2024 Women's European U-19 Water Polo Championship

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2024 Women's European U-19 Water Polo Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Croatia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	24–31 August 2024
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2024 Women's European U-19 Water Polo Championship is the 15th edition of the Women's European U-19 Water Polo Championship. The tournament is being played in Zagreb, Croatia from 24 to 31 August 2024.^[1]^[2]^[3] Spain are the two-time defending champions.

Host selection

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

Format

For the first time, the 16 teams are divided into two Divisions, based on the final standings of the previous edition. 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

Seventeen teams originally entered, but shortly before the tournament, Switzerland withdrew, bringing the total to 16. Due to the number of teams, no qualification process was needed and all 16 teams competed at the main event. Malta and Bulgaria enter after not participating in 2022, while Portugal, Serbia and Switzerland are the only countries to not return from 2022.


Event	Date	Location	Quotas	Nation(s)
Host	October 11 2023		1	Croatia
Participated in the 2022 European Championship	3–11 September 2022	Netanya	14	Spain Hungary Greece Netherlands Italy France Israel Ukraine ~~Switzerland~~ Slovakia Romania Great Britain Turkey Germany
Didn't participate in 2022			2	Malta Bulgaria

Venue

After hosting the 2024 Men's European Water Polo Championship, the Bazen Mladost hosted the competition.

Zagreb	Zagreb
Bazen Mladost Capacity: 2,000

Draw

The draw was held on 26 March 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.^[4]^[5]

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
Spain Hungary	Greece Netherlands	Italy France	Israel Croatia

Division 2

The teams who finished below the top eight at the previous championship or didn't participate in 2022 were placed in Division 2.

Pot 1	Pot 2
Ukraine ~~Switzerland~~ Slovakia Romania	Great Britain Turkey Germany Malta Bulgaria

Preliminary round

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

Division 1

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	1	1	0	14	5	+9	3	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	1	1	0	19	12	+7	3	Quarterfinals
3	France	1	0	1	12	19	−7	0	Playoffs
4	Croatia (H)	1	0	1	5	14	−9	0	Playoffs

Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2024. 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

25 August 2024 10:30	Report	Greece	19–12	France	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Ralf Müller (GER), Berk Gunkut (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 7–2, 4–6, 6–4, 2–0

25 August 2024 17:30	Report	Hungary	14–5	Croatia	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Sander Gransjean (NED)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 3–2, 4–1, 2–2

26 August 2024 10:30	[ Report]	Hungary	–	Greece	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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26 August 2024 17:30	[ Report]	France	–	Croatia	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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27 August 2024 16:00	[ Report]	Hungary	–	France	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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27 August 2024 17:30	[ Report]	Greece	–	Croatia	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	1	1	0	15	6	+9	3	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	1	1	0	14	8	+6	3	Quarterfinals
3	Netherlands	1	0	1	8	14	−6	0	Playoffs
4	Israel	1	0	1	6	15	−9	0	Playoffs

25 August 2024 12:00	Report	Italy	15–6	Israel	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Neville Mercieca (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–1, 4–1, 4–1

25 August 2024 16:00	Report	Netherlands	8–14	Spain	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Martina Kunikova (SVK), Konstantinos Vasileiou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–3, 3–3, 2–3

26 August 2024 12:00	[ Report]	Spain	–	Israel	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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26 August 2024 16:00	[ Report]	Italy	–	Netherlands	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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27 August 2024 10:30	[ Report]	Italy	–	Spain	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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27 August 2024 12:00	[ Report]	Netherlands	–	Israel	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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Division 2

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	1	1	0	12	7	+5	3	Playoffs
2	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs
3	Ukraine	1	0	1	7	12	−5	0	13–16th place classification
4	~~Switzerland~~	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

25 August 2024 9:00	Report	Slovakia	12–7	Ukraine	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Michaela Naneva (BUL), Jeremie Peden (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–3, 3–1, 2–2

26 August 2024 9:00	[ Report]	Slovakia	–	Romania	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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27 August 2024 9:00	[ Report]	Romania	–	Ukraine	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	2	0	1	0	51	20	+31	7	Playoffs
2	Germany	2	1	1	0	0	15	13	+2	5	Playoffs
3	Turkey	2	1	0	0	1	29	11	+18	3	13–16th place classification
4	Malta	2	1	0	0	1	22	18	+4	3
5	Bulgaria	3	0	0	0	3	13	68	−55	0

24 August 2024 9:00	Report	Germany	10–7	Great Britain	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Nikolett Sajben (HUN), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–2, 1–2, 2–0 PSO: 4–1

24 August 2024 10:30	Report	Bulgaria	5–14	Malta	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Martina Kunikova (SVK), Jeremie Peden (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 3–4, 1–5, 1–4

24 August 2024 19:00	Report	Turkey	7–9	Germany	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Ivanka Rakovic Krstonosic (SRB), Carla Martin (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 1–4, 3–2

24 August 2024 20:30	Report	Great Britain	32–6	Bulgaria	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Marko Matijevic (CRO), Sander Gransjean (NED)
		Score by quarters: 9–3, 8–1, 6–2, 9–0

25 August 2024 19:00	Report	Bulgaria	2–22	Turkey	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Ivanka Rakovic Krstonosic (SRB), Mihnea Ioan Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–8, 1–5, 0–4, 0–5

25 August 2024 20:30	Report	Malta	8–13	Great Britain	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: George Makharadze (UKR), Marko Matijevic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 4–1, 1–4

26 August 2024 19:00	[ Report]	Turkey	–	Malta	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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26 August 2024 20:30	[ Report]	Germany	–	Bulgaria	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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27 August 2024 19:00	[ Report]	Malta	–	Germany	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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27 August 2024 20:30	[ Report]	Turkey	–	Great Britain	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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13–16th place classification

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	C3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	D4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	D5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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.

28 August 2024 9:00	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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28 August 2024 10:30	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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29 August 2024 9:00	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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29 August 2024 10:30	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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30 August 2024 9:00	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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30 August 2024 10:30	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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Knockout stage

Bracket

Play-offs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Third place

Playoffs

28 August 2024 16:00	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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28 August 2024 17:30	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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28 August 2024 19:00	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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28 August 2024 20:30	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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9–12th place bracket

	9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place












					Eleventh place

9–12th place semifinals

29 August 2024 12:00	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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29 August 2024 13:30	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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Eleventh place game

30 August 2024 12:00	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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Ninth place game

30 August 2024 13:30	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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Quarterfinals

29 August 2024 16:00	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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29 August 2024 17:30	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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29 August 2024 19:00	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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29 August 2024 20:30	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place












					Seventh place

5–8th place semifinals

30 August 2024 16:00	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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30 August 2024 17:30	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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Seventh place game

31 August 2024 16:00	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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Fifth place game

31 August 2024 17:30	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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Semifinals

30 August 2024 19:00	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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30 August 2024 20:30	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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Third place game

31 August 2024 19:00	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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Final

31 August 2024 20:30	[ Report]		–		Bazen Mladost, Zagreb
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Final standings

Rank	Team



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13
14
15
16

References

^ 2024 Women's European U-19 Water Polo Championship statistics
^ ^a ^b "U19 water polo Europeans are heading to Zagreb and Burgas - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. October 11, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Curcic, Ivan (September 1, 2023). "LEN calendar: Hosts of Junior Europeans determined; series of F4s starts in April".
^ "Water polo draw marathon set to commence in Barcelona - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. March 25, 2024.
^ "Draw marathon sets up exciting showdowns - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. March 26, 2024.

External links

European Water Polo Championship

Men's

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Women's

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LEN competitions

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Women	Champions League Euro Cup Challenger Cup Super Cup

League competitions

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International competitions

Men	2024 Men's European Water Polo Championship 2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship Qualifiers
Women	2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship 2024 Women's European U-19 Water Polo Championship