WATER POLO NEWS

Greece v Italy 12-9 – Split 2022

The Greeks opened the scoring with a fine man-up play, finished by Erini Ninou, then came a lengthy  battle, with a lot of swimming and position play to seek any minor advantage. Italy needed 4:28...

Netherlands v Spain 7-10 – Split 2022

In a span of 1:45 minutes Spain jumped to a 0-2 lead with the usual great centre goal by Maica Garcia  and a fine action shot by Elena Ruiz – and that made a long-lasting impact, at least to the...

Croatia to face Italy, Spain and Hungary will repeat 2020 Euro final  – Split 2022, day 11

Croatia and Italy won their respective quarter-finals with ease as expected, though Italy had to  dig deep against France in the first half. Hungary scored eight action goals in a thrilling ...

Hungary misses the semis for the third time in 19 editions  – Split 2022, Day 10

Hungary, one of the two countries taking part in each edition since the inaugural 1985  championship, lost a 26-goal epic to Spain in the quarters. It’s only the third time in 19 editions ...

Men’s Euro Cup Draw

The draw for the first qualification round of the men’s Euro Cup was also conducted in Split, site  of the European Water Polo Championships.   The playing dates are 13-16 October, the...

2023 World Championships qualifications

This is a clarification regarding the men’s World Championships qualification process for the 2023 edition to be held in Fukuoka. Here is the excerpt from the FINA By-laws. BL 9.3.10.5.2 The four (4)...

Shock of the year: France ousts Serbia  – Split 2022, Day 9

It happened. France won a thriller against Serbia and made the top eight for the first time since  1958, while the Serbs could tie their worst-ever finish from 1927, and that remained the...

Spain and the Netherlands pass the 100-goal barrier  – Split 2022, Day 8

The Netherlands and Italy had already booked the top spots respectively two days ago, today they  went 5/5 with easy wins. The Dutch became the third team ever which managed to score more  than 100...

What a start: Olympiacos v Recco in the opening round

The draw for the Champions League Main Round was held in the Spaladium Arena, site of the  ongoing European Water Polo Championships in Split. The group stage starts on 15 November,  and...