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2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship

The 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 34th edition of the major European water polo tournament for national teams. It was held at the Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, from 14 to 26 January 2020.[2][3]

2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country Hungary
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–26 January
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Hungary (13th title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Montenegro
Fourth place Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored988 (20.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)Russia Konstantin Kharkov
(21 goals)[1]
Best playerHungary Dénes Varga
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Hungary claimed their 13th title by defeating Spain in the final.[4]

Host

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LEN announced the choice of Budapest as host for the competition on 9 July 2016.[5] All the matches were played at the Danube Arena.

Budapest
2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship (Europe)
Danube Arena
Capacity: 6,600
 

Qualification

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Main article: 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

Sixteen teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows:

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 9 July 2016 – 1   Hungary
2018 European Championships 16–28 July 2018   Barcelona 7   Serbia
  Spain
  Croatia
  Italy
  Greece
  Montenegro
  Russia
Qualifiers 11–13 October 2019 Various 8   Georgia
  Germany
  Slovakia
  France
  Romania
  Malta
  Turkey
  Netherlands

Format

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The sixteen teams were split in four groups with four teams each. The first classified team of each group directly qualified for the quarterfinals, the second and third teams played each other in cross group format to qualify for the quarterfinals.[6]

Squads

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Further information: 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship squads

Draw

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The draw of the preliminary round's pools was held in Budapest on 22 October 2019.[7][8] The teams were divided into four groups of four teams each; according to LEN rules the first batch for the draw was composed by the best four teams of the previous edition, the second batch by the teams ranked from fifth to eighth in 2018, while the third and fourth batch were composed respectively by the teams ranked first and second in the four qualification groups.[6][9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Serbia
  Spain
  Croatia
  Italy

  Greece
  Montenegro
  Russia
  Hungary

  Georgia
  Slovakia
  Romania
  Turkey

  Germany
  France
  Malta
  Netherlands

The draw resulted in the following groups:[10][9]

Group A Group B Group C Group D
  Croatia   Netherlands   Hungary   France
  Germany   Romania   Malta   Georgia
  Montenegro   Russia   Spain   Greece
  Slovakia   Serbia   Turkey   Italy

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia 3 3 0 0 44 23 +21 9 Quarterfinals
2   Montenegro 3 2 0 1 35 18 +17 6 Play-offs
3   Germany 3 1 0 2 20 32 −12 3
4   Slovakia 3 0 0 3 13 39 −26 0 13th place classification
Source: WP2020Budapest
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
14 January 2020
11:30 		Report Slovakia   4–15   Montenegro Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–6, 1–4, 1–4
four players 1 Goals Ivović 4
14 January 2020
14:30 		Report Germany   9–17   Croatia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–6, 1–6, 4–4
Restović 3 Goals Miloš 3
16 January 2020
10:00 		Report Germany   8–5   Slovakia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–2, 3–2, 0–0
Real 3 Goals five players 1
16 January 2020
20:30 		Report Montenegro   10–11   Croatia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 2–4, 5–1
four players 2 Goals Bukić 3
18 January 2020
16:00 		Report Slovakia   4–16   Croatia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–4, 1–4, 1–5
four players 1 Goals Bušlje 5
18 January 2020
17:30 		Report Germany   3–10   Montenegro Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–3, 1–3, 1–2
Gielen 2 Goals four players 2

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia 3 3 0 0 39 20 +19 9 Quarterfinals
2   Russia 3 1 0 2 34 33 +1 3[a] Play-offs
3   Romania 3 1 0 2 26 34 −8 3[a]
4   Netherlands 3 1 0 2 22 34 −12 3[a] 13th place classification
Source: WP2020Budapest
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Russia 3 Pts, +5 GD; Romania 3 Pts, 0 GD; Netherlands 3 Pts, −5 GD
14 January 2020
10:00 		Report Romania   8–9   Netherlands Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Robert Tiozzo (CRO), Gernot Häntschel (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 4–1, 0–3
Gheorghe 3 Goals Winkelhorst 3
14 January 2020
17:30 		Report Serbia   13–9   Russia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Carlos Ortega (ESP), Róbert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–3, 2–3, 4–2
Prlainović 4 Goals Merkulov 3
16 January 2020
13:00 		Report Romania   7–15   Serbia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Erkan Turkkan (TUR), Peter Balzan (MLT)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–1, 1–5, 2–4
Oanta, Radu 2 Goals Mandić 4
16 January 2020
14:30 		Report Russia   15–9   Netherlands Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gernot Häntschel (GER), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–1, 3–2, 4–4
Kharkov 6 Goals three players 2
18 January 2020
11:30 		Report Romania   11–10   Russia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 2–0, 3–5
Gheorghe 4 Goals Lisunov 3
18 January 2020
20:30 		Report Serbia   11–4   Netherlands Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gernot Häntschel (GER), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 3–1, 5–2, 3–0
Mandić 3 Goals Lindhout 2

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary (H) 3 2 1 0 56 16 +40 7[a] Quarterfinals
2   Spain 3 2 1 0 58 25 +33 7[a] Play-offs
3   Turkey 3 1 0 2 25 53 −28 3
4   Malta 3 0 0 3 17 62 −45 0 13th place classification
Source: WP2020Budapest
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Hungary 11–11 Spain
14 January 2020
13:00 		Report Malta   7–23   Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–6, 0–7, 2–6
S. Camilleri 3 Goals Munarriz 5
14 January 2020
19:00 		Report Turkey   5–19   Hungary Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Luis Santos (POR), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 0–4, 1–3, 0–8
Özbek, Yenigün 2 Goals Manhercz 4
16 January 2020
11:30 		Report Malta   10–13   Turkey Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–4, 2–1, 4–3
Plumpton 5 Goals Sönmez 3
16 January 2020
19:00 		Report Hungary   11–11   Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–2, 3–4, 3–3
Vámos 3 Goals Perrone 4
18 January 2020
10:00 		Report Turkey   7–24   Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–6, 1–8, 2–5
Yutmaz 3 Goals Munarriz 5
18 January 2020
19:00 		Report Malta   0–26   Hungary Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB), Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–7, 0–8, 0–5
Goals Zalánki 7

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 3 3 0 0 38 19 +19 9 Quarterfinals
2   Greece 3 2 0 1 35 30 +5 6 Play-offs
3   Georgia 3 1 0 2 25 42 −17 3
4   France 3 0 0 3 24 31 −7 0 13th place classification
Source: WP2020Budapest
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
14 January 2020
16:00 		Report France   7–9   Georgia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 1–2, 1–2
Izdinsky, Vernoux 2 Goals Vapenski 3
14 January 2020
20:30 		Report Italy   10–6   Greece Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 3–1, 3–1
three players 2 Goals six players 1
16 January 2020
16:00 		Report Greece   17–10   Georgia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Robert Tiozzo (CRO)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–1, 2–4, 4–4
Fountoulis 4 Goals Rurua, Vapenski 2
16 January 2020
17:30 		Report France   7–10   Italy Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Carlos Ortega (ESP), Luis Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 2–3, 2–1
Vernoux 2 Goals Di Fulvio, Figlioli 3
18 January 2020
13:00 		Report France   10–12   Greece Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Carlos Ortega (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 6–3, 2–3
Crousillat, Marzouki 2 Goals Vlachopoulos 5
18 January 2020
14:30 		Report Italy   18–6   Georgia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Róbert Horváth (SVK), Robert Tiozzo (CRO)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–2, 5–3, 6–0
three players 3 Goals Magrakvelidze 2

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Play-offsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
22 January
 
 
  Italy8
 
20 January
 
  Montenegro10
 
  Montenegro17
 
24 January
 
  Turkey6
 
  Montenegro8
 
 
  Hungary10
 
 
22 January
 
 
  Hungary14
 
20 January
 
  Russia10
 
  Russia14
 
26 January
 
  Georgia13
 
  Hungary (PSO)9 (5)
 
 
  Spain9 (4)
 
 
22 January
 
 
  Serbia6 (3)
 
20 January
 
  Spain (PSO)6 (4)
 
  Germany6
 
24 January
 
  Spain12
 
  Spain9
 
 
  Croatia8 Third place
 
 
22 January26 January
 
 
  Croatia14  Montenegro10
 
20 January
 
  Greece11   Croatia9
 
  Romania7
 
 
  Greece14
 
5th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
24 January
 
 
  Italy14
 
26 January
 
  Russia12
 
  Italy7
 
24 January
 
  Serbia8
 
  Serbia12
 
 
  Greece9
 
Seventh place
 
 
26 January
 
 
  Russia9
 
 
  Greece11
9th place bracket
 
9–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
22 January
 
 
  Turkey6
 
24 January
 
  Georgia12
 
  Georgia8
 
22 January
 
  Germany9
 
  Germany15
 
 
  Romania10
 
Eleventh place
 
 
24 January
 
 
  Turkey3
 
 
  Romania20
13th place bracket
 
13–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
20 January
 
 
  Slovakia8
 
22 January
 
  Malta4
 
  Slovakia6
 
20 January
 
  France9
 
  Netherlands8
 
 
  France9
 
15th place
 
 
22 January
 
 
  Malta9
 
 
  Netherlands19

Play-offs

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20 January 2020
14:30 		Report Montenegro   17–6   Turkey Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–1, 5–0, 4–4
Ivović 3 Goals Özbek, Yenigün 2
20 January 2020
16:00 		Report Germany   6–12   Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–6, 0–3, 2–2
Real 2 Goals Granados 5
20 January 2020
17:30 		Report Russia   14–13   Georgia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 6–4, 3–2, 2–4, 3–3
Bychkov 5 Goals Baraldi, Jelaca 3
20 January 2020
19:00 		Report Romania   7–14   Greece Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 0–6, 2–4
Negrean 2 Goals Genidounias 6

Quarterfinals

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22 January 2020
16:00 		Report Italy   8–10   Montenegro Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 1–2, 1–1
Figari 2 Goals Petković 4
22 January 2020
17:30 		Report Serbia   9–10   Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–4, 2–1, 1–0  PSO: 3–4
Mandić 3 Goals Perrone, Sanahuja 2
22 January 2020
19:00 		Report Hungary   14–10   Russia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 4–3, 4–2
Manhercz, Varga 3 Goals Kiselev, Merkulov 3
22 January 2020
20:30 		Report Croatia   14–11   Greece Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 4–3, 3–3, 1–2
Joković 4 Goals Vlachopoulos 3

13–16th place semifinals

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20 January 2020
11:30 		Report Slovakia   8–4   Malta Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 1–2, 2–0
Zaťovič 4 Goals S. Camilleri 4
20 January 2020
13:00 		Report Netherlands   8–9   France Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 1–2, 2–2
Gottemaker, Winkelhorst 2 Goals Marzouki 4

9–12th place semifinals

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22 January 2020
13:00 		Report Turkey   6–12   Georgia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Carlos Ortega (ESP), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–2, 1–4, 2–2
Acar, Yenigün 2 Goals Bagaturia, Bitadze 3
22 January 2020
14:30 		Report Germany   15–10   Romania Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Veselin Mišković (MNE), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–5, 5–1, 3–3
Stamm, Strelezkij 4 Goals three players 2

5–8th place semifinals

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24 January 2020
14:30 		Report Italy   14–12   Russia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–4, 3–1, 2–4
Aicardi 3 Goals Bychkov, Kharkov 3
24 January 2020
16:00 		Report Serbia   12–9   Greece Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Carlos Ortega (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–2, 2–2
Dedović, S. Mitrović 3 Goals Vlachopoulos 3

Semifinals

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24 January 2020
17:30 		Report Croatia   8–9   Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–4, 2–2, 2–3
Munarriz 3 Goals Bukić 2
24 January 2020
19:00 		Report Montenegro   8–10   Hungary Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 2–4, 3–2
Radović 3 Goals Varga 4

15th place game

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22 January 2020
10:00 		Report Malta   9–19   Netherlands Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Robert Tiozzo (CRO), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–5, 2–4, 3–5
S. Camilleri 5 Goals Van Yperen 6

13th place game

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22 January 2020
11:30 		Report Slovakia   6–9   France Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Gernot Häntschel (GER), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 3–1, 2–2
Mare. Tkáč 2 Goals Kalinić 3

Eleventh place game

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24 January 2020
11:30 		Report Turkey   3–20   Romania Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Luis Santos (POR), Róbert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–6, 1–6, 1–3
three players 1 Goals Fulea 5

Ninth place game

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24 January 2020
13:00 		Report Georgia   8–9   Germany Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–0, 2–3, 1–4
Vapenski 2 Goals three players 2

Seventh place game

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26 January 2020
14:30 		Report Russia   9–11   Greece Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Robert Tiozzo (CRO), Carlos Ortega (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 3–3, 2–3
Kharkov 4 Goals Argyropoulos 3

Fifth place game

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26 January 2020
16:00 		Report Italy   7–8   Serbia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–1, 0–2, 1–2
Di Fulvio 3 Goals Aleksić, Filipović 2

Third place game

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26 January 2020
17:30 		Report Montenegro   10–9   Croatia Danube Arena, Budapest
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–4, 4–1, 3–1
Ivović 5 Goals three players 2

Final

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26 January 2020
19:00 		Report Hungary   14–13   Spain Danube Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 6,600
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–0, 2–2, 3–4  PSO: 5–4
three players 2 Goals Munarriz 3

Final standing

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Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics World qualification tournament
Rank Team
    Hungary
    Spain3
    Montenegro
4   Croatia
5   Serbia1
6   Italy2
7   Greece
8   Russia
9   Germany
10   Georgia
11   Romania
12   Turkey
13   France
14   Slovakia
15   Netherlands4
16   Malta

Statistics and awards

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Awards

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The awards were announced on 26 January 2020.[11]

Award Player
Most Valuable Player   Dénes Varga
Best Goalkeeper   Daniel López
Topscorer   Konstantin Kharkov (21 goals)

References

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  1. ^ Top scorers
  2. ^ "LEN Events' calendar 2020". len.eu. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. ^ "European Water Polo Championships 2020 – Schedule". len.eu. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Hungary is back on top after 21 years, another shootout loss for Spain". wp2020budapest.com. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Budapest to host all 2020 Europeans". len.eu. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Rules and regulations: European Water Polo Championships" (PDF). len.eu. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  7. ^ "2020 European Water Polo Championships, Qualifications – Summary". len.eu. 13 October 2019. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  8. ^ Vanda Orosz (13 October 2019). "European Championships Men's Qualification". wpnews.eu. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  9. ^ a b Ivan Curcic (22 October 2019). "Draw for 34th European Championships: Two "groups of death"". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  10. ^ "2020 European Water Polo Championships, Budapest – Draw". len.eu. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Hungary wins European gold after 21 years". total-waterpolo.com. 26 January 2020. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
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