2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship
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The 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 29th edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place from 29 August – 11 September at the Sports park Mladost in Zagreb, Croatia.

The decision about host country was brought on the LEN's meeting in Eindhoven in late March 2008.^[1]

Qualification

See main article: article and 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers.

12 teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows:

The host nation
The best 5 teams from the 2008 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation
6 teams from the Qualifiers

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies
Host nation	-	–	1
2008 European Championships	4–13 July 2008	Malaga	5
Qualifiers	30 April-2 May 2010	Various	6

Groups

width=25%	Group A !	width=25%	Group B

Preliminary round

Group A

First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

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Fifth round

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Group B

First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

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Fifth round

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7th–12th Classification

7th–12th Quarterfinals

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7th–10th Semifinals

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11th place playoff

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9th place playoff

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7th place playoff

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Final round

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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5th place match

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3rd place match

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Final

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Final ranking

RANK	TEAM



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Notes and References

2010 European Water Polo Championships in Zagreb . 25 March 2008 . LEN . Microsoft Word Document . 13 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205917/http://www.svimjing.com/files/prn12-08.doc . 3 March 2016 . dead. dmy-all .