2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship
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The 2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 28th edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Aquatic Centre Málaga in Málaga, Spain from July 4 to July 13, 2008. The gold medal was won by Montenegro, the silver medal by Serbia and the bronze medal by Hungary.

Teams

GROUP A

GROUP B

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		12	5	4	0	1	48	37	+11
2.		12	5	4	0	1	54	32	+22
3.		10	5	3	1	1	52	38	+14
4.		6	5	2	0	3	42	38	+4
5.		4	5	1	1	3	42	41	+1
6.		0	5	0	0	5	19	71	−52

July 4, 2008

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9:30		3 – 12		(1–2, 1–3, 0–2, 1–5)
19:30		10 – 9		(2–1, 3–3, 2–1, 3–4)
21:00		7 – 8		(1–1, 2–2, 2–2, 2–3)

July 5, 2008

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11:00		19 – 3		(5–1, 5–1, 6–1, 3–0)
19:30		11 – 10		(4–3, 1–4, 3–1, 3–2)
21:00		7 – 11		(2–4, 2–2, 2–3, 1–2)

July 6, 2008

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12:30		8 – 3		(3–2, 2–1, 1–0, 2–0)
18:00		7 – 6		(2–0, 2–1, 0–3, 3–2)
21:00		4 – 12		(2–3, 1–2, 1–2, 0–5)

July 7, 2008

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11:00		15 – 5		(4–0, 3–1, 5–2, 3–2)
19:30		9 – 10		(2–2, 3–2, 1–2, 3–4)
21:00		9 – 7		(2–2, 2–1, 2–2, 3–2)

July 8, 2008

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9:30		4 – 13		(0–3, 1–2, 2–4, 1–4)
18:00		10–10		(1–0, 2–3, 3–3, 4–4)
21:00		8 – 7		(2–1, 2–3, 2–1, 2–2)

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		13	5	4	1	0	68	31	+37
2.		12	5	4	0	1	55	35	+20
3.		9	5	3	0	2	39	42	−3
4.		4	5	1	1	3	35	56	−21
5.		4	5	1	1	3	37	46	−9
6.		1	5	0	1	4	35	59	−24

July 4, 2008

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11:00		10 – 6		(3–1, 3–3, 3–2, 1–0)
12:30		17 – 5		(2–1, 5–1, 6–2, 4–1)
18:00		6 – 12		(1–1, 2–2, 1–5, 2–4)

July 5, 2008

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9:30		6 – 23		(1–7, 1–6, 2–4, 2–6)
12:30		13 – 4		(3–1, 2–0, 5–2, 3–1)
18:00		7 – 12		(0–4, 2–3, 3–2, 2–3)

July 6, 2008

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9:30		9–9		(1–2, 4–2, 3–5, 1–0)
11:00		6–6		(1–2, 2–1, 2–2, 1–1)
19:30		12 – 6		(2–1, 1–1, 4–2, 5–2)

July 7, 2008

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9:30		4 – 8		(1–2, 2–1, 0–3, 1–2)
12:30		5 – 11		(1–4, 2–2, 1–2, 1–3)
18:00		11 – 6		(5–1, 1–2, 2–1, 3–2)

July 8, 2008

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11:00		7 – 5		(1–1, 2–1, 1–1, 3–2)
12:30		10 – 14		(4–3, 4–3, 1–6, 1–2)
19:30		8 – 11		(2–2, 3–1, 3–5, 0–3)

Final round

Places 7/12

July 9, 2008

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16:30		4 – 9		(0–1, 2–2, 1–3, 1–3)
18:00		6 – 7		(1–2, 3–1, 1–2, 1–2)

July 11, 2008

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16:30		11 – 13		(2–3, 2–3, 2–2, 4–2, 0–1, 1–2)
18:00		7 – 9		(2–3, 1–3, 1–1, 3–2)

Places 11 / 12

July 11, 2008

Places 9 / 10

July 12, 2008

Places 7 / 8

July 12, 2008

Quarterfinals

July 9, 2008

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19:30		14 – 8		(5–2, 2–1, 4–3, 2–2)
21:00		8 – 7		(4–2, 0–0, 3–2, 1–3)

Semifinals

July 11, 2008

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19:30		7 – 9		(2–0, 2–4, 2–2, 1–3)
21:00		7 – 8		(0–0, 1–3, 3–1, 3–3, 0–1, 0–0)

Finals

Places 5 / 6

July 12, 2008

Bronze Medal

July 13, 2008

Gold Medal

July 13, 2008 – Malaga, Spain

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
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Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • • Best Goalkeeper
    • Topscorer
  • (23)

References

• Official site
• LEN website