All favourites cleared the first hurdle at the beginning of the track in the men’s tournament at the European Water Polo Championships in Barcelona. Though Italy’s 14-1 downing of Germany stood out on the opening day.
1 GARSAU Remi FRA (Red Cap) MNE – FRA Montenegro (white caps) vs. France (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
10 CANONNE Charles FRA, 6 RADOVIC Aleksandar MNE MNE – FRA Montenegro (white caps) vs. France (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
MLT – ESP Malta (white caps) vs. Spain (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
STANOJEVIC Dejan coach Roumania SRB – ROU Serbia (white caps) vs. Roumania (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
4 RANDJELOVIC Sava SRB SRB – ROU Serbia (white caps) vs. Roumania (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
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5 BIYIK Berk TUR, 5 FOUNTOULIS Ioannis GRE TUR – GRE Turkey (white caps) vs. Greece (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
8 TURAN Eray TUR TUR – GRE Turkey (white caps) vs. Greece (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
10 JANSSEN Pascal AR NED CRO – NED Croatia (white caps) vs. Netherlands (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
1 WAGENAAR Eelco GK NED CRO – NED Croatia (white caps) vs. Netherlands (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
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REFEREES MARGETA Boris (SLO) SANTOS Luis (POR) GEO – HUN Georgia (white caps) vs. Hungary (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
10 PERRONE ROCHA Felipe FP ESP MLT – ESP Malta (white caps) vs. Spain (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
9 TAHULL I COMPTE Roger CF ESP 8 CAMILLERI Jordan DF MLT MLT – ESP Malta (white caps) vs. Spain (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
8 FERNANDEZ F. W ESP MLT – ESP Malta (white caps) vs. Spain (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
10 KHOLOD Dmitrii FP RUS 8 TKAC Marek AR SVK RUS – SVK Russia (white caps) vs. Slovakia (blue caps) Barcelona 15/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Menqualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
RUS – SVK Russia (white caps) vs. Slovakia (blue caps) Barcelona 15/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Menqualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
6 KHARKOV Konstantin W RUS 12 BALAZ Samuel AR SVK RUS – SVK Russia (white caps) vs. Slovakia (blue caps) Barcelona 15/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Menqualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
1 NAGY Viktor HUN (Red Cap) GEO – HUN Georgia (white caps) vs. HUNGARY (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
8 KOVACS Gergo HUN GEO – HUN Georgia (white caps) vs. HUNGARY (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
3 VAN DER BOSCH Timo GER 12 BERTOLI Zeno ITA GER – ITA Germany (white caps) vs. Italy (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
6 VERNOUX Thomas FRA 5 RADOVIC Duro MNE MNE – FRA Montenegro (white caps) vs. France (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
Ambiance Mascotte MNE – FRA Montenegro (white caps) vs. France (blue caps) Barcelona 16/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
Germany was on verge to finish a match at a major tournament without scoring a goal for the first time since 1976 when they lost to Hungary 4-0 at the Olympics in Montreal. That time the games lasted 4×5 minutes, though, and now their drought lasted much longer as they scored their only goal against Italy with 1:13 remaining from the match, after 30:47 minutes. Italy’s defence worked brilliantly, limited their rivals to 24 shots, Marco del Luongo posted 16 saves on 17 attempts (94.1%).
While it was a convincing opening from the Italians before the big clash with Hungary in the next round, the Magyars struggled a bit for a while against Georgia. Early in the third the favourites led only 5-4 and with 2:45 to go in the penultimate period Hungary was just 7-5 up. Then switching gears and lifting the level of concentration helped them to stage a 5-0 rush in the remaining time and gaining a fine win after all.
Montenegro also had some minor headaches against France despite taking an early 3-0 lead. The French came back from time to time, with 1:55 to go they cut their deficit to 7-6 but Alexandar Ivovic’s great action goal closed down the contest.
Title-holder Serbia did a clean job against Romania without burning too much energy, and the world champion Croats did the same in their encounter with the Netherlands. Greece thrashed the Turks by 26 goals, Russia downed Slovakia convincingly and host Spain enjoyed an easy cruising against Malta.
European Championships, Day 3
Men’s Round 1
Group A
Georgia v Hungary 5-12
Germany v Italy 1-14
Group B
Montenegro v France 8-6
Malta v Spain 4-21
Group C
Turkey v Greece 1-27
Croatia v Netherlands 15-8
Group D
Russia v Slovakia 12-6
Serbia v Romania 11-5
Fixtures, Day 4
Women’s Round 3
14.00 Russia v Germany (B)
15.30 Hungary v Serbia (B)
17.00 Greece v Croatia (A)
18.30 France v Israel (A)
20.30 Netherlands v Italy (A)
22.00 Spain v Turkey (B)
Press release from LEN, photos courtesy of Deepbluemedia/Giorgio Scala
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