2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship

none 2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship 2003 Men's European Water Polo Championship 2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship The 2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship' was the 27th exhibition of the event organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Tašmajdan Sports Centre in Belgrade, Serbia, from 1 to 10 September 2006. There were three qualification tournaments ahead of the event, held from 7 to 9 April 2006 in Kranj, Slovenia (with France, Slovenia, Slovakia and Malta competing), in Eindhoven, Netherlands (Greece, Netherlands, Poland and Moldova), and in Imperia, Italy (Belarus, Italy, Romania and Turkey). Qualification 2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers Teams GROUP A SRB 2004 RUS ESP SVK NED ROM GROUP B HUN SLO GRE CRO GER ITA Preliminary round Group A TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.SRB 20041555007834+442.ESP953025954+53.ROM752124148−74.RUS652034953−45.NED551224658−126.SVK150143662−26 September 1, 2006 10:00ROM8 – 11 ESP(2–4, 2–4, 2–1, 2–2)13:00NED11–11 SVK (4–3, 2–3, 3–3, 2–2)20:15SRB 200413 – 6 RUS(5–1, 3–1, 3–2, 2–2) September 2, 2006 11:30ESP13 – 8 SVK(3–3, 3–2, 4–0, 3–3)13:00ROM13 – 10 RUS (2–3, 4–1, 4–3, 3–3)20:15SRB 200417 – 10 NED (6–4, 3–1, 4–3, 4–2) September 3, 2006 11:30NED8–8 ROM(4–2, 2–4, 1–1, 1–1)13:00RUS10 – 13 ESP(1–5, 5–1, 3–5, 1–2)20:15SRB 200419 – 2 SVK (4–1, 5–0, 6–1, 4–0) September 4, 2006 10:00RUS11 – 5 NED(3–0, 2–2, 4–0, 2–3)11:30ROM7 – 6 SVK(1–2, 4–2, 1–1, 1–1) 20:15SRB 200416 – 11 ESP(3–1, 5–3, 3–3, 5–4) September 5, 2006 11:30SVK9 – 12 RUS(2–2, 2–4, 1–3, 4–3)13:00NED12 – 11 ESP (4–2, 3–4, 4–2, 1–3)20:15SRB 200413 – 5 ROM (4–2, 2–1, 4–1, 3–1) Group B TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.HUN1555008241+412.ITA953025750+73.GRE752125948+114.GER752125254−25.CRO551225752+56.SLO050053395−62 September 1, 2006 11:30HUN23 – 6 SLO(5–1, 8–0, 4–2, 6–3)17:15GRE11 – 8 GER (1–1, 4–1, 3–4, 3–2)18:45CRO8 – 9 ITA(2–2, 0–2, 4–3, 2–2) September 2, 2006 10:00SLO6 – 19 GRE(2–5, 1–4, 2–3, 1–7)17:15ITA8 – 11 GER (1–4, 2–2, 1–2, 4–3)18:45CRO11 – 16 HUN(3–4, 4–3, 1–5, 3–4) September 3, 2006 10:00GER14 – 6 SLO(2–2, 5–0, 2–3, 5–1)17:15GRE10–10 CRO (2–2, 1–1, 4–4, 3–3)18:45HUN13 – 6 ITA (3–2, 6–2, 2–1, 2–1) September 4, 2006 13:00ITA20 – 7 SLO(7–1, 3–1, 4–2, 6–3)17:15HUN10 – 8 GRE (3–2, 3–2, 1–2, 3–2)18:45CRO9–9 GER(3–2, 3–1, 2–2, 1–4) September 5, 2006 10:00SLO8 – 19 CRO(2–7, 3–5, 2–4, 1–3)17:15GER10 – 20 HUN (1–7, 4–4, 5–3, 0–6)18:45GRE11 – 14 ITA (2–2, 3–3, 2–4, 4–5) Final round Places 7/12 September 7, 2006 10:00NED12 – 8 SLO(3–1, 0–2, 1–5, 4–4)11:30SVK6 – 12 CRO(3–4, 0–1, 3–5, 0–2) September 8, 2006 11:30CRO10 – 7 RUS(2–1, 4–1, 1–2, 3–3)13:00NED6 – 12 GER(3–3, 1–3, 1–2, 1–4) Places 11 / 12 September 8, 2006 10:00SLO9 – 10 SVK(2–4, 1–3, 5–2, 1–1) Places 9 / 10 September 9, 2006 10:00RUS 15 – 10 NED(5–3, 3–3, 5–0, 2–4) Places 7 / 8 September 9, 2006 11:30 CRO11 – 7 GER(2–1, 4–3, 2–1, 3–2) Quarterfinals September 7, 2006 18:45ESP12 – 10 GRE(3–2, 3–3, 2–3, 4–2)20:15ROM10 – 9 ITA(4–4, 2–5, 1–0, 3–0) Semifinals September 8, 2006 18:45ROM6 – 13 SRB 2004(0–4, 1–2, 2–3, 3–4)20:15ESP10 – 16 HUN(3–5, 2–3, 1–4, 4–4) Finals Places 5 / 6 September 9, 2006 13:00 GRE10 – 11 ITA(1–2, 1–0, 3–3, 3–3, 1–2, 1–1) Bronze medal September 10, 2006 18:45 ROM4 – 10 ESP(1–2, 2–2, 0–3, 1–3) Gold medal September 10, 2006 21:00 SRB 20049 – 8 HUN(2–4, 4–1, 2–3, 1–0) Final ranking RANKTEAMImage:Med 1.pngSRB 2004Image:Med 2.pngHUNImage:Med 3.pngESP4.ROM5.ITA6.GRE7.CRO8.GER9.RUS10.NED11.SVK12.SLO wp 2006 Men's European champion SRB Serbia Fourth 2004 Team roster Denis Šefik, Petar Trbojević, Živko Gocić, Vanja Udovičić, Dejan Savić, Danilo Ikodinović, Slobodan Nikić, Filip Filipović, Aleksandar Ćirić, Aleksandar Šapić, Vladimir Vujasinović, Branko Peković, Slobodan Soro, Duško Pijetlović, and Andrija Prlainović Head coach: Dejan Udovičić Individual awards Most Valuable Player Tamás Kásás HUN Best Goalkeeper Denis Šefik SRB 2004 Topscorer Aleksandar Šapić SRB 2004— 33 goals Medalists GoldSilverBronzeSRB SERBIA 20041. Denis Šefik GK2. Petar Trbojević3. Živko Gocić4. Vanja Udovičić5. Dejan Savić6. Danilo Ikodinović7. Slobodan Nikić8. Filip Filipović9. Aleksandar Ćirić10. Aleksandar Šapić11. Vladimir Vujasinović12. Branko Peković13. Slobodan Soro GK14. Duško Pijetlović15. Andrija PrlainovićHead coachDejan UdovičićHUN HUNGARY1. Zoltán Szécsi2. Dániel Varga3. Norbert Madaras4. Ádám Steinmetz5. Tamás Kásás6. Márton Szívós7. Gergely Kiss8. Norbert Hosnyánszky9. Rajmund Fodor10. Dénes Varga11. Gábor Kis12. Tamás Molnár13. Péter Biros14. Miklós Gór-Nagy15. Gábor JászberényiHead coachDénes KeményESP SPAIN1. Inaki Aguilar2. Mario García3. David Martín4. Ricardo Perrone5. Guillermo Molina6. Sergio Mora7. Oscar Rey8. José Rodríguez9. Xavier Vallès10. Felipe Perrone11. Iván Pérez12. Xavier García13. Ángel Andreo14. Marc Minguell15. Blai MallarachHead coachRafael Aguilar Top scorers Pl.PlayerGoals 1. Aleksandar Šapić SRB 2004 33 2. Miho Bošković CRO 21 3. Tamás Kásás HUN 20 4. Guillermo Molina ESP 18 Georgios Ntoskas GRE 18 References LEN website Men Category:Men's European Water Polo Championship Category:International water polo competitions hosted by Serbia European Championship Water polo Category:International sports competitions in Belgrade Category:2000s in Belgrade Category:September 2006 sports events in Europe