For the women's tournament, see 2024 Women's European U-19 Water Polo Championship.

The 2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship was the 28th edition of the Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship. The tournament was played in Burgas, Bulgaria from 1 to 7 September 2024.[1][2][3] Serbia were the defending champions, but were eliminated in quarterfinals. Croatia won the tournament for the first time.

Host selection

Burgas was given the hosting rights on 11 October 2023.[2][3]

Format

For the first time, the 16 teams are sorted into two Divisions, based on the last edition and the qualifiers. The top eight teams made Division 1 and the other eight teams Division 2. Both divisions were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams from each group of Division 1 advanced directly to the quarterfinals, while the other two teams from each group played against one of the top two sides from each group in Division 2 in a play-off round. Starting with quarterfinals onward, the regular knock-out system was used.

Qualification

Main article: 2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

Sixteen teams will compete at the main event.[4]

Event Date Location Quotas Nation(s)
Host 11 October 2023 – 1  Bulgaria
2022 European Championship 18–25 September 2022 Montenegro Podgorica 8  Serbia
 Spain
 Hungary
 Greece
 Croatia
 Italy
 Montenegro
 Germany
Qualifiers 14–17 March 2024 Various 7  France
 Turkey
 Malta
 Netherlands
 Czech Republic
 Slovenia
 Romania

Venue

 Burgas
Capacity:

Draw

The draw was held on 26 March 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.[5][6]

Division 1

The pots for Division 1 were decided by the rankings of the 2022 U-19 European Championship.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Serbia
 Spain

 Hungary
 Greece

 Croatia
 Italy

 Montenegro
 Germany

Division 2

The seeding for Division 2 was decided by who finished first and second in the qualifiers (excluding Bulgaria).

Pot 1 Pot 2

 France
 Turkey
 Malta
 Netherlands

 Czech Republic
 Slovenia
 Bulgaria
 Romania

Preliminary round

All times are local (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+3).

Division 1

Group A

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 0 0 1 33 28 +5 6[a] Quarterfinals
2  Hungary 3 2 0 0 1 34 34 0 6[a]
3  Croatia 3 2 0 0 1 28 26 +2 6[a] Playoffs
4  Montenegro 3 0 0 0 3 22 29 −7 0
Source: LEN
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 Head-to-head goal difference: Spain +3, Croatia +1, Hungary –4. Although, Hungary is ranked higher due to win over Croatia.[7]
1 September 2024
14:15 		Report Croatia  9–10  Hungary Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 1–2, 2–4
1 September 2024
16:00 		Report Spain  8–6  Montenegro Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 2–2, 3–0
2 September 2024
14:15 		Report Montenegro  9–13  Hungary Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–3, 2–3, 2–3
2 September 2024
21:15 		Report Croatia  11–9  Spain Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–4, 5–3, 2–1
3 September 2024
17:45 		Report Croatia  8–7  Montenegro Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–0, 2–3, 2–1
3 September 2024
21:15 		Report Spain  16–11  Hungary Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–3, 6–3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 3 3 0 0 0 39 27 +12 9 Quarterfinals
2  Greece 3 2 0 0 1 37 34 +3 6
3  Germany 3 1 0 0 2 23 32 −9 3 Playoffs
4  Italy 3 0 0 0 3 30 36 −6 0
Source: LEN
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.
1 September 2024
17:45 		Report Greece  9–14  Serbia Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–3, 1–6, 1–2
1 September 2024
21:15 		Report Germany  9–6  Italy Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 4–1, 1–1
2 September 2024
16:00 		Report Greece  16–10  Germany Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 3–6, 6–0, 3–1, 4–3
2 September 2024
17:45 		Report Italy  14–15  Serbia Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–3, 4–4, 3–4
3 September 2024
14:15 		Report Greece  12–10  Italy Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 6–3, 0–2, 3–2, 3–3
3 September 2024
16:00 		Report Germany  4–10  Serbia Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–1, 1–2, 1–4

Division 2

Group C

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 46 28 +18 9 Playoffs
2  Turkey 3 2 0 0 1 36 34 +2 6
3  France 3 1 0 0 2 35 41 −6 3 Classification round
4  Malta 3 0 0 0 3 28 42 −14 0
Source: LEN
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.
1 September 2024
9:00 		Report France  9–15  Turkey Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–2, 2–3, 2–5
1 September 2024
10:45 		Report Netherlands  15–8  Malta Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–4, 3–1, 4–1
2 September 2024
10:45 		Report Malta  9–12  Turkey Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 3–5, 2–3
2 September 2024
12:30 		Report France  11–15  Netherlands Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 4–4, 3–4
3 September 2024
9:00 		Report France  15–11  Malta Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 6–1, 2–3, 4–2, 3–5
3 September 2024
10:45 		Report Netherlands  16–9  Turkey Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–3, 4–2, 3–1

Group D

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Romania 3 3 0 0 0 52 30 +22 9 Playoffs
2  Bulgaria (H) 3 2 0 0 1 42 41 +1 6
3  Slovenia 3 1 0 0 2 35 49 −14 3 Classification round
4  Czech Republic 3 0 0 0 3 34 43 −9 0
Source: LEN
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) Host
1 September 2024
12:30 		Report Romania  14–8  Czech Republic Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 4–3, 3–2
1 September 2024
19:30 		Report Slovenia  11–15  Bulgaria Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–5, 2–4, 1–3
2 September 2024
9:00 		Report Slovenia  8–20  Romania Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 1–5, 6–5, 1–5, 0–5
2 September 2024
19:30 		Report Czech Republic  12–13  Bulgaria Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–4, 2–2, 5–4
3 September 2024
12:30 		Report Slovenia  16–14  Czech Republic Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 4–5, 3–3, 6–4, 3–2
3 September 2024
19:30 		Report Romania  18–14  Bulgaria Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–4, 6–3, 5–4

Knockout stage

Main bracket

 
PlayoffsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
5 September
 
 
 Serbia17
 
4 September
 
 Montenegro18
 
 Montenegro16
 
6 September
 
 Netherlands15
 
 Montenegro6
 
 
 Hungary5
 
 
5 September
 
 
 Hungary11
 
4 September
 
 Germany10
 
 Germany24
 
7 September
 
 Bulgaria9
 
 Montenegro8
 
 
 Croatia10
 
 
5 September
 
 
 Spain9
 
4 September
 
 Italy8
 
 Italy17
 
6 September
 
 Romania7
 
 Spain10
 
 
 Croatia14 Third place game
 
 
5 September7 September
 
 
 Greece10 Hungary14
 
4 September
 
 Croatia11  Spain16
 
 Croatia14
 
 
 Turkey7
 

Playoffs

4 September 2024
13:30 		Report Montenegro  16–15  Netherlands Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 5–4, 1–4  PSO: 5–4
4 September 2024
15:15 		Report Italy  17–7  Romania Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–3, 3–2, 4–1
4 September 2024
17:00 		Report Germany  24–9  Bulgaria Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 5–2, 6–3, 6–2, 7–2
4 September 2024
18:45 		Report Croatia  14–7  Turkey Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 1–2, 6–1, 4–1, 3–3

13th–16th place bracket

 
13th–16th place semifinals13th place game
 
      
 
4 September
 
 
 Slovenia8
 
5 September
 
 Malta16
 
 Malta8
 
4 September
 
 France9
 
 Czech Republic4
 
 
 France16
 
15th place game
 
 
5 September
 
 
 Slovenia9
 
 
 Czech Republic11

13th–16th place semifinals

4 September 2024
10:00 		Report Slovenia  8–16  Malta Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–6, 4–2, 0–3, 2–5
4 September 2024
11:45 		Report Czech Republic  4–16  France Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 1–7, 3–4, 0–1, 0–4

15th place game

5 September 2024
9:00 		Report Slovenia  9–11  Czech Republic Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–3, 2–3

13th place game

5 September 2024
10:45 		Report Malta  8–9  France Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–5, 2–1, 3–0

9th–12th place bracket

 
9th–12th place semifinalsNinth place game
 
      
 
5 September
 
 
 Netherlands22
 
6 September
 
 Bulgaria6
 
 Netherlands12
 
5 September
 
 Turkey10
 
 Romania18
 
 
 Turkey19
 
Eleventh place game
 
 
6 September
 
 
 Bulgaria13
 
 
 Romania18

9th–12th place semifinals

5 September 2024
12:30 		Report Netherlands  22–6  Bulgaria Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 7–2, 6–0, 4–0, 5–4
5 September 2024
14:15 		Report Romania  18–19  Turkey Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–3, 6–4, 0–4  PSO: 6–7

Eleventh place game

6 September 2024
10:00 		Report Bulgaria  13–18  Romania Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 4–7, 3–6

Ninth place game

6 September 2024
11:45 		Report Netherlands  12–10  Turkey Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 1–1, 3–4

Quarterfinals

5 September 2024
16:00 		Report Serbia  17–18  Montenegro Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–4, 4–5, 3–3  PSO: 4–5
5 September 2024
17:45 		Report Spain  9–8  Italy Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 2–1, 2–4
5 September 2024
19:30 		Report Hungary  11–10  Germany Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–1, 4–2, 3–2
5 September 2024
21:15 		Report Greece  10–11  Croatia Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 3–2, 2–3

5th–8th place bracket

 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
6 September
 
 
 Serbia10
 
7 September
 
 Germany13
 
 Germany11
 
6 September
 
 Italy6
 
 Italy19
 
 
 Greece18
 
Seventh place game
 
 
7 September
 
 
 Serbia15
 
 
 Greece10

5th–8th place semifinals

6 September 2024
13:30 		Report Serbia  10–13  Germany Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 3–5, 3–3
6 September 2024
15:15 		Report Italy  19–18  Greece Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–4, 4–3, 2–3  PSO: 5–4

Seventh place game

7 September 2024
14:00 		Report Serbia  15–10  Greece Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–1, 3–2, 5–4

Fifth place game

7 September 2024
15:45 		Report Germany  11–6  Italy Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–3, 3–1, 3–2

Semifinals

6 September 2024
17:00 		Report Montenegro  6–5  Hungary Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 3–0, 0–2
6 September 2024
18:45 		Report Spain  10–14  Croatia Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 3–5, 3–2

Third place game

7 September 2024
17:30 		Report Hungary  14–16  Spain Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–3, 3–4, 3–3  PSO: 3–5

Final

7 September 2024
19:15 		Report Montenegro  8–10  Croatia Park Arena OZK, Burgas
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–2, 3–1, 3–3  PSO: 1–3

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Croatia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Montenegro
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
4  Hungary
5  Germany
6  Italy
7  Serbia
8  Greece
9  Netherlands
10  Turkey
11  Romania
12  Bulgaria
13  France
14  Malta
15  Czech Republic
16  Slovenia

References

  1. ^ 2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship statistics
  2. ^ a b "U19 water polo Europeans are heading to Zagreb and Burgas - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. October 11, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Curcic, Ivan (September 1, 2023). "LEN calendar: Hosts of Junior Europeans determined; series of F4s starts in April".
  4. ^ "Favourites qualify, Slovenia edges out Georgia - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. March 17, 2024.
  5. ^ "Water polo draw marathon set to commence in Barcelona - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. March 25, 2024.
  6. ^ "Draw marathon sets up exciting showdowns - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. March 26, 2024.
  7. ^ https://waterpolo.hu/hirek/ferfi-u19-es-eb-a-horpadas-meg-belefert-a-lek-mar-nem
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Men%27s_European_U-19_Water_Polo_Championship
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