2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship

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

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GROUP B

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Preliminary round

Group A

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

July 4, 2008

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

July 5, 2008

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

July 6, 2008

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

July 7, 2008

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

July 8, 2008

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

Group B

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

July 4, 2008

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

July 5, 2008

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

July 6, 2008

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

July 7, 2008

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

July 8, 2008

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

Final round

Places 7/12

July 9, 2008

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

July 11, 2008

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

Places 11 / 12

July 11, 2008

12:30	Template:Wp-rt	14 – 8	Template:Wp	(3–3, 2–1, 4–2, 5–2)

Places 9 / 10

July 12, 2008

9:30	Template:Wp-rt	11 – 6	Template:Wp	(2–0, 2–1, 4–3, 3–2)

Places 7 / 8

July 12, 2008

11:00	Template:Wp-rt	15 – 5	Template:Wp	(5–2, 2–1, 4–1, 4–1)

Quarterfinals

July 9, 2008

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

Semifinals

July 11, 2008

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

Finals

Places 5 / 6

July 12, 2008

12:30	Template:Wp-rt	7 – 9	Template:Wp	(2–3, 3–2, 1–2, 1–2)

Bronze Medal

July 13, 2008

19:30	Template:Wp-rt	15 – 14	Template:Wp	(3–1, 2–4, 5–5, 3–3, 0–1, 2–0)

Gold Medal

July 13, 2008 – Malaga, Spain Template:Flagicon

21:00	Template:Wp-rt	5 – 6	Template:Wp	(1–2, 3–0, 0–2, 1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Final ranking

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 2008 Men's European champion 
First title

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
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• Best Goalkeeper
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• Topscorer
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References

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• LEN website