany 7 Poland 3 15th August Poland 10 Spain 10 F.R.Germany 11 Czechoslovakia 7 Group A2 Plyd W D 1 Spain Team 3 2 1 2 F.R.Germany 3 2 1 30:24 4 3 Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 25:27 2 2 19:26 1 4 Poland 3 1 L GD Pts 34:31 5 Pietro Figlioli, Italy, lobs the ball at goal during Italy’s third place match against Hungary in the 2012 European Men’s Championships (Photo: Giorgio Scala) Group B1 Group B1 13th August France 10 Sweden 3 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts Yugoslavia 13 Romania 9 1 Yugoslavia 3 3 36:20 6 14th August Romania 12 Sweden 9 2 France 3 1 1 1 25:19 3 1 Yugoslavia 9 France 8 3 Romania 3 1 1 28:29 3 15th August Yugoslavia 14 Sweden 3 4 Sweden 3 3 15:36 0 France 7 Romania 7 Group B2 Group B2 13th August USSR 9 Netherlands 6 Bulgaria 10 Austria 5 1 USSR 14th August USSR 18 Austria 5 2 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 31:24 3 Bulgaria 8 Netherlands 8 3 Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 22:29 3 15th August USSR 16 Bulgaria 4 4 Austria 3 3 17:45 0 Netherlands 17 Austria 7 Team Plyd 3 W D L 3 GD Pts 43:15 6 Cont... 29 Quarter - finals Group C 16th August Italy 11 Czechoslovakia 8 F.R.Germany 11 Hungary 9 Greece 9 Spain 7 17th August Hungary 10 Spain 6 F.R.Germany 10 Italy 10 Czechoslovakia 11 Greece 8 18th August F.R.Germany 10 Greece 6 Czechoslovakia 9 Hungary 8 Italy 11 Spain 11 Group C Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Italy 5 3 2 52:43 8 2 F.R.Germany 5 3 1 1 54:46 7 3 Spain 5 2 1 2 48:51 5 4 Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 44:48 4 5 Hungary 5 2 3 47:43 4 6 Greece 5 1 4 39:53 2 Group D 16th August Yugoslavia 13 Bulgaria 6 Group D USSR 12 Romania 5 4 1 USSR Team Plyd W D 5 4 1 L Pts 9 Netherlands 6 France 17th August Yugoslavia 11 Netherlands 5 2 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 51:33 9 3 Romania 5 2 1 46:47 5 2 USSR 11 France 7 Romania 16 Bulgaria 8 4 Netherlands 5 1 1 3 32:41 3 5 1 1 3 34:58 3 5 1 4 31:41 1 18th August Romania 9 Netherlands 7 5 Bulgaria Bulgaria 8 France 5 6 France USSR 5 Yugoslavia 5 Boris Zlokovic of Montenegro gets his hand on the ball during Montenegro’s Group B match against Germany in the 2012 European Men’s Championships (Photo: Guido Barbagelata/DeepBlueMedia) 30 GD 53:27 M Semi - finals Yugoslavia 8 Italy 7 F.R.Germany 10 USSR 8 E 19th August 20th August F.R.Germany 10 Yugoslavia N 1st - 2nd place 9 Bronze game 20th August Italy 12 USSR 11 5th - 6th place 19th August Romania 13 Spain 8 Czechoslovakia 9 Netherlands 4 7th - 8th place 19th August 9th - 10th place 19th August Hungary 14 Bulgaria 7 11th - 12th place 19th August Greece 13 France 8 13th - 16th place 16th August Poland 10 Great Britain 4 FINAL RANKING Austria 8 Sweden 8 Team 17th August Poland 11 Austria 8 1 F.R.Germany Great Britain 10 Sweden 9 2 Yugoslavia 18th August Austria 8 Great Britain 7 3 Italy Poland 11 Sweden 9 4 USSR 5 Romania 6 Spain 7 Czechoslovakia 8 Netherlands 9 Hungary 10 Bulgaria 11 Greece WINNING TEAM F.R.GERMANY 12 France Ingo Borgmann, Thomas Huber, Frank Otto, 13 Poland Lars Tomanek, Dirk Schutze, Andreas Ehrl, Carsten Kusch, 14 Austria Rainer Osselmann, Hagen Stamm, Rene Reimann, 15 Great Britain Dirk Theismann, Jorg Dresel, Uwe Sterzik, Peter Rohle 16 Sweden FINAL RANKING Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 13 Poland 3 3 32:21 6 14 Austria 3 1 1 1 24:26 3 15 Great Britain 3 1 2 21:27 2 16 Sweden 3 2 26:29 1 1 31 1.20 1991 Athens Preliminary Rounds Group A1 17th August Romania 10 USSR 20 18th August Romania 11 6 Group A1 Denmark 5 Team Plyd W D GD Pts USSR 11 1 Romania 3 2 1 47:26 5 1 France L France 12 Denmark 4 2 USSR 3 2 45:25 5 19th August Romania 26 Denmark 9 3 France 3 1 2 27:28 2 USSR 14 France 9 4 Denmark 3 3 18:58 0 Group A2 17th August Italy 10 Hungary 8 18th August Czechoslovakia 13 Turkey 10 Hungary 16 Czechoslovakia 12 Italy 22 Turkey 4 19th August Italy 17 9 Hungary 22 Turkey Czechoslovakia 7 Group A2 GD Pts 1 Italy Team 3 3 49:21 6 2 Hungary 3 2 1 46:29 4 3 Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 34:43 2 3 3 21:57 0 4 Turkey Netherlands 13 Poland 13 11 Yugoslavia 13 Bulgaria 18th August Yugoslavia 15 Netherlands 6 Poland 12 Bulgaria 19th August Bulgaria 10 Netherlands 10 6 Yugoslavia 11 Poland D L Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Yugoslavia 3 3 39:23 6 2 Poland 3 1 1 1 31:30 3 3 Netherlands 3 2 1 29:38 2 4 Bulgaria 3 1 2 27:35 1 6 Group B2 32 W Group B1 Group B1 17th August Plyd Group B2 17th August Spain 11 Germany Greece 8 Great Britain 5 10 7 Team 1 Spain Plyd GD Pts 3 W 3 D L 57:23 6 18th August Greece 8 Germany 2 Greece 3 2 1 23:30 4 Spain 28 Great Britain 6 3 Germany 3 1 2 36:27 2 19th August Spain 18 Greece 4 Great Britain 3 3 19:55 0 Germany 19 Great Britain 8 7 M Quarter - finals Group C 19 Czechoslovakia 13 Italy 13 France 6 USSR 13 Hungary 11 21st August Hungary 13 Romania 9 Italy 12 USSR 10 Czechoslovakia 11 France 9 22nd August Italy 10 Romania 9 Hungary 16 France 7 USSR 14 Czechoslovakia 10 N Romania E 20th August Group C Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Italy 5 5 62:42 10 2 USSR 5 3 62:53 7 3 Hungary 5 3 2 64:51 6 4 Romania 5 2 1 2 58:53 5 1 4 55:75 2 5 5 37:64 0 5 Czechoslovakia 5 6 France 1 1 Group D 20th August Yugoslavia 13 Germany 6 Group D Greece 12 Poland 9 Spain 19 Netherlands 12 21st August Yugoslavia 16 Greece 7 Germany 15 Netherlands 15 Spain 22 Poland Team Plyd W D 5 4 1 2 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 3 Greece 5 3 1 Spain L GD Pts 84:52 9 69:39 9 2 47:60 6 9 4 Germany 5 1 1 3 50:56 3 9 5 Netherlands 5 2 3 56:75 2 6 Poland 5 1 4 46:70 1 22nd August Germany 12 Poland Greece 13 Netherlands 10 Spain 14 Yugoslavia 14 Cont... Matteo Aicardi is tackled without the ball in Italy’s match against Hungary in the 2012 European Men’s Championships. Hungary won the bronze medal game 12-9 (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 33 Semi - finals 23rd August Yugoslavia 11 Italy 9 Spain 13 USSR 8 Final 1st - 2nd place 24th August Yugoslavia 11 Spain 10 USSR 11 Italy 10 Bronze game 24th August 5th - 6th places 23rd August Hungary 10 Greece 7 7th - 8th places 23rd August Germany 14 Romania 8 9th - 10th places 23rd August Netherlands 18 Czechoslovakia 14 11th - 12th places 23rd August France 13 Poland 12 13th - 16th places 20th August Bulgaria 13 Turkey 9 FINAL RANKING Great Britain 15 Denmark 8 21st August Bulgaria 13 Great Britain 7 1 Yugoslavia Denmark 11 Turkey 11 2 Spain Team 22nd August Turkey 9 Great Britain 7 3 USSR Bulgaria 21 Denmark 13 4 Italy 5 Hungary 6 Greece 7 Germany 8 Romania 9 Netherlands 10 Czechoslovakia 11 France WINNING TEAM YUGOSLAVIA 12 Poland Aleksandar Sostar, Dusan Popovic, Vaso Subotic, 13 Bulgaria Predrag Zimonjic, Igor Milanovic, Viktor Jelenic, 14 Turkey Mirko Vicevic, Vitomir Padovan, Veljko Uskokovic, 15 Great Britain Igor Gocanin, Dusan Cirkovic, Goran Radjenovic, 16 Denmark Nikola Ribic, Zeljko Vicevic, Milan Tadic FINAL RANKING 34 Team Plyd W D 13 Bulgaria 3 14 Turkey 3 1 15 Great Britain 3 1 16 Denmark 3 GD Pts 3 47:29 6 1 1 29:31 3 2 29:30 2 2 32:47 1 1 L M 1.21 1993 Sheffield E N Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 31st July Romania 10 Ukraine 9 Croatia 11 Russia 7 1 Italy Italy 9 Germany 8 2 Romania 5 3 1st August Romania 12 Russia 12 3 Croatia 5 Italy 13 Croatia 7 4 Russia 5 2 1 2 47:44 5 Germany 13 Ukraine 8 5 Germany 5 2 3 45:42 4 2nd August Italy 9 Russia 8 6 Ukraine 5 5 38:61 0 Germany 10 Romania 6 Croatia 13 Ukraine 8 3rd August Romania 11 Italy 10 Russia 11 Ukraine 6 Croatia 10 Germany 8 4th August Italy 14 Ukraine 7 Russia 9 Germany 6 Romania 9 Croatia 8 Team Plyd 5 W D L GD Pts 1 55:41 8 1 1 48:49 7 3 2 49:45 6 4 Group B Group B 31st July Hungary 9 Greece 5 Team Plyd Spain 17 Netherlands 10 1 Hungary 5 W D L 5 GD Pts 67:39 10 Slovakia 13 Great Britain 7 2 Spain 5 4 1 67:46 8 1st August Spain 12 Greece 10 3 Greece 5 2 2 46:37 5 Netherlands 14 Slovakia 9 4 Netherlands 5 2 3 53:51 4 Hungary 19 Great Britain 5 5 Slovakia 5 1 1 3 45:52 3 2nd August Hungary 14 Spain 11 6 Great Britain 5 5 22:75 0 Greece 7 Slovakia 7 Netherlands 14 Great Britain 2 3rd August Hungary 14 Slovakia 9 Greece 12 Netherlands 6 Spain 17 Great Britain 5 1 4th August Spain 10 Slovakia 7 Hungary 11 Netherlands 9 Final 5th - 8th place Greece 12 Great Britain 3 6th August Semi - finals Croatia 15 Netherlands 6 Greece 7 Russia 7 7th August Russia 12 Netherlands 6 Croatia 8 Greece 7 7th August Hungary 8 Romania 7 Italy 10 Spain 9 Final 1st - 2nd place 8th August Italy 11 Hungary Bronze game 8th August Spain 13 Romania Final 9th - 12th places 9 12 6th August Slovakia 10 Ukraine 8 Germany 17 Great Britain 4 7th August Ukraine 10 Great Britain 4 Germany 9 Slovakia 9 Cont... 35 FINAL RANKING WINNING TEAM ITALY Francesco Attolico, Alessandro Bovo, Alessandro Campagna, Mario Fiorillo, Francesco Porzio, Team 1 Italy Ferdinando Gandolfi, Massimiliano Ferretti, Marco D’Altrui, Giuseppe Porzio, Paolo Caldarella, 2 Hungary Amedeo Pomilio, Carlo Silipo, Roberto Calcaterra, Paolo Petronelli, Gianni Averaimo 3 Spain 4 Romania 5 Croatia FINAL RANKING 6 Greece 7 Russia 8 Netherlands 9 Germany 10 Slovakia 11 Ukraine 12 Great Britain Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 5 Croatia 3 3 34:20 6 6 Greece 3 1 1 1 26:21 3 7 Russia 3 1 1 1 26:24 3 8 Netherlands 3 3 18:39 0 FINAL RANKING Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 9 Germany 3 2 10 Slovakia 3 2 1 39:21 5 1 32:24 5 11 Ukraine 3 1 2 26:27 2 12 Great Britain 3 3 15:40 0 1.22 1995 Vienna Preliminary Rounds Group A 18th August Spain 7 Ukraine Group A 6 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 19th August Spain 10 Netherlands 6 1 Spain 2 2 17:12 4 20th August Ukraine 10 Netherlands 2 Ukraine 2 1 1 16:14 2 3 Netherlands 2 2 13:20 0 7 Group B Group B 18th August Hungary 20 19th August Croatia 20th August Hungary 18th August Team Plyd W D L Pts 0 26 Austria 2 1 Hungary 2 2 31:5 4 11 Croatia 5 2 Croatia 2 1 1 31:13 2 3 Austria 2 2 2:46 0 Bulgaria Group C Russia 14 19th August Russia 14 Romania 5 1 Russia 2 20th August Bulgaria 4 Romania 4 2 Bulgaria 2 1 1 3 Romania 2 1 1 10 Italy 9 19th August Italy 20th August Germany Team Plyd W D L 2 GD Pts 28:15 4 14:18 1 9:18 1 Group D Group D 18th August GD Austria Group C 36 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts Greece 7 10 Germany 6 1 Italy 2 2 19:13 4 9 Greece 8 2 Germany 2 1 1 15:18 2 3 Greece 2 2 15:18 0 M Quarter - finals Group E Group E 11 Spain 10 Team Plyd Hungary 14 Bulgaria 7 1 Hungary 3 3 22nd August Germany 10 Bulgaria 5 2 Germany 3 2 1 33:33 4 Hungary 13 Spain 11 3 Spain 3 1 2 36:29 2 23rd August Hungary 18 Germany 12 4 Bulgaria 3 3 17:39 0 Spain 15 Bulgaria 5 Group F 21st August Croatia 7 Russia 7 Italy 13 Ukraine 7 22nd August Croatia 14 Ukraine 8 Italy 11 Russia 9 23rd August Croatia 8 Italy 8 Russia 14 Ukraine 8 W D L GD Pts 45:30 6 N Germany E 21st August Group F Team 1 Italy Plyd W D 3 2 1 L GD Pts 32:24 5 2 Croatia 3 1 2 29:23 4 3 Russia 3 1 1 1 30:26 3 4 Ukraine 3 3 23:41 0 Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 25th August Italy 10 Germany 9 Hungary 11 Croatia 8 Semi - finals 5th - 8th place 25th August Russia 14 Bulgaria 6 Spain 16 Ukraine 6 FINAL RANKING Team 1 Italy Final 1st - 2nd place 2 Hungary 27th August 3 Germany Italy 10 Hungary 8 4 Croatia 5 Spain Bronze game 26th August Germany 11 Croatia 6 Russia 10 7 Ukraine 5th - 6th place 8 Bulgaria 26th August 9 Greece Spain 10 Russia 7 10 Netherlands 7th - 8th place 26th August Ukraine 9 Bulgaria 11 Romania 12 Austria 7 Final 9th - 12th place 21st August Greece 7 Netherlands 6 FINAL RANKING Romania 18 Austria 4 Romania 7 9 Greece 3 3 Austria 3 10 Netherlands 3 2 1 41:19 4 Austria 5 11 Romania 3 1 2 34:27 2 Romania 9 12 Austria 3 3 12:56 0 22nd August Greece 9 Netherlands 21 23rd August Greece Netherlands 14 17 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 33:18 6 WINNING TEAM ITALY Francesco Attolico, Francesco Postiglione, Alessandro Bovo, Angelo Temellini, Roberto Calcaterra, Alessandro Calcaterra, Alberto Angelini, Amedeo Pomilio, Paolo Petronelli, Leonardo Sottani, Carlo Silipo, Alberto Ghibellini, Fabio Bencivenga, Luca Giustolisi, Marco Gerini 37 1.23 1997 Seville Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 13th August Russia 13 Bulgaria 4 Yugoslavia 10 Germany 5 1 Russia Italy 7 Greece 2 14th August Yugoslavia 9 Bulgaria 4 Italy 8 Germany 4 4 Greece 5 1 1 3 27:30 3 Russia 7 Greece 6 5 Germany 5 1 1 3 34:38 3 15th August Greece 8 Bulgaria 4 6 Bulgaria 5 5 23:59 0 Russia 8 Germany 6 Yugoslavia 4 Italy 3 16th August Italy 16 Bulgaria 5 Russia 3 Yugoslavia 3 Germany 6 Greece 6 17th August Germany 13 Bulgaria 6 Yugoslavia 6 Greece 5 Russia 5 Italy 4 Team Plyd W D GD Pts 5 4 1 L 36:23 9 2 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 32:20 9 3 Italy 5 3 38:20 6 2 Group B Group B 13th August Slovakia 6 Netherlands 4 Hungary 13 Ukraine 1 Croatia Croatia 8 Spain 7 2 Hungary 14th August Netherlands 10 Ukraine 4 3 Spain Croatia 7 Hungary 7 4 Slovakia 5 2 3 28:39 4 Spain 9 Slovakia 5 5 Netherlands 5 1 4 28:39 2 15th August Hungary 12 Slovakia 6 6 Ukraine 5 5 17:48 0 Croatia 7 Ukraine 3 3 Spain 7 Netherlands 3 16th August Croatia 9 Netherlands 3 Slovakia 8 Ukraine 5 Hungary 7 Spain 7 17th August Hungary 13 Netherlands 8 Spain 10 Ukraine 2 Croatia 9 Slovakia 3 Team Plyd W D 5 4 1 L GD Pts 40:23 9 5 3 5 3 2 52:31 8 1 40:25 7 1 Final 1st - 2nd place 23rd August Hungary 3 Yugoslavia 2 Bronze game 23rd August Russia 8 Croatia 7 Quarter - finals 19th August Croatia 5 Greece 4 5th - 6th place Russia 11 Slovakia 6 21st August Hungary 9 Italy 8 Yugoslavia 10 Spain 9 Spain 8 Italy 6 7th - 8th place 21st August Greece 13 Slovakia 9 Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 21st August Yugoslavia 8 Croatia 7 9th - 10th place Hungary 10 Russia 7 19th August Semi - finals 5th - 8th place 38 Germany 7 11th - 12th place 20th August Spain 7 Greece 3 Italy 12 Slovakia 9 Netherlands 10 19th August Ukraine 10 Bulgaria 8 FINAL RANKING Zoltan Kosz, Frank Toth, Tamas Marcz, Zsolt Varga, Tamas Kasas, Attila Vari, Gergely Kiss, Tibor Benedek, Rajmund Fodor, Balazs Vincze, Barnabas Steinmetz, Tamas Molnar, 1 Hungary M WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Team E N 2 Yugoslavia Zsolt Nemeth, Bulcsu Szekely, Zoltan Kovacs 3 Russia 4 Croatia 5 Spain 6 Italy 7 Greece 8 Slovakia 9 Netherlands 10 Germany 11 Ukraine 12 Bulgaria 1.24 1999 Florence Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 2nd September Greece 9 Slovenia 5 Team Plyd W D Croatia 9 Slovakia 7 1 Hungary 5 4 1 Hungary 7 Italy 7 2 Croatia 5 4 3rd September Greece 8 Slovakia 3 3 Italy 5 3 Hungary 11 Slovenia 3 4 Greece 5 2 3 32:32 4 Croatia 7 Italy 6 5 Slovakia 5 1 4 29:43 2 4th September Slovakia 8 Slovenia 7 6 Slovenia 5 5 26:46 0 Hungary 7 Croatia 6 Italy 7 Greece 6 5th September Croatia 9 Slovenia 4 Hungary 8 Greece 3 Italy 6 Slovakia 5 6th September Hungary 13 Slovakia 6 Croatia 9 Greece 6 Italy 9 Slovenia 7 Group B 1 L GD Pts 46:25 9 1 40:30 8 1 35:32 7 Group B 2nd September Spain 9 Germany 4 Russia 10 Netherlands 7 1 Spain 5 Team Plyd W D 4 L GD Pts 1 44:33 8 Yugoslavia 7 Romania 5 2 Russia 5 3 2 37:35 6 3rd September Germany 5 Romania 3 3 Yugoslavia 5 2 1 2 36:33 5 Russia 9 Yugoslavia 8 4 Germany 5 2 1 2 26:29 5 Spain 11 Netherlands 8 5 Romania 5 1 1 3 29:32 3 6 Netherlands 5 1 1 3 33:43 3 4th September Netherlands 4 Romania 4 Spain 6 Russia 4 Germany 3 Yugoslavia 3 5th September Netherlands 8 Germany 7 Russia 8 Romania 7 Spain 10 Yugoslavia 7 6th September Yugoslavia 11 Netherlands 6 Romania 10 Spain 8 Germany 7 Russia 6 Cont... 39 Quarter - finals 8th September Italy 7 Russia 6 FINAL RANKING Croatia 9 Yugoslavia 7 Greece 7 Spain 6 1 Hungary Hungary 15 Germany 4 Team 2 Croatia 3 Italy Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 4 Greece 9th September Croatia 10 Greece 7 5 Russia Hungary 7 Italy 5 6 Spain 7 Yugoslavia Semi - finals 5th - 8th place 8 Germany 9th September Russia 8 Germany 7 9 Romania Spain 8 Yugoslavia 5 10 Slovakia 11 Slovenia Final 1st - 2nd place 11th September Hungary 15 Croatia 12 Netherlands 12 Bronze game 11th September Italy 7 Greece 6 WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Zoltan Kosz, Frank Toth, Tamas Marcz, 5th - 6th place 10th September Russia 14 Spain Zsolt Varga, Tamas Kasas, Attila Vari, 12 Gergely Kiss, Bulcsu Szekely, Rajmund Fodor, Balazs Vincze, 7th - 8th place 10th September Barnabas Steinmetz, Tamas Molnar, Yugoslavia 8 Germany 5 Csaba Kiss, Peter Biros, Zoltan Kovacs 9th - 10th place 8th September Romania 9 Slovakia 8 11th - 12th place 8th September Slovenia 8 Netherlands 7 Gergely Kiss, Hungary, competes for the ball in the 14-3 Hungarian victory against Macedonia in 2012 in Eindhoven. Kiss was part of the Hungarian team that won the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic gold medals (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 40 M 1.25 2001 Budapest E N Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 15th June Italy 10 Netherlands 4 Team Plyd GD Pts Yugoslavia 9 Spain 7 1 Yugoslavia 5 5 47:32 10 Hungary 12 Romania 5 2 Hungary 5 4 1 44:30 8 16th June Italy 9 Romania 4 3 Spain 5 3 2 30:28 6 Hungary 7 Spain 5 4 Italy 5 2 3 39:35 4 Yugoslavia 10 Netherlands 7 5 Netherlands 5 1 4 24:40 1 17th June Spain 4 Netherlands 0 6 Romania 5 1 4 25:44 1 Yugoslavia 11 Romania 5 Hungary 10 Italy 5 18th June Netherlands 6 Romania 6 Spain 8 Italy 7 Yugoslavia 8 Hungary 5 19th June Spain 6 Romania 5 Hungary 10 Netherlands 7 Yugoslavia 9 Italy 8 W D L Group B Group B 15th June Russia 13 France 4 Greece 7 Germany 4 1 Greece Slovakia 10 Croatia 9 16th June Croatia 12 France 3 Germany 9 Slovakia 9 Greece 10 Russia 7 17th June Greece 14 Slovakia 8 6 France Croatia 8 Russia 6 Germany 11 France 3 18th June Slovakia 13 France 8 Russia 9 Germany 6 Greece 7 Croatia 7 19th June Russia 12 Slovakia 8 Greece 10 France 9 Croatia 5 Germany 5 Quarter - finals 21st June Croatia 7 Spain 6 Hungary 10 Russia 9 Yugoslavia 8 Slovakia 7 Italy 7 Greece 6 Team Plyd W D 5 4 1 L GD Pts 48:35 9 2 Croatia 5 2 2 1 41:31 6 3 Russia 5 3 2 47:36 6 4 Slovakia 5 2 1 2 48:52 5 5 Germany 5 1 2 2 35:33 4 5 5 27:59 0 Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 22nd June Yugoslavia 8 Croatia 6 Italy 8 Hungary 7 Semi - finals 5th - 8th place 22nd June Spain 8 Slovakia 5 Russia 8 Greece 5 Cont... 41 Final 1st - 2nd place 24th June Yugoslavia 8 Italy 5 FINAL RANKING Bronze game 24th June Hungary 12 Team 1 Yugoslavia Croatia 9 2 Italy 3 Hungary 5th - 6th place 23rd June Russia 8 4 Croatia Spain 5 5 Russia 6 Spain 7th - 8th place 23rd June Greece 8 7 Greece Slovakia 4 8 Slovakia 9 Germany 9th - 10th place 10 Netherlands 22nd June 11 Romania Germany 8 Netherlands 6 12 France 11th - 12th place 22nd June Romania 9 France 1 WINNING TEAM YUGOSLAVIA Aleksandar Sostar, Petar Trbojevic, Predrag Zimonjic, Dejan Savic, Danilo Ikodinovic, Viktor Jelenic, Veljko Uskokovic, Aleksandar Ciric, Aleksandar Sapic, Vladimir Vujasinovic, Nenad Vukanic, Branko Pekovic, Nikola Janovic, Nikola Kuljaca, Denis Sefik 1.26 2003 Kranj Preliminary Rounds Group A 6th June Serbia & Montenegro 11 Romania 2 Slovakia Netherlands 12 11 Russia 6 Hungary 13 7th June Romania 7 Slovakia 9 7 Hungary 9 Netherlands Russia 11 Serbia & Montenegro 10 8th June Netherlands 6 Romania 10 Slovakia 8 Russia 7 Serbia & Montenegro 7 Hungary 6 9th June Russia Netherlands 6 Serbia & Montenegro 11 Slovakia 5 Hungary 14 Romania 5 11 10th June Romania 4 Russia 9 Slovakia 8 Hungary 14 Serbia & Montenegro 7 Netherlands 6 Group A 42 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 5 4 1 56:33 8 2 Serbia & Montenegro 5 4 1 46:30 8 3 Russia 5 3 2 44:41 6 4 Slovakia 5 2 3 41:51 4 5 Netherlands 5 1 4 37:48 2 6 Romania 5 1 4 28:49 2 M Group B 12 Germany 11 Group B Italy 7 Greece 5 L GD Pts 5 4 1 38:31 8 Team Plyd W D Slovenia 3 Spain 7 1 Croatia 7th June Germany 5 Italy 4 2 Spain 5 3 2 34:31 6 5 3 2 37:35 6 Slovenia 4 Croatia 9 3 Greece Spain 6 Greece 9 4 Germany 5 2 3 39:41 4 5 2 3 33:33 4 5 1 4 39:49 2 8th June Greece 5 Germany 4 5 Italy Croatia 3 Spain 6 6 Slovenia Italy 13 Slovenia 10 9th June Spain 8 Germany 10 Slovenia 10 Greece 11 Croatia 6 Italy 3 10th June Greece 7 Croatia 8 Germany 9 Slovenia 12 Italy 6 Spain 7 N Croatia E 6th June Quarter - finals 12th June Croatia 10 Slovakia 6 FINAL RANKING Hungary 10 Spain 2 Russia 10 Greece 8 1 Serbia & Montenegro Serbia & Montenegro 9 Germany 2 Team 2 Croatia 3 Hungary Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 4 Russia 13th June Croatia 5 Spain Serbia & Montenegro 11 10 Hungary Russia 9 7 6 Germany 7 Slovakia Losing Quarter finals 8 Greece Slovakia 5 Spain 6 9 Italy Germany 6 Greece 4 Final 1st - 2nd place 15th June Serbia & Montenegro 9 10 Romania 11 Netherlands Croatia 8 12 Russia 6 12 Slovenia Bronze game 15th June Hungary 5th - 6th place 14th June Germany 4 Spain 5 7th - 8th place 14th June Greece 6 Slovakia 7 9th - 10th place 13th June Romania 3 Italy 7 WINNING TEAM SERBIA & MONTENEGRO Nikola Kuljaca, Slobodan Nikic, Zivko Golic, Vanja Udovicic, Dejan Savic, Danilo Ikodinovic, 11th - 12th place 13th June Netherlands 7 Slovenia 4 Viktor Jelenic, Vladimir Gojkovic, Aleksandar Ciric, Aleksandar Sapic, Vladimir Vujasinovic, Predrag Jokic, Boris Zlokovic, Filip Filipovic, Denis Sefik 43 1.27 2006 Belgrade Preliminary Rounds Group A 1st September Romania 8 Group A Spain 11 Netherlands 11 Slovakia 11 1 Serbia Serbia 13 Russia 6 2 Spain 2nd September Spain 13 Slovakia 8 3 Romania Romania 13 Russia 10 4 Russia 5 2 Serbia 17 Netherlands 10 5 Netherlands 5 1 2 3rd September Netherlands 8 Romania 8 6 Slovakia 5 1 4 Russia 10 Spain 13 Serbia 19 Slovakia 2 4th September Russia 11 Netherlands 5 Romania 7 Slovakia Serbia 16 Spain 11 5th September Slovakia 9 Russia 12 Netherlands 12 Spain 11 Serbia Romania 4 GD Pts 5 78:34 15 5 3 2 59:54 9 5 2 2 41:48 7 3 49:53 6 2 46:58 5 36:62 1 5 W D 1 L Group B Group B 1st September Hungary 23 Slovenia 6 Team Plyd Greece 11 Germany 8 1 Hungary 5 Croatia 8 Italy 9 2 Italy 5 3 2 57:50 9 2nd September Slovenia 6 Greece 19 3 Greece 5 3 2 59:48 9 Italy 8 Germany 11 4 Germany 5 1 1 3 52:54 7 Croatia 11 Hungary 16 5 Croatia 5 1 2 2 57:52 5 6 Slovenia 5 5 33:95 0 3rd September Germany 14 Slovenia 6 Greece 10 Croatia 10 Hungary 13 Italy 6 4th September Italy 20 Slovenia 7 Hungary 10 Greece 8 Croatia 9 Germany 9 5th September Slovenia 8 Croatia 19 Germany 10 Hungary 20 Greece 11 Italy 14 Quarter - finals 7th September Spain 12 Greece 10 Romania 10 Italy 9 Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 44 Plyd 6 13 Team 8th September Romania 6 Serbia 13 Spain 10 Hungary 16 W D L 5 GD Pts 82:41 15 M Final 1st - 2nd place 10th September 9 Hungary 8 Romania 4 Spain 10 E Serbia 10th September N Bronze game 5th - 6th place 9th September Greece 10 Italy 11 FINAL RANKING Team 7th - 8th place 1 Serbia 9th September 2 Hungary Croatia 11 Germany 7 3 Spain 4 Romania 9th - 10th place 9th September Russia 15 Netherlands 10 5 Italy 6 Greece 11th - 12th place 7 Croatia 8th September 8 Germany Slovenia 9 Slovakia 10 9 Russia 10 Netherlands 11 Slovakia 12 Slovenia WINNING TEAM SERBIA Denis Sefik, Petar Trbojevic, Zivko Gocic, Vanja Udovicic, Dejan Savic, Danilo Ikodinovic, Slobodan Nikic, Filip Filipovic, Aleksandar Ciric, Aleksandar Sapic, Vladimir Vujasinovic, Branko Pekovic, Slobodan Soro, Dusko Pijetlovic, Andrija Prlainovic Italy’s Maurizio Felugo fires in a shot whilst under pressure from Hungary’s Adam Steinmetz in the 2012 European Men’s Championships (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 45 1.28 2008 Malaga Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 4th July Slovakia 3 Greece 12 Hungary 10 Croatia 9 1 Montenegro Spain 7 Montenegro 8 5th July Hungary 19 Slovakia 3 Monetenegro 11 Greece 10 Spain 7 Croatia 11 6th July Hungary 8 Greece 3 6 Slovakia Croatia 7 Montenegro 6 Slovakia 4 Spain 12 7th July Croatia 15 Slovakia 5 Hungary 9 Montenegro 10 Spain 9 Greece 8th July Slovakia 4 Montenegro 13 Greece 10 Croatia 10 Hungary 8 Spain 7 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 48:37 12 4 1 54:52 12 3 1 52:38 10 2 3 42:38 6 1 1 3 42:41 4 5 5 19:71 0 5 4 2 Hungary 5 3 Croatia 5 4 Spain 5 5 Greece 5 1 7 Group B Group B 4th July Macedonia 10 Romania 6 Serbia 17 Germany 5 1 Serbia Team Plyd W D 5 4 1 L GD Pts 68:31 13 Russia 6 Italy 12 2 Italy 5 4 1 55:35 12 5th July Macedonia 6 Serbia 23 3 Germany 5 3 2 39:42 9 Germany 13 Russia 4 4 Macedonia 5 1 1 3 35:56 4 Romania 7 Italy 12 5 Romania 5 1 1 3 37:46 4 6th July Russia 9 Macedonia 9 6 Russia 5 1 4 35:59 1 Serbia 6 Romania 6 Italy 12 Germany 6 7th July Romania 4 Germany 8 Macedonia 5 Italy 11 Serbia 11 Russia 6 8th July Germany 7 Macedonia 5 Russia 10 Romania 14 Italy 8 Serbia 11 Quarter - finals 9th July Hungary 14 Germany 8 Croatia 8 Italy 7 5th - 6th place 12th July Germany 7 Italy 9 7th - 8th place Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 11th July Croatia 7 Montenegro 9 Hungary 7 Serbia 8 12th July Spain 15 Macedonia 5 9th - 10th place 12th July Romania 11 Russia 6 Final 1st - 2nd place 13th July Serbia 5 Montenegro Bronze game 13th July Hungary 6 11th - 12th place 11th July 46 15 Croatia 14 Greece 14 Slovakia 8 M FINAL RANKING Team WINNING TEAM MONTENEGRO E 1 Montenegro Zdravko Radic, Drasko Brguljan, Vjekoslav Paskovic, Nikola Vukcevic, Nikola Janovik, Milan Ticic, Mjadlan Janovic, Damian Danilvic, Aleksandar Ivovic, Boris Zlokovic, 4 Croatia Vladimir Gojkovic, Predrag Jokic, Milos Scepanovic N 2 Serbia 3 Hungary 5 Italy 6 Germany 7 Spain 8 Macedonia 9 Romania 10 Russia 11 Greece 12 Slovakia 1.29 2010 Zagreb Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 29th August Turkey 6 Romania 12 Italy 7 Spain 6 1 Croatia 5 4 0 1 54:32 12 Montenegro 11 Croatia 9 2 Italy 5 4 0 1 42:35 12 30th August Spain 10 Romania 11 Italy 11 Montenegro 10 Croatia 16 Turkey 3 5 Spain 5 1st September Turkey 4 Italy 9 6 Turkey 5 Romania 7 Croatia 13 Montenegro 8 Spain 7 3rd September Montenegro 22 Turkey 2 Italy 10 Romania 7 Spain 6 Croatia 8 5th September Turkey 6 Spain 12 Romania 9 Montenegro 9 Italy 5 Croatia 8 Russia 9 Hungary Serbia 30th August Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 3 Montenegro 5 3 1 1 38:22 10 4 Romania 5 2 1 2 46:48 7 1 0 4 41:40 3 0 0 5 21:71 0 Group B Group B 29th August Team Plyd Macedonia 10 10 Germany 8 1 Hungary 5 13 Greece 5 2 Serbia 5 Germany 7 Russia 6 3 Germany 5 Serbia 6 Hungary 9 4 Greece 5 W D L GD Pts 4 1 0 46:34 13 4 0 1 71:36 12 3 0 2 32:45 9 1 1 3 32:37 4 Greece 10 Macedonia 5 5 Macedonia 5 1 0 4 35:53 3 1st September Russia 10 Serbia 16 6 Russia 5 1 0 4 42:53 3 Macedonia 7 Germany 8 Hungary 6 Greece 6 3rd September Serbia 19 Macedonia 9 Hungary 14 Russia 10 Greece 5 Germany 6 5th September Serbia 17 Germany 3 Russia 7 Greece 6 Hungary 7 Macedonia 4 Cont... 47 Quarter - finals FINAL RANKING 7th-12th place 7th September Spain 9 Russia 6 Turkey 9 Macedonia 6 1st-6th place Team 1 Croatia 2 Italy 3 Serbia 7th September Italy 6 Germany 2 4 Hungary Montenegro 5 Serbia 6 5 Montenegro 6 Germany 11th-12th place 7 Romania 9th September Russia 5 Macedonia 4 8 Spain 9 Greece Semi - finals 7th-10th place 10 Turkey Spain 12 Greece 11 11 Russia Turkey 8 Romania 15 12 FYRO Macedonia Semi-final Round Serbia 9 Croatia 10 WINNING TEAM CROATIA Italy 10 Hungary 8 Josip Pavic, Damir Buric, Miho Boskovic, Niksa Dobud, Marco Jokovic, Petar Muslim, Frano Karac, Andro Buslje, Final Round 9th-10th place Sandro Sukno, Samir Barac, Igor Hinic, Paulo Obradovic, Ivan Buljubasic Greece 10 Turkey 7 7th-8th place Spain 7 Romania 8 5th-6th Place Germany 6 Montenegro 14 Bronze game Serbia 10 Hungary 8 Final- 1st-2nd place Croatia 7 Italy 3 Niccolo Figari (blue no. 7) from Italy battles for the ball with three times Olympic gold medal winning, Peter Biros (white cap no.10) of Hungary in Eindhoven in 2012 (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 48 1.28 2012 Eindhoven Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 16th January Macedonia 16 Turkey 4 Greece 14 Netherlands 12 Hungary 12 Italy 8 17th January Macedonia 6 Greece 10 Netherlands 6 Hungary 19 Turkey 7 Italy 24 19th January Hungary 14 Macedonia 9 6 Turkey Greece 20 Turkey 2 Italy 14 Netherlands 6 21st January Macedonia 5 Italy Turkey 7 Netherlands 12 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 1 Hungary 5 5 0 0 76:32 15 2 Italy 5 4 1 0 71:37 12 3 Greece 5 3 2 0 58:39 9 4 Netherlands 5 2 3 0 46:62 6 5 Macedonia 5 1 4 0 44:53 3 5 0 5 0 22:94 0 15 Greece 7 Hungary 9 23rd January Turkey 2 Hungary 22 Macedonia 8 Netherlands 10 Italy 10 Greece 7 Group B Group B 16th January Croatia 10 Romania Germany 7 Montenegro 13 7 Team 1 Serbia Plyd W D L GD Pts 5 4 1 0 57:45 12 Serbia 7 Spain 5 2 Montenegro 5 3 1 1 53:42 10 17th January Serbia 13 Germany 12 3 Germany 5 3 2 0 55:54 9 Spain 12 Romania 10 4 Croatia 5 3 2 0 52:50 9 Montenegro 8 Croatia 10 5 Spain 5 1 3 1 47:55 4 19th January Germany 16 Spain 10 6 Romania 5 0 5 0 39:57 0 Croatia 12 Serbia 15 Romania 8 Montenegro 11 21st January Serbia 14 Romania Spain 10 Montenegro 10 Germany 10 Croatia 9 10 5 23rd January Croatia 11 Spain Serbia 7 Montenegro 11 Romania 9 Germany 10 Quarter - finals 7th-12th place 25th January Macedonia 10 Romania 12 Turkey 4 Spain 16 Quarter - finals 1st-6th place 25th January Italy 9 Germany Greece 9 Montenegro 11 4 11th-12th place 27th January Macedonia 9 Turkey 7 Semi - finals 7th-10th place 27th January Romania 16 Croatia Spain 14 Netherlands 9 15 Cont... 49 Semi - final Round 27th January Italy Montenegro 14 8 Serbia 12 Hungary 13 Final Round 28th January Croatia 16 28th January Romania 5th - 6th place 28th January Germany 9 Netherlands 4 7th-8th place 8 Spain Greece 9 6 Bronze game 28th January Italy 9 Final 1st-2nd place 28th January Serbia 9 Hungary Montenegro 12 8 FINAL RANKING Team 1 Serbia WINNING TEAM SERBIA 2 Montenegro Slobodan Soro, Aleksa Saponijic, Zivko Gocic, Vanja Udovicic, Milos Cuk, Dusko Pijetlovic, 3 Hungary Slobodan Nikic, Milan Aleksic, Nikola Radjen, Filip Filipovic, Andrja Prlainovic, Stefan Mitrovic, 4 Italy Branislav Mitrovic 5 Germany 6 Greece 7 Spain 8 Romania 9 Croatia 10 Netherlands 11 Macedonia 12 Turkey Slobodan Nikic of Montenegro struggles to get a shot in against Serbia in the final of the 2012 European Men’s Championships in Eindhoven (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 50 M E N Men’s LEADING SCORERS in the 2012 EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS Serbia celebrates its win in the 2012 European Men’s Championships in Eindhoven. Despite losing 11-7 in the preliminary round, Serbia turned the tables on Montenegro in the final (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 2.1 The Top Goal Scorers - Eindhoven 2012- Men Rank Cap No. Name Team 1 9 Sandro Sukno CRO 2= 7 Mladan Janovic MNE 2= 3 Andreas Miralis GRE 4= 10 Felipe Perrone 4= 2 6 7= 7= 7= Matches Preliminary Round Goals Final Round Goals Overall 7 13 11 24 8 12 8 20 7 17 3 20 ESP 8 10 7 17 Cosmin Radu ROU 8 8 9 17 7 Gergely Kiss HUN 7 10 6 16 10 Peter Biros HUN 7 7 8 15 5 Guillermo Molina ESP 8 11 4 15 6 Dusko Pijetlovic SRB 7 14 1 15 7= 6 Marc Politze GER 7 13 2 15 7= 4 Vanja Udovicic SRB 7 11 4 15 51 European Water Polo CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s Top Scorers 3.1 The Top Goal Scorers At Each Championship 1950 Vienna 1954 Turin 1958 Budapest 1962 Leipzig 1966 Utrecht 1970 Barcelona 1974 Vienna 1977 Jönköping 1981 Split 1983 Rome 1985 Sofia 1987 Strasbourg 1989 Bonn 1991 Athens 1993 Sheffield 1995 Vienna 1997 Seville 1999 Florence 2001 Budapest 2003 Kranj 2006 Belgrade 2008 Malaga 2010 Zagreb 2012 Eindhoven Rudy Van Feggelen Terry C. Miller Nodar Gvaharia Zoltan Dömötör Zoltan Dömötör Nicolaus Dumont Ferenc Konrad Juan Jané Gianni De Magistris Manuel Estiarte Manuel Estiarte Milivoj Bebic Hagen Stamm Manuel Estiarte Manuel Estiarte Manuel Estiarte Dmitriy Apanasenko Manuel Estiarte Salvador Gomez Alexandre Erychov Aleksandar Sapic Aleksandar Sapic Aleksandar Sapic Vanja Udovicic Sandro Sukno Netherlands Great Britain USSR Hungary Hungary Belgium Hungary Spain Italy Spain Spain Yugoslavia Germany Spain Spain Spain Russia Spain Spain Russia Serbia & Montenegro Serbia Serbia Serbia Croatia 35 goals 13 goals 13 goals 12 goals 10 goals 17 goals 20 goals 15 goals 20 goals 27 goals 27 goals 21 goals 21 goals 26 goals 36 goals 29 goals 24 goals 18 goals 16 goals 21 goals 24 goals 24 goals 23 goals 21 goals 24 goals Mladan Janovic in action for Montenegro against Serbia in the final of the 2012 European Men’s Championships in Eindhoven (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 52 M E N European Water Polo CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s Medal table Andrei Iosep, Romania, looks for the best pass in Romania’s game against Spain. Felipe Perrone, Spain, looks to defend (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 4.1 Men’s Medal Table Country Gold Silver Bronze Total HUN 12 5 5 22 USSR 5 3 2 10 ITA 3 2 5 10 YUG 2 7 5 14 SRB 2 1 1 4 FRG 2 1 3 CRO 1 2 3 1 MNE 1 NED 1 SCG 1 1 2 2 2 1 GER 3 5 SWE 3 3 ESP 1 3 4 FRA 1 1 GDR 1 1 BEL 3 3 AUT 1 1 RUS 30 30 1 1 30 90 53 European Water Polo CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN’s Referees 5.1 Officiating Referees 1947 - 2012 Name 47 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 77 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 Total Adzic MNE Afanasiev URS, RUS 4 Aglialoro ITA 2 2 3 4 5 5 21 4 4 8 Alexandrescu ROU 3 3 3 12 Angerhausen BEL 2 2 4 Andersen DEN Angella FRA 3 4 5 3 Antsiferov RUS Asencio ESP 3 4 5 1 1 12 Backlund SWE 2 Bajanaru ROM Barradas POR 2 1 1 1 1 Batalle ESP 2 3 4 9 Bathurst GBR 3 4 2 2 15 18 1 1 Bauwens BEL 2 5 4 4 3 Becker FRG 4 Belevtsov UKR 1 Bender GER Bervoets NED 2 Bianchi ITA Bishop GBR 1 4 4 4 Blumenthal URS 2 Bock GER 5 1 8 1 2 3 Boer HUN 2 2 Bohat SVK 6 3 Bonev BUL 3 3 1 5 4 4 10 1 1 Blan FRG Blazina YUG 3 2 3 2 Bonnay FRA Bookelman NED 4 3 4 4 6 1 3 5 5 4 2 30 Borner GER 1 1 Borrell ESP 4 17 Brala CRO Brandi HUN 5 3 6 3 4 3 Bras NED 6 2 4 Brguljan MNE Brockmann FRG 8 4 16 2 4 5 4 3 18 3 2 Buch ESP Burge GBR 3 3 5 4 5 9 3 6 Cabello ESP Cachia V. MLT 54 3 4 3 3 7 47 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 77 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 Total 4 5 Cernik TCH 2 2 Chachava URS Chernichev URS 4 1 Chirchulete ROM Chirunas URS 4 1 2 2 4 5 2 11 Chmielewski POL 1 2 3 Cillero ESP 3 4 4 3 17 3 Ciric SRB 4 2 6 Clara ITA 5 5 10 Clemencon FRA 4 2 6 Coppola ITA 2 2 Costa ITA 10 6 4 Csaszar HUN 4 4 4 3 4 N 4 1 4 E Caputi ITA Caselli ITA M Name 19 Dahler FRG 3 Dalli MLT Dani ITA David FRA 3 4 3 4 3 4 6 10 4 10 De Kok NED 2 1 2 5 Delahaye BEL 2 2 4 Demey FRA Deste TUR De Stefano ITA 4 8 4 4 4 2 3 Detko GBR Diathessopoulos GRE 2 5 2 3 3 Di Gennaro ITA 2 2 Dirnweber AUT 23 3 3 5 4 8 Donato ESP Donnici ESP 1 1 3 4 3 2 12 Dragan ROM 2 2 2 6 Dreval RUS 2 2 4 2 2 8 2 2 Drobnjak YUG Dujardin FRA Dunford GBR 1 Dutilh NED 1 1 1 Elder GBR Eleftheriadis GRE 3 8 2 2 2 2 8 Eveleigh GBR Exerov BUL 3 5 4 3 4 Esaian URS Falk SWE 1 Fangero GDR 2 1 2 Fekete HUN 3 9 7 Ferri ITA 4 4 Fjarrstad L. SWE 1 1 Fernandez ESP Fjarrstad T. SWE 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 19 Cont... 55 Name 47 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 77 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 Total Fogelstrom DEN Foulon FRA 3 3 2 2 Franulovic CRO 4 4 1 1 Frey SUI Fuchs BEL 2 4 7 5 4 22 2 4 5 5 4 20 Gamisans ESP 2 2 2 Galkin RUS 6 Geli ESP 3 2 4 2 3 14 1 1 Gerber FRA Geurtsen NED 2 2 4 Golijanin SRB Gombosh ISR 3 3 3 Gomez ITA Goose NED 5 5 4 14 4 3 2 3 Gorinov BUL 8 3 1 1 2 Grilli ITA 4 1 2 3 Grimaldi ITA 4 Grosso ITA Gutzwiller SUI 1 Grandin FRA 1 12 3 3 1 1 Hammarstrom SWE 2 1 3 Hantal TUR 4 5 3 13 Hargreaves GBR 1 1 1 Hassekioglou GRE 3 5 3 4 15 Hausche GER 3 11 1 1 2 2 Hodgson GBR Houwaert BEL 4 4 Illiadis GRE 7 12 14 2 3 5 Indrelid NOR Ivkovic YUG 4 5 5 3 2 Jakerson TCH 1 2 11 Janev BUL 3 2 4 3 2 14 Janssen NED 4 4 Jarochowski POL 2 4 2 8 4 4 2 10 Jones GBR 4 4 Juhasz HUN 3 3 Karlsson SWE 2 Kiss HUN 4 5 9 Kistyakovski URS 2 2 Kiszelly HUN 4 5 4 13 Klaric YUG, CRO 30 3 11 Klisovic YUG 3 4 4 3 2 3 4 4 4 3 Klopper NED Knezevic YUG 4 5 3 3 Koenigh HUN 2 4 4 3 3 Koganov AZE 56 2 5 4 8 3 16 4 13 47 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 77 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 Total Kossov RUS 3 5 6 14 2 2 3 3 5 2 4 4 5 26 1 Kratochvil SVK 2 4 4 3 4 Kun HUN N Kosztolanczy HUN Krajczewski POL E Koryzna POL M Name 1 4 21 4 4 8 Lalov BUL Laundon GBR 5 3 4 1 13 1 1 Laurent FRA 2 4 6 Lehn GER Levin ISR Lochon FRA 3 2 5 3 5 7 7 22 3 Ludecke FRG, GER 2 5 3 3 5 4 19 Maggio ITA Manguillot ESP 3 3 4 4 5 3 16 Marculescu ROM 3 2 4 Margeta SVK, SLO 5 5 6 Matache ROM, ROU 9 5 21 4 2 6 Mauss GER 1 1 Merola ITA 3 Minartowicz POL 3 3 Moine FRA 5 5 3 6 Moliner ESP Monay SUI 1 2 5 4 11 1 Naumov RUS Nicolaescu ROM 5 5 5 15 1 Nielsen DEN 3 4 4 1 11 Njegovan SRB 2 2 Nonnekes NED 1 1 Novotny TCH 1 1 Paggi ITA 4 Panagakos GRE Papazian FRA 4 Parrini ITA 4 3 4 2 4 4 2 7 6 6 29 1 5 2 Peris CRO Perniklijski SWE 4 3 Petrasovits AUT 3 4 4 2 3 4 3 5 4 5 6 6 26 4 4 3 6 4 Pollmann FRG, GER 2 3 4 3 Prelovsky TCH 2 4 5 6 6 24 3 4 2 4 13 Prikhodko URS Prostjakov URS 4 4 18 Petrovic YUG Picchetto ITA Pizzorno ITA 8 5 4 3 3 15 Petronilli ITA Polic YUG 8 13 4 3 7 3 3 12 Cont... 57 Name 47 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 77 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 Total Racine SUI Radjenovic YUG 1 3 3 4 Raiton FRA 6 Rajevic YUG Rajki HUN 3 3 4 13 6 4 4 3 3 Rakovec SLO Rashmadjan URS 3 4 7 4 5 3 15 Reemnet NED Rezek CZE 3 2 3 2 1 Riccitelli ITA 2 5 3 2 Rogione ITA 2 3 5 Rohbeck GER 2 2 1 13 1 Rosmann AUT Roth GDR 1 3 4 3 2 Rotunno ITA 4 9 2 2 Rulf FRG 2 2 Rowse GBR 5 Sadekov RUS Salamon HUN 3 4 4 3 11 Salino ITA Samu HUN 4 4 3 3 Sapara GER 3 3 Scheepers BEL 2 2 Scheuermann FRG 5 9 1 Schlenker HUN 1 4 Schmuck TCH Schmudermeyer AUT Schneider FRG 3 3 3 4 2 2 7 6 Schwartz ISR Scott GBR 3 2 1 Seifert YUG 4 2 Selzsam FRA Semenov URS 6 2 Simion ROU 5 5 22 3 3 Skaal SWE 4 4 Soumelidis GRE 5 4 2 8 3 Simons BEL Sjd SWE 1 1 4 3 1 Spiegel GER 1 3 Stajkovic MKD Stavridis GRE Stavropoulos GRE 3 6 3 5 3 3 3 2 Silha ROM Sturm GDR 4 3 2 3 5 9 3 2 1 6 5 6 6 4 21 3 5 3 4 1 20 1 Tarodi HUN 1 Taylan TUR Taylor GBR 1 Teixido ESP Tellegen NED 58 5 1 5 1 5 5 3 3 47 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 77 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 Total Theodorakopoulos GRE 3 3 4 4 3 3 Thibou BEL 6 3 4 13 Timoc ROM 3 4 3 2 3 3 4 4 3 Tomic CRO Toygarli TUR 4 3 29 6 6 4 5 Troitsky URS, RUS 4 Tsantas GRE 6 4 5 4 4 4 Tulga TUR 5 4 5 6 5 7 6 N Thepaut FRA E Teule ESP M Name 16 12 19 38 Ucansu TUR Ulrich GDR 3 2 2 3 Van De Laak NED Van De Vreken BEL Van Dorp NED 4 3 2 4 4 5 5 3 3 13 5 25 6 Van Hems FRA Van Zenderen NED 4 3 1 3 3 Vasileiou GRE Venturini ITA 2 6 1 Vogel HUN Vuletic CRO 7 8 1 4 4 3 3 1 1 Vlasic CRO Vuletic YUG 7 Vuszek HUN 4 3 5 12 3 4 4 5 4 20 Weghofer AUT 2 1 1 Wengenroth SUI Witzke FRG 4 1 1 4 4 Zimny POL Zucherman SWE 2 3 4 3 7 5 Moritz Oeler, Germany, fires in a shot in the match between Germany and Greece. Oeler scored one of Germany’s goals in its 9-6 win at the 2012 European Championships (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 59 European Water Polo club competitions - Men’s 6.1 Men’s European Club Competitions Year 60 European Super Cup Cup Winners Cup 1974-1975 Ferencvarosi TC 1975-1976 Mladost Zagreb Mladost Zagreb 1976-1977 CSKA Moscow MGU Moscow 1977-1978 Ferencvarosi Ferencvarosi TC 1978-1979 Orvosegyetem SC KPK Korcula 1979-1980 Ferencvarosi Ferencvarosi TC 1980-1981 CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow 1981-1982 CN Barcelona POSK Split 1982-1983 CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow 1983-1984 POSK Split POSK Split 1984-1985 Dinamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow 1985-1986 Spandau 04 Berlin Vasas SC 1986-1987 Spandau 04 Berlin HJK Mornar Split 1987-1988 Pescara Posillipo Napoli 1988-1989 RN Arenzano LEN Trophy 1989-1990 Mladost Zagreb Pescara 1990-1991 Partizan Beograd Partizan Beograd 1991-1992 CN Catalunya CN Catalunya 1992-1993 Pescara Pescara Ujpesti TE 1993-1994 Ujpesti TE Pescara Roma 1994-1995 CN Catalunya Vasas SC CN Barcelona 1995-1996 Mladost Zagreb Roma Pescara 1996-1997 Vouliagmeni Athens Ujpesti TE 1997-1998 Ferencvarosi TC Partizan Beograd 1998-1999 Miadost Zagreb Ujpesti TE 1999-2000 Dynamo Moscow JUG Dubrovnik 2000-2001 RN Florentia Mladost Zagreb 2001-2002 Olympiakos Piraeus Vasas SC Brescia 2002-2003 Pro Recco Posillipo Napoli Brescia 2003-2004 Budapest Honved SE CN Barcelona 2004-2005 Posillipo RN Savona 2005-2006 JUG Dubrovnik Brescia 2006-2007 Pro Recco Sintez Kazan 2007-2008 Pro Recco Sturm 2002 Chehov 2008-2009 Primorac Kotor Szeged Beton VE 2009-2010 Pro Recco Vaterpolo Akademija Cattaro 2010-2011 Partizan Belgrade Savona 2011-2012 ASD Pro Recco RN Savona 2012-2013 BVK Crvena Zvezda VK Radnicki Kragujevac M 6.2 Men’s Champion’s League/Final Six E Club Country 1963-1964 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 1964-1965 Recco Italy 1965-1966 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 1966-1967 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 1967-1968 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1968-1969 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1969-1970 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1970-1971 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 1971-1972 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1972-1973 OSC Budapest Hungary 1973-1974 MGU Moscow Soviet Union 1974-1975 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 1975-1976 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 1976-1977 CSK Moscow Soviet Union 1977-1978 Canottierei Naples Italy 1978-1979 OSC Budapest Hungary 1979-1980 Vasas Budapest Hungary 1980-1981 Jug Dubrovnik Yugoslavia 1981-1982 CN Barcelona Spain 1982-1983 Spandau Berlin GDR 1983-1984 Stefanel Recco Italy 1984-1985 Vasas Budapest Hungary 1985-1986 Spandau Berlin GDR 1986-1987 Spandau Berlin GDR 1987-1988 Sisley Pescara Italy 1988-1989 Spandau Berlin GDR 1989-1990 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1990-1991 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1991-1992 Jadran Koteks Split Yugoslavia 1992-1993 Jadran Koteks Split Yugoslavia 1993-1994 Ujpesti Budapest Hungary 1994-1995 Catalunya Barcelona Spain 1995-1996 Mladost Zagreb Yugoslavia 1996-1997 Themis Posillipo Naples Italy 1997-1998 CN Posillipo Naples Italy 1998-1999 Splitska Banka Split Croatia 1999-2000 VK Becej Nis Naftagas Yugoslavia 2000-2001 Jug Dubrovnik Croatia 2001-2002 Olympiakos Piraeus Greece 2002-2003 Pro Recco Italy 2003-2004 Domino BHSE Budapest Hungary 2004-2005 CN Posillipo Naples Italy 2005-2006 Jug Dubrovnik Croatia 2006-2007 Pro Recco Italy 2007-2008 Pro Recco Italy 2008-2009 Primorac Kotor Montenegro 2009-2010 Pro Recco Italy 2010-2011 Partizan Belgrade Serbia 2011-2012 Ferla Pro Recco Italy 2012-2013 BVK Crvena Zvezda Serbia 2013-2014 Club Natacio Atletic Spain N Year (Euro League introduced in 2003-4 season; named changed to Champion’s League in 2010) 61 European Water Polo Results WOMEN 1985-2012 7.1 1985 Oslo 12th August Norway 15 Sweden 3 FINAL RANKING Netherlands 26 France 0 Belgium 7 F.R.Germany 7 1 Netherlands 7 7 175:14 14 Hungary 18 Great Britain 2 Hungary 7 6 1 93:43 12 5 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 13th August Netherlands 18 Belgium 1 3 F.R.Germany 7 4 1 2 83:67 9 Hungary 18 France 1 4 Norway 7 4 3 63:66 8 Norway 10 Great Britain 4 5 Belgium 7 3 1 3 58:59 7 F.R.Germany 25 Sweden 6 6 Great Britain 7 2 5 36:90 4 14th August F.R.Germany 13 Great Britain 4 7 France 7 1 6 29:101 2 Hungary Belgium 5 8 Sweden 7 7 30:127 0 Norway 15 France 4 Netherlands 37 Sweden 1 10 15th August Netherlands 27 F.R.Germany 6 WINNING TEAM NETHERLANDS Belgium 13 Sweden 5 Madeline Van Heemstra, Marion Van Der Mark, Hungary 12 Norway 5 Janet Heljnert, Ineke Pesman, Belinda Hibbel, Great Britain 9 France 6 Lieneke Van Den Heuvel, Anita Bibo, Alice Lindhout, 16th August F.R.Germany 13 France 5 Monique Kranenburg, Patricia Libregts, Lilian Ossendrijver, Netherlands 25 Great Britain 0 Hedda Verdam, Marian Walthie Norway 10 Belgium 8 Hungary 19 Sweden 1 6 17th August Great Britain 9 Sweden Hungary 12 F.R.Germany 7 Netherlands 23 Norway 2 Belgium 12 France 4 18th August France 9 Sweden 8 Belgium 12 Great Britain 5 F.R.Germany 12 Norway 6 Netherlands Hungary 4 19 Carmen Gelse, Germany, passes the ball in Germany’s Preliminary Group B match against Greece. Gelse scored one of her side’s goals but Greece went on to in 12-6 (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 62 w 7.2 1987 Strasbourg o Norway 8 FINAL RANKING Netherlands 22 Belgium 2 Hungary 16 F.R.Germany 5 17th August Netherlands 16 Norway France 7 F.R.Germany 6 4 Team 1 Netherlands Plyd 6 W GD Pts 6 D L 100:29 12 2 Hungary 6 5 1 80:40 10 3 France 6 4 2 46:50 8 Hungary 12 Great Britain 3 4 F.R.Germany 6 3 3 54:54 6 18th August F.R.Germany 11 Great Britain 5 5 Norway 6 2 4 50:68 4 Hungary 20 Belgium 7 6 Belgium 6 1 5 36:82 2 Netherlands 18 France 4 7 Great Britain 6 6 30:73 0 20th August F.R.Germany 11 Belgium 6 Hungary Norway 9 14 France 8 Great Britain 3 21st August Netherlands 11 Hungary 8 F.R.Germany 11 Norway 8 WINNING TEAM NETHERLANDS Belgium 9 Great Britain 8 Madeline Van Heemstra, Hellen Boering, 22nd August France 12 Belgium 5 Lieneke Van Den Heuvel, Anita Bibo, Lilian Ossendrijver, Norway 12 Great Britain 10 Irma Brander, Greet Van Den Veen, Monique Kranenburg, Netherlands 12 F.R.Germany 10 Patricia Libregts, Esmeralda Van Den Water, Ilse Sindorf, 23rd August Norway 9 Belgium 7 Anita Nijenhuis, Hedda Verdam, Janny Spijker Netherlands 21 Great Britain 1 Hungary 10 France 5 N 10 E France m 16th August 7.3 1989 Bonn Preliminary Rounds Group C Group C 16th August Hungary 20 Sweden 5 Team Plyd GD Pts France 12 Norway 8 1 Hungary 3 W 3 D L 52:14 6 17th August Norway 6 Sweden 4 2 France 3 2 1 31:26 4 Hungary 10 France 6 3 Norway 3 1 2 17:38 2 18th August France 13 Sweden 8 4 Sweden 3 3 17:39 0 Hungary 22 Norway 3 Group D Group D 14th August F.R.Germany 14 Greece 1 Netherlands 26 Belgium 2 1 Netherlands Team Plyd 4 W D L 4 GD Pts 80:11 8 15th August Netherlands 26 Greece 2 2 Italy 4 3 1 34:37 6 Italy 12 Belgium 8 3 F.R.Germany 4 2 2 36:28 4 5 4 Greece 4 1 3 15:55 2 5 Belgium 4 4 20:54 0 16th August Italy 9 Greece Netherlands 13 F.R.Germany 4 17th August Greece 7 Belgium Italy 10 F.R.Germany 9 18th August Netherlands 15 Italy 3 F.R.Germany 9 Belgium 4 6 Semi - finals 19th August Hungary 8 Italy 6 Netherlands 20 France 5 Cont... 63 Final 1st - 2nd place FINAL RANKING 20th August Netherlands 14 Hungary 11 Team 1 Netherlands Bronze game 20th August 2 Hungary France 10 Italy 9 3 France 4 Italy 5th - 6th place 19th August 5 F.R.Germany F.R.Germany 16 Norway 4 6 Norway 7 Greece 7th - 8th place 19th August Greece 5 Sweden 8 Sweden 4 9 Belgium WINNING TEAM NETHERLANDS Hermine Perik, Hellen Boering, Lieneke Van Den Heuvel, Greet Van Den Veen, Esmeralda Van Den Water, Patricia Libregts, Anita Nijenhuis, Monique Kranenburg, Ilse Sindorf, Janny Spijker, Hedda Verdam, Irma Brander, Alice Lindhout, Astrid Van Den Meer 7.4 1991 Athens Preliminary Rounds Group C Group C 18th August Hungary 8 Italy 8 USSR 10 Greece 7 1 Hungary 3 2 1 33:11 5 19th August Hungary 15 USSR 3 2 Italy 3 2 1 29:20 5 Italy 11 Greece 4 3 USSR 3 1 2 21:32 2 20th August Italy 10 USSR 8 4 France 3 3 11:31 0 Hungary 10 Greece 0 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts Group D Group D 18th August Netherlands 11 Germany 3 L GD Pts France 4 Great Britain 2 1 Netherlands Team Plyd 3 W 3 D 46:9 6 19th August France 8 Germany 4 2 France 3 2 1 16:21 4 Netherlands 20 Great Britain 2 3 Germany 3 1 2 17:24 2 20th August Germany 10 Great Britain 5 4 Great Britain 3 3 9:34 0 Netherlands 15 France 4 FINAL RANKING Semi - finals 22nd August Hungary 10 France 3 1 Hungary Team Netherlands 12 Italy 8 2 Netherlands 3 Italy Final 1st - 2nd place 4 France 25th August 5 USSR Hungary 11 Netherlands 8 6 Germany Bronze game 25th August Italy 9 France 5 7 Greece WINNING TEAM HUNGARY 8 Great Britain Orsolya Szalkay, Laura Gruber, Katalin Dancsa, Noemi Toth, Mercedesz Stieber, Edit Vincze, 5th - 6th place 22nd August USSR 13 Germany 5 Ildiko Takacs, Iren Rafael, Katalin Nagy, Zsuzsanna Kertesz, Ildiko Ronaszeki, Ildiko Kokai, 7th - 8th place 22nd August 64 Greece 6 Great Britain 2 Zsuzsanna Huff, Csilla Szamosi w 7.5 1993 Leeds o m Preliminary Rounds Group A 20 Switzerland 3 France 21 Czech Republic 4 Russia 8 Great Britain 6 1st August Hungary 22 Czech Republic 5 France 11 Russia 10 Great Britain 13 Switzerland 2nd August Russia 24 Czech Republic Hungary 13 Great Britain 7 France 21 Switzerland 6 3rd August Russia 12 Hungary 7 Switzerland 7 Czech Republic 5 France 6 Great Britain 4th August Russia 23 Switzerland 3 N Hungary E 31st July 3 5 1 Great Britain 14 Czech Republic 6 Hungary 12 France 6 Group A Team 1 Russia Plyd 5 W D 4 L GD Pts 1 77:32 8 2 Hungary 5 4 1 74:33 8 3 France 5 4 1 65:33 8 4 Great Britain 5 2 3 41:36 4 5 Switzerland 5 1 4 22:82 2 6 Czech Republic 5 5 25:88 0 Group B 31st July Germany 6 Greece 5 Italy 7 Spain 6 Netherlands 24 Slovakia 1 1st August Italy 7 6 Germany Spain 14 Slovakia 1 Netherlands 15 Greece 8 2nd August Italy 23 Slovakia 2 Netherlands 20 Germany 8 Greece 9 2 3rd August Germany 24 Slovakia Spain 1 Italy 6 Greece 4 Netherlands 18 Spain 2 4th August Greece 19 Slovakia 2 Netherlands 13 Italy 7 Germany 9 Spain 1 Cont... Allegra Lapi, Italy, forms the first line of defence in the final of the 2012 European Women’s Championships against Greece. The attacking player with the ball in hand (no.9) is Greece’s Angeliki Gerolymou (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 65 Group B Team 1 Netherlands Plyd W D L GD Pts 90:26 10 5 5 2 Italy 5 4 1 50:31 8 3 Germany 5 3 2 53:34 6 4 Greece 5 2 3 45:31 4 5 Spain 5 1 4 25:44 2 6 Slovakia 5 5 7:104 0 Semi - finals 6th August Russia 8 Italy 6 Netherlands 9 Hungary 8 Netherlands 13 Russia 8 Hungary 8 Italy 7 Final 1st - 2nd place 7th August Bronze game 7th August FINAL RANKING Team 1 Netherlands 5th - 6th place 6th August France 2 Russia 7 Germany 4 3 Hungary 4 Italy 7th - 8th place 6th August Greece 5 France 8 Great Britain 7 6 Germany 7 Greece 9th - 10th place 6th August Spain 8 Great Britain 11 Switzerland 6 9 Spain 10 Switzerland 11th - 12th place 6th August Czech Republic 11 Czech Republic 10 Slovakia 7 12 Slovakia WINNING TEAM NETHERLANDS Karla Van Der Boon, Janny Spijker, Edmee Hiemstra, Carla Quint, Ingrid Leijendekker, Alice Lindhout, Karin Kuipers, Ellen Bast, Gillian Van De Berg, Rianne Schram, Hellen Boering, Sandra Scherrenburg, Hedda Verdam Kyriaki Liosi of Greece in the white cap wins the swim off for the ball at the start of a quarter in the 2012 European Women’s Championships against Italy (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 66 w 7.6 1995 Vienna o m Preliminary Rounds Group A 19 Portugal 1 19th August Russia 16 France 7 20th August France 13 Portugal 2 N Russia E 18th August Group A Team L GD Pts 2 2 35:8 4 2 France 2 1 1 20:18 2 3 Portugal 2 2 3:32 0 1 Russia Plyd W D Group B 18th August Hungary 10 Czech Republic 1 19th August Hungary 12 Great Britain 2 20th August Great Britain 12 Czech Republic 8 Group B Team Plyd L GD Pts 1 Hungary 2 W 2 D 22:3 4 2 Great Britain 2 1 1 14:20 2 3 Czech Republic 2 2 9:22 0 Group C 18th August Greece 11 Spain 4 19th August Netherlands 17 Spain 6 20th August Netherlands 7 Greece 6 Group C Team 1 Netherlands Plyd W D L GD Pts 24:12 4 2 2 2 Greece 2 1 1 17:11 2 3 Spain 2 2 10:28 0 Group D 18th August Italy 19 Switzerland 1 19th August Germany 14 Switzerland 0 20th August Italy 8 Germany 4 Group D Team L GD Pts 2 2 27:5 4 2 Germany 2 1 1 18:8 2 3 Switzerland 2 2 1:33 0 1 Italy Plyd W D Quarter - finals Group E 21st August Russia 16 Germany 8 Greece 9 Hungary 7 22nd August Greece 12 Germany 11 Hungary 11 Russia 8 23rd August Hungary 9 Germany 6 Greece 5 Russia 3 Cont... 67 Group E Team 1 Greece Plyd GD Pts 3 W 3 D L 26:21 6 2 Hungary 3 2 1 27:23 4 3 Russia 3 1 2 27:24 2 4 Germany 3 3 25:37 0 Group F 21st August Netherlands 16 Great Britain 4 Italy 7 France 4 22nd August France 12 Great Britain 11 Italy 9 Netherlands 9 23rd August Italy 17 Great Britain 6 Netherlands 14 France 8 Group F Team 1 Netherlands Plyd W D 3 2 1 1 3 2 33:19 5 1 2 24:32 2 4 Great Britain 3 3 21:45 0 6 Netherlands 5 Italy 8 Greece 4 Semi - finals 5th - 8th place Germany Russia 20 Great Britain 7 3 Final 1st - 2nd place 27th August Italy 7 Hungary 5 Bronze game 26th August Netherlands 8 Greece 3 5th - 6th place 26th August France 8 Russia 6 7th - 8th place 26th August Germany 18 Great Britain 7 FINAL RANKING Team Final 9th - 12th place 1 Italy 21st August 2 Hungary Portugal 9 Switzerland 4 Spain 14 Czech Republic 2 3 Netherlands 22nd August Spain 17 Switzerland 5 4 Greece Czech Republic 13 Portugal 4 5 France 23rd August Czech Republic 7 Switzerland 7 6 Russia Spain 21 Portugal 0 7 Germany 8 Great Britain 9 Spain 10 Czech Republic 11 Portugal 12 Switzerland 68 5 3 Hungary 8 Pts 2 Italy 25th August France GD 39:21 3 France Semi - finals 1st - 4th place 25th August L Team Plyd 3 W L GD Pts 3 D 52:7 6 1 1 22:25 3 1 2 13:38 2 12 Switzerland 3 2 16:33 1 1 E 1 3 m 10 Czech Republic 3 11 Portugal o 9 Spain w FINAL RANKING N WINNING TEAM ITALY Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Carmela Allucci, Stefania Lariucci, Milena Virzi, Monica Vaillant, Antonella Di Giacinto, Cristina Consoli, Giusi Malato, Francesca Romano, Marica Carrozzi, Melania Grego, Daria Starace, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini 7.7 1997 Seville Preliminary Rounds Group A 13th August Germany 8 Yugoslavia 5 Hungary 13 France 2 Greece 12 Czech Republic 2 14th August Germany 4 Czech Republic 4 Greece 7 Hungary 6 France 9 Yugoslavia 5 15th August Greece 8 Yugoslavia 2 Hungary 26 Czech Republic 2 Germany 7 France 5 16th August Hungary 10 Germany 2 Greece 9 France 4 Yugoslavia 11 Czech Republic 10 17th August Greece 7 Germany 5 France 14 Czech Republic 7 Hungary 15 Yugoslavia 1 Group A Team 1 Greece Plyd W D L GD Pts 43:19 10 5 5 2 Hungary 5 4 1 70:14 8 3 Germany 5 3 2 30:31 6 4 France 5 2 3 34:41 4 5 Yugoslavia 5 1 4 24:50 2 6 Czech Republic 5 5 25:71 0 Quarter finals 19th August Russia 9 Germany 5 Italy 8 Hungary 7 Netherlands 13 France 2 Spain 7 Greece 6 Semi finals 1st-4th place 20th August Italy 8 Netherlands 7 Russia 11 Spain 6 Cont... 69 Semi finals 5th-8th place 20th August Hungary 13 France 2 FINAL RANKING Germany 10 Greece 9 Team 1 Italy Final 1st-2nd place 2 Russia 22nd August Italy 6 Russia 5 3 Netherlands 4 Spain Bronze medal game 5 Hungary 22nd August 6 Germany Netherlands 10 Spain 5 7 Greece 5th-6th place 8 France 21st August Hungary 10 Germany 5 9 Yugoslavia 10 Great Britain 7th-8th place 11 Czech Republic 21st August 12 Portugal Greece 9 France 6 9th-10th place 19th August Yugoslavia 5 Great Britain 4 11th-12th place 19th August Czech Republic 9 Portungal 8 WINNING TEAM ITALY Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Carmela Allucci, Stefania Lariucci, Milena Virzi, Monica Vaillant, Antonella Di Giacinto, Cristina Consoli, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Daniela Lavorini, Cinzia Ragusa, Silvia Moriconi Ildiko Toth (number 9) leads the Hungarian defence against Russia in Eindhoven in 2012. The Russian player with the ball is Sofya Konukh (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 70 w 7.8 1999 Prato o m Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 7 Germany 6 Team Plyd GD Pts Hungary 11 Russia 10 1 Hungary 3 3 37:24 6 5th September Russia 16 Spain 7 2 Russia 3 2 1 34:22 4 Hungary 16 Germany 10 3 Spain 3 1 2 18:32 2 6th September Russia 8 Germany 4 4 Germany 3 3 20:31 0 Hungary 10 Spain 4 W D L N Spain E 4th September Group B Group B 4th September Greece 13 France 5 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts Italy 6 Netherlands 6 1 Netherlands 3 2 1 43:14 5 5th September Italy 19 France 3 2 Italy 3 2 1 32:14 5 Netherlands 10 Greece 5 3 Greece 3 1 2 23:22 2 6th September Netherlands 27 France 3 4 France 3 3 11:59 0 Italy 7 Greece 5 Quarter finals 8th September Italy 8 Spain 2 Russia 6 Greece 3 Semi finals 9th September Italy 6 Hungary 5 Netherlands 8 Russia 7 Netherlands 9 Final 1st-2nd place 10th September Italy 10 Bronze medal game 10th September Russia 7 Hungary 5 5th-6th place 9th September Greece 10 Spain 4 FINAL RANKING 7th-8th place 1 Italy 8th September Germany 12 France 6 Team 2 Netherlands 3 Russia 4 Hungary 5 Greece 6 Spain 7 Germany 8 France WINNING TEAM ITALY Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Carmela Allucci, Tania Truden Baianova, Gabriella Sciolti, Monica Vaillant, Tania Di Mario, Cristina Consoli, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Silvia Bosurgi, Martina Schiavon, Silvia Moriconi 71 7.9 2001 Budapest Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 16th June Italy 9 Germany 7 GD Pts Russia 7 Greece 6 1 Italy 3 3 21:16 6 17th June Russia 14 Germany 5 2 Russia 3 2 1 27:18 4 Italy 5 Greece 6 3 Greece 3 2 2 17:19 2 18th June Greece 8 Germany 7 4 Germany 3 3 19:31 0 Italy 7 Russia 6 Team Plyd W D L Group B Group B 16th June Netherlands 10 Hungary 17th June Spain Team Plyd W D L GD 2 14 Spain 4 1 Hungary 3 2 1 38:19 5 9 France 5 2 Netherlands 3 2 1 29:20 5 Netherlands 12 Hungary 12 3 Spain 3 1 2 19:26 2 18th June Netherlands 7 Spain 6 4 France 3 3 10:31 0 Hungary 12 France 3 Quarter finals 19th June Russia 11 Spain 5 Greece 7 Netherlands 5 Semi finals 21st June Italy 7 Greece 1 Hungary 7 Russia 6 Final 1st-2nd place 23rd June Hungary 10 Italy 5 Bronze medal game 23rd June Russia 8 Greece 5 5th-6th place 21st June Netherlands 10 Spain 9 19th June Germany 7 FINAL RANKING Team 1 Hungary 7th-8th place France 6 2 Italy 3 Russia 4 Greece 5 Netherlands 6 Spain 7 Germany 8 France WINNING TEAM HUNGARY Ildiko Sos, Zsuzsanna Tiba, Edit Sipos, Katalin Kisne Dancsa, Mercedesz Steiber, Kata Redei, Rita Dravucz, Erzsebet Valkay, Krisztina Szremko, Aniko Pelle, Agnes Valkay, Agnes Primasz, Andrea Toth, Anett Gyore, Brigitta Szep 72 Pts France w 7.10 2003 Ljubljana o m Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 11 Germany 9 Italy 7 Greece 5 1 Italy 8th June Greece 7 Germany 4 Italy 14 Russia 10 9th June Russia 9 Greece 4 4 Germany Germany 9 Italy 12 Team Plyd GD Pts 3 W 3 D L 33:24 6 2 Russia 3 2 1 30:27 4 3 Greece 3 1 2 16:20 2 3 3 22:30 0 N Russia E 7th June Group B Group B 7th June Hungary 10 Netherlands 9 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts Slovenia 1 Spain 22 1 Hungary 3 3 45:14 6 8th June Slovenia 1 Hungary 27 2 Netherlands 3 2 1 43:17 4 Spain 6 Netherlands 10 3 Spain 3 1 2 32:19 2 9th June Netherlands 24 Slovenia 1 4 Slovenia 3 3 3:73 0 Hungary 8 Spain 4 Quarter finals 10th June Netherlands 6 Greece 5 Russia 12 Spain 10 Semi finals 12th June Hungary 7 Russia 6 Italy 7 Netherlands 5 Final 1st-2nd place 14th June Italy 6 Hungary 5 Bronze medal game 14th June Russia 7 Netherlands 6 5th-6th place 12th June Spain 5 Greece 6 Germany 21 Team 1 Italy 7th-8th place 10th June FINAL RANKING Slovenia 1 2 Hungary 3 Russia 4 Netherlands 5 Greece 6 Spain 7 Germany 8 Slovenia WINNING TEAM ITALY Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Carmela Allucci, Silvia Bosurgi, Gabriella Sciolti, Manuela Zanchi, Tania Di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusi Letzia Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Noemi Toth, Daniela Lavorini, Erika Lava 73 7.11 2006 Belgrade Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 2nd September Serbia 4 Spain 17 Team Plyd W D Netherlands 6 Hungary 11 1 Hungary 3 2 1 3rd September Serbia 6 Netherlands 16 2 Spain 3 2 1 37:23 7 Spain 8 Hungary 8 3 Netherlands 3 1 2 33:29 3 4th September Netherlands 11 Spain 12 4 Serbia 3 3 14:55 0 Serbia Hungary 22 4 L GD Pts 41:18 7 Group B Group B 2nd September Russia 15 Greece 6 Team Plyd W D L GD Italy 17 Germany 8 1 Italy 3 3 39:27 9 3rd September Greece 13 Germany 9 2 Russia 3 2 1 45:31 6 Russia 12 Italy 14 3 Greece 3 1 2 26:32 3 4th September Germany 11 Russia 18 4 Germany 3 3 28:48 0 Italy 8 Greece 7 Quarter finals 6th September Russia 17 Netherlands 11 Spain 10 Greece 9 Semi finals 7th September Italy 15 Spain 10 Russia 12 Hungary 11 Final 1st-2nd place 9th September Russia 12 Italy 10 Bronze medal game 9th September Hungary 12 Spain 11 5th-6th place 7th September Greece 11 Netherlands 12 6th September Serbia 6 FINAL RANKING Team 1 Russia 7th-8th place Germany 15 2 Italy 3 Hungary 4 Spain 5 Netherlands 6 Greece 7 Germany 8 Serbia WINNING TEAM RUSSIA Olga Fomicheva, Yulia Gaufler, Nadezda Glyzina, Ebgeniya Ivanova, Sofya Konukh, Ekaterina Kuzbetsova, Ekaterina Pantyulina,, Evgenia Protsenko, Natalya Ryzhova-Alenicheva, Natalya Shepelina, Elena Smurova, Ekaterina Tankeyeva, Aleksandra Vorobeva, Alena Vylegzhanina, Anastasia Zubkova 74 Pts w 7.12 2008 Malaga o Group A Group A Spain 10 Russia 9 Team Plyd D 1 Netherlands 9 Germany 6 1 Spain 3 2 6th July Netherlands 10 Spain 10 2 Russia 3 2 1 L 1 GD Pts 33:26 7 33:26 6 Germany 9 Russia 16 3 Netherlands 3 1 1 26:24 4 7th July Netherlands 7 Russia 8 4 Germany 3 3 22:38 0 Spain 13 Germany 7 N W E 5th July m Preliminary Rounds Group B Group B 5th July Italy 4 Hungary 4 Greece 15 France 2 1 Italy 6th July Italy 10 Greece 9 2 Greece Hungary 10 France 5 3 Hungary 7th July France 3 Italy 18 4 France Greece 7 Hungary 7 Team Plyd W D GD Pts 3 2 1 L 32:16 7 3 1 2 21:16 5 3 1 1 1 31:19 4 3 3 10:43 0 Quarter finals 8th July Russia 9 Greece 7 FINAL RANKING Netherlands 7 Hungary 9 Team 1 Russia Semi finals 2 Spain 10th July Hungary 7 Spain 8 3 Hungary Russia 8 Italy 5 4 Italy 5 Netherlands Final 1st-2nd place 6 Greece 12th July 8 Spain Russia 9 7 Germany 8 France Bronze medal game 12th July Hungary 9 Italy 6 5th-6th place 10th July Greece 10 Netherlands 11 7th-8th place 8th July Germany 8 France 6 WINNING TEAM RUSSIA Valentina Vorontsova, Natalia Shepelina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Sofya Konukh, Alena Vylegzhanina, Nadezda Glyzina, Ekaterina Pantyulina, Evenia Soboleva, Oleksandra Karpovich, Olga Belyaeva, Elena Smurova, Olga Turova, Evgenia Protsenko 75 7.13 2010 Zagreb Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 31st August Croatia 3 Russia 28 Greece 7 Italy 5 1 Greece 2nd September Greece 7 Russia 7 2 Russia Croatia 3 Italy 22 3 Italy 4th September Croatia 4 Greece 29 4 Croatia 3 Russia 12 Italy 12 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 3 2 1 0 43:16 7 3 1 2 0 47:22 5 3 1 1 1 39:22 4 0 0 3 10:79 0 Group B Group B 31st August Spain 12 Germany 10 Team Plyd W D L GD Netherlands 8 Hungary 9 1 Netherlands 3 2 0 1 33:26 6 2nd September Netherlands 17 Germany 10 2 Spain 3 2 0 1 32:28 6 Spain 13 Hungary 10 3 Hungary 3 1 1 1 29:31 4 4th September Germany 10 Hungary 10 4 Germany 3 0 1 2 30:39 1 Spain 7 Netherlands 8 7th-8th Place 6th September Croatia 7 Germany 23 Quarterfinal Round for 1st - 6th Place 6th September Russia 12 Hungary 9 Spain 9 Italy 10 5th-6th place 8th September Hungary 10 Spain 7 Semi finals 8th September Italy 5 Greece 10 Russia 10 Netherlands 7 Netherlands 14 Bronze Medal Game 10th September Italy 12 10th September Greece 6 FINAL RANKING Team 1 Russia Gold Medal Game Russia 11 2 Greece 3 Netherlands 4 Italy 5 Hungary 6 Spain 7 Germany 8 Croatia WINNING TEAM RUSSIA Evgenia Protsenko, Nadezda Glyzina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Sofya Konukh, Evgenia Pustynnikova, Natalia Ryzhova-Alenicheva, Ekaterina Tankeeva, Evgenia Soboleva, Alexandra Antonova, Olga Belyaeva, Evgenia Ivanova, Yulia Gaufler, Maria Kovtunovskaya 76 Pts w 7.14 2012 Eindhoven o m Preliminary Rounds Group A Group A 9 Hungary 19 Netherlands 10 Russia 11 1 Russia 20th January Russia 15 Great Britain 10 Hungary 9 Netherlands 8 22nd January Netherlands 12 Great Britain 6 4 Great Britain Hungary 9 Russia 12 Team Plyd W D L GD Pts 3 3 0 0 38:29 9 2 Hungary 3 2 1 0 37:29 6 3 Netherlands 3 1 2 0 30:26 3 3 0 3 0 25:46 0 N Great Britain E 18th January Group B Group B 18th January Germany 12 Team Spain 22 Greece 10 Italy 9 1 Greece 20th January Germany 6 Greece 12 2 Italy Plyd W D L GD Pts 3 3 0 0 30:21 9 3 2 1 0 42:33 6 Italy 15 Spain 11 3 Spain 3 1 2 0 39:35 3 22nd January Germany 12 Italy 18 4 Germany 3 0 3 0 30:52 0 Greece 8 Spain 6 7th-8th Place 24th January Great Britain 13 Germany 11 Quarterfinal Round for 1st - 6th Place 24th January Hungary 11 Spain 9 Italy 17 Netherlands 15 5th-6th place 26th January Spain 11 Netherlands 10 Semi finals 26th January Hungary 12 Greece 14 Italy 13 Russia 12 Russia 8 Bronze Medal Game 28th January Hungary 9 Greece 10 Team 1 Italy Gold Medal Game 28th January FINAL RANKING Italy 13 2 Greece 3 Hungary 4 Russia 5 Spain 6 Netherlands 7 Great Britain 8 Germany WINNING TEAM ITALY Elena Gigli, Simona Abbate, Elisa Casanova, Rosario Aiello, Elisa Queirolo, Allegra Lapi, Tania di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Enrica Emmolo, Giulia Rambaldi Guidasci, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti, Giulia Gorlero 77 Angeliki Gerolymou of Greece fires in a shot against Germany in the 2012 European Women’s Championships. Greece finished 12-6 winners and ended the tournament in the runners up position after going down to Italy 13-10 (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 78 w o m woMen’s LEADING SCORERS in the 2012 EUROPEAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS E N Barbara Bujka, Hungary, blue 10, fires in a shot which Francesca Snell, Great Britain, tries to defend against. Hungary won the match 19-9 with Bujka scoring a hat-trick (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 8.1 The Top Goal Scorers - Eindhoven 2012 - Women Rank Cap No. Name Team Matches Preliminary Round Goals Final Round Goals Overall 1 8 Rita Keszthelyi HUN 6 11 8 19 2 7 Iefke van Belkum NED 5 14 4 18 3= 8 Roberta Bianconi ITA 6 8 8 16 3= 7 Tania di Mario ITA 6 5 11 16 5 6 Jennifer Pareja ESP 5 8 7 15 6= 2 Simona Abbate ITA 6 5 7 12 6= 10 Barbara Bujka HUN 6 5 7 12 6= 2 Nadezhda Fedotova RUS 5 9 3 12 6= 8 Antigoni Roumpesi GRE 5 4 8 12 10= 9 Giulia Enrica Emmolo ITA 6 6 5 11 10= 7 Ekaterina Lisunova RUS 5 6 5 11 79 European Water Polo CHAMPIONSHIPS Women’s Top scorers 9.1 The Top Goal Scorers at each Championship 80 1985 Oslo Patricia Libregts Netherlands 28 goals 1987 Strasbourg Patricia Libregts Netherlands 22 goals 1989 Bonn Andrea Eke Hungary 20 goals 1991 Athens Alice Lindhout Netherlands 22 goals 1993 Leeds Alice Lindhout Netherlands 31 goals 1995 Vienna Laure Gauthreau France 29 goals 1997 Seville Giusi Malato Italy 26 goals 1999 Prato Karin Kuipers Netherlands 14 goals Giusi Malato Italy 14 goals Krisztina Szremko Hungary 14 goals 2001 Budapest Danielle De Bruijn Netherlands 13 goals 2003 Ljubljana Danielle De Bruijn Netherlands 15 goals 2006 Belgrade Ekaterina Pantyulina Russia 18 goals 2008 Malaga Ekaterina Pantyulina Russia 16 goals 2010 Zagreb Angelika Gerolymou Greece 17 goals 2012 Eindhoven Rita Keszthelyi Hungary 19 goals w o m European Water Polo CHAMPIONSHIPS Women’s Medal table E N Despite strong defence from the Italians, it is left to goalie, Elena Gigli, to keep the ball out in the 2012 European Women’s Championship final against Greece. In the final, she saved 11 out of 21 shots (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 10.1 Women’s Medal Table Country Gold Silver Bronze Total ITA 5 2 1 8 NED 4 2 3 9 RUS 3 2 3 8 HUN 2 5 4 11 GRE 2 2 ESP 1 1 FRA 2 2 FRG 1 1 14 42 14 14 81 European Water Polo CHAMPIONSHIPS Women’s Referees 11.1 Officiating Referees 1985 - 2012 Name 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 Total Abrahamson NOR 5 Adzic MNE Afanasiev URS, RUS Aglialoro ITA 2 2 2 1 9 2 3 1 2 3 Alexandrescu ROU Andersen DEN 5 5 2 2 2 2 Bajanaru ROM 3 3 4 4 5 11 4 7 Barradas POR Bathurst GBR 1 1 Belevtsov UKR 4 3 Bender GER Bervoets NED 1 3 4 3 1 4 Bianchi ITA Bock GER Bohat SVK 4 4 2 1 5 2 Bonnay FRA Bookelman NED 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 12 3 2 5 1 10 Borner GER 5 5 Borrell ESP 4 2 Brala CRO Bras NED 1 4 1 Brguljan MNE 2 10 2 2 1 7 3 2 3 1 Buch ESP 2 4 13 1 1 2 2 1 1 Cabello ESP Cachia V. MLT Caputi ITA Chirculete ROM 3 3 5 5 Chirunas URS 2 2 Chmielewski POL 3 6 Cillero ESP 2 3 3 3 2 Ciric SRB Clara ITA 2 3 10 5 1 3 3 3 6 6 Clemencon FRA Crombags BEL 2 Csaszar HUN 1 3 1 2 1 8 Dahler FRG 1 Dalli MLT 2 2 2 2 4 4 Dani ITA Decoyere FRA 82 1 Donnici ESP 2 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 Dutilh NED 3 N Drobnjak YUG E Dreval RUS m Donato ESP 2 o Detko GBR w Name 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 Total Demey FRA 1 1 3 Elder GBR 1 Eleftheriadis GRE 1 1 1 2 Esaian URS 2 2 Eveleigh GBR 2 2 Fekete HUN 2 3 1 6 Fernandez ESP 3 2 5 Fjarrstad T. SWE 3 5 2 Franulovic CRO Frey SUI 1 1 1 1 Galkin RUS 3 Geli ESP 4 3 2 3 1 1 Golijanin SRB Gombosh ISR 3 Gomez ITA Gordon GBR 5 2 2 Gorinov BUL 4 Grandin FRA Grilli ITA 2 3 9 2 3 2 5 4 3 6 2 Grosso ITA 8 2 2 Hammarstrom SWE 5 3 8 2 2 4 2 2 Hantal TUR Hargreaves GBR Hassekioglou GRE 1 1 3 3 Hausche GER 8 3 1 1 1 Iliadis GRE 3 7 Indrelid NOR 1 6 5 4 Jakerson TCH 1 2 3 Janev BUL 1 3 4 Jarochowski POL 2 2 Juhasz HUN 2 2 1 9 Kiss HUN 6 2 Kiszelly HUN Klaric YUG, CRO 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 11 Klopper NED 1 1 2 1 Koganov AZE Koryzna POL 3 1 3 1 1 3 7 Cont... 83 Name 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 Total Kossov RUS 4 4 Kosztolanczy HUN 1 Kratochvil SVK 1 1 5 2 4 3 1 14 4 4 3 20 1 2 2 3 Kun HUN 1 Lalov BUL 1 1 4 Lehn GER Levin ISR Ludecke FRG, GER 2 5 2 3 3 2 2 6 3 5 2 2 6 17 1 1 Maggio ITA 2 Margeta SLO 2 2 1 Matache ROU 1 4 Mauss GER Merola ITA 4 1 Moliner ESP Monay SUI 2 2 6 4 4 1 2 4 2 2 Naumov RUS Nielsen DEN 1 2 1 1 2 5 Njegovan SRB 2 2 Paggi ITA 1 1 Panagakos GRE 2 1 3 Papazian FRA 1 3 1 Peris CRO Petronilli ITA Petrovic YUG Picchetto ITA Pollmann GER 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 6 2 2 1 5 1 1 1 Prelovsky TCH 1 1 Prikhodko URS 1 3 2 Racine SUI 3 Radjenovic YUG Raiton FRA 2 2 2 2 8 2 Rajevic YUG 4 2 Rakovec SLO Ranz FRG 2 1 5 Reemnet NED Rezek CZE 3 4 2 3 Riccitelli ITA 1 2 2 3 5 6 6 2 2 2 2 4 7 Rohbeck GER Rosmann AUT 5 Rotunno ITA 1 1 Sadekov RUS 1 Salino ITA 2 4 4 1 1 Sapara GER Schmuck TCH Schmudermeyer AUT 84 2 1 2 2 3 7 1 Simons BEL 2 2 3 6 2 3 6 3 5 1 4 Spiegel GER 4 2 1 7 Stajkovic MKD 1 2 3 6 Stavridis GRE 1 1 1 1 4 Stavropoulos GRE 2 1 3 1 15 2 2 5 3 N 3 E Skaal SWE Soumelidis GRE m Simion ROU 1 o Selzsam FRG w Name 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 06 08 10 12 Total Schwartz ISR 2 2 Teule ESP Teixido ESP Thepaut FRA 5 1 1 1 6 Thibou BEL 1 1 Timoc ROM 2 1 13 2 3 3 2 Tomic CRO Toygarli TUR Troitsky URS, RUS 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5 8 2 Tulga TUR 1 1 1 Ucansu TUR 2 2 Van De Laak NED 5 3 8 Van De Vreken BEL 1 1 Van Dorp NED 1 1 Van Hems FRA Van Zenderen NED 2 7 1 1 Vassiliou GRE 3 2 2 Vlasic CRO 2 Vogel HUN Vuletic CRO 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 8 Wenghenroth-MartinelliSUI 5 5 10 This is the moment -as the Italians celebrate their victory over Greece in Eindhoven in the 2012 final (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 85 European Water Polo club competitions - Women’s The imposing figure of Elisa Casanova, Italy, during her team’s final against Greece in the 2012 European Women’s Championships (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 12.1 Women’s European Club Competitions Year 86 European Super Cup LEN Trophy 1999-2000 Gifa Palermo 2000-2001 Skif Moscow 2001-2002 Gifa Palermo 2002-2003 Naftikos Omilos Vouliagmeni 2003-2004 Circolo Canottieri Ortigia 2004-2005 Circolo Canottieri Ortigia 2005-2006 Domino Polo Budapest Domino Polo Budapest 2006-2007 Fiorentina ASD Roma 2007-2008 Orizzonte Catania Ecofim Roma 2008-2009 Vouilagmeni Nautical Club Sportscar Sturm 2002 Chekhov 2009-2010 Vouilagmeni Nautical Club Ethnikos Piraeus 2010-2011 Pro Recco (Rapallo) Rapallo 2011-2012 Mediterranea Imperia Mediterranea Imperia 2012-2013 Club Natacio Sabadell Shturm 2002 Ruza w 12.2 Women’s Champions Cup o Netherlands 1988-1989 Donk Gouda Netherlands 1989-1990 Nereus Zaandam Netherlands 1990-1991 Donk Diana Gouda Netherlands 1991-1992 Branderburg Netherlands 1992-1993 Hungerit Szentes Hungary 1993-1994 Orizzonte Catania Italy 1994-1995 Nereus Zaandam Netherlands 1995-1996 Nereus Zaandam Netherlands 1996-1997 Skif Moscow Russia 1997-1998 Orizzonte Catania Italy 1998-1999 Skif Moscow Russia 1999-2000 ANO Glyfada Greece 2000-2001 Orizzonte Catania Italy 2001-2002 Orizzonte Catania Italy 2002-2003 ANO Glyfada Greece 2003-2004 Orizzonte Catania Italy 2004-2005 Orizzonte Catania Italy 2005-2006 Orizzonte Catania Italy 2006-2007 Fiorentina Italy 2007-2008 Orizzonte Catania Italy 2008-2009 Vouilagmeni Nautical Club Sportscar Greece 2009-2010 Vouilagmeni Nautical Club Sportscar Greece 2010-2011 Club Natacio Sabadell Spain 2011-2012 GMG Pro Recco Italy 2012-2013 Club Natacio Sabadell Spain N Country Donk Gouda E Club 1987-1988 m Year A clash of two number 7’s. Rita Dravucz, Hungary, in the white cap takes on Evgeniia Khokhriakova, Russia, in Russia’s 9-8 bronze medal winning match (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 87 World Water Polo CHAMPIONships 13.1 Men’s World Championships Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze 1973 Belgrade, Yugoslavia Hungary USSR Yugoslavia 1975 Cali, Columbia USSR Hungary Italy 1978 Berlin, Germany Italy Hungary Yugoslavia 1982 Guayaquil, Ecuador USSR Hungary Germany 1986 Madrid, Spain Yugoslavia Italy USSR 1991 Perth, Australia Yugoslavia Spain Hungary 1994 Rome, Italy Italy Spain Russia 1998 Perth, Australia Spain Hungary FR Yugoslavia 2001 Fukuoka, Japan Spain FR Yugoslavia Russia 2003 Barcelona, Spain Hungary Italy Serbia & Montenegro 2005 Montreal, Canada Serbia & Montenegro Hungary Greece 2007 Melbourne, Australia Croatia Hungary Spain 2009 Rome, Italy Serbia Spain Croatia 2011 Shanghai, China Italy Serbia Croatia 2013 Barcelona, Spain Hungary Montenegro Croatia Country Gold Silver Bronze Hungary 3 6 1 Italy 3 2 1 Spain 2 3 1 USSR/Russia 2 1 3 Yugoslavia 2 1 3 Serbia 1 1 0 Croatia 1 0 3 Serbia & Montenegro 1 0 1 Montenegro 0 1 0 Germany 0 0 1 Greece 0 0 1 Total 15 15 15 13.2 Women’s World Championships 88 Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze 1986 Madrid, Spain Australia Netherlands United States 1991 Perth, Australia Netherlands Canada United States 1994 Rome, Italy Hungary Netherlands Italy 1998 Perth, Australia Italy Netherlands Australia 2001 Fukuoka, Japan Italy Hungary Canada 2003 Barcelona, Spain United States Italy Russia 2005 Montreal, Canada Hungary United States Canada 2007 Melbourne, Australia United States Australia Russia 2009 Rome, Italy United States Canada Russia 2011 Shanghai, China Greece China Russia 2013 Barcelona, Spain Spain Australia Hungary United States 3 1 2 Hungary 2 1 1 Italy 2 1 1 Netherlands 1 3 0 Australia 1 2 1 Greece 1 0 0 Spain 1 0 0 Canada 0 2 2 China 0 1 0 Russia 0 0 4 Total 11 11 11 c Bronze s Silver i Gold m Country 13.3 FINA World Water Polo Cup - Men Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze 1979 Belgrade, Yugoslavia Hungary United States Yugoslavia 1981 Long Beach, United States USSR Yugoslavia Cuba 1983 Malibu, California USSR Germany Italy 1985 Duisburg, Germany Germany United States Spain 1987 Thessalonika, Greece Yugoslavia USSR Germany 1989 Berlin, Germany Yugoslavia Italy Hungary 1991 Barcelona, Spain United States Yugoslavia Spain 1993 Athens, Greece Italy Hungary Australia 1995 Atlanta, Georgia Hungary Italy Russia 1997 Athens, Greece United States Greece Hungary 1999 Sydney, Australia Hungary Italy Spain Russia Hungary FR Yugoslavia 2006 Budapest, Hungary Serbia & Montenegro Hungary Spain 2010 Serbia Croatia Spain Gold Silver Bronze 2002 Belgrade, Serbia Oradea, Romania Country Hungary 3 3 2 USSR/Russia 3 1 1 Yugoslavia 2 2 2 USA 2 2 0 Italy 1 3 1 West Germany/Germany 1 1 1 Serbia 1 0 0 Serbia & Montenegro 1 0 0 Croatia 0 1 0 Greece 0 1 0 Spain 0 0 5 Australia 0 0 1 Cuba 0 0 1 Total 14 14 14 89 13.4 FINA World Water Polo Cup - Women Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze 1979 Mercedes, USA United States Netherlands Australia 1980 Breda, Netherlands Netherlands United States Canada 1981 Brisbane, Australia Canada Netherlands Australia 1983 Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada Netherlands United States Australia 1984 Irvine, USA Australia United States Netherlands 1988 Christchurch, New Zealand Netherlands Hungary Canada 1989 Eindhoven, Netherlands Netherlands United States Hungary 1991 Long Beach, USA Netherlands Australia United States 1993 Catania, Italy Netherlands Italy Hungary 1995 Sydney, Australia Australia Netherlands Hungary 1997 Nancy, France Netherlands Russia Australia 1999 Winnipeg, Canada Netherlands Australia Italy 2002 Perth, Australia Hungary United States Canada 2006 Tianjin, China Australia Italy Russia 2010 United States Australia China Country Gold Silver Bronze Netherlands 8 3 1 Australia 3 3 4 United States 2 5 1 Hungary 1 1 3 Canada 1 0 3 Christchurch, New Zealand Italy 0 2 1 Russia 0 1 1 China 0 0 1 Total 15 15 15 13.5 FINA World Water Polo League - Men Year 90 Venue Gold Silver Bronze 2002 Patras, Greece Russia Spain Hungary 2003 New York, United States Hungary Italy United States 2004 Long Beach, United States Hungary Serbia & Montenegro Greece 2005 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia & Montenegro Hungary Germany 2006 Athens, Greece Serbia & Montenegro Spain Greece 2007 Berlin, Germany Serbia Hungary Australia 2008 Genoa, Italy Serbia United States Australia 2009 Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro Croatia Serbia 2010 Nis, Serbia Serbia Montenegro Croatia 2011 Florence, Italy Serbia Italy Croatia 2012 Almaty, Kazakstan Croatia Spain Italy 2013 Chelyabinsk, Russia Serbia Hungary Montenegro Gold Silver Bronze 1 3 1 Serbia & Montenegro 2 1 0 Croatia 1 1 2 Montenegro 1 1 1 Russia 1 0 0 Spain 0 3 0 Italy 0 2 1 United States 0 1 1 Australia 0 0 2 Greece 0 0 2 Germany 0 0 1 Total 12 12 12 c 0 s 5 2 i Serbia Hungary m Country 13.6 FINA World Water Polo League- Women Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze 2004 Long Beach, United States United States Hungary Italy 2005 Kirishi, Russia Greece Russia Australia 2006 Athens, Greece United States Italy Russia 2007 Montreal, Canada United States Australia Greece 2008 Santa Cruiz, Spain Russia United States Australia 2009 Kirishi, Russia United States Canada Australia 2010 La Jolla, United States United States Australia Greece 2011 Kirishi, Russia United States Canada Australia 2013 Beijing, China China Russia United States Country Gold Silver Bronze United States 6 1 1 Russia 1 2 1 Greece 1 0 2 China 1 0 0 Australia 0 2 4 Canada 0 2 0 Italy 0 1 1 Hungary 0 1 0 Total 9 9 9 91 Olympic Water Polo Results 1900-2012 14.1 1900 Paris W L F A 1 GBR Osborne Swimming Club, Manchester 3 0 29 3 2 BEL Swimming & Water Polo Club, Brussels 2 1 9 8 3 FRA Libellule de Paris 1 1 4 12 4 FRA Pupilles de Neptune de Lilie 0 1 1 5 Final: GBR 7 – 2 BEL 1. GBR Arthur Robertson, Thomas Coe, Eric Robinson, Peter Kemp, George Wilkinson, John Henry Derbyshire, William Lister, William Henry, Robert Cranshaw, John Jarvis, F Stapleton, Victor Lindberg 2. BEL Albert Michant, Fernand Fayaerts, Henri Cohen, Victor de Behr, Oscar Grégoire, Victor Sonnemans, Jean de Backer, Guillaume Séron, Georges Romas, A R Upton 3. FRA Henri Peslier, Thomas Burgess, Alphonse Decuyper, Pesloy, Paul Vasseur, Jules Clévenot, Louis Laufray 14.2 1904 St Louis 1. USA (New York Athletic Club) David Bratton, George Van Cleaf, Leo Goodwin, Louis Handley, David Hesser, Joseph Ruddy, James Steen 2. USA (Chicago Athletic Association) Rex Beach, Jerome Steever, Edwin Paul Swatek, Charles Healy, Frank Kehoe, David Hammond, William Tuttle 3. USA (Missouri Athletic Association) John Meyers, Manfred Toeppen, Gwynne Evans, Amedee Reyburn, Fred Schreiner, Augustus Goessling, William Orthwein 92 m 14.3 1908 London i W L F A 1 0 9 2 GBR BEL 2 1 18 14 SWE 0 1 4 8 4 NED 0 1 1 8 c 2 3 s 1 Final: GBR 9 – 2 BEL 1. GBR Charles Smith, George Nevinson, George Cornet, Thomas Thould, George Wilkinson, Paul Radmilovic, Charles Forsyth 2. BEL Albert Michant, Herman Meyboom, Victor Boin, Joseph Pietincx, Fernand Feyaerts, Oscar Grégoire, Herman Donners 3. SWE Torsten Kumfeldt, Axel Runström, Harald Julin, Pontus Hansen, Gunnar Wennerström, Robert Andersson, Erik Bengvall 14.4 1912 Stockholm W L F A 1 3 0 21 8 GBR 2 SWE 3 1 22 11 3 BEL 3 2 22 21 4 AUT 1 3 10 25 5 HUN 0 2 9 11 6 FRA 0 2 3 11 Final: GBR 8 – 0 AUT 1. GBR Charles Smith, George Cornet, Charles Bugbee, Arthur Hill, George Wilkinson, Paul Radmilovic, Isaac Bentham 2. SWE Torsten Kumfeldt, Harald Julin, Max Gumpel, Pontus Hanson, Wilhelm Andersson, Robert Andersson, Erik Bergqvist 3. BEL Albert Durant, Herman Donners, Victor Boin, Joseph Pletinckx, Oscar Grégoire, Herman Meyboom, Félicien Courbet, Jean Hoffman, Pierre Nijs 93 14.5 1920 Antwerp W L F A 1 3 0 19 4 GBR & GBR/IRL 2 BEL 4 1 27 9 3 SWE 4 1 35 9 4 USA 2 3 16 19 Final: GBR 3 – 2 BEL 1. GBR & GBR/IRL Charles Smith, Noel Purcell, Christopher Jones, Charles Bugbee, William Dean, Paul Radmilovic, William Peacock 2. BEL Albert Durant, Paul Gailly, Pierre Nijs, Joseph Pletinckx, Maurice Blitz, René Bauwens, Gérard Blitz, Pierre de Win 3. SWE Theodor Nauman, Pontus Hansson, Max Gumpel, Torsten Kumfeldt, Viihelm Anderson, Nils Backlund, Robert Andersson, Erik Andersson, Harald Julin, Enik Bergqvist 14.6 1924 Paris W L F A 1 FRA 4 0 16 6 2 BEL 4 1 18 10 3 USA 3 2 13 11 4 SWE 3 3 27 12 5 HUN 2 2 17 17 6 CZE 2 2 11 15 7 NED 1 2 12 10 Final: FRA 3 – 0 BEL 1. FRA Paul Dujardin, Noël Delberghe, Georges Rigal, Henri Padou, Robert Desmettre, Albert Mayaud, Albert Delborgies 2. BEL Albert Durant, Joseph Pietincx, Pierre Dewin, Gerard Blitz, Joseph Cludts, Georges Fleurix, Paul Gailly, Jules Thiry, Pierre Vermetten, Joseph de Combe, Maurice Blitz 3. USA Frederick Lauer, Oliver Horn, George Mitchell, George Schroth, Herbert Vollmer, P “Johnny” Weissmuller, Arthur Austin, John Norton, J Wallace O’Connor 94 m 14.7 1928 Amsterdam i W L F A 3 0 18 10 GER HUN 3 1 26 8 FRA 5 1 4 7 4 GBR 2 2 15 21 5 BEL 1 1 14 6 5 NED 1 1 14 6 c 2 3 s 1 Final: GER 5 – 2 HUN (extra time) 1. GER Erich Rademacher, Otto Cordes, Emil Benecke, Fritz Gunst, Joachim Rademacher, Karl Bähre, Max Amann, Johannes Blank 2. HUN István Barta, Sánder Ivády, Alajos Keserü, Márten Homonnai, Ferenc Keserü, József Vértesy, Olivér Halassy 3. FRA Paul Dujardin, Jules Keignaert, Henri Padou, Emile Bulteel, Achille Tribouillet, Henri Cuvelier, Albert Vandeplancke, Ernest Rogez, Albert Thévenon 14.8 1932 Los Angeles W L D F A 1 HUN 3 0 0 31 2 2 GER 2 1 1 23 13 3 USA 2 1 1 20 12 4 JPN 0 3 0 0 38 Final: Played on a league basis with Hungary beating Germany 6-2 to win title 1. HUN György Bródy, Sándor Ivády, Márton Homonnai, Olivér Halassy, József Vértesy, Janös Németh, Ferenc Keserü, Alajos Keserü, István Barta, Miklós Sárkány 2. GER Erich Rademacher, Otto Cordes, Emil Benecke, Fritz Gunst, Joachim Rademacher, Heiko Schwartz, Hans Schulze, Hans Eckstein 3. USA Herbert Wildman, F Calvert Strong, Charles Finn, C Harold McAllister, Philip Daubenspeck, Austin Clapp, Wallace O’Connor 95 14.9 1936 Berlin W L D F A 1 8 0 1 57 5 HUN 2 GER 8 0 1 56 10 3 BEL 4 3 2 17 17 4 FRA 4 5 0 21 37 5 NED 3 1 5 23 28 6 AUT 5 3 1 31 18 7 SWE 3 6 0 29 18 8 GBR 2 4 3 28 46 Final: Championship decided on round robin basis with HUN and GER on 5 points, Hungary winning on goal difference 1. HUN György Bródy, Kálmán Hazai, Márten Homonnai, Olivér Halassy, Jenö Brandi, Janös Németh, Mihály Bozsi, György Kutasi, Miklós Sárkány, Sándor Tarics, István Molnár 2. GER Paul Klingenburg, Bernhard Baier, Gustav Schürger, Fritz Gunst, Josef Hauser, Hans Schneider, Hans Schulze, Fritz Stolze, Heinrich Krug, Alfred Kienzle, Helmuth Schwenn 3. BEL Henri Disy, Joseph de Combe, Henri Stoelen, Fernand Isselé, Albert Castelyns, Gérard Blitz, Pierre Coppieters, Henri de Pauw, Edmond Michiels 14.10 1948 London W L D F A 1 8 0 2 47 24 ITA 2 HUN 6 3 1 45 27 3 NED 6 1 3 65 23 4 BEL 2 2 6 32 25 5 SWE 6 3 1 31 14 6 FRA 4 2 4 32 24 7 EGY 1 4 5 26 35 8 ESP 2 8 0 26 33 Final: Championship decided on round robin basis with ITA defeating Hungary 4-3 1. ITA Pasquale Buonocore, Emilio Bulgarelli, Cesare Rubini, Geminio Ognio, Ermenegildo Arena, Aldo Ghira, Gianfranco Pandolfini, Mario Maioni, Tullio Pandolfini 2. HUN Endre Györffi, Miklós Holop, Dezsö Gyarmati, Károly Szittya, Oszkár Csuvik, István Szivós, Dezsö Lemhényi, László Jeney, Deszö Fábián, Jenö Brandi 3. NED Johannes Rohner, Cornelis Korevaar, Cornelius Braasem, Hans Stam, Albert Ruimschotel, Rudolph van Feggelen, Fritz Smol, Pieter Salomons, Hendrikus Keetelaar 96 14.11 1952 Helsinki m i W L D F A 7 0 3 60 21 HUN YUG 7 0 3 46 16 ITA 8 2 0 53 29 4 USA 5 6 0 43 41 5 NED 7 2 1 45 22 6 BEL 6 3 1 37 35 7 URS 4 4 2 43 34 8 ESP 3 7 0 33 41 c 2 3 s 1 Final: Championship decided on round robin basis with HUN winning on goal difference after drawing 2-2 with Yugoslavia 1. HUN László Jeney, György Vizvári, Dezsö Gyarmati, Kálmán Markovits, Antal Bolváni, István Szivós, György Kárpáti, Róbert Antal, Dezsö Fábián, Károly Szittya, Dezsö Lemhényi, István Hasznos, Miklós Martin 2. YUG Zdravko Kovacic, Velijko Bakašun, Ivo Štakula, Ivo Kurtini, Boško Vuksanovic, Zdravko Ježic, Lovro Radonjic, Marko Brainovic, Vlado Ivkovic 3. ITA Raffaello Gambino, Vincenzo Polito, Cesare Rubini, Carlo Peretti, Ermenegildo Arena, Maurizio Mannelli, Renato De Sanzuane, Renato Traiolo, Geminio Ognio, Salvatore Gionta, Lucio Ceccarini 14.12 1956 Melbourne W L D F A 1 HUN 7 0 0 32 6 2 YUG 6 1 1 28 13 3 URS 5 3 0 23 20 4 ITA 4 3 0 21 16 5 USA 2 5 1 18 25 6 GER 1 5 1 18 25 7 GBR 3 2 0 25 20 8 ROM 3 3 0 30 17 Final: Championship decided on round robin basis with HUN winning after defeating YUG 2-1 1. HUN Ottó Boros, István Hevesi, Dezsö Gyarmati, Kálmán Markovits, Antal Bolvári, Mihály Mayer, György Kárpáti, László Jeney, István Szivós, Tivadar Kanizsa, Ervin Zádor 2. YUG Zdravko Kovacic, Ivo Cipci, Hrvoje Kacic, Marjan Žurej, Zdravko Ježic, Lovro Radonjic, Tomislav Franjkovic, Vladimir Ivkovic 3. URS Boris Goikhman, Viktor Ageyev, Yuri Schlyapin, Vyacheslav Kurennoi, Pyotr Breus, Pyotr Mshvenieradze, Nodar Gvakharia, Mikhail Ryzhak, Valentin Prokopov, Boris Markarov 97 14.13 1960 Rome W L D F A 1 ITA 8 0 1 37 15 2 URS 6 2 1 35 26 3 HUN 5 2 2 45 22 4 YUG 7 2 0 31 15 5 ROM 4 3 2 34 26 6 GER 4 5 0 42 48 Final: Championship decided on round robin basis with ITA 7 USA 4 5 0 42 48 winning after defeating URS 2-0 in the semi finals round 1 8 NED 1 7 1 32 38 (they therefore did not meet URS in the final group round robin) 1. ITA Dante Rossi, Giuseppe D’Aitrui, Eraldo Pizzo, Gianni Lonzi, Franco Lavoratori, Rosario Parmegiani, Danio Bardi, Brunella Spinelli, Salvatore Gionta, Amadeo Ambron, Giancarlo Guerrini 2. URS Leri Gogoladze, Givi Chikvanaya, Vyacheslav Kurennoi, Anatoly Kartashov, Yuri Grigorovshy, Pyotr Mshvenieradze, Vladimir Semyonov, Boris Goikhman, Yevgeny Salzyn, Viktor Ageyev, Vladimir Novikov 3. HUN Ottó Boros, István Hevesi, Mihály Mayer, Dezsö Gyarmati, Tivadar Konizsa, Zoltán Dömötör, László Felkai, László Jeney, András Katona, Kálmán Markovits, Péter Rusorán, György Kárpáti, János Konrád, András Bodnár 14.14 1964 Tokyo W L D F A 1 HUN 6 0 2 43 17 2 YUG 7 0 2 42 16 3 URS 5 2 1 20 13 4 ITA 4 4 0 17 19 5 ROM 4 3 1 36 28 6 GDR 3 5 0 26 26 Final Championship decided on round robin basis with HUN 7 BEL 2 6 0 28 43 drawing 4-4 with YUG but winning on the basis of a better goal 8 NED 4 5 0 37 47 difference in the final 3 matches in the final group 1. HUN Miklos Ambrus, László Felkai, János Konrád, Zoltán Dömötör, Tivadan Kanizsa, Péter Rusorán, György Kárpáti, Ottó Boros, Mihály Mayer, Dénes Pócsik, András Bodnár, Dezsö Gyarmati 2. YUG Milan Muškatirovic, Ivo Trumbic, Vinka Rosic, Zlatko Šimenc, Božidar Stanišic, Ante Nardeli, Zoran Jankovic, Mirko Sandic, Ozren Bonacic, Frane Nonkovic, Kanlo Stipanic 3. URS Igor Grabovsky, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Boris Grishin, Boris Popov, Nikolai Kaleshnikov, Zenon Bortkevich, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Viktor Ageyev, Leonid Osipov, Vladimir Semyonov, Eduard Yegorov 98 14.15 1968 Mexico City m i W L D F A 7 1 1 86 35 YUG URS 6 2 0 62 36 HUN 6 2 0 54 26 4 ITA 6 2 1 57 38 5 USA 5 2 1 49 43 6 GDR 6 2 1 78 30 7 NED 5 3 1 53 39 8 CUB 3 4 1 38 51 c 2 3 s 1 Final: YUG defeated URS 13-11 to win the gold medal in the final 1. YUG Karlo Stipanic, Ivo Trumbic, Ozren Bonacic, Uroš Marovic, Ronald Lapatny, Zoran Jankovic, Miroslav Poljak, Dejan Dabovic, Djordje Perišic, Mirko Sandic, Zdravko Hebel 2. URS Vadim Gulyayev, Givi Chikvanaya, Boris Grishin, Aleksandr Dolgushin, Oleksei Barkalov, Yuri Grigorovsky, Vladimir Semyonov, Aleksandr Shidiovsky, Vyacheslav Skok, Leonid Osipov, Oleg Bovin 3. HUN Endre Molnár, Mihály Mayer, Istvan Szivós, János Konrád, László Felkai, Ferenc Konrád, Dénes Pócsik, Andrós Bodnár, Zoltán Dömötör, János Steinmetz 14.16 1972 Munich W L D F A 1 URS 7 0 2 52 25 2 HUN 6 0 3 45 24 3 USA 7 1 2 55 41 4 GER 2 2 5 36 31 5 YUG 5 4 1 55 48 6 ITA 3 4 2 48 42 7 NED 6 1 2 43 31 Final: URS beat HUN on goal difference in the final round robin 8 ROM 5 4 1 62 45 group after drawing 3-3 with one another 1. URS Vadim Gulyayev, Anatoly Akimov, Aleksandr Dreval, Aleksandr Dolgushin, Vladimir Shmudsky, Aleksandr Kabanov, Oleksei Barkalov, Aleksandr Shidlovsky, Nikolai Meinikov, Leonid Osipov, Vyacheslav Sobchenko 2. HUN Endre Molnár, Andras Bodnár, István Görgényi, Zoltán Kásás, Tamás Faragó, Lászlo Sárosi, Istvan Szivós, István Magas, Dénes Pócsik, Ferenc Konrád, Tibor Cservenyák 3. USA James Slatton, Stanley Cole, Russell Webb, Barry Weitzenberg, Gary Sheerer, Bruce Bradley, Peter Asch, James Ferguson, Steven Barnett, John Parker, Eric Lindroth 99 14.17 1976 Montreal W L D F A 1 HUN 7 0 1 45 32 2 ITA 4 1 3 47 33 3 NED 5 1 2 32 27 4 ROM 2 2 4 44 39 5 YUG 1 2 5 46 34 6 GER 2 5 1 24 28 7 CUB 5 1 2 56 31 Final: HUN finished with 9 points ahead of ITA, 6 points in the 8 URS 4 2 2 47 28 final round robin group after defeating ITA 6-5 in the group 1. HUN Endre Molnár, Tamás Faragó, Lászlo Sárosi, Istvan Szivós Jr., Ferenc Konrád, Tibor Cservenyák, György Horkai, Gábor Csapó, Attila Sudár, György Kenéz, György Gerendás 2. ITA Alberto Alberani, Roldano Simeoni, Allessandro Ghibellini, Gianni De Magistris, Silvio Baracchini, Sante Marsili, Marcello Del Duca, Luigi Castagnola, Ricardo De Magistris, Vincenzo D’Angelo, Umberto Panerai 3. NED Evert Kroon, Jan Evert Veer, Ton Buunk, Gyze Stroboer, Nicolaas Landeweerd, Hans van Zeeland, Piet de Zwarte, Hans Smits, Rik Toonen, Andy Hoepelman, Alex Boegschoten 14.18 1980 Moscow W L D F A 1 URS 8 0 0 58 31 2 YUG 5 1 2 58 42 3 HUN 5 2 1 51 44 4 ESP 4 4 0 43 42 5 CUB 2 3 3 50 49 6 NED 2 5 1 42 48 7 AUS 5 2 1 45 39 Final: URS finished with 10 points ahead of YUG, 7 points in the 8 ITA 4 3 1 40 35 final round robin group after defeating YUG, 8-7, in the group 1. URS Aleksandr Kabanov, Oleksei Barkalov, Sergei Kotenko, Georgy Mshvenieradze, Yevgeny Sharonov, Vladimir Akimov, Yevgeny Grishin, Mait Riisman, Erkin Shagayev, Mikhail Ivanov, Vyacheslav Sobchenko 2. YUG Predrag Manojlovic, Damir Polic, Boško Lozica, Luka Vezilic, Zoran Gopcevic, Ratko Rudic, Zoran Mustur, Zoran Roje, Milivoj Bebic, Slobodan Trifunovic, Milorad Krivokapic 3. HUN Andre Molnár, Tamás Faragó, Istvan Szivós Jr., György Horkai, Gábor Csapó, Attila Sudár, György Gerendás, István Kiss, István Udvardi, László Kuncz, Karoly Hauszler 100 m i s c Miho Boskovic, Croatia, who scored 3 of his side’s goals in its 10-7 victory of Croatia over Romania in the Preliminary Group B Match at the 2012 European Championships. The Romanian defender is Ramiro Georgescu (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 14.19 1984 Los Angeles W L D F A 1 YUG 6 0 1 72 44 2 USA 6 0 1 65 43 3 GER 4 2 1 74 46 4 ESP 3 2 2 73 67 5 AUS 2 3 2 58 58 6 NED 2 5 0 45 65 7 ITA 4 1 2 75 52 8 GRE 3 2 2 66 65 Final: YUG finished ahead of USA in the final round robin group 1. YUG Milorad Krivokapic, Deni Lušic, Zoran Petrovic, Božo Vuletic, Veselin Djuho, Zoran Roje, Milivoj Bebic, Perica Bukic, Goran Sukno, Tomislav Paskvalin, Igor Milanovic, Dragan Andric 2. USA Craig Wilson, Kevin Robertson, Gary Figueroa, Peter Campbell, Douglas Burke, Joseph Vargas, Jon Svendsen, John Siman, Andrew McDonald, Terry Schroeder, Jody Campbell, Timothy Shaw 3. GER Peter Röhle, Thomas Loebb, Frank Otto, Rainer Hoppe, Armando Fernandez, Thomas Huber, Jürgen Schröder, Rainer Osselmann, Hagen Stamm, Roland Freund, Dirk Theismann, Santiago Chalmovsky, Werner Obschernikat 101 14.20 1988 Seoul W L D F A 1 6 1 0 83 55 YUG 2 USA 5 2 0 71 56 3 URS 4 2 1 84 51 4 GER 5 2 0 83 65 5 HUN 3 2 2 72 57 6 ESP 4 2 1 66 55 7 ITA 3 2 2 66 53 8 AUS 3 4 0 53 59 FINAL: YUG defeated USA 9-7 in the final match 1. YUG Aleksandar Šoštar, Deni Lušic, Dubravko Šimenc, Perica Bukic, Veselin Djuho, Dragon Andric, Mirco Vicevic, Igor Gocanin, Mislav Bezmalinovic, Tomislav Paškvalin, Igor Milanovic, Goran Radjenovic, Renco Posinkovic 2. USA Craig Wilson, Kevin Robertson, James Bergeson, George Campbell, Douglas Kimball, Craig Klass, Alan Mouchawar, Jeffrey Campbell, Gregory Bower, Terry Schroeder, Jody Campbell, Christopher Duplanty, Michael Evans 3. URS Yevgeny Sharonov, Nurlan Mendygaliev, Yevgeny Grishin, Aleksandr Kolotov, Sergei Naumov, Viktor Berendyuha, Sergei Kotenko, Dmitri Apanasenko, Georgy Mshvenieradze, Mikhail Ivanov, Sergei Markoch, Mykola Smyrnov, Mikhail Giorgadze 14.21 1992 Barcelona W L D F A 1 ITA 5 0 2 59 50 2 ESP 5 1 1 67 48 3 EUN 6 1 0 66 45 4 USA 4 2 1 48 38 5 HUN 4 1 2 69 64 6 GER 1 3 3 52 56 7 CUB 2 5 0 66 72 FINAL: : ITA, 9 points finished ahead of ESP, 8 points, 8 AUS 3 2 2 58 53 after beating ESP 9-8 in the final 1. ITA Francesco Attolico, Alessandro Bovo, Alessandro Campagna, Paolo Caldarella, Mario Fiorillo, Francesco Porzio, Massimiliano Ferretti, Marco D’Altrui, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Amedeo Pomillo, Giuseppe Porzio, Carlo Silipo, Gianni Averaimo 2. ESP Daniel Ballart Sans, Manuel Estiarte Ducocastella, Pedro García Aguado, Salvador Gómez Aguera, Marco Antonio González, Rubén Michavila Jover, Miguel Oca Gaia, Sergio Pedrerol Cavallé, José Picó Llado, Jesús Rollán Prada, Ricardo Sánchez Alarcón, ]ordi Sans Juan, Manuel Silvestre Sánchez 3. EUN Yevgeny Sharonov, Sergei Naumov, Dmitri Apanasenko, Sergei Markoch, Andrei Belofastov, Dmitri Gorshkov, Vladimir Karabutov, Aleksandr Kolotov, Andrei Kovalenko, Nikolai Kozlov, Aleksandr Ogorodnikov, Aleksandr Chigir, Aleksei Vdovin 102 14.22 1996 Atlanta m i L D F A 6 2 0 58 48 2 CRO 5 3 0 71 58 3 ITA 7 1 0 85 72 4 HUN 6 2 0 83 73 5 RUS 4 3 1 77 72 6 GRE 3 5 0 60 66 7 USA 5 3 0 67 57 8 YUG 3 4 1 75 80 c W ESP s 1 FINAL: ESP defeated CRO 7-5 in the gold medal match 1. ESP Daniel Ballart Sans, Manuel Estiarte Ducocastella, Pedro García Aguado, Salvador Gómez Aguera, Miguel Oca Gaia, Sergi Pedrerol Cavallé, Jesús Rollán Prada, Jordi Sans Juan, José María Abarca Platas, Angel Andreo Gabán, Iván Moro Fernández, Jorge Paya Rodriguez, Carlos Sanz López 2. CRO Maro Balic, Perica Bukic, Damir Glavan, Igor Hinic, Vjekoslav Kobešcak, Joško Krekovic, Ognjen Kržic, Dubravko Šimenc, Siniša Skolnekovic, Ratko Štritof, Tino Vegar, Renato Vrbicic, Zdeslav Vrdoljak 3. ITA Francesco Attolico, Alessandro Bovo, Amedeo Pomillo, Carlo Silipo, Alberto Angelini, Fabio Bencivenga, Alessandro Calcaterra, Roberto Calcaterra, Marco Gerini, Alberto Ghibellini, Luca Giustolisi, Francesco Postiglione, Leonardo Sottani 14.23 2000 Sydney W L D F A 1 6 2 0 78 57 HUN 2 RUS 6 1 1 76 58 3 YUG 6 1 1 63 36 4 ESP 3 4 1 51 58 5 ITA 6 1 1 66 52 6 USA 3 5 0 69 68 7 CRO 5 2 1 68 56 8 AUS 1 5 2 53 61 FINAL: HUN defeated URS 13-6 in the gold medal match 1. HUN Tibor Benedek, Zsolt Varga, Rajmund Fodor, Tamás Kásás, Zoltán Kósz, Péter Biros, Gergely Kiss, Tamás Márcz, Tamás Molnár, Barnabas Steinmetz, Zoltán Szécsi, Bulcsú Székely, Attila Vári 2. RUS Dmitri Gorshkov, Nikolai Kozlov, Dmitri Dugin, Sergey Garbuzov, Nikolai Maksimov, Aleksandr Yeryshov, Dmitry Stratan, Irek Zinnurov, Marat Zakirov, Revaz Chomakhidze, Roman Balashov, Yury Yatsev 3. YUG Aleksandar Šoštar, Aleksandar Ciric, Viktor Jelenic, Aleksandar Šapic, Dejan Savic, Petar Trbojevic, Veljko Uskokovic, Vlada Vujasinovic, Nenad Vukanic, Predrag Zimonjic, Danilo Ikodinovic, Jugoslav Vasovic, Nikola Kuljaca 103 14.24 2004 Athens W L D F A 1 HUN 7 0 0 59 39 2 SCG 6 2 0 58 42 3 RUS 5 3 0 55 45 4 GRE 4 3 0 51 40 5 GER 4 2 1 51 44 6 ESP 3 4 0 44 44 7 USA 4 3 0 47 50 Final: Hungary defeated Serbia Montenegro 8-7 8 ITA 4 3 0 58 40 in the gold medal match 1. Hungary HUN def. SCG (8-7) 2. Serbia & Montenegro 3. Russia RUS def. GRE (6-5) 4. Greece 5. Germany GER def. ESP (6-4) 6. Spain 7. USA USA def. ITA (9-8) 8. Italy 1. HUN Tibor Benedek, Rajmund Fodor, Tamás Kásás, Péter Biros, Gergely Kiss, Tamás Molnár, Barnabas Steinmetz, Zoltan Szecsi, Attila Vári, Istvan Gergely, Norbert Madaras, Adam Steinmetz, Tamas Varga 2. SCG Aleksandar Ciric, Viktor Jelenic, Aleksandar Šapic, Dejan Savic, Petar Trbojevic, Vladimir Vujasinovic, Danilo Ikodinovic, Nikola Kuljaca, Vladimir Gojkovic, Predrag Jokic, Slobodan Nikic, Denis Šefik, Vanja Udovicic 3. RUS Dmitri Gorshkov, Nikolai Kozlov, Sergey Garbuzov, Nikolai Maksimov, Alexander Yeryshov, Dmitry Stratan, Irek Zinnurov, Marat Zakirov, Revaz Chomakhidze, Roman Balashov, Alexander Fedorov, Andrei Reketchinski, Vitaly Yurchik 14.25 2008 Beijing W L D F 1 HUN 6 0 1 2 USA 5 2 0 3 SRB 5 3 0 4 MNE 3 3 2 5 ESP 5 2 0 6 CRO 4 3 0 7 GRE 4 4 0 8 AUS 3 3 1 1. Hungary A HUN def. USA (14-10) 2. USA 3. SRB 4. Montenegro 104 SRB def. MNE (6-4) Final: Hungary defeated USA 14-10 in the final m 1. HUN Tibor Benedek, Tamás Kásás, Péter Biros, Gergely Kiss, Tamás Molnár, Zoltan Szecsi, Istvan Gergely, Norbert Madaras, i Tamas Varga, Gabor Kiss, Norbert Hosnyanszky, Denes Varga, Daniel Varga s 2. USA c Merrill Moses, Peter Varellas, Peter Hudnut, Jeff Powers, Adam Wright, Rick Merlo, Layne Beaubien, Tony Azevedo, Ryan Bailey, Tim Hutten, Jesse Smith, J.W.Krumpholz, Brandon Brooks 3. SRB Denis Šefik, Zivko Gocic, Andrija Prlainovic, Vanja Udovicic, Dejan Savic, Dusko Pijetlovic, Nikola Radden, Filip Filipovic, Aleksandar Ciric, Aleksandar Šapic, Vladimir Vujasinovic, Brank Pekovic, Slobodan Soro 14.26 2012 London 1. Croatia CRO def. ITA (8-6) 2. Italy 3. Serbia SRB def. MNE (12-11) 4. Montenegro 5. Hungary HUN def. ESP (14-8) 6. Spain 7. Australia AUS defeated USA (14-8) 8. United States Final: Croatia defeated Italy 8-6 Quarter finals: Spain 9 Montenegro 11 Australia 8 Serbia Italy 11 Hungary 9 Croatia 8 USA 2 11 Semi finals: Croatia 7 Montenegro 5 Italy 9 Serbia 7 1. CRO Josip Pavic, Damir Buric, Miho Boskovic, Niksa Dobud, Maro Jokovic, Ivan Buljubasic, Petar Muslim, Andro Buslje, Sabdro Sukno, Samir Barac, Igor Hinic, Paulo Obradovic, Frano Vican 2. ITA Stefano Tempesti, Amaurys Perez, Niccolo Gitto, Pietro Figlioli, Alex Giorgetti, Maurizio Felugo, Massimo Giacoppo, Valentino Gallo, Christian Presciutti, Deni Fiorentini, Matteo Aicardi, Danijel Premus, Giacomo Pastorino 3. SRB Slobodan Soro, Aleksa Saponjic, Zivko Gocic, Vanja Udovicic, Dusan Mandic, Dusko Pijetlovic, Slobodan Nikic, Nikola Raden, Milan Aleksic, Filip Filipovic, Andrija Prlainovic, Stefan Mitrovic, Gojko Pijetlovic 105 WOMEN 14.27 2000 Sydney W L D F A 1 AUS 6 1 0 46 29 2 USA 4 2 1 45 39 3 RUS 3 3 1 46 39 4 NED 3 4 0 35 36 5 CAN 2 2 2 42 42 6 KAZ 0 6 0 31 60 Final: AUS defeated USA 4-3 in the final match 1. AUS Naomi Castle, Joanne Fox, Bridgette Gusterson, Simone Hankin, Yvette Higgins, Kate Hooper, Bronwyn Mayer, Gail Miller, Melissa Mills, Debbie Watson, Liz Weeks, Danielle Woodhouse, Taryn Woods 2. USA Robin Beauregard, Ellen Estes, Courtney Johnson, Ericka Lorenz, Heather Moody, Maureen O’Toole, Bernice Orwig, Nicolle Payne, Heather Petri, Kathy Sheehy, Coralie Simmons, Julie Swail, Brenda Villa 3. RUS Galina Rytova, Irina Tolkunova, Maria Koroleva, Marina Akobia, Nataliya Kutuzova, Sofia Konukh, Svetlana Kuzina, Tatyana Petrova, Yekaterina Anikeyeva, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Yelena Smurova, Yelena Tokun, Yuliya Petrova 14.27 2004 Athens W L D F A 1 5 1 0 44 33 ITA 2 GRE 3 2 1 39 36 3 USA 3 2 0 31 27 4 AUS 2 2 1 29 28 5 RUS 3 2 0 37 40 6 HUN 1 4 0 35 40 7 CAN 2 2 0 26 22 8 KAZ 0 4 0 20 35 1. Italy Final: ITA defeated GRE 10-9 ITA def. GRE (10-9) 2. Greece 3. USA USA def. AUS (6-5) 4. Australia 1. ITA Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Tania di Mario, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Martina Miceli, Giusy Malato, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noemi Toth, Manuela Zanchi 2. GRE Georgia Ellinaki, Dimitra Asilian, Antiopi Melidoni, Angeliki Karapataki, Kyriaki Liosi, Stavroula Kozompoli, Katarina Oikonomopoulou, Antigoni Roumpesi, Evangelia Moraitidou, Eftykhia Karagianni, Georgia Lara, Antonia Moraiti, Anthoula Mylonaki 3. USA Robin Beauregard, Ellen Estes, Ericka Lorenz, Heather Moody, Nicolle Payne, Heather Petri, Brenda Villa, Jacqueline Frank, Natalie Golda, Margaret Dingeldein, Kelly Rulon, Amber Stachowski, Thalia Munro 106 14.28 2008 Bejing m i 1. Netherlands NED def. USA (9-8) s 2. USA AUS def. HUN (12-11) 4. Hungary Final: NED defeated USA 9-8 in the gold medal match c 3. Australia 1. NED Ilse van der Meijden, Yesemin Smit, Mieke Cabout, Biurakn Hakhverdian, Marieke van den Ham, Danielle de Bruijn, Iefke van Belkum, Noeki Klein, Gillian van den Berg, Alette Sijbring, Rianne Guichelaar, Simone Koot, Meike de Nooy 2. USA Elizabeth Armstrong, Heather Petri, Brittany Hayes, Brenda Villa, Lauren Wenger, Natalie Golda, Patty Cardenas, Jessica Steffens, Elsie Windes, Alison Gregorka, Moriah van Norman, Kami Craig, Jaime Hipp 3. AUS Emma Knox, Gemma Beadsworth, Nikita Cuffe, Rebecca Rippon, Suzie Fraser, Bronwen Knox, Taniele Gofers, Kate Gynther, Jenna Santoromito, Mia Santoromito, Melissa Rippon, Amy Hetzel, Alicia Mc Cormack 14.29 2012 London 1. USA USA def. ESP 8-5 2. Spain 3. Australia AUS def. HUN 13-11 4. Hungary 5. China CHN def. RUS 16-15 6. Russia 7. Italy ITA def. GBR 11-7 Final: USA defeated Spain 8-5 in the gold medal match 8. Great Britain Quarter finals: Hungary 11 Russia 10 China 18 Australia 20 6 USA 9 Italy Spain 9 Great Britain 7 Semi finals: Croatia 7 Montenegro 5 Italy 9 Serbia 7 1. USA Elizabeth Armstrong, Heather Petri, Melissa Seidemann, Brenda Villa, Lauren Wenger, Maggie Steffens, Courtney Mathewson, Jessica Steffens, Elsie Windes, Kelly Rulon, Annika Dries, Kami Craig, Tumua Anae 2. ESP Laura Ester Ramos, Marta Bach Pascual, Anni Espar Llaquet, Roser Tarrago Aymerich, Matilde Ortiz Reyes, Jennifer Pareja, Lorena Miranda Dorado, Maria del Pilar Peña Carrasco, Andrea Blas Martinez, Ona Meseguer Flaque, Maica Garcia Godoy, Laura Lopez Ventosa, Ana Copado Amoros 3. AUS Victoria Brown, Gemma Beadsworth, Sophie Smith, Holly Lincoln-Smith, Jane Moran, Bronwen Knox, Rowena Webster, Kate Gynther, Glencora Ralph, Ashleigh Southern, Melissa Rippon, Nicola Zagame, Alicia McCormack 107 Most gold medals won at European Championships by individual players 15.1 Most Gold Medals - Men No. Name Country Year 4 Jozsef Vertesy Hungary 1926,1927, 1931 & 1934 4 Marton Homonnai Hungary 1926,1927, 1931 & 1934 3 Istvan Barta Hungary 1926, 1927 & 1931 3 Mihaly Bozsi Hungary 1931, 1934 & 1938 3 Aleksandar Ciric Yugoslavia¹ 2001, 2003 & 2006 3 Filip Filipovic Serbia & Montenegro² 2003, 2006 & 2012 3 Mikhail Giorgadze USSR 1983, 1985 & 1987 3 Zivko Gocic Serbia ² 2003, 2006 & 2012 3 Oliver Halassy Hungary 1931, 1934 & 1938 3 Ferenc Keseru Hungary 1926, 1927 & 1931 3 Danilo Ikodinovic Yugoslavia¹ 2001, 2003 & 2006 3 Viktor Jelenic Yugoslavia³ 1991 3 Gyorgy Karpati Hungary 1954, 1958 & 1962 3 Sergej Kotenko USSR 1983, 1985 & 1987 3 Kalman Markovits Hungary 1954, 1958 & 1962 3 Georgyj Mshvenieradze USSR 1983, 1985 & 1987 3 Sergej Naumov USSR 1983, 1985 & 1987 3 Janos Nemeth Hungary 1931, 1934 & 1938 3 Slobodan Nikic Serbia & Montenegro² 2003, 2006 & 2012 3 Aleksandar Sapic Yugoslavia¹ 2001, 2003 & 2006 3 Miklos Sarkany Hungary 1931, 1934 & 1938 3 Dejan Savic Yugoslavia¹ 2001, 2003 & 2006 3 Denis Sefik Yugoslavia¹ 2001, 2003 & 2006 3 Evgenij Sharonov USSR 1983,1985 & 1987 3 Vanja Udovicic Serbia & Montenegro² 2003, 2006 & 2012 3 Vladimir Vujasinovic Yugoslavia¹ 2001, 2003 & 2006 ¹ Played for Yugoslavia in 2001, Serbia & Montenegro in 2003 and Serbia in 2006 ² Played for Serbia & Montenegro in 2003 and Serbia in 2006 and 2012 ³ Played for Yugoslavia in 1991 & 2001 and Serbia & Montenegro in 2003 108 m i s c Russia’s goalkeeper, Maria Kovtunovskaya, covers in case a shot comes in during the 2012 European Women’s Championships (Photo: Giorgio Scala) 15.2 Most Gold Medals - Women No. Name Country Year 4 Francesca Conti Italy 1995,1997, 1999 & 2003 4 Melania Grego Italy 1995,1997, 1999 & 2003 4 Giusi Malato Italy 1995, 1997,1999 & 2003 4 Martina Miceli Italy 1995,1997, 1999 & 2003 4 Maddalena Musumeci Italy 1995,1997, 1999 & 2003 4 Hedda Verdam Netherlands 1983,1987, 1989 & 1993 3 Carmela Allucci Italy 1995,1997 & 2003 3 Alexandra Araujo Italy 1997,1999 & 2003 3 Hellen Boering Netherlands 1987, 1989 & 1993 3 Cristina Consoli Italy 1995, 1997 & 1999 3 Nadezda Glyzina Russia 2006, 2008 & 2010 3 Lieneke Van Den Heuvel Netherlands 1983, 1987 & 1989 3 Sofia Konukh Russia 2006, 2008 & 2010 3 Monique Kranenburg Netherlands 1983, 1987 & 1989 3 Patricia Libregts Netherlands 1983, 1987 & 1989 3 Alice Lindhout Netherlands 1983,1989 & 1993 3 Tania Di Mario Italy 1999, 2003 & 2012 3 Evgenia Protsenko Russia 2006, 2008 & 2010 3 Janny Spijker Netherlands 1987, 1989 & 1993 3 Monica Vaillant Italy 1995, 1997 & 1999 109 Attendances at the European Championships in Einhoven in 2012 110 16.1 Match Attendances - Men Game Match Spectators Game Match Prelim Group A Macedonia v Turkey 150 Semi final round Montenegro v Hungary 1,900 Prelim Group B Croatia v Romania 250 Classification matches Croatia v Netherlands 1,200 Prelim Group B Germany v Montenegro 350 7th-8th place Romania v Spain Spectators 900 Prelim Group B Serbia v Spain 500 5th-6th place Germany v Greece 1,200 Prelim Group A Greece v Netherlands 800 3rd-4th place Italy v Hungary 2,000 Prelim Group A Hungary v Italy 750 Final Serbia v Montenegro 2,300 Prelim Group A Macedonia v Greece 250 Total 36,650 Prelim Group B Serbia v Germany 550 Prelim Group B Spain v Romania 400 Prelim Group B Macdeonia v Croatia 650 Prelim Group A Netherlands v Hungary 900 Prelim Group A Turkey v Italy 300 Prelim Group A Hungary v Macedonia 350 Prelim Group A Greece v Turkey 250 Prelim Group B Germany v Spain 650 16.2 Match Attendances - Women Prelim Group B Croatia v Serbia 1,200 Prelim Group A Italy v Netherlands 1,200 Game Match Spectators Prelim Group A Romania v Montenegro 400 Prelim Group A Great Britain v Hungary 350 Prelim Group B Serbia v Romania 700 Prelim Group B Spain v Germany 500 Prelim Group A Madeconia v Italy 950 Prelim Group A Netherlands v Russia 1,500 Prelim Group A Turkey v Netherlands 1,500 Prelim Group A Greece v Italy 600 Prelim Group B Spain v Montenegro 1,100 Prelim Group A Russia v Great Briatin 400 Prelim Group A Greece v Hungary 1,200 Prelim Group B Germany v Greece 800 Prelim Group B Germany v Croatia 900 Prelim Group A Hungary v Netherlands 1,250 Prelim Group B Croatia v Spain 450 Prelim Group B Italy v Spain 500 Prelim Group A Turkey v Hungary 250 Prelim Group A Netherlands v Great Britain 1,700 Prelim Group B Serbia v Montenegro 750 Prelim Group A Hungary v Russia 1,500 Prelim Group B Romania v Germany 800 Prelim Group B Germany v Italy 700 Prelim Group A Macedonia v Netherlands 1,200 Prelim Group B Greece v Spain NR Prelim Group B Italy v Greece 1,000 Classification 7th-8th place Great Britain v Greece 300 Quarter finals Macedonia v Romania 200 Quarter-finals Hungary v Spain 900 Italy v Netherlands Quarter finals Turkey v Spain 500 Quarter-finals Quarter finals Italy v Germany 1,000 Classification 5th-6th place Spain v Netherlands 900 Quarter finals Greece v Montenegro 750 Semi-final Hungary v Greece 750 11th-12th place Macedonia v Turkey 200 Semi-final Italy v Russia 900 1,000 Semi final round Romania v Croatia 500 Classification 3rd-4th place Hungary v Russia 1,500 Semi final round Spain v Netherlands 1,500 Final 1,800 Semi final round Italy v Serbia 1,800 Total Greece v Italy 17,850 Serbia celebrates after winning the 2012 European Men’s Water Polo Championship(Photo: Giorgio Scala) Compiled on behalf of LEN by Kelvin Juba, HNI International All photos by Giorgio Scala and are credited to Giorgio Scala/deepbluemedia.eu Design by Chris Stenner Printed by A.S.Print ©Kelvin Juba