1999 Men's European Water Polo Championship

The 1999 Men's European Water Polo Championship took place in Florence, Italy from September 2 to September 11, 1999. It was organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation.

1999 Men's European Water Polo Championship

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Teams

GROUP A   Croatia   Greece   Hungary   Italy   Slovakia   Slovenia

GROUP B   Germany   Netherlands   Romania   Russia   Spain   FR Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

GROUP A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	9	5	4	1	0	46	25	+21
2.	Croatia	8	5	4	0	1	40	30	+10
3.	Italy	7	5	3	1	1	35	32	+3
4.	Greece	4	5	2	0	3	32	32	0
5.	Slovakia	2	5	1	0	4	29	43	−14
6.	Slovenia	0	5	0	0	5	26	46	−20

• Thursday September 2, 1999

Greece	9–5	Slovenia
Slovakia	7–9	Croatia
Italy	7–7	Hungary

• Friday September 3, 1999

Greece	8–3	Slovakia
Slovenia	3–11	Hungary
Croatia	7–6	Italy

• Saturday September 4, 1999

Slovakia	8–7	Slovenia
Hungary	7–6	Croatia
Italy	7–6	Greece

• Sunday September 5, 1999

Slovenia	4–9	Croatia
Greece	3–8	Hungary
Slovakia	5–6	Italy

• Monday September 6, 1999

Hungary	13–6	Slovakia
Croatia	9–6	Greece
Italy	9–7	Slovenia

GROUP B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Spain	8	5	4	0	1	44	33	+11
2.	Russia	6	5	3	0	2	37	35	+2
3.	FR Yugoslavia	5	5	2	1	2	36	33	+3
4.	Germany	5	5	2	1	2	26	29	−3
5.	Romania	3	5	1	1	3	29	32	−3
6.	Netherlands	3	5	1	1	3	33	43	−10

• Thursday September 2, 1999

Germany	4–9	Spain
Netherlands	7–10	Russia
Romania	5–7	FR Yugoslavia

• Friday September 3, 1999

Romania	3–5	Germany
FR Yugoslavia	8–9	Russia
Spain	11–8	Netherlands

• Saturday September 4, 1999

Netherlands	4–4	Romania
Russia	4–6	Spain
Germany	3–3	FR Yugoslavia

• Sunday September 5, 1999

Germany	7–8	Netherlands
Romania	7–8	Russia
FR Yugoslavia	7–10	Spain

• Monday September 6, 1999

Netherlands	6–11	FR Yugoslavia
Spain	8–10	Romania
Russia	6–7	Germany

Quarterfinals

• Wednesday September 8, 1999

Russia	6–7	Italy
Croatia	9 – 7 [aet]	FR Yugoslavia
Spain	6–7	Greece
Hungary	15–4	Germany

Semifinals

• Thursday September 9, 1999 — Winners Round

Greece	7–10	Croatia
Hungary	7–5	Italy

• Thursday September 9, 1999 — Losers Round

Germany	7–8	Russia
FR Yugoslavia	5–8	Spain

Finals

• Wednesday September 8, 1999 — Eleventh Place Match

Netherlands	7–8	Slovenia

• Wednesday September 8, 1999 — Ninth Place Match

Romania	9 – 8 [aet]	Slovakia

• Friday September 10, 1999 — Seventh Place Match

Germany	5–8	FR Yugoslavia

• Friday September 10, 1999 — Fifth Place Match

Russia	14–12	Spain

• Saturday September 11, 1999 — Bronze Medal Match

Italy	7–6	Greece

• Saturday September 11, 1999 — Gold Medal Match

Hungary	15–12	Croatia

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Final ranking

RANK TEAM     Hungary     Croatia     Italy 4.   Greece 5.   Russia 6.   Spain 7.   FR Yugoslavia 8.   Germany 9.   Romania 10.   Slovakia 11.   Slovenia 12.   Netherlands

1999 Men's European champion    Hungary Twelfth title

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • ???
• Best Goalkeeper
  • ???

RANK	TOPSCORERS	GOALS
1.	Salvador Gómez (ESP)	16
2.	Manuel Estiarte (ESP)	14
	Tamás Kásás (HUN)
	Revaz Tchomakhidze (RUS)
5.	Alexander Yerishev (RUS)	13
	Sven Reinhardt (GER)
7.	Georgios Afroudakis (GRE)	12
	Géza Gyurcsi (SVK)
	Juan Perez (ESP)
	Carlo Silipo (ITA)
	Irek Zinnourov (RUS)

References

• (in Italian) Results