2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship

For the men's tournament, see 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship.

The 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the 13th edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place at the Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia from August 31 to September 10, 2010.

2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Dates	31 August–10 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Greece
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Italy
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Teams

Group A   Russia   Croatia   Italy   Greece

Group B   Spain   Hungary   Netherlands   Germany

Preliminary round

	Team advances to Semifinals
	Team advances to Quarterfinals
	Team competes in 7th–8th place match

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Greece	7	3	2	1	0	43	16	+27
2.	Russia	5	3	1	2	0	47	22	+25
3.	Italy	4	3	1	1	1	39	22	+17
4.	Croatia	0	3	0	0	3	10	79	−69

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31 August 2010 18:00	Report	Croatia	3–28	Russia	Referees: Levin (ISR), Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 0–4, 1–11, 2–5
		Sehic, Supraha, Kalauz 1	Goals	Konukh 7

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31 August 2010 19:30	Report	Greece	7–5	Italy	Referees: Ciric (SRB), Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–3, 2–0, 3–1
		Roumpesi, Gerolymou 2	Goals	Rocco 2

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2 September 2010 16:30	Report	Greece	7–7	Russia	Referees: Borrell (ESP), Ciric (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–4, 2–0, 1–1
		Roumpesi, Gerolymou 3	Goals	Belyaeva 2

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2 September 2010 18:00	Report	Croatia	3–22	Italy	Referees: Stajkovic (MKD), Hausche (GER)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–5, 0–7, 2–4
		Miljkovic, Reic-Kranjac, Artukovich 1	Goals	Garibotti, Bianconi 4

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4 September 2010 18:00	Report	Croatia	4–29	Greece	Referees: Bervoets (NED), Stajkovic (MKD)
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 0–7, 1–7, 1–8
		Stanicic 4	Goals	Liosi, Gerolymou 6

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4 September 2010 19:30	Repert	Russia	12–12	Italy	Referees: Bender (GER), Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 5–0, 2–1, 4–6
		Ivanova 3	Goals	Emmolo 3

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Netherlands	6	3	2	0	1	33	26	+7
2.	Spain	6	3	2	0	1	32	28	+4
3.	Hungary	4	3	1	1	1	29	31	−2
4.	Germany	1	3	0	1	2	30	39	−9

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31 August 2010 15:00	Report	Spain	12–10	Germany	Referees: Bonnay (FRA), Brguljan (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–2, 3–4, 1–2
		Gil 4	Goals	Blomenkamp 3

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31 August 2010 16:30	Report	Netherlands	8–9	Hungary	Referees: Dreval (RUS), Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–1, 1–3, 5–2
		van Belkum, J. Cabout 2	Goals	Szűcs 4

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2 September 2010 15:00	Report	Netherlands	17–10	Germany	Referees: Stavropoulos (GRE), Dreval (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–6, 2–2, 4–1
		Klein, Vermeer 4	Goals	Klein 3

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2 September 2010 19:30	Report	Spain	13–10	Hungary	Referees: Wengenroth (SUI), Simion (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 5–2, 2–3
		Tarragó 4	Goals	Kisteleki, Drávucz 3

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4 September 2010 15:00	Report	Germany	10–10	Hungary	Referees: Stravridis (GRE), Vlasic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–2, 1–1, 2–4
		Bloemenkamp 3	Goals	Kisteleki 5

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4 September 2010 16:30	Report	Spain	7–8	Netherlands	Referees: Simion (ROU), Riccitelli (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–3, 1–0, 3–1
		Tarragó, García 2	Goals	M. Cabout 2

Quarterfinals

6 September 2010 17:30	Report	Russia	12–9	Hungary	Referees: Bonnay (FRA), Ciric (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–3, 4–2, 1–2
		Ivanova 3	Goals	Dravucz 4

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6 September 2010 19:30	Report	Spain	9–10	Italy	Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Vlasic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 4–3, 1–1
		Gil 5	Goals	Bianconi, Cotti 3

Semifinals

8 September 2010 17:30	Report	Italy	5–10	Greece	Referees: Kun (HUN), Simion (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–4, 2–1, 1–2
		Garibotti 2	Goals	Gerolymou 4

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8 September 2010 19:30	Report	Russia	10–7	Netherlands	Referees: Franulovic (CRO), Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 2–1, 2–2
		Prokofyeva 3	Goals	van Belkum 3

Finals

7th place playoff

6 September 2010 15:30	Report	Croatia	7–23	Germany	Referees: Wengenroth (SUI), Dreval(RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 1–6, 3–4, 1–6
		Reic-Kranjac 3	Goals	Kruszona 5

5th place playoff

8 September 2010 15:30	Report	Hungary	10–7	Spain	Referees: Bender (GER), Riccitelli (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–4, 3–2, 2–1
		Valkai 3	Goals	Meseguer 3

Bronze medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

10 September 2010 17:30	Report	Italy	12–14	Netherlands	Zagreb, Croatia Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 4–3, 3–3, 4–3
		Bianconi 3 Aiello, Cotti 2 Radicchi, Garibotti, Emmolo, Rocco, Frassinetti 1	Goals	van Belkum, J. Cabout 4 M. Cabout, Hakhverdian 2 Smit, Vermeer 1

Gold medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

10 September 2010 20:00	Report	Greece	6–11	Russia	Zagreb, Croatia Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Sergio Borrell (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 1–2, 1–3
		Asimaki 4 Gerolymou 2	Goals	Glyzina, Konukh, Soboleva, Ivanova 2 Tankeeva, Antonova, Beliaeva 1

Final ranking

RANK TEAM     Russia     Greece     Netherlands 4.   Italy 5.   Hungary 6.   Spain 7.   Germany 8.   Croatia

2010 Women's European Water Polo champion    Russia Third title Team Roster Evgeniya Protsenko, Nadezda Glyzina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Sofia Konukh, Evgenia Pustynnikova, Natalia Ryzhova-Alenicheva, Ekaterina Tankeeva, Evgenia Soboleva, Alexandra Antonova, Olga Belyaeva, Evgeniya Ivanova, Yulia Gaufler, Maria Kovtunovskaya.

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
• Best Goalkeeper
• Topscorer

External links