2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship

none 2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship 2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship 2010 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 ESP CRO SVK GRE HUN MNE GROUP B MKD Macedonia RUS SRB 2004 ITA GER ROM Preliminary round Group A TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.MNE1254014837+112.HUN1254015432+223.CRO1053115238+144.ESP652034238+45.GRE451134241+16.SVK050051971−52 July 4, 2008 9:30SVK3 – 12 GRE(1–2, 1–3, 0–2, 1–5)19:30HUN10 – 9 CRO(2–1, 3–3, 2–1, 3–4)21:00ESP7 – 8 MNE(1–1, 2–2, 2–2, 2–3) July 5, 2008 11:00HUN19 – 3 SVK(5–1, 5–1, 6–1, 3–0)19:30MNE11 – 10 GRE(4–3, 1–4, 3–1, 3–2)21:00ESP7 – 11 CRO(2–4, 2–2, 2–3, 1–2) July 6, 2008 12:30HUN8 – 3 GRE(3–2, 2–1, 1–0, 2–0)18:00CRO7 – 6 MNE(2–0, 2–1, 0–3, 3–2)21:00SVK4 – 12 ESP(2–3, 1–2, 1–2, 0–5) July 7, 2008 11:00CRO15 – 5 SVK(4–0, 3–1, 5–2, 3–2)19:30HUN9 – 10 MNE(2–2, 3–2, 1–2, 3–4)21:00ESP9 – 7 GRE(2–2, 2–1, 2–2, 3–2) July 8, 2008 9:30SVK4 – 13 MNE(0–3, 1–2, 2–4, 1–4)18:00GRE10–10 CRO(1–0, 2–3, 3–3, 4–4)21:00HUN8 – 7 ESP(2–1, 2–3, 2–1, 2–2) Group B TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.SRB 20041354106831+372.ITA1254015535+203.GER953023942−34.MKD Macedonia451133556−215.ROM451133746−96.RUS150143559−24 July 4, 2008 11:00MKD Macedonia10 – 6 ROM(3–1, 3–3, 3–2, 1–0)12:30SRB 200417 – 5 GER(2–1, 5–1, 6–2, 4–1)18:00RUS6 – 12 ITA(1–1, 2–2, 1–5, 2–4) July 5, 2008 9:30MKD Macedonia6 – 23 SRB 2004(1–7, 1–6, 2–4, 2–6)12:30GER13 – 4 RUS(3–1, 2–0, 5–2, 3–1)18:00ROM7 – 12 ITA(0–4, 2–3, 3–2, 2–3) July 6, 2008 9:30RUS9–9 MKD Macedonia(1–2, 4–2, 3–5, 1–0)11:00SRB 20046–6 ROM(1–2, 2–1, 2–2, 1–1)19:30ITA12 – 6 GER(2–1, 1–1, 4–2, 5–2) July 7, 2008 9:30ROM4 – 8 GER(1–2, 2–1, 0–3, 1–2)12:30MKD Macedonia5 – 11 ITA(1–4, 2–2, 1–2, 1–3)18:00SRB 200411 – 6 RUS(5–1, 1–2, 2–1, 3–2) July 8, 2008 11:00GER7 – 5 MKD Macedonia(1–1, 2–1, 1–1, 3–2)12:30RUS10 – 14 ROM(4–3, 4–3, 1–6, 1–2)19:30ITA8 – 11 SRB 2004(2–2, 3–1, 3–5, 0–3) Final round Places 7/12 July 9, 2008 16:30GRE4 – 9 RUS(0–1, 2–2, 1–3, 1–3)18:00SVK6 – 7 ROU(1–2, 3–1, 1–2, 1–2) July 11, 2008 16:30RUS11 – 13 MKD Macedonia(2–3, 2–3, 2–2, 4–2, 0–1, 1–2)18:00ROU7 – 9 ESP(2–3, 1–3, 1–1, 3–2) Places 11 / 12 July 11, 2008 12:30GRE14 – 8 SVK(3–3, 2–1, 4–2, 5–2) Places 9 / 10 July 12, 2008 9:30ROU11 – 6 RUS(2–0, 2–1, 4–3, 3–2) Places 7 / 8 July 12, 2008 11:00 ESP15 – 5 MKD Macedonia(5–2, 2–1, 4–1, 4–1) Quarterfinals July 9, 2008 19:30HUN14 – 8 GER(5–2, 2–1, 4–3, 2–2)21:00CRO8 – 7 ITA(4–2, 0–0, 3–2, 1–3) Semifinals July 11, 2008 19:30CRO7 – 9 MNE(2–0, 2–4, 2–2, 1–3)21:00HUN7 – 8 SRB 2004(0–0, 1–3, 3–1, 3–3, 0–1, 0–0) Finals Places 5 / 6 July 12, 2008 12:30 GER7 – 9 ITA(2–3, 3–2, 1–2, 1–2) Bronze Medal July 13, 2008 19:30 HUN15 – 14 CRO(3–1, 2–4, 5–5, 3–3, 0–1, 2–0) Gold Medal July 13, 2008 – Malaga, Spain ESP 21:00 SRB 20045 – 6 MNE(1–2, 3–0, 0–2, 1–1, 0–1, 0–0) Final ranking RANKTEAMImage:Med 1.pngMNEImage:Med 2.pngSRB 2004Image:Med 3.pngHUN4.CRO5.ITA6.GER7.ESP8.MKD Macedonia9.ROM10.RUS11.GRE12.SVK wp 2008 Men's European champion Montenegro First Individual awards Most Valuable Player Péter Biros HUN Best Goalkeeper Denis Šefik SRB 2004 Topscorer Aleksandar Šapić SRB 2004 (23) References Official site LEN website Men Category:Men's European Water Polo Championship Category:International water polo competitions hosted by Spain E W Category:July 2008 sports events in Europe Category:Sport in Málaga Category:2008 in Andalusia