2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship
The 2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship' was the 27th exhibition of the event organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Tašmajdan Sports Centre in Belgrade, Serbia, from 1 to 10 September 2006.
There were three qualification tournaments ahead of the event, held from 7 to 9 April 2006 in Kranj, Slovenia (with France, Slovenia, Slovakia and Malta competing), in Eindhoven, Netherlands (Greece, Netherlands, Poland and Moldova), and in Imperia, Italy (Belarus, Italy, Romania and Turkey).
Qualification[]
Teams[]
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Preliminary round[]
Group A[]
Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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1. | ![]() |
15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 34 | +44 |
2. | ![]() |
9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 54 | +5 |
3. | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 48 | −7 |
4. | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 53 | −4 |
5. | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 58 | −12 |
6. | ![]() |
1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 62 | −26 |
September 1, 2006
10:00 | Romania ![]() |
8 – 11 | ![]() |
(2–4, 2–4, 2–1, 2–2) |
13:00 | Netherlands ![]() |
11–11 | ![]() |
(4–3, 2–3, 3–3, 2–2) |
20:15 | Serbia ![]() |
13 – 6 | ![]() |
(5–1, 3–1, 3–2, 2–2) |
September 2, 2006
11:30 | Spain ![]() |
13 – 8 | ![]() |
(3–3, 3–2, 4–0, 3–3) |
13:00 | Romania ![]() |
13 – 10 | ![]() |
(2–3, 4–1, 4–3, 3–3) |
20:15 | Serbia ![]() |
17 – 10 | ![]() |
(6–4, 3–1, 4–3, 4–2) |
September 3, 2006
11:30 | Netherlands ![]() |
8–8 | ![]() |
(4–2, 2–4, 1–1, 1–1) |
13:00 | Russia ![]() |
10 – 13 | ![]() |
(1–5, 5–1, 3–5, 1–2) |
20:15 | Serbia ![]() |
19 – 2 | ![]() |
(4–1, 5–0, 6–1, 4–0) |
September 4, 2006
10:00 | Russia ![]() |
11 – 5 | ![]() |
(3–0, 2–2, 4–0, 2–3) |
11:30 | Romania ![]() |
7 – 6 | ![]() |
(1–2, 4–2, 1–1, 1–1) |
20:15 | Serbia ![]() |
16 – 11 | ![]() |
(3–1, 5–3, 3–3, 5–4) |
September 5, 2006
11:30 | Slovakia ![]() |
9 – 12 | ![]() |
(2–2, 2–4, 1–3, 4–3) |
13:00 | Netherlands ![]() |
12 – 11 | ![]() |
(4–2, 3–4, 4–2, 1–3) |
20:15 | Serbia ![]() |
13 – 5 | ![]() |
(4–2, 2–1, 4–1, 3–1) |
Group B[]
Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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1. | ![]() |
15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 41 | +41 |
2. | ![]() |
9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 50 | +7 |
3. | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 48 | +11 |
4. | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 54 | −2 |
5. | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 52 | +5 |
6. | ![]() |
0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 95 | −62 |
September 1, 2006
11:30 | Hungary ![]() |
23 – 6 | ![]() |
(5–1, 8–0, 4–2, 6–3) |
17:15 | Greece ![]() |
11 – 8 | ![]() |
(1–1, 4–1, 3–4, 3–2) |
18:45 | Croatia ![]() |
8 – 9 | ![]() |
(2–2, 0–2, 4–3, 2–2) |
September 2, 2006
10:00 | Slovenia ![]() |
6 – 19 | ![]() |
(2–5, 1–4, 2–3, 1–7) |
17:15 | Italy ![]() |
8 – 11 | ![]() |
(1–4, 2–2, 1–2, 4–3) |
18:45 | Croatia ![]() |
11 – 16 | ![]() |
(3–4, 4–3, 1–5, 3–4) |
September 3, 2006
10:00 | Germany ![]() |
14 – 6 | ![]() |
(2–2, 5–0, 2–3, 5–1) |
17:15 | Greece ![]() |
10–10 | ![]() |
(2–2, 1–1, 4–4, 3–3) |
18:45 | Hungary ![]() |
13 – 6 | ![]() |
(3–2, 6–2, 2–1, 2–1) |
September 4, 2006
13:00 | Italy ![]() |
20 – 7 | ![]() |
(7–1, 3–1, 4–2, 6–3) |
17:15 | Hungary ![]() |
10 – 8 | ![]() |
(3–2, 3–2, 1–2, 3–2) |
18:45 | Croatia ![]() |
9–9 | ![]() |
(3–2, 3–1, 2–2, 1–4) |
September 5, 2006
10:00 | Slovenia ![]() |
8 – 19 | ![]() |
(2–7, 3–5, 2–4, 1–3) |
17:15 | Germany ![]() |
10 – 20 | ![]() |
(1–7, 4–4, 5–3, 0–6) |
18:45 | Greece ![]() |
11 – 14 | ![]() |
(2–2, 3–3, 2–4, 4–5) |
Final round[]
Places 7/12[]
September 7, 2006
10:00 | Netherlands ![]() |
12 – 8 | ![]() |
(3–1, 0–2, 1–5, 4–4) |
11:30 | Slovakia ![]() |
6 – 12 | ![]() |
(3–4, 0–1, 3–5, 0–2) |
September 8, 2006
11:30 | Croatia ![]() |
10 – 7 | ![]() |
(2–1, 4–1, 1–2, 3–3) |
13:00 | Netherlands ![]() |
6 – 12 | ![]() |
(3–3, 1–3, 1–2, 1–4) |
Places 11 / 12[]
September 8, 2006
10:00 | Slovenia ![]() |
9 – 10 | ![]() |
(2–4, 1–3, 5–2, 1–1) |
Places 9 / 10[]
September 9, 2006
10:00 | Russia ![]() |
15 – 10 | ![]() |
(5–3, 3–3, 5–0, 2–4) |
Places 7 / 8[]
September 9, 2006
11:30 | Croatia ![]() |
11 – 7 | ![]() |
(2–1, 4–3, 2–1, 3–2) |
Quarterfinals[]
September 7, 2006
18:45 | Spain ![]() |
12 – 10 | ![]() |
(3–2, 3–3, 2–3, 4–2) |
20:15 | Romania ![]() |
10 – 9 | ![]() |
(4–4, 2–5, 1–0, 3–0) |
Semifinals[]
September 8, 2006
18:45 | Romania ![]() |
6 – 13 | ![]() |
(0–4, 1–2, 2–3, 3–6) |
20:15 | Spain ![]() |
10 – 16 | ![]() |
(3–5, 2–3, 1–4, 4–4) |
Finals[]
Places 5 / 6[]
September 9, 2006
13:00 | Greece ![]() |
10 – 11 | ![]() |
(1–2, 1–0, 3–3, 3–3, 1–2, 1–1) |
Bronze medal[]
September 10, 2006
18:45 | Romania ![]() |
4 – 10 | ![]() |
(1–2, 2–2, 0–3, 1–3) |
Gold medal[]
September 10, 2006
21:00 | Serbia ![]() |
9 – 8 | ![]() |
(2–4, 4–1, 2–3, 1–0) |
Final ranking[]
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Denis Šefik, Petar Trbojević, Živko Gocić, Vanja Udovičić, Dejan Savić, Danilo Ikodinović, Slobodan Nikić, Filip Filipović, Aleksandar Ćirić, Aleksandar Šapić, Vladimir Vujasinović, Branko Peković, Slobodan Soro, Duško Pijetlović, and Andrija Prlainović
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Individual awards[]
- Most Valuable Player
Tamás Kásás (HUN)
- Best Goalkeeper
Denis Šefik (SRB)
- Topscorer
Aleksandar Šapić (SRB)— 33 goals
Medalists[]
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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![]() 1. Denis Šefik GK 2. Petar Trbojević 3. Živko Gocić 4. Vanja Udovičić 5. Dejan Savić 6. Danilo Ikodinović 7. Slobodan Nikić 8. Filip Filipović 9. Aleksandar Ćirić 10. Aleksandar Šapić 11. Vladimir Vujasinović 12. Branko Peković 13. Slobodan Soro GK 14. Duško Pijetlović 15. Andrija Prlainović Head Coach Dejan Udovičić |
![]() 1. Zoltán Szécsi 2. Dániel Varga 3. Norbert Madaras 4. Ádám Steinmetz 5. Tamás Kásás 6. Márton Szívós 7. Gergely Kiss 8. Norbert Hosnyánszky 9. Rajmund Fodor 10. Dénes Varga 11. Gábor Kis 12. Tamás Molnár 13. Péter Biros 14. 15. Head Coach Dénes Kemény |
![]() 1. Inaki Aguilar 2. Mario García 3. David Martín 4. Ricardo Perrone 5. Guillermo Molina 6. 7. 8. José Rodríguez 9. Xavier Vallès 10. Felipe Perrone 11. Iván Pérez 12. Xavier García 13. Ángel Andreo 14. Marc Minguell 15. Blai Mallarach Head Coach Rafael Aguilar |
Top scorers[]
Pl. | Player | Goals |
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1. | ![]() |
33 |
2. | ![]() |
21 |
3. | ![]() |
20 |
4. | ![]() |
18 |
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18 |
References[]
- 2006 European Water Polo Championship
- Men's European Water Polo Championship
- International water polo competitions hosted by Serbia
- 2006 in water polo
- 2006 in Serbian sport
- International sports competitions in Belgrade
- 2000s in Belgrade
- September 2006 sports events in Europe