1997 Men's European Water Polo Championship

Water sport competitions 1997 Men's European Water Polo Championship 1995 Men's European Water Polo Championship 1999 Men's European Water Polo Championship The 1997 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 23rd 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 Seville, Spain from August 13 to August 22, 1997, as an integrated part of the European LC Championships 1997. Teams GROUP A BUL GER GRE ITA RUS FR Yugoslavia GROUP B CRO HUN NED SVK ESP UKR First round GROUP A TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.RUS954103623+132.FR Yugoslavia954103220+123.ITA653023820+184.GRE351132730−35.GER351133438−46.BUL050052359−36 August 13, 1997 RUS13–4BULFR Yugoslavia10–5GERGRE2–7ITA August 14, 1997 ITA8–4GERRUS7–6GREBUL4–9FR Yugoslavia August 15, 1997 GRE8–4BULGER6–8RUSITA3–4FR Yugoslavia August 16, 1997 BUL5–16ITARUS3–3FR YugoslaviaGRE6–6GER August 17, 1997 GER13–6BULFR Yugoslavia6–5GRERUS5–4ITA GROUP B TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.CRO954103429+52.HUN853204926+233.ESP753114025+154.SVK452033433+15.NED251042336−136.UKR050051748−31 August 13, 1997 SVK6–4NEDHUN13–3UKRESP7–8CRO August 14, 1997 NED10–4UKRESP9–5SVKCRO7–7HUN August 15, 1997 HUN12–6SVKCRO7–3UKRESP7–3NED August 16, 1997 CRO9–3NEDSVK8–5UKRESP7–7HUN August 17, 1997 CRO9–3SVKNED3–10HUNESP10–2UKR Quarterfinals CRO5–4GRERUS11–6SVKHUN8–7ITAFR Yugoslavia10–9ESP GRE3–7ESPITA12–9SVK Semifinals FR Yugoslavia8–7CROHUN10–7RUS Finals Ninth place NED10–7GER Seventh place GRE13–9SVK Fifth place ESP8–6ITA Third place RUS9 – 8 [aet]CRO First place HUN3–2FR Yugoslavia Final ranking RANKTEAMImage:Med 1.pngHUN Image:Med 2.pngFR YugoslaviaImage:Med 3.pngRUS4.CRO5.ESP6.ITA7.GRE8.SVK9.NED10.GER11.BUL12.UKR wp 1997 Men's European champion HUN Eleventh The first eight teams qualified for the 1998 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship in Perth, Australia; Bulgaria and Ukraine were relegated. References Zwemkroniek (September, 1997) Coniliguria Men 1997 Category:International water polo competitions hosted by Spain European Championship Water polo