2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship

2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	1–7 September 2024
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia (1st title)
Runners-up	Montenegro
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48

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

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

The host nation
The top eight teams from the 2022 European Championship not already qualified as host nation
Best seven teams from the qualifiers.


Event	Date	Location	Quotas	Nation(s)
Host	11 October 2023	–	1	Bulgaria
2022 European Championship	18–25 September 2022	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		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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	33	28	+5	6^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	1	34	34	0	6^[a]	Quarterfinals
3	Croatia	3	2	1	28	26	+2	6^[a]	Playoffs
4	Montenegro	3	0	3	22	29	−7	0	Playoffs

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:

^ ^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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	39	27	+12	9	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	1	37	34	+3	6	Quarterfinals
3	Germany	3	1	2	23	32	−9	3	Playoffs
4	Italy	3	0	3	30	36	−6	0	Playoffs

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	46	28	+18	9	Playoffs
2	Turkey	3	2	1	36	34	+2	6	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	2	35	41	−6	3	Classification round
4	Malta	3	0	3	28	42	−14	0	Classification round

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	3	0	52	30	+22	9	Playoffs
2	Bulgaria (H)	3	2	1	42	41	+1	6	Playoffs
3	Slovenia	3	1	2	35	49	−14	3	Classification round
4	Czech Republic	3	0	3	34	43	−9	0	Classification round

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

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

5 September

Serbia

17

4 September

Montenegro

18

Montenegro

16

6 September

Netherlands

15

Montenegro

6

Hungary

5

5 September

Hungary

11

4 September

Germany

10

Germany

24

7 September

Bulgaria

9

Montenegro

8

Croatia

10

5 September

Spain

9

4 September

Italy

8

Italy

17

6 September

Romania

7

Spain

10

Croatia

14

Third place game

5 September

7 September

Greece

10

Hungary

14

4 September

Croatia

11

Spain

16

Croatia

14

Turkey

7

Playoffs

4 September 2024 13:30	Report	Montenegro	16–15 (PSO)	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 semifinals		13th place game

4 September

Slovenia	8
		5 September
Malta	16
		Malta	8
4 September
		France	9
Czech Republic	4

France	16
		15th place game

		5 September

		Slovenia	9

		Czech Republic	11

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 semifinals		Ninth place game

5 September

Netherlands	22
		6 September
Bulgaria	6
		Netherlands	12
5 September
		Turkey	10
Romania	18

Turkey	19
		Eleventh place game

		6 September

		Bulgaria	13

		Romania	18

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 (PSO)	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 (PSO)	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 semifinals		Fifth place game

6 September

Serbia	10
		7 September
Germany	13
		Germany	11
6 September
		Italy	6
Italy	19

Greece	18
		Seventh place game

		7 September

		Serbia	15

		Greece	10

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 (PSO)	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 (PSO)	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 (PSO)	Croatia	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–2, 3–1, 3–3 PSO: 1–3

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Montenegro
	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

^ 2024 Men'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".
^ "Favourites qualify, Slovenia edges out Georgia - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. March 17, 2024.
^ "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.
^ https://waterpolo.hu/hirek/ferfi-u19-es-eb-a-horpadas-meg-belefert-a-lek-mar-nem

External links

Official website of LEN – European Aquatics

[table_hth_ESP0.08409017188665-8] Head-to-head goal difference: Spain +3, Croatia +1, Hungary –4. Although, Hungary is ranked higher due to win over Croatia.^[7]

[1] 2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship statistics

[auto1-2] "U19 water polo Europeans are heading to Zagreb and Burgas - European Aquatics®". www.len.eu. October 11, 2023.

[auto-3] 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] ttps://waterpolo.hu/hirek/ferfi-u19-es-eb-a-horpadas-meg-belefert-a-lek-mar-nem

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