| Tourney Name: | 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship |
| Country: | Spain |
| Dates: | 14–27 July |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 5 |
| Matches: | 44 |
| Goals: | 934 |
| Top Scorer: |  Beatriz Ortiz(25 goals) |
| Player: | Sabrina van der Sloot |
| Previous: | 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship |
| Next: | 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship |
The 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held from 14 to 27 July 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.
The Netherlands won their fifth title by defeating Greece 6-4 in the final. Spain captured the bronze medal after a 12-6 win over Hungary.[1]
See main article: 2018 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers.
Twelve teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows:
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2016 European Championships | 10–22 January 2016 |  Belgrade | 5 | ||
| Qualifiers | 4 October 2017 – 3 March 2018 | – | 6 |
The twelve teams were split in two groups with six teams each. The first four teams of each group played each other in the quarterfinals in cross group format, the remaining teams played for places nine to twelve.
The draw of the tournament took take place on 7 March in Barcelona.[2] [3] The first batch consisted of the teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the 2016 European Championship, the second batch those placed 3rd and 4th, the third batch those placed 5th and 6th. The six remaining teams were placed into the fourth batch.
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| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % |
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| 1 | Beatriz Ortiz | 25 | 48 | 52 | |
| 2 | Ekaterina Prokofyeva | 23 | 46 | 50 | |
| 3 | Rita Keszthelyi | 22 | 47 | 47 | |
| Anastasia Simanovich | 38 | 58 | |||
| 5 | Arianna Garibotti | 21 | 43 | 49 | |
| Maud Megens | 52 | 40 | |||
| 7 | Maica García | 20 | 27 | 74 | |
| Sabrina van der Sloot | 49 | 41 | |||
| 9 | Alexandra Asimaki | 18 | 36 | 50 | |
| Alena Serzhantova | 24 | 75 |
| Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves | Shots | |
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| 1 | Ioanna Stamatopoulou | 91 | 21 | 23 | ||
| 2 | Debby Willemsz | 78 | 21 | 27 | ||
| 3 | Federica Lavi | 75 | 9 | 12 | ||
| 4 | Laura Aarts | 72 | 64 | 89 | ||
| 5 | Elena Sánchez | 71 | 15 | 21 | ||
| 6 | Giulia Gorlero | 62 | 67 | 109 | ||
| 7 | Chrysi Diamantopoulou | 60 | 61 | 101 | ||
| 8 | Anastasia Verkhoglyadova | 58 | 19 | 33 | ||
| 9 | Eszter Tóth | 55 | 12 | 22 | ||
| 10 | Anna Karnaukh | 51 | 41 | 80 |