2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2024 Women's European U-19 Water Polo Championship.

The 2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship was the 28th edition of the Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship. The tournament was played in Burgas, Bulgaria from 1 to 7 September 2024.^[1][2][3] Serbia were the defending champions, but were eliminated in quarterfinals. Croatia won the tournament for the first time.

2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	1–7 September 2024
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia (1st title)
Runners-up	Montenegro
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
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Host selection

Burgas was given the hosting rights on 11 October 2023.^[2][3]

Format

For the first time, the 16 teams are sorted into two Divisions, based on the last edition and the qualifiers. The top eight teams made Division 1 and the other eight teams Division 2. Both divisions were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams from each group of Division 1 advanced directly to the quarterfinals, while the other two teams from each group played against one of the top two sides from each group in Division 2 in a play-off round. Starting with quarterfinals onward, the regular knock-out system was used.

Qualification

Main article: 2024 Men's European U-19 Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

Sixteen teams will compete at the main event.^[4]

• The host nation
• The top eight teams from the 2022 European Championship not already qualified as host nation
• Best seven teams from the qualifiers.

Event	Date	Location	Quotas	Nation(s)
Host	11 October 2023	–	1	Bulgaria
2022 European Championship	18–25 September 2022	Podgorica	8	Serbia  Spain  Hungary  Greece  Croatia  Italy  Montenegro  Germany
Qualifiers	14–17 March 2024	Various	7	France  Turkey  Malta  Netherlands  Czech Republic  Slovenia  Romania

Venue

Burgas		Burgas
		Capacity:

Draw

The draw was held on 26 March 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.^[5][6]

Division 1

The pots for Division 1 were decided by the rankings of the 2022 U-19 European Championship.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Serbia  Spain	Hungary  Greece	Croatia  Italy	Montenegro  Germany

Division 2

The seeding for Division 2 was decided by who finished first and second in the qualifiers (excluding Bulgaria).

Pot 1	Pot 2
France  Turkey  Malta  Netherlands	Czech Republic  Slovenia  Bulgaria  Romania

Preliminary round

All times are local (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+3).

Division 1

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	0	0	1	33	28	+5	6[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	0	0	1	34	34	0	6[a]
3	Croatia	3	2	0	0	1	28	26	+2	6[a]	Playoffs
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	0	3	22	29	−7	0

Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head goal difference: Spain +3, Croatia +1, Hungary –4. Although, Hungary is ranked higher due to win over Croatia.^[7]

1 September 2024 14:15	Report	Croatia	9–10	Hungary	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 1–2, 2–4

1 September 2024 16:00	Report	Spain	8–6	Montenegro	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 2–2, 3–0

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2 September 2024 14:15	Report	Montenegro	9–13	Hungary	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–3, 2–3, 2–3

2 September 2024 21:15	Report	Croatia	11–9	Spain	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–4, 5–3, 2–1

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3 September 2024 17:45	Report	Croatia	8–7	Montenegro	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–0, 2–3, 2–1

3 September 2024 21:15	Report	Spain	16–11	Hungary	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–3, 6–3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	0	39	27	+12	9	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	0	0	1	37	34	+3	6
3	Germany	3	1	0	0	2	23	32	−9	3	Playoffs
4	Italy	3	0	0	0	3	30	36	−6	0

Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

1 September 2024 17:45	Report	Greece	9–14	Serbia	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–3, 1–6, 1–2

1 September 2024 21:15	Report	Germany	9–6	Italy	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 4–1, 1–1

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2 September 2024 16:00	Report	Greece	16–10	Germany	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 6–0, 3–1, 4–3

2 September 2024 17:45	Report	Italy	14–15	Serbia	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–3, 4–4, 3–4

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3 September 2024 14:15	Report	Greece	12–10	Italy	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 6–3, 0–2, 3–2, 3–3

3 September 2024 16:00	Report	Germany	4–10	Serbia	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–1, 1–2, 1–4

Division 2

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	0	46	28	+18	9	Playoffs
2	Turkey	3	2	0	0	1	36	34	+2	6
3	France	3	1	0	0	2	35	41	−6	3	Classification round
4	Malta	3	0	0	0	3	28	42	−14	0

Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

1 September 2024 9:00	Report	France	9–15	Turkey	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–2, 2–3, 2–5

1 September 2024 10:45	Report	Netherlands	15–8	Malta	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–4, 3–1, 4–1

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2 September 2024 10:45	Report	Malta	9–12	Turkey	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 3–5, 2–3

2 September 2024 12:30	Report	France	11–15	Netherlands	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 4–4, 3–4

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3 September 2024 9:00	Report	France	15–11	Malta	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 2–3, 4–2, 3–5

3 September 2024 10:45	Report	Netherlands	16–9	Turkey	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–3, 4–2, 3–1

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	0	52	30	+22	9	Playoffs
2	Bulgaria (H)	3	2	0	0	1	42	41	+1	6
3	Slovenia	3	1	0	0	2	35	49	−14	3	Classification round
4	Czech Republic	3	0	0	0	3	34	43	−9	0

Source: LEN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host

1 September 2024 12:30	Report	Romania	14–8	Czech Republic	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 4–3, 3–2

1 September 2024 19:30	Report	Slovenia	11–15	Bulgaria	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–5, 2–4, 1–3

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2 September 2024 9:00	Report	Slovenia	8–20	Romania	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 6–5, 1–5, 0–5

2 September 2024 19:30	Report	Czech Republic	12–13	Bulgaria	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–4, 2–2, 5–4

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3 September 2024 12:30	Report	Slovenia	16–14	Czech Republic	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 3–3, 6–4, 3–2

3 September 2024 19:30	Report	Romania	18–14	Bulgaria	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–4, 6–3, 5–4

Knockout stage

Main bracket

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

5 September

Serbia

17

4 September

Montenegro

18

Montenegro

16

6 September

Netherlands

15

Montenegro

6

Hungary

5

5 September

Hungary

11

4 September

Germany

10

Germany

24

7 September

Bulgaria

9

Montenegro

8

Croatia

10

5 September

Spain

9

4 September

Italy

8

Italy

17

6 September

Romania

7

Spain

10

Croatia

14

Third place game

5 September

7 September

Greece

10

Hungary

14

4 September

Croatia

11

Spain

16

Croatia

14

Turkey

7

Playoffs

4 September 2024 13:30	Report	Montenegro	16–15 (PSO)	Netherlands	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 5–4, 1–4  PSO: 5–4

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4 September 2024 15:15	Report	Italy	17–7	Romania	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–3, 3–2, 4–1

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4 September 2024 17:00	Report	Germany	24–9	Bulgaria	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 6–3, 6–2, 7–2

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4 September 2024 18:45	Report	Croatia	14–7	Turkey	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 6–1, 4–1, 3–3

13th–16th place bracket

	13th–16th place semifinals				13th place game
	4 September
	Slovenia	8
					5 September
	Malta	16
					Malta	8
	4 September
					France	9
	Czech Republic	4
	France	16
					15th place game
					5 September
					Slovenia	9
					Czech Republic	11

13th–16th place semifinals

4 September 2024 10:00	Report	Slovenia	8–16	Malta	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 4–2, 0–3, 2–5

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4 September 2024 11:45	Report	Czech Republic	4–16	France	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 3–4, 0–1, 0–4

15th place game

5 September 2024 9:00	Report	Slovenia	9–11	Czech Republic	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–3, 2–3

13th place game

5 September 2024 10:45	Report	Malta	8–9	France	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–5, 2–1, 3–0

9th–12th place bracket

	9th–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	5 September
	Netherlands	22
					6 September
	Bulgaria	6
					Netherlands	12
	5 September
					Turkey	10
	Romania	18
	Turkey	19
					Eleventh place game
					6 September
					Bulgaria	13
					Romania	18

9th–12th place semifinals

5 September 2024 12:30	Report	Netherlands	22–6	Bulgaria	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 7–2, 6–0, 4–0, 5–4

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5 September 2024 14:15	Report	Romania	18–19 (PSO)	Turkey	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–3, 6–4, 0–4  PSO: 6–7

Eleventh place game

6 September 2024 10:00	Report	Bulgaria	13–18	Romania	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 4–7, 3–6

Ninth place game

6 September 2024 11:45	Report	Netherlands	12–10	Turkey	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 1–1, 3–4

Quarterfinals

5 September 2024 16:00	Report	Serbia	17–18 (PSO)	Montenegro	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–4, 4–5, 3–3  PSO: 4–5

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5 September 2024 17:45	Report	Spain	9–8	Italy	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 2–1, 2–4

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5 September 2024 19:30	Report	Hungary	11–10	Germany	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–1, 4–2, 3–2

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5 September 2024 21:15	Report	Greece	10–11	Croatia	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 3–2, 2–3

5th–8th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	6 September
	Serbia	10
					7 September
	Germany	13
					Germany	11
	6 September
					Italy	6
	Italy	19
	Greece	18
					Seventh place game
					7 September
					Serbia	15
					Greece	10

5th–8th place semifinals

6 September 2024 13:30	Report	Serbia	10–13	Germany	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 3–5, 3–3

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6 September 2024 15:15	Report	Italy	19–18 (PSO)	Greece	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–4, 4–3, 2–3  PSO: 5–4

Seventh place game

7 September 2024 14:00	Report	Serbia	15–10	Greece	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–1, 3–2, 5–4

Fifth place game

7 September 2024 15:45	Report	Germany	11–6	Italy	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–3, 3–1, 3–2

Semifinals

6 September 2024 17:00	Report	Montenegro	6–5	Hungary	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 3–0, 0–2

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6 September 2024 18:45	Report	Spain	10–14	Croatia	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 3–5, 3–2

Third place game

7 September 2024 17:30	Report	Hungary	14–16 (PSO)	Spain	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–3, 3–4, 3–3  PSO: 3–5

Final

7 September 2024 19:15	Report	Montenegro	8–10 (PSO)	Croatia	Park Arena OZK, Burgas
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–2, 3–1, 3–3  PSO: 1–3

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Montenegro
	Spain
4	Hungary
5	Germany
6	Italy
7	Serbia
8	Greece
9	Netherlands
10	Turkey
11	Romania
12	Bulgaria
13	France
14	Malta
15	Czech Republic
16	Slovenia