2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Bulgaria |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 1–7 September 2024 |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Croatia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Montenegro |
| Third place |  Spain |
| Fourth place |  Hungary |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
The 2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship was the 28th edition of the Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship. The tournament was played in Burgas, Bulgaria from 1 to 7 September 2024.[1][2][3] Serbia were the defending champions, but were eliminated in quarterfinals. Croatia won the tournament for the first time.
Format
For the first time, the 16 teams are sorted into two Divisions, based on the last edition and the qualifiers. The top eight teams made Division 1 and the other eight teams Division 2. Both divisions were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams from each group of Division 1 advanced directly to the quarterfinals, while the other two teams from each group played against one of the top two sides from each group in Division 2 in a play-off round. Starting with quarterfinals onward, the regular knock-out system was used.
Qualification
Sixteen teams will compete at the main event.[4]
- The host nation
- The top eight teams from the 2022 European Championship not already qualified as host nation
- Best seven teams from the qualifiers.
| Event | Date | Location | Quotas | Nation(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | 11 October 2023 | – | 1 | Bulgaria |
| 2022 European Championship | 18–25 September 2022 | Podgorica |
8 |  Serbia Spain Hungary Greece Croatia Italy Montenegro Germany |
| Qualifiers | 14–17 March 2024 | Various | 7 |  France Turkey Malta Netherlands Czech Republic Slovenia Romania |
Venue
Draw
The draw was held on 26 March 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.[5][6]
Division 1
The pots for Division 1 were decided by the rankings of the 2022 U-19 European Championship.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
Division 2
The seeding for Division 2 was decided by who finished first and second in the qualifiers (excluding Bulgaria).
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
|---|---|
Preliminary round
Knockout stage
Main bracket
| Playoffs | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| 5 September | ||||||||||||||
| Serbia | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Montenegro | 16 | |||||||||||||
| 6 September | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Montenegro | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 5 September | ||||||||||||||
| Hungary | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 24 | |||||||||||||
| 7 September | ||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Montenegro | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 5 September | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 6 September | ||||||||||||||
| Romania | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 14 | Third place game | ||||||||||||
| 5 September | 7 September | |||||||||||||
| Greece | 10 | Hungary | 14 | |||||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 11 | Spain | 16 | |||||||||||
| Croatia | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Turkey | 7 | |||||||||||||
Playoffs
| 4 September 2024 13:30 |
Report | Montenegro |
16–15 (PSO) | Netherlands |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 5–4, 1–4 PSO: 5–4 | |||||
| 4 September 2024 15:15 |
Report | Italy |
17–7 | Romania |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–3, 3–2, 4–1 | |||||
| 4 September 2024 17:00 |
Report | Germany |
24–9 | Bulgaria |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 6–3, 6–2, 7–2 | |||||
| 4 September 2024 18:45 |
Report | Croatia |
14–7 | Turkey |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 6–1, 4–1, 3–3 | |||||
13th–16th place bracket
| 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th place game | |||||
| 4 September | ||||||
| Slovenia | 8 | |||||
| 5 September | ||||||
| Malta | 16 | |||||
| Malta | 8 | |||||
| 4 September | ||||||
| France | 9 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 4 | |||||
| France | 16 | |||||
| 15th place game | ||||||
| 5 September | ||||||
| Slovenia | 9 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 11 | |||||
13th–16th place semifinals
| 4 September 2024 10:00 |
Report | Slovenia |
8–16 | Malta |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 2–6, 4–2, 0–3, 2–5 | |||||
| 4 September 2024 11:45 |
Report | Czech Republic |
4–16 | France |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 1–7, 3–4, 0–1, 0–4 | |||||
15th place game
| 5 September 2024 9:00 |
Report | Slovenia |
9–11 | Czech Republic |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–3, 2–3 | |||||
13th place game
| 5 September 2024 10:45 |
Report | Malta |
8–9 | France |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–5, 2–1, 3–0 | |||||
9th–12th place bracket
| 9th–12th place semifinals | Ninth place game | |||||
| 5 September | ||||||
| Netherlands | 22 | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
| Bulgaria | 6 | |||||
| Netherlands | 12 | |||||
| 5 September | ||||||
| Turkey | 10 | |||||
| Romania | 18 | |||||
| Turkey | 19 | |||||
| Eleventh place game | ||||||
| 6 September | ||||||
| Bulgaria | 13 | |||||
| Romania | 18 | |||||
9th–12th place semifinals
| 5 September 2024 12:30 |
Report | Netherlands |
22–6 | Bulgaria |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 7–2, 6–0, 4–0, 5–4 | |||||
| 5 September 2024 14:15 |
Report | Romania |
18–19 (PSO) | Turkey |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–3, 6–4, 0–4 PSO: 6–7 | |||||
Eleventh place game
| 6 September 2024 10:00 |
Report | Bulgaria |
13–18 | Romania |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 4–7, 3–6 | |||||
Ninth place game
| 6 September 2024 11:45 |
Report | Netherlands |
12–10 | Turkey |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 1–1, 3–4 | |||||
Quarterfinals
| 5 September 2024 16:00 |
Report | Serbia |
17–18 (PSO) | Montenegro |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–4, 4–5, 3–3 PSO: 4–5 | |||||
| 5 September 2024 17:45 |
Report | Spain |
9–8 | Italy |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 2–1, 2–4 | |||||
| 5 September 2024 19:30 |
Report | Hungary |
11–10 | Germany |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–1, 4–2, 3–2 | |||||
| 5 September 2024 21:15 |
Report | Greece |
10–11 | Croatia |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 3–2, 2–3 | |||||
5th–8th place bracket
| 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
| Serbia | 10 | |||||
| 7 September | ||||||
| Germany | 13 | |||||
| Germany | 11 | |||||
| 6 September | ||||||
| Italy | 6 | |||||
| Italy | 19 | |||||
| Greece | 18 | |||||
| Seventh place game | ||||||
| 7 September | ||||||
| Serbia | 15 | |||||
| Greece | 10 | |||||
5th–8th place semifinals
| 6 September 2024 13:30 |
Report | Serbia |
10–13 | Germany |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 3–5, 3–3 | |||||
| 6 September 2024 15:15 |
Report | Italy |
19–18 (PSO) | Greece |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–4, 4–3, 2–3 PSO: 5–4 | |||||
Seventh place game
| 7 September 2024 14:00 |
Report | Serbia |
15–10 | Greece |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–1, 3–2, 5–4 | |||||
Fifth place game
| 7 September 2024 15:45 |
Report | Germany |
11–6 | Italy |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–3, 3–1, 3–2 | |||||
Semifinals
| 6 September 2024 17:00 |
Report | Montenegro |
6–5 | Hungary |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 3–0, 0–2 | |||||
| 6 September 2024 18:45 |
Report | Spain |
10–14 | Croatia |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 3–5, 3–2 | |||||
Third place game
| 7 September 2024 17:30 |
Report | Hungary |
14–16 (PSO) | Spain |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–3, 3–4, 3–3 PSO: 3–5 | |||||
Final
| 7 September 2024 19:15 |
Report | Montenegro |
8–10 (PSO) | Croatia |
Park Arena OZK, Burgas |
| Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–2, 3–1, 3–3 PSO: 1–3 | |||||
