Category: Water Polo

Spain is back to the final after 2014, Russia books Olympic spot after shootout-win against the title-holders Russia and Spain will play for the gold medal on Saturday after thrilling semi-final wins over the Netherlands and Hungary respectively. Thanks to its shootout win, Russia returns to the final after ten years, while Spain can repeat…

On the day of shocks, the world champion and the Olympic champion fall in the quarters The Olympic champion and title-holder Serbian team’s quest for a record-tying fifth straight gold was halted by 2018 runner-up Spain as they avenged their defeat two years ago by beating the Serbs in a penalty shootout. Earlier Montenegro staged…

Hungary, Spain, Netherlands reach semis like in 2014, 2016 and 2018, Russia returns after 2012 The champions in the previous three editions, Spain (in 2014), Hungary (in 2016) and title-holder Netherlands all made the semi-finals, re-joining just like each occasion since 2014. Russia returns for the first time after 2012, they beat Italy with ease,…

Favorites are through, though Georgia almost stunned Russia All four favorite sides qualified for the quarter-finals. Spain and Montenegro went through without any headache, Greece had to overcome some initial struggles but Russia was pressed till the end by the Georgians and the game almost ended in a shootout. Men’s tournament Quarter-finals qualification: Montenegro v…

Title-holder Netherlands clinches the other top spot, Russia downs Greece The Netherlands won Group B thank to a surprisingly easy cruising against Spain in the decisive match on the last day in the women’s prelims. Russia bested Greece with a devastating performance in the second half (they won that part 7-1) to finish second in…

Hungary sets scoring record, joins Croatia, Italy and Serbia in QF Italy, Hungary and Serbia followed Croatia to the quarter-finals after convincing wins in the last round of the prelims. Hungary indeed needed a 20-goal victory to build a better goal-difference than Spain and its match ended up in a 26-0 rout of Malta, the…

Hungary clinches first place, Slovakia writes history Hungary clinched the first place in Group A after winning a brilliant game against Greece. The other favorites all blew their respective rivals away, Russia scored 34, the third-best effort in the all-time single-game scoring rankings. Slovakia wrote history by claiming a historic first win at the European…

Croatia reaches QF, Hungary and Spain draw in front of 5,000 Croatia was the first team to book its spot though they almost blew their win away against the Montenegrins who came back from 10-5 to 10-10 but the Croats netted the winner 72 seconds from time. Serbia and Italy are also on its way…

Hungary wins thriller, the Dutch shuts out Italy in the second half Host Hungary upended the Russians in the first really thrilling match of the women’s tournament, while Italy suffered another 6-goal defeat, this time from the Netherlands. The Dutch won the second half 4-0. Group A: Hungary v Russia 9-8, Greece v Slovakia 18-2,…