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2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2022 Women's European Water Polo Championship.

The 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 35th running of the tournament. It was held in the Spaladium Arena in Split, Croatia from 29 August to 10 September 2022.[1]

2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates29 August – 10 September
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Croatia (2nd title)
Runner-up Hungary
Third place Spain
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored1,032 (21.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Romania Tudor Fulea
(19 goals)
Best playerHungary Szilárd Jansik
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Croatia won their second title by defeating Hungary in the final, meanwhile Spain beat Italy to secure the bronze medal.[2]

Venues

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LEN announced on 28 August 2020 that Split, Croatia would host the 2022 edition of the competition. All games will be played at the Spaladium Arena.[1]

Split
2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship (Europe)
Capacity: 9,000
 

Qualification

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Main article: 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

Sixteen teams were able to compete at the main event. They are broken up as follows:

Event Date Location Quotas Nation(s)
Host 28 August 2020 – 1   Croatia
2020 European Championship 14–26 January 2020   Budapest 6   Greece
  Hungary
  Italy
  Montenegro
  Russia
  Serbia
  Spain
Qualifiers 17–20 February 2022 Various 8   France
  Georgia
  Germany
  Israel
  Malta
  Netherlands
  Romania
  Slovakia
Wild card[4] 10 April 2022 1   Slovenia

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

Format

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The sixteen teams were split in four groups with four teams each. From there on, a knockout system was used. 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]

Draw

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The draw was held in Budapest on 23 April 2022.[7][8][9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Hungary
  Spain
  Montenegro
  Croatia

  Serbia
  Italy
  Greece

  France
  Georgia
  Romania
  Netherlands

  Germany
  Slovakia
  Malta
  Israel
  Slovenia

Squads

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Main article: 2022 Men's European Water Polo Championship squads

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+2).[10]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 3 3 0 0 52 25 +27 9 Quarterfinals
2   Montenegro 3 2 0 1 40 34 +6 6 Playoffs
3   Georgia 3 1 0 2 35 43 −8 3
4   Slovakia 3 0 0 3 30 55 −25 0 13th place classification
Source: Split2022
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.
29 August 2022
10:30 		Report Georgia   11–14   Montenegro Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Tamás Kovács (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–4, 3–4, 3–1
Jelaca 5 Goals Averka 4
29 August 2022
15:30 		Report Italy   21–9   Slovakia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Peter Balzan (MLT)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 6–2, 4–2, 5–2
Di Somma 5 Goals Čaraj 3
31 August 2022
14:00 		Report Montenegro   18–10   Slovakia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Peter Balzan (MLT)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–6, 6–1, 3–2
Averka 5 Goals Seman 3
31 August 2022
17:00 		Report Italy   18–8   Georgia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Tamás Kovács (HUN), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–2, 6–4, 3–1
Alesiani 4 Goals Saric, Vapenski 2
2 September 2022
10:30 		Report Georgia   16–11   Slovakia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–3, 4–3, 3–4
Vasic 4 Goals four players 2
2 September 2022
19:00 		Report Italy   13–8   Montenegro Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Tamás Kovács (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–3, 6–2, 3–3
Cannella, Dolce 3 Goals Đurđić, Radović 2

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia (H) 3 2 1 0 37 17 +20 7 Quarterfinals
2   Greece 3 1 2 0 42 23 +19 5 Playoffs
3   France 3 1 1 1 34 33 +1 4
4   Malta 3 0 0 3 19 59 −40 0 13th place classification
Source: Split2022
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
29 August 2022
19:00 		Report Greece   12–12   France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Filippo Gomez (ITA), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–5, 4–2, 1–2
four players 2 Goals Crousillat, Vernoux 3
29 August 2022
21:00 		Report Malta   5–19   Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–3, 2–7, 2–7
M. Zammit 3 Goals Fatović 5
31 August 2022
10:30 		Report Greece   25–6   Malta Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Robert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters: 8–1, 6–2, 4–1, 7–2
Argyropoulos 7 Goals M. Zammit 3
31 August 2022
20:30 		Report Croatia   13–7   France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 5–1, 4–2
Bukic 3 Goals Bouet, Crousillat 2
2 September 2022
15:30 		Report Malta   8–15   France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nora Debreceni (HUN), Robert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–4, 4–3, 1–7
three players 2 Goals Marion-Vernoux 3
2 September 2022
20:30 		Report Greece   5–5   Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 0–0, 1–3, 2–2
Papanastasiou, Vlachopoulos 2 Goals five players 1

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 44 25 +19 9 Quarterfinals
2   Netherlands 3 1 1 1 35 29 +6 4 Playoffs
3   Romania 3 1 1 1 32 32 0 4
4   Germany 3 0 0 3 16 41 −25 0 13th place classification
Source: Split2022
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.
29 August 2022
09:00 		Report Romania   9–16   Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 4–5, 2–3
three players 2 Goals Granados 5
29 August 2022
17:00 		Report Germany   6–13   Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 2–4, 2–4
Bozic, Strelezkij 2 Goals Koopman, Te Riele 3
31 August 2022
12:00 		Report Netherlands   10–11   Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–4, 4–2, 3–2
Gielen 3 Goals Perrone 3
31 August 2022
15:30 		Report Romania   11–4   Germany Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 3–0, 3–1
Fulea 5 Goals Ćuk 2
2 September 2022
14:00 		Report Germany   6–17   Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–7, 4–3, 0–2
Stamm 2 Goals Tahull 4
2 September 2022
17:00 		Report Romania   12–12   Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 3–4, 4–2
Fulea 6 Goals Janssen 3

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary 3 3 0 0 62 18 +44 9 Quarterfinals
2   Serbia 3 2 0 1 42 25 +17 6 Playoffs
3   Israel 3 1 0 2 16 46 −30 3
4   Slovenia 3 0 0 3 18 49 −31 0 13th place classification
Source: Split2022
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.
29 August 2022
12:00 		Report Serbia   18–3   Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Irakli Sanadze (GEO)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 8–1, 3–1, 4–1
Drašović, Radulović 4 Goals three players 1
29 August 2022
14:00 		Report Hungary   23–7   Slovenia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Robert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 6–2, 6–0, 7–2
Zalánki 4 Goals Popovič 3
31 August 2022
09:00 		Report Slovenia   5–9   Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Filippo Gomez (ITA), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–0, 2–2, 1–3
five players 1 Goals Gros 3
31 August 2022
19:00 		Report Serbia   7–16   Hungary Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–4, 2–4, 3–5
Drašović, S. Rašović 2 Goals Manhercz 4
2 September 2022
09:00 		Report Hungary   23–4   Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Marta Cabañas (ESP), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 7–2, 6–1, 6–1
Manhercz 6 Goals Gros 2
2 September 2022
12:00 		Report Serbia   17–6   Slovenia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Stanko Ivanovksi (MNE)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–3, 6–1, 4–0
S. Rašović 4 Goals Popovič 2

Placement games

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13–16th place bracket

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13–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
4 September
 
 
  Slovakia7
 
6 September
 
  Germany18
 
  Germany14
 
4 September
 
  Malta11
 
  Malta13
 
 
  Slovenia9
 
15th place
 
 
6 September
 
 
  Slovakia11
 
 
  Slovenia5

13–16th place semifinals

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4 September 2022
10:00 		Report Slovakia   7–18   Germany Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–6, 0–3, 4–5
Čaraj 3 Goals three players 3
4 September 2022
11:30 		Report Malta   13–9   Slovenia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 3–3, 5–1
D. Zammit 3 Goals Justin, Kadivec 2

15th place game

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6 September 2022
09:00 		Report Slovakia   11–5   Slovenia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Irakli Sanadze (GEO), Peter Balzan (MLT)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–1, 2–2, 3–0
Baláž 6 Goals Stele 2

13th place game

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6 September 2022
10:30 		Report Germany   14–11   Malta Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Eurico Silva (POR), Robert Horváth (SVK)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 3–5, 5–2
Küppers, Schütze 3 Goals D. Zammit 5

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Play-offsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
6 September
 
 
  Hungary11
 
4 September
 
  Montenegro8
 
  Montenegro13
 
8 September
 
  Romania8
 
  Hungary10
 
 
  Spain8
 
 
6 September
 
 
  Spain9
 
4 September
 
  Greece5
 
  Greece22
 
10 September
 
  Israel9
 
  Hungary9
 
 
  Croatia10
 
 
6 September
 
 
  Italy16
 
4 September
 
  France8
 
  France10
 
8 September
 
  Serbia9
 
  Italy10
 
 
  Croatia11 Third place
 
 
6 September10 September
 
 
  Croatia15  Spain7
 
4 September
 
  Georgia5   Italy6
 
  Georgia12
 
 
  Netherlands8
 

Playoffs

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4 September 2022
15:00 		Report Montenegro   13–8   Romania Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 3–2, 4–1
Đurđić, Petković 3 Goals Neamtu 3
4 September 2022
16:30 		Report Georgia   12–8   Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–1, 2–2, 3–2
Jelaca 3 Goals Van Ijperen, Winkelhorst 2
4 September 2022
19:00 		Report Greece   22–9   Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 6–0, 6–4, 5–3, 5–2
five players 3 Goals four players 2
4 September 2022
20:30 		Report France   10–9   Serbia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 5–4, 1–3
Crousillat 4 Goals Mandić, S. Rašović 3

9–12th place bracket

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9–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
6 September
 
 
  Romania (PSO)8 (3)
 
8 September
 
  Israel8 (2)
 
  Romania1
 
6 September
 
  Serbia17
 
  Netherlands6 (5)
 
 
  Serbia (PSO)6 (6)
 
Eleventh place
 
 
8 September
 
 
  Israel7
 
 
  Netherlands17

9–12th place semifinals

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6 September 2022
12:00 		Report Romania   11–10   Israel Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Jaume Teixido (ESP), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 2–2, 2–2  PSO: 3–2
Fulea 5 Goals Gros 5
6 September 2022
13:30 		Report Netherlands   11–12   Serbia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 4–1, 0–0  PSO: 5–6
Gielen 3 Goals Drašović, Stojanović 2

Eleventh place game

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8 September 2022
10:00 		Report Israel   7–17   Netherlands Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–2, 3–7, 2–4
Frid, Goldschmidt 2 Goals three players 3

Ninth place game

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8 September 2022
11:30 		Report Romania   1–17   Serbia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Jaume Teixido (ESP), Tamás Kovács (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 0–3, 0–4, 0–4
Colodrovschi 1 Goals Drašović, Martinović 4

Quarterfinals

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6 September 2022
15:00 		Report Hungary   11–8   Montenegro Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 2–1, 4–3
Jansik 5 Goals three players 2
6 September 2022
16:30 		Report Italy   16–8   France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–2, 4–1, 5–2
Di Fulvio 4 Goals Vernoux 3
6 September 2022
19:00 		Report Spain   9–5   Greece Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–1, 2–1, 2–1
three players 2 Goals Vlachopoulos 2
6 September 2022
20:30 		Report Croatia   15–5   Georgia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 2–2, 6–1, 3–2
Bukić 4 Goals Shushiashvili 3

5–8th place bracket

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5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
8 September
 
 
  Montenegro12
 
10 September
 
  Greece14
 
  Greece10
 
8 September
 
  France8
 
  France7
 
 
  Georgia5
 
Seventh place
 
 
10 September
 
 
  Montenegro14
 
 
  Georgia11

5–8th place semifinals

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8 September 2022
14:00 		Report Montenegro   12–14   Greece Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 2–6, 5–5
Petković 3 Goals Genidounias 5
8 September 2022
15:30 		Report Georgia   5–7   France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–2, 1–2, 2–2
Shushiashvili 3 Goals Khasz 2

Seventh place game

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10 September 2022
14:00 		Report Montenegro   14–11   Georgia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 6–4, 2–1, 4–3, 2–3
Averka, Petković 3 Goals three players 2

Fifth place game

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10 September 2022
15:30 		Report Greece   10–8   France Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Filippo Gomez (ITA), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 2–2, 1–3
three players 2 Goals Khasz 3

Semifinals

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8 September 2022
18:00 		Report Hungary   10–8   Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–2, 0–2, 3–1
Nagy 3 Goals Granados 3
8 September 2022
20:30 		Report Italy   10–11   Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 3–3, 2–2
Di Fulvio 3 Goals Marinić Kragić 4

Third place game

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10 September 2022
18:00 		Report Spain   7–6   Italy Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–2, 3–1, 1–2
seven players 1 Goals Damonte 2

Final

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10 September 2022
20:30 		Report Hungary   9–10   Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–1, 4–4, 2–2
Jansik, Molnár 2 Goals Burić, Kharkov 3

Final standings

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Rank Team
    Croatia
    Hungary
    Spain
4   Italy
5   Greece
6   France
7   Montenegro
8   Georgia
9   Serbia
10   Romania
11   Netherlands
12   Israel
13   Germany
14   Malta
15   Slovakia
16   Slovenia
Qualified for the 2023 World Championships

Awards and statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank[11] Name Goals Shots %
1   Tudor Fulea 19 40 48
2   Kanstantsin Averka 18 37 49
3   Krisztián Manhercz 17 26 65
4   Álvaro Granados 16 39 41
5   Stylianos Argyropoulos 15 31 48
  Francesco Di Fulvio 37 41
  Radomir Drašović 26 58
8   Jerko Marinić Kragić 14 32 44
  Ugo Crousillat 36 36
  Ronen Gros 33 42

Awards

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The awards were announced on 9 September 2022.[2]

Position Player
Best goalkeeper   Marko Bijač
Most Valuable Player   Szilárd Jansik

References

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  11. ^ Top scorers
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