Men Water Polo XXXVII European Championship 2026 Belgrade, Serbia

Men Water Polo XXXVII European Championship 2026 Belgrade, Serbia - Champion Serbia

Played before Euro XXI Women 2026.

Game	date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	1T	2T	3T
Final	Sun 25.01.26	20:30	Serbia	10-7	Hungary	3-2	5-5	7-6
3-4	Sun 25.01.26	18:00	Greece	12-5	Italy	4-1	7-2	10-4
1/2	Fri 23.01.26	17:00	Hungary	15-12	Greece	4-5	8-8	12-10
1/2	Fri 23.01.26	20:30	Serbia	17-13	Italy	5-3	9-7	15-10
5-6	Thu 22.01.26	20:30	Spain	17-9	Croatia	3-0	7-2	13-7
7-8	Thu 22.01.26	18:00	Montenegro	21-15	Romania	4-3	10-6	15-10
9-10	Thu 22.01.26	15:15	France	16-13	Georgia	4-2	10-8	14-12
11-12	Thu 22.01.26	12:45	Netherlands	25-8	Turkey	8-2	13-4	18-7

	Final Ranking	pts	won	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Serbia	21	6	1	1	113:	92	+21
2.	Hungary	17	5	1	2	112:	82	+30
3	Greece	21	7	0	1	131:	74	+57
4.	Italy	15	5	0	3	116:	94	+22
5.	Spain	16	5	1	1	109:	56	+53
6.	Croatia	12	4	0	3	106:	70	+36
7.	Montenegro	15	5	0	2	101:	90	+11
8.	Romania	9	3	0	4	90:	113	-23
9.	France	9	3	0	4	89:	92	-3
10.	Georgia	6	2	0	5	86:	107	-21
11.	Netherlands	7	2	1	4	96:	91	+5
12.	Turkey	3	1	0	6	80:	136	-56
Group 13-16.
13.	Malta	9	3	0	3	80:	102	-22
14.	Slovakia	4	1	1	4	68:	88	-20
15.	Slovenia	3	0	2	4	57:	100	-43
16.	Israel	2	0	1	5	56:	103	-47

Serbia, Greece and Italy qualified to .World/Men 2027. Hungary pre-qualified as Host.

Next 4 - Spain, Croatia, Montenegro and Romania also avoided qualification for next European Championship.

Spain and Croatia are also ensured to play in World Men 2027. Montenegro, Romania and France depend on other Qualifications.

Second Groups Round.

First 2 from each Group advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2) rest to Classification matches

Rk	Group E	pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Serbia	11	3	1	1	67:	63	+4
2.	Hungary	11	3	1	1	69:	54	+15
3.	Spain	10	3	1	1	64:	44	+20
4.	Montenegro	9	3	0	2	59:	63	-4
5.	France	3	1	0	4	51:	66	-15
6.	Netherlands	1	0	1	4	52:	72	-20

Team	Serb	Hung	Spai	Mont	Fran	Neth
Serbia	----	15:14	12:11		14:10
Hungary		----	11:11	13:10	15:7	16:11
Spain			----	14:6	14:8	14:7
Montenegro	15:13			----	13:12	15:11
France					----	14:10
Netherlands	13:13					----

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	1T	2T	3T
Group A		Hungary	13-10	Montenegro
Group A		Hungary	15-7	France
Group A		Montenegro	13-12	France
Group C		Serbia	12-11	Spain
Group C		Spain	14-7	Netherlands
Group C		Netherlands	13-13	Serbia
Fri 16.01.26	15:30	Spain	14-6	Montenegro	4-1	9-3	14-5
Fri 16.01.26	18:00	Hungary	16-11	Netherlands	4-4	8-6	12-9
Fri 16.01.26	20:30	Serbia	14-10	France	4-2	9-4	12-6
Sun 18.01.26	15:30	Spain	14-8	France	2-1	5-3	10-6
Sun 18.01.26	18:00	Montenegro	15-11	Netherlands	1-3	7-9	10-10
Sun 18.01.26	20:30	Serbia	15-14	Hungary	4-4	8-7	13-8
Tue 20.01.26	15:30	France	14-10	Netherlands	3-1	5-3	9-5
Tue 20.01.26	18:00	Hungary	11-11^4-3p	Spain	3-3	5-5	8-8
Tue 20.01.26	20:30	Montenegro	15-13	Serbia	5-6	8-10	12-12

Rk	Group F	pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Greece	15	5	0	0	84:	46	+38
2.	Italy	12	4	0	1	81:	53	+28
3.	Croatia	9	3	0	2	77:	49	+28
4.	Romania	6	2	0	3	59:	84	-25
5.	Georgia	3	1	0	4	51:	80	-29
6.	Turkey	0	0	0	5	55:	95	-40

Team	Gree	Ital	Croa	Roma	Geor	Turk
Greece	----	15:13	11:10	18:9	20:6	20:8
Italy		----	13:10	20:6	16:14	19:8
Croatia			----	17:9	18:7	22:9
Romania				----	15:10	20:19
Georgia					----	14:11
Turkey						----

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	1T	2T	3T
Group B		Greece	11-10	Croatia
Group B		Greece	20-6	Georgia
Group B		Croatia	18-7	Georgia
Group D		Italy	20-6	Romania
Group D		Italy	19-8	Turkey
Group D		Romania	20-19	Turkey
Sat 17.01.26	15:30	Italy	16-14	Georgia	2-2	8-6	14-10
Sat 17.01.26	18:00	Greece	20-8	Turkey	6-3	12-4	16-7
Sat 17.01.26	20:30	Croatia	17-9	Romania	5-1	6-3	11-6
Mon 19.01.26	15:30	Romania	15-10	Georgia	2-2	6-6	8-7
Mon 19.01.26	18:00	Greece	15-13	Italy	2-1	6-4	10-7
Mon 19.01.26	20:30	Croatia	22-9	Turkey	6-1	13-3	19-7
Wed 21.01.26	15:30	Turkey	14-11	Georgia	1-3	6-6	8-9
Wed 21.01.26	18:00	Italy	13-10	Croatia	3-3	5-3	7-7
Wed 21.01.26	20:30	Greece	18-9	Romania	5-0	9-1	13-5

Rk	Group 13-16	pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-
13.	Malta	9	3	0	0	49:	38	+11
14.	Slovakia	4	1	1	1	32:	38	-6
15.	Slovenia	3	0	2	1	34:	35	-1
16.	Israel	2	0	1	2	33:	37	-4

Team	Malt	Slov	Slov	Isra
Malta	----	20:11	14:13	15:14
Slovakia		----		11:8
Slovenia		10:10^4-3p	----
Israel			11:11^4-3p	----

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	1T	2T	3T
Fri 16.01.26	10:15	Malta	15-14	Israel	5-5	9-7	12-11
Fri 16.01.26	12:45	Slovenia	10-10^4-3p	Slovakia	3-3	6-6	9-9
Sat 17.01.26	10:15	Israel	11-11^4-3p	Slovenia	2-3	5-4	8-8
Sat 17.01.26	12:45	Malta	20-11	Slovakia	4-4	11-8	17-10
Sun 18.01.26	10:15	Malta	14-13	Slovenia	3-4	8-8	11-11
Sun 18.01.26	12:45	Slovakia	11-8	Israel	3-2	6-3	9-5

First Groups Round.

First 3 teams from each Group advanced to Second Groups Round. Scores were transefered. 4th places to Group 13-16.

Rk	Group A	pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Hungary	9	3	0	0	49:	23	+26
2.	Montenegro	6	2	0	1	44:	37	+7
3.	France	3	1	0	2	41:	41	0
4.	Malta	0	0	0	3	31:	64	-33

Team	Hung	Mont	Fran	Malt
Hungary	----	13:10	15:7	21:6
Montenegro		----	13:12	21:12
France			----	22:13
Malta				----

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	1T	2T	3T
Sat 10.01.26	15:15	Hungary	15-7	France	4-1	10-5	12-5
Sat 10.01.26	18:00	Montenegro	21-12	Malta	6-5	11-5	16-9
Mon 12.01.26	12:45	France	22-13	Malta	6-4	11-6	17-9
Mon 12.01.26	15:15	Hungary	13-10	Montenegro	4-3	8-4	11-5
Wed 14.01.26	12:30	Hungary	21-6	Malta	4-2	11-4	16-6
Wed 14.01.26	18:00	Montenegro	13-12	France	3-3	10-6	12-8

Rk	Group B	pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Greece	9	3	0	0	54:	24	+30
2.	Croatia	6	2	0	1	48:	22	+26
3.	Georgia	3	1	0	2	35:	49	-14
4.	Slovenia	0	0	0	3	23:	65	-42

Team	Gree	Croa	Geor	Slov
Greece	----	11:10	20:6	23:8
Croatia		----	18:7	20:4
Georgia			----	22:11
Slovenia				----

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	1T	2T	3T
Sun 11.01.26	18:00	Croatia	20-4	Slovenia	3-1	8-2	15-3
Sun 11.01.26	20:30	Greece	20-6	Georgia	3-0	12-2	15-4
Tue 13.01.26	12:45	Croatia	18-7	Georgia	3-2	7-2	12-4
Tue 13.01.26	15:15	Greece	23-8	Slovenia	7-2	12-3	19-5
Thu 15.01.26	18:00	Georgia	22-11	Slovenia	4-3	8-8	14-10
Thu 15.01.26	20:30	Greece	11-10	Croatia	3-2	5-3	8-7

Rk	Group C	pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Serbia	8	2	1	0	44:	33	+11
2.	Spain	6	2	0	1	53:	22	+31
3.	Netherlands	4	1	1	1	39:	38	+1
4.	Israel	0	0	0	3	23:	66	-43

Team	Serb	Spai	Neth	Isra
Serbia	----	12:11	13:13^5-3p	19:9
Spain		----	14:7	28:3
Netherlands			----	19:11
Israel				----

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	1T	2T	3T
Sat 10.01.26	12:45	Spain	28-3	Israel	9-0	15-3	21-3
Sat 10.01.26	20:30	Serbia	13-13^5-3p	Serbia	4-5	6-8	9-10
Mon 12.01.26	18:00	Netherlands	19-11	Israel	4-3	9-3	14-8
Mon 12.01.26	20:30	Serbia	12-11	Spain	3-3	6-5	9-7
Wed 14.01.26	15:15	Spain	14-7	Netherlands	3-2	7-4	12-6
Wed 14.01.26	20:30	Serbia	19-9	Israel	4-3	9-6	12-7

Rk	Group D	pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Italy	9	3	0	0	56:	26	+30
2.	Romania	6	2	0	1	42:	47	-5
3.	Turkey	3	1	0	2	44:	55	-11
4.	Slovakia	0	0	0	3	36:	50	-14

Team	Ital	Roma	Turk	Slov
Italy	----	20:6	19:8	17:12
Romania		----	20:19	16:8
Turkey			----	17:16
Slovakia				----

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	1T	2T	3T
Sun 11.01.26	12:45	Italy	19-8	Turkey	7-1	11-3	15-6
Sun 11.01.26	15:15	Romania	16-8	Slovakia	5-3	9-5	11-5
Tue 13.01.26	18:00	Italy	17-12	Slovakia	5-2	8-5	10-5
Tue 13.01.26	20:30	Romania	20-19	Turkey	4-5	11-10	18-15
Thu 15.01.26	12:45	Turkey	17-16	Slovakia	4-2	5-6	12-9
Thu 15.01.26	15:15	Italy	20-6	Romania	5-1	9-4	13-4

Qualified Teams:

Serbia - Host

7 teams from Men 2024 - 1. Spain, 2. Croatia, 3. Italy, 4. Hungary, 5. Greece, 6. Montenegro, 8. Romania

_ Men Q 2026 - Kranj, Slovenia: Netherlands 11. and Slovenia 14.

_ Men Q 2026 - Istanbul, Turkey: Slovakia 13. and Turkey (Germany 12.)

_ Men Q 2026 - Tbilisi, Georgia: Georgia 10. and Israel 16.

_ Men Q 2026 - Gzira, Malta: France 9., Malta 15.

	Ranking October 2025	FR
1.	ESP Spain	5.
2.	CRO Croatia	6.
3.	HUN Hungary	2.
4.	ITA Italy	4.
5.	MNE Montenegro	7.
6.	SRB Serbia	1.
7.	GRE Greece	3.
8.	FRA France	9.
9.	ROU Romania	8.
10.	GER Germany
11.	NED Netherlands	11.
12.	GEO Georgia	10.
13.	MLT Malta	13.
14.	TUR Turkey	12.
15.	SVK Slovakia	14.
16.	SLO Slovenia	15.
17.	ISR Israel	16.
18.	POL Poland
19.	UKR Ukraine
20.	BUL Bulgaria
21.	SUI Switzerland
22.	LTU Lithuania
23.	POR Portugal
24.	GBR Great Britain
25.	CZE Czechia
26.	FIN Finalnd
27.	IRL Ireland
28.	MLD Moldova
29.	BIH Bosnia Herzeg.
30.	BEL Belgium
31.	BLR Belarus
32.	CYP Cyprus
33.	SWE Sweden
34.	AUT Austria
35.	LTU Lithuania
36.	DEN Denmark

Home
Final Ranking
Semi-Finals (1/2)
Second Groups Round
Group E Group F
Group 13-16
First Groups Round
Group A Group B
Group C Group D
Teams Composition

Todor66	Water Polo index
Olympic index	World index
Europe index	World Cup index
America index	Other index
Asia index	World League index
Universiade index

index Men
37th Men 2026 - Serbia
Men Q 2026
36th Men 2024 - Spain
Men Q 2024
35th Men 2022 - Croatia
Men Q 2022
34th Men 2020 - Hungary
Men Q 2020
33rd Men 2018 - Serbia
Men Europa Cup 2018
Men Q 2018
32nd Men 2016 - Serbia
Men 2017 EU Nations Cup
Men Q 2016
31st Men 2014 - Serbia
Men Q 2014
30th Men 2012 - Serbia
Men Q 2012

Competition	Qualification
Men 2010	Men Q 2010
Men II 2009	Men Q II 2009
Men 2008	Men Q 2008
Men II 2007	Men Q II 2007
Men 2006	Men Q 2006
Men II 2004	Men Q II 2004
Men 2003	Men Q 2003
Men II 2002	Men II Q 2002
Men 2001	Men Q 2001
Men 1999	Men Q 1999
Men 1997
Men 1995	Men II 1994
Men 1993	Men Q 1993