2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship

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2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
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Tournament details
Host countrySerbia
CityBelgrade
Venue(s)Belgrade Arena
Dates10 January 2016 (2016-01-10)
23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)
No. of teams16 (from 1 confederation)
No. of venues1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Serbia (4th title)
Runners-up Montenegro
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored1,076 (19.21 per match)
Highest attendance18,473 (gold medal match)
Top scorer(s)Malta Stevie Camilleri
(21 goals)[1]
Tournament awards
Best playerSerbia Andrija Prlainović[2]
Best goalkeeperHungary Viktor Nagy
Media
Websitebelgrade2016.rs (archived)
2014
2018

The 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Belgrade, Serbia.[3][4]

Serbia won their seventh, and third straight, title by defeating the Montenegro 10–8 in the final. Hungary captured the bronze medal after a 13–10 win over Greece.[2]

Qualification[]

For the first time, the tournament will be contested by 16 countries (12 previously). The 16 teams qualified as follows:

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Serbia
2014 European Championships 14–27 July 2014 Hungary Budapest 7  Hungary
 Italy
 Montenegro
 Croatia
 Greece
 Spain
 Romania
Qualifiers 8  Netherlands
 Georgia
 France
 Slovakia
 Germany
 Malta
 Russia
 Turkey

Format[]

The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. All teams advance to the knockout stage, from which on a knockout-system will be used to determine the final positions..

Squads[]

Draw[]

The draw was held on 4 October 2015.[5][6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Serbia
 Italy
 Montenegro
 Hungary

 Croatia
 Spain
 Greece
 Romania

 Netherlands
 France
 Russia
 Germany

 Georgia
 Malta
 Turkey
 Slovakia

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+1).[7]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 36 16 +20 7
2  Montenegro 3 2 1 0 36 20 +16 7
3  Netherlands 3 1 0 2 16 33 −17 3
4  Slovakia 3 0 0 3 15 34 −19 0
Source: wpbelgrade2016.com
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.
10 January 2016
09:30
Report Spain  13–4  Slovakia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Alessandro Severo (ITA), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 6–2, 2–1, 1–1
Molina 4 Goals Faměra 2
10 January 2016
18:15
Report Montenegro  13–6  Netherlands Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 5–0, 3–1, 3–2, 2–3
Radović 4 Goals 2

12 January 2016
09:30
Report Slovakia  5–6  Netherlands Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 1–0, 2–2
3 Goals 3
12 January 2016
18:45
Report Montenegro  8–8  Spain Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 2–2, 2–1
Ivović, Janović 2 Goals Español 3

14 January 2016
17:15
Report Spain  15–4  Netherlands Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Haldun Toygarlı (TUR), Luís Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 5–0, 2–1, 3–2, 5–1
Español 6 Goals 3
14 January 2016
18:45
Report Montenegro  15–6  Slovakia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 6–0, 1–2, 2–1
Janović, Radović 4 Goals six players 1

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Serbia 3 3 0 0 49 16 +33 9
2  Croatia 3 2 0 1 48 20 +28 6
3  France 3 1 0 2 30 43 −13 3
4  Malta 3 0 0 3 11 59 −48 0
Source: wpbelgrade2016.com
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.
10 January 2016
17:15
Report France  17–7  Malta Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 7–4, 5–1, 2–2
Crousillat 5 Goals 5
10 January 2016
20:30
Report Croatia  6–13  Serbia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 11,000
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–4, 1–5, 2–1
Šetka 2 Goals Mandić, Prlainović 3

12 January 2016
17:15
Report France  5–20  Croatia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Luís Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 0–7, 1–1, 2–8, 2–4
Camarasa 2 Goals Joković 4
12 January 2016
20:15
Report Serbia  20–2  Malta Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 8,000
Referees:
Haldun Toygarlı (TUR), Irakli Kikalishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 6–0, 5–1, 4–1, 5–0
Nikić 5 Goals 2

14 January 2016
09:30
Report Croatia  22–2  Malta Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 5–1, 5–0, 5–0
Bušlje, Sukno 4 Goals , Meli 1
14 January 2016
20:15
Report France  8–16  Serbia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,249
Referees:
Alessandro Svero (ITA), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–4, 1–3, 1–6
Camarasa, Crousillat 2 Goals Prlainović 3

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 48 11 +37 9
2  Romania 3 2 0 1 31 30 +1 6
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 29 39 −10 3
4  Georgia 3 0 0 3 16 44 −28 0
Source: wpbelgrade2016.com
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.
11 January 2016
09:30
Report Georgia  6–12  Romania Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Mario Dalli (MLT), Xavier Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 1–5, 1–3
Baghaturia, Tsrepulia 2 Goals 4
11 January 2016
18:45
Report Germany  5–16  Italy Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–6, 3–4, 1–4
five players 1 Goals Aicardi, Bodegas 3

13 January 2016
09:30
Report Germany  11–9  Georgia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Dragan Štampalija (CRO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–3, 3–2, 3–1
Nossek 3 Goals , Tsrepulia 3
13 January 2016
18:45
Report Romania  5–11  Italy Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 1–3, 3–2
Radu 3 Goals Bodegas 3

15 January 2016
17:15
Report Georgia  1–21  Italy Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Xavier Buch (ESP), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–6, 0–6, 0–4
Baghaturia 1 Goals Di Fulvio 4
15 January 2016
18:45
Report Germany  13–14  Romania Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 5–5, 3–3
, Real 4 Goals Radu 4

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Hungary 3 2 1 0 40 19 +21 7
2  Russia 3 2 0 1 32 28 +4 6
3  Greece 3 1 1 1 37 23 +14 4
4  Turkey 3 0 0 3 19 58 −39 0
Source: wpbelgrade2016.com
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.
11 January 2016
15:45
Report Russia  17–8  Turkey Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–0, 3–3, 6–2
4 Goals , 2
11 January 2016
20:15
Report Hungary  8–8  Greece Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), Dragan Štampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 2–1, 1–2
Dé. Varga, Hárai 3 Goals three players 2

13 January 2016
15:45
Report Turkey  6–21  Greece Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Luís Santos (POR), Mario Dalli (MLT)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–6, 1–6, 1–7
2 Goals Gounas 6
13 January 2016
20:15
Report Hungary  12–6  Russia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Xavier Buch (ESP), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–1, 3–0, 5–1
5 Goals 3

15 January 2016
09:30
Report Hungary  20–5  Turkey Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–1, 5–1, 7–3
Dé. Varga 6 Goals 2
15 January 2016
20:15
Report Russia  9–8  Greece Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 2–4, 3–0
3 Goals Genidounias, Vlachopoulos 2

Knockout stage[]

 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Spain14
 
 
 
 Malta3
 
 Spain2
 
 
 
 Greece6
 
 Romania9
 
 
 
 Greece15
 
 Greece7
 
 
 
 Serbia13
 
 Serbia10
 
 
 
 Slovakia5
 
 Serbia15
 
 
 
 Russia5
 
 Russia9
 
 
 
 Germany6
 
 Serbia10
 
 
 
 Montenegro8
 
 Italy16
 
 
 
 Turkey2
 
 Italy7
 
 
 
 Montenegro10
 
 Montenegro11
 
 
 
 France6
 
 Montenegro8
 
 
 
 Hungary5 Third place
 
 Hungary14
 
  
 
 Georgia3
 
 Hungary8 Greece10
 
 
 
 Croatia5  Hungary13
 
 Croatia16
 
 
 Netherlands9
 
5th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Spain10
 
 
 
 Russia9
 
 Spain8
 
 
 
 Italy7
 
 Italy8
 
 
 Croatia6
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Russia5
 
 
 Croatia13
9th place bracket
 
9–16th place quarterfinals9–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Malta7
 
 
 
 Romania12
 
 Romania (pen.)10 (4)
 
 
 
 Germany10 (3)
 
 Slovakia8 (7)
 
 
 
 Germany (pen.)8 (8)
 
 Romania6
 
 
 
 France12
 
 Turkey9
 
 
 
 France14
 
 France11
 
 
 
 Netherlands8 Eleventh place
 
 Georgia9 (6)
 
 
 
 Netherlands (pen.)9 (7)
 
 Germany9
 
 
 Netherlands7
 
13th place bracket
 
13–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Malta9
 
 
 
 Slovakia17
 
 Slovakia10
 
 
 
 Georgia9
 
 Turkey11
 
 
 Georgia12
 
15th place
 
 
 
 
 
 Malta (pen.)10 (4)
 
 
 Turkey10 (3)

Round of 16[]

16 January 2016
09:30
Report Spain  14–3  Malta Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Mark Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 7–1, 1–1
Español, Tahull 3 Goals three players 1

16 January 2016
17:15
Report Montenegro  11–6  France Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Haldun Toygarlı (TUR)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 1–0, 2–1, 2–2
Vukčević 3 Goals three players 2

16 January 2016
18:45
Report Serbia  10–5  Slovakia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 8,419
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Luís Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 2–1, 2–0
four players 2 Goals Hrosik, Faměra 2

16 January 2016
20:15
Report Croatia  16–9  Netherlands Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–2, 4–3, 5–3
Joković, Sukno 5 Goals 3

17 January 2016
09:30
Report Italy  16–2  Turkey Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Luís Santos (POR)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–0, 5–1, 4–1
three players 3 Goals , 1

17 January 2016
17:15
Report Hungary  14–3  Georgia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Mario Dalli (MLT), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–1, 3–1, 3–0
Dé. Varga 3 Goals Rurua 2

17 January 2016
18:45
Report Romania  9–15  Greece Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Alessandro Severo (ITA), Dragan Štampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–5, 1–4, 2–1
5 Goals Fountoulis 6

17 January 2016
20:15
Report Russia  9–6  Germany Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 2–1, 2–2
three players 2 Goals Nossek 2

9–16th place quarterfinals[]

18 January 2016
09:30
Report Malta  7–12  Romania Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Xavier Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–5, 1–1, 2–2
4 Goals Negrean 5

18 January 2016
11:00
Report Slovakia  8–8  Germany Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Dragan Štampalija (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 2–4, 2–2  PSO: 7–8
, Zaťovič 2 Goals three players 2

19 January 2016
09:30
Report Turkey  9–14  France Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Dragan Štampalija (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–4, 0–4, 3–2
3 Goals Khasz, Simon 3

19 January 2016
11:00
Report Georgia  9–9  Netherlands Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–4, 2–4, 2–0  PSO: 6–7
Tsrepulia 4 Goals 3

Quarterfinals[]

18 January 2016
18:45
Report Spain  2–6  Greece Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 1–2, 0–1
Mallarach 2 Goals Fountoulis 3

18 January 2016
20:15
Report Serbia  15–5  Russia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 11,000
Referees:
Alessandro Severo (ITA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 4–2, 4–0
Mandić, Prlainović 3 Goals five players 1

19 January 2016
18:45
Report Italy  7–10  Montenegro Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–1, 3–4, 2–2
Di Fulvio 2 Goals N. Janović 4

19 January 2016
20:15
Report Hungary  8–5  Croatia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Xavier Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 1–1, 2–1
Dé. Varga 3 Goals 2

13–16th place semifinals[]

20 January 2016
09:00
Report Malta  9–17  Slovakia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Luís Santos (POR), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–3, 4–5, 2–5
6 Goals Faměra 5

21 January 2016
09:00
Report Turkey  11–12  Georgia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 3–3, 4–1
3 Goals Baghaturia 3

9–12th place semifinals[]

20 January 2016
10:30
Report Romania  10–10  Germany Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–1, 0–4, 4–3  PSO: 4–3
Negrean 4 Goals 3

21 January 2016
10:30
Report France  11–8  Netherlands Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Haldun Toygarlı (TUR), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–5, 3–1, 1–1
four players 2 Goals 2

5–8th place semifinals[]

20 January 2016
18:45
Report Spain  10–9  Russia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 2–2, 2–4
three players 2 Goals 3

21 January 2016
18:45
Report Italy  8–6  Croatia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 6–1, 0–1, 2–1, 0–3
three players 2 Goals Sukno 2

Semifinals[]

20 January 2016
20:15
Report Greece  7–13  Serbia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 11,000
Referees:
Dragan Štampalija (CRO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 0–2, 1–4, 3–3
Gounas, Vlachopoulos 2 Goals Filipović, Pijetlović 3

21 January 2016
20:15
Report Montenegro  8–5  Hungary Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Alessandro Severo (ITA), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 1–1, 3–1
Ivović, N. Janović 2 Goals Manhercz, Dé. Varga 2

15th place game[]

22 January 2016
09:00
Report Malta  10–10  Turkey Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–0, 3–5, 2–2  PSO: 4–3
4 Goals 3

13th place game[]

22 January 2016
10:30
Report Slovakia  10–9  Georgia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Mario Dalli (MLT)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 4–4, 3–1
Zaťovič 3 Goals Jelaca, Kavtaradze 2

Eleventh place game[]

23 January 2016
09:00
Report Germany  9–7  Netherlands Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Dragan Štampalija (CRO), Xavier Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–4, 2–1, 2–1
three players 2 Goals , 2

Ninth place game[]

23 January 2016
10:30
Report Romania  6–12  France Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–2, 1–2, 3–2
Radu 2 Goals Marzouki 5

Seventh place game[]

23 January 2016
12:00
Report Russia  5–13  Croatia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Svero (ITA)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–3, 1–4, 1–4
, 2 Goals Bukić, Šetka 3

Fifth place game[]

23 January 2016
13:30
Report Spain  8–7  Italy Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 1–3, 1–1
Molina Rios, Munarriz 2 Goals Giorgetti 3

Third place game[]

23 January 2016
16:15
Report Greece  10–13  Hungary Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Mark Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–4, 1–2, 5–3
Vlachopoulos 4 Goals Vámos 3

Final[]

23 January 2016
17:45
Report Serbia  10–8  Montenegro Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 18,473
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 3–2, 4–2
three players 2 Goals three players 2

Final ranking[]

Qualified for the Summer Olympics
Already qualified for the Summer Olympics
Qualified for the Summer Olympics final qualification tournament
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Serbia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Montenegro
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Hungary
4  Greece
5  Spain
6  Italy
7  Croatia
8  Russia
9  France
10  Romania
11  Germany
12  Netherlands
13  Slovakia
14  Georgia
15  Malta
16  Turkey

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Name Goals Shots %
1 Malta Steven Camilleri 21 55 38
2 Hungary Dénes Varga 19 39 49
3 Serbia Andrija Prlainović 18 37 49
4 Greece Ioannis Fountoulis 17 42 41
Romania Tiberiu Negrean 43 40
6 Montenegro Aleksandar Radović 16 30 53
7 Croatia Sandro Sukno 15 39 39
Romania Cosmin Radu 25 60
9 France Ugo Crousillat 14 34 41
France Mehdi Marzouki 37 38
Slovakia Martin Faměra 45 31
Spain Albert Español 38 37
Spain Guillermo Molina Rios 36 39

Source: wpbelgrade2016.microplustiming.com

Awards[]

Top Goalscorer Player of the Tournament[2] Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Malta Steven Camilleri Serbia Andrija Prlainović Hungary Viktor Nagy

References[]

  1. ^ Top scorers
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Serbia win 3rd straight European Championships". waterpoloworld.com. 23 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ^ LEN Calendar Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Catching Up with Darko Udovicic about Serbian Water Polo" Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  5. ^ "The draw for the European Water Polo Championships Belgrade 2016". belgrade2016.rs. 4 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  6. ^ "The official draw for the European Water Polo Championships Belgrade 2016". belgrade2016.rs. 4 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  7. ^ Schedule Archived 2015-12-30 at the Wayback Machine

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